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Seneca County at a glance
- State
- Ohio
- County seat
- Tiffin
- Population
- 55,069
- Area
- 551 sq mi
- Founded
- 1820
- Cities and towns
- 14
Seneca County offices and records
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Seneca County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Seneca County.
Police Departments. In addition to Seneca County Sheriff's Office, law enforcement in Seneca County is provided by several municipal police departments.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Seneca County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 3040 South State Route 100 in Tiffin, Ohio 44883, provides law enforcement services to unincorporated areas of Seneca County and operates Seneca County Jail.
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
You can perform an inmate lookup by visiting the county Sheriff's Office website, which provides an online inmate search tool. You may call the jail directly at (419) 448-5074 for more information. Seneca County Treasurer, located at the same address (phone: 419-447-0686), collects property taxes and maintains payment records.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in Seneca County
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
What is on record in Seneca County
- Old mine sites
- 6
- Past producers, now closed
- 6
- Producing when recorded
- 3
- Processing plants, not workings
- 2
- Main minerals
- Limestone, General; Clay; Limestone, General; Limestone, Dimension; Stone, Crushed/Broken
- Holes drawn on the old survey maps
- 28
- Shafts and tunnels
- 0
- What they are
- quarry, gravel pit, clay pit
- Maps surveyed
- 1959 to 1972
- Records behind them
- 42 records for 39 sites, the rest are the same working written down more than once
- Sources
- USGS mineral file and USGS topographic mine features
Is an old working under a property here?
The mine records hold 11 mine sites inside the county: 6 past producers, now closed, 3 sites producing when the record was made, 2 processing plants, which are not workings; the old survey maps add 28 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Limestone, General; Clay; Limestone, General; Limestone, Dimension; Stone, Crushed/Broken.
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. Coverage is automatic in the 26 mandatory counties (Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mahoning, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Scioto, Stark, Trumbull, Tuscarawas, Vinton, Washington) and optional in 11 more.
Ohio mine map and abandoned mine records
- ODNR Ohio Mines Locator (Mines of Ohio)Locations and permit information for thousands of mapped surface and underground coal and mineral mines, found by entering a street address or clicking mining features, with statewide shapefile download; the viewer itself opens at https://gis.ohiodnr.gov/MapViewer/?config=OhioMines.
- ODNR Division of Mineral Resources Management, Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation ProgramsThe state and federal AML programs that investigate and fix hazards from pre law coal mining; questions and concerns to minerals@dnr.ohio.gov.
- ODNR Map Viewer, Mines of Ohio layers (Divisions of Geological Survey and Mineral Resources Management)The map application behind the Mines Locator with the abandoned underground mine polygons digitized from archival mine maps, organized by county, with a Data tab listing the shapefiles.
- ODNR Mine Subsidence Insurance (Ohio Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund)The 1985 state fund administered by the Mine Subsidence Insurance Governing Board through the Ohio Mine Subsidence Insurance Underwriting Association: in 26 mandatory counties the cover is added to every homeowner policy for $1 a year, in 11 optional counties it is $5 a year by choice, and claims go to the homeowner agent or insurer.
Named workings recorded in Seneca County (11 shown, 28 unnamed on the map)
- Basic Refractories QuarryCalcium | Past Producer
- J.A. Miller Tile Company PitClay | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Saint Stephen Tile Co., Inc. PitClay | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Bloomville QuarryLimestone, General | Past Producer
- Northern Ohio Stone QuarryLimestone, General | Past Producer
- Bellevue QuarryLimestone, General; Limestone, Dimension; Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Union Carbide/ Fostoria, OhioREE | Producer | A processing plant, not a working
- Bloomville Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface
- Flat Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface
- Maple Grove QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface
- Maple Grove Lime PlantProducer | A processing plant, not a working
Ohio 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.
Labor Department file
Wage and hour cases in Seneca County
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 35 investigations in Seneca County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $350,377 in back wages agreed for 402 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.
- Investigations closed
- 35
- Back wages agreed
- $350,377
- Workers due back wages
- 402
- Civil money penalties
- $7,004
- Employers on the record
- 28
| Employer | City | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renaissance House, Inc. | Tiffin | 1 | $164,953 | 137 |
| Caliber Auto Transfer of Ohio, Inc. | Fostoria | 1 | $77,172 | 43 |
| Bloom of Grace Rehab, LLC | Bloomville | 1 | $31,020 | 40 |
| Buckhorn Children & Family Services | Alvada | 1 | $22,816 | 19 |
| ECI, Inc. | Tiffin | 1 | $18,236 | 61 |
| VIP XPress Co. | Tiffin | 2 | $10,997 | 10 |
| Fostoria Bushings & Insulators Corporation | Fostoria | 1 | $8,104 | 10 |
| Xcaret 2, Inc. | Tiffin | 1 | $3,126 | 5 |
| E.C.I.,Inc. | Tiffin | 1 | $2,516 | 1 |
| MUGA Investments, LLC. | Fostoria | 1 | $2,163 | 3 |
| STJ Healthcare, Inc | Bloomville | 1 | $1,327 | 17 |
| Heritage IGA Tiffin LLC | Tiffin | 1 | $1,299 | 8 |
| HD Express Mart, Inc. | Fostoria | 1 | $309 | 2 |
| Kidz City | Tiffin | 1 | $280 | 4 |
| Kidz City Day Care | Tiffin | 1 | $55 | 1 |
| Steyer Farms | Tiffin | 3 | $0 | 0 |
| Haack Farms | Tiffin | 3 | $0 | 0 |
| Hacck Farms, Inc. | Tiffin | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Root Camp | Tiffin | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Elmwood Centers, Inc. | Green Springs | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| ThyssenKrupp Crankshaft, Co., LLC | Fostoria | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Riehm Farm Market | Tiffin | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Gillmor Farm Market | Tiffin | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Vel-A-Da, Inc. | Green Springs | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Roger L. Frantz, Inc. | Tiffin | 1 | $0 | 0 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 28 on the Seneca County record; 11 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 3 more with smaller records are on the Ohio wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
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Seneca County public-records FAQs
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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in Seneca County, Ohio?
Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Seneca County Sheriff's Office or a city police department in Seneca County. Ask that agency for its record. Under Ohio Revised Code 2927.22 no one who publishes criminal record information, booking photographs included, may ask for or accept a fee to remove, correct or stop publishing it; a violation is a first degree misdemeanor.
How do I get a criminal background check in Seneca County, Ohio?
The Ohio criminal history record comes from the Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI). Checks are fingerprint based: submit fingerprints electronically through a WebCheck location, or mail the BCI Civilian Background Check card with payment to P.O. Box 365, London, Ohio 43140. Fee: $22.00 for a BCI check.
How can I look up sex offenders in Seneca County, Ohio?
Search the Ohio Attorney General Electronic Sex Offender Registration and Notification (eSORN), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
How do I register to vote in Seneca County, Ohio?
Register with the county board of elections or through the Ohio Secretary of State. You can also register online with the state online registration. Registration forms must be received or postmarked by the 30th day before the election.
How do I look up property records in Seneca County, Ohio?
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Seneca County are kept by the Seneca County recorder. Property values are set by the county auditor, and tax bills come from the county treasurer. Source: official state page.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Seneca County, Ohio?
Certified birth and death certificates for Ohio come from the Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. More than 100 local vital statistics offices at local health departments in Ohio offer in person or other same day certified copies of Ohio vital records. Online through the Department of Health order portal with a credit card, by mail with check or money order to PO Box 15098, Columbus, Ohio 43215-0098, or in person at a local vital statistics office; the state office at 4200 Surface Road, Columbus serves same day birth record requests Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fee: $21.50 for each certified birth or death record.
How do I find business license records in Seneca County, Ohio?
Business entity filings are searched with the Ohio Secretary of State, Business Services Division. Ohio.gov says some licenses and permits come from the state and others come from your city or county.
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