Houghton County Office Directory

Houghton County Clerk
Houghton County Courthouse, 2nd Floor
401 E. Houghton Ave.
Houghton, MI 49931

 

Hours:
Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Phone
906.482.1150

Contacts/Personnel:
Mary Schoos - County Clerk
Pat Janke - Deputy County Clerk
Nancy Dorvinen - Senior Accounts Processor
Mary Sivonen - Senior Accounts Processor
Services Provided
The services available to the public provided by the clerk’s office are:
  • Vital Records
  • Marriage License
  • Doing Business As
  • Notary Bond Filing
  • Passports
  • Concealed Weapons Applications
  • Military Discharge Filing
  • Genealogy

Vital Records On File For Houghton County
(request form available below)

Births: 1867 to present - index starting 1893 (These records are restricted to person named on the record, a parent named on the record, an heir or legal guardian.)

Deaths: 1867 to present - index starting 1911

Marriage: 1855 to present - indexed all

Naturalization: 1848 - index all (There is limited information on naturalization records prior to 1906, the name of the applicant, the country of former allegiance and the date signed.)

Fees:

Certified Copy: $8.00 (includes search) for first copy / additional copies of same record $3.00 each

Searches done by staff are $8.00 for each record (for a non indexed search an $8.00 fee is charged for every three years we search, the year given, the year preceding and the year following.)

Genealogy Copy: If you wish to search our death, marriage or naturalization records yourself please contact our office to make an appointment. There is a $2.00 fee for copies of any records you search. If we have to type the record, it is an $8.00 fee. Example of records we would type: Birth and Death records prior to 1934.

Marriage License: $20.00 Houghton County residents - $30.00 out of state

Doing Business As: $10.00 filing fee

Passports: $82.00 under 16 years of age valid for 5 years: Age 13 and under need both parent’s signatures, Ages 14 to 17 must sign with 1 parent signature. $97.00 16 years or older valid for 10 years.

Concealed Weapons Application: as of 7-1-2003 $105.00 valid for 5 years

DD214: There is no filing fee, a copy fee of $1.00 for the first copy .50 cents for additional copies. These are restricted to person named on the record or an heir of person named on record.

Vital Records Request Form
For your convenience you may use the form below to request your vital records. Please make check or money order payable to The Houghton County Clerk

The form is presented in PDF format. If you can not view the documents, you will need to install the latest version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader ®.