Where Ludington's records are kept. Court and property records for Ludington sit with Mason County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Michigan.
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As a small town, Ludington relies on Mason County and the State of Michigan for its public records. The cards below are the Michigan state offices, and the Mason County offices are on our Mason County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
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Michigan Department of Corrections OTIS Offender Search
The Offender Tracking Information System lists Michigan prisoners, parolees, probationers, absconders and discharged offenders, searchable by name, offender number, age, race and marks, scars or tattoos.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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The Library of Michigan holds city and county histories, newspaper clippings, vital records, cemetery transcripts and plat maps for use during library hours, plus county guides and FamilySearch affiliate access on site.
United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Michigan
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What we hold on Ludington, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Ludington at a glance
County
Mason County
County seat
Ludington
Population
7,655
Mason County population
29,052
Local records
City of Ludington
ZIP codes
49431
About Ludington public records
Ludington, a place of 7,655 people, is the seat of Mason County, so most county offices are in Ludington itself. The town keeps its own council and business records. Our Mason County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in Ludington
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
The mine records hold 2 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 1 site producing when the record was made, 1 processing plant, which is not a working.
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. GeoWebFace shows historic mining sites as points; no agency page with underground workings outlines was found, and the OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds Michigan maps.
Ludington: the boundary from the Census Bureau, and one dot for each old mine or hole on record inside it. The purple dots come off the old survey maps and the darkest of those are shafts and tunnels; the red, green and orange ones are mine records. The pale shapes with a name around it are the neighbouring places, from the Census Bureau. Hover a dot for its name.Michigan mine map and abandoned mine records
Michigan 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
Wage and hour cases in Ludington, Michigan
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 25 investigations with a Ludington address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $88,343 in back wages agreed for 208 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
Every employer whose address on the record is in Ludington, by back wages agreed; 9 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Michigan wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
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Nearby Mason County cities
Other places in Mason County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Mason County records are on the county page.