North Dakota, Burleigh County
Where Bismarck's records are kept. Bismarck 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 Bismarck's own offices, along with State of North Dakota offices; the Burleigh County offices are on our Burleigh County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The State Historical Society's archives in Bismarck holds North Dakota state and local government records, manuscripts, newspapers and photographs, with genealogy and vital records guides; appointments are recommended.
Open official site North Dakota State ArchivesCounty court
One clerk's office in Fargo, open weekdays 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., handles North Dakota's federal bankruptcy cases; the site carries PACER and e-filing links, the court calendar, opinions and fee schedule.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of North DakotaCounty court
Search North Dakota district court criminal, traffic and civil cases, plus some municipal court cases, and make payments on criminal or traffic cases by county; restricted case information is left out.
Open official site North Dakota Court System District Court Case SearchVital records
Orders for certified North Dakota birth, death and fetal death records go online, by mail or by appointment and take 5 to 7 business days; the office also keeps a public death index.
Open official site North Dakota Health and Human Services Vital RecordsPolice & jail
The state corrections agency's site, with a Resident Lookup covering only people currently held in its facilities, plus public dashboards on incarceration populations and parole releases.
Open official site North Dakota Department of Corrections and RehabilitationPolice & jail
The North Dakota Attorney General's statewide list gives each missing person's age, last seen date and investigating agency phone number, with photos where available, plus separate searches for missing children and Indigenous persons.
Open official site North Dakota Missing PersonsPolice & jail
Kept by the North Dakota Attorney General, the registry finds offenders by name, city, county or distance from an address, maps them and sends email alerts on changes.
Open official site North Dakota Sex Offender RegistryCity records
City of Bismarck, with the clerk records, meeting minutes and permit information the local government publishes.
Open official site City of BismarckPolice & jail
Departments, Police, Click to visit the Bismarck Police Incidents Dashboard, 1 The entrance and signage in front of the Bismarck Police Department. Search warrants and other services 700 S 9 St Bismarck, ND 58504 Telephone: 701-223-1212
Open official site Bismarck Police DepartmentCity records
1020 E Central Ave. Bismarck, ND 58501-1936 (701) 355.1400
Open official site Bismarck Fire DepartmentCity records
Bismarck Administration: 221 N Fifth Street Fourth Floor Bismarck, ND 58501-4208 Phone: 701-355-1300 Fax: 701-222-6470 Email: lfoolbea@nd.gov.
Open official site Bismarck AdministrationCity records
School district office at 128 Soo Line Dr., phone 701-323-4000, with calendars, busing, meal payments and menus, annual budgets, audited financial statements, bids and student health services.
Open official site Bismarck Public SchoolsEverything else, organized
19 more Bismarck sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Bismarck, a place of 73,622 people, is the seat of Burleigh County. Court and property records sit with Burleigh County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of North Dakota. Bismarck's own offices are in the cards above, and our Burleigh 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 mine records hold 5 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 1 past producer, now closed, 3 sites producing when the record was made, 1 processing plant, which is not a working; the old survey maps add 4 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is construction sand and gravel.
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. The PSC asks anyone building in a historic lignite mining town to ask the AML program first.
Bismarck sits over the Fort Union Region coal field and the coal there is lignite, worked mostly at the surface. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this town. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by North Dakota Public Service Commission, Abandoned Mine Lands and linked below.
North Dakota 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 162 investigations with a Bismarck address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $669,860 in back wages agreed for 1,764 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanfor Health | 1 | $190,203 | 1,038 |
| 10-Code, LLC | 1 | $186,167 | 52 |
| Lasting Love Homecare LLC | 1 | $73,680 | 76 |
| Mann Holding Company | 1 | $42,034 | 3 |
| Pirogue Grille, Inc. | 1 | $34,153 | 24 |
| Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center, Inc | 1 | $30,355 | 21 |
| North Dakota Highway Patrol | 1 | $12,258 | 30 |
| Maple View II East, Inc. | 1 | $10,838 | 56 |
| Baptist Home | 1 | $10,469 | 6 |
| Galaxy Investors, Inc | 2 | $6,705 | 228 |
| Shri Properties LLC | 1 | $6,587 | 21 |
| Response Delivery, Inc. | 1 | $5,922 | 9 |
| Super Kids Junior Academy | 1 | $5,087 | 36 |
| H. A. Thompson & Sons, Inc | 1 | $4,269 | 28 |
| Advanced Mechanical Inc | 2 | $4,102 | 4 |
| Regency Midwest Ventures Limited Partnership | 1 | $4,082 | 32 |
| Helping Hands Care, LLC | 1 | $3,841 | 6 |
| Cusa ES, LLC | 2 | $3,601 | 3 |
| Sickies ND Inc | 2 | $3,520 | 65 |
| BEP Petroleum and Tank, LLC | 1 | $2,682 | 1 |
| Healthways PLLC | 1 | $2,545 | 2 |
| Earthgrains Baking Companies, Inc. | 1 | $2,290 | 1 |
| K-JENS FOOD, Inc | 1 | $2,250 | 5 |
| Midwest Doors Inc. | 1 | $2,209 | 2 |
| Prairie Rose Construction Supply, Inc | 1 | $2,112 | 1 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 145 whose address on the record is in Bismarck; 35 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 120 more with smaller records are on the North Dakota wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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North Dakota has no voter registration. Voters show an ID with their name, North Dakota residential address and date of birth at the polls; the North Dakota Secretary of State site lists the ID rules and polling places.
Deeds for property in Bismarck are recorded by the Burleigh County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Burleigh County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in North Dakota come from the state vital records office, North Dakota Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.