Missouri, McDonald County
Where Lanagan's records are kept. Court and property records for Lanagan sit with McDonald County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Missouri.
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As a small town, Lanagan relies on McDonald County and the State of Missouri for its public records. The cards below are the Missouri state offices, and the McDonald County offices are on our McDonald County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
Highway Patrol CJIS criminal record checks, by name based search for a fee or by fingerprint search, with request form SHP-158, MACHS fingerprint services and background check fee details.
Open official site Missouri State Highway Patrol Criminal Record CheckPolice & jail
View a listing of all offenders that have been or are currently under the supervision of the Missouri Department of Corrections.
Open official site Missouri Offender Data FilesPolice & jail
Find the location and release information of individuals incarcerated with the Missouri Dept. of Corrections.
Open official site Missouri Inmate Offender SearchPolice & jail
Highway Patrol Most Wanted notice for a fugitive considered armed and dangerous, with physical description, known aliases and the Patrol numbers to call with information.
Open official site Missouri State Highway Patrol Most WantedPolice & jail
The Missouri State Highway Patrol maintains the Missouri Sex Offender Registry, searchable statewide, and links to the county registries kept by local sheriffs.
Open official site Missouri Sex OffendersPolice & jail
Request Missouri state police reports of arrests, incidents and auto accidents.
Open official site Missouri Police Records RequestPolice & jail
Highway Patrol records requests: incident, investigative and arrest reports, radio logs, traffic crash reports and photos, background checks and clearance letters, and Water Patrol boat accident and drowning reports.
Open official site Missouri State Highway Patrol Public Records RequestPolice & jail
Law enforcement, traffic, criminal investigations and more.
Open official site Missouri State Highway PatrolState records
Missouri Department of Conservation, which issues hunting, fishing and trapping permits and keeps the permit records and the regulations that apply to them.
Open official site Missouri Department of ConservationState records
The Missouri Attorney General represents the state and takes consumer complaints, No Call registrations and Sunshine Law questions. Court case records are searched through Case.net, run by the Missouri judiciary.
Open official site Missouri Attorney GeneralPolice & jail
Law enforcement, security, reports and more.
Open official site Missouri Capitol PoliceState records
Find active and inactive corporations by name from the Missouri Secretary of State.
Open official site Missouri Business & Corporation SearchEverything else, organized
Local record guide
What we hold on Lanagan, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Lanagan, a place of 373 people, keeps its own council and town business records. Pineville, the county seat, is where the county offices are. Each McDonald County office is listed on our McDonald County page.
Straight answers
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Inspecting records is free under Missouri's Sunshine Law, and copies may cost up to 10 cents a page plus clerical time. Case.net is free, a certified Missouri birth certificate costs $15 and a death certificate $14, and recorders of deeds charge statutory copy fees.
Ask the Lanagan police department for incident and accident reports if the town has its own force; otherwise the McDonald County Sheriff's Office keeps reports for the area. Missouri State Highway Patrol crash reports are requested online through the Patrol Records Request system.
Cases filed in McDonald County are heard by the Missouri circuit court for the county. Case.net, the Missouri courts' free portal, covers circuit and appellate cases, with remote access to public documents filed since July 1, 2023.
Deeds and mortgages are recorded by the McDonald County Recorder of Deeds. The McDonald County Assessor sets property values, and the McDonald County Collector of Revenue mails tax bills and collects payments.
Birth and death certificates are sold at any of 115 local public health offices in Missouri, often while you wait, and by the Bureau of Vital Records in Jefferson City. Marriage records are kept by the recorder of deeds in the county where the license was issued.
Yes. The Missouri State Highway Patrol's Missouri Automated Criminal History Site, MACHS, runs name-based Missouri criminal history searches for a fee. Case.net also shows criminal cases by name.
Missouri agencies must respond as soon as possible and no later than the end of the third business day after receiving a request under the Sunshine Law, RSMo 610.023.
Same county
Other places in McDonald County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; McDonald County records are on the county page.