St. Joseph County Clerk

What St. Joseph County Clerk does

St. Joseph County Clerk is an elected government office within St. Joseph County, Michigan, headquartered at 125 W. Main St. in Centreville. The office administers a defined portfolio of statutory civil services including vital records issuance (birth, death, and marriage certificates and licenses), election administration and early voting, concealed weapons licensing, notary public commissions, assumed business name and co-partnership filings, cemetery records, genealogy research, immigration and naturalization document assistance, and clerk services for the 45th Circuit Court. A secondary site at 602 E. Main St. (County Training Center) is activated during election periods for early voting.

The operating model is not commercial: the office is funded through public budgets and statutory service fees rather than market-driven revenue. Pricing details (vital records, CCW, notary, filings) are not publicly disclosed in the input. Service delivery is primarily in-person during 9 AM – 5 PM business hours, with digital augmentation via the county website (stjosephcountymi.gov) for information dissemination, forms, news releases, and online payments. There is no mobile application, no disclosed API, and no third-party integrations. Customer segments are geographically defined: county residents needing vital records, registered voters during election cycles, firearm permit applicants, local business owners, and notary applicants — all served under horizontal segmentation.

Technically, the Clerk relies on standard government web infrastructure with no proprietary platform, no AI/ML capabilities, and no software products. The product surface is a catalog of statutory services rather than a unified platform. Marketing and distribution are limited to government information channels (county website, press releases, county calendar, in-person service). There are no disclosed funding rounds, no private ownership, no subsidiaries, no M&A activity, and no headcount figures — consistent with a constitutionally bounded public office. The competitive position is a statutory monopoly within the county, with the sole structural moat being exclusive government authority to issue legally certified records and administer elections.

Name

St. Joseph County Clerk

Legal name

St. Joseph County

Website

https://stjosephcountymi.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The St. Joseph County Clerk is an elected government office in Centreville, Michigan, administering vital records, elections, concealed weapons licensing, notary commissions, and 45th Circuit Court records for county residents.

Ownership category

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Product category

Government Administrative Services

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City Clerk/Records, Elections & Civic Engagement (BPAIACAB)

Keywords

• Vital records administration
• Election administration services
• Marriage license services
• Concealed weapons licensing
• Court clerk records

Headquarters

HQ city

Centreville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The St. Joseph County Clerk's office is a county government administrative office that issues official vital records (birth, death, and marriage certificates and licenses), administers elections including voter registration and early voting, processes concealed weapons licenses and notary public commissions, files assumed business name certificates and co-partnership documents, maintains cemetery and genealogy records, and serves as clerk for the 45th Circuit Court. Services are delivered to county residents primarily in person at government offices in Centreville, Michigan, supported by the county website.

Product overview

St. Joseph County Clerk is a government office providing public administrative services to residents of St. Joseph County, Michigan. The office operates as a collection of individual service offerings rather than a unified software product or platform. Services include vital records (birth/death/marriage certificates), election administration, court clerk functions, legal document filings (assumed names, notary commissions), cemetery records, and immigration assistance. These are in-person and paper-based government services delivered through the county government infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Birth Certificate Official birth certificate issuance service for county residents and those with family ties to the county.
• Death Certificate Official death certificate issuance service for use in legal, estate, and personal matters.
• Marriage License Marriage license application and issuance service for couples seeking to be legally married in the county.
• Marriage Certificate Official marriage certificate issuance following a marriage ceremony.
• Elections Division Voter registration, absentee voting, early voting, and election information services for registered voters in the county.
• Concealed Weapons License (CCW) Concealed carry weapon permit application, issuance, and renewal services for qualifying county residents.
• Notary Public Commission Notary public commission processing and related filing services for applicants seeking notary authority.
• Assumed Name Certificate, Co-partnership & Dissolution Filings Filing service for assumed business names, co-partnership registrations, and dissolutions for local business owners.
• Cemetery Records Maintenance of county cemetery records and provision of related information to the public.
• Genealogy Research Historical records research services for genealogical purposes using county vital and cemetery records.
• Immigration & Naturalization Services Immigration and naturalization document services for residents seeking federal immigration paperwork assistance at the county level.
• Medical Examiner Services Medical examiner services supporting death investigation and certification within the county.
• County Clerk – 45th Circuit Court Division Court records management and clerk services for the 45th Circuit Court, including probate and other court division filings.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Regional players

• Berrien County Clerk: County Clerk office in southwestern Michigan performing the same vital records, election administration, assumed business name filings, and concealed weapons licensing functions under identical Michigan state statutes.
• Kalamazoo County Clerk: County Clerk office in neighboring Kalamazoo County, Michigan, providing identical vital records, election administration, and court clerk services. Directly comparable as a same-state county clerk with the same statutory mandate and service mix.
• Cass County Clerk: County Clerk office in Cass County, Michigan, sharing the same statutory authority for vital records issuance, election administration, and court records management as St. Joseph County Clerk.
• Branch County Clerk: County Clerk office in south-central Michigan offering the same suite of vital records, marriage licenses, notary services, and election administration as St. Joseph County Clerk.

Broad incumbents

• Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (Vital Records): State-level agency that issues statewide vital records and can supersede county-level vital records functions, making it an adjacent government authority with overlapping record-issuance responsibilities.
• Michigan Secretary of State: State-level government authority that administers elections statewide and oversees certain records functions, sitting hierarchically above county clerks in Michigan's government structure and representing a broader incumbent in the same administrative domain.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/stjosephcounty
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/st-joseph-county-clerk

Revenue estimate

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Funding overview

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M&A

Investments

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