Oregon, county records
Find the right office in Washington County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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Police & jail
Washington County Sheriff Civil Unit, the elected county law enforcement office, with incident reports, warrants and jail information as the office publishes them.
Open official site Washington County Sheriff Civil UnitProperty records
Washington County Recording Office: Permanent records of deeds, mortgages, contracts and tax liens.
Open official site Washington County Recording OfficePolice & jail
Washington County Criminal Records, with the criminal case, warrant and offender information the agency publishes.
Open official site Washington County Criminal RecordsVital records
Washington County Birth Records, the office that issues these certificates, with the application, identification and fee rules it publishes.
Open official site Washington County Birth RecordsCity records
Washington County Child Support Services: Establishment of paternity, enforcement of child support orders.
Open official site Washington County Child Support ServicesState records
Washington County Domestic Partnerships: Domestic Partnership applications, forms and instructions, on the official site of the office that keeps it.
Open official site Washington County Domestic PartnershipsFederal
United States Census Bureau figures for Washington County, Oregon, with population, housing, income and business counts from the latest estimates.
Open official site Washington County U.S CensusCourt records
Washington County Justice Court, with the court location, contacts and the case records this office keeps.
Open official site Washington County Justice CourtProperty records
Tax Assessments and Property Values, the office that values property for tax in Washington County, Oregon, with parcel data, assessment records and appeal information.
Open official site Tax Assessments and Property ValuesPolice & jail
Washington County District Attorney: Prosecution of crimes and other violations of state statutes.
Open official site Washington County District AttorneyVital records
Washington County Marriages, the office that issues these certificates, with the application, identification and fee rules it publishes.
Open official site Washington County MarriagesCity records
Directory of Washington County Government Departments, the county government site, with its department pages, elected officials and contact information.
Open official site Directory of Washington County Government DepartmentsEverything else, organized
23 more Washington County sources not listed above.
Local record guide
County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Washington County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Washington County's unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. Washington County is served by several law enforcement agencies, including Washington County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Washington County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas and provides countywide services including Washington County jail, civil process, and court security. Washington County operates Washington County Jail located at 215 SW Adams Avenue, which houses both pretrial detainees and sentenced inmates. Arrest records in Washington County are public records subject to Oregon's Public Records Law, codified in ORS 192.311 to 192.478.
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
• Phone: (970) 345-2244
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 121 named mine sites inside the county, 95 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 67 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Stone; construction sand and gravel; Stone; Stone, Crushed/Broken.
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. Oregon has no state abandoned mine land program page; abandoned mine hazards on federal land are a BLM and Forest Service matter.
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.
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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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Washington County Sheriff or a city police department in Washington County. Ask that agency for its record. Under ORS 133.870, as amended by Senate Bill 993 (2025), a law enforcement agency may not release a booking photo except to the person shown, other law enforcement, the victim, a party in the criminal case, the court, a licensed investigator or a state mental hospital, to the public when there is a law enforcement purpose such as catching a fugitive, or after a conviction that results from that arrest.
The Oregon criminal history record comes from the Oregon State Police, Criminal Justice Information Services. Request a name based Open Record on another person through the OSP Open Records Portal (ORS 181A.245), or mail the form, a fingerprint card and the fee for a copy of your own record; OSP takes public fingerprints only at its Salem headquarters. Fee: $33 for an Open Record name search on another person; $33.00 for a fingerprint based copy of your own record.
Search the Oregon Sex Offender Registry (Oregon State Police; public site lists Level 3 offenders), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county elections office or through the Oregon Secretary of State, Elections Division. You can also register online with the state online registration. The deadline to register is 21 days before Election Day; many voters are registered automatically at the DMV.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Washington County are kept by the Washington County clerk. Property values are set by the county assessor, and tax bills come from the county tax collector. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Oregon come from the Oregon Health Authority, Center for Health Statistics (Oregon Vital Records). Most county vital records offices in Oregon issue birth and death records for six months after the date of the event; they are in the county health department or the county clerk's office. Online or by phone through the state's contracted vendor VitalChek, by mail to Oregon Vital Records, PO Box 14050, Portland OR 97293, at the drop box at 800 NE Oregon Street, Portland, or in person by appointment at that address. Fee: $25 for a computer issued birth certificate and $30 for a full image birth certificate; $25.00 for each additional certificate.
Business entity filings are searched with the Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division. Oregon has no general state business license; cities and counties may require a license for businesses operating in their jurisdictions.
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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.