Texas, San Patricio County
Where Portland's records are kept. Court and property records for Portland sit with San Patricio County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Texas.
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Portland relies on San Patricio County and the State of Texas for its public records. The cards below are the Texas state offices, and the San Patricio County offices are on our San Patricio County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
Texas Department of Public Safety division that compiles criminal history sent by local agencies into statewide files, with a criminal history conviction name search, fingerprinting services and the sex offender search.
Open official site Texas DPS Crime Records 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 WantedProperty records
Texas Comptroller pages on property tax exemptions, appraisal protests and appeals, appraisal review boards, statewide tax rates and a directory of each county's appraisal district and tax office.
Open official site Texas Comptroller Property Tax AssistanceVital 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
Quick search for missing children near Portland Texas.
Open official site Center for Missing & Exploited Children, TexasFederal
U.S. Census Bureau quick facts, demographics, and population statistics for Portland.
Open official site Portland Texas Census QuickFactsEverything else, organized
15 more Portland sources not listed above.
Local record guide
What we hold on Portland, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Portland, a place of 20,383 people, keeps its own council and town business records. Sinton, the county seat, is where the county offices are. Each San Patricio County office is listed on our San Patricio County page.
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 site producing when the record was made; the old survey maps add 1 hole drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.
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.
Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.
Texas 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 37 investigations with a Portland address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $146,049 in back wages agreed for 316 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoutthasith Sirimanotham | 1 | $42,397 | 13 |
| Pepitos Grill Cantina Patio | 1 | $17,340 | 30 |
| Kastraki INC S-Corp and Paroudia, INC | 1 | $11,803 | 59 |
| Lang Road Foods, LLP | 1 | $11,168 | 16 |
| Legacy Pre-school of Portland, LLC | 1 | $9,689 | 22 |
| Meat Processing of Devine LLC | 2 | $4,954 | 9 |
| First Baptist Preschool | 1 | $2,840 | 39 |
| Gtek COMPUTERS, LLC | 1 | $2,378 | 12 |
| VLC Management, LLC | 1 | $2,152 | 47 |
| MCCK Enterprises LLC | 1 | $1,750 | 19 |
| Andez Group Inc. | 1 | $1,603 | 1 |
| Touchstone Strategies Portland LLC | 1 | $1,107 | 14 |
| L & J Automotive Services LLC | 1 | $1,007 | 3 |
| Bhavi Inc | 2 | $666 | 3 |
| South Texas Dairy Queen, Inc. | 2 | $383 | 4 |
| Hudat Oriental Restaurant, LLC | 1 | $261 | 3 |
| JVM Hotel, LLC | 1 | $115 | 1 |
| Christie Pham & Amy Pham | 1 | $40 | 1 |
| Fort Bend Lube Centers, Inc | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| Almouie Pediatrica, P.A. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Portland Proprties, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| TBC Commercial Construction, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Portland Development, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Tejas Best Construction | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Khuong and Dany Enterprises, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 28 whose address on the record is in Portland; 8 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 3 more with smaller records are on the Texas wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Texas is run by the Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division, and the county voter registrar keeps the roll for Portland. Texas has no online voter registration: the form goes in by mail or in person at a registration office. Your county voter registrar must receive your application at least 30 days before an election; you can fill out the application online, but you must print, sign and mail it to the registrar.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Texas come from the Texas Department of State Health Services, Vital Statistics. The fee is $22.00 for a certified birth certificate, long or short form. You can get vital records in the county, city or district where the event occurred, and some local offices also provide birth records from anywhere in the state.
Deeds for property in Portland are recorded by the county clerk, the county appraisal district sets the assessed value, and the county tax assessor-collector sends the tax bill. Our San Patricio County page lists those offices.
Businesses that operate in Portland register with the Texas Secretary of State, Business and Public Filings, which runs the state business entity search. The State of Texas does not require a general business license; the Governor's Business Permit Office says local permit requirements must also be met.
Texas criminal history checks are run by the Texas Department of Public Safety, Crime Records. The fee is $10.00 for a name based check done offline through DPS; $15.00 for a fingerprint based check, plus $10 for fingerprinting at a FAST location. Run an online name based search of deferred adjudication and conviction records through the DPS Criminal History Conviction Name Search, or have fingerprints taken by appointment at a DPS FAST location.
Same county
Other places in San Patricio County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; San Patricio County records are on the county page.