Michigan, Oakland County
Where Oak Park's records are kept. Oak Park has its own parks department, police department, municipal court and clerk's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Oak Park's own offices, along with State of Michigan offices; the Oakland County offices are on our Oakland County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
City Hall for the City of Oak Park, Michigan, is at 14000 Oak Park Blvd. The city website covers City Council, the meeting archive and calendar, online bill payment, city news and the department directory.
Open official site City of Oak ParkPolice & jail
The Oak Park Department of Public Safety at 13800 Oak Park Blvd works with citizens to protect life and property, with vacation checks, false alarm appeals, the citizens academy and FOIA records requests.
Open official site Oak Park Department of Public SafetyMunicipal court
The 45th District Court at 13600 Oak Park Blvd, open weekdays 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with forms and fees, Zoom hearings, civil, traffic and criminal divisions, probation, marriages and jury duty.
Open official site 45th District CourtCity records
The City of Oak Park public records portal, run by the City Clerk's Office, for Freedom of Information Act requests. Earlier requests and their documents can be viewed online.
Open official site Oak Park FOIA RequestsCity records
The Oak Park City Clerk at 14000 Oak Park Blvd handles elections, boards and commissions and applications for garage sales, sidewalk sales, mobile vending and real estate non-solicitation.
Open official site Oak Park City ClerkPolice & jail
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for Oak Park area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedPolice & jail
The Offender Tracking Information System lists Michigan prisoners, parolees, probationers, absconders and discharged offenders, searchable by name, offender number, age, race and marks, scars or tattoos.
Open official site Michigan Department of Corrections OTIS Offender SearchVital 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
The Library of Michigan holds city and county histories, newspaper clippings, vital records, cemetery transcripts and plat maps for use during library hours, plus county guides and FamilySearch affiliate access on site.
Open official site Library of Michigan Family HistoryCounty court
Its clerk's offices in Detroit, Flint and Bay City are open 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, and people filing without a lawyer can upload documents electronically.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of MichiganCounty court
Site of Michigan's One Court of Justice: Supreme Court and Court of Appeals news, cases, opinions and orders, a trial court directory, court forms, MiFILE electronic filing and help for people representing themselves.
Open official site Michigan CourtsEverything else, organized
16 more Oak Park sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Oak Park, a place of 29,560 people, is in Oakland County, whose county seat is Pontiac. Court and property records sit with Oakland County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Michigan. Oak Park's own offices are in the cards above, and our Oakland County page lists each county office.
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Voter registration in Michigan is run by the Michigan Bureau of Elections and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Oak Park.
Deeds for property in Oak Park are recorded by the Oakland County Register of Deeds, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Oakland County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Michigan come from the state vital records office, Michigan Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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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.