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Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website
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Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Texas
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Port Lavaca Texas Census QuickFacts
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About public records in Port Lavaca
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Port Lavaca at a glance
- County
- Calhoun County
- County seat
- Port Lavaca
- Population
- 11,557
- Calhoun County population
- 20,106
- Local records
- Calhoun County offices
- ZIP codes
- 77979
About Port Lavaca public records
Port Lavaca, a place of 11,557 people, is the seat of Calhoun County, so most county offices are in Port Lavaca itself. The town keeps its own council and business records. Each Calhoun County office is listed on our Calhoun County page.
Labor Department file
Wage and hour cases in Port Lavaca, Texas
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 40 investigations with a Port Lavaca address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $148,662 in back wages agreed for 177 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.
- Investigations closed
- 40
- Back wages agreed
- $148,662
- Workers due back wages
- 177
- Civil money penalties
- $2,860
- Employers on the record
- 33
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH Enterprises Inc. | 2 | $67,156 | 63 |
| Calhoun County ISD | 2 | $23,782 | 37 |
| Santiago Degollado Jr. LLC | 1 | $13,628 | 15 |
| Welfab Inc. | 1 | $12,706 | 10 |
| The Woodlands Hospitality Corporation | 1 | $12,542 | 11 |
| Dowell Pest Control LLC | 1 | $10,721 | 2 |
| Graftech Seadriftl Holding, Corp. | 1 | $10,227 | 2 |
| Sim's Business Service Inc. | 1 | $8,002 | 1 |
| Regency Nursing Center Partners of Port Lavac | 1 | $7,200 | 4 |
| Chaparral Motel Inc | 2 | $4,835 | 9 |
| La Quinta Inn & Suites | 1 | $4,202 | 1 |
| Amal Hospitality, LLC | 1 | $4,200 | 6 |
| Quick Stop Convenience Store | 1 | $4,060 | 2 |
| Raj B. Desai | 2 | $3,641 | 22 |
| Juanita F. Hernandez | 1 | $2,873 | 3 |
| Hamilton Valley Management, Inc. | 2 | $2,383 | 2 |
| Jenny C. Chuang | 1 | $2,337 | 2 |
| Jimmy Pan Inc. | 1 | $1,116 | 6 |
| Mahika lodging.LLC | 1 | $1,105 | 3 |
| Sunly Enterprises Inc. | 1 | $774 | 4 |
| Maruti Lodging, LLC | 1 | $225 | 3 |
| RLB Contracting, Inc. | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| Beck Air Conditioning, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Times Market | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Port Lavaca Dr.In Inc. #2708 | 1 | $0 | 0 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 33 whose address on the record is in Port Lavaca; 11 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 8 more with smaller records are on the Texas wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
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