Ohio, Wood County
Where Bowling Green's records are kept. Bowling Green has its own city government, police department, municipal court, utility office and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Bowling Green's own offices, along with State of Ohio offices; the Wood County offices are on our Wood County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The City of Bowling Green, Ohio site, with offices at 305 North Main Street, utilities and billing, planning and zoning, the police division, city meetings and news.
Open official site City of Bowling GreenPolice & jail
The Bowling Green Police Division at 175 West Wooster, CALEA accredited since 1993, with report and records requests, parking ticket payment, emergency alerts, recruiting, civil enforcement and the golf cart inspection program.
Open official site Bowling Green Police DivisionPolice & jail
The Bowling Green Police Records Section maintains and releases arrest reports, calls for service, incident and crash reports under the Ohio Public Records Act, with copies by request only, Monday through Thursday.
Open official site Bowling Green Police Records SectionMunicipal court
The Clerk of Court at Bowling Green Municipal Court, 711 S. Dunbridge Rd., processes over 14,000 complaints and traffic violations yearly, issues warrants, collects fines and keeps the court docket and public records.
Open official site Bowling Green Municipal Court, Clerk of CourtCity records
The Utility Business Office at 305 N. Main St. bills Bowling Green electric, water and sewer services, with bill summaries and usage history by utility and bill inserts on city programs.
Open official site Bowling Green Utility Business OfficeCity records
The Bowling Green Planning Department at 305 N Main Street prepares and updates the city master plan and administers subdivision regulations, the zoning code and map and access management rules.
Open official site Bowling Green Planning DepartmentPolice & jail
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for Bowling Green area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedPolice & jail
The Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation is Ohio's clearinghouse for missing person data: it keeps databases of missing children and adults, issues alerts and takes tips. Families should call local police first.
Open official site Ohio Attorney General Missing PersonsVital 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 Ohio History Connection research library in Columbus offers genealogy guides, its catalog and Ohio death certificates from 1908 to 1970; since July 2026 it opens Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Open official site Ohio History Connection Archives and LibraryCounty court
Besides PACER and e-filing links, the court sells hearing audio, $32 on CD or $2.40 per MP3 file through PACER, and accepts proofs of claim online without a login.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of OhioCounty court
The Supreme Court of Ohio lists each county's common pleas, municipal and county courts, with links to every court's own website and local rules.
Open official site Supreme Court of Ohio Courts by CountyEverything else, organized
14 more Bowling Green sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Bowling Green, a place of 30,808 people, is the seat of Wood County. Court and property records sit with Wood County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Ohio. Bowling Green's own offices are in the cards above, and our Wood County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 46 investigations with a Bowling Green address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $129,597 in back wages agreed for 290 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Lane Residential services, Inc. | 1 | $20,501 | 5 |
| Kuntry Haven Construction, LLC | 1 | $15,749 | 28 |
| McKenzie Check Advance of Ohio, LLC | 1 | $14,722 | 37 |
| GKN Driveline Bowling Green, Inc. | 1 | $13,937 | 20 |
| Wood Countyospital Association | 1 | $13,605 | 11 |
| South Side 6 | 1 | $10,155 | 8 |
| Bowling Green Lincoln Mercury, Inc. | 2 | $9,527 | 5 |
| Hartung Brothers, Inc. | 2 | $8,638 | 59 |
| Williams Industrial Service, Inc. | 1 | $3,387 | 15 |
| Falcon Plaza LLC | 1 | $1,622 | 12 |
| BG Hospitality, LLC | 2 | $1,561 | 10 |
| MY Enterprises, Ltd. | 1 | $1,430 | 9 |
| The Nurturing Nook, LLC | 1 | $1,389 | 4 |
| Jeds BG, Inc. | 1 | $1,265 | 7 |
| Lisso LLC | 1 | $1,079 | 4 |
| Myles' Pizza, Pub and Sub Shop, Inc. | 1 | $910 | 10 |
| Bowling Green Beverages, Inc. | 1 | $677 | 1 |
| Northwest Ohio Montessori NWO Montessori, LLC | 1 | $500 | 6 |
| Odyssey MacHine Company, Ltd | 1 | $397 | 1 |
| Ayo El Grande, LLC | 1 | $316 | 5 |
| DEK Enterprises, LLC | 1 | $273 | 6 |
| Phil Wenig's Farms | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| HCF of Bowling Green | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Advanced Specialty Products, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Bowling Green State University | 1 | $0 | 0 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 42 whose address on the record is in Bowling Green; 9 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 17 more with smaller records are on the Ohio wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
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Voter registration in Ohio is run by the Ohio Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Bowling Green.
Deeds for property in Bowling Green are recorded by the Wood County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Wood County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Ohio come from the state vital records office, Ohio Office of Vital Statistics. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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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.