Ohio, Hamilton County
Find the right official office in Saint Bernard. Court cases, police reports, property records, vital records and city records, each linked to the agency that keeps them, with addresses and phone numbers.
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Pursuant to Rule 45(C) of the Rules. of Ohio, a clerk of court is not required to offer remote access to a particular case file or case document. If you believe a case file or particular document exists but is not available online, please visit the Clerk’s Office or submit an online request for a co
Open official site Records Search – Hamilton County Clerk of CourtsProperty records
Search property and claim status by individual name or business through the OH Dept. of Commerce.
Open official site Ohio Unclaimed PropertyPolice & jail
The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office can give you the information you need on inmates, policies, concealed carry permits, property auctions, reporting a crime, and more.
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Online resource for finding free death records in the Ohio Dept. of Health.
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Information about Ohio death row inmates from the Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Corrections.
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Request a copy of a marriage certificates from the OH Department of Health.
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Find active and inactive corporations by name from the Ohio Secretary of State.
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Useful local context without burying the official record links above.
Local profile
Bernard was incorporated and has a significant connection to the Cincinnati streetcar system, which played a vital role in its development during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Inspecting records is free under Ohio's Public Records Act, and an office may charge only the cost of making copies and postage. Clerk of courts case searches are free, a certified Ohio birth or death record costs $21.50 whether or not a record is found, and probate courts sell certified marriage copies for a few dollars.
Ask the Saint Bernard police department records section for incident and crash reports if the town has its own force; otherwise the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office keeps reports for the area. Crash reports sent to the state can be found on the Ohio Department of Public Safety crash retrieval site, and the official copy comes from the agency that worked the crash.
Cases filed in Hamilton County are heard by the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas and the municipal or county court. Ohio has no statewide trial court portal, so the clerk of courts runs its own online case search.
Deeds, mortgages and liens are recorded by the Hamilton County Recorder. The Hamilton County Auditor sets property values and posts parcel data, and the Hamilton County Treasurer mails tax bills and collects payments.
Any Ohio local health department, including the one serving Hamilton County, issues certified birth certificates for births anywhere in Ohio, and death certificates come from the local office or the Office of Vital Statistics, $21.50 each. Marriage records are kept by the probate court where the license was issued.
Ohio's Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation releases criminal history through fingerprint checks, not open name searches. The clerk of courts case search shows criminal cases by name.
Ohio's Public Records Act, R.C. 149.43, requires public records to be made available promptly and copies within a reasonable period of time; it sets no fixed number of days.
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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.