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Find the right office in Harney County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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Police & jail
Harney County Criminal Records and Police Reports, with the incident reports, record requests and contacts the department publishes.
Open official site Harney County Criminal Records and Police ReportsVital records
Harney County Birth, Death and Vital Records, the office that issues these certificates, with the application, identification and fee rules it publishes.
Open official site Harney County Birth, Death and Vital RecordsCity records
Harney County Public Library, with the catalog, branch information and the local history and reference collections it holds.
Open official site Harney County Public LibraryState records
City Directory for Harney County, the county government site, with its department pages, elected officials and contact information.
Open official site City Directory for Harney CountyFederal
United States Census Bureau figures for Harney County, Oregon, with population, housing, income and business counts from the latest estimates.
Open official site Harney County U.S CensusCity records
Harney County Seniors Services: Transportation, meal deliveries and help for caregivers, on the official site of the office that keeps it.
Open official site Harney County Seniors ServicesCourt records
Harney County Bar Association: Free referral services for criminal, civil and family law attorneys.
Open official site Harney County Bar AssociationCity records
Harney County's own site lists its departments and its commissioners, with its economic development work and the contacts for each county office.
Open official site Harney CountyCity records
Harney County Chamber of Commerce: Directory of local businesses and community organizations.
Open official site Harney County Chamber of CommerceCity records
Burns Airport in Harney County: General aviation services, on the official site of the office that keeps it.
Open official site Burns Airport in Harney CountyEverything else, organized
26 more Harney County sources not listed above.
Local record guide
County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Harney County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Harney County.
Police Departments. In addition to Harney County Sheriff's Office, law enforcement in Harney County is provided by the Burns Police Department, which serves the city of Burns.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Law enforcement in Harney County is primarily provided by Harney County Sheriff's Office, located at 485 B Street in Burns, Oregon 97720. Arrest records and booking information in Harney County are considered public records under Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) 192.311 to 192.478, which comprise Oregon's Public Records Law.
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
• Phone: (541) 573-6156
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 411 named mine sites inside the county, 320 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 691 holes drawn inside the county, 16 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Gold; Mercury; Geothermal.
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. Oregon has no state abandoned mine land program page; abandoned mine hazards on federal land are a BLM and Forest Service matter.
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.
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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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Harney County Sheriff or a city police department in Harney County. Ask that agency for its record. Under ORS 133.870, as amended by Senate Bill 993 (2025), a law enforcement agency may not release a booking photo except to the person shown, other law enforcement, the victim, a party in the criminal case, the court, a licensed investigator or a state mental hospital, to the public when there is a law enforcement purpose such as catching a fugitive, or after a conviction that results from that arrest.
The Oregon criminal history record comes from the Oregon State Police, Criminal Justice Information Services. Request a name based Open Record on another person through the OSP Open Records Portal (ORS 181A.245), or mail the form, a fingerprint card and the fee for a copy of your own record; OSP takes public fingerprints only at its Salem headquarters. Fee: $33 for an Open Record name search on another person; $33.00 for a fingerprint based copy of your own record.
Search the Oregon Sex Offender Registry (Oregon State Police; public site lists Level 3 offenders), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county elections office or through the Oregon Secretary of State, Elections Division. You can also register online with the state online registration. The deadline to register is 21 days before Election Day; many voters are registered automatically at the DMV.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Harney County are kept by the Harney County clerk. Property values are set by the county assessor, and tax bills come from the county tax collector. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Oregon come from the Oregon Health Authority, Center for Health Statistics (Oregon Vital Records). Most county vital records offices in Oregon issue birth and death records for six months after the date of the event; they are in the county health department or the county clerk's office. Online or by phone through the state's contracted vendor VitalChek, by mail to Oregon Vital Records, PO Box 14050, Portland OR 97293, at the drop box at 800 NE Oregon Street, Portland, or in person by appointment at that address. Fee: $25 for a computer issued birth certificate and $30 for a full image birth certificate; $25.00 for each additional certificate.
Business entity filings are searched with the Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division. Oregon has no general state business license; cities and counties may require a license for businesses operating in their jurisdictions.
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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.