Minnesota, Hennepin County
Where Minneapolis's records are kept. Minneapolis has its own city government, police department and fire department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Minneapolis's own offices, along with State of Minnesota offices; the Hennepin County offices are on our Hennepin County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
State records
Search indexes of Minnesota birth records from 1900 to 1934, death records from 1904 to 2001 and state censuses from 1865 to 1905, plus the society's library catalog and immigration guides.
Open official site Minnesota Historical Society Family History ResearchCounty court
Minnesota's federal bankruptcy court, with courthouses in St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth and Fergus Falls; its site links PACER case lookup, electronic proof of claim filing, unclaimed funds and a free advice clinic.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of MinnesotaCounty court
Minnesota Judicial Branch search of state court cases, statewide or by county, by party name, case number, citation number or attorney, across civil, criminal, family and probate cases, with document, hearing and judgment searches.
Open official site Minnesota Court Records Online (MCRO)Vital records
Fills mail and fax orders for Minnesota birth records since 1900 and death records since 1908. Only eligible people may get certified copies, and county offices can often fill orders while you wait.
Open official site Minnesota Department of Health Office of Vital RecordsPolice & jail
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension list of missing children and adults and unidentified people in Minnesota, searchable by name, case type and county. Cases must first be reported to local police and entered in NCIC.
Open official site Minnesota BCA Missing and Unidentified Persons ClearinghousePolice & jail
Minnesota Department of Corrections search page for individuals and fugitives, linked from the department home page among its family and visitor resources.
Open official site Minnesota DOC Search for Individuals and FugitivesPolice & jail
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension guide to the Minnesota Criminal History System. Conviction data is public for 15 years after a sentence ends; arrests without a conviction and juvenile records are not public.
Open official site Minnesota BCA Criminal History InformationFederal
Latest Census Bureau numbers for the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota in QuickFacts, from its 2020 Census total of 429,954 to estimates of age, sex, housing, income and business counts, shown without margins of error.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Residents use the Minneapolis city site to find garbage and recycling days, pay utility bills, file police reports, look up property information, apply for licenses and permits, and reach 311 at 612-673-3000.
Open official site City of MinneapolisState records
Minneapolis Minnesota Recorded Documents: Contact and search Minneapolis clerk office official city records City Hall, Room 304 350 South 5th St. Minneapolis, MN.
Open official site Minneapolis Minnesota Recorded DocumentsPolice & jail
Obtain police reports 350 South 5th Street, Room 130 Minneapolis, MN 55415-1389 612-348-2345
Open official site City of Minneapolis Police InformationCity records
350 S 5th St Rm 230 Minneapolis, MN 55415 (612) 673-2890
Open official site Minneapolis Fire Department and RescueEverything else, organized
16 more Minneapolis sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Minneapolis, a place of 429,954 people, is the seat of Hennepin County. Court and property records sit with Hennepin County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Minnesota. Minneapolis's own offices are in the cards above, and our Hennepin County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The old survey maps record 4 holes inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. Minnesota has no coal AML program; its underground mines are iron mines on the Mesabi Range.
Minnesota abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 702 investigations with a Minneapolis address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $13,529,344 in back wages agreed for 15,063 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circle of Life KOLA Home Care, LLC | 1 | $660,158 | 403 |
| All Temporaries Midwest, Inc. | 3 | $512,755 | 174 |
| Ceres Caribe, Inc. | 1 | $500,000 | 995 |
| Midwest Quality Home Care Inc. | 1 | $457,397 | 451 |
| Brainz, Inc. | 1 | $322,934 | 113 |
| Midwest Home Health Care, Inc. | 1 | $316,981 | 433 |
| Allina Health System | 6 | $298,896 | 278 |
| Andale 7700, Inc. | 1 | $253,722 | 54 |
| Alliance HHC & Nursing Services, LLC | 1 | $241,583 | 82 |
| General Security Services Corporation | 3 | $184,134 | 136 |
| ME Elecmetal Inc. | 1 | $182,944 | 1 |
| Koechel-Peterson | 1 | $177,264 | 12 |
| Sholom Community Alliance Home Health Care | 1 | $163,395 | 17 |
| Summit Services Company | 1 | $160,659 | 158 |
| Solem; Solem Concessions | 1 | $148,632 | 35 |
| Caring Nurses | 1 | $146,939 | 76 |
| Park Point Inc | 1 | $143,411 | 55 |
| Rise, Inc. | 5 | $143,032 | 1,093 |
| U.S. Bancorp | 2 | $140,788 | 464 |
| Wise Home Health Care, Inc | 1 | $135,951 | 113 |
| Tortillas Payan, LLC | 1 | $131,952 | 72 |
| Hennepin Healthcare System Inc. | 1 | $128,973 | 974 |
| Transglobal Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $125,000 | 16 |
| ACME Tuckpointing & Restoration Company | 1 | $117,839 | 30 |
| Open Access Technology International, Inc. | 2 | $117,752 | 25 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 617 whose address on the record is in Minneapolis; 241 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 592 more with smaller records are on the Minnesota wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Minnesota is run by the Minnesota Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Minneapolis.
Deeds for property in Minneapolis are recorded by the Hennepin County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Hennepin County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Minnesota come from the state vital records office, Minnesota Office of Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Businesses that operate in Minneapolis register with the Minnesota Secretary of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Minneapolis requires one, comes from the town or Hennepin County.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.