Where Lakeville's records are kept. Lakeville has its own city government, police department and clerk's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
Start here
Most requested Lakeville records
The cards below include Lakeville's own offices, along with State of Minnesota offices; the Dakota County offices are on our Dakota County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Filter by type
Showing 17 official sources
Official
City records
City of Lakeville
Official site of the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, with City Hall at 20195 Holyoke Avenue: city departments, the city code, water and sewer, building permits, elections and data requests.
Lakeville Police Department at 9237 183rd Street West: annual reports, police forms, the weekly LPD update, crime victim resources, policies and training, and online incident reporting.
Lakeville police forms, among them the online data request for police and traffic accident reports; anyone asking for data about themselves adds a copy of a valid ID.
Requesting City of Lakeville data under Minnesota data practices law: a police data form, and a city form for permits, plans, code violations, fire incident reports, licenses and utility records.
The Lakeville City Clerk at City Hall prepares City Council agendas, keeps the record of council proceedings, executes city contracts and runs elections, candidate filings and license applications.
FBI wanted posters, from the Ten Most Wanted list to fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, bank robbers and seeking information cases; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Minnesota Department of Health Office of Vital 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Minnesota Historical Society Family History Research
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.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota
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.
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.
Official Government Resourcespublicaccess.courts.state.mn.us
Lakeville, a place of 69,490 people, is in Dakota County, whose county seat is Hastings. Court and property records sit with Dakota County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Minnesota. Lakeville's own offices are in the cards above, and our Dakota County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in Lakeville
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
The mine records hold 4 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 2 sites producing when the record was made, 2 sites with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 25 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.
Lakeville: the boundary from the Census Bureau, and one dot for each old mine or hole on record inside it. The purple dots come off the old survey maps and the darkest of those are shafts and tunnels; the red, green and orange ones are mine records. The pale shapes with a name around it are the neighbouring places, from the Census Bureau. Hover a dot for its name.Minnesota mine map and abandoned mine records
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
Wage and hour cases in Lakeville, Minnesota
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 20 investigations with a Lakeville address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $367,631 in back wages agreed for 416 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.
Every employer whose address on the record is in Lakeville, 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
Lakeville public-records FAQs
Open only the answer you need.
How do I register to vote in Lakeville, Minnesota?
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 Lakeville.
How do I look up property records in Lakeville, Minnesota?
Deeds for property in Lakeville are recorded by the Dakota County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Dakota County page lists the county offices.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Lakeville, Minnesota?
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.
How do I find business license records in Lakeville, Minnesota?
Businesses that operate in Lakeville register with the Minnesota Secretary of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Lakeville requires one, comes from the town or Dakota County.
Same county
Nearby Dakota County cities
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.