North Dakota, Burke County
Where Lignite's records are kept. Lignite has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
Start here
The cards below include Lignite's own offices, along with the Burke County and State of North Dakota offices that keep the rest of its public records. 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
Census Bureau profile on data.census.gov for the city of Lignite, North Dakota: 2020 Census population 141, with American Community Survey figures for income, education, employment, housing units and health coverage.
Open official site Census Bureau ProfileCity records
Official Lignite city site listing meeting agendas, ordinances, utilities and services, online bill payment and the 2025 water quality report. Contact details for the city office are on the About page.
Open official site City of LigniteCity records
Lignite city office at 110 Main St, (701) 933-2850, with Mayor Nate Schneider, Auditor Kimberly Hermanson Jones, the four council members and the maintenance superintendent.
Open official site Lignite City Office and OfficialsCity records
Burke Central School District No. 36 in Lignite, with the events calendar, PowerSchool login, breakfast and lunch menus, Ranchers live stream and online fee payments. 101 4th Ave W, (701) 933-2821.
Open official site Burke Central School District No. 36Police & jail
North Dakota Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation takes public requests for criminal history record information for a $15 fee, cut to $5 for approved charities. Delivery is not confirmed.
Open official site North Dakota BCI Criminal History Record CheckEverything else, organized
11 more Lignite sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Lignite, a place of 141 people, is in Burke County, whose county seat is Bowbells. Court and property records sit with Burke County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of North Dakota. Lignite's own offices are in the cards above, and our Burke 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 2 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 1 site producing when the record was made, 1 processing plant, which is not a working. 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. The PSC asks anyone building in a historic lignite mining town to ask the AML program first.
Lignite sits over the Fort Union Region coal field and the coal there is lignite, worked mostly at the surface. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this town. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by North Dakota Public Service Commission, Abandoned Mine Lands and linked below.
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.
Straight answers
Open only the answer you need.
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 Lignite are recorded by the Burke County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Burke 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.