North Dakota, Burleigh County
Where Lincoln's records are kept. Lincoln has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Lincoln's own offices, along with State of North Dakota offices; the Burleigh County offices are on our Burleigh 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
data.census.gov profile of the city of Lincoln, North Dakota, which counted 4,257 people in the 2020 Census, with recent survey estimates on income, schooling, jobs, homes and insurance, each tied to its table.
Open official site Census Bureau ProfileCity records
Lincoln's city site, with the city council, agendas and minutes, police, public works, trash and yard waste, water quality reports, municipal court, engineering, forms and permits, online bill pay and the municipal code.
Open official site City of LincolnCity records
The City of Lincoln's administration office, with staff contacts including the city auditor, the general city email, the city office phone and fax lines and weekday office hours.
Open official site Lincoln City AdministrationCity records
Information for Lincoln residents, with the new resident application, brochure and packet, trash and yard waste pickup, water quality reports, rural fire rules, newsletters and online bill pay.
Open official site Lincoln ResidentsCity records
The Lincoln City Council page, with council meeting dates and press releases, alongside the city's park board, tree board, planning and zoning board and economic development committee.
Open official site Lincoln City CouncilEverything else, organized
12 more Lincoln sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Lincoln, a place of 4,257 people, is in Burleigh County, whose county seat is Bismarck. Court and property records sit with Burleigh County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of North Dakota. Lincoln's own offices are in the cards above, and our Burleigh County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
What the federal files hold here, and the office that holds the mine maps.
Lincoln 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.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 2 investigations with a Lincoln address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $0 in back wages agreed for 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angus Grill Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Grabinger Excavating, Inc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Lincoln, by back wages agreed; 0 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The North Dakota wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
Straight answers
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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 Lincoln are recorded by the Burleigh County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Burleigh 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.