Minnesota, Hennepin County
Where Brooklyn Center's records are kept. Brooklyn Center has its own city government, police department and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Brooklyn Center'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.
City records
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota city site, with City Hall at 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway, city data and information, permits and construction inspections, police and public safety, and utility bill payment.
Open official site City of Brooklyn CenterPolice & jail
Brooklyn Center Police at 6645 Humboldt Ave N keeps a 24 hour lobby and posts an annual report and data dashboards on arrests, accidents, citations, calls for service and crime.
Open official site Brooklyn Center PoliceCity records
Brooklyn Center takes all data practices requests through its JustFOIA portal, where the city gathers the data and the requester gets an email and collects the records online.
Open official site Brooklyn Center Data Practices Request PortalCity records
Building and Construction at 6301 Shingle Creek Pkwy. reviews plans and issues permits through the iMS system, where old permits can also be searched, and schedules inspections by phone.
Open official site Brooklyn Center Building and ConstructionPolice & jail
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for Brooklyn Center area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedVital 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 RecordsVital 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 CaseState 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)Everything else, organized
15 more Brooklyn Center sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Brooklyn Center, a place of 33,782 people, is in Hennepin County, whose county seat is Minneapolis. Court and property records sit with Hennepin County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Minnesota. Brooklyn Center's own offices are in the cards above, and our Hennepin County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 8 investigations with a Brooklyn Center address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $338,797 in back wages agreed for 280 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caremaxx Healthcare Systems | 1 | $172,728 | 119 |
| Rightway Home Care Services, Inc. | 1 | $69,386 | 68 |
| Divine Healing Home Care, LLC | 1 | $61,326 | 56 |
| Water and Energy Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $2,397 | 8 |
| Yun's Restaurant, Inc. | 1 | $613 | 6 |
| Uptown Lawn & Snow, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Location Services LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Brooklyn Center, by back wages agreed; 3 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Minnesota wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
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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 Brooklyn Center.
Deeds for property in Brooklyn Center 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 Brooklyn Center register with the Minnesota Secretary of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Brooklyn Center requires one, comes from the town or Hennepin County.
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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.