Minnesota Court Records

Access Minnesota Courts online directly. Search court records; from Minnesota county courts to Supreme courts. Find criminal filings, Minnesota dissolution of marriage or divorce records from official state websites. File small claims lawsuits. Link to Minnesota probate sources with helpful information. Bankruptcy courts by jurisdiction or by districts. Minnesota state courts contact information such as telephone numbers and more.

Dissolution cases are district court cases in Minnesota, filed in the county where one spouse lives and kept by the court administrator there. Rule 2 of the Rules of Public Access presumes them open, and dissolution is not a closed case type under Rule 4. The closed items are restricted identifiers and financial source documents under General Rule of Practice 11: tax returns, W-2s, wage stubs, credit card and bank statements and check registers, filed under a non-public cover sheet and withheld unless admitted into evidence. The financial affidavit required by Minn. Stat. 518A.28 in cases with children, the judgment and decree, marital termination agreements and QDROs are public records.

Minnesota Court Records Online lists family cases but shows online only the orders, appellate opinions and notices the court prepared; everything else is read at the court administrator's office or a courthouse terminal, free to view and free as an uncertified copy under Minn. Stat. 357.021, with certified copies at $14. The Minnesota asset search page explains what the affidavit and the decree show.

These federal and national sources complement Minnesota's state-level records. They are the authoritative sources you should cross-check when Minnesota state records are incomplete or out-of-state activity matters.