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Where Somerville's records are kept. Court and property records for Somerville sit with Gibson County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Indiana.
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As a small town, Somerville relies on Gibson County for its court cases, deeds and other public records. The cards below are the county and state offices that keep them. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Vital records
Request birth certificates from the IN Dept. of Health.
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Online resource for finding death records from the IN Dept. of Health.
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The Indiana Judicial Branch lists the federal courts that sit in Indiana: the Northern and Southern District Courts, their bankruptcy courts and the 7th Circuit. Federal case files are searched through PACER.
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Verify an attorney's licensing status with the State Bar.
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Public access to marriage licenses issued in Indiana.
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Verify a public school teachers credentials with the IN Department of Education.
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Search property and claim status by individual name or business through the Indiana Attorney General.
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Gibson County Sheriff's Office, the elected law enforcement office for Somerville, Indiana, with incident reports, warrants and jail information as the office publishes them.
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Indiana courts official pages, with the clerks of the trial courts and the statewide case search the judiciary runs for the public.
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The Gibson County Assessor's Office, Courthouse, 101 N Main Street, Princeton, phone 812-385-5286, values real, personal, mobile home and oil property for Somerville and the other county taxing districts and starts deed processing.
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Local record guide
What we hold on Somerville, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Somerville is an incorporated place in Gibson County, a place of 253 people, and keeps its own council and town business records. The Gibson County offices are in Princeton, the county seat. See our Gibson County page for every county office.
Abandoned mine records
What the records show here, and the office that holds the mine maps.
Somerville sits over the Eastern Region and the coal there is medium and high volatile bituminous, worked underground in many places. The USGS coal fields map is drawn at a small scale, so it shows the ground, not a parcel.
Nothing at all is on record inside the town limits: no mine, no shaft, no adit and no pit. That is what the files say, and it is not a clearance. Those files record a working only where one was catalogued or drawn on a survey sheet, and on coal ground the sheets are thin: the maps that show the rooms and the pillars are held by DNR Division of Reclamation, Coal Mine Information System (CMIS) map viewer and that office is where to ask for them.
Indiana 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 Indiana is run by the Indiana Election Division (Secretary of State), and the county voter registration office keeps the roll for Somerville. You can register online, by mail or in person. You have to register at least 29 days before an election.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Indiana come from the Indiana Department of Health, Division of Vital Records. The fee is $10.00 for the first birth certificate and $4.00 for each additional copy (death certificates $8.00 first copy). To buy a birth or death certificate in person, visit the local health department where the birth or death occurred; the state office has no walk in service.
Deeds for property in Somerville are recorded by the County Recorder, the county assessor sets the assessed value, and the county treasurer, who mails the property tax bill; the county auditor and treasurer calculate the bills together sends the tax bill. Our Gibson County page lists those offices.
Incident and crash reports for Somerville come from the Gibson County Sheriff's Office, the office linked above. Ask its records staff for a copy and give the date, the location and the report or case number if you have it.
Businesses that operate in Somerville register with the Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services (INBiz), which runs the state business entity search. Indiana has no single statewide business license; a business using an assumed name records it with the County Recorder, and many trades need local licenses.
Indiana criminal history checks are run by the Indiana State Police, Criminal History Services. The fee is $15.70 per record by credit card online; $15.00 per record for IN.gov subscribers. Online Limited Criminal History search by name, date of birth, race and gender, covering Indiana felony and misdemeanor arrests; the fingerprint based National Full Criminal History gives a fuller report.
Same county
Other places in Gibson County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Gibson County records are on the county page.