Indiana Public Records Information

The Indiana public records are information which is made available to the public by the state government. The sole aim of the government in making the public records available to the public is to make them aware and up-to-date about various matters which are occurring in the state. Most of the records are available for free but some of them are available for a charge. There are various public records which are available to the public for viewing such as court records, small claims records, property records, incarceration records, vital records, lien records and criminal records.

Indiana Public Records Details

The Indiana State Archives is the storehouse for Indiana public records. It collects records which have historical value from all branches of Indiana local and state government, which includes governmental history, naturalization and census records, selected medical, criminal and military records, records of land ownership, blueprint, photographs and maps. You can visit the “Collection Page” on the website http://www.in.gov/ for more detailed listings. One can also visit the Archives in person at 6440 East 30th Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46219.

Records Available for the Public

Genealogy

The Indiana State Archives has a huge collection of records to help the genealogists who are searching for family members.

Marriage Records

Marriage records starting from the territorial period to the present are maintained by the Clerks of the Circuit Court. The marriage records database which are prior to 1850 are available on the website of the Indiana State Library, which is http://www.in.gov/library/.

Divorce Records

The divorce records which are also a part of the vital records are maintained and made available to the public by the Clerk of the Court at the county level.

Birth and Death Records

The birth records from 1882 to 1906 are available at the County Health Office where the birth occurred. You can get the details of the list of county health offices online from the State Board of Health.

Naturalization Records

The state archive of Indiana maintains a collection of County Naturalization Records. All records of naturalization accessioned by the Archives are microfilmed and a part of the information is entered into searchable databases. The outcome of the database search will include information fields like first name, surname, nationality, date of arrival, page location and county book. A complete and detail naturalization records can be obtained by contacting the state archives.

Criminal Records

The Indiana criminal records can be obtained from various sources. The Indiana prison inmate information can be gathered by visiting Indiana Department of Correction from http://www.in.gov/apps/indcorrection/ofs/ofs .

You can also get information on Indiana’s most wanted fugitives from Indiana Department of Correction by visiting http://www.in.gov/idoc/.

One can also acquire information about the sex and violent offender from the Sheriff’s department by accessing the registry from http://www.insor.org/insasoweb/.

Transportation and Driving Records

The records on driving and transportation pertaining to accidents are available from http://www.in.gov/indot/ which is the official website for the Indiana Department of Transportation and from http://www.state.in.us/bmv/ the webpage of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.