Florida, Polk County
Where Fort Meade's records are kept. Court and property records for Fort Meade sit with Polk County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Florida.
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As a small town, Fort Meade relies on Polk County and the State of Florida for its public records. The cards below are the Florida state offices, and the Polk County offices are on our Polk County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
Florida Department of Law Enforcement self service search of its Computerized Criminal History files, the state repository of Florida arrest records, for a $24.00 fee set by state law.
Open official site Florida Computerized Criminal History SearchPolice & jail
The FBI Tampa Field Office covers Polk County, Florida. Report federal crimes and tips to this office; your own FBI record comes from the FBI Identity History Summary service.
Open official site FBI Tampa Field OfficePolice & jail
Search database of Florida warrant information.
Open official site Florida Wanted Person InformationPolice & jail
Florida Department of Law Enforcement registry of sexual offenders and predators, with offender, neighborhood, campus and internet identifier searches and offender alerts.
Open official site Florida Sexual Offender and Predator SearchPolice & jail
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, home of the Florida Highway Patrol, is the state repository for crash reports, sold online through its Florida Crash Portal to parties allowed by law.
Open official site Florida Department of Highway PatrolState records
Request a Florida criminal history record, ask to seal or expunge a record, search the sex offender registry and missing persons alerts, and send a public records request to FDLE.
Open official site Florida Department of Law EnforcementState records
Florida Department of State record search for corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships and trademarks by name, officer, registered agent or document number, with fictitious name lookups.
Open official site Florida Division of Corporations Record SearchState records
Florida Department of Financial Services search for abandoned financial accounts held for their owners, with claim filing and free claim status checks.
Open official site Florida Unclaimed Property SearchState records
View detailed information of the notary's name, commission issuance date, status, expiration date, bonding agency and mailing address. Freely access the state's instant database of all notaries commissioned and bonded in Florida.
Open official site Florida Statewide Commissioned Notary VerificationState records
Florida agency that regulates consumer finance companies, state chartered banks and credit unions and securities firms, with license verification, online services and a complaint form.
Open official site Florida Office of Financial RegulationState records
Florida division that examines state chartered banks, trust companies and credit unions through its Bureau of Bank Regulation and Bureau of Credit Union Regulation.
Open official site Florida Division of Financial InstitutionsState records
Info and applications for obtaining business licenses in FL.
Open official site Florida LicensesEverything else, organized
Local record guide
What we hold on Fort Meade, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Fort Meade is an incorporated place in Polk County, a place of 5,100 people, and keeps its own council and town business records. Bartow, the county seat, is where the county offices are. Each Polk County office is listed on our Polk County page.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 1 named mine site inside the city or town limits, 0 of them worked out or abandoned.
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. Florida sinkholes are karst, not mine subsidence.
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.
Straight answers
Open only the answer you need.
Certified birth and death certificates come from the Florida Department of Health office in Polk County or the Bureau of Vital Statistics in Jacksonville; a computer-certified birth certificate is $9. Marriage records are kept by the clerk of the circuit court in the county where the license was issued. Certified copies can be requested online, by mail, or in person. Fees and identification requirements apply.
The Florida sex offender registry is publicly accessible online through the Florida State Police website. You can search by name, address, zip code, or city to find registered sex offenders near Fort Meade. Registered offenders are required by law to update their address information regularly with local law enforcement.
Public records in Fort Meade, Florida are managed by multiple agencies: the Fort Meade City Clerk (municipal records, ordinances), the Polk County Clerk of Court (court records), the Polk Property Appraiser (property records), the Polk County Sheriff (arrest and inmate records), and the Florida vital records office (birth, death, marriage). All operate under the Florida Sunshine Law.
Same county
Other places in Polk County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Polk County records are on the county page.