Michigan, Oakland County
Where Southfield's records are kept. Southfield has its own city government, clerk's office, police department, municipal court and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Southfield's own offices, along with State of Michigan offices; the Oakland County offices are on our Oakland County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The Southfield City Clerk at 26000 Evergreen Road is the city's official records keeper and election authority, handling birth and death certificates, business licenses, FOIA requests and council minutes.
Open official site Southfield City Clerk's OfficeCity records
Southfield posts its Michigan FOIA procedures, guidelines and written public summary, with an online form for submitting a records request to the city.
Open official site City of Southfield Freedom of Information ActPolice & jail
The Southfield Police Department at 26000 Evergreen Road, Southfield, MI 48076 posts its mission, hiring news, weekly citizen crime reports and a link to its Records Bureau.
Open official site Southfield Police DepartmentPolice & jail
The Southfield Police Records Bureau keeps all police incident reports and arrest paperwork and handles report copies, fingerprints and handgun permits on weekdays.
Open official site Southfield Police Records BureauMunicipal court
The 46th District Court at 26000 Evergreen Road serves Southfield and five nearby communities, hearing civil cases up to $25,000, misdemeanors, traffic tickets, small claims and felony arraignments.
Open official site 46th District CourtCity records
The Southfield Building Department handles permits, inspections, certificates of occupancy and rental housing for new construction and renovation, working with the Planning Department on code and zoning.
Open official site Southfield Building DepartmentPolice & 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
13 more Southfield sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Southfield, a place of 76,618 people, is in Oakland County, whose county seat is Pontiac. Court and property records sit with Oakland County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Michigan. Southfield's own offices are in the cards above, and our Oakland County page lists each county office.
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Voter registration in Michigan is run by the Michigan Bureau of Elections and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Southfield.
Deeds for property in Southfield are recorded by the Oakland County Register of Deeds, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Oakland County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Michigan come from the state vital records office, Michigan Vital Records. 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.