Maine, county records
Find the right office in Knox 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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County court
The U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, with courthouses in Portland and Bangor, posts court calendars and trial lists. Its federal case files are searched through PACER.
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Search property and claim status by individual name or business through the state treasurer.
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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Knox County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Knox County.
Police Departments. Law enforcement in Knox County is provided by Knox County Sheriff's Office and several municipal police departments.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Knox County Sheriff's Office, located at 301 Park Street, Rockland, ME 04841, provides primary law enforcement services to unincorporated areas and assists municipal departments throughout Knox County. §§ 401-410), which governs public access to government records.
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
To search for someone recently arrested in Knox County, Maine, you can contact the Knox County Jail, located at 327 Park Street, Rockland, ME. The jail provides an inmate lookup process that can be accessed by calling their main line at (207) 594-0430.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 112 mine sites inside the county: 77 past producers, now closed, 16 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 12 sites producing when the record was made, 2 processing plants, which are not workings, 5 sites with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 137 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are crushed stone; Granite; construction sand and gravel.
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.
Maine 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 80 investigations in Knox County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $171,017 in back wages agreed for 326 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Way Manor | Rockland | 1 | $36,017 | 10 |
| Camden Whitehall Corporation | Camden | 1 | $13,934 | 10 |
| Maine-Ly Poultry Incorporated | Warren | 1 | $11,169 | 16 |
| Maine Dept. of Corrections | Warren | 1 | $8,502 | 143 |
| Bayview Lobster Inc. | Camden | 1 | $7,287 | 20 |
| Quarterdeck, Inc. | Camden | 1 | $6,975 | 19 |
| Offshore Restaurant, Inc | Rockport | 1 | $6,397 | 9 |
| Silver Oak, Inc. | Rockland | 1 | $6,389 | 5 |
| Breda, A Limited Liability Company | Camden | 1 | $4,987 | 7 |
| Samorock, L.L.C. | Rockport | 1 | $3,431 | 7 |
| Coastal Child Care Center, Inc | Thomaston | 1 | $2,905 | 7 |
| Knox Center for Long Term Care | Rockland | 1 | $2,809 | 1 |
| Irv's Drywall, Inc. | Warren | 1 | $2,332 | 1 |
| Thomaston Cafe and Bakery | Thomaston | 1 | $1,438 | 7 |
| Windward Gardens, LLC | Camden | 1 | $1,238 | 16 |
| Poulin Grimmel Restaurant Corp. | Rockport | 1 | $1,175 | 1 |
| Dwayne L. Knowlton, Inc. | Rockland | 2 | $752 | 7 |
| Ramon Forestry Services, LLC | Union | 1 | $619 | 8 |
| Sea Dog Brewpub Camden LLC | Camden | 1 | $412 | 3 |
| Maine Coast Construction Corporation | Camden | 1 | $333 | 4 |
| The Brass Compass Cafe | Rockland | 1 | $253 | 2 |
| Northwinds, Inc. | Camden | 1 | $197 | 6 |
| Penobscot Bay Ice Company, Inc. | Camden | 1 | $142 | 2 |
| Ahlholm, Inc. | Warren | 3 | $121 | 1 |
| Get Out Inc. | Rockland | 1 | $98 | 2 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 51 on the Knox County record; 19 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 26 more with smaller records are on the Maine wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Knox County Sheriff or a city police department in Knox County. Ask that agency for its record.
The Maine criminal history record comes from the Maine State Police, State Bureau of Identification. Name based search online through the Maine Criminal History Record and Juvenile Crime Information Request service; fingerprint based checks need fingerprints sent straight to the State Bureau of Identification. Fee: $31.00 ($21.00 for InforME subscribers in Maine).
Search the Maine Sex Offender Registry (Maine State Police, State Bureau of Identification), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the municipal registrar of voters (the town or city clerk's office) or through the Maine Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions. You can also register online with the state online registration. Same day registration: yes, in person at your municipality up to and including Election Day; online registration closes 21 days before a state or federal election.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Knox County are kept by the Knox County Registry of Deeds. Property values are set by the municipal assessors, and tax bills come from the municipal tax collector. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Maine come from the Maine CDC, Data, Research and Vital Statistics (DRVS). Maine's vital records are housed at DRVS and at most municipal offices statewide; records created before 1892 come from the municipality where the event took place or from the Maine State Archives. In person at DRVS, 220 Capitol Street, Augusta (walk ins 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.), by mail with the application, identification and fee, or online through VitalChek, the independent company DRVS has partnered with. Fee: $15.00 per certificate, $6.00 for each additional copy ordered at the same time.
Business entity filings are searched with the Maine Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions. General licenses to operate a business are managed at the town or city level in Maine; contact your town office.
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