Michigan, Ottawa County
Where Grand Haven's records are kept. Court and property records for Grand Haven sit with Ottawa County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Michigan.
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Grand Haven relies on Ottawa County and the State of Michigan for its public records. The cards below are the Michigan state offices, and the Ottawa County offices are on our Ottawa County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
The Offender Tracking Information System lists Michigan prisoners, parolees, probationers, absconders and discharged offenders, searchable by name, offender number, age, race and marks, scars or tattoos.
Open official site Michigan Department of Corrections OTIS Offender SearchPolice & jail
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for Grand Haven area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedVital 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 Library of Michigan holds city and county histories, newspaper clippings, vital records, cemetery transcripts and plat maps for use during library hours, plus county guides and FamilySearch affiliate access on site.
Open official site Library of Michigan Family HistoryCounty court
Federal bankruptcy court with locations in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Marquette and Traverse City; it offers court calendars, opinions, copies of documents, a phone case information line and PACER access.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of MichiganCounty court
Site of Michigan's One Court of Justice: Supreme Court and Court of Appeals news, cases, opinions and orders, a trial court directory, court forms, MiFILE electronic filing and help for people representing themselves.
Open official site Michigan CourtsEverything else, organized
18 more Grand Haven sources not listed above.
Local record guide
What we hold on Grand Haven, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Grand Haven, a place of 11,011 people, is the seat of Ottawa County, so most county offices are in Grand Haven itself. The town keeps its own council and business records. See our Ottawa County page for every county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 34 investigations with a Grand Haven address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $249,398 in back wages agreed for 932 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Bridge and Marine LTD | 1 | $86,686 | 29 |
| Shape Corp. | 1 | $39,733 | 397 |
| John Zelenka Evergreen Nursery | 1 | $36,092 | 169 |
| Engine Power Components, Inc. | 1 | $25,736 | 165 |
| Electromedia, Inc | 1 | $20,206 | 5 |
| Heritage Property Management, Inc. | 1 | $11,119 | 12 |
| Biosolutions, llc | 1 | $5,357 | 2 |
| Sun Communities Operating Limited Parnership | 1 | $2,907 | 9 |
| Absolute Security and Protective ServicesLLC | 1 | $2,653 | 2 |
| Admiral Petrleum Company | 1 | $2,374 | 26 |
| Little Life Childcare Center and Preschool | 1 | $2,269 | 15 |
| P & J Investments, LTD. | 1 | $2,191 | 17 |
| A & L Farms, Inc. | 2 | $2,011 | 51 |
| No One Lives Alone, Inc. | 1 | $1,910 | 1 |
| Gage Motor Mall LLC | 1 | $1,648 | 3 |
| GRC Construction | 1 | $1,358 | 2 |
| Corporate Cleaning | 1 | $987 | 2 |
| Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc. | 2 | $977 | 2 |
| Zelenka Nursery, Inc. | 1 | $516 | 2 |
| Trinity Continuing Care Services | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| The Flower Connection | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Sodexho Management Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| North Ottawa Community Hospital | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Reenders Blueberry Farms LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Butch's Beach Burritos, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 30 whose address on the record is in Grand Haven; 13 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 5 more with smaller records are on the Michigan wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Same county
Other places in Ottawa County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Ottawa County records are on the county page.