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Moniteau County Circuit Clerk
Moniteau County Circuit Clerk, with the court location, contacts and the case records this office keeps.
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Missouri Secretary of State Elections and Voting
Check your Missouri voter registration, find your polling place, read voter ID rules, and see election results and certified candidates from the Secretary of State's elections division.
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Moniteau County Sheriff's Office
Moniteau County Sheriff's Office, the elected county law enforcement office, with incident reports, warrants and jail information as the office publishes them.
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Vital records
Missouri Bureau of Vital Records
Order certified copies of Missouri birth and death records, request statements from the state marriage and divorce registry kept since 1948, and correct or amend a vital record.
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Moniteau County Directory
Moniteau County Directory, the county government site, with its department pages, elected officials and contact information.
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Moniteau County Census
United States Census Bureau figures for Moniteau County, Missouri, with population, housing, income and business counts from the latest estimates.
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Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Judges
Lists the judges of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, who sit in three judge divisions, serve 12 year terms and are appointed under the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan.
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Missouri Sex Offender Registry
Search the Missouri State Highway Patrol sex offender registry after accepting its disclaimer, and find the county registries and the Patrol's sex offender fact sheet.
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University of Missouri Extension Moniteau County
University of Missouri Extension Moniteau County, with the district, school and program information it publishes.
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California Municipal Division
California Municipal Division, with the clerk records, meeting minutes and permit information the local government publishes.
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Moniteau County Historical Society
Moniteau County Historical Society, with the newspaper pages, archive records and local history material it holds.
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Western District Clerk's Office
Western District Clerk's Office, with the court location, contacts and the case records it keeps for Moniteau County, Missouri.
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- Moniteau County Health CenterPublic health and environmental services
- Moniteau County Domestic Violence InformationInformation on domestic violence
- Court FormsDownload forms and instructions for all filings
- Moniteau County Court of Appeals Western DistrictIntermediate appellate court
- Moniteau County TaxesOffice of the county tax collector
- Moniteau County ArchivesInformation on history, cemeteries, military, obituaries and news
- Moniteau County Local Emergency Planning CommitteeInformation on natural and man made emergencies
- Moniteau County Social ServicesFind help and support for families, adults and children
- Moniteau County PlacesList of cities and towns in the county
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About public records in Moniteau County
County profile
Moniteau County at a glance
- State
- Missouri
- County seat
- California
- Population
- 15,473
- Area
- 419 sq mi
- Founded
- 1845
- Cities and towns
- 7
Moniteau County offices and records
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Moniteau County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Moniteau County, particularly in the unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. Moniteau County is served by several law enforcement agencies, including Moniteau County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments in cities like California and Tipton. These agencies coordinate with the Sheriff's Office on major crimes and cross-jurisdictional issues, making sure of a unified approach to public safety throughout Moniteau County.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Moniteau County Sheriff's Office, located at 205 South Oak Street in California, Missouri, is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Moniteau County and provides detention services. Citizens can contact the Sheriff's Office for general inquiries. Arrest records in Moniteau County are considered public documents under Missouri's Sunshine Law (Chapter 610 RSMo), which mandates open access to most government records with limited exceptions for ongoing investigations and certain protected information. Missouri statute §610.100 RSMo specifically addresses criminal history information and public access.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Moniteau County are maintained by Moniteau County Sheriff's Office. Residents and attorneys can request arrest records by contacting the Sheriff's Office directly, often requiring a formal request under the Missouri Sunshine Law.
Jail & Inmate Records. Inmate lookup services are available through the Sheriff's Office, allowing family members and attorneys to find information about current detainees.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Moniteau County are taken and retained by Moniteau County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These booking photos are part of the public record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office.
Business licensing and registration in Moniteau County involves multiple levels of government oversight. Moniteau County Clerk's office, located in the Courthouse at 200 East Main Street, California, MO 65018 (phone: 573-796-4661), handles certain local business filings including fictitious name registrations (DBA - doing business as) and may maintain records of business licenses required by county ordinance.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in Moniteau County
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
What is on record in Moniteau County
- Old mine sites
- 112
- Still producing
- 3
- Main minerals
- Lead, Zinc; crushed stone; Barium-Barite
- Holes drawn on the old survey maps
- 10
- Shafts and tunnels
- 0
- What they are
- quarry, open pit mine, open pit mine or quarry
- Maps surveyed
- 1951 to 1969
- Records behind them
- 129 records for 125 sites, the rest are the same working written down more than once
- Sources
- USGS mineral file and USGS topographic mine features
Is an old working under a property here?
The mine records hold 115 named mine sites inside the county, 112 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 10 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Lead, Zinc; crushed stone; Barium-Barite.
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.
Missouri mine map and abandoned mine records
- Missouri Mine Map Repository (Missouri Geological Survey)The official repository under section 256.112 RSMo with more than 2,000 underground mine maps, 1,193 scanned (428 coal, 765 non coal), listed by number and by township, range and section so a location can be searched, with maps to download; 573-368-2100.
- Missouri DNR Land Reclamation Program, Abandoned Mine Lands (PUB2066)The program approved in 1982 to reclaim abandoned coal mine land; program page at https://dnr.mo.gov/land-geology/mining-land-reclamation.
- Missouri DNR Abandoned Mine Lands ViewerWeb map of completed coal, lead and zinc reclamation projects (2000 to 2014); the page says it does not show every mining related site in the state.
Named workings recorded in Moniteau County (116 shown, 9 unnamed on the map)
- Tiff MineOpen Pit Mine | Olean map, 1960
- Honey MineBarium-Barite | Past Producer
- Mcdonald MineBarium-Barite | Past Producer
- Ramon MineBarium-Barite | Past Producer
- Rastover ProspectBarium-Barite | Prospect
- Simmers Barite MineBarium-Barite | Past Producer
- Starks MineBarium-Barite | Past Producer
- Steubinger MineBarium-Barite | Past Producer
- Tiff MineBarium-Barite | Past Producer
- Unknown - BariteBarium-Barite | Past Producer
- Unknown - BariteBarium-Barite | Past Producer
- Unknown - BariteBarium-Barite | Past Producer
- Unknown - BariteBarium-Barite | Past Producer
- Keller MineBarium-Barite, Bituminous, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Enloe MineBarium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer
- New Brady MinesBarium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer
- Unknown - Lead BariteBarium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer
- Crown MineBarium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Dickson MineBarium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer
- King Jack MineBarium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Liberty MineBarium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Tiff DiggingsBarium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Simpson MineBituminous, Lead | Past Producer | Surface | 2 records for this one site
- Beck QuarryBituminous, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Hardin MineBituminous, Zinc | Past Producer
- Newkirk MineBituminous, Zinc | Past Producer
- Porcelain Clay ShaftClay | Past Producer
- Unknown - ClayClay | Past Producer
- Unknown - ClayClay | Past Producer
- Unknown - Sandstone DimensionFlagstone | Past Producer
- Unknown - IronIron | Past Producer
- Unknown - IronIron | Past Producer
- Unknown - Lead Zinc IronIron, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Carr MinesLead | Past Producer
- Enon MineLead | Past Producer
- Old Brady MinesLead | Past Producer
- Unknown - LeadLead | Past Producer
- Unknown - LeadLead | Past Producer
- Unknown - LeadLead | Past Producer
- Unknown - LeadLead | Past Producer
- Unknown - LeadLead | Past Producer
- Unknown - LeadLead | Past Producer
- Unknown - LeadLead | Past Producer
- Clarke + Blair MineLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Eames DiggingsLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- English + Powell DiggingsLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- English MineLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Geneva MineLead, Zinc | Prospect
- Gundling MineLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Hart DiggingsLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Herschey MineLead, Zinc | Prospect
- Howard MineLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Joslyn MineLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Kellog DiggingsLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Kelsay MineLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Klinger DiggingsLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Little Rose MineLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Longshot MineLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Merrill MineLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Mineral Point DigLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- New Discovery MineLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Penn MineLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Reed DiggingsLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Rose MineLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Sartin MineLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Superior MineLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Unknown - Lead ZincLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Unknown - Lead ZincLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Unknown - Lead ZincLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Unknown - Lead ZincLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Unknown - Lead ZincLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Unknown - Lead ZincLead, Zinc | Prospect
- Unknown - Lead ZincLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Unknown - Lead ZincLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Unknown - Lead ZincLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Unknown - Lead ZincLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Unknown - Lead ZincLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Unknown-Lead & ZincLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- Wells MineLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- High Point MineLead, Zinc, Barium-Barite | Past Producer
- Unknown - Coal Lead ZincLead, Zinc, Bituminous | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls DimemsionLimestone, Dimension | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls DimensionLimestone, Dimension | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls DimensionLimestone, Dimension | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls DimensionLimestone, Dimension | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls DimensionLimestone, Dimension | Past Producer
- Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Balmer QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Lime & Rock Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer
- Lupus QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer
- Lupus QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Moniteau Co Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer
- Thomas Quarry #1Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Sandstone C+BStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - Ls Lead ZincStone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer
- Beck MineZinc, Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer
- Unknown - Lead Zinc IronZinc, Iron, Lead | Past Producer
- Cotton Tail DiggingsZinc, Lead | Past Producer
- Koortz MinesZinc, Lead | Past Producer
- Shelley MineZinc, Lead | Prospect
- Standard MineZinc, Lead | Past Producer
- Unknown - Lead ZincZinc, Lead | Past Producer
- Unknown - Lead ZincZinc, Lead | Past Producer
- Unknown - Lead ZincZinc, Lead | Past Producer
Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.
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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Moniteau County public-records FAQs
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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in Moniteau County, Missouri?
Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Moniteau County Sheriff's Office or a city police department in Moniteau County. Ask that agency for its record. RSMo 407.1150 makes it unlawful for anyone who publishes criminal record information, including booking photographs taken by Missouri law enforcement, to ask for or accept a fee to remove or correct it.
How do I get a criminal background check in Moniteau County, Missouri?
The Missouri criminal history record comes from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Criminal Justice Information Services Division. Name based search with name, date of birth and Social Security number through the Missouri Automated Criminal History Site (MACHS), or a fingerprint search with a completed FD 258 applicant fingerprint card. Fee: $16.00 per name based request; $20.00 per fingerprint based request (state only); $5.00 more for a notarized response.
How can I look up sex offenders in Moniteau County, Missouri?
Search the Missouri Sex Offender Registry (Missouri State Highway Patrol), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
How do I register to vote in Moniteau County, Missouri?
Register with the local election authority (county clerk or board of election commissioners) or through the Missouri Secretary of State, Elections Division. You can also register online with the state online registration. You must be registered by 5:00 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday before the election (RSMo 115.135).
How do I look up property records in Moniteau County, Missouri?
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Moniteau County are kept by the Moniteau County Recorder of Deeds. Property values are set by the county Assessor, and tax bills come from the county Collector. Source: official state page.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Moniteau County, Missouri?
Certified birth and death certificates for Missouri come from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of Vital Records. Local public health agencies also issue birth certificates for births from 1920 on and death certificates for deaths from 1980 on. By mail or in person by appointment at the Bureau of Vital Records, 930 Wildwood Drive, Jefferson City, MO 65109, at your local public health agency, or by phone or online through VitalChek, which the Bureau names, for an added fee. Fee: $15 per birth record and $15 for each added copy; $14 per death record and $11 for each added copy.
How do I find business license records in Moniteau County, Missouri?
Business entity filings are searched with the Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Unit. The Secretary of State's starting steps say to register for a business license and other permits, if any, with your local city or county.
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