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Where Saint Joseph's records are kept. Court and property records for Saint Joseph sit with Berrien County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Michigan.
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As a small town, Saint Joseph relies on Berrien County and the State of Michigan for its public records. The cards below are the Michigan state offices, and the Berrien County offices are on our Berrien County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
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Michigan DOC OTIS offender tracking and information system for St Joseph.
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PACER bankruptcy case locator, find bankruptcy filings from St Joseph.
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Search for unclaimed property and money belonging to St Joseph residents.
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Social Security Administration death records and survivor benefits for St Joseph.
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Local record guide
What we hold on Saint Joseph, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Saint Joseph is an incorporated place in Berrien County, a place of 7,856 people, and keeps its own council and town business records. The Berrien County offices are in St. Joseph, the county seat. Each Berrien County office is listed on our Berrien County page.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 34 investigations with a St. Joseph address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $445,533 in back wages agreed for 369 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Datasoft System, Inc. | 1 | $302,723 | 10 |
| El Cozumel Mexican Restaurant, LLC | 1 | $28,666 | 8 |
| Stonegate Designs | 1 | $24,949 | 28 |
| Azul Tequila Bar & Grill, Inc | 1 | $19,782 | 17 |
| ASJJ Hotel Management Inc | 1 | $14,101 | 5 |
| Frickman Enterprises, Inc. | 1 | $12,792 | 41 |
| Choice Dental Laboratory, Inc. | 1 | $10,416 | 9 |
| 416 Specialty Meats, LLC | 1 | $9,736 | 24 |
| Michigan Pizza Hut, Inc. | 2 | $7,984 | 110 |
| Advanced Family Eye Care PC | 1 | $6,645 | 13 |
| Valpo Pizza, Inc. | 1 | $2,847 | 28 |
| O.B. Glad Michigan, LLC | 1 | $1,602 | 17 |
| Boulevard Hotel Company of St. Joseph | 1 | $941 | 18 |
| Clementine's Too, Inc. | 2 | $843 | 27 |
| Simple, Inc. | 1 | $544 | 2 |
| O.B. Glad St Joe | 1 | $509 | 6 |
| ASJJ Hotel Management Inc-Silver Beach Hotel | 1 | $277 | 2 |
| Nye Heritage Farms & Apple Barn, LLC | 1 | $51 | 1 |
| Product Action International, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| St. Joseph Hospitality, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Lakeland Regional Medical Center | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| American Nuclear Resources, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Choice Dental Laborator, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Pump House Properties, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| International Diagnostic Systems, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 30 whose address on the record is in St. Joseph; 12 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 5 more with smaller records are on the Michigan wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
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Other places in Berrien County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Berrien County records are on the county page.