Texas, Cameron County
Where South Padre Island's records are kept. Court and property records for South Padre Island sit with Cameron County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Texas.
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As a small town, South Padre Island relies on Cameron County and the State of Texas for its public records. The cards below are the Texas state offices, and the Cameron County offices are on our Cameron County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
FBI wanted posters, from the Ten Most Wanted list to fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, bank robbers and seeking information cases; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Most WantedPolice & jail
Texas Department of Public Safety division that compiles criminal history sent by local agencies into statewide files, with a criminal history conviction name search, fingerprinting services and the sex offender search.
Open official site Texas DPS Crime Records DivisionPolice & jail
Texas Department of Criminal Justice search form for people in state custody, by last and first name, TDCJ number, SID number, gender or race. The state makes no warranty on accuracy.
Open official site TDCJ Inmate Information SearchPolice & jail
Texas Department of Criminal Justice guide to finding a person in state prison: online search showing location, offenses and projected release date, or requests by email or phone, plus parole and inmate mail questions.
Open official site TDCJ Inmate InformationVital records
USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCounty court
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorFederal
USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteFederal
USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCounty court
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseProperty records
Texas Comptroller pages on property tax exemptions, appraisal protests and appeals, appraisal review boards, statewide tax rates and a directory of each county's appraisal district and tax office.
Open official site Texas Comptroller Property Tax AssistanceEverything else, organized
17 more South Padre Island sources not listed above.
Local record guide
What we hold on South Padre Island, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
South Padre Island in ZIP code 78597 keeps its own council and town business records. See our Cameron County page for every county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 1 mine site inside the city or town limits: 1 site with no status in the record.
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.
Texas 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
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 61 investigations with a South Padre Island address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $489,992 in back wages agreed for 1,622 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.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackbeard's Inc. | 1 | $70,270 | 141 |
| Dirty Al's | 1 | $59,431 | 43 |
| Enterprize Management, Inc | 1 | $58,440 | 89 |
| SPI La Copa Ltd. | 4 | $39,770 | 143 |
| Affiliated Hospitality, LLC | 2 | $28,820 | 64 |
| Enterprise Management, Inc. | 1 | $25,099 | 37 |
| SPI Oleander | 1 | $22,261 | 66 |
| Peninsula Island Resort & Spa, LLC | 1 | $19,133 | 86 |
| Clayton's Beach Bar and Grill LLC | 1 | $16,161 | 39 |
| Schlitterbahn Beach Resort Management, LLC | 1 | $13,693 | 68 |
| Garcia's SPI | 2 | $12,336 | 21 |
| HIE Blue LLC | 1 | $9,416 | 20 |
| Peninsula Beach Owners Association Inc. | 1 | $9,365 | 20 |
| Playa Bar and Grill, LLC | 1 | $9,250 | 6 |
| Amberjack's Bayside Bar and Grill | 2 | $8,252 | 137 |
| SPI Management Co | 4 | $7,119 | 93 |
| Ohad Mualam & Aliza Abo | 1 | $6,254 | 4 |
| Viking Hospitality Enterprises, Inc. | 1 | $5,771 | 56 |
| Best Austin Hospitality, Inc. | 1 | $5,176 | 45 |
| Louie's Backyard, Inc. | 1 | $4,892 | 62 |
| Super Ben LLC | 1 | $4,798 | 3 |
| Bubba's BBQ | 1 | $4,627 | 6 |
| SPI Cuisine, LLC | 2 | $4,615 | 19 |
| Oleander Hospitality, Inc. | 2 | $4,536 | 22 |
| SSPIBR, LTD | 2 | $4,440 | 11 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 45 whose address on the record is in South Padre Island; 25 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 20 more with smaller records are on the Texas wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Same county
Other places in Cameron County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Cameron County records are on the county page.