Delaware, New Castle County
Where Newark's records are kept. Newark has its own city government, police department, municipal court and utility office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Newark's own offices, along with State of Delaware offices; the New Castle County offices are on our New Castle County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
City of Newark, Delaware website, with payments and utility services, the forms and applications portal, concern reports, property taxes, bid opportunities and public meeting streams.
Open official site City of NewarkPolice & jail
Newark, Delaware police headquarters is at 220 South Main Street; the department posts public surveys on its performance, text to 9-1-1 information, tip submission and recruiting.
Open official site Newark Police DepartmentMunicipal court
Newark's Alderman's Court, Court No. 40 under the Delaware Chief Justice, at 220 South Main Street, decides all violations of city ordinances that occur within the city.
Open official site Newark Alderman's CourtCity records
Newark record requests: discovery forms for open criminal or traffic cases go to the City Secretary's office, and FOIA requests follow the Delaware Freedom of Information Act and the city's FOIA policy.
Open official site Newark Record RequestsCity records
The Newark Payments and Utility Division starts and stops utility service, answers billing questions, processes utility, tax and permit payments and handles meter reading.
Open official site Newark Payments & Utility BillingPolice & jail
FBI wanted posters, from the Ten Most Wanted list to fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, bank robbers and seeking information cases; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Most WantedPolice & jail
Delaware Department of Correction page that points people to VINELink to check the custody status of an offender held in Delaware and to sign up for phone, email or text alerts.
Open official site Delaware DOC Locate an InmateVital records
USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCounty court
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorFederal
USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteFederal
USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCounty court
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseState records
Delaware Public Archives at 121 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. North in Dover, with digital archives, a collections portal, digital ancestry records, a research room, historical markers and FOIA requests.
Open official site Delaware Public ArchivesCounty court
Wilmington court at 824 N. Market Street, third floor, open 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. weekdays; it lists recent Chapter 11 filings, the hearing calendar, opinions, mediation details and trustees' final reports.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of DelawareCounty court
The Delaware Judiciary's website for the Supreme Court, Court of Chancery, Superior, Family, Common Pleas and Justice of the Peace courts, with civil case search, electronic filing, ticket payment and court locations.
Open official site Delaware CourtsEverything else, organized
17 more Newark sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Newark, a place of 30,601 people, is in New Castle County, whose county seat is Wilmington. Court and property records sit with New Castle County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Delaware. Newark's own offices are in the cards above, and our New Castle 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 old survey maps record 1 hole inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.
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. Delaware has no mines beyond quarries and sand pits and no abandoned mine program.
Delaware 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 Delaware is run by the Delaware Department of Elections and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Newark.
Deeds for property in Newark are recorded by the New Castle County Recorder of Deeds, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our New Castle County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Delaware come from the state vital records office, Delaware Office 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.