Portage County, Ohio Public Records

Investigations closed

94

Back wages agreed

$1,651,904

Workers due back wages

4,881

Civil money penalties

$423,639

Employers on the record

79

The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 79 on the Portage County record; 23 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 54 more with smaller records are on the Ohio wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.

Portage certificate routing, record-copy products and court-division contacts

Take recorded-instrument questions to the Ravenna Recorder

Ohio Legal Help's Portage Recorder listing identifies the office at 449 South Meridian Street and lists weekday hours from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Its role concerns the permanent recording of transfers, mortgages and charges affecting land. Bring a document number, book/page or party names when seeking a specific instrument. A property-tax statement can help identify the parcel but does not replace a deed or mortgage release. Say whether you need a plain image or an authenticated office copy, and ask the Recorder to confirm the document's page count and delivery instructions before sending payment. Compare the property description on the retrieved instrument with your parcel research before requesting certification or ordering further copies.

Keep Ohio's recording and certification charges in their proper categories

The Ohio county-recorder fee statute combines the base and housing-trust charges into $34 for the first two recording pages and $8 for each later page. It also authorizes a document-preservation surcharge of up to $5; the local applicability must be confirmed before treating the statutory base as a complete Portage quote. The statute separately prices a certified recorded copy at $2 per page and $1 for a required seal. Marginal references, maps and plats follow additional provisions. Those copy charges should not be mixed with the cost of recording a newly executed document.

Go to Kent for the local modern vital-record service

The county health district records notice expressly says the combined county health district does not maintain birth or death records. It directs modern requests to Kent City Health Department and older local registers to Portage Probate Court. The historical collection is listed as 1867 through 1908; Kent's current operating guidance describes its service from 1909 forward. For an event around that boundary, give the exact date and ask which custodian can retrieve the filed record. The county notice is a routing aid, not an instruction to mail a certificate application to the combined health district.

Use Kent's application cutoff and local fee

The Kent certificate instructions charge $24 per certified copy and ask in-person applicants to submit by 3:30 p.m., ahead of the 4 p.m. office closing. Pickup is at the second floor of the Kent Central Gateway/PARTA building, using the west entrances. The city describes service for filed Ohio birth and death events and warns that a newborn or newly registered death can take two weeks or longer to appear. Identification is not required for an Ohio birth-certificate order, while inclusion of a recent decedent's Social Security number has separate relationship and proof requirements.

Send the certificate return envelope with the completed application

Kent's currently linked birth-record application specifies the mailing destination as 201-G East Erie Street and asks for the required fee and a stamped return envelope. The form gives normal processing as one to three business days after receipt; postal delivery is additional. It asks for the name as shown on the record, event date and place, and parents' identifying information. Complete the reason-for-request field, especially for genealogy or international uses that may require particular record details. Keep a copy of the application and payment information so an order-status inquiry can identify what was actually submitted.

Use the Clerk telephone for the relevant division

The Portage Clerk of Courts directory separates Common Pleas General, Domestic Relations, Kent municipal and Ravenna municipal contacts. Its courthouse hours are weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., while the Auto Title service has a separate schedule. Choose the case category and court location when requesting an order or docket copy. The general page's Auto Title telephone should not be substituted for the civil or domestic-relations records number. Provide the case identifier and desired filing, and identify whether you need certification. The Clerk also links its authorized payment service and warns against using unrelated payment applications.

Request a Treasury record without explaining your motive

The Treasurer public-records explanation says inspection is available without a fee and that copies are provided at the office's cost unless a specific law controls. It describes access within a reasonable period rather than promising a fixed production date. Generally, a requester need not supply a reason, a name or a written request. Describe the existing tax-payment or other Treasury record with enough detail for staff to find it, and distinguish inspection from delivery of copies. If the inquiry concerns the value assigned to a parcel or a recorded ownership instrument, identify the appropriate separate office before sending a broad request.

Use Kent's Law Department for a city administrative record

The Kent public-records directions give a Law Department email route and a submission address at 320 South Depeyster Street. They confirm that a written request is optional while offering a form. Specify the city department, record type and date span, then retain the response and any estimate for a follow-up. A city administrative record is not held by the county merely because the property or incident lies within Portage County. Similarly, a police report and a court filing can document different stages of an event; requesting one does not automatically retrieve the other.