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Find the right office in Jones 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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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Jones County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in the unincorporated areas of Jones County.
Police Departments. Jones County is served by several law enforcement agencies, including Jones County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments in cities like Laurel and Ellisville. The Laurel Police Department and Ellisville Police Department handle law enforcement within their respective city limits, while the Sheriff's Office covers the broader county area.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Jones County Sheriff's Department provides county law enforcement and operates the adult and juvenile detention facilities. Its main office is at 419 Yates Avenue in Laurel, Mississippi 39440. Ask the department for its incident, arrest or booking record; the online inmate roster carries a notice that it is not the department's official record. Confirm the Sheriff office location. Read the Sheriff and detention information. Laurel Police Department maintains municipal police functions and incident reports for Laurel; its city directory lists telephone 601-428-6536. Contact Laurel Police Department through its official directory. Direct requests to the agency that created the record and ask about applicable access conditions under Mississippi public-records procedures.
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 mine records hold 3 mine sites inside the county: 1 prospect or occurrence that was never worked, 2 sites producing when the record was made; the old survey maps add 66 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is Bromine.
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.
Jones 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 96 investigations in Jones County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $1,088,561 in back wages agreed for 1,084 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.
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 68 on the Jones County record; 31 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 43 more with smaller records are on the Mississippi wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Jones County publishes separate Chancery Clerk contacts for its First Judicial District in Ellisville and Second Judicial District in Laurel. The Ellisville office is at 101 North Court Street, Suite D, with mail to P.O. Box 248, Ellisville, MS 39437. Laurel uses 415 North Fifth Avenue and P.O. Box 1468, Laurel, MS 39441. Their telephone numbers are 601-477-3307 and 601-428-0527 respectively. Use the Chancery Clerk's district-specific contacts. State the district with the case or instrument reference when ordering a document; a county name alone may leave the receiving office with a routing question.
The Circuit Clerk also has offices in both districts, but its mailing details are not interchangeable with Chancery. The First District contact is 101 North Court Street, Suite B, Ellisville, telephone 601-477-8538. The Second District uses 415 North Fifth Avenue, P.O. Box 1336, Laurel, telephone 601-425-2556. A Laurel courthouse street address shared by offices does not mean that their post-office boxes or record collections match. Check the Circuit Clerk's district directory. Put the clerk title on correspondence as well as the courthouse address.
The Chancery Clerk offers an Internet index for Jones land records. Its introductory notice expressly identifies the courthouse index as the official Land Records Index and describes the Internet version as unofficial. Start through the Jones County Records Portal and its Official Land Records button. A useful result should supply an instrument reference that can be carried into an office inquiry. Retain the names, document type and filing information instead of relying on a screenshot of a name list alone.
The portal says online credit-card copy purchases are final and carry a 3.5 percent service fee with a $2 minimum. Those amounts describe the payment surcharge, not the underlying price of a deed copy. Confirm the copy product and its base charge before completing a purchase. The portal lists weekday office hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; confirm closures and the appropriate district before travel. Nothing in that notice turns an online image into a certified copy or establishes a complete historical coverage period. Source: records.joneschancery.com
The Chancery Clerk's responsibilities extend beyond deeds. The county lists powers of attorney, federal tax liens and military discharges among its recorded collections. Its court duties include divorce, child custody, land matters, equitable division, estates, guardianships, adoptions and mental-health commitments. A request for an estate file therefore belongs with the court-record function, while a recorded conveyance belongs with the land-record function even when both concern the same property. Identify the document sought and ask the clerk what access conditions apply to that particular file. Source: jonescountyms.com
For an older family or property inquiry, prepare a short chronology: the names used by the parties, the approximate filing period, the district and any case or instrument number already found. Explain whether the desired item is a final judgment, a filed pleading, a probate document or a recorded land instrument. An index hit may be the start of the search, but it does not identify every document within a case. Avoid assuming that the public land-search interface includes the clerk's entire court collection or restricted family materials. Source: jonescountyms.com
The Circuit Clerk maintains filings for Circuit Civil, Circuit Criminal, County Court and Youth Court. It also maintains a judgment roll and state tax liens. Those categories are distinct from the Chancery Clerk's equity, estate and family collections. Before requesting a disposition, identify which court heard the matter and supply the case number if available. For a judgment search, ask about the judgment-roll record as well as the underlying case, since an entry identifying a judgment is not the entire litigation file. Source: jonescountyms.com
The same office issues and keeps marriage licenses and maintains voter registration records. Its published marriage application price is $37, cash only; that is a license application charge, not evidence of the price for a certified copy of an existing marriage record. The office's passport instructions list an application window of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays. That passport-specific window should not be substituted for the hours of every court-record service. State the intended service when contacting the district office so staff can identify the right requirements. Source: jonescountyms.com
Jones combines Tax Assessor and Collector responsibilities in one county office but publishes separate collecting, homestead, appraisal and mapping contacts. The collecting function handles property-tax payments, vehicle and mobile-home titling, privilege licenses and tax-sale matters. The appraisal and mapping function records property changes, plats deeds, classifies land and maintains values. A parcel description, an assessed value and a payment balance therefore describe different records. Use the Tax Assessor-Collector's departmental directory. Give the parcel identification and the relevant tax year when asking staff to locate a record.
Ellisville's listed tax office is 101 North Court Street, Suite A; the collecting telephone is 601-477-3261 and homestead uses 601-477-3253. Laurel's tax office is at 501 North Fifth Avenue, with mail to P.O. Box 511. Its real-property appraisal number is 601-649-1636 and mapping uses 601-428-3603. These are not the Chancery Clerk's district addresses. Use a recorded deed reference when discussing an ownership update, while directing questions about the recorded instrument itself back to Chancery. Source: jonescountyms.com
The Chancery Clerk also serves as Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and county comptroller. The county assigns it preservation of Board meeting minutes and authorization of claim payments after Board approval. To locate an action, identify the meeting date, agenda subject, property or vendor involved and the decision being researched. A request for minutes is different from a request for the supporting claim or accounting record. Name both when both are needed, rather than assuming a minute entry contains the complete payment documentation. Source: jonescountyms.com
The clerk also collects delinquent real-property taxes and says that this function accepts cash or official bank checks. That payment rule should remain attached to delinquent-tax transactions; it is not a published countywide payment rule for all copy orders. The office also assists the Tax Assessor-Collector with homestead filings. When a tax question spans an original assessment, a delinquency and a Board action, keep the references together but address each record request to the function maintaining it. Source: jonescountyms.com
The Sheriff's Department operates both the Jones County Adult Detention Facility and Juvenile Detention Facility. Its online roster is presented as a public convenience, with a notice that it is not the department's official record. For a formal custody record, identify the person, approximate booking date and requested document and contact the department. A roster entry concerns detention information; it should not be used as a substitute for the court's judgment or final case disposition. Read the Sheriff's roster notice and departmental information.
The Sheriff lists its main office at 419 Yates Avenue in Laurel, with telephone 601-425-3147. The adult facility is at 5178 Highway 11 North, Ellisville, telephone 601-649-7502; the juvenile facility is separately listed at 5172 Highway 11, telephone 601-649-7500. The Court Services Division serves papers and indictments, works on wanted subjects and sex-offender compliance, and assists with detention transport. Its Justice Court link is a fines-payment route, not a statement that full court files are searchable there. Check Court Services and the separately identified facility contacts.
Laurel maintains its own Police Department, with separate investigations, training and community-outreach contacts in the city directory. Its listed main chief's contact is 601-428-6536. The directory's general City Hall footer should not be treated as proof of the location of a police-records counter. When the report was made by Laurel Police, identify the incident date, location, report number and type of record before contacting the department. Use Laurel's Police Department directory for the municipal agency. Retain the agency name shown on the report rather than assigning it to the county because the incident happened in Jones County.
For a Sheriff matter, use the department's own records route and distinguish the main office from either detention facility. Its published FAQ confirms the main office beside the Laurel courthouse at 419 Yates Avenue. A useful follow-up supplies the original request date and the document being sought, especially where an incident report, booking record and court filing concern the same event. Each is a separate record created for a different purpose. The Sheriff's FAQ confirms its main-office location and Justice Court payment route.
Where to go
Each office below was read on its own site. A field the office does not publish is left out rather than filled in from a directory.
Land instruments, Chancery cases, Board minutes and delinquent real-property taxes.
Office page: jonescountyms.com
Second District Chancery records and land instruments.
Office page: jonescountyms.com
Circuit, County and Youth Court filings; marriage licenses; voter registration.
Office page: jonescountyms.com
Assessment, mapping, homestead, tax collection and vehicle functions.
Office page: jonescountyms.com
Sheriff incidents, court service and adult detention records.
Office page: jonesso.com
Straight answers
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Jones County Sheriff or a city police department in Jones County. 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.
Search the Mississippi Sex Offender Registry (Department of Public Safety), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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 Jones County are kept by the Jones 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.
The Chancery Clerk handles divorce, estates, guardianships and related Chancery matters. Identify the First District in Ellisville or Second District in Laurel and the case reference. See the Chancery Clerk's responsibilities and district contacts.
The portal says its online index is unofficial and identifies the courthouse Land Records Index as the official index. Use a result to identify the instrument for further research. Read the portal's index notice.
The published 3.5 percent fee, with a $2 minimum, is a credit-card service charge. It does not establish the underlying copy price. Check the online purchase notice.
No. The Chancery Clerk lists P.O. Box 1468, while the Circuit Clerk lists P.O. Box 1336, both in Laurel, MS 39441. Check Chancery contacts. Check Circuit contacts.
The Chancery Clerk serves as Clerk of the Board and maintains its meeting minutes. Supply the meeting date or subject and specify whether supporting documents are also requested. See the Board clerk function.
The Tax Assessor-Collector identifies its appraisal and mapping departments separately. Laurel mapping uses 601-428-3603 and real-property appraisal uses 601-649-1636. Use the tax department contacts.
No. The main office is listed at 419 Yates Avenue, Laurel. The adult facility is at 5178 Highway 11 North, Ellisville. These addresses describe separate services. See the Sheriff and facility contacts.
The Sheriff describes the linked system as a way to pay Justice Court fines. That description does not establish public access to complete case files. Read the Court Services description.
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.