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Find the right office in Pontotoc County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Pontotoc County's unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. Law enforcement in Pontotoc County is provided by Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Leo Mask, is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Pontotoc County. Pontotoc County Detention Center, operated by the Sheriff's Office, houses inmates and provides online inmate lookup capabilities through Pontotoc County's website and third-party inmate search services. § 25-61-1 et seq.), which grants citizens the right to inspect and copy most law enforcement records unless specifically exempted for ongoing investigations or public safety reasons.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Pontotoc County are maintained by Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office. Residents and attorneys can request arrest records through the Sheriff's Office, following the procedures outlined by the Mississippi Public Records Act.
Jail & Inmate Records. Inmate lookup is available through the Sheriff's Office, allowing family and legal representatives to find detainees.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Pontotoc County are taken and retained by Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These booking photos are part of the public record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office or online databases.
The jail provides an inmate lookup service where you can inquire about current detainees. You can visit the jail in person at 490 West Oxford Street, Pontotoc, MS 38863, or call them at (662) 489-3915 for more information.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 72 mine sites inside the county: 3 past producers, now closed, 69 prospects or occurrences that were never worked; the old survey maps add 19 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Aluminum; Iron.
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.
Pontotoc County lies on the edge of the Mississippi Region coal field and the coal there is lignite, worked mostly at the surface. 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 county. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by MDEQ Office of Geology, Mining and Reclamation Division and linked below.
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
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 29 investigations in Pontotoc County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $106,608 in back wages agreed for 177 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.
| Employer | City | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontotoc County Office Board of Supervisors | Pontotoc | 1 | $25,299 | 14 |
| Playmates Daycare Learning Center LLC | Pontotoc | 1 | $15,636 | 17 |
| Tupelo Country Club | Belden | 1 | $14,470 | 34 |
| Delta Furniture Manufacturing, LLC | Pontotoc | 1 | $12,982 | 25 |
| Keith Auto Recyclers LLC | Pontotoc | 1 | $11,083 | 7 |
| Bill Gray, Inc. | Sherman | 1 | $5,956 | 26 |
| Fusion Furniture, Inc. | Ecru | 1 | $4,773 | 1 |
| Red Line Markets, Inc. | Ecru | 1 | $4,457 | 8 |
| ABRMP Management, LLC | Belden | 1 | $2,614 | 12 |
| Circle of Friends, LLC | Pontotoc | 1 | $2,255 | 7 |
| Cravin Catfish, LLC | Sherman | 1 | $318 | 3 |
| Scruggs Farm & Supplies, LLC | Belden | 1 | $275 | 7 |
| Double B Gin | Randolph | 3 | $220 | 7 |
| Winn-Dixie Louisianna, Inc. Store 1343 | Pontotoc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Williamson, Inc. | Pontotoc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Sunshine Health Care Inc. | Pontotoc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Prater's Grocery, Inc. | Pontotoc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| South Pontotoc Grocery, Inc. | Pontotoc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Goldleaf Farms, LLC | Pontotoc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Hendrix Sheet Metal, Inc. | Pontotoc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| JAYAP, Inc. | Pontotoc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Double B Farms LLC | Randolph | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Auction Block Steakhouse, LLC | Thaxton | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Keys Enterprises, LLC | Ecru | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| EM Farms, Inc. | Pontotoc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer on the Pontotoc County record, by back wages agreed; 11 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Mississippi wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Pontotoc County Sheriff or a city police department in Pontotoc County. Ask that agency for its record.
The Mississippi criminal history record comes from the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Criminal Information Center. Name based check of your own record only, requested online through the DPS Name Based Background Check by the person the record belongs to; results can take up to 30 calendar days. Fee: $32.00 per request.
Search the Mississippi Sex Offender Registry (Department of Public Safety), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Pontotoc County are kept by the Pontotoc County Chancery Clerk. Property values are set by the county Tax Assessor, and tax bills come from the county Tax Collector. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Mississippi come from the Mississippi State Department of Health, Vital Records. By mail with a cashier's check or money order to Mississippi Vital Records, P.O. Box 1700, Jackson, MS 39215-1700, in person at the Vital Records office in Ridgeland, or online or by phone through VitalChek, the private company MSDH names, for an added fee. Fee: $17 for a birth or death certificate, $6 for each added copy of the same record ordered at the same time.
Business entity filings are searched with the Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services Division. The Secretary of State's business portal says you may need permits and licenses from your city or county government, and requirements differ by location.
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