Texas, Dallas County
Where Lancaster's records are kept. Lancaster has its own city government, police department and municipal court; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Lancaster's own offices, along with State of Texas offices; the Dallas County offices are on our Dallas County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
Official site of the City of Lancaster in Dallas County, Texas: city news and notices such as STAR Transit service, a portal for reporting concerns, job openings and the online permit portal.
Open official site City of LancasterPolice & jail
Lancaster Police Department at 100 Craig Shaw Memorial Parkway: the chief's message and mission statement, department contacts, and the way to request police records.
Open official site Lancaster Police DepartmentPolice & jail
The Lancaster Police Records Division at 211 N. Henry Street takes report requests by mail or email, never by phone; give the service number, date, location and complainant or driver name.
Open official site Lancaster Police Record RequestMunicipal court
Lancaster Municipal Court at 220 W. Main Street hears Class C misdemeanors, traffic violations and city ordinance cases, with online citation payment, court records requests and answers to common questions.
Open official site Lancaster Municipal CourtCity records
The City Secretary's Office handles Lancaster open records requests under the Texas Public Information Act, filed online or on a form sent by email, fax, mail or in person at City Hall.
Open official site Lancaster Open Records RequestCity records
Lancaster's City Secretary at 211 N. Henry Street runs city elections, preserves municipal records and board appointments, with guidance on alcoholic beverage permits, birth and death certificates and marriage licenses.
Open official site Lancaster City SecretaryPolice & jail
FBI wanted posters, from the Ten Most Wanted list to fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, bank robbers and seeking information cases; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Most WantedPolice & jail
Texas Department of Public Safety division that compiles criminal history sent by local agencies into statewide files, with a criminal history conviction name search, fingerprinting services and the sex offender search.
Open official site Texas DPS Crime Records DivisionProperty records
Texas Comptroller pages on property tax exemptions, appraisal protests and appeals, appraisal review boards, statewide tax rates and a directory of each county's appraisal district and tax office.
Open official site Texas Comptroller Property Tax AssistanceVital 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 CaseState records
Quick search for missing children near Lancaster Texas.
Open official site Center for Missing & Exploited Children, TexasFederal
U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts table for the city of Lancaster, Texas: 41,275 people in the 2020 Census, the latest population estimate, and figures on age, sex, housing, income and local businesses.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsEverything else, organized
13 more Lancaster sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Lancaster, a place of 41,275 people, is in Dallas County, whose county seat is Dallas. Court and property records sit with Dallas County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Texas. Lancaster's own offices are in the cards above, and our Dallas County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 0 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 0 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 10 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.
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.
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.
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Voter registration in Texas is run by the Texas Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, polling places and the local election office for Lancaster. New voters can fill in the Texas application online, but it must be printed, signed and mailed to the Dallas County voter registrar; driver license holders can also register when they renew or update the license online with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Deeds for property in Lancaster are recorded by the Dallas County Clerk, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Dallas County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Texas come from the state vital records office, Texas Vital Statistics. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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.