Michigan, Oakland County
Where Pontiac's records are kept. Pontiac has its own city government, clerk's office, municipal court and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Pontiac's own offices, along with the Oakland County and State of Michigan offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The Pontiac City Clerk on the first floor at 47450 Woodward Ave. handles elections, the city charter and code, council agendas and minutes, applications and forms, and FOIA requests.
Open official site Pontiac City ClerkCity records
Pontiac takes written Freedom of Information Act requests in person, by email, fax or mail at the Clerk's Office, 47450 Woodward Ave, with a response due within five working days.
Open official site City of Pontiac FOIA RequestsPolice & jail
The Oakland County Sheriff's Office polices Pontiac through its City of Pontiac Division substation at 110 East Pike Street, with dispatch, records unit and inmate information contacts.
Open official site Oakland County Sheriff's Office City of Pontiac DivisionMunicipal court
The 50th District Court at 70 N Saginaw in Pontiac offers online case search, fines and fees, civil, landlord tenant and small claims filing, probation and jury duty information.
Open official site 50th District CourtCity records
Pontiac's Building Safety Division in City Hall, 47450 Woodward Ave., enforces building codes, takes walk in permit service on weekdays and posts forms, fees and contractor checklists.
Open official site Pontiac Building Safety DivisionPolice & 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 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
14 more Pontiac sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Pontiac, a place of 61,606 people, is the seat of Oakland County. Court and property records sit with Oakland County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Michigan. Pontiac's own offices are in the cards above, and our Oakland County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 54 investigations with a Pontiac address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $642,921 in back wages agreed for 496 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnival Market, Inc. | 1 | $109,132 | 12 |
| Inland Lkaes Landscaping Corp | 1 | $104,099 | 6 |
| Canival Market, Inc. | 1 | $95,618 | 14 |
| Jose Constructions Services Inc. | 1 | $64,361 | 17 |
| Lonik Contracting LLC | 1 | $38,700 | 20 |
| Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $37,368 | 41 |
| Great Lakes Media, Inc | 1 | $34,302 | 50 |
| Road Runr Maintenance, Inc. | 2 | $31,413 | 65 |
| Landfill Avoidance Systems, LLC | 1 | $17,145 | 40 |
| Family Living Center, Inc | 4 | $16,482 | 4 |
| Helen AFC Home, Inc. | 1 | $12,070 | 4 |
| Asphalt Specialists, Inc. | 1 | $9,775 | 46 |
| Usps | 4 | $9,209 | 3 |
| Pioneer Healthcare Management, Inc. | 3 | $8,636 | 18 |
| Loving Hearts Child Care & Development Center | 1 | $8,631 | 25 |
| Ideas Express Service | 1 | $8,339 | 4 |
| Inland Lakes Landscaping, Inc. | 1 | $6,002 | 5 |
| The Promise Painters, LLC | 1 | $5,494 | 8 |
| Helen A.F.C. Homes, Inc. | 1 | $5,466 | 6 |
| Greggco Management Company | 1 | $5,156 | 53 |
| Ideas Express Services US Mail, LLC | 1 | $5,137 | 3 |
| RK Grocers LLC | 1 | $4,667 | 3 |
| Rock Industries, Inc. | 1 | $4,176 | 21 |
| Woodcrest Commons Apartments LLC | 1 | $2,396 | 4 |
| Pontiac Drywall Systems, Inc. | 3 | $2,147 | 2 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 45 whose address on the record is in Pontiac; 17 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 20 more with smaller records are on the Michigan wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
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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 Pontiac.
Deeds for property in Pontiac 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.