Rhode Island, Kent County
Where West Warwick's records are kept. West Warwick has its own clerk's office, police department, municipal court and permit and planning office; the town clerk keeps land records and copies of birth and death certificates.
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The cards below include West Warwick's own offices, along with State of Rhode Island offices; the Kent County offices are on our Kent County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The Town Clerk records land evidence and vital statistics, issues marriage, dog, hunting, fishing and business licenses and trade name certificates, and runs elections with the Board of Canvassers.
Open official site West Warwick Town Clerk's OfficePolice & jail
West Warwick Police Department at 1162 Main Street, West Warwick, RI 02893, (401) 821-4323, with the records department, detective division, news and press releases for about 30,000 residents.
Open official site West Warwick Police DepartmentPolice & jail
The police Records Department, open weekdays 8:00am to 4:00pm, offers a records request form and accident report form under the Access to Public Records Act and takes ticket payments.
Open official site West Warwick Police Records DepartmentMunicipal court
West Warwick Municipal Court hears traffic, town ordinance and minimum housing code cases on the first and third Thursdays at 5:00 p.m. in the Town Hall chambers, 1170 Main Street.
Open official site West Warwick Municipal CourtCity records
The Building Department reviews plans, issues permits and inspects construction under town and Rhode Island codes, and the Building Official also enforces the West Warwick Zoning Ordinance.
Open official site West Warwick Building and ZoningPolice & jail
FBI national most wanted criminals - search for West Warwick area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedVital records
Issues certified Rhode Island birth, death and marriage records at 6 Harrington Road, Cranston, for $22 in person or $25 by mail; any city or town hall also issues birth certificate copies.
Open official site Rhode Island Department of Health Center for Vital RecordsVital 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.
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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
More than 10 million letters, photographs and state documents at 33 Broad Street, Providence, free and open weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; search birth, marriage and death records or book a research appointment.
Open official site Rhode Island State ArchivesCourt records
The bankruptcy court for Rhode Island explains how to get case information and copies of filed documents, through PACER or from the clerk's office in Providence.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Rhode IslandCounty court
Rhode Island's state courts, from the Supreme Court to the Traffic Tribunal, with the Public Portal for finding cases, hearing calendars, court forms, opinions and Judicial Records Center requests.
Open official site Rhode Island JudiciaryEverything else, organized
18 more West Warwick sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
West Warwick is in Kent County, whose county seat is East Greenwich. West Warwick's town clerk keeps its land records and copies of birth and death certificates, and court cases go through the Rhode Island state courts. West Warwick's own offices are in the cards above, and our Kent County page lists each county office.
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Voter registration in Rhode Island is run by the Rhode Island Department of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for West Warwick.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Rhode Island come from the state vital records office, Rhode Island Center for Vital Records, and the town or city clerk can also issue copies. The state office's site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Businesses that operate in West Warwick register with the Rhode Island Department of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where West Warwick requires one, comes from the town or Kent County.
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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.