Minnesota, Washington County
Where Cottage Grove's records are kept. Cottage Grove has its own city government, police department and clerk's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Cottage Grove's own offices, along with State of Minnesota offices; the Washington County offices are on our Washington County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
City of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, at 12800 Ravine Parkway South, with utility payments, online permits, public agendas and minutes, construction project updates and city news.
Open official site City of Cottage GrovePolice & jail
Cottage Grove Police Department at 12800 Ravine Parkway S responds to emergency and nonemergency calls, enforces laws and ordinances, investigates crimes and works from a five year strategic plan.
Open official site Cottage Grove Police DepartmentPolice & jail
Cottage Grove police, accident and ambulance report copies are requested with a Police Report Request Form; state law limits accident report data to drivers, owners, passengers and other principal parties.
Open official site Request RecordsCity records
The Cottage Grove City Clerk at City Hall, 12800 Ravine Parkway, executes contracts, licenses businesses, runs elections with Washington County, keeps ordinances and resolutions and publishes legal notices.
Open official site City ClerkCity records
Under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Cottage Grove takes requests for city records on a general data form sent to the City Clerk, with separate forms for police, EMS and fire reports.
Open official site Requests for InformationPolice & jail
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for Cottage Grove 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 Cottage Grove sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Cottage Grove, a place of 38,839 people, is in Washington County, whose county seat is Stillwater. Court and property records sit with Washington County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Minnesota. Cottage Grove's own offices are in the cards above, and our Washington 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 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 0 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 14 holes drawn 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.
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.
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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 Cottage Grove.
Deeds for property in Cottage Grove are recorded by the Washington County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Washington 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.
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.