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FBI Most Wanted
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for Blooming Prairie area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedMinnesota, Steele County
Where Blooming Prairie's records are kept. Court and property records for Blooming Prairie sit with Steele County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Minnesota.
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As a small town, Blooming Prairie relies on Steele County and the State of Minnesota for its public records. The cards below are the Minnesota state offices, and the Steele County offices are on our Steele County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for Blooming Prairie area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedState records
Quick search for missing children near Blooming Prairie Minnesota.
Open official site Center for Missing & Exploited Children, MinnesotaVital records
USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCounty court
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorFederal
USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteFederal
USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCounty court
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseFederal
U.S. Census Bureau quick facts, demographics, and population statistics for Blooming Prairie.
Open official site Blooming Prairie Minnesota Census QuickFactsState 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 MinnesotaEverything else, organized
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Local record guide
What we hold on Blooming Prairie, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Blooming Prairie is an incorporated place in Steele County, a place of 1,974 people, and keeps its own council and town business records. Owatonna, the county seat, is where the county offices are. See our Steele County page for every county office.
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Other places in Steele County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Steele County records are on the county page.