Rhode Island, Newport County
Where Portsmouth's records are kept. Portsmouth has its own police department, municipal court and clerk's office; the town clerk keeps land records and copies of birth and death certificates.
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The cards below include Portsmouth's own offices, along with the Newport County and State of Rhode Island offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
Portsmouth Police Department, 2270 East Main Road Portsmouth, Rhode Island 02871 (401) 683-0300, policedept@portsmouthri.gov, Employment.
Open official site Portsmouth Police DepartmentPolice & jail
Florence K Murray Judicial Complex Eisenhower Square Newport, Rhode Island 02840-2996 Phone: (401)841-8300 E-mail the Sheriff's Department County:.
Open official site Newport County Sheriff's OfficeCounty court
The Murray Judicial Complex, 45 Washington Square, Newport, is the Newport County courthouse of the Rhode Island Judiciary, home to the Superior, Family and District Courts serving Portsmouth.
Open official site Murray Judicial Complex, Newport County Courthouse (Rhode Island Judiciary)County court
Rhode Island Superior Court, 222-3250, Disciplinary Council, Supreme Court, 222-3270, Providence County Administrative Office, 222-3215 Clerk’s.
Open official site Newport County ClerkLocal record guide
Local profile
Portsmouth is in Newport County, whose county seat is Newport. Portsmouth's town clerk keeps its land records and copies of birth and death certificates, and court cases go through the Rhode Island state courts. Portsmouth's own offices are in the cards above, and our Newport County page lists each county office.
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Certified birth and death certificates for events in Rhode Island come from the state vital records office, Rhode Island Center for Vital Records, and the town or city clerk can also issue copies. The state office's site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Businesses that operate in Portsmouth register with the Rhode Island Department of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Portsmouth requires one, comes from the town or Newport County.
Same county
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.