Michigan, Oakland County
Where Royal Oak's records are kept. Royal Oak has its own city government, clerk's office, police department, municipal court and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Royal Oak's own offices, along with State of Michigan offices; the Oakland County offices are on our Oakland County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The Royal Oak City Clerk at 203 S Troy Street runs elections, keeps official city records and meeting minutes, processes FOIA requests and issues birth and death certificates and dog licenses.
Open official site Royal Oak City ClerkCity records
Royal Oak posts its FOIA policy and takes online Freedom of Information Act requests for city records, with police records requested through the Records and ID page.
Open official site Royal Oak Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)Police & jail
The Royal Oak Police Department posts its annual report and a Public Crime Search map of reported crime by address, and runs a Citizens Police Academy.
Open official site Royal Oak Police DepartmentPolice & jail
Royal Oak Police Records at 450 East Eleven Mile Road, open Monday through Thursday, handles crash and incident report copies, background checks, FOIA and discovery requests and fingerprinting.
Open official site Royal Oak Police Records and IDMunicipal court
The 44th District Court at 400 E 11 Mile Road serves Royal Oak and Berkley, takes payments online and accepts civil filings through the statewide MiFILE system.
Open official site 44th District CourtCity records
The Royal Oak Building Division issues commercial and residential construction permits, performs electrical, structural and plumbing inspections and enforces property ordinances.
Open official site Royal Oak Building DivisionPolice & jail
The Offender Tracking Information System lists Michigan prisoners, parolees, probationers, absconders and discharged offenders, searchable by name, offender number, age, race and marks, scars or tattoos.
Open official site Michigan Department of Corrections OTIS Offender SearchPolice & jail
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for Royal Oak area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedVital 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 Library of Michigan holds city and county histories, newspaper clippings, vital records, cemetery transcripts and plat maps for use during library hours, plus county guides and FamilySearch affiliate access on site.
Open official site Library of Michigan Family HistoryCounty court
Its clerk's offices in Detroit, Flint and Bay City are open 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, and people filing without a lawyer can upload documents electronically.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of MichiganCounty court
Site of Michigan's One Court of Justice: Supreme Court and Court of Appeals news, cases, opinions and orders, a trial court directory, court forms, MiFILE electronic filing and help for people representing themselves.
Open official site Michigan CourtsEverything else, organized
15 more Royal Oak sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Royal Oak, a place of 58,211 people, is in Oakland County, whose county seat is Pontiac. Court and property records sit with Oakland County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Michigan. Royal Oak's own offices are in the cards above, and our Oakland County page lists each county office.
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Voter registration in Michigan is run by the Michigan Bureau of Elections and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Royal Oak.
Deeds for property in Royal Oak are recorded by the Oakland County Register of Deeds, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Oakland County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Michigan come from the state vital records office, Michigan Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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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.