Colorado, Jefferson County
Where Wheat Ridge's records are kept. Wheat Ridge has its own city government, clerk's office, police department, municipal court and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Wheat Ridge's own offices, along with State of Colorado offices; the Jefferson County offices are on our Jefferson County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The City Clerk at 7500 W. 29th Avenue keeps the council journal, the city seal and city records, certifies ordinances and resolutions, chairs the Election Commission and handles CORA requests.
Open official site Wheat Ridge Office of the City ClerkPolice & jail
Serving since 1972, the Wheat Ridge Police Department follows a relationship based policing approach, with sworn officers and professional staff working from City Hall at 7500 W. 29th Avenue.
Open official site Wheat Ridge Police DepartmentPolice & jail
The police Records Team holds Wheat Ridge criminal justice records and incident reports, releases them under state and federal law, provides the sex offender list and offers online crime reporting.
Open official site Wheat Ridge Police RecordsMunicipal court
Wheat Ridge Municipal Court on the first floor of 7500 W 29th Ave. sits Tuesday through Thursday, with online payment, jury service, protection orders and court records.
Open official site Wheat Ridge Municipal CourtCity records
The City Clerk's Office handles Colorado Open Records Act requests and points first to the city's digital records repository, including building permit files kept by address since 1969.
Open official site Wheat Ridge Public Records RequestsCity records
Since January 2025 all Wheat Ridge building permits go through the OpenGov portal, covering new construction, additions, remodels, roofing and mechanical work, with permits valid for 180 days.
Open official site Wheat Ridge Building PermitsPolice & jail
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for Wheat Ridge area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedCounty court
Colorado Courts and Probation online: a docket search for court dates, self help and forms by topic, a county court locator, online payment of fines and fees, and a virtual courtroom directory.
Open official site Colorado Judicial BranchVital 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 CaseProperty records
The Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology runs this statewide map, layering parcels, boundaries, education, elevation, political, emergency service, recreation, transportation and water data from state and federal sources.
Open official site State of Colorado Map ViewerVital records
The Denver state archives, under the Department of Personnel and Administration, points family historians to its birth, death, marriage, divorce, census, naturalization, military, probate and corrections records.
Open official site Colorado State Archives Genealogy and Vital RecordsCounty court
Colorado's federal bankruptcy court at 721 19th Street in Denver; intake and records are open weekdays 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and visitors need government ID and security screening to enter.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of ColoradoEverything else, organized
17 more Wheat Ridge sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Wheat Ridge, a place of 32,398 people, is in Jefferson County, whose county seat is Golden. Court and property records sit with Jefferson County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Colorado. Wheat Ridge's own offices are in the cards above, and our Jefferson 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 3 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 2 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 6 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is construction sand and gravel.
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. Colorado's cover is a protection program run by DRMS, not an insurance policy sold by insurers.
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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Voter registration in Colorado is run by the Colorado Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Wheat Ridge.
Deeds for property in Wheat Ridge are recorded by the Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Jefferson County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Colorado come from the state vital records office, Colorado 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.