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Nebraska Public Records Search
Nebraska public records are kept by state agencies, the courts and county offices. RecordsDirectory.com lists the official statewide record offices for Nebraska and has a page for each of its 93 counties (combined 2024 population estimate: 2,005,465).
🏛 Nebraska Record Offices at a Glance
| State vital records office | Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services – Vital Records Source: dhhs.ne.gov ↗ |
| Sex offender registry | Nebraska Sex Offender Registry (Nebraska State Patrol) Source: sor.nebraska.gov ↗ |
| Courts | Nebraska Judicial Branch |
| Criminal cases | In Nebraska, felony cases are tried in District Court; misdemeanors, traffic cases and felony preliminary hearings are handled by County Court. |
| Land records | In Nebraska, deeds, mortgages and other land records are recorded by the county Register of Deeds (the County Clerk in smaller counties). |
| Divorce | Divorce cases in Nebraska are heard by the District Court in each county. |
| Probate | Wills and estates in Nebraska are handled by the County Court in each county. |
| Counties | Most Nebraska court, land and probate records are kept at the county level, so RecordsDirectory.com lists Nebraska records county by county. |
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Largest Counties
Douglas County
Pop. 601,158
Lancaster County
Pop. 332,857
Sarpy County
Pop. 204,828
Hall County
Pop. 62,869
Buffalo County
Pop. 51,156
Dodge County
Pop. 37,884
Scotts Bluff County
Pop. 35,734
Madison County
Pop. 35,579
Platte County
Pop. 35,499
Lincoln County
Pop. 33,319
Adams County
Pop. 31,196
Cass County
Pop. 27,492
All 93 Nebraska Counties
Adams County
Pop. 31,196
Antelope County
Pop. 6,358
Arthur County
Pop. 423
Banner County
Pop. 665
Blaine County
Pop. 454
Boone County
Pop. 5,354
Box Butte County
Pop. 10,703
Boyd County
Pop. 1,700
Brown County
Pop. 2,877
Buffalo County
Pop. 51,156
Burt County
Pop. 6,727
Butler County
Pop. 8,439
Cass County
Pop. 27,492
Cedar County
Pop. 8,262
Chase County
Pop. 3,764
Cherry County
Pop. 5,558
Cheyenne County
Pop. 9,602
Clay County
Pop. 6,103
Colfax County
Pop. 10,826
Cuming County
Pop. 8,952
Custer County
Pop. 10,487
Dakota County
Pop. 21,335
Dawes County
Pop. 8,003
Dawson County
Pop. 24,554
Deuel County
Pop. 1,892
Dixon County
Pop. 5,526
Dodge County
Pop. 37,884
Douglas County
Pop. 601,158
Dundy County
Pop. 1,581
Fillmore County
Pop. 5,512
Franklin County
Pop. 2,817
Frontier County
Pop. 2,536
Furnas County
Pop. 4,468
Gage County
Pop. 21,687
Garden County
Pop. 1,804
Garfield County
Pop. 1,707
Gosper County
Pop. 1,808
Grant County
Pop. 573
Greeley County
Pop. 2,197
Hall County
Pop. 62,869
Hamilton County
Pop. 9,564
Harlan County
Pop. 3,018
Hayes County
Pop. 846
Hitchcock County
Pop. 2,460
Holt County
Pop. 10,120
Hooker County
Pop. 698
Howard County
Pop. 6,572
Jefferson County
Pop. 7,136
Johnson County
Pop. 5,219
Kearney County
Pop. 6,749
Keith County
Pop. 8,148
Keya Paha County
Pop. 819
Kimball County
Pop. 3,305
Knox County
Pop. 8,306
Lancaster County
Pop. 332,857
Lincoln County
Pop. 33,319
Logan County
Pop. 694
Loup County
Pop. 582
Madison County
Pop. 35,579
McPherson County
Pop. 376
Merrick County
Pop. 7,837
Morrill County
Pop. 4,485
Nance County
Pop. 3,262
Nemaha County
Pop. 7,046
Nuckolls County
Pop. 4,094
Otoe County
Pop. 16,591
Pawnee County
Pop. 2,521
Perkins County
Pop. 2,779
Phelps County
Pop. 9,042
Pierce County
Pop. 7,334
Platte County
Pop. 35,499
Polk County
Pop. 5,269
Red Willow County
Pop. 10,409
Richardson County
Pop. 7,666
Rock County
Pop. 1,241
Saline County
Pop. 14,740
Sarpy County
Pop. 204,828
Saunders County
Pop. 23,406
Scotts Bluff County
Pop. 35,734
Seward County
Pop. 17,769
Sheridan County
Pop. 4,927
Sherman County
Pop. 2,949
Sioux County
Pop. 1,099
Stanton County
Pop. 5,756
Thayer County
Pop. 4,870
Thomas County
Pop. 634
Thurston County
Pop. 6,637
Valley County
Pop. 4,032
Washington County
Pop. 21,254
Wayne County
Pop. 9,870
Webster County
Pop. 3,326
Wheeler County
Pop. 808
York County
Pop. 14,375
Largest Nebraska Cities & Towns
Nebraska has 913 cities, towns, villages and townships with their own page. These are the 120 largest; open a county above to see every community in it.
Ainsworth
Pop. 1,605
Albion
Pop. 1,740
Alliance
Pop. 8,071
Arlington
Pop. 1,320
Ashland
Pop. 3,369
Ashland Township
Pop. 3,466
Atkinson
Pop. 1,315
Atkinson Township
Pop. 1,745
Auburn
Pop. 3,473
Aurora
Pop. 4,715
Battle Creek
Pop. 1,178
Beatrice
Pop. 12,290
Beaver Lake
Pop. 2,114
Bellevue
Pop. 64,777
Bennington
Pop. 1,982
Blackbird Township
Pop. 1,253
Blair
Pop. 7,999
Blue Springs-Wymore Township
Pop. 1,739
Bridgeport
Pop. 1,445
Broken Bow
Pop. 3,491
Buccaneer Bay
Pop. 1,418
Central City
Pop. 3,145
Chadron
Pop. 5,094
Chalco
Pop. 10,595
Clear Creek Township
Pop. 1,285
Columbus
Pop. 25,126
Columbus Township
Pop. 3,367
Cozad
Pop. 3,945
Crete
Pop. 7,580
Dakota City
Pop. 2,047
David City
Pop. 3,026
Eagle
Pop. 1,205
Exeter-Fairmont Consolidated Township
Pop. 1,262
Fairbury
Pop. 3,858
Falls City
Pop. 4,044
Fremont
Pop. 28,190
Fullerton
Pop. 1,217
Geneva
Pop. 2,127
Gering
Pop. 8,554
Gibbon
Pop. 1,917
Gordon
Pop. 1,442
Gothenburg
Pop. 3,447
Grand Island
Pop. 53,250
Gretna
Pop. 9,207
Hartington
Pop. 1,501
Hastings
Pop. 25,152
Hebron
Pop. 1,397
Hickman
Pop. 3,285
Holdrege
Pop. 5,556
Imperial
Pop. 1,975
Kearney
Pop. 34,741
Kimball
Pop. 2,204
La Vista
Pop. 16,543
Lexington
Pop. 11,205
Lincoln
Pop. 300,619
Louisville
Pop. 1,394
Madison
Pop. 2,169
McCook
Pop. 7,212
Milford
Pop. 2,211
Minden
Pop. 3,116
Mitchell
Pop. 1,521
Nebraska City
Pop. 7,526
Neligh
Pop. 1,556
Norfolk
Pop. 26,162
North Bend
Pop. 1,260
North Platte
Pop. 22,549
O'Neill
Pop. 3,578
Oakland
Pop. 1,355
Offutt AFB
Pop. 6,074
Ogallala
Pop. 4,751
Omaha
Pop. 489,265
Ord
Pop. 2,091
Ord Township
Pop. 2,449
Papillion
Pop. 25,248
Pender Township
Pop. 1,244
Pierce
Pop. 1,843
Plainview
Pop. 1,267
Platte Township
Pop. 2,205
Plattsmouth
Pop. 6,887
Pohocco Township
Pop. 1,272
Ralston
Pop. 6,443
Ravenna
Pop. 1,383
Richland Township
Pop. 1,419
Schuyler
Pop. 6,708
Scottsbluff
Pop. 14,323
Seward
Pop. 7,752
Sidney
Pop. 6,483
South Sioux City
Pop. 13,910
Springfield
Pop. 1,531
St. Paul
Pop. 2,441
Stanton
Pop. 1,505
Stromsburg
Pop. 1,159
Superior
Pop. 1,829
Sutherland
Pop. 1,230
Sutton
Pop. 1,443
Syracuse
Pop. 2,015
Tecumseh
Pop. 1,697
Tekamah
Pop. 1,717
Township 1 Municipality
Pop. 4,488
Township 2 Municipality
Pop. 3,208
Township 5 Municipality
Pop. 1,223
Township 6 Municipality
Pop. 1,588
Township 7 Municipality
Pop. 2,748
Union Township
Pop. 2,071
Valentine
Pop. 2,642
Valley
Pop. 3,336
Wahoo
Pop. 4,970
Wakefield
Pop. 1,516
Wakefield Township
Pop. 1,373
Waverly
Pop. 4,543
Wayne
Pop. 6,229
West Point
Pop. 3,460
Wilber
Pop. 1,952
Winnebago Township
Pop. 1,962
Wisner
Pop. 1,233
Wood River
Pop. 1,164
Woodland Park
Pop. 1,657
Wymore
Pop. 1,345
York
Pop. 8,179
Yutan
Pop. 1,442