Michigan, Macomb County
Where Sterling Heights's records are kept. Sterling Heights has its own city government, clerk's office, 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 Sterling Heights's own offices, along with State of Michigan offices; the Macomb County offices are on our Macomb County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The City Clerk's Office runs Sterling Heights elections, safeguards the city's vital, historical and permanent records, and handles passports, business licenses, birth and death records and FOIA requests.
Open official site Sterling Heights City Clerk's OfficePolice & jail
Sterling Heights Police Department at 40333 Dodge Park Road. Its Records Bureau handles crime statistics, FOIA requests and gun permits, and the Traffic Safety Division handles impounded vehicles.
Open official site Sterling Heights Police DepartmentPolice & jail
Copies of Sterling Heights police reports come through a Freedom of Information Act request form, usually within 5 business days, or in person at the Records Bureau window before 4:15 p.m.
Open official site Sterling Heights Police Report CopiesMunicipal court
The 41-A District Court at 40111 Dodge Park Road holds walk-in warrant arraignments on weekday mornings and takes payments by cash, card, check or money order at the cashier counter.
Open official site 41-A District CourtCity records
The City of Sterling Heights accepts Freedom of Information Act requests for public documents through its NextRequest portal, which also lists past requests and released documents.
Open official site Sterling Heights FOIA RequestsCity records
The Building division posts permit applications and online inspection scheduling, with set homeowner inspection windows for furnace, air conditioning, water heater and electrical service work.
Open official site Sterling Heights Permits and InspectionsPolice & jail
The Offender Tracking Information System lists Michigan prisoners, parolees, probationers, absconders and discharged offenders, searchable by name, offender number, age, race and marks, scars or tattoos.
Open official site Michigan Department of Corrections OTIS Offender SearchPolice & jail
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for Sterling Heights area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedCity records
Sterling Heights city government at 40555 Utica Road, with trash and recycling, payments, city alerts, issue reports, permits and inspections, jobs and ballot proposal information.
Open official site City of Sterling HeightsState records
Sterling Heights Fire Department at 41625 Ryan Rd., focused on prevention, preparation and protection, with fire alarm and suppression permit applications and plan review guidelines.
Open official site Sterling Heights Fire DepartmentVital 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 RegistrationEverything else, organized
18 more Sterling Heights sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Sterling Heights, a place of 134,346 people, is in Macomb County, whose county seat is Mount Clemens. Court and property records sit with Macomb County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Michigan. Sterling Heights's own offices are in the cards above, and our Macomb 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 1 named mine site inside the city or town limits, 1 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 1 hole drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is Fire Clay (Refractory).
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. GeoWebFace shows historic mining sites as points; no agency page with underground workings outlines was found, and the OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds Michigan maps.
Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.
Michigan 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 Michigan is run by the Michigan Bureau of Elections and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Sterling Heights.
Deeds for property in Sterling Heights are recorded by the Macomb County Register of Deeds, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Macomb County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Michigan come from the state vital records office, Michigan Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Same county
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.