Where North Kingstown's records are kept. North Kingstown has its own town government, police department and municipal court; the town clerk keeps land records and copies of birth and death certificates.
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Town of North Kingstown
North Kingstown town website, with Town Hall at 100 Fairway Drive in Washington County. It has permit applications, the agenda center, property info, tax and water bill payments and municipal court payments.
The North Kingstown Police Department at 8166 Post Road, with VIN checks seven days a week, fingerprinting and background checks by appointment, tips by email and its records office.
The North Kingstown Police Records Division at 8166 Post Road handles and secures all department records, keeping files on criminal offenses and the statistics needed for required reports.
The North Kingstown Municipal Court hears town ordinance cases, including minimum housing and zoning, and traffic, parking and school zone speed tickets written by North Kingstown Police.
Rhode Island Department of Health Center for Vital Records
Issues certified Rhode Island birth, death and marriage records at 6 Harrington Road, Cranston, for $22 in person or $25 by mail; any city or town hall also issues birth certificate copies.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
More than 10 million letters, photographs and state documents at 33 Broad Street, Providence, free and open weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; search birth, marriage and death records or book a research appointment.
The bankruptcy court for Rhode Island explains how to get case information and copies of filed documents, through PACER or from the clerk's office in Providence.
Rhode Island's state courts, from the Supreme Court to the Traffic Tribunal, with the Public Portal for finding cases, hearing calendars, court forms, opinions and Judicial Records Center requests.
North Kingstown is in Washington County, whose county seat is South Kingstown. North Kingstown's town clerk keeps its land records and copies of birth and death certificates, and court cases go through the Rhode Island state courts. North Kingstown's own offices are in the cards above, and our Washington County page lists each county office.
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Wage and hour cases in North Kingstown, Rhode Island
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 35 investigations with a North Kingstown address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $282,843 in back wages agreed for 299 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.
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 29 whose address on the record is in North Kingstown; 9 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 4 more with smaller records are on the Rhode Island wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
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How do I register to vote in North Kingstown, Rhode Island?
Voter registration in Rhode Island is run by the Rhode Island Department of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for North Kingstown.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in North Kingstown, Rhode Island?
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Rhode Island come from the state vital records office, Rhode Island Center for Vital Records, and the town or city clerk can also issue copies. The state office's site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
How do I find business license records in North Kingstown, Rhode Island?
Businesses that operate in North Kingstown register with the Rhode Island Department of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where North Kingstown requires one, comes from the town or Washington County.
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