Where Lyons's records are kept. Court and property records for Lyons sit with Burt County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Nebraska.
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As a small town, Lyons relies on Burt County for its court cases, deeds and other public records. The cards below are the county and state offices that keep them. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
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Nebraska Secretary of State Corporate and Business Search
Secretary of State business search for the status of corporations and other entities, trade names, trademarks and service marks registered in the state, with good standing certificates. Business services: 402-471-4079.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska handles federal civil and criminal cases statewide, with case files found through PACER. Nebraska state court cases are held by the Nebraska Judicial Branch.
The Nebraska Department of Revenue Property Assessment Division issues assessment rules, valuation guides and protest forms and oversees the homestead exemption. Parcel records are kept by each county assessor.
State Treasurer's Unclaimed Property Division: search unclaimed bank accounts, wages, insurance benefits, deposits and safe deposit box contents by name, file and track claims, and report property as a holder.
The City of Lyons Police Department, led by Police Chief Joshua Svendsen, is at 135 North 2nd St.; office phone (402) 687-4143, on duty phone (402) 380-1902.
The Burt County Sheriff's Office at 111 North 13th Street, Suite 1, Tekamah, phone (402) 374-2900, patrols county roads and provides law enforcement for Lyons and the rest of Burt County.
Lyons in ZIP code 68038 keeps its own council and town business records. Tekamah, the county seat, is where the county offices are. Each Burt County office is listed on our Burt County page.
Labor Department file
Wage and hour cases in Lyons, Nebraska
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 5 investigations with a Lyons address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $8,314 in back wages agreed for 9 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 Lyons, by back wages agreed; 2 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Nebraska wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
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Other places in Burt County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Burt County records are on the county page.