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Ohio public records are kept by state agencies, the courts and county offices. RecordsDirectory.com lists the official statewide record offices for Ohio and has a page for each of its 88 counties (combined 2024 population estimate: 11,883,304).
🏛 Ohio Record Offices at a Glance
| State vital records office | Ohio Department of Health – Bureau of Vital Statistics Source: odh.ohio.gov ↗ |
| Sex offender registry | Ohio Sex Offender Registry (Ohio Attorney General eSORN) Source: ohio.esorn.net ↗ |
| Courts | Supreme Court of Ohio |
| Land records | In Ohio, deeds, mortgages and other land records are recorded by the County Recorder. |
| Divorce | Divorce cases in Ohio are heard by the Court of Common Pleas (Domestic Relations) in each county. |
| Probate | Wills and estates in Ohio are handled by the Probate Division of the Court of Common Pleas in each county. |
| Counties | Most Ohio court, land and probate records are kept at the county level, so RecordsDirectory.com lists Ohio records county by county. |
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