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Find the right office in Madison County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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Property records
The Madison County Property Appraiser places a market value on every parcel of real estate in the county. Office at 229 SW Pinckney St., Room 201, Madison; phone 850-973-6133.
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The Madison County Sheriff's Office media relations page, with press release and public information contacts, at 2364 West US 90, Madison, Florida, administration line (850) 973-4151.
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Order certified Florida birth and death certificates at the Madison County health department office, with fees, eligibility rules and office hours.
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Judgments, liens and other recorded county documents.
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The Madison County Tax Collector bills and collects the property taxes, and the records show the parcel, the owner and what is charged and paid on it each year.
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The Madison County Jail at 823 SW Pinckney Street, Madison, Florida, phone (850) 973-4002, run by the sheriff, with booking, visitation and jail population information.
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The Madison County public library gives readers its catalogue, its online databases and the local history and genealogy collections it holds for the county.
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Voter registration and election information from Madison Voter Registration and Elections, the office that keeps the county voter roll.
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The Madison County Sheriff's Office at 2364 West US 90, Madison, Florida, phone (850) 973-4151, handles patrol, investigations, the county jail, civil process, warrants and public records requests.
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The Madison County Sheriff's Office Civil Process Division at 2364 West US 90, Madison, Florida, serves summons, subpoenas, garnishments and other civil papers under Florida law.
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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Madison County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Madison County.
Police Departments. In addition to Madison County Sheriff's Office, several municipal police departments operate within Madison County. These agencies have jurisdiction within their city limits and work in coordination with the Sheriff's Office on major crimes and regional law enforcement initiatives.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Madison County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff David Harper, is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas and provides countywide services including patrol, investigations, and corrections. Within the City of Madison, Madison County Police Department provides municipal law enforcement services and can be contacted for Madison County Correctional Facility, operated by the Sheriff's Office, houses pre-trial detainees and sentenced inmates. Inmate information can be obtained by contacting the jail directly at or through the Sheriff's Office website, which may provide an online inmate roster. Arrest records in Madison County are public records under Florida's full public records law, Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, commonly known as the Florida Sunshine Law. Florida Statute 119.07 specifically addresses the right to inspect and copy public records.
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
• Phone: (850) 973-4151
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 1 named mine site inside the county, 0 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 6 holes drawn inside the county, 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. Florida sinkholes are karst, not mine subsidence.
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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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Madison County Sheriff's Office or a city police department in Madison County. Ask that agency for its record. Under section 901.43, Florida Statutes, anyone who publishes arrest booking photographs may not solicit or accept a fee to remove them, and must remove a photograph without charge within 10 calendar days after a written request sent by registered mail.
The Florida criminal history record comes from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Information Services. Online name based search of public Florida criminal history through the FDLE Instant Search (results are not certified), or a certified request; FDLE no longer takes mailed request forms. Fee: $24.00 per search, plus a $1.00 credit card processing fee.
Search the Florida Sexual Offenders and Predators (FDLE), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county Supervisor of Elections or through the Florida Division of Elections. You can also register online with the state online registration. The deadline to register to vote for an upcoming election is 29 days before the election.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Madison County are kept by the Madison County Clerk of the Circuit Court, as county recorder. Property values are set by the county Property Appraiser, and tax bills come from the county Tax Collector. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Florida come from the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. Local county health departments take mail in and walk in requests for Florida birth records from 1917 to the present; fees vary by county. By mail to Florida Department of Health, Vital Statistics, P.O. Box 210, Jacksonville, Fl 32231-0042, walk in at 1217 N Pearl St., Jacksonville, at a county health department, or online and by phone through VitalChek (877-550-7330), the only contracted vendor. Fee: $9 for the first computer generated birth certification (includes the $9 search fee); $4 for each additional copy.
Court records for Madison County are kept by the clerk of the court that heard the case. See Madison County Criminal and Civil Court (https://www.flcourts.gov/Florida-Courts/Court-Locations/First-District/Madison) to search cases and request copies.
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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.