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Find the right office in Goodhue County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Goodhue County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement across the unincorporated areas of Goodhue County. The office is also involved in community policing initiatives and operates specialized divisions such as the K-9 unit and drug task force.
Police Departments. Goodhue County is served by several law enforcement agencies, including Goodhue County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments. Each department is responsible for law enforcement within its respective city limits, while the Sheriff's Office handles the broader county area.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Goodhue County Sheriff's Office, located at 509 West Fifth Street, Red Wing, MN 55066 (phone: 651-385-3155), is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas and provides county-wide services including jail operations, court security, and emergency response. Municipal police departments operate independently in Red Wing (Red Wing Police Department, 651-385-3155), Cannon Falls, Zumbrota, Pine Island, Lake City, and Kenyon, each serving their respective city limits. Arrest records in Goodhue County are public data under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13), and citizens may request arrest records through written requests to the Sheriff's Office or specific municipal police departments. Minnesota Statute 13.82 specifically governs access to criminal investigative data, with arrest data becoming public once an individual is charged or cited.
Criminal Records. Residents can request criminal records through the Sheriff's Office or the Minnesota Public Criminal History Search online portal.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Goodhue County are maintained by Goodhue County Sheriff's Office. Residents and attorneys can request arrest records by contacting the Sheriff's Office directly.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Goodhue County are taken and retained by Goodhue County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These booking photos are part of the public record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office website or by request.
Goodhue County Recorder's Office, located at 509 West Fifth Street, Red Wing, MN 55066 (phone: 651-385-3003), maintains all land and property records including warranty deeds, quit claim deeds, mortgages, mortgage satisfactions, mechanics liens, easements, plat maps, and other documents affecting real property title. Goodhue County is served by Minnesota's Third Judicial District Court, with Goodhue County Courthouse located at 509 West Fifth Street, Red Wing, MN 55066 (phone: 651-385-3100). Goodhue County Planning and Zoning Department (651-385-3104) issues building permits, conditional use permits, and zoning compliance certificates required for business construction or modifications. Property tax payment records and current tax amounts are handled by the Auditor-Treasurer's Office (651-385-3130) at the same Government Center address.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 41 mine sites inside the county: 7 past producers, now closed, 2 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 30 sites producing when the record was made, 2 processing plants, which are not workings; the old survey maps add 159 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Clay; Silica; 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 29 investigations in Goodhue County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $637,439 in back wages agreed for 259 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.
| Employer | City | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiesta Redwing, LLC | Red Wing | 1 | $217,440 | 18 |
| RAMEJO, LLC | Cannon Falls | 1 | $217,138 | 18 |
| Cannon Falls Nursing Rehabilitation LLC | Cannon Falls | 1 | $42,653 | 69 |
| Tria Inc | Red Wing | 1 | $27,723 | 21 |
| Gamacann, Inc. | Cannon Falls | 1 | $27,281 | 18 |
| Red Wing Health Center LLC | Red Wing | 1 | $25,804 | 11 |
| Plaas Incorporated | Red Wing | 1 | $16,784 | 10 |
| The Smokin Oak LLC | Red Wing | 1 | $16,735 | 28 |
| Prairie Island Indian Community | Red Wing | 1 | $8,111 | 1 |
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | Zumbrota | 1 | $5,669 | 1 |
| Schweichs Inc. | Kenyon | 1 | $4,442 | 7 |
| The Learning Tree Daycare Center, LLC | Cannon Falls | 1 | $4,362 | 15 |
| Indy Specialty LLC | Cannon Falls | 1 | $3,954 | 3 |
| Four Season's Sports | Red Wing | 1 | $3,891 | 8 |
| Pestop Inc. | Red Wing | 1 | $3,673 | 12 |
| Mayo Clinic Health System-Southeast Minneso | Red Wing | 1 | $3,500 | 1 |
| Infinity Plastics LLC | Cannon Falls | 1 | $2,307 | 1 |
| Steve Boyum | Wanamingo | 1 | $2,260 | 4 |
| Cannon Power Sports Inc | Cannon Falls | 1 | $1,799 | 9 |
| Gibby, LLC | Red Wing | 1 | $1,662 | 3 |
| Four Seasons Sports | Red Wing | 1 | $251 | 1 |
| Garden Paradise | Zumbrota | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Cedar Hills Hospitality, Inc. | Red Wing | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| CEI Contract Florring, Inc. | Pine Island | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Monsanto-Staton, MN Research Station | Dennison | 1 | $0 | 0 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 29 on the Goodhue County record; 9 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 4 more with smaller records are on the Minnesota wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Goodhue County Sheriff or a city police department in Goodhue County. Ask that agency for its record. Under Minnesota Statutes 13.82, subdivision 26, a booking photograph is public data; a law enforcement agency may withhold it for a time if access would hurt an active investigation.
The Minnesota criminal history record comes from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). Free name search of public criminal history (convictions public for 15 years after the sentence ends) online; for your own full record, send the BCA a notarized personal request form by mail or in person. Fee: Free online public search; $8.00 for a Minnesota only check on yourself, plus $10.00 per card for fingerprinting service.
Search the Minnesota Department of Corrections Public Registrant Search, or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county auditor or through the Minnesota Secretary of State. You can also register online with the state online registration. Same day registration: yes, in person at your polling place on Election Day with proof of residence; registration ahead of time closes 20 days before a regularly scheduled election (Minnesota Statutes 201.061).
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Goodhue County are kept by the Goodhue County recorder. Property values are set by the county assessor, and tax bills come from the county treasurer. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Minnesota come from the Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Vital Records. Any Minnesota county vital records office sells birth and death certificates, and for fastest service MDH points you to a county office, where most of the time you get the order while you wait. In person at a county vital records office, or from MDH by mail to PO Box 64499, St. Paul, MN 55164-0499 or by fax to 866-416-1357 (credit card only) with the application form. Fee: $26 for a birth certificate ($19 for each added copy of the same one); $13 for a death certificate ($6 for each added copy).
Business entity filings are searched with the Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services. Minnesota DEED says many local governments require licenses for certain kinds of businesses, and in some cases cities and counties require a general business license.
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