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STATE PUBLIC RECORDS

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

There are many places to look in regards to state public records. A source of good information on a people search is the state professional licensing board division, which usually falls under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of State, for the particular state.
Basically, this office handles the application, examination, and maintains standards for specific professions within the particular state, or this type of state public records. This office will also handle complaints and will often make those complaints a part of the state records and available for anyone who asks. Here is an example list of professions that are licensed by the State of Georgia:
Accountants Architects/Interior Design Athlete Agents Athletic Trainers Auctioneers Barbers Chiropractic Examiners Conditioned Air Contractors Cosmetologists Dentists Dietitians Dispensing Opticians Electrical Contractors Engineers & Land Surveyors Foresters Funeral Service General Contractors Geologists Hearing Aid Dealers Landscape Architects Librarians Licensed Practical Nurses Low Voltage Contractors Massage Therapists Nursing Home Administrators Occupational Therapists Optometrists Pharmacists Physical Therapists Plumbing Contractors Podiatrists Private Detectives Professional Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists Psychologists Registered Nurses Residential Contractors Security Guards Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists Used Motor Vehicle Dealers Used Motor Vehicle Parts Dealers Utility Contractors Veterinarians Water/Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators
To get state public records and to find out if the subject of your people search has affiliation with a particular state’s licensing board, you need to know if he or she works in an industry that requires state licensing. Next, find the particular state’s licensing board. Finally, contact the licensing board either by phone or letter and request the public records on the licensing information on the subject of your people search. If successfully, you will find out such information as the current address, the license status, and other information that may give you a solid lead on your person.
Right up there with one of the most overlooked resources of state public records are boat and vessel registrations. Like an automobile, anyone who has a watercraft in America must have the thing registered to be legal. Thus, if you are doing a people search, it is important to know if the person you are looking for has a water hobby, or maybe the person lives on a boat or yacht. If so, you are most like to find a vessel registered to the owner, which is a part of the public records at the state level. If you get a hit, you will be able to obtain the owner’s address, date of birth and information on the boat or vessel, including its history.
On the next page is the list of state agencies that handle boat and vessel registration, the state agencies from which you may obtain these state public records. In some states, it is the division of motor vehicle that handles it, and in other states it is the fish and game people. In any case, follow the link for the state you are looking for and contact the appropriate people. You should be able to provide a name for them to do an alpha search (alphabetical search by name).
Alabama Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources
64 N. Union Street
Montgomery, Alabama 36130
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
1420 E 6th Ave.
PO Box 200701
Helena, MT 59620-0701
Alaska Department of Fish & Game (State Public Record)
P.O. Box 115526
1255 W. 8th Street
Juneau, AK 99811-5526
Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality
1200 “N” Street, Suite 400
PO Box 98922
Lincoln, Nebraska 68509
Arizona Game and Fish Department
5000 W. Carefree Highway
Phoenix, AZ 85086-5000
Nevada Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
901 S. Stewart St., Ste. 5001 | Carson City, Nevada 89701
Arkansas Game & Fish Commission
2 Natural Resources Drive – Little Rock, AR 72205
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
11 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
California Department of Fish & Game
DFG Headquarters
1416 9th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife
P. O. Box 402
Trenton, NJ 08625-0402
Colorado Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Suite 719
Denver, CO 80203
New Mexico Game & Fish (State Public Record)
One Wildlife Way
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507
Connecticut Department of
Environmental Protection
79 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106-5127
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
625 Broadway
Albany, New York 12233-0001
State of Delaware
Division of Fish & Wildlife
89 Kings Highway
Dover, DE 19901
North Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources
NCDENR, 1601 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1601
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Farris Bryant Building • 620 S. Meridian St. • Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600
North Dakota State Fish and Game Department
100 N. Bismarck Expressway Bismarck, ND 58501-5095
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, SE Suite 1252, Atlanta, GA 30334
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
2045 Morse Road, Building G
Columbus OH 43229-6693
Hawaii Depart of Land & Natural Resources
Kalanimoku Building
1151 Punchbowl St.
Honolulu, HI 96813
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
1801 N Lincoln Blvd
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Idaho Fish and Game (State Public Record)
P.O. Box 25
Boise, ID 83707
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
3406 Cherry Avenue N.E.
Salem, OR 97303-4924
IL Dept. of Natural Resources
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, IL 62702-1271
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Rachel Carson State Office Building
PO Box 8767
400 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8767
Indiana Natural Resources Commission
Indiana Government Center North
100 North Senate Avenue, Room N501
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
235 Promenade St., Providence, RI 02908-5767
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
502 E. 9th Street, Des Moines, IA 50319-0034
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Rembert C. Dennis Building, 1000 Assembly Street, Columbia, SC 29201
Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks Operations Office
512 SE 25th Ave., Pratt, KS 67124
South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks
523 East Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
1 Sportsman’s Lane
Frankfort, KY 40601
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
Ellington Agricultural Center
440 Hogan Rd.
Nashville, TN 37220
Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries
2000 Quail Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Texas Parks and Wildlife
4200 Smith School Road, Austin, TX 78744
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
41 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0041
Utah State Department of Natural Resources
PO Box 145610
1594 W. North Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-5610
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
580 Taylor Avenue
Tawes State Office Building
Annapolis, MD 21401
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
103 South Main Street, Center Building
Waterbury, VT 05671-0301
Department of Fish and Game (State Public Record)
251 Causeway St. #400
Boston, MA. 02114
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
4010 West Broad Street, P.O. Box 11104, Richmond, Virginia 23230
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Mason Building, Sixth Floor, P.O. Box 30028, Lansing MI 48909
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Natural Resources Building
1111 Washington St. SE
Olympia, WA 98501
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
500 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155-4040
West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
State Capitol
Building 3, Room 669
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, E.
Charleston, WV 25305
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
1505 Eastover Drive – Jackson, MS 39211-6374
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
101 S. Webster Street • PO Box 7921 • Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7921
Conservation Commission of Missouri
P.O. Box 180 (zip 65102)
2901 W. Truman Blvd.
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Wyoming Fish and Game Department
5400 Bishop Boulevard
Cheyenne, WY 82006