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Find the right office in Anoka County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota keeps bankruptcy dockets and claims searchable through PACER, accepts electronic proofs of claim and runs a free bankruptcy advice clinic.
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The Minnesota Department of Revenue publishes property tax data by year and location, including sales ratios and market values. Parcel records and tax statements come from each Minnesota county.
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Anoka County Sheriff's Office, the elected county law enforcement office, with incident reports, warrants and jail information as the office publishes them.
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Request birth and death certificates, marriage records and divorce filings in Minnesota.
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Find active and inactive corporations by name from the Minnesota Secretary of State.
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Anoka County District Court, with the court location, contacts and the case records this office keeps.
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Search property and claim status by individual name or business through the Minnesota Dept. of Commerce.
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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Anoka County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement services across Anoka County, particularly in unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. Anoka County is served by several law enforcement agencies, including Anoka County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments in cities such as Blaine, Coon Rapids, and Anoka. Each city department handles law enforcement within its jurisdiction, while the Sheriff's Office provides support and coordination for larger investigations and county-wide issues.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Anoka County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 13301 Hanson Boulevard NW in Andover, Minnesota 55304, provides law enforcement services to unincorporated areas and contract policing to several communities. Arrest records in Anoka County are considered public data under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13), specifically Minnesota Statutes Section 13.82 regarding criminal investigative data.
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
• Phone: (763) 324-5000 2100 3rd Avenue, Room 140, Anoka, MN 55303 • Phone: (763-323-5200 2100 3rd Avenue, Room 140, Anoka, MN 55303 • Phone: (763-324-4600
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 7 named mine sites inside the county, 4 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 44 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Limestone, General; Silica; Clay.
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.
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.
The county recorded-document access instructions identify public terminals in Room 119 of the Government Center. The research room operates weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A separate subscription service provides ongoing grantor and grantee searching and access to recorded plats and surveys, with a license agreement and billing account. Compare those routes according to how often you need records. A bulk-image purchase arrangement serves another purpose and should not be confused with the price of an occasional individual copy.
The county property-record FAQ asks mailed copy requests to include the document number, payment and a stamped return envelope. Its listed prices are $1 per page for an ordinary copy and $10 for a certified copy. The FAQ offers assistance locating references for documents recorded after 1994. Carry the document number forward from your search to the copy order; a parcel number or current owner alone may not identify the particular deed, mortgage or satisfaction you want.
The Recorder and Registrar of Titles guidance describes the office as the permanent custodian of recorded real-estate documents. It accepts paper submissions and electronic recording through approved services, but does not provide legal advice, document preparation or abstracting. If the goal is to retrieve an existing instrument, use the access and copy routes. If the goal is to change title, obtaining a form or copying an older deed does not itself resolve which instrument is appropriate.
Anoka Vital Records operates from the first-floor lobby at 2100 Third Avenue and offers service-specific online and mail instructions. Its public counter is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; the vital-record telephone is 763-324-1360. A marriage-license application and a copy of an existing marriage certificate are different requests. Use the certificate category to find the applicable identity, eligibility and payment requirements rather than assume the property-record counter performs the same service.
The county fee schedule lists a certified birth certificate at $26 and an additional certified copy of the same record at $19. A death certificate is $13, with additional copies of that record at $6. It also lists separate noncertified birth and historical-research products. Specify the certificate type and number of copies before calculating the order. A research charge or a statement that no record was found is not interchangeable with the fee for an issued certified certificate.
For land research, retain the instrument reference and any parcel or title reference connected to it. For a certificate request, retain the event date, names as recorded and issuing jurisdiction. Similar names can occur in unrelated documents, while an old address can refer to a changed parcel. The Minnesota records guide supplies state judicial and agency routes for questions beyond Anoka's recording and vital-record services. State a search's scope before treating an absent result as meaningful.
Where to go
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Recorded documents, tract information, subscriptions and copies.
Office page: anokacountymn.gov
Vital certificates and related license services.
Office page: anokacountymn.gov
Straight answers
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Anoka County Sheriff or a city police department in Anoka County. Ask that agency for its record. Under Minnesota Statutes 13.82, subdivision 26, a booking photograph is public data; a law enforcement agency may withhold it for a time if access would hurt an active investigation.
The Minnesota criminal history record comes from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). Free name search of public criminal history (convictions public for 15 years after the sentence ends) online; for your own full record, send the BCA a notarized personal request form by mail or in person. Fee: Free online public search; $8.00 for a Minnesota only check on yourself, plus $10.00 per card for fingerprinting service.
Search the Minnesota Department of Corrections Public Registrant Search, or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county auditor or through the Minnesota Secretary of State. You can also register online with the state online registration. Same day registration: yes, in person at your polling place on Election Day with proof of residence; registration ahead of time closes 20 days before a regularly scheduled election (Minnesota Statutes 201.061).
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Anoka County are kept by the Anoka County recorder. Property values are set by the county assessor, and tax bills come from the county treasurer. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Minnesota come from the Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Vital Records. Any Minnesota county vital records office sells birth and death certificates, and for fastest service MDH points you to a county office, where most of the time you get the order while you wait. In person at a county vital records office, or from MDH by mail to PO Box 64499, St. Paul, MN 55164-0499 or by fax to 866-416-1357 (credit card only) with the application form. Fee: $26 for a birth certificate ($19 for each added copy of the same one); $13 for a death certificate ($6 for each added copy).
Business entity filings are searched with the Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services. Minnesota DEED says many local governments require licenses for certain kinds of businesses, and in some cases cities and counties require a general business license.
The access guide identifies public terminals in Room 119 of the Government Center.
The access guide describes a subscription requiring a license agreement and billing account.
The property-record FAQ asks for the document number, payment and a stamped return envelope.
The FAQ lists $10 for a certified copy, compared with $1 per page for a standard copy.
The recording guidance says the county does not provide document preparation, legal advice or abstracting services.
The office directory identifies the first-floor lobby at 2100 Third Avenue in Anoka.
The fee schedule lists $19 for an additional certified birth copy and $6 for an additional death copy of the same record.
The service directory provides separate instructions by certificate or license category, including online and mail options.
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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.