Minnesota, Sherburne County
Where Elk River's records are kept. Elk River 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 Elk River's own offices, along with State of Minnesota offices; the Sherburne County offices are on our Sherburne County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
City of Elk River, Minnesota, at 13065 Orono Parkway, with permits and licensing, public meetings and agendas, garbage, recycling and compost services, employment and city news.
Open official site City of Elk RiverPolice & jail
Elk River Police Department provides 24 hour service across the city's 44 square miles with 35 sworn officers, answering over 25,500 calls a year, and handles property returns and records requests.
Open official site Elk River Police DepartmentCity records
Elk River explains how to request public data under its Data Practices Policy, with separate guides for general city records and records about yourself and a named Data Practices Compliance Official.
Open official site Making a Records RequestCity records
Elk River Building Safety oversees residential and commercial building, mechanical, plumbing, fire alarm and sprinkler, sewer, water and septic permits and enforces the Minnesota Building and Fire Codes.
Open official site Building SafetyPolice & jail
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for Elk River 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
17 more Elk River sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Elk River, a place of 25,835 people, is the seat of Sherburne County. Court and property records sit with Sherburne County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Minnesota. Elk River's own offices are in the cards above, and our Sherburne 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 13 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 1 prospect or occurrence that was never worked, 12 sites producing when the record was made; the old survey maps add 6 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. Minnesota has no coal AML program; its underground mines are iron mines on the Mesabi Range.
Minnesota 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 18 investigations with a Elk River address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $469,887 in back wages agreed for 350 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accurate Home Care Holdings, LLC | 1 | $274,884 | 61 |
| Totally Tan; Nelson Marketing, LLC | 2 | $117,905 | 149 |
| Erosion Works, Inc. | 1 | $33,998 | 17 |
| Installed Building Products, LLC | 2 | $19,668 | 36 |
| Metro Home Insulation LLC | 1 | $10,206 | 48 |
| Insulation Guys, LLC | 1 | $7,595 | 9 |
| Saxon Motors, Inc. | 1 | $7,133 | 14 |
| Time Out Management INC. | 1 | $6,493 | 18 |
| MadJax Amusements | 1 | $5,111 | 12 |
| Cornerstone Auto Group LLC | 1 | $3,371 | 7 |
| Fernbrook Landscape LLC | 1 | $1,702 | 1 |
| Mad-Jax Amusements, Inc. | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| Comprehensive Services, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Central Bank | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Brothers Fire Protection Co. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Elk River, by back wages agreed; 7 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.
Straight answers
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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 Elk River.
Deeds for property in Elk River are recorded by the Sherburne County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Sherburne 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.