Kansas, Cowley County
Where Winfield's records are kept. Winfield has its own city government, clerk's office and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Winfield's own offices, along with State of Kansas offices; the Cowley County offices are on our Cowley County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
State records
A state agency, the Kansas Historical Society runs the State Archives research room in Topeka, the Kansas Memory online collection, genealogy indexes, the Kansas Museum of History and 16 historic sites.
Open official site Kansas Historical SocietyCounty court
Sitting in Kansas City, Topeka and Wichita, the federal bankruptcy court for Kansas offers court calendars, an unclaimed funds locator, KSBFastFile for filing claims and a docket tool.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, District of KansasCounty court
The Kansas Judicial Branch explains CaseSearch, a free online search of public district court cases and documents after a user agreement; older documents and some records are viewable only on courthouse terminals.
Open official site Kansas Judicial Branch: Search District Court RecordsVital records
State office keeping Kansas birth, stillbirth, death, marriage and divorce records; they are not public, and certified copies go to the person named, immediate family, a legal representative or someone with direct interest.
Open official site KDHE Office of Vital StatisticsPolice & jail
Updated each working day, the Kansas Department of Corrections search covers people in its custody, on parole or in its funded programs, including absconders; full criminal histories come from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
Open official site Kansas Adult Supervised Population Electronic Repository (KASPER)Police & jail
Kansas Bureau of Investigation clearinghouse required by state law, listing current missing Kansans with search by name or location and a tip form; listings come from NCIC through the investigating agency.
Open official site KBI Missing Persons ClearinghousePolice & jail
Kansas Bureau of Investigation search of registered sex, violent and drug offenders, updated every 15 minutes; offenders whose crimes came before April 14, 1994 are kept from public view.
Open official site KBI Public Offender RegistryPolice & jail
Kansas Bureau of Investigation online record check open to the general public for $30 through a KanAccess account; searches run from 4 AM to midnight Central time, outside the nightly maintenance window.
Open official site Kansas Criminal History Record SearchFederal
Winfield city, Kansas at a glance from the Census Bureau: 2025 population estimate 11,745, adults holding a bachelor's degree 27.8%, median gross rent $786, and more on income, jobs and housing.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Winfield City Hall at 200 East 9th Avenue lists customer service, finance and budget reports, building and code enforcement, planning and zoning, municipal court, police, fire and EMS and utility emergencies.
Open official site City of WinfieldCity records
Public records and legal documents 200 East Ninth P.O. Box 646 Winfield, KS 67156 Phone: 620-221-5500 Fax: 620-221-5593
Open official site Winfield City ClerkPolice & jail
About the Department The Winfield Police Department is committed to providing public safety and quality service to the citizens of Winfield. Law enforcement and public safety 812 Millington Winfield, KS 67156 Phone: (620) 221-5555 Fax: (620) 221-5592
Open official site Winfield Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
12 more Winfield sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Winfield, a place of 11,777 people, is the seat of Cowley County. Court and property records sit with Cowley County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Kansas. Winfield's own offices are in the cards above, and our Cowley 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 old survey maps record 4 holes inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.
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. Underground coal mining in Kansas was concentrated in Cherokee and Crawford Counties.
Kansas 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 24 investigations with a Winfield address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $187,990 in back wages agreed for 271 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Maguey, Inc #2 | 3 | $73,459 | 25 |
| Biederman's Bistro & Caterin | 1 | $60,193 | 13 |
| C Store Operations, LLC | 3 | $16,647 | 36 |
| Campbell's Restaurant | 1 | $14,179 | 7 |
| Webster Combustion Technology, LLC | 1 | $4,134 | 2 |
| Cumbernauld Village, Inc. | 1 | $4,087 | 28 |
| Paseo Petroleum LLC | 2 | $3,331 | 24 |
| Winfield Hospitality, Inc. | 1 | $2,909 | 3 |
| Winfield Rest Haven, Inc. | 2 | $2,701 | 32 |
| The Ridge Restaurant, LLC | 1 | $2,437 | 69 |
| Darco, Inc | 1 | $2,115 | 16 |
| Soop Group, LLC | 1 | $261 | 5 |
| Winfield LTC Opco, LLC | 1 | $28 | 1 |
| Newell Rubbermaid, Inc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| The Southwestern College, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| WW Industries, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Shreeji Hotels, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Boss Hogs BBQ LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Winfield, by back wages agreed; 7 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Kansas wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Kansas is run by the Kansas Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Winfield.
Deeds for property in Winfield are recorded by the Cowley County Register of Deeds, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Cowley County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Kansas come from the state vital records office, Kansas Office of Vital Statistics. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Businesses that operate in Winfield register with the Kansas Secretary of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Winfield requires one, comes from the town or Cowley County.
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.