Idaho, Bear Lake County
Where Montpelier's records are kept. Montpelier has its own city government, police department and clerk's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
Start here
The cards below include Montpelier's own offices, along with State of Idaho offices; the Bear Lake County offices are on our Bear Lake County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
The Montpelier Police Department: incident and crash reports, records requests, animal control and code enforcement for the city; jail and warrant records come from the Bear Lake County Sheriff.
Open official site Montpelier Police DepartmentProperty records
The Montpelier city clerk and treasurer: council minutes and ordinances, business licenses and certificates, cemetery records, tax and utility payments, and public records requests under the Idaho Public Records Act.
Open official site Montpelier City Clerk and TreasurerCity records
The City of Montpelier site: the city clerk, the police department, council agendas and minutes, zoning, the city code and ordinances, and online bill payment.
Open official site City of MontpelierCounty court
The Bear Lake County Clerk in Paris, also the auditor, recorder and clerk of the district court: recorded land records, marriage licenses, probate and court records, court forms and county board minutes.
Open official site Bear Lake County ClerkProperty records
The Idaho State Tax Commission property tax hub: how assessments, exemptions and appeals work, personal property, and the directory of the county assessors who keep the parcel records and assessed values.
Open official site Idaho property tax and county assessors (State Tax Commission)Police & jail
The Bear Lake County Sheriff's Office in Paris: records requests, the county jail, civil process, dispatch and driver license services for the county.
Open official site Bear Lake County Sheriff's OfficeState records
Idaho unclaimed property from the State Treasurer: dormant bank accounts, uncashed checks, deposits and insurance proceeds searched free by name, with claims filed online.
Open official site Idaho unclaimed property searchPolice & jail
Idaho death row from the Department of Correction: the people under sentence of death, the facilities that hold them and the department's offender search.
Open official site Idaho death row (Department of Correction)Vital records
Idaho marriage and divorce certificates from the Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics: certified copies ordered online, by mail or in person, with the fees and the years covered.
Open official site Idaho marriage and divorce recordsPolice & jail
The Idaho Sex Offender Registry from the Idaho State Police: registered offenders by name, city, county or zip code, with photos and addresses.
Open official site Idaho sex offender registryPolice & jail
The Idaho Department of Correction offender search: people in prison, on probation or on parole in Idaho, by name or IDOC number, with the location and status.
Open official site Idaho corrections offender searchPolice & jail
The Bureau of Criminal Identification of the Idaho State Police: statewide criminal history record checks by name or fingerprint, for a fee, and how to request one.
Open official site Idaho criminal history record checkState courts
iCourt, the Idaho courts online case search: district and magistrate court cases in every county by name or case number, with the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals records.
Open official site Idaho court recordsVital records
Idaho birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates from the Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics of the Department of Health and Welfare, ordered online, by mail or in person, with records from 1911.
Open official site Idaho vital recordsState records
The Idaho Secretary of State business search: corporations, LLCs, partnerships and assumed business names by name or file number, with filings and status.
Open official site Idaho business entity searchLocal record guide
Local profile
Montpelier, a place of 2,643 people, is in Bear Lake County. Court and property records sit with Bear Lake County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Idaho. Montpelier's own offices are in the cards above, and our Bear Lake 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 mine records hold 1 mine site inside the city or town limits: 1 prospect or occurrence that was never worked; the old survey maps add 1 hole drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is construction sand and gravel.
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.
Idaho 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 2 investigations with a Montpelier address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $398 in back wages agreed for 3 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Kang | 1 | $398 | 3 |
| Ranch Hand Trail Stop, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Montpelier, by back wages agreed; 1 employer has a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Idaho wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
Straight answers
Open only the answer you need.
Looking is free. Idaho's Public Records Act lets anyone inspect public records, the first two hours of staff time and the first 100 pages cost nothing, and copies beyond that are charged at actual cost. The iCourt Portal is free to search, a certified Idaho birth or death certificate costs $16, and county recorders charge per-page fees for deed copies.
Ask the Montpelier police department records clerk for reports if the city has its own force; most small Idaho towns are covered by the Bear Lake County Sheriff's Office, which keeps reports for the area. Crashes worked by the Idaho State Police are requested from the ISP, and Idaho Code 74-124 lets agencies withhold active investigation records.
Cases filed in Bear Lake County are heard by the Idaho District Court and its magistrate division for the county. The iCourt Portal on isc.idaho.gov searches Idaho trial court cases free, and the clerk of the district court sells copies of filed documents.
Deeds, mortgages and plats are recorded by the Bear Lake County Recorder, part of the county clerk's office. The Bear Lake County Assessor sets property values, and the Bear Lake County Treasurer mails tax bills by the fourth Monday in November and collects payments.
Idaho birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates are issued by the state Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, online through VitalChek or by mail, for $16 per copy; the bureau has no public counter. Older marriage records are also kept by the county recorder where the license was issued.
Yes. The Idaho State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification searches Idaho criminal history by name or by fingerprints on request, for a fee. The iCourt Portal also shows criminal court cases by name free.
Idaho agencies generally answer an Idaho resident's request within three working days and may take up to 10 working days when more time is needed. Since July 1, 2024 the Public Records Act allows up to 35 days for requests from nonresidents.
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.