Montana, Cascade County
Where Great Falls's records are kept. Great Falls has its own city government, police department, municipal court, 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 Great Falls's own offices, along with State of Montana offices; the Cascade County offices are on our Cascade County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The official City of Great Falls, Montana website: City Commission meeting and work session notices, neighborhood council meetings, city news, the Report a Concern form and the departments and divisions.
Open official site City of Great FallsPolice & jail
The Great Falls Police Department at 112 1st Street South, with its bureaus, annual reports, crime mapping, online incident and supplemental report forms, evidence submission and unclaimed property.
Open official site Great Falls Police DepartmentPolice & jail
The City Attorney's Office releases Great Falls police and accident reports for misdemeanor cases inside city limits to involved parties, victims and their legal representatives, one request form per incident.
Open official site Great Falls City Attorney's Office Police Records RequestsMunicipal court
Great Falls Municipal Court sits on the second floor of the Civic Center at 2 Park Drive South and posts fine payments, the warrants list, court records requests, jury duty and subpoena details.
Open official site Great Falls Municipal CourtCity records
The City Clerk's Office keeps City Commission agenda packets, ordinances, resolutions, minutes and contracts, and takes public records requests for city administration records through an online request form.
Open official site City of Great Falls City Clerk Public RecordsCity records
The Great Falls Building Division handles residential and commercial building permits, sign, demolition and house moving permits, building permit statistics and code enforcement complaints about neglected private property.
Open official site City of Great Falls Building DivisionPolice & jail
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for Great Falls area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedPolice & jail
Montana Department of Corrections search of records of convicted felons in the state, by DOC ID number or last and first name, with links to the victim information office and the parole board.
Open official site Montana DOC Offender SearchVital 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
Peterson Library and Archives of the Montana Historical Society, a non circulating library, archives and photo archives open on site in its Reference Room, with online collections, indexes and research services.
Open official site Montana Historical Society Research CenterCounty court
Federal bankruptcy court for Montana. Mail goes to the Mike Mansfield Federal Courthouse in Butte; hearings are held and filings taken over the counter at divisional offices including Billings, Great Falls and Missoula.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of MontanaCounty court
Home of the Montana courts: Supreme Court opinions, briefs and docket, contact details for every court by district or county, public access portals for court records, eFiling and fine payment.
Open official site Montana Judicial BranchEverything else, organized
17 more Great Falls sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Great Falls, a place of 60,442 people, is the seat of Cascade County. Court and property records sit with Cascade County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Montana. Great Falls's own offices are in the cards above, and our Cascade 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 3 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 1 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 4 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.
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
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Voter registration in Montana is run by the Montana Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, polling places and the local election office for Great Falls. Montana has no online voter registration: the application goes to the Cascade County election administrator by mail or in person.
Deeds for property in Great Falls are recorded by the Cascade County Clerk and Recorder, and the Montana Department of Revenue keeps the tax values. Our Cascade County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Montana come from the state vital records office, Montana Office of 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.