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Morgan County Background Information

The state of Ohio is the home state of Morgan County. Back in 2020, there were 13,802 total citizens. The current county seat in Morgan County is McConnelsville.

The county was created in 1817 and later organized in 1819.

It is named in honor of Daniel Morgan, an officer in the American Revolutionary War.

Morgan County Arrest Records

Arrest records are kept on every crime in Morgan County. All crimes in Morgan County are separated into two sections in the crime report. The sections in question are violent crime and property crime. Property crimes include things such as burglary, vehicle theft, and larceny. Robbery, aggravated assault, murder, and forcible rape make up the violent crime section. There were 21 violent and 91 property crimes in Morgan County in 2021. Morgan County Sheriff’s Office can be contacted at:

Morgan County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff: Douglas McGrath
37 East Main Street
McConnelsville, OH 43756
Phone: (740) -962-4044
Fax: (740) 9962-4035

Morgan County Criminal Records

Morgan County records criminal activities in the form of criminal records. These records cover murders, rapes, burglaries, arson, motor vehicle theft, assaults, and crimes of sexual nature. In Morgan County, records of criminals are constantly kept up-to-date. Residents of Morgan County can use a search tool to get access to the records in question. Any individual on release or in jail can be searched for using the tool. The Morgan County sex offenders register is continuously updated. Every offender living, working, attending school, or imprisoned in the Morgan County area must be on this list. This register is accessible by the public in Morgan County.

Members of the public living in Morgan County can also search online for offenders in the area. Users must simply enter a zip code to serve as the center of their search. The website will then list all sex offenders found within a given radius of this pinpointed location in Morgan County. Specific offenders can also be found using the search tool. These include any jailed or non-compliant offender in Morgan County.

Morgan County Court Records

In Morgan County, the county courthouse oversees all criminal, family, and civil cases. All Morgan County court records are preserved by the court clerk. In Ohio, the District Court of Appeals has the power to oversee any lower court case in which one party appeals. The District Court of Appeals oversees all contested decisions made at the 88 county superior and trial courts, including Morgan County. Morgan County residents can access court records at:

Morgan County Courthouse
37 E Main St #2,
McConnelsville, OH 43756
Phone: (740) 962-4031
Fax: (740) 962-2895

NOTE - Regular records in Morgan County can be transmitted by mail, email, or fax, but official Morgan County records may only be delivered via mail.

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Morgan County Public Records

Every Morgan County resident, and Ohio resident for that matter, has vital records kept on them. These records collect a person's most crucial life events. Marriages, divorces, births, and deaths are all reported in these vital files. Counties such as Morgan County help to collect these documents. Morgan County is put in charge of accumulating and sending copies of the records to the state.

In Ohio, marriage records are currently collected by individual county clerks. Marriage records in Morgan County are kept at the Ohio Bureau of Vital Statistics. The files that Morgan County would have gathered on these life events consist of birth certificates, death certificates, divorce decrees, marriage licenses, divorce certificates, marriage certificates, and more. One central registry is used to store all vital records, including those from Morgan County. In the future, these vital records can be utilized for statistical analysis.

In Morgan County, citizens can access and copy these vital records because they are located in the public domain. The 1963 Ohio Open Records Law gave all locals of Morgan County the fundamental right to access these public records. Morgan County inhabitants can access public records in-person at:

Morgan County Clerk’s Office
Morgan County Courthouse
19 East Main Street
McConnelsville, OH 43756
Phone: (740) 962-4752
Fax: (740) 962-4522

Morgan County does charge per record copy. Marriage certificates in Morgan County will set a person back $50 for a first copy.

NOTE - To get hold of records, Morgan County occupants must follow a number of guidelines. The office has opening times of 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. EST from Monday to Friday. A photo ID is needed to obtain records in Morgan County. Either a driver's license or state ID would suffice. Morgan County public record seekers must also put their request for records in writing.