Ohio public records are broadly accessible. The Secretary of State covers business filings, county auditors publish free property data, county clerks of court post dockets, and the Department of Commerce runs unclaimed funds. The Attorney General hosts eSORN, the sex-offender registry.
Good to know: Ohio county auditor sites offer some of the most detailed free property and sales data in the country.
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County Auditor sites provide free parcel, value, and sales data.
Most county clerks publish free online dockets.
Free entity, agent, and filing-document search.
Free statewide death index; certified copies fee-based.
Free county criminal dockets and inmate search.
Free status; full voter file downloadable from county boards.
Free statewide registry search with mapping.
Free statewide search and claims.
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