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Start here for the fastest path into North Dakota court-record research.
- Online Court Records HubReturn to the nationwide PRC court-records hub and browse other states.
- North Dakota Public Records HubMain North Dakota landing page with statewide record topics and related resources.
Official North Dakota Court Resources
Use these statewide and official court resources for case information, court structure, forms, clerk access, or public search tools.
- North Dakota Court SystemOfficial statewide North Dakota courts portal with public access, court locations, and services.
- North Dakota Courts Records InquiryOfficial public court records inquiry for North Dakota cases and judgments.
- ndcourts.gov/public-accessNorth Dakota district court case search and payment information.
North Dakota Court Directory & Local Resources
Legacy directory content has been retained inside the new layout so county-level links, clerk references, and older court research notes remain available in one place.
North Dakota State Court Records Search Suggestions
As there may be more one source to obtaining North Dakota criminal, civil and divorce records, it is important to search multiple state courts to find the correct records.
North Dakota State Court Structure:
The North Dakota supreme court maintains mandatory jurisdiction in civil, capital criminal, criminal, administrative agency, juvenile, disciplinary, original proceeding, and interlocutory decision cases. The North Dakota supreme court has no discretionary jurisdiction. The North Dakota district court has exclusive jurisdiction over tort, contract, real property rights, small claims up to $5,000, estate, appeals of administrative agency cases, mental health, and miscellaneous civil cases. The district court maintains exclusive domestic relations jurisdiction. The North Dakota district court has exclusive felony, misdemeanor, and miscellaneous criminal jurisdiction. The district court has jurisdiction over moving traffic, ordinance violation, parking, and miscellaneous traffic cases. The North Dakota district court has exclusive juvenile jurisdiction. The district court hears jury trials in many cases. The North Dakota municipal court has jurisdiction over DWI, DUI, moving traffic, ordinance violation, parking, and miscellaneous traffic jurisdiction. The municipal courts in North Dakota have no jury trials.Directory of Links and Resources to Access County, State or Federal Court Records Online
North Dakota Civil and Divorce Court Records |
North Dakota Criminal Court Records Felony, misdemeanors and traffic violations. |
North Dakota District Court Records Filings in my District courthouses. |
Civil, family law cases and divorces, personal injury cases, lawsuits, estate planning and probate matters.
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Most criminal cases are started when a prosecutor, either a district attorney (who represents a county) or the attorney general (who represents the state), files a complaint with the court.
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Courts Of General Jurisdiction. Civil Cases, Criminal And Misdemeanor, Juvenile, Family Law Cases And More. Adams Barnes Benson Billings Bottineau Bowman Burke Burleigh Cass Cavalier Dickey Divide Dunn Eddy Emmons Foster Golden Valley Grand Forks Grant Griggs Hettinger Kidder LaMoure Logan McHenry McIntosh McKenzie McLean Mercer Morton Mountrail Nelson Oliver Pembina Pierce Ramsey Ransom Renville Richland Rolette Sargent Sheridan Sioux Slope Stark Steele Stutsman Towner Traill Walsh Ward Wells Williams |
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