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Access Minnesota Courts online directly. Search court records; from Minnesota county courts to Supreme courts. Find criminal filings, Minnesota dissolution of marriage or divorce records from official state websites. File small claims lawsuits. Link to Minnesota probate sources with helpful information. Bankruptcy courts by jurisdiction or by districts. Minnesota state courts contact information such as telephone numbers and more.
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Minnesota State Court Records Search Suggestions

As there may be more one source to obtaining Minnesota criminal, civil and divorce records, it is important to search multiple state courts to find the correct records.

Minnesota State Court Structure

The Minnesota community courts have jurisdiction over quality of life crimes including petty theft, turnstile jumping, vandalism, etc. The Minnesota tax courts have jurisdiction in tax related cases. The Minnesota district courts have jurisdiction in tort, contract, real property rights, small claims (conciliation division: $0/$7,500), mental health, estate, and miscellaneous civil cases. The district courts have jurisdiction over domestic relations, criminal, traffic/other violation, and juvenile cases. The Minnesota court of appeals has mandatory jurisdiction in civil, criminal, administrative agency, and juvenile cases. The court of appeals has discretionary jurisdiction in civil, criminal, juvenile, and original proceeding cases. The Minnesota supreme court has mandatory jurisdiction in criminal, administrative agency, and disciplinary cases as well as from certified questions from federal court cases. The supreme court has discretionary jurisdiction in civil, criminal, administrative agency, juvenile, and original proceeding cases.

Directory of Links and Resources to Access County, State or Federal Court Records Online

Minnesota Civil and Divorce Court Records

Judgments, lawsuits, dissolution of marriage, civil court cases.

Civil, family law cases and divorces, personal injury cases, lawsuits, estate planning and probate matters.
  • Minnesota District Courts
    Tort, contract, real property rights, small claims, mental health, estate and miscellaneous civil. Direct weblinks to courts listed by district.
  • Minnesota Tribal Courts
    Direct links to official tribal court websites. Provides general information on justice systems of Tribal nations.
  • Minnesota Child Support Process
    Expedited child support process hears certain types of child support cases. The expedited process has special rules and requirements that provide for a more user friendly court experience.
  • Minnesota Tax Courts
    Info from the Commissioner of Revenue on local property tax valuations, classification, equalization and exemptions.
  • Minnesota Supreme Court
    Highest Court in the State of Minnesota. Search links to court justices, oral arguments and other useful information.
  • Minnesota Court of Appeals
    Search court of appeals judges and court self help center.
  • Minnesota Bankruptcy Courts
    Court calendars, self help resources, local rules and public access to information online. General rules and clerk contact sources.
  • Minnesota Judgments and Liens
    Link to information for defaults, recovery, default, cases and files that can show civil judgments. Court look up sources, electronic forms and self help tools.

Minnesota Criminal Court Records

Felony, misdemeanors and traffic violations.

Most criminal cases are started when a prosecutor, either a district attorney (who represents a county) or the attorney general (who represents the state), files a complaint with the court.
  • Minnesota District Courts
    Criminal, Traffic and other violations. Search judicial district leadership, listing of courts by district and listing of problem solving courts.
  • Minnesota Community Courts
    With community boards and the local police as partners, community courts have the bifurcated goal of solving the problems of defendants appearing before the court and encouraging offenders to give back to the community in compensation for damage they have caused.
  • Minnesota Domestic Violence Courts
    Addresses traditional problems of domestic violence, such as low reports, withdrawn charges, threats to victim, lack of defendant accountability, and high recidivism.
  • Minnesota Truancy Courts
    Truancy courts are designed to assist a child in overcoming the underlying causes of truancy by reinforcing education through efforts from the school, courts, mental health providers, families, and the community.
  • Minnesota Mental Health Courts
    Mental Health Courts are special courts that focus on people who have been charged with a crime and have a psychiatric disability.
  • Minnesota Court of Appeals
    Mandatory jurisdiction and discretionary jurisdiction in criminal and juvenile cases. Find information about the court, guide to oral arguments and significant decisions.
  • Minnesota Drug Courts
    Drug courts are an effective problem-solving approach for dealing with alcohol and other drug addicted offenders in the judicial system. Search drug court roles and court resources list.

Minnesota District Court Records

Filings in my District courthouses.

Minnesota District Courts listed by county. Request records and transcripts of cases including tort, contract, real property rights, small claims, mental health, estate, miscellaneous civil, domestic relations, criminal traffic and other violation, and juvenile.

First (1st)
Carver
Dakota
Goodhue
LeSueur
McLeod
Scott
Sibley

Second (2nd)
Ramsey

Third (3rd)
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Waseca
Winona

Fourth (4th)
Hennepin

Fifth (5th)
Blue Earth
Brown
Cottonwood
Faribault
Jackson
Lincoln
Lyon
Martin
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood
Rock
Watonwan

Sixth (6th)
Carlton
Cook
Lake
St. Louis

Seventh (7th)
Becker
Benton
Clay
Douglas
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Otter Tail
Stearns
Todd
Wadena

Eighth (8th)
Big Stone
Chippewa
Grant
Kandiyohi
LacQuiParle
Meeker
Pope
Renville
Stevens
Swift
Traverse
Wilkin
Yellow Medicine

Ninth (9th)
Aitkin
Beltrami
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Kittson
Koochiching
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen
Marshall
Norman
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake
Roseau

Tenth (10th)
Anoka
Chisago
Isanti
Kanabec
Pine
Sherburne
Washington
Wright

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