Missouri, Clay County
Where Missouri City's records are kept. Missouri City has its own town government and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Missouri City's own offices, along with State of Missouri offices; the Clay County offices are on our Clay County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
Highway Patrol CJIS criminal record checks, by name based search for a fee or by fingerprint search, with request form SHP-158, MACHS fingerprint services and background check fee details.
Open official site Missouri State Highway Patrol Criminal Record CheckPolice & jail
Where to send Sunshine Law requests to the Department of Corrections or the Parole Board, plus a nightly updated download listing everyone who is or has been under the department's supervision.
Open official site Missouri Department of Corrections Sunshine LawPolice & jail
Missouri Department of Corrections search of active offenders it supervises, including probationers and parolees, by first and last name or alias. Discharged offenders are not shown.
Open official site Missouri DOC Offender SearchPolice & jail
Highway Patrol Most Wanted notice for a fugitive considered armed and dangerous, with physical description, known aliases and the Patrol numbers to call with information.
Open official site Missouri State Highway Patrol Most WantedPolice & jail
The Missouri State Highway Patrol maintains the Missouri Sex Offender Registry, searchable statewide, and links to the county registries kept by local sheriffs.
Open official site Missouri Sex OffendersPolice & jail
Online portal for requesting Highway Patrol records such as traffic and boating crash reports, tracking requests and downloading records; it explains open and closed records and a $5.00 notary fee per request.
Open official site Missouri State Highway Patrol Public Records CenterPolice & jail
Highway Patrol records requests: incident, investigative and arrest reports, radio logs, traffic crash reports and photos, background checks and clearance letters, and Water Patrol boat accident and drowning reports.
Open official site Missouri State Highway Patrol Public Records RequestPolice & jail
State police agency site with crash and arrest reports, background checks, boat and drowning incident reports, records requests, the Show-Me Integrity traffic stop and complaint portal, and trooper recruiting.
Open official site Missouri State Highway PatrolState records
State agency for hunting, fishing and trapping permits, season dates and limits, managed hunt drawings, chronic wasting disease test results, seedling orders and conservation area regulations.
Open official site Missouri Department of ConservationState records
Office of the Missouri Attorney General in Jefferson City, taking consumer complaints and No-Call registrations and covering Sunshine Law guidance, scams and fraud, human trafficking and health care fraud against MO HealthNet.
Open official site Missouri Attorney General's OfficePolice & jail
State police agency at 630 West Main Street, Jefferson City, protecting legislators, elected officials, state employees and visitors at the Capitol; takes Sunshine Law requests, phone (573) 751-2764.
Open official site Missouri Capitol PoliceState records
Business entity search of the Missouri Secretary of State, whose Corporations Unit handles the filings that create and maintain businesses registered in Missouri; fees appear on the office's fee schedule.
Open official site Missouri Secretary of State Business SearchEverything else, organized
Local record guide
Local profile
Missouri City, a place of 217 people, is in Clay County, whose county seat is Liberty. Court and property records sit with Clay County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Missouri. Missouri City's own offices are in the cards above, and our Clay County page lists each county office.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Missouri is run by the Missouri Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Missouri City.
Deeds for property in Missouri City are recorded by the Clay County Recorder of Deeds, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Clay County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Missouri come from the state vital records office, Missouri Bureau of Vital Records. 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.