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Where Houston's records are kept. Houston has its own municipal court; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Houston's own offices, along with the Chickasaw County and State of Mississippi offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
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Chickasaw County Sheriff's Department, based at the Houston courthouse, 1 Pinson Square; courthouse phone (662) 456-2513. Handles patrol, investigations, the county jail, civil process, court security, reports and background checks.
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Judges, Court Clerks and Court Staff, Youth Court, My Cart, Sign in, Our Partners, Chickasaw County Courthouse Houston, 1 Pinson Square Houston.
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Houston, a place of 3,797 people, is the seat of Chickasaw County. Court and property records sit with Chickasaw County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Mississippi. Houston's own offices are in the cards above, and our Chickasaw County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 22 investigations with a Houston address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $24,724 in back wages agreed for 69 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Houston | 3 | $11,165 | 11 |
| Reeves Farm LLC | 1 | $5,925 | 11 |
| Thorn Custom Harvesting, LLC | 3 | $3,030 | 14 |
| Chickasaw County Reg.Correctional Facility | 1 | $2,323 | 23 |
| T & P Harvesting, LLC | 2 | $1,541 | 6 |
| K & J Farms, Inc. | 2 | $1,145 | 6 |
| Wofford Tire Company | 1 | $911 | 2 |
| Pure Harvest, LLC | 1 | $224 | 2 |
| Dendy Foods, Inc. | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| Moss Farm | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Duncan Farms | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Langley Farm | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Vance Farms | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Danny Clark Farms | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| D D & J Harvesting, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Alexander Care, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Houston, by back wages agreed; 7 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Mississippi wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
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Deeds for property in Houston are recorded by the Chickasaw County Chancery Clerk, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Chickasaw County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Mississippi come from the state vital records office, Mississippi Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.