Michigan, Wayne County
Where Harper Woods's records are kept. The Town of Harper Woods has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Harper Woods's own offices, along with the Wayne County and State of Michigan offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The City of Harper Woods website covers council agendas and minutes, the city clerk and elections, assessing, the building department, 32A District Court, forms and documents and online payments. City Hall: 19617 Harper Ave.
Open official site City of Harper WoodsCounty court
Search for the appropriate county or district court in Michigan.
Open official site Michigan CourtsCounty court
MiCOURT Case Search, run by the Michigan courts, lets you pick a participating trial court and look up its cases; some courts show criminal convictions only if sentencing was within seven years.
Open official site Michigan MiCOURT case searchProperty records
Search the state treasurer listings of State Foreclosed Land Auctions for Michigan.
Open official site Michigan State Foreclosed Real Property SearchState records
Search property and claim status from the office of the state treasurer.
Open official site Michigan Unclaimed PropertyPolice & jail
Wayne County Sheriff's Office, the elected law enforcement office for Harper Woods Town, Michigan, with incident reports, warrants and jail information as the office publishes them.
Open official site Wayne County Sheriff's OfficePolice & jail
Detroit Michigan Police Department, with the incident reports, record requests and contacts the department publishes for Harper Woods Town, Michigan.
Open official site Detroit Michigan Police DepartmentVital records
Request birth records from the State of Michigan Vital Records Office.
Open official site Michigan Birth RecordsVital records
Lookup Michigan death records from the 19th century by accessing the MI Genealogical Death Indexing System.
Open official site Michigan Archived Death Records SearchState records
Search for a business entity licensed to do business in Michigan.
Open official site Michigan Business Entity SearchState records
Search for a teacher's credential status with the Michigan Department of Education.
Open official site Michigan Teacher LookupEverything else, organized
Local record guide
Local profile
The Town of Harper Woods, a place of 15,296 people, is in Wayne County, whose county seat is Detroit. Court and property records sit with Wayne County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Michigan. Harper Woods's own offices are in the cards above, and our Wayne County page lists each county office.
Straight answers
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Inspecting records is free under Michigan's Freedom of Information Act, and paper copies may not exceed 10 cents a page plus itemized labor. MiCOURT Case Search is free, a state-issued Michigan birth or death record costs $34 for the search and first copy, county clerks charge less, and the ICHAT criminal history check carries a fee.
Request reports from the Harper Woods police department records bureau with a FOIA request if the town has its own force; otherwise the Wayne County Sheriff's Office keeps reports for the area. Michigan State Police records, including crash reports, are requested through the MSP records request portal.
Cases filed in Wayne County are heard by the circuit, district and probate courts for the county. MiCOURT Case Search on courts.michigan.gov searches most Michigan trial courts free, and the court clerk sells copies.
Deeds and mortgages are filed with the Wayne County Register of Deeds. Property is assessed by the city or township assessor, the city or township treasurer bills summer and winter taxes, and delinquent taxes go to the Wayne County Treasurer.
The Wayne County Clerk issues certified birth, death and marriage records for events in the county. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Vital Records office in Lansing issues them statewide, with a state birth record $34.
Yes. ICHAT, the Michigan State Police Internet Criminal History Access Tool, searches Michigan public criminal history by name online for a fee. MiCOURT also shows court cases by name.
Michigan agencies must respond within five business days under the Freedom of Information Act, MCL 15.235, and may extend that once by up to 10 business days with written notice.
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.