Nevada, Washoe County
Where Reno's records are kept. Reno has its own city government, police department and fire department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Reno's own offices, along with State of Nevada offices; the Washoe County offices are on our Washoe County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
State records
Nevada's State Archives keeps territorial and state government records back to 1851 and death records from 1920 to 1954, open weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; county records are not held here.
Open official site Nevada State ArchivesCounty court
Las Vegas and Reno offices, open 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. weekdays, with filing statistics and self help resources; PACER page fees rise from $0.10 to $0.12 on January 1, 2027.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of NevadaCounty court
Public portal of the Nevada Supreme Court and Court of Appeals for searching case dockets, parties and documents, paying fines or fees on a case, and electronic filing for registered users.
Open official site Nevada Appellate Courts Public PortalVital records
Legal custodian of Nevada birth and death certificates filed since July 1, 1911, released only to qualified applicants such as the registrant or direct family; it also takes marriage and divorce record search requests.
Open official site Nevada Office of Vital RecordsPolice & jail
Look up Nevada Department of Corrections inmates by offender ID or name, or download demographic, booking, parole and release data; NDOC warns the raw data may hold errors and is not an official record.
Open official site Nevada Department of Corrections Inmate SearchState records
NevCMEC, run by the Nevada State Children's Advocate in the Attorney General's Las Vegas office, helps police, families and other clearinghouses locate and recover missing and exploited children.
Open official site Nevada Clearinghouse for Missing and Exploited ChildrenPolice & jail
Cases posted by the FBI Las Vegas Field Office: wanted fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, and investigations where the FBI is asking for tips. Sortable by date or name.
Open official site FBI Las Vegas Wanted and Missing PersonsPolice & jail
Nevada public registry of sex offenders, searchable by name, by vehicle, by distance from an address or by Nevada ZIP code once the conditions of use are accepted.
Open official site Nevada Sex Offender RegistryFederal
Census Bureau QuickFacts entry for Reno city, Nevada showing population estimates, shares of residents under 18 and 65 and over, disability and health insurance rates, labor force, per capita income and poverty.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Reno city government site: City Hall at 1 E. First Street, 775-334-4636, plus public records requests, police reports, parking ticket and sewer bill payment, business licensing, building permits and council meeting agendas.
Open official site City of RenoPolice & jail
Reno Police Department, with the incident reports, record requests and contacts the department publishes.
Open official site Reno Police DepartmentProperty records
401 Ryland, Suite 100 Reno NV, 89502 (775) 334-2300
Open official site Reno Fire DepartmentEverything else, organized
21 more Reno sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Reno, a place of 264,165 people, is the seat of Washoe County. Court and property records sit with Washoe County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Nevada. Reno's own offices are in the cards above, and our Washoe County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 21 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 19 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 89 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 21 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are construction sand and gravel; Mercury, Silica; Titanium, Metal.
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.
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.
Straight answers
Open only the answer you need.
Voter registration in Nevada is run by the Nevada Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Reno.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Nevada come from the state vital records office, Nevada Office of Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Businesses that operate in Reno register with the Nevada Secretary of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Reno requires one, comes from the town or Washoe 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.