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Find the right office in Jefferson 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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PACER, the federal judiciary's records service, holds dockets and filings from Mississippi's Northern and Southern District Courts and bankruptcy courts. State cases are kept by Mississippi circuit and chancery clerks.
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Obtain property tax info by contacting the state of Mississippi.
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Request copies of death records from the Mississippi State Department of Health.
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Find active and inactive corporations by name from the Mississippi Secretary of State.
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Information from MS Dept. of Corrections about death row inmates.
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Request a copy of a marriage certificates from the Mississippi Department of Health.
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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Jefferson County.
Police Departments. In addition to Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, law enforcement in Jefferson County includes the Fayette Police Department. These agencies work within their respective jurisdictions, with the Sheriff's Office covering unincorporated areas and the Fayette Police Department handling municipal law enforcement.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Mississippi 39069, is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Jefferson County. Inmates housed in Jefferson County Detention Facility can be located by contacting the jail directly during business hours; the facility does not currently maintain a full online inmate roster, so information must be obtained via phone inquiry or in-person visit. § 25-61-1 et seq, which grants citizens the right to inspect and copy public records with limited exceptions. To request arrest records, individuals should submit a written request to the Sheriff's Office or the appropriate municipal police department, specifying the name and approximate date of arrest; a nominal copying fee may apply.
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The old survey maps record 15 holes inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.
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. The state says it has no underground mines.
Jefferson County sits over a mapped coal field and the coal there is lignite, worked mostly at the surface. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this county. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by MDEQ Office of Geology, Mining and Reclamation Division and linked below.
Mississippi 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.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 16 investigations in Jefferson County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $443,636 in back wages agreed for 294 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.
| Employer | City | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Development Corporation | Fayette | 1 | $161,141 | 21 |
| Alcorn State University | Lorman | 5 | $144,384 | 106 |
| Jefferson-Franklin Correctional Facility | Fayette | 2 | $54,207 | 90 |
| State of MS, Institution of Higher Education | Lorman | 1 | $24,349 | 22 |
| Jefferson County School District | Fayette | 1 | $13,839 | 4 |
| Jefferson County Sheriff's Office | Fayette | 1 | $12,296 | 9 |
| Jefferson County Board of Supervisors | Fayette | 1 | $10,934 | 24 |
| Jefferson County Tax Assessor/Collector | Fayette | 1 | $4,800 | 1 |
| Parsontan Fayette | Fayette | 1 | $1,200 | 10 |
| Jefferson County Sheriff Department | Fayette | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer on the Jefferson County record, 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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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the county sheriff's office or a city police department. Ask that agency for its record.
The Mississippi criminal history record comes from the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Criminal Information Center. Name based check of your own record only, requested online through the DPS Name Based Background Check by the person the record belongs to; results can take up to 30 calendar days. Fee: $32.00 per request.
Register with the county Circuit Clerk or through the Mississippi Secretary of State, Elections Division. Mississippi has no online voter registration. No online voter registration; register in person at the Circuit Clerk's Office or by mail with an application postmarked by the deadline (October 5 for the November 3, 2026 election).
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Jefferson County are kept by the Jefferson County Chancery Clerk. Property values are set by the county Tax Assessor, and tax bills come from the county Tax Collector. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Mississippi come from the Mississippi State Department of Health, Vital Records. By mail with a cashier's check or money order to Mississippi Vital Records, P.O. Box 1700, Jackson, MS 39215-1700, in person at the Vital Records office in Ridgeland, or online or by phone through VitalChek, the private company MSDH names, for an added fee. Fee: $17 for a birth or death certificate, $6 for each added copy of the same record ordered at the same time.
Business entity filings are searched with the Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services Division. The Secretary of State's business portal says you may need permits and licenses from your city or county government, and requirements differ by location.
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