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York County Office of the Public Defender
York County Office of the Public Defender: Representation for indigent defendants in all criminal cases.
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Property records
York Recorder of Deeds
York Recorder of Deeds, the office that records deeds, mortgages and land documents, with its index and copy rules as published.
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Police & jail
York County Criminal Records
York County Criminal Records, with the criminal case, warrant and offender information the agency publishes.
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Vital records
York County Birth Records and Certificates
York County Birth Records and Certificates, the office that issues these certificates, with the application, identification and fee rules it publishes.
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City records
York County Index
York County Index: Index of boroughs and townships, maps and web site links.
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State records
York County Office Open Records
York County Office Open Records: Request form online for access to county public records.
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York County Veterans Affairs
York County Veterans Affairs: County services to assist veterans claiming benefits, on the official site of the office that keeps it.
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York County Clerk of Courts Criminal Records
York County Clerk of Courts Criminal Records, with the criminal case, warrant and offender information the agency publishes.
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York County Tax Claim Office
York County Tax Claim Office: Payment information for collection of delinquent real estate taxes.
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Police & jail
York Area Regional Police Department
York Area Regional Police Department, the regional force for several York County municipalities, with its police commission, its officers and its record requests.
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Vital records
York County Death Records
York County Death Records, the office that issues these certificates, with the application, identification and fee rules it publishes.
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- York County Area Agency on AgingReferrals, recreation and leisure, protective and legal services
- York County U.S. CensusPopulation demographic statistics
- York County Prothonotary Civil RecordsMaintains court records of all county civil litigation
- York County Department of ElectionsElection dates, results, registration and precinct information
- Sheriff Sales of Real Property Foreclosures and ForfeituresSchedule of sales, rules and procedures for sales
- York County Marriage License BureauRequirements to obtain a marriage license, online application form
- York County SchoolsIndex of school districts serving York County
- York County Behavioral Health CommissionSubstance abuse treatment, intervention, rehabilitation programs
- The Court of Common Pleas of York CountyJurisdiction for all county civil and criminal matters
- York County Parks and RecreationCounty park locations, recreation programs and registration
- Pennsylvania State Police Troop H HeadquartersEmergency response teams, Amber Alert activation, vehicle fraud
- York County Office of the CoronerDetermines cause of death for deaths occurring unnaturally
- York County Library SystemDirectory of county libraries and offered services
- Citizens with Intellectual and Developmental DisabilitiesAutism, retardation, intervention, referrals, family support services
- York County Court of Common Pleas Domestic RelationsPaternity, absent parents, enforcement of support orders
- York County Map Resources IndexView maps of individual townships in the county
- York County PrisonSearch inmate roster, register for jail release notification
- York County Archives and Records ServicesPublic access to records from county agencies
- York County Adult Probation and ParoleGeneral supervision, accountability, and rehabilitation
- Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans CourtAdoptions, guardians, marriage licenses
- York County Geographic Information SystemsOnline access to county GIS data
- York County Historical SocietyMuseum, library, historical sites, collections and archives
- York County District Justice AdministrationDistrict judges contact information, jurisdiction
- York County Law LibraryPublic access to legal research materials
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle District of PennsylvaniaInstructions for filing bankruptcy, records and documents
- Court of Common Pleas Juvenile ProbationSupervision, referrals, accountability, restorative programs
- Judges of the Court of Common PleasList of judges serving the 19th judicial district
- Court of Common Pleas Judicial CalendarsOnline access to current and previous court dockets
- York County Divorce PapersAccess to records of county divorces
- York County District AttorneyProsecutorial responsibility for county criminal offenses
- York County Victim Assistance CenterCrisis intervention, information, advocacy, support for crime victims
- York County Bar AssociationSearch online attorney referral database
- York County Office of Emergency ManagementCoordinated agency resources for disaster response and recovery
- York County Megan's Law Sex Offender RegistrationSearch names, photos and addresses of registered offenders
Local record guide
About public records in York County
County profile
York County at a glance
- State
- Pennsylvania
- County seat
- York
- Population
- 456,438
- Area
- 911 sq mi
- Founded
- 1749
- Cities and towns
- 34
York County offices and records
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. York County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in York County. It has specialized divisions like the K-9 unit and a warrant division that focuses on apprehending fugitives.
Police Departments. York County is served by several law enforcement agencies, including York County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. York County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at York County Judicial Center, 45 North George Street, York, PA 17401, is responsible for courthouse security, serving civil process, executing warrants, and operating York County Prison. Inmate lookup services for York County Prison are available through York County website under the Sheriff's Department section, providing booking information, charges, bail amounts, and housing locations for current detainees. Arrest records and criminal incident reports in York County are subject to Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law, 65 P.S. Pennsylvania criminal history checks are also available through the Pennsylvania State Police Central Repository.
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
The facility is located at 3400 Concord Road, York, PA 17402. You can visit their website or contact the prison directly at (717) 840-7580 to inquire about an inmate's status and details of their arrest.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in York County
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
What is on record in York County
- Old mine sites
- 73
- Still producing
- 14
- Worked underground, in the mine records
- 8
- Main minerals
- Iron; Limestone, General; Limestone, General; Stone, Crushed/Broken
- Holes drawn on the old survey maps
- 57
- Shafts and tunnels
- 0
- What they are
- quarry - rock, gravel pit, quarry, open pit mine or quarry
- Maps surveyed
- 1952 to 1999
- Records behind them
- 148 records for 144 sites, the rest are the same working written down more than once
- Sources
- USGS mineral file and USGS topographic mine features
Is an old working under a property here?
The mine records hold 87 named mine sites inside the county, 73 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 57 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Iron; Limestone, General; Limestone, General; Stone, Crushed/Broken.
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. DEP has an address lookup for mine subsidence risk at gis.dep.pa.gov/msiRisk where you enter a street address: if the site falls in a gray Underground Mining Area it is over or near a known mined area. The PHUMMIS inventory of historic underground mine maps sits at www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/Phummis and is linked from the DEP Act 54 maps page.
Pennsylvania mine map and abandoned mine records
- Pennsylvania Mine Map Atlas (DEP, hosted by Penn State)Scanned historic underground coal mine maps viewed and downloaded at a chosen site location, each linked to its PHUMMIS record (the PA Historic Underground Mine Map Inventory System, https://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/Phummis/).
- DEP Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Report an AML EmergencyWhere to report an open subsidence hole, shaft or portal: the BAMR district office in Ebensburg (814-472-1800, bituminous region) or Wilkes-Barre (570-826-2371, anthracite region), after hours 800-541-2050; bureau page https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dep/programs-and-services/mining/abandoned-mine-reclamation.
- DEP Bureau of Mining Programs, underground mining maps and data (Act 54)Links the Active Underground Bituminous Coal Mining application, the DEP GIS open data layers (digitized mined out areas, longwall panels, permit boundaries), PASDA downloads, the Mine Map Atlas and PHUMMIS.
- DEP Mine Subsidence Insurance (MSI)State run insurance for damage from the collapse of abandoned underground coal and clay mines (residential coverage of $150,000 for $41.25 a year as the page states), with apply, renew and Check for Risk links; the application site is https://www.depgreenport.state.pa.us/MSI/Home/Index.
Named workings recorded in York County (87 shown, 57 unnamed on the map)
- York Qy & Mill Eli ZinnCalcium | Producer | Surface
- Glen Gery Shale Brick PitClay | Past Producer
- Glen Gery Shale Brick PitClay | Producer | Surface
- Shale QuarryClay | Past Producer | Surface
- Unnamed Pge OccurrenceCopper, Platinum, Palladium, Nickel | Occurrence
- Ballinger's Bank & Sprenkle ShaftIron | Past Producer
- Bechtel's Ore Pit & 2 AdditionalIron | Past Producer
- Bender Iron Ore PitIron | Past Producer | Surface
- Bender and VicinityIron | Past Producer
- Blessinger's Ore BankIron | Past Producer
- Brant and Arnold BankIron | Past Producer | Underground
- Brillhart's Bank & Feigley BankIron | Past Producer
- Cottrell & Benson's Bank & 2 Additional BanksIron | Past Producer
- Cox MineIron | Past Producer | Surface
- Dillsburg AreaIron | Past Producer
- Dogwood MineIron | Past Producer | Surface
- Eckert & Kauffman Bank & Forrey BankIron | Past Producer
- Elicker Ore and Trap OutcropIron | Past Producer | Surface
- Ex. Gov. Poter's Bank & Numerous OthersIron | Past Producer
- Eyester's Bank & Emig's BankIron | Past Producer
- Geisselman's BankIron | Past Producer
- Gohn Bank/Strickler's BankIron | Past Producer
- Gov. Porter MineIron | Past Producer | Surface
- Grantham Mines & 3 AdditionalIron | Past Producer
- Grubb's Bank Codorus BanksIron | Past Producer
- Haldeman and Bechtel BanksIron | Past Producer | Surface
- Hanover Branch Rr Open CutIron | Past Producer
- Help MineIron | Past Producer
- Hofacker's BankIron | Past Producer
- J Keller's BankIron | Past Producer
- J. Moul's Bank & Ashland Bank & Numerous OthersIron | Past Producer
- Juniata Furnace & Foun Co Prop MineIron | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- L. Delone's & A.M. Forney's BanksIron | Past Producer
- Landis Iron Ore PitIron | Past Producer | Surface
- Lichte MineIron | Past Producer
- Lighty Property MineIron | Past Producer | Surface
- Logan ShaftIron | Past Producer | Underground
- Louis Delone BankIron | Past Producer | Surface
- Margaretta Furance Bank Et Al.Iron | Past Producer
- Mengis Bank & Roth's BankIron | Past Producer
- Meyers Iron Ore PitIron | Past Producer | Surface
- Mine Bank GroupIron | Past Producer
- Moser's New BankIron | Past Producer
- Moser's OpeningIron | Past Producer
- Old Kauffman BankIron | Past Producer
- Price MineIron | Past Producer | Surface
- Ruby's Ore Bank & 4 Additional BanksIron | Past Producer
- S. Hengst's BankIron | Past Producer
- Shelly MineIron | Past Producer | Surface
- Smyser's BankIron | Past Producer
- Unnamed Banks, 4 RepresentedIron | Past Producer
- Unnamed--Wrightsville AreaIron | Past Producer
- Walter BankIron | Past Producer
- Yankee Drift ProspectIron | Past Producer | Underground
- York Co. Mine-Best Known Bank In York Co.,Iron | Past Producer
- Eli Zinn Or York Quarry ExtLimestone, General | Past Producer
- Thomasville Limestone QuarryLimestone, General | Past Producer
- Thomasville Mine Number 3Limestone, General | Past Producer
- York Building Products Inc QuarryLimestone, General | Past Producer
- York PlantLimestone, General | Past Producer
- York QuarryLimestone, General | Past Producer
- York QuarryLimestone, General | Past Producer
- York Quarry and MillLimestone, General | Producer | Surface
- Cordorus QuarryLimestone, General; Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Esminger QuarryLimestone, General; Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- White Pigment Limestone QuarryLimestone, General; Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Cooper Mica DepositMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Hokes Mine and MillMica | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Molycorp Rare Earth Chemicals-YorkREE | Producer | A processing plant, not a working
- York Haven Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- York Haven PlantSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Medusa Portland Cement CompanyStone | Producer | A processing plant, not a working
- Emigsville Quarry and PlantStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface
- J. E. Baker QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface
- Klines QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface
- Lincoln Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface
- Thomasville Mine 2 and 3Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Underground
- Thomasville QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface
- Wrightsville Face 2 QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface
- York QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface
- York QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface
- Sunburst Natural StoneStone, Dimension | Producer | Surface
- York Stone & Supply New QuarryZinc | Past Producer | Surface
- Dillsburg MinesPast Producer | Surface and underground
- Grantham MinesPast Producer | Surface and underground
- Heistand MinePast Producer | Surface
- Wellsville MinesPast Producer | Surface and underground
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.
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York County public-records FAQs
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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in York County, Pennsylvania?
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.
How do I get a criminal background check in York County, Pennsylvania?
The Pennsylvania criminal history record comes from the Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Access to Criminal History (PATCH). Run a name based PATCH check online at epatch.pa.gov or send a mail in PATCH request. Fee: $22.00 for each PATCH check; online card payments add a 2% fee.
How can I look up sex offenders in York County, Pennsylvania?
Search the Pennsylvania State Police Megan's Law Website, or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
How do I register to vote in York County, Pennsylvania?
Register with the county voter registration office (county board of elections) or through the Pennsylvania Department of State. You can also register online with the state online registration. You must register at least 15 days before the election.
How do I look up property records in York County, Pennsylvania?
Deeds and other recorded land documents in York County are kept by the York County recorder of deeds. Property values are set by the county assessment office, and tax bills come from the local elected tax collector; county treasurer in some counties. Source: official state page.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in York County, Pennsylvania?
Certified birth and death certificates for Pennsylvania come from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Vital Records. The Department of Health runs six Vital Records public offices across the state for in person requests. Online through VitalChek at mycertificates.health.pa.gov, the state's only authorized vendor, by mail to Division of Vital Records, Birth Certificate Processing Unit, PO Box 1528, New Castle, PA 16103, or in person at a Vital Records public office. Fee: $20 for each birth certificate; online orders add a $10 processing fee.
How do I find business license records in York County, Pennsylvania?
Business entity filings are searched with the Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations. There is no general business license that all Pennsylvania businesses must obtain; licensing depends on the business activity and location, and owners contact their locality about local business licenses.
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