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Wyoming Game and Fish Department

Buy Wyoming hunting and fishing licenses, purchase preference points, apply for hunts, read harvest and permit rules such as the HIP permit, and find access areas.

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Wyoming Highway Patrol

Request Wyoming Highway Patrol public records, check mountain road and travel information, view missing and endangered person alerts, and find troop locations and ports of entry.

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Wyoming Attorney General

The Wyoming Attorney General represents state agencies and advises state officials, not private citizens. Criminal history requests go to its Division of Criminal Investigation, and court records come from the Wyoming Judicial Branch.

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Wyoming Most Wanted

The U.S. Marshals Service Wyoming Fugitive Task Force hunts fugitives with state and local partners. The Marshals post their 15 Most Wanted list and take tips through usmarshals.gov.

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County court

Wyoming Federal Case Search

The U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming links to PACER and CM/ECF for federal case dockets and filings. Wyoming state court records come from the Wyoming Judicial Branch.

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Johnson County at a glance

State
Wyoming
County seat
Buffalo
Population
8,447
Area
4,175 sq mi
Founded
1875
Cities and towns
4

Johnson County offices and records

Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Johnson County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Johnson County, particularly in the unincorporated areas.

Police Departments. Law enforcement in Johnson County is provided by both Johnson County Sheriff's Office and the Buffalo Police Department.

Law Enforcement & Arrests. Johnson County Sheriff's Office, located at 76 North Main Street in Buffalo, Wyoming 82834, is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Johnson County. Johnson County Detention Center, operated by the Sheriff's Office, houses inmates awaiting trial or serving short-term sentences. Inmate information can be obtained by calling the detention center directly or visiting the Sheriff's Office in person during business hours. Arrest records in Johnson County are considered public records under the Wyoming Public Records Act, W.S. 16-4-201 through 16-4-205. For historical records or archived arrest information, requesters may need to contact Johnson County Clerk's Office, which maintains some historical law enforcement records.

Arrest Records. Arrest records in Johnson County are maintained by Johnson County Sheriff's Office.

Jail & Inmate Records. Inmate lookup is available through the Sheriff's Office, allowing family members and legal representatives to find information about current detainees.

Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Johnson County are taken and retained by Johnson County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These images are part of the public record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office website or by direct request.

Abandoned mine records

Old mine workings in Johnson County

Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.

From the old mine records

What is on record in Johnson County

Old mine sites
278
Sites with no status in the records
81
Past producers, now closed
43
Prospects and occurrences, never worked
235
Producing when recorded
14
Worked underground, in the mine records
9
Main minerals
Bentonite; Uranium; Manganese
Holes drawn on the old survey maps
169
Shafts and tunnels
7
What they are
clay pit, gravel pit, mine shaft, adit
Maps surveyed
1954 to 1993
Records behind them
582 records for 542 sites, the rest are the same working written down more than once
Sources
USGS mineral file and USGS topographic mine features

Is an old working under a property here?

The mine records hold 373 mine sites inside the county: 43 past producers, now closed, 235 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 14 sites producing when the record was made, 81 sites with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 169 holes drawn inside the county, 7 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Bentonite; Uranium; Manganese.

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. No public mine map viewer was found; the AML Division at 1-800-510-0283 answers whether a property is over or near a mined area.

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Johnson County: the boundary from the Census Bureau, and one dot for each old mine or hole on record inside it. The purple dots come off the old survey maps and the darkest of those are shafts and tunnels; the red, green and orange ones are mine records. The small open circles with a name are the towns and the pale shapes around the edge are the neighbouring counties, both from the Census Bureau. Hover a dot for its name.
Wyoming mine map and abandoned mine records
Named workings recorded in Johnson County (209 shown, 104 more named and 229 unnamed on the map)

Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.

Johnson County lies on the edge of the Powder River Region coal field and the coal there is subbituminous, 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 Wyoming DEQ Abandoned Mine Land Division and linked below.

Wyoming 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.

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Wage and hour cases in Johnson County

The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 10 investigations in Johnson County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $204,455 in back wages agreed for 80 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.

Investigations closed
10
Back wages agreed
$204,455
Workers due back wages
80
Civil money penalties
$0
Employers on the record
9
EmployerCityCasesBack wagesWorkers
Pegasus Optimization Managers LLCBuffalo1$197,91649
Big Horn Meat Cutting Inc.Buffalo1$3,56222
Veterans' Home of WyomingBuffalo1$2,2725
N Lazy R Inc.Buffalo1$5113
Mountain West Properties, Inc.Buffalo1$1941
Agape Home Care, Inc.Buffalo1$00
W & S Construct, LLCBuffalo1$00
Intermountain Management LLCBuffalo1$00
White Buffalo Holdings, LLC.Buffalo1$00

Every employer on the Johnson County record, by back wages agreed; 1 employer has have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Wyoming wage theft records page ranks the whole state.

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Johnson County public-records FAQs

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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in Johnson County, Wyoming?

Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Johnson County Sheriff or a city police department in Johnson County. Ask that agency for its record. Under W.S. 40-12-601 a website that posts arrest photographs taken by law enforcement and charges people to remove them must take down the photograph and personal information free of charge within 30 days of a written request showing the charges ended without a conviction or the conviction was expunged or set aside.

How do I get a criminal background check in Johnson County, Wyoming?

The Wyoming criminal history record comes from the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation, Criminal Records Unit. Every non criminal justice search is fingerprint based: get fingerprinted at a local law enforcement agency or at DCI, 208 S. College Dr., Cheyenne (appointments 307-777-7181), and send the card with a money order or cashier's check payable to the Office of the Attorney General or DCI. Fee: $15 for the Wyoming check, which includes the Western Identification Network check; $24.00 more for an FBI check; $5 for fingerprinting at DCI.

How can I look up sex offenders in Johnson County, Wyoming?

Search the Wyoming Sex Offender Registry (Division of Criminal Investigation), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.

How do I register to vote in Johnson County, Wyoming?

Register with the county clerk or through the Wyoming Secretary of State. Wyoming has no online voter registration. The deadline for voter registration is 14 days before an election, but you may register and vote at the same time during the absentee voting period or on Election Day.

How do I look up property records in Johnson County, Wyoming?

Deeds and other recorded land documents in Johnson County are kept by the Johnson County clerk. Property values are set by the county assessor, and tax bills come from the county treasurer. Source: official state page.

How do I get a birth or death certificate in Johnson County, Wyoming?

Certified birth and death certificates for Wyoming come from the Wyoming Department of Health, Vital Statistics Services. Online through the state's Wyoming VSS Portal (wyomingvitalrecords.wyo.gov), by mail to Vital Statistics Services, Hathaway Building, 1st Floor, 2300 Capitol Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82002, or in person at the Hathaway Building Monday through Thursday, 9 am to 4 pm (Friday by appointment). Fee: $25.00 for a birth certificate; $25.00 for the first copy of a death certificate and $20.00 for each additional copy.

How do I find business license records in Johnson County, Wyoming?

Business entity filings are searched with the Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division. The Wyoming Business Council says necessary permits and licenses are issued by the city or county where the work or business will be located.

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Cities, towns and neighboring counties

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