Lapeer County, Michigan Public Records

Investigations closed

50

Back wages agreed

$537,273

Workers due back wages

744

Civil money penalties

$138,181

Employers on the record

44

The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 44 on the Lapeer County record; 18 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 19 more with smaller records are on the Michigan wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.

Lapeer County certificate orders, land recordings and agency records

Start with the Lapeer Clerk's particular record series

Lapeer County Clerk identifies responsibility for vital records, business registrations, notaries, military discharges and records of the Circuit, Family and Specialty courts. That combination makes the document description especially useful: specify a certificate, a filed court document, a business registration or an election record before asking about availability. The Clerk publishes 810-667-0356 and weekday office hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. County Clerk responsibilities and contact.

A case-file request should include the case number and document title if known. A certificate request instead requires the event details and the appropriate application. The Clerk's election role does not mean that a court order, a birth certificate and a voter-registration matter share the same access rules or processing route. Source: lapeercountymi.gov

Check Lapeer's retained vital-record coverage

The Clerk reports local birth and death records beginning in 1867 and marriage records beginning in 1831. These are the starting dates published for its collections, not a guarantee that every event within those years was registered in Lapeer. Supply the event date, person's name and county when asking staff to locate an entry. Lapeer vital-record instructions.

Death and marriage records are available without the special identification requirement applied to restricted births. Birth records less than 110 years old have eligibility restrictions, and the Clerk describes access for the named person, parents and other qualifying representatives or heirs with supporting documentation. A family relationship alone should not be substituted for the application and identification the office requires. Source: lapeercountymi.gov

Order the correct number of matching certificate copies

Lapeer lists $15 for the first certified vital-record copy and $5 for additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time. The additional-copy rate is tied to that matching-record order; it should not be applied to unrelated certificates or a later request. Mail goes to County Clerk, Attention Vital Records, 255 Clay Street, Lapeer, MI 48446. Source: lapeercountymi.gov

The Clerk accepts mailed and in-person requests and links an approved online ordering service. Vendor service and delivery charges should be checked in the actual online order. Keep the certificate count, required identification and payment together, and retain the request details if staff need to ask about the event or the applicant's eligibility. Source: lapeercountymi.gov

Take recorded-land inquiries to Nepessing Street

The Register of Deeds is at 287 W. Nepessing Street, Suite 1, Lapeer, MI 48446, telephone 810-667-0211. It lists weekday hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Its online resources include a land-record search and a property-recording alert service. Keep this office distinct from the Clerk's Clay Street certificate and court-record services. Register of Deeds location and search routes.

A land search should preserve the instrument reference and the parties' names. Use the recorded document to read the conveyance terms rather than relying solely on an abbreviated index result. The alert service can flag a name associated with a new recording, but reviewing an alert still requires checking the underlying document and determining whether it concerns the intended property. Source: lapeercountymi.gov

Distinguish Lapeer's document charge from copy pricing

The Register of Deeds lists a $30 recording charge per document regardless of page count. Certain assignments or discharges involving additional instruments carry a separate $3 charge for each extra instrument. This is a document-based schedule, so the ordinary base charge is not recorded as a first-page-only fee. Register of Deeds fee schedule.

Ordinary real-estate copies are $1 per page, with certification listed separately at $5 per document. A certified deed total therefore includes its copy pages and certification. Plat copy sizes use their own listed prices. Ask for the product and size required by the receiving organization before choosing between an ordinary image, a certified document and a larger-format map. Source: lapeercountymi.gov

Check the Treasurer certificate requirement before recording

The recording instructions require a Treasurer tax certificate for warranty deeds and land contracts containing a covenant of warranty. The listed certificate fee is $5. This is an additional document-preparation requirement for the described instruments, rather than a charge for every type of request handled at the Register of Deeds. Lapeer recording requirements.

Keep the transfer instrument, legal description and required supporting certificate together when checking readiness for recording. Copying an existing deed does not require preparing a new conveyance. Where the request concerns an old document, give the recorded reference; where it concerns submitting a new instrument, ask about the requirements for that particular document type. Source: lapeercountymi.gov

Identify whether the case belongs to Circuit or District Court

The Circuit Court route identifies civil, felony and family matters and directs record service through the Clerk. The Clerk's court-record office is on the second floor at 255 Clay Street, Suite 227, Lapeer, MI 48446. Describe the case division along with the parties and case number so the inquiry reaches the appropriate file collection. Circuit Court records route.

The District Court describes misdemeanor proceedings, preliminary felony proceedings, landlord-tenant matters, small claims and other civil matters within its jurisdiction. A felony can therefore have activity in different courts at different stages. If an older citation or docket reference identifies a particular court, preserve it instead of assuming the later court file contains every earlier hearing record. District Court case categories.

Use the Sheriff records unit for the agency-created report

The Sheriff's Records Division lists report, background-check, civil-process and other agency-record services. It operates weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., excluding holidays, and publishes fax 810-664-5520. Identify the incident date, location and report number where available; the Sheriff's agency file and a related court prosecution are separate records. Sheriff Records Division services.

The Sheriff is at 3231 John Conley Drive, Lapeer, MI 48446, telephone 810-664-1801, and its department description includes inmate care and custody. Ask the records unit about the specific local product and any applicable charges. A local agency background inquiry should not be presented as a statewide or national criminal-history search. Sheriff office and custody responsibilities.

Route administrative requests and valuation questions precisely

Lapeer's FOIA instructions direct requests to the known records custodian; when the custodian is unknown, the county Administration serves as the coordinating route. The published administrative contact is 810-667-0366. The county provides request materials, fee information and a distinct dispatch-record request option, so name the agency and record type instead of combining unrelated requests without explanation. County FOIA routing and forms.

The Equalization Department studies values across local units and assists the county in equalizing assessment classes. It expressly says that individual assessments are the responsibility of the local assessor. For a disputed parcel value or property-card detail, identify the township or city assessor; county equalization reports answer a different question about assessment uniformity. Equalization responsibilities and local-assessor distinction.