Iowa, Black Hawk County
Where Waterloo's records are kept. Waterloo has its own utility office, clerk's office and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Waterloo's own offices, along with State of Iowa offices; the Black Hawk County offices are on our Black Hawk County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
State records
The State Historical Society of Iowa opens its collection of more than 209 million items, with a catalog of government records, manuscripts, newspapers and photographs, research centers, reference requests and copy orders.
Open official site State Historical Society of Iowa ResearchCounty court
Serving northern Iowa from Cedar Rapids and Sioux City, the court posts its hearing and 341 meeting calendar and decisions and offers electronic claim filing, payment through pay.gov and case information by phone.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of IowaCounty court
Iowa's state court system online: find any county courthouse, search court records, fill in interactive court forms, eFile documents and follow Supreme Court opinions and oral arguments.
Open official site Iowa Judicial BranchVital records
Iowa's Department of Health and Human Services runs Medicaid, food and cash assistance and public health programs, and supplies certified copies of birth, death and marriage records.
Open official site Iowa Department of Health and Human ServicesPolice & jail
The Iowa Department of Corrections explains visiting, phone calls, messaging, mail, money deposits, care packages and voting rights restoration for families of people in prison, and links to its offender search.
Open official site Iowa Department of Corrections Inmate and Family ServicesPolice & jail
Clearinghouse run since 1985 by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, listing missing and unidentified persons with filters for gender, race, height and weight. Families may email a photo for a listing.
Open official site Iowa Missing Person Information ClearinghousePolice & jail
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation registry of current sex offender registration records under Iowa Code chapter 692A, searchable by last name, first name, aliases or ZIP code.
Open official site Iowa Sex Offender RegistryPolice & jail
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation record checks, on yourself or someone else, cost $15 per last name and need first name, last name and exact birth date; send online, by mail, fax or email.
Open official site Iowa DCI Criminal History Record CheckFederal
U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts for Waterloo city, Iowa: 66,919 residents estimated for July 1, 2025, plus age, race, housing, income, education and business figures drawn from census and survey data.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Waterloo City Hall at 715 Mulberry Street posts bids, building permits, the city code, licenses, planning and zoning, garbage and recycling, rental registration, code enforcement and Section 8 housing.
Open official site City of WaterlooCity records
Official records and legal files 715 Mulberry Street Waterloo IA 50703 Phone: (319) 291-4323 Fax: (319) 291-4571
Open official site Waterloo City ClerkPolice & jail
The Waterloo Police Department is comprised of 124 sworn police officers and 12 civilian employees. Law enforcement services 715 Mulberry Street Waterloo IA 50703 Phone: (319) 291-4340
Open official site Waterloo Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
12 more Waterloo sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Waterloo, a place of 67,314 people, is the seat of Black Hawk County. Court and property records sit with Black Hawk County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Iowa. Waterloo's own offices are in the cards above, and our Black Hawk 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 13 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 10 past producers, now closed, 2 sites producing when the record was made, 1 site with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 20 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are construction sand and gravel; crushed stone; Clay.
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. Coal was mined in Iowa from the 1840s to 1994.
Iowa 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 103 investigations with a Waterloo address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $476,178 in back wages agreed for 809 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hy-Vee, Inc. | 21 | $297,989 | 298 |
| Corn River Harvesting, Inc. | 1 | $92,250 | 112 |
| Blackhawk Nursing and Rehabilitation LLC | 1 | $70,030 | 108 |
| Stokes Corporation | 1 | $50,829 | 25 |
| Goodwill Industries of Northeast Iowa, Inc. | 4 | $28,090 | 216 |
| Dajerabby, Inc. | 1 | $27,500 | 0 |
| Building Products Inc. of Iowa | 1 | $26,975 | 10 |
| Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. | 3 | $26,635 | 1 |
| Allen Memorial Hospital, Inc. | 1 | $19,092 | 4 |
| Broadway Corporation | 1 | $13,515 | 5 |
| North Star Community Services, Inc. | 1 | $13,387 | 95 |
| Central Iowa LUBRICATION, L.L.C. | 1 | $12,500 | 0 |
| IOC Black Hawk County, Inc. | 1 | $10,567 | 4 |
| Valdivia, LLC | 1 | $8,973 | 16 |
| Bergen Plumbing, INC | 1 | $8,637 | 2 |
| Rice Lab, LLC | 1 | $6,500 | 22 |
| North Iowa Detention Center | 1 | $6,203 | 12 |
| Mazatlan, Inc. | 1 | $5,245 | 2 |
| A & S Petroleum Inc | 1 | $4,587 | 19 |
| Toba Pak, Inc. | 1 | $4,528 | 2 |
| Allstate Rental Company | 1 | $4,263 | 17 |
| Rousselow, Inc. | 1 | $4,181 | 11 |
| Birchwood HOSPITALITY, LLC | 2 | $4,154 | 7 |
| Gray Transportation, Inc. | 1 | $3,914 | 1 |
| Four East Dining LLC. | 1 | $3,807 | 19 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 90 whose address on the record is in Waterloo; 27 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 65 more with smaller records are on the Iowa wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Iowa is run by the Iowa Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Waterloo.
Deeds for property in Waterloo are recorded by the Black Hawk County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Black Hawk County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Iowa come from the state vital records office, Iowa HHS 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.