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About public records in Shelby County
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Shelby County at a glance
- State
- Ohio
- County seat
- Sidney
- Population
- 48,230
- Area
- 411 sq mi
- Founded
- 1819
- Cities and towns
- 11
Shelby County offices and records
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Shelby County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement services across Shelby County, particularly in unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. Shelby County is served by several law enforcement agencies, including Shelby County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments in cities like Sidney, Anna, and Botkins. The Sidney Police Department handles law enforcement within the city limits of Sidney, coordinating with the Sheriff's Office on major investigations and regional crime issues.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Shelby County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 555 Gearhart Road in Sidney, Ohio 45365, is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Shelby County and provides detention services. Citizens can contact the Sheriff's Office for general inquiries. The jail roster and inmate lookup system is available through the Sheriff's Office website at shelbyso.com, where users can search for current inmates by name or booking number.
Criminal Records. Residents can request background checks through the Sheriff's Office or directly from the state bureau, which offers fingerprint-based checks for more full results.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Shelby County are maintained by Shelby County Sheriff's Office. Residents and attorneys can request arrest records by contacting the Sheriff's Office directly, following procedures outlined under the Ohio Public Records Act.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Shelby County are taken and retained by Shelby County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These photos are part of the public record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office website or by request.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in Shelby County
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
What is on record in Shelby County
- Old mine sites
- 10
- Sites with no status in the records
- 1
- Past producers, now closed
- 10
- Producing when recorded
- 7
- Processing plants, not workings
- 2
- Main minerals
- construction sand and gravel; Limestone, General; crushed stone
- Holes drawn on the old survey maps
- 34
- Shafts and tunnels
- 0
- What they are
- gravel pit, sand and gravel pit, gravel/borrow pit - undifferentiated
- Maps surveyed
- 1961 to 1982
- Records behind them
- 56 records for 54 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 20 mine sites inside the county: 10 past producers, now closed, 7 sites producing when the record was made, 2 processing plants, which are not workings, 1 site with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 34 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are construction sand and gravel; Limestone, General; crushed stone.
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 Shelby County (20 shown, 34 unnamed on the map)
- Miami River QuarryLimestone, General | Past Producer
- Rock Run QuarryLimestone, General | Past Producer
- Bandwie PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Bandwie PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Ernest Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Ernst Gravel Co Plant No 1 & PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Ernst Gravel Co. Plant & PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | Surface
- Fleckenstein PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | 2 records for this one site
- Morelock PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Norelock PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Pence QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Plant Number 2 and PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Port Jefferon QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Sidney Sand & Gravel Pit No 2Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | Surface
- Spring Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Staley Farm QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown
- Washington Township PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | 2 records for this one site
- Miami River Stone Co.Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface
- Rock Run QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface
- Spring Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface
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 Shelby County
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 33 investigations in Shelby County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $214,841 in back wages agreed for 190 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
- 33
- Back wages agreed
- $214,841
- Workers due back wages
- 190
- Civil money penalties
- $62,192
- Employers on the record
- 30
| Employer | City | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R & R Tahkar Oil Co. | Huber Heights | 11 | $109,904 | 69 |
| Lot-Ridge Rubber Company, Inc | Botkins | 1 | $56,825 | 57 |
| Las Lomas De Mexico, Inc. | Sidney | 1 | $19,251 | 11 |
| Pugh Construction, Inc. | Anna | 1 | $17,302 | 6 |
| Lochard Inc. | Sidney | 1 | $16,822 | 9 |
| G&G MacHine Technology, LLC | Sidney | 1 | $15,580 | 22 |
| NK Parts Industries, Inc. | Sidney | 1 | $13,457 | 1 |
| Westerheide Construction Company | Sidney | 1 | $7,768 | 3 |
| Advanced Composites, Inc | Sidney | 1 | $7,500 | 1 |
| NSJ Hospitality, LLC | Sidney | 1 | $5,279 | 6 |
| Tom's Lawn Service Inc. | Sidney | 1 | $4,446 | 5 |
| LEPSCO, Inc | Sidney | 1 | $3,427 | 14 |
| Sidney Hotels, Inc. | Sidney | 1 | $3,416 | 2 |
| Noll-Fisher, Inc | Anna | 1 | $2,893 | 11 |
| Phoenix Metal Polish & Trucking, Inc. | Sidney | 1 | $2,408 | 8 |
| Sidney Smiles | Sidney | 1 | $1,014 | 3 |
| Reliable Castings Corporation | Sidney | 1 | $864 | 1 |
| Kautiya Group | Sidney | 1 | $538 | 3 |
| Cantina Hospitality, LLC | Sidney | 1 | $504 | 1 |
| Eightks Enterprise Inc | Sidney | 1 | $326 | 5 |
| Crosby Trucking Services Inc. | Sidney | 1 | $174 | 1 |
| Shelby Landscaping, Inc. | Sidney | 1 | $37 | 1 |
| Western Ohio Cut Stone LTD | Sidney | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| Francis Wiley Family LLC | Sidney | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| LK Sidney Restaurant | Sidney | 1 | $0 | 0 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 30 on the Shelby County record; 9 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 Ohio wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
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Shelby County public-records FAQs
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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in Shelby County, Ohio?
Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Shelby County Sheriff or a city police department in Shelby 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 Shelby 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 Shelby 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 Shelby 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 Shelby County, Ohio?
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Shelby County are kept by the Shelby 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 Shelby 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 Shelby 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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