Washington, Clallam County
Where Port Angeles's records are kept. Court and property records for Port Angeles sit with Clallam County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Washington.
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Port Angeles relies on Clallam County and the State of Washington for its public records. The cards below are the Washington state offices, and the Clallam County offices are on our Clallam County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
Washington State Department of Corrections Mailing Address: Post Office Box 41100, Mail Stop 41100 Olympia, Washington 98504-1100 Physical Address: 7345 Linderson Way SW Tumwater, WA 98501-6504
Open official site Find An Offender StatewideState records
A division of the Office of the Secretary of State that preserves Washington's public records, offering online records, an archives catalog, Ask an Archivist help and five regional branches.
Open official site Washington State ArchivesCounty court
Hears bankruptcy cases from Washington west of the Cascades, between the Oregon line and Canada, at courthouses in Seattle and Tacoma; links cover PACER case lookup, proof of claim filing and document copies.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of WashingtonVital records
The Center for Health Statistics issues certified Washington birth, death, stillbirth, marriage and divorce certificates; online orders go through VitalChek, its only approved vendor, and office visits are by appointment.
Open official site Washington State Department of Health Vital RecordsPolice & jail
Department of Corrections search of people now incarcerated or wanted for arrest by the department, plus Washington's wanted list and a tips form; you must accept its terms before searching.
Open official site Washington Department of Corrections Incarcerated Data SearchPolice & jail
Posts active alerts and lists of missing children, Indigenous people and other missing persons, takes tips on a 24 hour toll free line and helps families once local police have a report.
Open official site Washington State Patrol Missing and Unidentified Persons UnitPolice & jail
Washington State Patrol list of wanted people with downloadable posters; do not contact anyone shown, since they may be armed, and call 911 or the agency listed with each person.
Open official site Washington State Patrol Most WantedPolice & jail
The Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs explains state registration rules and risk levels and links the public registry at wasor.org, which shows Level II and III offenders and some Level I.
Open official site WASPC Registered Sex Offender InformationPolice & jail
WSP sells conviction records: an instant WATCH search online for $11, or mail requests by name for $32 or by fingerprints for $58; public results show convictions and recent arrests still pending.
Open official site Washington State Patrol Criminal History RecordsFederal
U.S. Census Bureau quick facts, demographics, and population statistics for Port Angeles.
Open official site Port Angeles Washington Census QuickFactsCity records
The City of Port Angeles official site, with city council agendas, departments, utility billing, permits, public records requests and City Hall contacts at 321 East 5th Street.
Open official site City of Port AngelesCity records
The Port Angeles City Clerk keeps city council records, ordinances and resolutions and takes public records requests for City of Port Angeles documents.
Open official site Port Angeles City ClerkEverything else, organized
11 more Port Angeles sources not listed above.
Local record guide
What we hold on Port Angeles, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Port Angeles, a place of 19,960 people, is the seat of Clallam County, so most county offices are in Port Angeles itself. The town keeps its own council and business records. Our Clallam County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the two federal mine files
The USGS mineral file records 4 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 4 of them worked out or abandoned; the USGS topographic mine features add 1 feature mapped inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts, adits or tunnels, digitised from the old survey sheets. The minerals the records name are construction sand and gravel; Gold.
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. Washington has no state abandoned mine land program page; the survey's coal mine maps are the record.
Washington 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.
Please read: Everything here can be wrong. This is information, not a guarantee: the two federal files can be wrong, incomplete or out of date, the boundaries and the geocoder can be wrong, a point is a location and not a property line, and nothing on this page says that a mine is or is not under any particular property. Do not buy, sell, move, or make any decision about a home or about your safety on this alone. Ask the state mine map office named here for the maps, and have a qualified engineer look at the ground.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Washington is run by the Washington Secretary of State, and the county auditor keeps the roll for Port Angeles. You can register online, by mail or in person. Online and mail registrations must be received 8 days before Election Day; you can register in person at a county elections office until 8 p.m. on Election Day.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Washington come from the Washington State Department of Health Vital Records. The fee is $25 for each certified or informational birth certificate. Local health departments in Washington also issue certificates; check with your local health department for the certificates it offers and whether it serves people in person.
Deeds for property in Port Angeles are recorded by the county auditor, the county assessor sets the assessed value, and the county treasurer sends the tax bill. Our Clallam County page lists those offices.
Businesses that operate in Port Angeles register with the Washington Secretary of State, Corporations and Charities Division, which runs the state business entity search. More than 200 cities and towns, and some counties for their unincorporated areas, issue their business license endorsements through the state Business Licensing Service at the Department of Revenue; a city or county not on its lists must be contacted directly.
Washington criminal history checks are run by the Washington State Patrol, Identification and Background Check Section. The fee is $11.00 for a WATCH name search online; $32.00 for the Request for Conviction Criminal History form; $58.00 for a fingerprint card. Run a name and date of birth search online through WATCH (Washington Access to Criminal History), or send the Request for Conviction Criminal History form or a fingerprint card to PO Box 42633, Olympia WA 98504-2633.
Same county
Other places in Clallam County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Clallam County records are on the county page.