Washington, Lewis County
Where Morton's records are kept. Morton has its own police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Morton's own offices, along with State of Washington offices; the Lewis County offices are on our Lewis County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
The FBI Seattle Field Office covers Washington State, taking tips on federal crimes and listing wanted fugitives. Personal Identity History Summary checks are requested online from FBI CJIS at edo.cjis.gov.
Open official site Federal Bureau of Investigation Seattle OfficeState records
Verify the license of a Washington bank, credit union, lender or other financial business, file a complaint, look up enforcement actions, and request DFI public records.
Open official site Washington State Department of Financial InstitutionsPolice & jail
City of Morton police and fire page: Morton Police Department under Chief Cole Cournyer at 250 Main Ave., with fingerprinting and concealed pistol license applications, plus fire department contacts. Office 360-496-6636.
Open official site Morton Police and Fire DepartmentsProperty records
Search Lewis County parcels by name, street address, parcel number or account number, with data drawn from county tax records and a full parcel map.
Open official site Lewis County AssessorEverything else, organized
Local record guide
Local profile
Morton, a place of 1,036 people, is in Lewis County, whose county seat is Chehalis. Court and property records sit with Lewis County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Washington. Morton's own offices are in the cards above, and our Lewis 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 2 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 2 of them worked out or abandoned. The minerals the records name are Diatomite; 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. Washington has no state abandoned mine land program page; the survey's coal mine maps are the record.
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 Washington is run by the Washington Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Morton.
Deeds for property in Morton are recorded by the Lewis County Auditor, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Lewis County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Washington come from the state vital records office, Washington Center for Health 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.