Nebraska, Richardson County
Where Salem's records are kept. Salem has its own police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Salem's own offices, along with State of Nebraska offices; the Richardson County offices are on our Richardson County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
State records
Secretary of State business search for the status of corporations and other entities, trade names, trademarks and service marks registered in the state, with good standing certificates. Business services: 402-471-4079.
Open official site Nebraska Secretary of State Corporate and Business SearchVital records
Nebraska death certificates from the Department of Health and Human Services Vital Records office in Lincoln, ordered by mail or in person for a fee.
Open official site Nebraska Death RecordsCounty court
The U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska handles federal civil and criminal cases statewide, with case files found through PACER. Nebraska state court cases are held by the Nebraska Judicial Branch.
Open official site Nebraska Federal CasesProperty records
The Nebraska Department of Revenue Property Assessment Division issues assessment rules, valuation guides and protest forms and oversees the homestead exemption. Parcel records are kept by each county assessor.
Open official site Nebraska Property RecordsState records
State Treasurer's Unclaimed Property Division: search unclaimed bank accounts, wages, insurance benefits, deposits and safe deposit box contents by name, file and track claims, and report property as a holder.
Open official site Nebraska Unclaimed Property DivisionPolice & jail
Salem Police Department, with the incident reports, record requests and contacts the department publishes.
Open official site Salem Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
Local record guide
Local profile
Salem, a place of 83 people, is in Richardson County, whose county seat is Falls City. Court and property records sit with Richardson County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Nebraska. Salem's own offices are in the cards above, and our Richardson County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The old survey maps record 1 hole inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.
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. Nebraska has no abandoned mine program.
Salem sits over the Western Region coal field and the coal there is medium and high volatile bituminous, worked underground in many places. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this town. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by Conservation and Survey Division, University of Nebraska, Geological and Mineral Resources and linked below.
Nebraska abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Nebraska is run by the Nebraska Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Salem.
Deeds for property in Salem are recorded by the Richardson County office that records deeds, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Richardson County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Nebraska come from the state vital records office, Nebraska DHHS Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Same county
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.