FOIA Requests

Frequently Requested Records By Department

Board of Commissioners:

Purchase orders, claims, agendas, and minutes pertaining to meetings of the Board of Commissioners are available on our Agenda and Minutes page. You do not need to submit a request to view these documents; instead, click on the relevant meeting entry, and all documents pertaining to that meeting will load in an easy-to-navigate pane.

Courts

• For case information, please visit our Find Case Information page, which links to the MiCourt case portal for circuit, district, and probate courts.
• For court dockets, please visit our Case Information and Calendars page.
• To request access to juvenile records, please fill out and return Request and Response To Access Juvenile Court Records form.

Environmental Health Records:

Records relating to well, septic, and environment issues are generally not retained by the county. Instead, please contact the Van Buren / Cass District Health Department.

Land, Tax, Parcel, Maps, and other GIS Data:

Maps of parcels, along with relevant parcel information, such as addresses, owner information, tax valuation information, and parcel tax descriptions can be accessed through our Parcel Viewer tool. Other land records, such as deeds and other real estate records, can be accessed via the Register of Deeds online lookup tool.

Sheriff’s Office

To request FOIA records from the sheriff’s office, such as bodycam footage and police reports, please fill out the Sheriff FOIA request form.

Vital Records

Marriage certificates, marriage licenses, and death certificate request forms can be accessed via the County Clerk.