Florida, Miami-Dade County
Where Miami's records are kept. Miami has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Miami's own offices, along with State of Florida offices; the Miami-Dade County offices are on our Miami-Dade County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
FDLE, Florida's central criminal history repository, charges $24 per check: the instant online search adds a $1 card fee and is uncertified, while certified or noncertified results come back by mail.
Open official site FDLE Florida Criminal History Record CheckProperty records
The Department of Revenue guides the county property appraisers, tax collectors and value adjustment boards who run Florida property tax, and posts forms, Truth in Millage details and links to county officials.
Open official site Florida Department of Revenue Property Tax OversightState records
Florida Department of State guide to genealogy sources at the State Library, including Ancestry Library Edition, Fold3 and HeritageQuest used on site; birth and death records come from a state bureau in Jacksonville.
Open official site State Library of Florida Genealogy ResourcesCounty court
Clerk's offices in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, open 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. weekdays; the court also runs free information sessions where a bankruptcy attorney gives general advice.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of FloridaCounty court
Florida's state court website, supported by the Office of the State Courts Administrator, links the Supreme Court, six district courts of appeal and 20 circuit courts, with family law forms and appellate docket search.
Open official site Florida CourtsVital records
Issues Florida birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates, makes amendments and corrections and handles apostilles; online and phone orders run through VitalChek, the only vendor the department recommends.
Open official site Florida Department of Health Certificates and RecordsPolice & jail
Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department runs the county jail system: inmate search, visitation and contact, trust account deposits, inmate release and daily jail population reports. Headquarters in Doral, 786-263-7000.
Open official site Miami-Dade Corrections and RehabilitationState records
Search Florida missing and unidentified person cases by category, such as endangered, runaway, parental abduction or disaster victim, and by name, county, city, age, race or sex, with an images only view.
Open official site FDLE Missing Endangered Persons Information ClearinghousePolice & jail
FDLE search of people wanted by Florida law enforcement agencies, covering only records those agencies chose to make public and updated every 24 hours; report sightings to local police instead of acting yourself.
Open official site FCIC Public Access System Wanted Persons SearchPolice & jail
Florida's offender search, from the Department of Law Enforcement, takes a full or partial name, city, county or zip code, filters by offender type and legal status, and offers a downloadable data file.
Open official site FDLE Sexual Offender and Predator SearchFederal
QuickFacts from the Census Bureau for the city of Miami, Florida: 2020 Census count of 442,241, current population estimate, age and sex, housing, median gross rent, veterans and business counts.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Miami city government online: payments, permits and building services, business licenses, property lookups, public records requests, city meetings and trolley schedules. Call 311 or 305-468-5900; offices at 444 SW 2nd Ave.
Open official site City of MiamiEverything else, organized
14 more Miami sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Miami, a place of 442,241 people, is in Miami-Dade County. Court and property records sit with Miami-Dade County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Florida. Miami's own offices are in the cards above, and our Miami-Dade 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 3 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 2 of them worked out or abandoned. The mineral the records name is crushed stone.
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.
Florida 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 Florida is run by the Florida Division of Elections and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Miami.
Deeds for property in Miami are recorded by the Miami-Dade County Clerk of the Circuit Court, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Miami-Dade County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Florida come from the state vital records office, Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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.