Texas, Cameron County
Where Harlingen's records are kept. Harlingen has its own city government, police department and municipal court; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Harlingen's own offices, along with State of Texas offices; the Cameron County offices are on our Cameron County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
Welcome page of the All-America City of Harlingen, Texas, whose City Hall is at 118 E. Tyler Ave, listing the mayor and five district commissioners, meetings and agendas, citizen requests and the city budget.
Open official site City of HarlingenPolice & jail
Harlingen Police Department at 1018 Fair Park, a recognized Texas police department with three bureaus, posting press releases and the jail list, online crime reporting and a link to its Public Records Center.
Open official site Harlingen Police DepartmentMunicipal court
Harlingen Municipal Court at 1018 Fairpark Blvd. hears class C misdemeanor cases, sets trials and bonds, holds post arrest hearings and prepares appeals to the County Court at Law; citations can be paid online.
Open official site Harlingen Municipal CourtCity records
Requests for Harlingen city records under the Texas Public Information Act go through the online records request page, by mail to the City Secretary or in person at City Hall, 118 E. Tyler Avenue.
Open official site City of Harlingen Public Information Act RequestsCity records
The Harlingen City Secretary administers elections, keeps City Commission minutes, new ordinances and the code of ordinances, serves as records management officer and takes campaign finance and financial disclosure filings.
Open official site Harlingen City SecretaryPolice & jail
Texas Department of Public Safety division that compiles criminal history sent by local agencies into statewide files, with a criminal history conviction name search, fingerprinting services and the sex offender search.
Open official site Texas DPS Crime Records DivisionPolice & 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 WantedProperty records
Texas Comptroller pages on property tax exemptions, appraisal protests and appeals, appraisal review boards, statewide tax rates and a directory of each county's appraisal district and tax office.
Open official site Texas Comptroller Property Tax AssistanceVital 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
Quick search for missing children near Harlingen Texas.
Open official site Center for Missing & Exploited Children, TexasFederal
QuickFacts from the U.S. Census Bureau for Harlingen city, Texas: frequently requested figures on population, business and geography; the 2020 Census counted 71,829 residents.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsEverything else, organized
12 more Harlingen sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Harlingen, a place of 71,829 people, is in Cameron County. Court and property records sit with Cameron County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Texas. Harlingen's own offices are in the cards above, and our Cameron 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 1 hole 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.
Texas 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 336 investigations with a Harlingen address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $4,546,865 in back wages agreed for 5,892 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCFS Health and Human Services | 6 | $4,988,865 | 2,735 |
| Valley Baptist Health Systems | 1 | $2,090,243 | 2,205 |
| Valley View Primary Home Care | 1 | $236,090 | 163 |
| A Dream Come True Guillen Home Health, Inc. | 1 | $209,169 | 133 |
| Pete's Electric LLC | 1 | $128,796 | 85 |
| Unidos Primary Home Care, LLC | 1 | $108,721 | 68 |
| Harlingen City of | 1 | $106,234 | 102 |
| Ormeida Enterprise LLC | 5 | $78,450 | 36 |
| Melba R Gonzalez | 1 | $69,625 | 22 |
| The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Socie | 1 | $60,793 | 35 |
| Pauline Igwe | 3 | $57,820 | 31 |
| Valley View Adult Day Care | 1 | $53,677 | 22 |
| SSC Harlingen Operating Company LP | 2 | $52,387 | 26 |
| Oda LLC | 3 | $47,098 | 336 |
| Amaru Motors, L.P. | 2 | $45,342 | 101 |
| Regency Nursing Center Partners of Hgn,LTD. | 1 | $35,323 | 61 |
| L.M. Padre II, LLC | 1 | $35,274 | 6 |
| Las Fronteras Adult Daycare Inc. | 1 | $34,025 | 42 |
| Regency Nursing Center Partners of Harlingen | 2 | $33,432 | 0 |
| D.V. Subway, LP | 2 | $32,362 | 461 |
| Department of State Health Services | 1 | $31,668 | 29 |
| The Rancho Restaurant Inc. | 2 | $31,346 | 27 |
| Las Vegas Restaurant, inc. | 2 | $29,105 | 32 |
| China Restaurant | 2 | $27,971 | 30 |
| Gonzalez Alternative Living Centers | 1 | $27,022 | 25 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 241 whose address on the record is in Harlingen; 76 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 216 more with smaller records are on the Texas wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Texas is run by the Texas Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, polling places and the local election office for Harlingen. New voters can fill in the Texas application online, but it must be printed, signed and mailed to the Cameron County voter registrar; driver license holders can also register when they renew or update the license online with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Deeds for property in Harlingen are recorded by the Cameron County Clerk, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Cameron County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Texas come from the state vital records office, Texas Vital Statistics. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Businesses that operate in Harlingen register with the Texas Secretary of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Harlingen requires one, comes from the town or Cameron County.
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.