Mississippi, county records
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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PACER, the federal judiciary's records service, holds dockets and filings from Mississippi's Northern and Southern District Courts and bankruptcy courts. State cases are kept by Mississippi circuit and chancery clerks.
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Obtain property tax info by contacting the state of Mississippi.
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Request copies of death records from the Mississippi State Department of Health.
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Find active and inactive corporations by name from the Mississippi Secretary of State.
Open official site Mississippi Business & Corporation SearchPolice & jail
Information from MS Dept. of Corrections about death row inmates.
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Request a copy of a marriage certificates from the Mississippi Department of Health.
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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Madison County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Madison County's unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. Law enforcement in Madison County is provided by Madison County Sheriff's Office and several municipal police departments.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Law enforcement in Madison County, Mississippi, is primarily provided by Madison County Sheriff's Department, headquartered at 2941 U.S. Highway 51, Canton, MS 39046, according to the Sheriff contact information. Madison County Detention Center, operated by the Sheriff's Department, houses inmates awaiting trial and those serving sentences.
Criminal Records. For incident and arrest records, contact the Madison County Sheriff Records Division or the police department that created the report. Court records come from the clerk holding the case.
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The old survey maps record 22 holes 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. The state says it has no underground mines.
Madison County sits over the Mississippi Region coal field and the coal there is lignite, worked mostly at the surface. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this county. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by MDEQ Office of Geology, Mining and Reclamation Division and linked below.
Mississippi 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
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 221 investigations in Madison County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $2,897,905 in back wages agreed for 5,019 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 185 on the Madison County record; 61 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 160 more with smaller records are on the Mississippi wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
During the November 6, 2026 review, Madison County was displaying a temporary website notice in place of several department pages. It kept direct routes to land records, parcel viewers, election information and a contact list available. For a request that needs an office response, the list identifies Chancery Court Records at 601-855-5521, Chancery Land Records at 601-855-5523 and Circuit Clerk at 601-859-4365. Ask for the counter and delivery method for your record before traveling. Use the county's published department contact list alongside its current service links.
Divorce, estate and related chancery files belong with the Chancery Clerk, while an instrument recorded against land uses the land-record index. Identify the case and document separately: a divorce decree, estate inventory and recorded conveyance are different records even when they concern the same property. The county lists the chancery location at 146 West Center Street, with mail to P.O. Box 404, Canton, MS 39046, in its chancery contact information.
The state court system lists Madison in the Eleventh Chancery District and gives its MEC implementation date as July 20, 2009. That date does not establish the earliest document available online or certify that every older file was scanned. If a remote search does not locate the case, ask the clerk about the original record and available copies. Use the state system's Madison chancery court information.
Madison's county-linked land portal supports party-name searches and instrument information such as book, page, instrument number and legal description. Start with the most specific identifier already available, then check the names and description displayed with a result. Retain the instrument reference when asking the clerk for a copy. A parcel number can connect the inquiry with assessment information, but an appraisal entry is not the deed itself. The search form's default date is not a statement of historical coverage. Begin at Madison County Official Records Inquiry.
The county's published chancery FAQ lists copies made by the requester at $0.25 per page and staff-made copies at $0.50 per page. It lists a separate $1 certification charge for court documents. For a mail order, identify the document, include payment after confirming the total, and provide a stamped return envelope. Say whether the receiving organization needs a certified decree or an ordinary reference copy. The department website was temporarily unavailable during review, so confirm the current fulfillment arrangements through the published contacts before mailing. The fee and mailing instructions appear in the county chancery FAQ.
The Circuit Clerk keeps circuit, county and youth-court records, judgment rolls and marriage records, and serves as voter registrar. The clerk's current office website identifies a temporary main Circuit Court location at 146 West Center Street and a second County Court office at 229 North Union Street in Canton. Mail is directed to P.O. Box 1626, Canton, MS 39046. Ask which counter holds the requested file or service; the shared clerk does not mean all work is at the same desk. See the Circuit Clerk office information.
For an existing marriage license, the clerk lists a certified copy at $17 and additional copies purchased the same day at $6. A new marriage license is priced separately. General staff-made copies are $1 per page and certification of a filed document adds $1 per document. The clerk also lists name-based record-search charges, so identify the file before requesting a quote from the Circuit Clerk fee and form list.
For an address change on the Madison tax roll, the Tax Assessor asks for the parcel number, old and new addresses and a daytime contact. The published mailing route is P.O. Box 292, Canton, MS 39046. Have each affected parcel identifier ready when several properties are involved. A change to the assessment mailing record does not itself create or revise a recorded deed. The county explains the requested information in its Tax Assessor FAQ and lists separate Canton and Madison office contacts.
Mississippi Vital Records provides a nearby state service at 222 Marketridge Drive, Ridgeland, MS 39157. Its customer window is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Use the event details and applicant requirements for the certificate you need. The state office is distinct from the county Circuit Clerk's marriage-record service and the Chancery Clerk's divorce file. Check Mississippi Vital Records for the appropriate product and ordering route.
The state birth instructions list $17 for the first certified copy and $6 for each additional copy ordered at the same time, and explain the record search when the requested birth is not found. Follow the birth-certificate application instructions.
The state death instructions also list $17 for the first certified copy and $6 for additional same-order copies. Death certificates ordered at the Ridgeland window are mailed after processing; they should not be assumed available immediately. See the death application instructions and death-certificate service details.
The Sheriff's Records Division holds incident reports and arrest records. Give the incident date, location and report or booking number when known, and identify the record requested. For a court disposition, follow the court case separately. The agency describes its report-copy and local record functions under Records Division services.
For public-record requests under Mississippi Code section 25-61-5, the law distinguishes a response period from circumstances requiring additional production time. Procedures generally cannot postpone production or denial beyond seven working days; a written explanation is required for delay, and production is generally due within fourteen working days absent the stated exceptions or mutual agreement. Keep the original request and response together. Consult the Mississippi Ethics Commission text of the Public Records Act.
Where to go
Each office below was read on its own site. A field the office does not publish is left out rather than filled in from a directory.
Chancery files, divorce decrees, estate records and recorded land instruments.
Office page: madison-co.com
Circuit, County and Youth Court records, marriage records, judgment rolls and voter registration.
Office page: madisoncountycircuitclerk.com
Incident and arrest reports and local record inquiries.
Office page: sheriffrandytucker.com
State birth, death and marriage certificates; divorce-index search is separate from a decree.
Office page: msdh.ms.gov
Straight answers
Open only the answer you need.
Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Madison County Sheriff's Department or a city police department in Madison County. Ask that agency for its record.
The Mississippi criminal history record comes from the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Criminal Information Center. Name based check of your own record only, requested online through the DPS Name Based Background Check by the person the record belongs to; results can take up to 30 calendar days. Fee: $32.00 per request.
Search the Mississippi Sex Offender Registry (Department of Public Safety), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county Circuit Clerk or through the Mississippi Secretary of State, Elections Division. Mississippi has no online voter registration. No online voter registration; register in person at the Circuit Clerk's Office or by mail with an application postmarked by the deadline (October 5 for the November 3, 2026 election).
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Madison County are kept by the Madison County Chancery Clerk. Property values are set by the county Tax Assessor, and tax bills come from the county Tax Collector. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Mississippi come from the Mississippi State Department of Health, Vital Records. By mail with a cashier's check or money order to Mississippi Vital Records, P.O. Box 1700, Jackson, MS 39215-1700, in person at the Vital Records office in Ridgeland, or online or by phone through VitalChek, the private company MSDH names, for an added fee. Fee: $17 for a birth or death certificate, $6 for each added copy of the same record ordered at the same time.
Business entity filings are searched with the Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services Division. The Secretary of State's business portal says you may need permits and licenses from your city or county government, and requirements differ by location.
The county contact list gives Chancery Court Records at 601-855-5521, Chancery Land Records at 601-855-5523 and Circuit Clerk at 601-859-4365. Use the current county contact list.
No. The court information lists July 20, 2009 as the implementation date; that is not a statement of the oldest indexed case or complete image coverage. Ask the clerk about older files using the state court contact record.
Use the instrument number or book and page when known, together with party names and the legal description. The county-linked land-record inquiry offers those search fields.
The county FAQ calls for identification of the document, payment for the copies and a stamped self-addressed envelope. Confirm the current total and fulfillment arrangements through the chancery copy instructions.
The clerk currently lists a temporary Circuit Court office at 146 West Center Street and a County Court office at 229 North Union Street. Verify which counter handles the service through the Circuit Clerk office.
The listed certified-copy price is $17, with $6 additional copies purchased the same day. This is separate from the new-license transaction in the clerk fee list.
Provide the parcel number, current and replacement addresses, and a daytime telephone contact. Follow the Tax Assessor instructions for the assessment account.
The Sheriff Records Division maintains incident and arrest reports. Give the report reference and event details when requesting a copy through the Records Division.
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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.