Michigan, Washtenaw County
Where Ypsilanti's records are kept. Court and property records for Ypsilanti sit with Washtenaw County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Michigan.
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Ypsilanti relies on Washtenaw County and the State of Michigan for its public records. The cards below are the Michigan state offices, and the Washtenaw County offices are on our Washtenaw County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
FBI wanted posters, from the Ten Most Wanted list to fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, bank robbers and seeking information cases; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Most WantedPolice & jail
The Offender Tracking Information System lists Michigan prisoners, parolees, probationers, absconders and discharged offenders, searchable by name, offender number, age, race and marks, scars or tattoos.
Open official site Michigan Department of Corrections OTIS Offender SearchVital 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 CaseState records
The Library of Michigan holds city and county histories, newspaper clippings, vital records, cemetery transcripts and plat maps for use during library hours, plus county guides and FamilySearch affiliate access on site.
Open official site Library of Michigan Family HistoryCounty court
Its clerk's offices in Detroit, Flint and Bay City are open 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, and people filing without a lawyer can upload documents electronically.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of MichiganCounty court
Site of Michigan's One Court of Justice: Supreme Court and Court of Appeals news, cases, opinions and orders, a trial court directory, court forms, MiFILE electronic filing and help for people representing themselves.
Open official site Michigan CourtsEverything else, organized
17 more Ypsilanti sources not listed above.
Local record guide
What we hold on Ypsilanti, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Ypsilanti, a place of 20,648 people, keeps its own council and town business records. Ann Arbor, the county seat, is where the county offices are. Each Washtenaw County office is listed on our Washtenaw County page.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 87 investigations with a Ypsilanti address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $548,230 in back wages agreed for 719 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wess Construction, Inc. | 2 | $69,306 | 20 |
| Exemplar Manufacturing Company | 1 | $69,027 | 21 |
| Premier Staff Finders | 1 | $48,827 | 89 |
| Ritham, Inc. | 1 | $32,500 | 0 |
| Security Operation Services, Inc. | 1 | $26,578 | 15 |
| LaFuente, Inc. | 1 | $22,057 | 7 |
| Hurricane Cleaning Technologies, LLC | 1 | $21,948 | 52 |
| Aubree's Saloon Inc | 1 | $20,165 | 21 |
| S-Con Corporation | 1 | $17,598 | 5 |
| MFS Ypsilanti Holdings, LLC | 2 | $17,051 | 85 |
| Care for Adults, Inc. | 1 | $16,904 | 6 |
| Ypsilanti Pontiac-Buick-GMC, Inc. | 1 | $15,716 | 27 |
| Populist Cleaning Corporation | 1 | $13,719 | 15 |
| Hua Xing Asia Market, Inc. | 1 | $13,544 | 9 |
| Russ-Terr-Kel, INC | 1 | $12,479 | 6 |
| VC Tech, Inc. | 1 | $11,793 | 4 |
| Nephrology Associates of Michigan, P.C. | 1 | $10,564 | 22 |
| Koch's Orthotics & Prosthetics | 1 | $9,839 | 15 |
| Pita Pita, Inc. | 1 | $9,765 | 26 |
| Xingsheng, Inc. | 2 | $8,553 | 19 |
| Sun Her, Inc. | 1 | $7,978 | 9 |
| Wall Street Towing Inc. | 1 | $7,419 | 10 |
| F. Scott Company | 1 | $6,464 | 18 |
| College Sunoco, Inc. | 2 | $5,908 | 10 |
| Corner Brewery, LLC | 1 | $5,523 | 4 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 75 whose address on the record is in Ypsilanti; 27 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 50 more with smaller records are on the Michigan wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
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Other places in Washtenaw County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Washtenaw County records are on the county page.