Where Ocean Springs's records are kept. Ocean Springs has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Ocean Springs's own offices, along with the Jackson County and State of Mississippi offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
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Mississippi business entity search
The Mississippi Secretary of State business search: corporations, LLCs, partnerships and nonprofits by name or business ID, with officers, filings and status.
Mississippi death certificates from the State Department of Health Vital Records: certified copies for deaths in Mississippi since 1912, ordered online, by mail or in person in Jackson.
The City of Ocean Springs site: building permits, board of aldermen agendas and minutes, online bill payment and cemetery records, with the city clerk answering Public Records Act requests.
PACER, the federal courts' records system: civil, criminal and bankruptcy case dockets and filings from the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, searched by name or case number for a small per page fee, with written opinions free.
Mississippi property tax data (Department of Revenue)
County property tax data from the Mississippi Department of Revenue: the annual tax rolls, millage rates, assessed values and homestead exemption data reported by each county; the parcel records themselves are kept by the county tax assessor.
The Jackson County Sheriff's Office at the Jackson County Courthouse in Pascagoula: Sheriff John Ledbetter, the detention center, inmate lookup, crime statistics, press releases and reporting a crime.
The Mississippi Sex Offender Registry from the Department of Public Safety: registered offenders by name, county, city or zip code, with photos and addresses.
The Mississippi Department of Corrections inmate search: people in state custody by name or MDOC number, with the location, sentence and tentative release date.
The Criminal Information Center of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety: how to request a statewide criminal history record check by fingerprint, and who may obtain one.
Mississippi Electronic Courts, the state judiciary case system: filings from the participating circuit, chancery and county courts, with the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals dockets on the courts site. MEC access takes a registered account.
Mississippi birth, death, marriage and divorce records from the State Department of Health Vital Records office, ordered online, by mail or in person, with birth and death records from 1912.
Ocean Springs, a place of 18,429 people, is in Jackson County, whose county seat is Pascagoula. Court and property records sit with Jackson County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Mississippi. Ocean Springs's own offices are in the cards above, and our Jackson County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in Ocean Springs
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
The old survey maps record 2 holes 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. The state says it has no underground mines.
Ocean Springs: the boundary from the Census Bureau, and one dot for each old mine or hole on record inside it. The purple dots come off the old survey maps and the darkest of those are shafts and tunnels; the red, green and orange ones are mine records. The pale shapes with a name around it are the neighbouring places, from the Census Bureau. Hover a dot for its name.Mississippi mine map and abandoned mine records
Mississippi 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
Wage and hour cases in Ocean Springs, Mississippi
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 74 investigations with a Ocean Springs address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $849,357 in back wages agreed for 1,044 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 67 whose address on the record is in Ocean Springs; 17 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 42 more with smaller records are on the Mississippi wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
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Ocean Springs public-records FAQs
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How do I get a birth or death certificate in Ocean Springs, Mississippi?
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Mississippi come from the state vital records office, Mississippi Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
How do I look up property records in Ocean Springs, Mississippi?
Deeds for property in Ocean Springs are recorded by the Jackson County Chancery Clerk, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Jackson County page lists the county offices.
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Nearby Jackson County cities
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.