Minnesota, Blue Earth County
Where Mankato's records are kept. Mankato has its own city government, police department and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Mankato's own offices, along with State of Minnesota offices; the Blue Earth County offices are on our Blue Earth County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
City of Mankato, Minnesota website for City Hall at 10 Civic Center Plaza, covering services for residents such as animal registration, housing programs, garbage and recycling, transit and water.
Open official site City of MankatoPolice & jail
Police Services, a division of the Mankato Department of Public Safety, works for the safety and well-being of residents and visitors and builds relationships within the community.
Open official site Mankato Department of Public Safety Police ServicesCity records
City of Mankato portal for public records requests under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. Inspecting data is free, copies may carry a fee, and new requests are made online.
Open official site Mankato Public Records RequestsCity records
Mankato building inspections keep new and existing buildings safe. A building permit is required before a new build or renovation, and the city then carries out the inspections it needs.
Open official site Mankato Building InspectionsPolice & jail
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.
Open official site FBI Most WantedVital 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.
Open official site Minnesota Department of Health Office of Vital RecordsVital records
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.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCounty court
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.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorFederal
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.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
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.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
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.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteFederal
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.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCounty court
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.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseState records
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.
Open official site Minnesota Historical Society Family History ResearchCounty court
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.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of MinnesotaCounty court
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.
Open official site Minnesota Court Records Online (MCRO)Everything else, organized
16 more Mankato sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Mankato, a place of 44,488 people, is the seat of Blue Earth County. Court and property records sit with Blue Earth County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Minnesota. Mankato's own offices are in the cards above, and our Blue Earth 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 3 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 2 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 1 site producing when the record was made; the old survey maps add 3 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is Clay.
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 with a Mankato address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $668,223 in back wages agreed for 450 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mazatlan of Mankato LLC | 1 | $354,983 | 25 |
| Los O'Campo, Inc. | 1 | $160,183 | 26 |
| Mankato Rehabilitation Center, Inc. | 4 | $97,051 | 233 |
| Twin City Lodging, LLC | 1 | $13,922 | 44 |
| Heyn Brothers Construction | 1 | $7,843 | 20 |
| AmericInn of Mankato | 1 | $7,793 | 12 |
| Prairieland Homes, Inc. | 1 | $5,108 | 6 |
| Parco Ltd. | 2 | $4,693 | 28 |
| Shine-Way janitorial Services, Inc. | 1 | $4,063 | 7 |
| Adult Child and Family Services, LLC | 1 | $2,828 | 2 |
| Highland Hills of Mankato, Limited Partnershi | 1 | $2,239 | 12 |
| Jari Mowers, LLC | 1 | $1,640 | 2 |
| Zanz Inc | 1 | $1,529 | 8 |
| Schwickert of Mankato Inc. | 1 | $1,434 | 43 |
| Perkins & Marie Callender's, Inc. | 2 | $1,286 | 3 |
| Pap Fitness LLC | 1 | $862 | 3 |
| Here We Grow Early Childhood Center, LLC | 1 | $641 | 1 |
| River City Quilts, LLC | 1 | $285 | 3 |
| MRJ Enterprises and Jernberg Enterprises | 1 | $225 | 2 |
| Region Nine Development Commission | 1 | $116 | 1 |
| Habilitative Services, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Kato Holding Company, Kato Roofing Inc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Rotert's Flooring & Cleaning Services, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Hiniker Company | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| KMM Investments Mankato | 1 | $0 | 0 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 26 whose address on the record is in Mankato; 8 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 1 more with smaller records are on the Minnesota wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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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 Mankato.
Deeds for property in Mankato are recorded by the Blue Earth County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Blue Earth County page lists the county offices.
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.
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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.