Ohio, Clark County
Where Springfield's records are kept. Springfield has its own city government, police department and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Springfield's own offices, along with State of Ohio offices; the Clark County offices are on our Clark County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
City of Springfield, Ohio government site with resident and business services, city job listings, bid registration, bill payment portals, and planning and zoning applications and downloads.
Open official site City of Springfield, OhioPolice & jail
Springfield Police Division at 130 N. Fountain Avenue has 130 authorized sworn officers in patrol, investigations and administration, and posts accident reports, calls for service and annual reports.
Open official site Springfield Police DivisionPolice & jail
The Police Division keeps city police records such as incident and traffic reports and takes requests in person or by mail at 130 N. Fountain Ave., or by phone, fax and email.
Open official site Springfield Police Records and ReportsCity records
The Law Director's office at 76 E. High Street takes public records requests for the City of Springfield. A request need not be written or signed, but replies need contact details.
Open official site Springfield Law Director's OfficeCity records
The Building Regulations Division reviews plans, issues permits and conducts inspections under state and city building codes. Zoning and building permit applications are filed online through CityWorks.
Open official site Springfield Building Regulations DivisionPolice & 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
The Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation is Ohio's clearinghouse for missing person data: it keeps databases of missing children and adults, issues alerts and takes tips. Families should call local police first.
Open official site Ohio Attorney General Missing PersonsVital 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 CaseState records
The Ohio History Connection research library in Columbus offers genealogy guides, its catalog and Ohio death certificates from 1908 to 1970; since July 2026 it opens Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Open official site Ohio History Connection Archives and LibraryCounty court
Courthouses in Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton serve southern Ohio, open weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; the court posts recent opinions and hearing calendars and takes copy requests and fee payments online.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of OhioCounty court
The Supreme Court of Ohio lists each county's common pleas, municipal and county courts, with links to every court's own website and local rules.
Open official site Supreme Court of Ohio Courts by CountyEverything else, organized
15 more Springfield sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Springfield, a place of 58,662 people, is the seat of Clark County. Court and property records sit with Clark County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Ohio. Springfield's own offices are in the cards above, and our Clark County page lists each 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 2 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 2 past producers, now closed; the old survey maps add 6 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is construction sand and gravel.
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 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 74 investigations with a Springfield address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $932,184 in back wages agreed for 841 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Food Service | 1 | $387,082 | 112 |
| Mi Jalapeno 1, Inc. | 1 | $83,172 | 8 |
| Bull of Springfield, Inc. | 1 | $54,978 | 23 |
| Gordon Food Services, LLC | 1 | $51,475 | 15 |
| Continental Home Healthcare, LLC | 2 | $47,794 | 94 |
| Sheehan Brothers Vending Services Incorporate | 1 | $40,649 | 31 |
| JWP, Inc. | 1 | $39,313 | 17 |
| Care Plus Home Healthcare LLC | 1 | $34,928 | 59 |
| Capital Home Health LLC | 1 | $29,960 | 37 |
| Care Plus Home Health Care LLC | 1 | $18,039 | 90 |
| V & K Trucking | 1 | $17,530 | 38 |
| Limestone Investments of Ohio LLC | 1 | $15,178 | 23 |
| Springfield Lodging Associate, LLC | 1 | $11,354 | 39 |
| Ohio Institute of Cardiac Care, Inc. | 1 | $10,000 | 0 |
| Effects Personal Fitness INC | 1 | $8,998 | 10 |
| KBO, Inc. | 1 | $8,500 | 1 |
| Escamilla Corp. | 2 | $7,685 | 24 |
| Keg N Cork LLC | 1 | $7,584 | 4 |
| A@Kishvar, Inc | 1 | $5,165 | 26 |
| Urgent Care Specialists, LLC. | 1 | $4,938 | 59 |
| Citi Trends Inc | 1 | $4,724 | 3 |
| Meva Formwork Systems, Inc. | 1 | $4,674 | 3 |
| AutoZone, Inc. | 1 | $4,429 | 1 |
| Burnett's Veterinary Services LLC | 1 | $3,559 | 1 |
| Meade's Paving, Inc. | 1 | $3,456 | 13 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 66 whose address on the record is in Springfield; 18 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 41 more with smaller records are on the Ohio wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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Deeds for property in Springfield are recorded by the Clark County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Clark County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Ohio come from the state vital records office, Ohio Office of Vital Statistics. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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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.