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State of Ohio business hub on ohio.gov, which the state describes as information to help owners start, run and grow a business in Ohio.
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Where West Portsmouth's records are kept. West Portsmouth has no town government, so its court and property records sit with Scioto County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Ohio.
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West Portsmouth has no town government of its own and relies on Scioto County and the State of Ohio for its public records. The cards below are the Ohio state offices, and the Scioto County offices are on our Scioto County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
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The Ohio Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics issues certified Ohio death records for a fee, ordered online, by mail or in person; local health districts also issue copies.
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State prison system's death row list with each person's institution, inmate number and sentencing county, plus where male and female death row inmates are housed and where executions take place.
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Ohio marriage and divorce records are held by the probate court or clerk of courts in the county that issued the license; the state Bureau of Vital Statistics keeps only the index.
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Local record guide
What we hold on West Portsmouth, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
West Portsmouth has no local government of its own; the records for the people and property here are held by Scioto County. The Scioto County offices are in Portsmouth, the county seat. Our Scioto County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 2 investigations with a West Portsmouth address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $3,982 in back wages agreed for 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| James H Duncan, D.O. Inc. | 1 | $3,982 | 7 |
| Minnix Giovanni's I, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in West Portsmouth, by back wages agreed; 0 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Ohio wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
Same county
Other places in Scioto County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Scioto County records are on the county page.