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Where Hope's records are kept. Court and property records sit with Knox County, and birth and death certificates come from Hope's town clerk and the State of Maine.
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As a small town, Hope relies on Knox County for its court cases, deeds and other public records. The cards below are the county and state offices that keep them. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
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Knox County Sheriff's Office, 301 Park Street, Rockland, Maine 04841, with civil process, corrections, fingerprinting, report requests, notary and dedimus justice services and car seat checks.
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What we hold on Hope, and who keeps its records.
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Hope, a place of 1,698 people, keeps its own council and town business records. The Knox County offices are in Rockland, the county seat. Our Knox County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 8 investigations with a Hope address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $0 in back wages agreed for 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Meservey | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Prudhomme Joseph | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Clifford Meservey | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Hope, by back wages agreed; 1 employer has a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Maine wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
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Other places in Knox County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Knox County records are on the county page.