Ohio, Lake County
Where Painesville's records are kept. Court and property records for Painesville sit with Lake County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Ohio.
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Painesville relies on Lake County and the State of Ohio for its public records. The cards below are the Ohio state offices, and the Lake County offices are on our Lake County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & 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
The Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation is Ohio's clearinghouse for missing person data: it keeps databases of missing children and adults, issues alerts and takes tips. Families should call local police first.
Open official site Ohio Attorney General Missing PersonsVital 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 Ohio History Connection research library in Columbus offers genealogy guides, its catalog and Ohio death certificates from 1908 to 1970; since July 2026 it opens Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Open official site Ohio History Connection Archives and LibraryCounty court
Besides PACER and e-filing links, the court sells hearing audio, $32 on CD or $2.40 per MP3 file through PACER, and accepts proofs of claim online without a login.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of OhioCounty court
The Supreme Court of Ohio lists each county's common pleas, municipal and county courts, with links to every court's own website and local rules.
Open official site Supreme Court of Ohio Courts by CountyEverything else, organized
16 more Painesville sources not listed above.
Local record guide
What we hold on Painesville, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Painesville, a place of 20,312 people, is the seat of Lake County, so most county offices are in Painesville itself. The town keeps its own council and business records. Each Lake County office is listed on our Lake County page.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 31 investigations with a Painesville address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $245,583 in back wages agreed for 293 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.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yardmaster, Inc | 2 | $88,488 | 53 |
| Nate Johnson's Landsaping Inc. | 1 | $32,464 | 14 |
| McCallister's Landscaping & Supply Inc | 1 | $26,781 | 27 |
| Keltan, Inc. | 2 | $21,962 | 42 |
| Nate Johnson's Landscaping, Inc. | 1 | $20,092 | 12 |
| Nightingale Home Support & Care, Inc. | 3 | $11,000 | 14 |
| Chicken Take Home Painesville | 1 | $10,016 | 6 |
| Statewide Home Mortgage, Inc | 5 | $7,723 | 8 |
| Urmilaben, Inc. | 1 | $5,776 | 111 |
| Precious Care Assisted Living, Inc. | 1 | $4,747 | 9 |
| Northcoast Service Solutions | 1 | $1,230 | 1 |
| Briar Rose Nurseries, Inc | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| Red Rock Nursery, Inc | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| Lake Communities Development Corporation | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| GNZ, Inc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Lynton Management, Ltd | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Stropkey Nursery Inc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Hasska, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Lake County Juvenile Detention Center | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Johnson's Customer Cleaning Service | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Lake Erie Diving | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Stropkey Nurseries, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Flores Landscaping & Nursery, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Penn-Ohio Wholesale Gardens, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Lakeland Management Systems Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Painesville, by back wages agreed; 13 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Ohio wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
Same county
Other places in Lake County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Lake County records are on the county page.