North Dakota, Golden Valley County
Where Golva's records are kept. Golva has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Golva's own offices, along with State of North Dakota offices; the Golden Valley County offices are on our Golden Valley 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 RegistryFederal
Golva city, North Dakota on the Census Bureau's data site: 2020 population 84, median household income $48,929 and employment rate 72.2%, the last two from 2024 American Community Survey estimates.
Open official site Census Bureau ProfileCity records
City of Beach resource directory of local businesses and services in Beach, giving each listing's address, phone number and website link, with a map view.
Open official site City of Beach Resource DirectoryCity records
Beach Public School District 3 runs Lincoln Elementary for preschool to grade 6 and Beach High School for grades 7 to 12, with district news, calendars and athletics schedules.
Open official site Beach Public School District 3City records
Contact details for the City of Golva, incorporated in 1947, whose council meets the second Monday of the month, with its mayor, auditor, council members, fire chief and camping and event reservations.
Open official site City of GolvaEverything else, organized
11 more Golva sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Golva, a place of 84 people, is in Golden Valley County, whose county seat is Beach. Court and property records sit with Golden Valley County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of North Dakota. Golva's own offices are in the cards above, and our Golden Valley County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
What the federal files hold here, and the office that holds the mine maps.
Golva sits over the Fort Union Region coal field and the coal there is lignite, worked mostly at the surface. The USGS coal fields map is drawn at a small scale, so it shows the ground, not a parcel.
Neither federal file holds a single record inside the town limits: no mine site in the USGS mineral file and no shaft, adit or pit drawn on the historical topographic sheets. That is what the files say, and it is not a clearance. Those files record a working only where one was catalogued or drawn on a survey sheet, and on coal ground the sheets are thin: the maps that show the rooms and the pillars are held by North Dakota Public Service Commission, Abandoned Mine Lands and that office is where to ask for them.
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.
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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 Golva are recorded by the Golden Valley County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Golden Valley 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.
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.