Mississippi, Yazoo County
Where Yazoo City's records are kept. Yazoo City has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Yazoo City's own offices, along with the Yazoo County and State of Mississippi offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
State records
The Mississippi Secretary of State business search: corporations, LLCs, partnerships and nonprofits by name or business ID, with officers, filings and status.
Open official site Mississippi business entity searchVital records
Mississippi death certificates from the State Department of Health Vital Records: certified copies for deaths in Mississippi since 1912, ordered online, by mail or in person in Jackson.
Open official site Mississippi death certificatesCity records
The City of Yazoo City site, the Yazoo County seat: the city clerk, the police department, the municipal court, building permits, board of aldermen agendas and minutes and the city ordinances.
Open official site City of Yazoo CityCourt records
PACER, the federal courts' records system: civil, criminal and bankruptcy case dockets and filings from the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, searched by name or case number for a small per page fee, with written opinions free.
Open official site Mississippi Federal CasesProperty records
County property tax data from the Mississippi Department of Revenue: the annual tax rolls, millage rates, assessed values and homestead exemption data reported by each county; the parcel records themselves are kept by the county tax assessor.
Open official site Mississippi property tax data (Department of Revenue)Police & jail
The Yazoo County Sheriff's Office and its regional correctional facility, with the current inmate list.
Open official site Yazoo County Sheriff's OfficePolice & jail
The Mississippi Sex Offender Registry from the Department of Public Safety: registered offenders by name, county, city or zip code, with photos and addresses.
Open official site Mississippi sex offender registryPolice & jail
The Mississippi Department of Corrections inmate search: people in state custody by name or MDOC number, with the location, sentence and tentative release date.
Open official site Mississippi corrections offender searchPolice & jail
The Criminal Information Center of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety: how to request a statewide criminal history record check by fingerprint, and who may obtain one.
Open official site Mississippi criminal history record checkState courts
Mississippi Electronic Courts, the state judiciary case system: filings from the participating circuit, chancery and county courts, with the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals dockets on the courts site. MEC access takes a registered account.
Open official site Mississippi court recordsVital records
Mississippi birth, death, marriage and divorce records from the State Department of Health Vital Records office, ordered online, by mail or in person, with birth and death records from 1912.
Open official site Mississippi vital recordsState records
Unclaimed property held by the Mississippi State Treasury: dormant accounts, uncashed checks and other property, searched and claimed online by name.
Open official site Mississippi unclaimed property searchEverything else, organized
Local record guide
Local profile
Yazoo City, a place of 10,316 people, is the seat of Yazoo County. Court and property records sit with Yazoo County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Mississippi. Yazoo City's own offices are in the cards above, and our Yazoo County page lists each county office.
Straight answers
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Certified birth and death certificates for events in Mississippi come from the state vital records office, Mississippi Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Deeds for property in Yazoo City are recorded by the Yazoo County Chancery Clerk, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Yazoo County page lists the county offices.
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.