Missouri, Phelps County
Where Rolla's records are kept. Court and property records for Rolla sit with Phelps County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Missouri.
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Rolla relies on Phelps County and the State of Missouri for its public records. The cards below are the Missouri state offices, and the Phelps County offices are on our Phelps County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & 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 WantedCounty court
Missouri Case.net, run by the state judiciary, searches public court cases by litigant name, case number or filing date; its entries are a service, not the official court record.
Open official site Missouri Case.netVital records
Department of Health and Senior Services bureau issuing certified copies of Missouri births and deaths recorded since 1910, with a marriage and divorce registry since 1948 and 115 local offices that serve visitors in person.
Open official site Missouri Bureau of Vital RecordsVital 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
The Secretary of State's archives holds over 336 million pages of records, with online databases for births and deaths before 1910, death certificates from 1910 to 1975, naturalizations and soldiers' records.
Open official site Missouri State Archives ResearchCounty court
Three divisions, St. Louis, Cape Girardeau and Hannibal, make up this court; it posts hearing dates and dockets, offers online petition filing and electronic claims, and gives case status by phone through McVCIS.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of MissouriEverything else, organized
17 more Rolla sources not listed above.
Local record guide
What we hold on Rolla, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Rolla, a place of 19,943 people, is the seat of Phelps County, so most county offices are in Rolla itself. The town keeps its own council and business records. See our Phelps County page for every county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the two federal mine files
The USGS mineral file records 9 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 6 of them worked out or abandoned; the USGS topographic mine features add 1 feature mapped inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts, adits or tunnels, digitised from the old survey sheets. The minerals the records name are Fire Clay (Refractory); Iron; crushed stone.
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.
Please read: Everything here can be wrong. This is information, not a guarantee: the two federal files can be wrong, incomplete or out of date, the boundaries and the geocoder can be wrong, a point is a location and not a property line, and nothing on this page says that a mine is or is not under any particular property. Do not buy, sell, move, or make any decision about a home or about your safety on this alone. Ask the state mine map office named here for the maps, and have a qualified engineer look at the ground.
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Voter registration in Missouri is run by the Missouri Secretary of State, Elections Division, and the local election authority keeps the roll for Rolla. You can register online, by mail or in person. You must be registered by 5:00 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday before the election (RSMo 115.135).
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Missouri come from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of Vital Records. The fee is $15 per birth record and $15 for each added copy; $14 per death record and $11 for each added copy. Local public health agencies also issue birth certificates for births from 1920 on and death certificates for deaths from 1980 on.
Deeds for property in Rolla are recorded by the county Recorder of Deeds, the county Assessor sets the assessed value, and the county Collector sends the tax bill. Our Phelps County page lists those offices.
Businesses that operate in Rolla register with the Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Unit, which runs the state business entity search. The Secretary of State's starting steps say to register for a business license and other permits, if any, with your local city or county.
Missouri criminal history checks are run by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Criminal Justice Information Services Division. The fee is $16.00 per name based request; $20.00 per fingerprint based request (state only); $5.00 more for a notarized response. Name based search with name, date of birth and Social Security number through the Missouri Automated Criminal History Site (MACHS), or a fingerprint search with a completed FD 258 applicant fingerprint card.
Same county
Other places in Phelps County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Phelps County records are on the county page.