Missouri, Jackson County
Where Kansas City's records are kept. Kansas City has its own city government, municipal court and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Kansas City's own offices, along with State of Missouri offices; the Jackson County offices are on our Jackson County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
Kansas City, Missouri city government site, with City Hall at 414 E. 12th Street: KCMO 311 service requests, water bill and ticket payments, business licenses, the parcel viewer and council meetings.
Open official site City of Kansas City, MissouriMunicipal court
The Kansas City Municipal Court handles tickets, continuances, trials and appeals, warrants and bonds, payment plans and court records requests, and runs probation and problem solving dockets including Drug Court and Veterans Court.
Open official site Kansas City Municipal CourtCity records
Sunshine Law requests for Kansas City records are filed and tracked in the city's online Sunshine Requests Center; mailed requests and payments go to the City Manager's Office, 414 E. 12th Street.
Open official site City of Kansas City Sunshine Law RequestsCity records
Kansas City's City Planning and Development Department, City Hall 15th floor, 414 E. 12th St.: building, electrical, plumbing and solar permits, plan review, inspections, code cases, rezoning and records requests.
Open official site City Planning and Development DepartmentPolice & jail
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for Kansas City area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedState records
Quick search for missing children near Kansas City Missouri.
Open official site Center for Missing & Exploited Children, MissouriVital records
USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCounty court
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorFederal
USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteFederal
USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCounty court
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseFederal
Census Bureau QuickFacts entry for the city of Kansas City, Missouri with its 2020 Census population of 508,090, the most recent population estimate, and figures from the American Community Survey and Economic Census.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsState records
The Secretary of State's archives holds over 336 million pages of records, with online databases for births and deaths before 1910, death certificates from 1910 to 1975, naturalizations and soldiers' records.
Open official site Missouri State Archives ResearchCounty court
Bankruptcy court for western Missouri at the Charles Evans Whittaker U.S. Courthouse, 400 E. 9th Street, Kansas City. The clerk's office answers at (816) 512-1800, and dockets are posted.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of MissouriEverything else, organized
14 more Kansas City sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Kansas City, a place of 508,090 people, is the seat of Jackson County. Court and property records sit with Jackson County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Missouri. Kansas City's own offices are in the cards above, and our Jackson County page lists each county office.
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Voter registration in Missouri is run by the Missouri Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Kansas City.
Deeds for property in Kansas City are recorded by the Jackson County Recorder of Deeds, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Jackson County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Missouri come from the state vital records office, Missouri Bureau of Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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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.