South Dakota, Lincoln County
Where Tea's records are kept. Court and property records for Tea sit with Lincoln County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of South Dakota.
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As a small town, Tea relies on Lincoln County and the State of South Dakota for its public records. The cards below are the South Dakota state offices, and the Lincoln County offices are on our Lincoln 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 WantedVital 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 CaseCity records
South Dakota State Historical Society archives page for planning a research visit, with collection indexes, digital archives, newspapers online and the library catalog.
Open official site South Dakota State Archives ResearchCounty court
Bankruptcy court for South Dakota with clerk's offices in the Pierre federal courthouse and the Sioux Falls U.S. Courthouse, both open weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of South DakotaPolice & jail
South Dakota Unified Judicial System guide to looking up case information, court dates and record searches. Only adult matters are covered; juvenile cases are confidential and left out of searches.
Open official site South Dakota Court Records AccessVital records
State office for South Dakota birth, death, marriage and divorce records, with fees, eligibility and ID rules, genealogy help, birth records over 100 years old and an online services portal.
Open official site South Dakota Department of Health Vital RecordsEverything else, organized
17 more Tea sources not listed above.
Local record guide
What we hold on Tea, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Tea is an incorporated place in Lincoln County, a place of 5,598 people, and keeps its own council and town business records. The Lincoln County offices are in Canton, the county seat. Our Lincoln County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 15 investigations with a Tea address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $33,039 in back wages agreed for 162 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Drywall & Plastering, Inc. | 1 | $8,463 | 11 |
| Tea Housing and Redevelopment Commission | 1 | $6,721 | 15 |
| Executive Landscapes LLP | 1 | $5,101 | 3 |
| Double H Paving | 1 | $4,080 | 25 |
| Tea Tots Childcare Center, Inc | 2 | $3,140 | 25 |
| Hayloft Properties Management Co Inc | 1 | $2,728 | 73 |
| Northern Plains Construction, Inc | 1 | $2,142 | 6 |
| Kids Club Learning Center, Inc. | 1 | $615 | 1 |
| Hayloft Property Management Co Inc. | 2 | $151 | 8 |
| RMS Roller Grinder, Inc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Bounce Around Inflatables, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Midwest Landscape Supply, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Custom Structures of South Dakota, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| MyTea Tykes Childrens Center, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Tea, by back wages agreed; 3 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The South Dakota wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
Same county
Other places in Lincoln County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Lincoln County records are on the county page.