Iowa, Polk County
Where Pleasant Hill's records are kept. Pleasant Hill has its own city government, clerk's office and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Pleasant Hill's own offices, along with State of Iowa offices; the Polk County offices are on our Polk County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
State records
The State Historical Society of Iowa opens its collection of more than 209 million items, with a catalog of government records, manuscripts, newspapers and photographs, research centers, reference requests and copy orders.
Open official site State Historical Society of Iowa ResearchCounty court
Serves southern Iowa from 111 Locust Street in Des Moines; the court posts 341 meeting and courtroom calendars, decisions and orders, takes copy requests and links PACER case information.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of IowaCounty court
Iowa's state court system online: find any county courthouse, search court records, fill in interactive court forms, eFile documents and follow Supreme Court opinions and oral arguments.
Open official site Iowa Judicial BranchVital records
Iowa's Department of Health and Human Services runs Medicaid, food and cash assistance and public health programs, and supplies certified copies of birth, death and marriage records.
Open official site Iowa Department of Health and Human ServicesPolice & jail
The Iowa Department of Corrections explains visiting, phone calls, messaging, mail, money deposits, care packages and voting rights restoration for families of people in prison, and links to its offender search.
Open official site Iowa Department of Corrections Inmate and Family ServicesPolice & jail
Clearinghouse set up in 1985 within the Iowa Department of Public Safety, listing missing persons with age, last contact date and the reporting agency; search by name, gender, race or physical traits.
Open official site Iowa DCI Missing Person Information ClearinghousePolice & jail
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation registry, the central store of Iowa sex offender registration records since July 1995. Search registrants by last name, first name, alias or ZIP code.
Open official site Iowa Sex Offender RegistryPolice & jail
Online record check of the Iowa Department of Public Safety, now offline while a new site is built with no return date. Until then, requests go to DPS by mail or fax.
Open official site Iowa Criminal History Record CheckFederal
The Census Bureau QuickFacts table for Pleasant Hill city, Iowa sets out population, race and Hispanic origin, owner occupied housing rate, persons per household, bachelor's degrees, median household income and land area.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsState records
City of Pleasant Hill official site: City Hall at 5160 Maple Drive, Suite A, 515-262-9368, along with building permits, licenses, agendas and minutes, alert sign up, concern reports, the library and parks programs.
Open official site City of Pleasant HillState records
Official records and legal files 5160 Maple Drive Pleasant Hill IA 50327 Phone: (515) 262-9368 Fax: (515) 262-9570
Open official site Pleasant Hill City ClerkPolice & jail
Law enforcement services 5151 Maple Drive Pleasant Hill IA 50327 Phone: (515) 286-3333 Fax: (515) 265-9984
Open official site Pleasant Hill Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
10 more Pleasant Hill sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Pleasant Hill, a place of 10,147 people, is in Polk County, whose county seat is Des Moines. Court and property records sit with Polk County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Iowa. Pleasant Hill's own offices are in the cards above, and our Polk County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 1 mine site inside the city or town limits: 1 past producer, now closed; the old survey maps add 6 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. 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. Coal was mined in Iowa from the 1840s to 1994.
Pleasant Hill sits over the Western Region coal field and the coal there is medium and high volatile bituminous, worked underground in many places. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this town. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by Iowa DNR Iowa Coal Mines map and linked below.
Iowa 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.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Iowa is run by the Iowa Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Pleasant Hill.
Deeds for property in Pleasant Hill are recorded by the Polk County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Polk County page lists the county offices.
Businesses that operate in Pleasant Hill register with the Iowa Secretary of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Pleasant Hill requires one, comes from the town or Polk County.
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.