Indiana, Lake County
Where Gary's records are kept. Gary has its own city government, police department, clerk's office and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Gary's own offices, along with State of Indiana offices; the Lake County offices are on our Lake County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
Official site of the City of Gary, Indiana, with City Hall at 401 Broadway: the Office of the Mayor, city departments, Gary 3-1-1 service requests and public notices.
Open official site City of GaryPolice & jail
The Gary Police Department at 555 Polk Street, Gary: its command staff, a division directory, online crime reporting, the real time crime center and violence prevention programs.
Open official site Gary Police DepartmentMunicipal court
The criminal division of the Gary City Clerk at 555 Polk Street keeps the Gary City Court case records, bonds, bench warrants, fines and ordinance violation files from code enforcement.
Open official site Gary City Clerk Criminal DivisionCity records
The City of Gary Law Department at 401 Broadway, Suite 101, takes Public Information Request (FOIA) forms for city records and receives notices of claim against the city.
Open official site City of Gary Law DepartmentCity records
The Gary Building Department issues building permits, reviews plans, schedules building, plumbing, electrical and HVAC inspections and keeps the rental registration program for the city.
Open official site City of Gary Building DepartmentPolice & jail
FBI wanted posters, from the Ten Most Wanted list to fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, bank robbers and seeking information cases; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Most WantedVital records
Certified Indiana birth, death and fetal death certificates, $10 for a birth and $8 for a death copy, issued to people with direct interest; births are on file from 1907 and deaths from 1900.
Open official site Indiana Department of Health Division of Vital RecordsVital 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
State agency that keeps the Indiana State Archives, with records from the territorial period to today, and sets retention schedules for state and local offices; archive visits and tours can be arranged.
Open official site Indiana Archives and Records AdministrationCounty court
Bankruptcy court for northern Indiana with offices in South Bend, Fort Wayne and Hammond and a Lafayette location, all reached at (574) 968-2265 on weekdays.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of IndianaCounty court
Indiana Office of Judicial Administration search of cases that are not confidential, in courts using the Odyssey system, including appellate courts, by case or citation number, party name or attorney.
Open official site Indiana Courts Case Search (MyCase)Everything else, organized
15 more Gary sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Gary, a place of 69,093 people, is in Lake County, whose county seat is Crown Point. Court and property records sit with Lake County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Indiana. Gary's own offices are in the cards above, and our Lake 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 mine records hold 4 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 1 past producer, now closed, 3 processing plants, which are not workings; the old survey maps add 12 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is construction sand and gravel.
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. The DNR subsidence insurance page (www.in.gov/dnr/reclamation/mine-subsidence/subsidence-insurance) says the Division of Reclamation fills subsidence holes but does not pay for structural damage, which is what the fund is for.
Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.
Indiana 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 63 investigations with a Gary address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $1,503,176 in back wages agreed for 769 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Gary Indiana | 1 | $665,433 | 172 |
| Arc BRIDGES, Inc. | 2 | $460,904 | 240 |
| Performance Companies, Inc. | 5 | $120,154 | 141 |
| Ja-An Services LLC | 1 | $100,721 | 35 |
| Webb Construction, Inc. | 1 | $35,525 | 2 |
| Resource Enterprises, Inc. | 2 | $31,859 | 20 |
| AJthePlumber, LLC | 1 | $18,908 | 11 |
| Fresh County Market LLC | 1 | $11,062 | 3 |
| Cut Rite Lawn Care and Maintenance Inc. | 1 | $9,403 | 17 |
| Trinity Educational Day Care Ministry, Inc. | 1 | $7,291 | 14 |
| Train Up a Child Learning Center LLC | 1 | $7,021 | 13 |
| Nakon Security Incorporated | 1 | $6,212 | 12 |
| Ridgelawn Funeral Home, Inc. | 1 | $3,826 | 3 |
| Happy Foods, Inc. | 1 | $3,367 | 2 |
| Miller Beach Market Place, Inc | 1 | $3,022 | 10 |
| Bridges, Inc. | 1 | $2,567 | 4 |
| 20-20 Eye Specialists, P.C. | 1 | $2,189 | 11 |
| PK Management, LLC | 1 | $2,113 | 5 |
| Edgewater Systems fo Balanced Living, Inc. | 1 | $1,520 | 25 |
| Gary Community School Corporation | 1 | $1,298 | 1 |
| Maybach Partners, LLC | 1 | $1,217 | 1 |
| Servair, Inc. | 1 | $1,166 | 1 |
| Faiz Corporation | 1 | $1,159 | 8 |
| Horace Mann Daycare, Inc. | 1 | $1,032 | 8 |
| Davis Dade Security, LLC | 1 | $963 | 1 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 54 whose address on the record is in Gary; 10 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 29 more with smaller records are on the Indiana wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Indiana is run by the Indiana Election Division and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Gary.
Deeds for property in Gary are recorded by the Lake County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Lake County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Indiana come from the state vital records office, Indiana Department of Health Vital Records. 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.