Ohio, Cuyahoga County
Where Garfield Heights's records are kept. Garfield Heights has its own city government, police department, municipal court and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Garfield Heights's own offices, along with State of Ohio offices; the Cuyahoga County offices are on our Cuyahoga County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
Official website of Garfield Heights, Ohio, with City Hall at 5407 Turney Road, council agendas, building permits, trash and recycling, a Report a Concern form and links to police and fire.
Open official site City of Garfield HeightsPolice & jail
Garfield Heights Police Department at 5555 Turney Road, led by Chief Mark Kaye, with a community crime map, online police reports, accident reports and call summaries, and incident reports.
Open official site Garfield Heights Police DepartmentPolice & jail
Garfield Heights police records and traffic accident reports are picked up at the records window in the main lobby of the police department; the Records Bureau is open weekdays from 8:30 am to 4 pm.
Open official site Garfield Heights Police Copies of ReportsMunicipal court
Garfield Heights Municipal Court at 5555 Turney Road serves Garfield Heights and eight nearby communities, with camera ticket and online payments, case search, court forms, Zoom hearings and electronic filing.
Open official site Garfield Heights Municipal CourtCity records
Garfield Heights takes public records requests by email to a dedicated address or through the city department that holds the records; requests should name the records clearly, and fees may apply.
Open official site Garfield Heights Public Records Request PolicyCity records
Garfield Heights building permit applications for decks, fences, garages, demolition and commercial work, with links to the zoning, building and housing codes, permit fees and zoning and address maps.
Open official site Garfield Heights Building PermitsPolice & jail
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for Garfield Heights area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedVital records
The bureau registers Ohio births and deaths and holds birth records from Dec. 20, 1908 and death records from 1971; marriage and divorce copies come from the county where the event was recorded.
Open official site Ohio Department of Health Bureau of Vital StatisticsVital records
USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCounty court
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorFederal
USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteFederal
USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCounty court
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseState records
The Ohio History Connection research library in Columbus offers genealogy guides, its catalog and Ohio death certificates from 1908 to 1970; since July 2026 it opens Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Open official site Ohio History Connection Archives and LibraryCounty court
Besides PACER and e-filing links, the court sells hearing audio, $32 on CD or $2.40 per MP3 file through PACER, and accepts proofs of claim online without a login.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of OhioCounty court
The Supreme Court of Ohio lists each county's common pleas, municipal and county courts, with links to every court's own website and local rules.
Open official site Supreme Court of Ohio Courts by CountyEverything else, organized
13 more Garfield Heights sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Garfield Heights, a place of 29,781 people, is in Cuyahoga County, whose county seat is Cleveland. Court and property records sit with Cuyahoga County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Ohio. Garfield Heights's own offices are in the cards above, and our Cuyahoga County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The old survey maps record 10 holes inside the city or town limits, 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. Coverage is automatic in the 26 mandatory counties (Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mahoning, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Scioto, Stark, Trumbull, Tuscarawas, Vinton, Washington) and optional in 11 more.
Ohio abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
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.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 9 investigations with a Garfield Heights address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $46,399 in back wages agreed for 113 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rakesh Ranjan, M.D. & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $25,000 | 27 |
| Medport, Inc | 2 | $18,099 | 77 |
| Agape Day Care Center, INC. | 1 | $2,795 | 6 |
| Jennings Center for Older Adults, Inc. | 1 | $412 | 1 |
| CBK Corporation | 1 | $94 | 2 |
| Hopkins Service, Inc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Builders Excavating, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Prestige Delivery Systems, Inc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Garfield Heights, by back wages agreed; 2 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Ohio wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Ohio is run by the Ohio Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Garfield Heights.
Deeds for property in Garfield Heights are recorded by the Cuyahoga County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Cuyahoga County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Ohio come from the state vital records office, Ohio Office of Vital Statistics. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.