Massachusetts, Middlesex County
Where Lowell's records are kept. Lowell has its own city government and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Lowell's own offices, along with State of Massachusetts offices; the Middlesex County offices are on our Middlesex County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
The Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board classifies sex offenders by risk and posts Level 3 offenders, plus Level 2 offenders classified after July 12, 2013, who live, work or study in the state.
Open official site Sex Offender Registry BoardState records
The Massachusetts Archives, under the Secretary of the Commonwealth in Boston, holds state vital records from 1841 to 1935, census copies, Port of Boston passenger lists and naturalization abstracts.
Open official site Massachusetts ArchivesCounty court
The court has locations in Boston, Worcester and Springfield and posts its calendar, notices of sale, video and phone hearing details, local rules and forms, with PACER for case files.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, District of MassachusettsCounty court
Massachusetts Trial Court site for looking up case information and paying some court fees online. Its data is not the official court record and may lack the latest activity.
Open official site Massachusetts Trial Court Case AccessVital records
RVRS keeps Massachusetts birth, marriage and death records from 1936 to the present; records from 1931 through 1935 have moved to the Massachusetts Archives.
Open official site Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and StatisticsPolice & jail
The Massachusetts Department of Correction points to VINELink, an outside service online or by phone, to find someone in its prisons by full name or commitment number.
Open official site Find Someone Housed in a Massachusetts PrisonPolice & jail
Massachusetts State Police missing persons for Lowell.
Open official site Lowell Massachusetts Missing PersonsPolice & jail
Department of Criminal Justice Information Services guide to the two kinds of Massachusetts checks: name based CORI searches of state arraignments, and fingerprint supported checks.
Open official site Massachusetts DCJIS Criminal Record ChecksFederal
Federal statistics for the city of Lowell, Massachusetts in Census Bureau QuickFacts, starting from a 2020 Census count of 115,554, with recent estimates for median household income, housing, veterans and businesses.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Lowell city website for bill payment, Lowell 311 requests, City Council and boards, trash and recycling, health and social services and early voting. City Hall: 375 Merrimack Street, 978-674-4000.
Open official site City of LowellState records
Contact and search Lowell clerk office official city records 375 Merrimack Street 1st Floor, Room 31 Lowell, MA 01852 (
Open official site Lowell Massachusetts Recorded DocumentsPolice & jail
The mission of the Lowell Police Department is to work with the community to reduce crime, the fear of crime, and to improve the quality of life in. Obtain criminal reports and records JFK Plaza 50 Arcand Drive Lowell, MA 01852 978-937-3200
Open official site Lowell Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
19 more Lowell sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Lowell, a place of 115,554 people, is in Middlesex County, whose county seat is Cambridge. Deeds are recorded at the registry of deeds that serves Middlesex County, Lowell's town clerk keeps copies of birth and death certificates, and court cases go through the Massachusetts Trial Court. Lowell's own offices are in the cards above, and our Middlesex 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 USGS mineral file records 5 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 1 of them worked out or abandoned; the USGS topographic mine features add 3 features mapped inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts, adits or tunnels, digitised from the old survey sheets. The mineral the records name is 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. No abandoned mine inventory is published; the survey's host does not answer this box, both urls are in the search index.
Massachusetts 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.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Massachusetts is run by the Massachusetts Elections Division and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Lowell.
Deeds for property in Lowell are recorded by the registry of deeds that serves Middlesex County, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Middlesex County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Massachusetts come from the state vital records office, Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics, and the town or city clerk can also issue copies. The state office's site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Businesses that operate in Lowell register with the Massachusetts Corporations Division, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Lowell requires one, comes from the town or Middlesex County.
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.