Where Southlake's records are kept. Southlake has its own city government, police department, municipal court and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Southlake's own offices, along with State of Texas offices; the Tarrant County offices are on our Tarrant County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
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Southlake City Secretary's Office
The City Secretary at 1400 Main Street keeps public documents, agendas and minutes, oversees city elections and legal notices, and handles Public Information Act requests and notary services.
Southlake Police Department at 600 State Street, led by Chief Ashleigh Casey, with pages on its divisions, school resource officers, crime prevention, accreditation and police careers.
The Police Records Unit keeps arrest, offense and accident reports and takes open records requests through the online portal, by email, by mail to 600 State Street or in person.
Southlake Municipal Court handles city citations, with pages on payment options, deferred disposition, driving safety courses, jury service, warrant information and requesting a court date.
Southlake residents can request existing city records in writing through the open records portal, track each request and download the records once processed. Common documents sit in a public portal.
Southlake Building Inspections and Code Enforcement
Building Inspections, a division of Planning and Development Services, reviews plans, issues permits and conducts inspections, with online permitting, building codes, impact fees and code enforcement.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Southlake city, Texas in U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: estimated population 31,175 in July 2025, median owner home value $1,014,500, and data on households, education, jobs, income and poverty.
Southlake, a place of 31,265 people, is in Tarrant County, whose county seat is Fort Worth. Court and property records sit with Tarrant County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Texas. Southlake's own offices are in the cards above, and our Tarrant County page lists each county office.
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Wage and hour cases in Southlake, Texas
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 72 investigations with a Southlake address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $980,372 in back wages agreed for 793 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.
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 65 whose address on the record is in Southlake; 19 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 40 more with smaller records are on the Texas wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
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How do I register to vote in Southlake, Texas?
Voter registration in Texas is run by the Texas Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, polling places and the local election office for Southlake. New voters can fill in the Texas application online, but it must be printed, signed and mailed to the Tarrant County voter registrar; driver license holders can also register when they renew or update the license online with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
How do I look up property records in Southlake, Texas?
Deeds for property in Southlake are recorded by the Tarrant County Clerk, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Tarrant County page lists the county offices.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Southlake, Texas?
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Texas come from the state vital records office, Texas Vital Statistics. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
How do I find business license records in Southlake, Texas?
Businesses that operate in Southlake register with the Texas Secretary of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Southlake requires one, comes from the town or Tarrant County.
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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.