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Find the right office in Lafayette 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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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. Lafayette County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in the unincorporated areas of Lafayette County.
Police Departments. In addition to Lafayette County Sheriff's Office, law enforcement in Lafayette County is provided by municipal police departments, including the Oxford Police Department. Each department has jurisdiction over its respective city or town, with the Sheriff's Office covering unincorporated areas.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Lafayette County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 711 Jackson Avenue in Oxford, Mississippi, provides primary law enforcement services throughout unincorporated areas of Lafayette County. Sheriff Joey East oversees department operations, and the office can be contacted through the office’s website.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Lafayette County are maintained by Lafayette County Sheriff's Office. Residents and attorneys can request arrest records by contacting the Sheriff's Office directly.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Lafayette County are taken and retained by Lafayette County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These booking photos are part of the public record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office website or by request. Mississippi does not have specific laws for mugshot removal, so the availability of these images is subject to the discretion of the Sheriff's Office and applicable privacy laws.
At 300 North Lamar Boulevard, Oxford, MS 38655, the Lafayette County Chancery Clerk can be reached at 662-234-2131; Tax Assessor assistance is 662-234-5562 and Tax Collector assistance is 662-234-6006. The Oxford Police Department provides municipal law enforcement for Oxford and lists its headquarters and mailing address as 9 Industrial Park Drive, Oxford, MS 38655, telephone 662-232-2400.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 58 mine sites inside the county: 56 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 1 site producing when the record was made, 1 site with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 28 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Iron; Fluorine-Fluorite.
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.
Lafayette County sits over the Mississippi Region 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 37 investigations in Lafayette County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $194,905 in back wages agreed for 331 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence/Crane Theming & Design Concept, LLC | Oxford | 1 | $69,832 | 63 |
| Chetpar, Inc. | Oxford | 2 | $40,318 | 16 |
| M&NExcavators, Inc. | Oxford | 1 | $31,301 | 32 |
| Martin Concrete Finishing, Inc. | Oxford | 1 | $11,181 | 34 |
| North MS Regional Center | Oxford | 1 | $8,450 | 79 |
| Oxford University Club, LLC | Oxford | 1 | $8,014 | 22 |
| Marquis Towing, Inc | Oxford | 1 | $5,316 | 1 |
| Mother Goose of Oxford, Inc. | Oxford | 1 | $3,924 | 16 |
| Learners Playhouse L.L.C. | Oxford | 1 | $3,784 | 10 |
| Ward's Short Stop, LLC. | Oxford | 1 | $2,632 | 6 |
| Mink's on the Park, LLC | Oxford | 1 | $2,294 | 15 |
| Cobra Security, Inc. | Oxford | 1 | $1,978 | 18 |
| North MS Rural Legal Services, Inc. | Oxford | 1 | $1,682 | 2 |
| Taylor-Lafayette County Gin, Inc. | Taylor | 1 | $647 | 1 |
| Sunsations, Inc. | Oxford | 1 | $435 | 1 |
| Boss Wings XXVII, LLC | Oxford | 1 | $430 | 6 |
| Eggspert LLC | Oxford | 1 | $51 | 1 |
| A&S Supply, Inc. | Oxford | 1 | $51 | 1 |
| Nail Forestry Services, Inc. | Oxford | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| Abner's Inc. | Oxford | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| Carothers Construction, Inc. | Oxford | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| Larson's Grocery of Oxford, Inc. | Oxford | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Taylor-Lafayette Company Gin, Inc. | Oxford | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Clasic Clean, LLC | Oxford | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Carother's Construction, Inc | Taylor | 1 | $0 | 0 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 29 on the Lafayette County record; 8 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 4 more with smaller records are on the Mississippi wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
The Lafayette County Chancery Clerk keeps the county's public land records and Chancery Court records and also serves as clerk to the Board of Supervisors. The office is at 300 North Lamar Boulevard, Oxford, MS 38655, with mailing address PO Box 1240, Oxford, MS 38655, and telephone 662-234-2131. Its location panel lists weekday hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Identify whether your request concerns a recorded instrument, a court case, a board action or land redemption. These functions share a clerk but do not form one interchangeable search index. Official source.
The clerk expressly separates its electronic systems: Chancery Court filings moved to Mississippi Electronic Courts in 2023, while land records continue through Delta Computer Systems. That distinction matters when using an older county directory or saved portal bookmark. Search the correct collection for the document type, and carry the instrument number or case number into a follow-up request. A deed found in Delta does not establish that a later Chancery pleading is also there. For court work, use the clerk's current instructions about documents filed by staff and those submitted through MEC. Source: lafayettems.com.
The county's deed-filing instructions state a $26 charge and add $1 per page when the deed exceeds five pages. This is a charge covering a page block, not a $26-per-page rate. The instructions accept cash or card for the transaction and direct the document to the Chancery Clerk. Before calculating the amount, identify the instrument and its page count. A copy request for an already recorded deed is a different product, so this recording amount should not be reported as the cost of obtaining a deed copy or a certified copy. Official source.
For return visits and correspondence, preserve the names of the parties, the recording date and the recorded reference from your existing deed. The Chancery Clerk's payment notice says debit and credit cards are accepted and personal checks are no longer accepted. Its passport service ends at 3:30 p.m., which is a separate service cutoff from the office's posted 5 p.m. closing. Use the schedule for the actual transaction. The fact that the clerk accepts passport applications does not make the passport cutoff the closing time for all land or court record work. Source: lafayettems.com.
Lafayette's will-filing guidance says a will is filed after the person's death in the Chancery Clerk's office, accompanied by the Civil Case Filing Form, and describes attorney submission. It says no appointment is required for that filing. For research in an existing estate, distinguish the original will from an order appointing a representative, an inventory or another filing. Provide the deceased person's name and the case number if known. The service instructions explain a filing route; they should not be read as establishing unrestricted access to every document in every proceeding. Official source.
The county identifies Chancery Court as handling divorce and alimony, child custody, wills, guardianships, conservatorships and land-title disputes. That subject list explains why a divorce decree belongs with Chancery records rather than the Circuit Clerk's marriage-license function. Describe the particular decree or subsequent order needed and use the Chancery Clerk as the records custodian. Judicial chambers and court-administrator contacts have separate functions from the clerk's copy service. A case concerning land may also refer to a deed recorded separately, so preserve both references if the research concerns the underlying transaction. Official source.
The Circuit Clerk is at 1 Courthouse Square, Suite 101, Oxford, MS 38655, telephone 662-234-4951. The county lists weekday hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and identifies separate civil and criminal deputy contacts. The office maintains Circuit Court records, including final case outcomes, and also handles jury administration, voter registration and marriage licenses. On a case request, provide the division, parties and case number. On an election request, identify the election or registration record. The shared office does not mean that a marriage-license search is a criminal-history search. Official source.
Marriage-license application service runs from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., earlier than the office's posted closing time. The county lists a $37 application fee and describes the information and proof of age to bring. It also requires divorce papers when an applicant was divorced within the previous six months. Keep this prospective license product separate from a certified record of a marriage that has already occurred. If you need proof of an earlier marriage, identify the issuing county and ask for the completed record instead of paying an application fee for a new license. Official source.
Lafayette County Justice Court is at 72 F.D. "Buddy" East Parkway, Suite 201, Oxford, MS 38655, telephone 662-234-1545. Its service description includes county and university misdemeanor matters, traffic tickets issued by the Sheriff's Department, University Police and Highway Patrol, and specified civil and felony-charge proceedings. Use the issuing agency and case information on the citation or notice to identify the file. An Oxford Police Department matter should not automatically be assigned to this court simply because the event took place in Lafayette County; the document's actual court designation is the starting point. Official source.
When comparing a Justice Court record with a Circuit Court record, retain the court name on every item. A charge, initial proceeding and final case outcome can generate different records and identifiers. Ask for the specific docket entry, judgment, order or filing needed, rather than assuming that one court's record contains every later proceeding. The county Justice Court source supplies its own clerk contact and form collection. For an existing file, use that contact to establish the available document and copy process; a form for starting a new case is not the requested historical record. Source: lafayettems.com.
The Tax Assessor/Collector is listed at 300 North Lamar Boulevard, Suite 103. Assessment questions, homestead exemptions, maps and aerials use 662-234-5562; collections, tags, titles and county privilege licenses use 662-234-6006. The county links its appraisal, map and property-breakdown resource separately from payment services. Identify the parcel, owner and relevant year in your request. A valuation question belongs with assessment, while a payment-history question belongs with collection. Keep the recorded deed with the Chancery Clerk's records instead of treating an appraisal listing as the instrument of transfer. Official source.
The county explains that the assessor determines taxable value but does not set the tax rate. Its real-property description distinguishes appraised value from assessed value and identifies January 1 as the appraisal date. Retain those labels when copying figures from the property record. A lower assessed value is not necessarily a different estimate of market value; it may reflect the classification applied to the property. For a research comparison, record the year, parcel identifier, value label and any exemption shown, then ask the assessor about a specific discrepancy rather than combining numbers from unlike fields. Source: lafayettems.com.
For county public records, Lafayette directs its Public Record Request Form to the County Administrator by in-person delivery, mail or email. The mailing address is PO Box 1240, Oxford, MS 38655. Its instructions describe a seven-day response period and charges of $0.25 per page plus the hourly rate of the employee fulfilling the request. Specify the documents, dates and desired format and request a cost estimate for a larger collection. That general page-copy figure is not evidence of the price for a certified court document, a recorded deed or a vital certificate. Official source.
Emergency telephone recordings have a separate access rule in the county's instructions. The county says they remain confidential for the identified emergency-service purposes and are not released to other parties without a court order or subpoena. Its copy instructions call for the exact date and time of the call with the subpoena. Preserve that timing information when identifying the recording, along with the incident reference if available. Do not treat an ordinary administrative-record form as a replacement for the process the county publishes for E-911 audio. Official source.
Oxford Police Department publishes its headquarters and mailing address as 9 Industrial Park Drive, Oxford, MS 38655, with general information at 662-232-2400. Its records services distinguish a $25 electronic crash report, located using the full case number and a driver's last name, from a $5 private-property accident report. The department links a public-record request portal for its own records. The Sheriff's Department separately administers the county jail at its published Jackson Avenue location. Identify the reporting agency before paying for a report, and retain the report type and agency case number. Sheriff source: lafayettems.com. Official source.
Mississippi's Department of Health issues birth, death and marriage certificates and publishes a $17 first-copy price, with $6 for additional copies of the same record ordered together. Its divorce service is an index search to identify the county, not the decree itself; a certified decree must be requested from the Chancery Clerk. The state also identifies gaps in its marriage holdings that require the county Circuit Clerk. For an older family record, write down the event date and requested product before selecting the issuing office, then keep the certificate or court copy labeled by its actual source. Official source.
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 and Chancery Court records, Board of Supervisors records and land redemption.
Office page: lafayettems.com
Circuit case records, marriage licenses, voter registration and jury administration.
Office page: lafayettems.com
Justice Court civil, traffic and criminal proceeding records.
Office page: lafayettems.com
Assessment, maps, homestead, collection and county privilege-license records.
Office page: lafayettems.com
Sheriff incident records, jail docket and county jail administration.
Office page: lafayettems.com
City incident and crash reports; agency's linked request portal.
Office page: oxfordms.net
Straight answers
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Lafayette County Sheriff's Office or a city police department in Lafayette 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.
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 Lafayette County are kept by the Lafayette 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 says court documents moved to MEC in 2023, while land records continue through Delta. Use the collection appropriate to the document type. Official source.
No. The county's instructions describe $26 for the deed and $1 for each page beyond five. That recording product is separate from an existing-deed copy request. Official source.
The clerk's payment notice says personal checks are no longer accepted and debit and credit cards are accepted. Use the current instructions for the specific transaction. Official source.
The county's marriage instructions give an earlier 4:30 p.m. application cutoff. The $37 fee is for a new license application, not an existing marriage certificate. Official source.
The county directs assessment, homestead, map and aerial questions to 662-234-5562. Collection, tag, title and county privilege-license questions use 662-234-6006. Official source.
The county's instructions require the exact call date and time and describe the court-order or subpoena requirement for release to other parties. Official source.
The department lists 9 Industrial Park Drive, Oxford, MS 38655, telephone 662-232-2400, and links its public-record request portal. Official source.
The state says its divorce service searches an index to locate the county. Request the certified decree from the Chancery Clerk of the county where the divorce was granted. Official source.
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.