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Find the right office in York County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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County court
The U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, with courthouses in Portland and Bangor, posts court calendars and trial lists. Its federal case files are searched through PACER.
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Search property and claim status by individual name or business through the state treasurer.
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Request copies of birth and death records from the Maine State Archives.
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Find active and inactive corporations by name from the state of Maine.
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Find opinions on cases handled by the Maine State Supreme Court.
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Verify an attorney's licensing status with the State Bar.
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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. York County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of York County and operates York County Jail.
Police Departments. York County is served by several law enforcement agencies, including York County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments in cities such as Biddeford, Saco, Sanford, and York. These departments often collaborate with the Sheriff's Office on major investigations and regional crime issues.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. York County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 181 Layman Way in Alfred, Maine 04002, provides law enforcement services throughout York County and operates York County Jail. York County Jail maintains an inmate roster that can be accessed online through the Sheriff's Office website, allowing the public to search for current inmates by name or booking number. The Maine State Police Troop A also provides coverage for unincorporated areas and assists local departments with major investigations and traffic enforcement along Interstate 95 and other state highways.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in York County are maintained by York County Sheriff's Office and the local police departments within York County.
Jail & Inmate Records. Inmates can be located through an online inmate lookup tool provided by the Sheriff's Office.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in York County are taken and retained by York County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These photos are part of the arrest record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office or through third-party websites that compile public records. The availability of mugshots online varies, and individuals seeking to view or obtain a mugshot may need to submit a formal request to the Sheriff's Office.
Biddeford District Court and matters from the former Springvale and York District Courts are served through the York Judicial Center at 515 Elm Street, Biddeford, ME 04005 (Clerk: 207-283-6000). District Court services for York County, including small claims, protection orders and other matters within that court's jurisdiction, are handled through the York Judicial Center; criminal proceedings use the unified criminal docket. York County's state-court divisions operate under the Maine Judicial Branch at the York Judicial Center in Biddeford; county probate and deed records have separate custodians. York County Superior Court is located at the York Judicial Center, 515 Elm Street, Biddeford, ME 04005 (Clerk: 207-283-6000), for Superior Court civil business and the county's unified criminal docket. While there is no single centralized York County elections office, the Maine Secretary of State's Elections Division (phone: 207-624-7650, website: www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec) provides statewide guidance, voter registration databases, and election results.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 90 mine sites inside the county: 50 past producers, now closed, 23 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 12 sites producing when the record was made, 1 processing plant, which is not a working, 4 sites with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 350 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Granite; construction sand and gravel; Silver.
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.
Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.
Maine 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.
The Maine Judicial Branch location guide places the York Judicial Center at 515 Elm Street, Biddeford, with Clerk telephone 207-283-6000. It links York County Superior Court and Biddeford District Court from the same location. Older references to the Alfred Superior Court or separate Springvale and York District Court counters should not be used to plan a present-day state-court records visit. Keep an old docket number and original court designation when asking staff to locate a transferred file.
The Judicial Branch's York implementation announcements identify March 30, 2026 as the transition date for all case types in the region, including civil, family, juvenile and criminal matters. That operational change does not mean every older closed file became a remotely viewable document. Record whether the question concerns a pending case, a new filing after the transition or an older inactive case. The distinction helps staff determine whether to direct you to an electronic record, a courthouse access point or a retained paper file.
The electronic access instructions separate public searching, party access and courthouse viewing. Public users can register to search eligible Registry of Actions entries and records made remotely available; parties must associate their email with the court to obtain their permitted case access. Other public electronic documents may require a courthouse visit. Legacy closed or inactive cases generally are not electronic, except traffic cases. A public search that does not display a family document is therefore different from a clerk confirming that no such case was found.
The Judicial Branch paper-record instructions permit an inquiry to the court that handled the case or a mailed Records Search Request to the Judicial Branch Service Center in Lewiston. Supply the party name, case category, docket reference and former court if known. File retention and storage location can affect whether the material remains at the courthouse. Ask for the particular pleading, judgment or docket record needed, and distinguish a search for a case from an order for a copy already identified.
York's Registry of Deeds schedule lists standard letter/legal copies at $1 per page, plans at $10 per page and attested copies at $5 per document plus $1 for each page. New-document recording is $40, while filing a plan is $50; those are separate products. Copy requests can be emailed to the Registry. The office is at 45 Kennebunk Road, Alfred, with a P.O. Box 339 mailing address, and lists weekday recording hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The York Registry of Probate maintains original probate records dating to 1687 and handles estates, wills, trusts, guardianships and related proceedings. Its published office hours are weekdays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with telephone 207-324-1577. The state-court move does not turn an estate-file request into a Superior Court request. Identify the decedent and approximate probate period, then ask about the record series and available copy service. A probate archive reference is not evidence that the entire historic file is digitized.
Where to go
Each office below was read on its own site. A field the office does not publish is left out rather than filled in from a directory.
Recorded land documents and standard, plan or attested copies.
Office page: yorkcountymaine.gov
York Superior Court, Biddeford District Court and unified criminal docket inquiries.
Office page: courts.maine.gov
Probate records and original archival holdings.
Office page: yorkcountymaine.gov
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 238 investigations in York County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $1,247,919 in back wages agreed for 2,114 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 199 on the York County record; 81 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 174 more with smaller records are on the Maine wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
Open only the answer you need.
Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the York County Sheriff or a city police department in York County. Ask that agency for its record.
The Maine criminal history record comes from the Maine State Police, State Bureau of Identification. Name based search online through the Maine Criminal History Record and Juvenile Crime Information Request service; fingerprint based checks need fingerprints sent straight to the State Bureau of Identification. Fee: $31.00 ($21.00 for InforME subscribers in Maine).
Search the Maine Sex Offender Registry (Maine State Police, State Bureau of Identification), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the municipal registrar of voters (the town or city clerk's office) or through the Maine Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions. You can also register online with the state online registration. Same day registration: yes, in person at your municipality up to and including Election Day; online registration closes 21 days before a state or federal election.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in York County are kept by the York County Registry of Deeds. Property values are set by the municipal assessors, and tax bills come from the municipal tax collector. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Maine come from the Maine CDC, Data, Research and Vital Statistics (DRVS). Maine's vital records are housed at DRVS and at most municipal offices statewide; records created before 1892 come from the municipality where the event took place or from the Maine State Archives. In person at DRVS, 220 Capitol Street, Augusta (walk ins 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.), by mail with the application, identification and fee, or online through VitalChek, the independent company DRVS has partnered with. Fee: $15.00 per certificate, $6.00 for each additional copy ordered at the same time.
Business entity filings are searched with the Maine Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions. General licenses to operate a business are managed at the town or city level in Maine; contact your town office.
The York Judicial Center is at 515 Elm Street, Biddeford, with Clerk telephone 207-283-6000. Use the state court location guide.
Yes. Retain the docket number and former court designation to help staff locate the transferred matter through the York Judicial Center.
The Judicial Branch identified March 30, 2026 in its York implementation announcements. The transition does not establish online availability of every legacy file.
No. Public, party and courthouse access are separate categories in the Maine electronic-record rules and instructions.
Use the original court and docket information with the court Clerk or the Judicial Branch Records Search Request process described in the paper-record guidance.
The schedule lists $5 per document plus $1 per page. Plan copies and new recording fees are different products in the Registry schedule.
No. The Registry of Probate handles probate proceedings, while the Registry of Deeds handles recorded land instruments. Start estate research with the Probate Registry.
It dates its original records to 1687. That describes archival holdings, not a promise of complete online images; ask the Registry of Probate about the specific file.
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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.