Michigan, Wayne County
Where Grosse Pointe's records are kept. Court and property records for Grosse Pointe sit with Wayne County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Michigan.
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As a small town, Grosse Pointe relies on Wayne County and the State of Michigan for its public records. The cards below are the Michigan state offices, and the Wayne County offices are on our Wayne 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 Grosse Pointe 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
Its clerk's offices in Detroit, Flint and Bay City are open 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, and people filing without a lawyer can upload documents electronically.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern 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
19 more Grosse Pointe sources not listed above.
Local record guide
What we hold on Grosse Pointe, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Grosse Pointe is an incorporated place in Wayne County, a place of 5,678 people, and keeps its own council and town business records. The Wayne County offices are in Detroit, the county seat. Our Wayne County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 21 investigations with a Grosse Pointe address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $49,727 in back wages agreed for 91 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village Quality Market, LLC | 1 | $29,604 | 18 |
| Kroger Company of Michigan | 4 | $4,266 | 3 |
| Park Brewing LLC | 1 | $1,449 | 9 |
| Charles Chip Gibson, LLC | 1 | $1,444 | 6 |
| Greg Davis Landscape Services, Inc. | 1 | $1,374 | 0 |
| Jess's Servicenter LLC | 1 | $1,045 | 4 |
| Gamba LLC | 1 | $878 | 7 |
| Langone & Dimango Shell | 1 | $837 | 2 |
| Gabriel Industries Inc | 1 | $343 | 3 |
| St. Johns Health | 1 | $239 | 1 |
| Southeastern Property Management LLC | 1 | $174 | 1 |
| St John Providence Hospital | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Greg Davis Landscaping, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Eugenio Painting Company | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Meda Painting & Refinishing, Inc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Double Up Talent Management Agency, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Al's Motor Oil LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Joe Vicari Restaurant Group | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Grosse Pointe, by back wages agreed; 3 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Michigan wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
Same county
Other places in Wayne County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Wayne County records are on the county page.