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Find the right office in Queens 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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Court records
The Eleventh Judicial District covers Queens County, and its page gives the courts that sit there and the clerk who keeps each one's case files.
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Get driving license, ID card and vehicle license information.
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Queensboro Correctional Facility prison and inmate information.
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Official death certificates from the county of Queens.
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The Queens County public library gives readers its catalogue, its online databases and the local history and genealogy collections it holds for the county.
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Index of New York City's departments, services and resources.
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Quick, easy facts about people, business and geography.
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Law enforcement information and news for New York City.
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County clerk recorder information and recorded documents.
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New York City correctional facility inmate and visitation.
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Order records of births in the county of Queens.
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Queens County Clerk files and searches business certificates and corporation filings for Queens at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Room 106, Jamaica. Phone 718-298-0608.
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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Queens County Sheriff's Office is responsible for enforcing court orders, serving legal processes, and managing evictions.
Police Departments. The NYPD's precincts in Queens include the 104th, 108th, and 114th, among others, each responsible for specific neighborhoods.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Law enforcement in Queens County is primarily provided by the New York City Police Department (NYPD), which maintains multiple precincts throughout the county including the 100th through 115th Precincts covering various neighborhoods from Astoria to the Rockaways. The NYPD headquarters can be contacted through the office’s website, and the department's website at www.nyc.gov/nypd provides extensive information about precinct locations and services. To look up inmates in New York City custody, the public can use the Inmate Lookup service at www1.nyc.gov/site/doc/inmate-info/inmate-lookup.page or call. Queens District Attorney's Office, located at 125-01 Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens (718-286-6000), prosecutes criminal cases and maintains certain criminal records.
Criminal Records. Residents can run a background check through the New York State Office of Court Administration, which provides a statewide criminal history record search.
The New York State Unified Court System operates multiple court facilities in Queens County. Queens County Supreme Court (the trial court of general jurisdiction in New York) is located at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, phone (718) 298-1000, handling civil matters exceeding $25,000 and felony criminal cases.
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 named mine site inside the county, 0 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 3 holes drawn inside the county, 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. New York has no coal AML program; the DEC database covers permitted mines, not historic underground workings.
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.
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the New York City Sheriff's Office or a city police department in Queens County. Ask that agency for its record. Under New York Public Officers Law 89(2)(b)(viii), releasing law enforcement arrest or booking photographs is an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy unless public release will serve a specific law enforcement purpose and no state or federal law bars it.
The New York criminal history record comes from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). Fingerprint based Record Review only: book an IdentoGO fingerprint appointment online or at 877-472-6915 with service code 15464Z (suppressed record) or 15465F (unsuppressed record); DCJS mails the rap sheet or a no record response. Fee: $17.50 (as of 2/2/2026) for New York residents fingerprinted at IdentoGO; $57.45 for those living outside New York State.
Search the New York State Sex Offender Registry (DCJS), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county board of elections (Board of Elections in the City of New York) or through the New York State Board of Elections. You can also register online with the state online registration. For the November 3, 2026 general election, registration applications must be received by October 24, 2026.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Queens County are kept by the New York City Register. Property values are set by the city, town or village assessor, and tax bills come from the town or city tax collector. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for New York come from the New York State Department of Health, Vital Records (all of the state except New York City). Birth and death records are also available from the local Registrar of Vital Statistics where the event occurred; New York City births and deaths come from the New York City Department of Health. By mail to New York State Department of Health, Vital Records Certification Unit, P.O. Box 2602, Albany, NY 12220-2602, or online or by phone through VitalChek Network, the independent company the Department has partnered with. Fee: $30 per copy by mail; $45 per copy online or by phone, plus a vendor processing fee per order.
Business entity filings are searched with the New York Department of State, Division of Corporations.
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