Kansas, Ellis County
Where Hays's records are kept. Hays has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Hays's own offices, along with State of Kansas offices; the Ellis County offices are on our Ellis County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
State records
A state agency, the Kansas Historical Society runs the State Archives research room in Topeka, the Kansas Memory online collection, genealogy indexes, the Kansas Museum of History and 16 historic sites.
Open official site Kansas Historical SocietyCounty court
Sitting in Kansas City, Topeka and Wichita, the federal bankruptcy court for Kansas offers court calendars, an unclaimed funds locator, KSBFastFile for filing claims and a docket tool.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, District of KansasCounty court
The Kansas Judicial Branch explains CaseSearch, a free online search of public district court cases and documents after a user agreement; older documents and some records are viewable only on courthouse terminals.
Open official site Kansas Judicial Branch: Search District Court RecordsVital records
State office keeping Kansas birth, stillbirth, death, marriage and divorce records; they are not public, and certified copies go to the person named, immediate family, a legal representative or someone with direct interest.
Open official site KDHE Office of Vital StatisticsPolice & jail
Updated each working day, the Kansas Department of Corrections search covers people in its custody, on parole or in its funded programs, including absconders; full criminal histories come from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
Open official site Kansas Adult Supervised Population Electronic Repository (KASPER)Police & jail
Kansas Bureau of Investigation clearinghouse required by state law, listing current missing Kansans with search by name or location and a tip form; listings come from NCIC through the investigating agency.
Open official site KBI Missing Persons ClearinghousePolice & jail
Kansas Bureau of Investigation search of registered sex, violent and drug offenders, updated every 15 minutes; offenders whose crimes came before April 14, 1994 are kept from public view.
Open official site KBI Public Offender RegistryPolice & jail
Kansas Bureau of Investigation online record check open to the general public for $30 through a KanAccess account; searches run from 4 AM to midnight Central time, outside the nightly maintenance window.
Open official site Kansas Criminal History Record SearchFederal
Basic population, business and geography statistics for Hays city, Kansas from Census Bureau QuickFacts, which covers cities and towns of more than 5,000 people; 2020 count 21,116.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
City of Hays online: city commission meetings and agenda packets, ordinances, payments and utilities, permits, refuse routes, GIS maps, annual budgets and city contacts. City offices: 1507 Main Street.
Open official site City of HaysCity records
The office at 1507 Main Street bills and collects for water, sewer and trash, records and files minutes, ordinances and resolutions, and handles licenses, permits, pet licenses and open records requests.
Open official site Hays Finance and City Clerk's OfficePolice & jail
The city police department's site covers patrol, investigations, the drug enforcement unit, records, crime reports, municipal court, animal control and lost pets, diversion, expungements, recruitment and code enforcement.
Open official site Hays Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
12 more Hays sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Hays, a place of 21,116 people, is the seat of Ellis County. Court and property records sit with Ellis County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Kansas. Hays's own offices are in the cards above, and our Ellis 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 USGS topographic mine features record 7 mapped mine features inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts, adits or tunnels, digitised from the old survey sheets.
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. Underground coal mining in Kansas was concentrated in Cherokee and Crawford Counties.
Kansas 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.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Kansas is run by the Kansas Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Hays.
Deeds for property in Hays are recorded by the Ellis County Register of Deeds, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Ellis County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Kansas come from the state vital records office, Kansas Office of Vital Statistics. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Businesses that operate in Hays register with the Kansas Secretary of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Hays requires one, comes from the town or Ellis 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.