Michigan, Berrien County

Saint Joseph, Michigan Public Records

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 Teacher Lookup

Search for a teacher's credential status with the Michigan Department of Education.

  Official Government Resourcesmdoe.state.mi.us
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Vital records

Michigan Vital Records Office

Order certified copies of Michigan birth, death, marriage and divorce records from the MDHHS Division of Vital Records by mail, online or in person.

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Michigan Unclaimed Property

Search property and claim status from the office of the state treasurer.

  Official Government Resourcesunclaimedproperty.michigan.gov
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FOIA.gov Federal Records Requests

The federal government's official Freedom of Information Act site explains how to ask a federal agency for its records and where to send the request.

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About public records in Saint Joseph

What we hold on Saint Joseph, and who keeps its records.

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Saint Joseph at a glance

County
Berrien County
County seat
St. Joseph
Population
7,856
Berrien County population
154,316
Local records
City of Saint Joseph

About Saint Joseph public records

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

Wage and hour cases in St. Joseph, Michigan

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.

Investigations closed
34
Back wages agreed
$445,533
Workers due back wages
369
Civil money penalties
$34,011
Employers on the record
30
EmployerCasesBack wagesWorkers
Datasoft System, Inc.1$302,72310
El Cozumel Mexican Restaurant, LLC1$28,6668
Stonegate Designs1$24,94928
Azul Tequila Bar & Grill, Inc1$19,78217
ASJJ Hotel Management Inc1$14,1015
Frickman Enterprises, Inc.1$12,79241
Choice Dental Laboratory, Inc.1$10,4169
416 Specialty Meats, LLC1$9,73624
Michigan Pizza Hut, Inc.2$7,984110
Advanced Family Eye Care PC1$6,64513
Valpo Pizza, Inc.1$2,84728
O.B. Glad Michigan, LLC1$1,60217
Boulevard Hotel Company of St. Joseph1$94118
Clementine's Too, Inc.2$84327
Simple, Inc.1$5442
O.B. Glad St Joe1$5096
ASJJ Hotel Management Inc-Silver Beach Hotel1$2772
Nye Heritage Farms & Apple Barn, LLC1$511
Product Action International, Inc.1$00
St. Joseph Hospitality, Inc.1$00
Lakeland Regional Medical Center1$00
American Nuclear Resources, Inc.1$00
Choice Dental Laborator, Inc.1$00
Pump House Properties, Inc.1$00
International Diagnostic Systems, Inc.1$00

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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Nearby Berrien County cities

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.