Oregon, Malheur County
Where Ontario's records are kept. Ontario has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Ontario's own offices, along with State of Oregon offices; the Malheur County offices are on our Malheur County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
Oregon State Police mails a copy of your own Oregon criminal history, or a no record notice, after you send its form, a fingerprint card and the $33 fee; results go only to you.
Open official site Oregon State Police Criminal History Record ChecksState records
The Secretary of State's Archives Division keeps Oregon's permanent government records in Salem, sending digital copies or booking reading room appointments; requests go by phone, email or an online form.
Open official site Oregon State ArchivesCounty court
With offices in Portland and Eugene, the federal bankruptcy court for Oregon posts judges' calendars, forms and unclaimed funds, and links to PACER, electronic filing and proof of claim filing.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, District of OregonCounty court
The Oregon Judicial Department offers free court calendars and basic case information for the circuit courts, Tax Court, Court of Appeals and Supreme Court; adoption, juvenile, mental health and VAWA cases are withheld.
Open official site Oregon Judicial Department Records and Calendar SearchVital records
Keeping Oregon records since 1903, the Oregon Health Authority's Center for Health Statistics sells certified copies of birth, death, marriage, domestic partnership and divorce records through VitalChek, mail, drop box or appointment.
Open official site Oregon Vital Records and CertificatesPolice & jail
Searchable by full or partial name, with asterisk wildcards, or by SID number, the Oregon Department of Corrections offender search is not an official record; certified copies come through a records request.
Open official site Oregon Offender SearchPolice & jail
Oregon State Police clearinghouse listing Oregon's missing persons and featured missing children, with free child identification kits, DNA collection details and steps to take when a child goes missing.
Open official site Oregon State Police Missing Children and Adults ClearinghousePolice & jail
Department of Corrections list of escapees and most wanted fugitives who escaped custody or failed to appear, with photos, a fugitive tip line at (877) 831-0389 and an online tip form.
Open official site Oregon Department of Corrections Most WantedPolice & jail
Oregon State Police sex offender registration program, linking the online offender search used for Oregon City along with reporting rules, registering agencies and victim support resources.
Open official site Oregon State Police Sex Offender RegistrationFederal
U.S. Census Bureau fact sheet on Ontario city, Oregon with the latest population estimate, the 2020 Census count, median household income, poverty rate, home values, gross rent and owner occupied housing.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsState records
City of Ontario site with City Hall at 444 SW 4th Street, agendas and minutes, the municipal code, utility billing, the city fee schedule, police records and city recorder contacts.
Open official site City of OntarioEverything else, organized
10 more Ontario sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Ontario, a place of 11,645 people, is in Malheur County, whose county seat is Vale. Court and property records sit with Malheur County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Oregon. Ontario's own offices are in the cards above, and our Malheur County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the two federal mine files
The USGS mineral file records 4 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 3 of them worked out or abandoned. The mineral the records name is 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. Oregon has no state abandoned mine land program page; abandoned mine hazards on federal land are a BLM and Forest Service matter.
Oregon 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.
Please read: Everything here can be wrong. This is information, not a guarantee: the two federal files can be wrong, incomplete or out of date, the boundaries and the geocoder can be wrong, a point is a location and not a property line, and nothing on this page says that a mine is or is not under any particular property. Do not buy, sell, move, or make any decision about a home or about your safety on this alone. Ask the state mine map office named here for the maps, and have a qualified engineer look at the ground.
Straight answers
Open only the answer you need.
Voter registration in Oregon is run by the Oregon Elections Division and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Ontario.
Deeds for property in Ontario are recorded by the Malheur County Clerk, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Malheur County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Oregon come from the state vital records office, Oregon 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.