Kansas, county records
Find the right office in Ford County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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The Kansas Secretary of State's business services search corporations, LLCs and other registered entities and check whether a name is available. Kansas keeps no statewide filing for sole proprietor trade names.
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Search property and claim status by individual name or business through the state treasurer.
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Request copies of death records from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Ford County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in the unincorporated areas of Ford County.
Police Departments. In addition to Ford County Sheriff's Office, law enforcement in Ford County is provided by the Dodge City Police Department and other municipal police departments in cities like Bucklin and Spearville.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Law enforcement in Ford County is primarily provided by Ford County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 300 West Spruce Street, Dodge City, Kansas 67801. Inmate lookup services are available through the Sheriff's Office website and by calling the jail directly at the main office number. Municipal law enforcement is provided by the Dodge City Police Department, which serves the county seat and largest county, located at 110 West Spruce Street, Dodge City, KS 67801 Smaller communities in Ford County, including Bucklin, Ford, and Spearville, may have their own police departments or contract with the Sheriff's Office for law enforcement services. Arrest records in Ford County are public records subject to the Kansas Open Records Act (K.S. 45-215 et seq.), which mandates that most government records are open to public inspection unless specifically exempted by law. The Kansas Highway Patrol also maintains a presence in Ford County, enforcing traffic laws on state and federal highways including US-50, US-56, and US-283.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Ford County are maintained by Ford County Sheriff's Office and the local police departments within Ford County.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Ford County are taken and retained by Ford County Sheriff's Office during the booking process.
To search for someone recently arrested in Ford County, Kansas, you can contact the Ford County Detention Center. The facility provides an inmate lookup service that can be accessed by calling the detention center directly at (620) 227-4590.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 0 named mine sites inside the county, 0 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 38 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. Underground coal mining in Kansas was concentrated in Cherokee and Crawford Counties.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Ford County Sheriff's Office or a city police department in Ford County. Ask that agency for its record.
The Kansas criminal history record comes from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Central Repository. Name based search online at www.kansas.gov/kbi/criminalhistory (no longer by mail or walk in), or a certified or fingerprint based request to the KBI. Fee: $20.00 for a name based online search; $30 for a certified name based check; $35 for a fingerprint based Kansas check.
Search the Kansas Offender Registry (KBI), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county election officer (the county clerk, or the appointed election commissioner in Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee and Wyandotte counties) or through the Kansas Secretary of State. You can also register online with the state online registration. Registration books close 21 days before an election.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Ford County are kept by the Ford County Register of Deeds. Property values are set by the county appraiser, and tax bills come from the county treasurer. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Kansas come from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Office of Vital Statistics. Walk in at 1000 SW Jackson Suite 120, Topeka, KS 66612-2221 (Curtis State Office Building), by regular or priority mail, by telephone, or online through VitalChek, all listed by the Office. Fee: $20 for each certified copy (the first $20 is a five year record search fee that includes one copy if the record is found).
Business entity filings are searched with the Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services. Businesses should check with the county and city where they operate for local permits and licenses; many trades need state agency licenses.
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