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  2. How Do I...

    1. Apply For
      1. A County Job
      2. A Marriage License
      3. A Permit
    2. Contact
      1. Business Directory
      2. County Officials
    3. Find
      1. A Park
      2. A Prescription Drug Card
      3. A Map
      4. Boating
      5. Camping
      6. County Ordinances
      7. Fort Osage
      8. Golfing
      9. Household Hazardous Waste Disposal
      10. Missouri Town 1855
      11. Soccer
      12. Softball
      13. Swimming
      14. Tax Records
      15. Veteran Benefits/Services
    4. Handle My Taxes
      1. Appeal Tax Assessment
      2. Get a Tax Receipt
      3. Pay Taxes Online
      4. Research a Tax Account
    5. Learn About
      1. Clean Out Your Files
      2. Help The Environment
      3. Making a Complaint
      4. Recycling Centers
      5. Running for Office
    6. Obtain
      1. Birth Certificate
      2. Death Certificate
      3. Marriage License
      4. Military Discharge Papers (DD214)
      5. Tax Receipt
      6. Prescription Drug Card
    7. Pay Online
      1. Municipal Court Tickets
      2. Tax Search & Payments
    8. Register
      1. A Vehicle
      2. To Vote
    9. Report
      1. A Concern
      2. Fraud
    10. Search County Records
      1. Bidding Opportunities
      2. Food Service Inspections
      3. Glossary of Terms
      4. Legislative Agendas
      5. Legislative Journals
      6. Marriage Licenses
      7. Parcel Map Viewer
        1. Parcel Map Viewer
          1. Parcel Map Viewer
      8. Real Estate Sales
      9. Recording Documents
      10. Sexual Offender Registry
      11. Tax Search / Payments
      12. Traffic Tickets
      13. Uniform Commercial Code
    11. Sign Up For
      1. Alerts
      2. Notifications
    12. View
      1. Archive Center
      2. Audits Issued
      3. Bid Opportunities
      4. Community Events
      5. Community News
      6. County Charter
      7. County Code
      8. FAQs
      9. Photo Gallery
    13. Visit
      1. County Historic Sites
      2. County Lakes
    14. Vehicle Tax Education
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  3. Services

    1. Development Services
      1. Bids, RFPs, & RFQs
      2. Development Codes & Manuals
      3. Doing Business With the County
      4. Economic Development
        1. Economic Development
      5. Uniform Commercial Code
      6. Vendor Registration
      7. Zoning Applications & Permits
    2. Environmental Services
      1. Energy Conservation
      2. Environmental Programs
      3. Household Hazardous Waste Disposal
      4. Recycling Centers
      5. Water Conservation
    3. Online Services
      1. Alerts
      2. Bidding Opportunities
      3. Check Property Code Violations
      4. Food Service Inspections
      5. Inmate Online Search
      6. Interactive Maps
      7. Job Search
      8. Legislative Agendas & Journals
      9. Online Property Searches
      10. Sexual Offender Registry
    4. Parks + Rec
      1. makeyourdayhere.com
      2. Parks + Rec Online Registration
    5. Payment Services
      1. Municipal Court Tickets
      2. Tax Search & Payments
    6. Public Records
      1. Marriage License Information & Searches
      2. Online Forms
      3. Online Property Searches
      4. Parcel Segregation/Merge Search
      5. Real Estate Sales Search
      6. Recorded Documents
    7. Search County Records
    8. Veterans Benefits/Services
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  4. Business

    1. Assessment
    2. Bid Opportunities
    3. Business Directory
    4. Clean Out Your Files Day
    5. Collection Department & Taxes
    6. Compliance Review Office
    7. County Charter
    8. County Code
    9. Development Codes & Manuals
    10. Doing Business with Jackson County
    11. Economic Development
    12. Finance & Purchasing
    13. Public Building Corporation
    14. Public Works Bids, RFQs & RFPs
    15. Real Estate Sales Search
    16. Tax Search & Payments
    17. Vendor Registration & Bid Opportunities
    18. Zoning & Subdivision Applications
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  5. Government

    1. Elected Officials
    2. County Charter
    3. County Code
    4. County Executive
      1. Administrators
      2. Biography
      3. Request A Meeting / Attendance At Event
      4. 2017 State of the County Address
      5. 2016 State of the County Address
    5. County Prosecutor
    6. County Sheriff
    7. County Legislature
      1. Who Are My County Legislators?
      2. Legislative Calendar
      3. 1st District At-Large: Jalen Anderson
      4. 2nd District At-Large: Crystal Williams
      5. 3rd District At-Large: Tony Miller
      6. 1st District: Scott Burnett
      7. 2nd District: Ronald E. Finley
      8. 3rd District: Charlie Franklin
      9. 4th District: Dan Tarwater III
      10. 5th District: Jeanie Lauer
      11. 6th District: Theresa Galvin
      12. Agendas/Journals
      13. Weekly Activity Calendar
      14. Committees
      15. Legislative Auditor
      16. Legislative Clerk
      17. Rules of the Legislature (PDF)
    8. Courts
      1. 16th Circuit Court
      2. County Municipal Court
        1. Court Docket
        2. Court Fines Schedule
        3. Jackson County Code
        4. Payments
          1. Pay Tickets Online
        5. County Municipal Court Amnesty Days
    9. Departments
      1. Assessment
        1. Assessment Notices
          1. How Assessment Works (VIDEO)
        2. Board of Equalization
        3. File Personal Property Declaration
        4. Individual Personal Property Accounts
          1. Adding a Vehicle
          2. Creating a New Account
          3. Obtaining a Statement of Non-Assessment
          4. Ownership Change
          5. Removing a Vehicle
        5. Mailing Address vs. Location
        6. Tax Credits
        7. How Assessment Works (VIDEO)
      2. Collection
        1. 2018 Tax Season
          1. Paying Online
          2. Senior Quad Payment Program
        2. 2019 Tax Sale Property
        3. 2018 Tax Levy Charts
          1. Agency Tax Levy Chart (PDF)
          2. Real Estate Tax Levy Chart (PDF)
          3. Personal Property Tax Levy Chart (PDF)
        4. Board of Equalization
          1. Board of Equalization FAQs
        5. Find Property Tax Receipt
        6. Military Personnel
        7. Paying Your Taxes Online
        8. Personal Property Tax
          1. Certificate of Non-Assessment
          2. Duplicate Tax Receipts
          3. Online Payment
          4. Tax Deadline Information
        9. Real Estate Property Tax
          1. Buying Tax Foreclosure Property
          2. Certified City Assessments
          3. Determination of Taxes
          4. Disabled POW Real Property Tax Exemption (PDF)
          5. Duplicate Tax Receipts
          6. Escrow Taxes
          7. New Purchaser/Seller Information
          8. Online Property Search
          9. Real Property Tax Exemption (PDF)
        10. Research Tax Account
        11. Senior Quad Payment Program
        12. State Tax Credits
        13. Tax Payment Methods
          1. Senior Quad Payment Program
          2. Pay Senior Quad Payments Online
        14. Vehicle Licensing
        15. Where Are My Tax Dollars Going?
      3. COMBAT
      4. Communications
      5. Corrections
        1. Current Employment Opportunities
        2. 16th Circuit Court
        3. Bond Information
        4. County Prosecutor
        5. County Sheriff
        6. Inmate Information
          1. Commissary
          2. Mail Policy (PDF)
          3. Phone Use
          4. Property
          5. Trial Clothing
        7. Inmate Search
        8. Prioritizing Safety
        9. Visitation
          1. Policies
          2. Video Visitation Services
        10. Facility Condition Assessment - Presentation
        11. Facility Condition Assessment - Executive Summary
        12. Facility Condition Assessment - Full Report
        13. Jail Legislative Audit Report
        14. Women In Corrections
        15. Celebrating the International Community at JCDC
      6. County Counselor
        1. County Charter
        2. County Code
      7. County Legislative Auditor
        1. Compliance Review Office
        2. Forms
        3. Housing Resources Commission
        4. Outside Agency Funding
        5. Report Fraud
        6. 2019 Outside Agency Funded Agencies
      8. County Legislative Clerk
        1. 2018 Elections
          1. Candidacy Qualifications
          2. Register To Vote
        2. Candidacy Qualifications
        3. County Legislature
        4. County Legislative Meetings Schedule
        5. Firework Sales: Permits & Licenses
        6. Notary Public Applications
        7. Register to Vote
        8. Rules of the Jackson County Legislature (PDF)
        9. Weekly Activity Calendar
      9. Economic Development
        1. Economic Development Authority
        2. Latest Updates
        3. Online Resources
        4. Parcel Information
        5. Quick Maps
      10. Emergency Preparedness
        1. Emergency Alerts
        2. Earthquake Threat
        3. Excessive Heat
          1. Cooling Centers
          2. Heat Health Recommendations
          3. Heat Illness Symptoms
          4. Weather Warnings & Advisories
        4. Faith-Based Organization Shelter Program
        5. Jackson County Emergency Management Team
        6. Online Resources
        7. Severe Weather Tips
        8. Winter Weather Preparedness
          1. Extreme Cold Warming Centers
        9. Historic Flooding
      11. Environmental Health
        1. Applications
          1. Catering Operation Permit Application
          2. Farmer's Market Permit Application
          3. Food Establishment & Mobile Food Pre-Opening
          4. Temporary Food Permit Application
          5. Aquatic Venue Permit Application
        2. Environmental Health Fees at a Glance
        3. Food Handler Permits
        4. Restaurant Complaint Form
        5. Aquatic Complaint Form
      12. Ethics, Human Relations & Citizen Complaints
        1. Ethics Commission
        2. Filing a Complaint
      13. Finance & Purchasing
        1. Doing Business With The County
        2. Purchasing
          1. Bid Opportunities
          2. Vendor Registration
        3. Financial Reports
          1. 2019 Adopted Budget
          2. 2018 Adopted Budget
          3. 2017 Adopted Budget
          4. 2016 Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports
          5. 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
          6. 2018 Pension Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
          7. 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
      14. Geographic Information Systems
        1. Addresses
        2. Current Projects
        3. GIS Related Links
        4. Interactive Maps
        5. Map Orders
          1. Data Format Explanations
        6. Plat Procedures
        7. What GIS Is & Purpose
      15. Health Department
        1. Health Department Website
        2. Environmental Health Division
      16. Human Resources
        1. Employee Emergency Call-In
        2. Jobs
        3. Personnel Rules (PDF)
      17. Medical Examiner
        1. Affiliations & Community Partners
        2. Attention: Primary Care or Attending Physicians
        3. Fellowships
        4. Forensic Divisions
          1. Administration Division
          2. Autopsy Division
          3. Investigation Division
          4. Operations Division
          5. Pathology Division
        5. Grief & Mourning Support
        6. Indigent Cremation Application (PDF)
        7. Managing Mass Fatality Events
        8. New Medical Examiner's Office Opens
        9. One of the Best in the Country
          1. Model for Others
        10. Relinquishment of Right of Sepulcher
        11. Services
          1. Autopsy Report Request
          2. Death Certificate
          3. Forms for Reporting Deaths
          4. Organ & Tissue Donation
          5. Request Other Reports
          6. Indigent Cremation Application (PDF)
        12. Services for Referral Counties
        13. Unclaimed Bodies
        14. Opioid Epidemic Article
      18. Parks + Rec
      19. Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
      20. Public Administrator
        1. State Public Administrator Statute
        2. 16th Circuit Court
      21. Public Works
        1. Bids, RFPs & RFQs
          1. Vendor Registration
        2. Boards
          1. Board of Adjustment
          2. Plan Commission
        3. County Projects
          1. Completed Projects
            1. Browning Road Bridge
            2. Lee's Summit Road
            3. Sheriff's Office: New Headquarters Remodel
            4. Stone Arch Bridge Renovations
          2. Plans & Specifications
          3. Road Maintenance
            1. 2018 Road Program
            2. 2017 Road Projects
            3. 2016 Road Projects
            4. Road Surface Types
              1. Protect Your Vehicle & Property
          4. Under Construction
          5. Rock Island Rail Corridor Authority
        4. Development Codes & Manuals
          1. Building Code
          2. Permits
          3. Sewer Districts
        5. Facilities Management
        6. Land Use Plan
        7. Related Links
          1. Local Public Works Departments
          2. Registered Land Corner Documents Request (PDF)
        8. Report a Problem
          1. Animal Control
          2. Food Establishment Complaints
          3. Illegal Dumping
          4. Nuisance Complaints
          5. Road Maintenance Request
        9. Snow Operations
        10. Stormwater Management
          1. Stormwater Management
        11. Yard Waste Collection Center
        12. Zoning & Subdivision Applications
      22. Recorder of Deeds
        1. Available Documents
          1. Court Records
          2. Plat & Survey Archives DVD Set
          3. Vital Records
        2. Deed Preparation
          1. Changing the Name on a Deed
          2. Document Rejections
          3. Instruments of Conveyance
          4. Redacting Personal Information
        3. E-Recording
        4. Frequently Asked Questions
        5. Glossary of Terms
        6. Marriage Licenses
          1. Obtaining a Marriage License
          2. Applicants 17 & Under
          3. Civil Union Registry
          4. Copy Services
          5. Marriage ID Requirements
          6. License Fees
          7. Marriage License Search
        7. Military DD214
        8. Recording Fees
          1. Fee Distribution
        9. Recording Requirements
        10. Searching Documents Online
          1. Copy Services
          2. Personal Privacy
          3. Plat & Survey Archives
          4. Recording Fees
        11. Searching Public Records
        12. Uniform Commercial Code
          1. Search Filings
      23. Rock Island Rail Corridor Authority
        1. Rock Island Rail Corridor FAQ
    10. Boards & Commissions
      1. Apply To Serve On A Board or Commission
      2. Animal Welfare Commission
      3. Board of Equalization
        1. Board of Equalization Appeals
          1. BOE Policies & Procedures
      4. Children's Services Fund Board
      5. Community Mental Health Fund Board
        1. Mental Health Services
      6. Developmental Disability Services - EITAS
      7. Domestic Violence Shelters
      8. Drug Commission
      9. Ethics, Human Relations & Citizen Complaints
        1. Howard Lotven (District 1)
        2. Rafaela Garcia (District 1)
        3. Rosemary Lowe (District 2)
        4. Keith Curnutt (District 3)
        5. Jabbar Wesley (District 4)
        6. Roger Davis (District 6)
      10. Freedom Wall Commission
        1. Monument Dedication
        2. Monument Recognition Criteria
        3. Monument Honorees
        4. Submit A Nomination
      11. Housing Resources Commission
      12. Jail Task Force
      13. Jane Fifield Flynn Historic Resources
      14. Land Trust of Jackson County
      15. Merit System
      16. Mid-Continent Library
      17. Pension Plan Board of Trustees
      18. Plan Commission
      19. Public Building Corporation
      20. Sports Complex Authority
      21. Stormwater Commission
      22. Truman Medical Center
    11. Ethics Code (PDF)
    12. Financial Reports
      1. 2019 Adopted Budget
      2. 2018 Adopted Budget
      3. 2017 Adopted Budget
      4. Annual Pension Audits
      5. Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports
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  6. Public Safety

    1. Animal Control
    2. Corrections
      1. Bond Information
      2. Inmate Information
      3. Inmate Search
      4. Regional Correctional Center
      5. Visitation
    3. Courts
      1. 16th Circuit Court
      2. County Municipal Court
    4. Emergency Preparedness
      1. Emergency Alerts
      2. Emergency Management Team
      3. Excessive Heat
      4. Severe Weather
    5. Prosecutor’s Office
    6. Sheriff's Office
      1. Community Resources Unit
      2. Conceal Carry Permits
      3. Investigations
      4. Items Prohibited In Courthouses
      5. Sex Offender Registry
      6. Traffic Safety
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  7. About Us

    1. County Holidays
    2. County News
      1. Associate of the Month: July 2019
      2. Enjoying eight years as seasonal employee
      3. Associate of the Month: June 2019
      4. Back to School Bash
      5. Associate of the Month: May 2019
      6. Associate of the Month: April 2019
      7. Associate of the Month: March 2019
      8. Sheriff's Office Easter Egg Hunt
      9. Associate of the Month: February 2019
      10. Associate of the Month: January 2019
    3. News Releases
    4. Our Community
      1. Monument to Freedom, Justice And Courage
      2. Chambers of Commerce
      3. Community Events
      4. Community News
      5. Community Voice
      6. County Communities
      7. Environmental Programs
        1. Electronics Recycling
        2. Energy Conservation
        3. Habitat for Humanity ReStore
        4. Help the Environment
        5. Household Air Pollution
        6. Household Hazardous Waste Disposal
          1. Disposal Sites
        7. Junk Your Junk Mail
        8. Programs & Activities
        9. Recycling Centers
        10. Rediscover Your Library
        11. Summer Lawn Green Tips
        12. Trigen Energy Savings Project
        13. Water Conservation
        14. Yard Waste
      8. Health Services
      9. Jackson County Constructing Futures Program
        1. Helping the Homeless
        2. Training the Unskilled and/or Unemployed
        3. Vacant Houses
      10. Little Blue Trace Trail
      11. Local Media
      12. Our Web Policies
      13. Public Notices
    5. Our Government
      1. Our Charter
      2. Our Ethics Code (PDF)
      3. Our County Calendar
      4. Our Statistics
      5. Photo Gallery
      6. Public Notices
      7. Report a Concern
      8. Year End Reports
    6. Our History
      1. County History
        1. County Judges 1826 - 1922
        2. County Judges 1923 - 1972
        3. Executive & Legislators: 1973 - 1998
        4. Executive & Legislators: 1999 - Present
        5. In The Beginning: 1826-1850
        6. Civil War Era Through The World War I: 1852-1922
        7. Truman Years to Truman Complex: 1923 - 1972
        8. A New Form of Government: 1973 - Present
      2. Historic Sites
        1. Truman Courthouse
          1. 4-Year Renovation Odyssey
          2. Courthouse Factsheet
          3. Rededication Ceremony
          4. Rededication Photos
          5. Stewards of History
    7. Our Schools
      1. Community Colleges
      2. Private Schools
      3. School Districts
      4. Universities
    8. Visit Us
      1. Events & Attractions
      2. Historic Sites
      3. Lakes
      4. Parks
    9. Website Policies
      1. Accessibility
      2. Privacy
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  8. Feature Links

    1. County News
    2. Sheriff's Deputies Honored
    3. Health Services District Formed
    4. Rail Corridor Awarded For Historic Preservation
    5. Beaches, Boating and Biking Oh My!
    6. Legislature Supports DACA
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