Oklahoma, Payne County
Where Stillwater's records are kept. Stillwater has its own utility office and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Stillwater's own offices, along with State of Oklahoma offices; the Payne County offices are on our Payne County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Federal
Population, housing and economic facts for Stillwater city, Oklahoma from the Census Bureau, including the July 1, 2025 estimate of 50,046 residents and a land area of 29.79 square miles.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsState records
Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center holdings for family history, from cemetery books and birth, death and marriage indexes to the Dawes Rolls and other American Indian records, plus a research request service.
Open official site Oklahoma Historical Society GenealogyCounty court
Oklahoma City bankruptcy court at 215 Dean A McGee Avenue, open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays; new paper cases are not accepted at the front counter after 4:00 p.m., and hearing dockets are posted.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of OklahomaCounty court
Oklahoma State Courts Network docket search, run by the Oklahoma Supreme Court, with case number lookup in district and appellate courts and daily docket and filing reports; counties outside OSCN have a separate search.
Open official site OSCN Docket SearchVital records
Oklahoma State Department of Health FAQ on ordering birth and death certificates by mail, phone or VitalChek online; records are confidential, birth filing began in 1908, and the search fee is $15 per record.
Open official site Oklahoma State Department of Health Vital Records ServicePolice & jail
OSBI clearinghouse helping police and families find missing people; reports go to local law enforcement first, and its Oklahoma Missing Persons Index, drawn from NCIC, lists names, ages and descriptions.
Open official site Oklahoma Missing Persons ClearinghousePolice & jail
Fugitives wanted for murder, sex crimes, assault, drug trafficking and robbery, listed by the Oklahoma Attorney General with the U.S. Marshals Service; some carry rewards, and tips go to the OAG tipline.
Open official site Oklahoma Attorney General Most WantedPolice & jail
Run by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, the registry lets the public search registered sex offenders in Oklahoma by name or location and view offense details, physical descriptions and residence information.
Open official site Oklahoma Sex Offender RegistryPolice & jail
OSBI is Oklahoma's repository for criminal history, open to the public: request online through CHIRP or by mail, fax or in person at 6600 N. Harvey, Oklahoma City; name searches cost $15, fingerprint checks $19.
Open official site OSBI Criminal History Background CheckCity records
Stillwater City Hall at 723 South Lewis Street, open Monday to Thursday and Friday mornings, takes ticket payments and job applications and covers trash and recycling, city projects and the special needs alert program.
Open official site City of StillwaterPolice & jail
Stillwater Police Department at 723 South Lewis Street, phone (405) 372-4171, offers warrant searches, an online tip form, extra patrol requests, public data and its bureaus.
Open official site Stillwater Police DepartmentState records
Stillwater Fire Department administration at 1506 South Main Street, phone (405) 372-0497, covers divisions and services, rural fire service, event requests, fire reports and firefighter jobs.
Open official site Stillwater Fire DepartmentEverything else, organized
13 more Stillwater sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Stillwater, a place of 48,394 people, is the seat of Payne County. Court and property records sit with Payne County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Oklahoma. Stillwater's own offices are in the cards above, and our Payne 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 old survey maps record 1 hole inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.
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.
Oklahoma 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 50 investigations with a Stillwater address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $412,451 in back wages agreed for 521 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| V-Pal Inc | 2 | $61,713 | 11 |
| El Jalisco Mexican Restaurant | 1 | $48,505 | 6 |
| El Tapatio Inc. | 1 | $42,743 | 102 |
| Tavern Ventures Stillwater, LLC | 1 | $40,747 | 19 |
| Lambert Construction Company, LLC | 1 | $39,517 | 6 |
| Sangre Foodservice Management, LLC | 1 | $37,472 | 115 |
| Vipal, Inc. | 2 | $36,321 | 10 |
| Reproduction Enterprises, Inc. | 1 | $26,560 | 28 |
| Blankslate Coasters, LLC | 1 | $19,277 | 7 |
| D & D Food Services, Inc. | 1 | $10,063 | 22 |
| Riviera Tanning Spa LLC | 2 | $9,338 | 59 |
| The Renaissance Kids, Inc. | 2 | $9,014 | 68 |
| Freddie Paul's Steak House Inc | 1 | $6,859 | 8 |
| B & C Plumbing, Inc. | 1 | $4,857 | 7 |
| RRY Services LLC | 2 | $4,079 | 30 |
| RenKids, LLC | 1 | $4,058 | 47 |
| SG Ventures | 1 | $3,073 | 2 |
| RY-SON Oil Corporation | 1 | $2,852 | 6 |
| 50-One East Rural Water Inc | 1 | $2,566 | 1 |
| Stillwater Private Security | 1 | $2,157 | 3 |
| Burrito Concepts, LLC | 2 | $1,211 | 3 |
| Vineyards Management Group LLC | 1 | $616 | 1 |
| Payne Expo Center | 1 | $500 | 1 |
| Oklahoma Bucket Brigade LLC | 1 | $166 | 1 |
| Amar Inc. | 1 | $83 | 1 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 41 whose address on the record is in Stillwater; 16 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 16 more with smaller records are on the Oklahoma wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Oklahoma is run by the Oklahoma State Election Board and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Stillwater.
Deeds for property in Stillwater are recorded by the Payne County Clerk, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Payne County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Oklahoma come from the state vital records office, Oklahoma Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.