Minnesota, county records
Find the right office in Olmsted County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota keeps bankruptcy dockets and claims searchable through PACER, accepts electronic proofs of claim and runs a free bankruptcy advice clinic.
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The Minnesota Department of Revenue publishes property tax data by year and location, including sales ratios and market values. Parcel records and tax statements come from each Minnesota county.
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Request birth and death certificates, marriage records and divorce filings in Minnesota.
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Search property and claim status by individual name or business through the Minnesota Dept. of Commerce.
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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Olmsted County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Olmsted County.
Police Departments. Olmsted County is served by multiple law enforcement agencies, including Olmsted County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments such as the Rochester Police Department, Byron Police Department, and Stewartville Police Department.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Olmsted County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 101 4th Street SE, Rochester, MN 55904-3718, provides law enforcement services throughout unincorporated areas and contract services to some municipalities. Olmsted County Adult Detention Center, located at 101 4th Street SE, Rochester, MN 55904-3719, maintains an online inmate roster accessible through the Sheriff's Office website where citizens can search for current inmates by name or booking number, view booking dates, charges, and bond information.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Olmsted County are maintained by Olmsted County Sheriff's Office. Residents and attorneys can request arrest records by contacting the Sheriff's Office directly, following the guidelines set forth by the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Olmsted County are taken and retained by Olmsted County Sheriff's Office during the booking process at the Adult Detention Center. These booking photos are part of the public record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office or online databases that compile such information.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 23 mine sites inside the county: 5 past producers, now closed, 15 sites producing when the record was made, 1 processing plant, which is not a working, 2 sites with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 130 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is Iron.
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 65 investigations in Olmsted County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $702,240 in back wages agreed for 930 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.
| Employer | City | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ability Building Center, Inc. | Rochester | 1 | $86,155 | 449 |
| SMB Disability Solutions, Inc. | Rochester | 1 | $72,090 | 11 |
| SMB Homes Inc | Rochester | 1 | $67,617 | 23 |
| Premier Security Inc | Rochester | 3 | $66,830 | 103 |
| Jared Rudlong Construction LLC | Rochester | 1 | $53,782 | 11 |
| Rosete's Enterprises LLC | Rochester | 1 | $46,683 | 13 |
| Hofschulte Backhoe and Septic, LLC | Elgin | 1 | $40,660 | 13 |
| Shalom | Rochester | 1 | $34,267 | 23 |
| River Hills Home Health Inc. | Rochester | 1 | $29,294 | 20 |
| Fiesta Mexican Restaurant Inc | Rochester | 1 | $22,162 | 20 |
| Wildwood Sports Bar and Grill, LLC | Rochester | 1 | $21,699 | 22 |
| Hwy 52 Restaurant, LLC | Rochester | 1 | $20,499 | 10 |
| Edge Contracting Inc. | Elgin | 1 | $17,009 | 19 |
| Centric Healthcare, LLC | Rochester | 2 | $16,680 | 7 |
| Oak Valley Home | Rochester | 1 | $16,251 | 7 |
| Land Park Rochester, LLC | Rochester | 1 | $13,508 | 9 |
| The Shalom Home, LLC | Rochester | 1 | $10,863 | 16 |
| Alpha Services Company of Rochester | Rochester | 1 | $9,959 | 38 |
| Quality Building Maintenance of Rochester, In | Rochester | 2 | $9,681 | 32 |
| The Crawford House LLC | Rochester | 1 | $9,624 | 12 |
| Rochester Armored Car Co Inc. | Rochester | 1 | $7,913 | 3 |
| Plumber's Service Inc | Rochester | 1 | $6,857 | 2 |
| Gold Crown Limousine | Rochester | 1 | $5,710 | 9 |
| Sahiba Hospitality Group LLC | Rochester | 1 | $4,352 | 3 |
| Brauer Roofing, Inc. | Eyota | 1 | $2,518 | 14 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 57 on the Olmsted County record; 25 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 32 more with smaller records are on the Minnesota wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Olmsted's birth-certificate instructions require identification and a qualifying relationship to the record subject. They list $26 for the first certified copy and $19 for additional copies, with a separate card-payment charge. Mail applications must be notarized and the county asks applicants to allow one week for processing. Its in-person instructions say a certificate can be obtained the same day and strongly encourage an appointment because walk-in capacity is limited. Gather the Minnesota birth location, birth date and parents' names before attending. An appointment for a copy does not itself authorize an amendment to information already recorded; the department identifies a separate state route for qualifying changes.
The death-certificate service page describes statewide computerized coverage and directs older Olmsted deaths to the Minnesota Department of Health for certified records or the local History Center for noncertified research. Its wording says after 1997, while the currently linked application says 1997 forward. Confirm a boundary-year record with Vital Records rather than guessing from those differing descriptions. For a local request, gather the full name, death date and place and the other identifying details the office requests. A certified application requires the relevant relationship and notarized signature. Records from another state belong with that state's custodian.
The current death-certificate application linked by Vital Records lists $13 for the first copy and $6 for each additional copy. It offers a $20 priority-processing option and a separate $33.46 express-delivery charge. Paying for earlier processing does not automatically buy express shipping. The form also distinguishes a certificate with cause-of-death information from one without it and includes a restricted-purpose veterans benefit option. Choose the product and delivery method before calculating payment. An incomplete, unsigned or unpaid application is returned, so complete the relationship and notary portions as well as the certificate-count boxes.
Olmsted issues a certified marriage copy when the original license was obtained there, even if the ceremony occurred elsewhere. Its marriage-certificate instructions direct uncertain researchers to Minnesota's marriage system to identify the relevant county. The copy price is $9 per certificate; the new-license application fee is a different product. A mailed copy request includes the completed form, payment and a stamped return envelope, and the page asks applicants to allow one week for processing. Use the recorded names and marriage date to identify the event. Confirm optional mailing charges on the current order form because older webpage delivery amounts may differ.
The Recording and Abstracting department supplies the official LandShark research route and describes daily credit-card access. Look at the search service's own access terms before buying images. A recorded instrument, an index entry and a prepared title product are separate items. Save the document reference and legal description from a result so another retrieval can identify the same record. The office also offers name-based land notifications. An alert can flag a later recorded document involving a name; it should prompt examination of that instrument rather than being treated as a legal conclusion about ownership or validity.
The county abstracting service descriptions distinguish an Abstract of Title, a Condition of Title and a Registered Property Abstract. An Abstract of Title is a historical document record; a Condition of Title reports the current owner, legal description and open mortgages for the described search. The Torrens product includes the certificate of title and plat together with specified tax, assessment and name-search information. These products have different fees and purposes. Before ordering, identify whether the parcel is abstract or Torrens property and explain the information sought. A low-cost copy of a deed is not a substitute for a separately commissioned title product.
The county's document-recording checklist requires a completed legal description, attached exhibits, a drafter statement, signatures, acknowledgment and the applicable charges. It expressly says not to use the tax-statement description as the legal description. The published abstract recording charge is $46 for a document, with separate rules for instruments containing multiple references; that is a document fee rather than a per-page copying rate. Check the Torrens list and identify Torrens status on the recording slip where applicable. For a submitted deed, taxes and any required transfer reporting are separate considerations from the recorder's basic charge.
Minnesota's court-copy instructions say public documents available through MCRO can be downloaded without charge, but online access to documents filed before July 1, 2015 is limited. A case result therefore may not provide the older order you need. Contact court administration for a file held locally or off-site and specify whether you need an ordinary, certified or exemplified copy. The same guidance says uncertified copies carry no fee, while authenticated products have separate charges. The Olmsted District Court directory provides the local contact and a later Wednesday opening time, so plan a counter visit using that court schedule.
Where to go
Each office below was read on its own site. A field the office does not publish is left out rather than filled in from a directory.
Birth, death and marriage certificates; licensing and amendment routing.
Office page: olmstedcounty.gov
Land recording, abstract and Torrens research and title products.
Office page: olmstedcounty.gov
Property assessment information, separate from deed recording.
Office page: olmstedcounty.gov
Civil, family, probate, juvenile, criminal and traffic court files; Third Judicial District.
Office page: mncourts.gov
Adult detention under the Sheriff; separate from Property Records and Licensing.
Office page: olmstedcounty.gov
Straight answers
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Olmsted County Sheriff or a city police department in Olmsted County. Ask that agency for its record. Under Minnesota Statutes 13.82, subdivision 26, a booking photograph is public data; a law enforcement agency may withhold it for a time if access would hurt an active investigation.
The Minnesota criminal history record comes from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). Free name search of public criminal history (convictions public for 15 years after the sentence ends) online; for your own full record, send the BCA a notarized personal request form by mail or in person. Fee: Free online public search; $8.00 for a Minnesota only check on yourself, plus $10.00 per card for fingerprinting service.
Search the Minnesota Department of Corrections Public Registrant Search, or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county auditor or through the Minnesota Secretary of State. You can also register online with the state online registration. Same day registration: yes, in person at your polling place on Election Day with proof of residence; registration ahead of time closes 20 days before a regularly scheduled election (Minnesota Statutes 201.061).
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Olmsted County are kept by the Olmsted County recorder. Property values are set by the county assessor, and tax bills come from the county treasurer. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Minnesota come from the Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Vital Records. Any Minnesota county vital records office sells birth and death certificates, and for fastest service MDH points you to a county office, where most of the time you get the order while you wait. In person at a county vital records office, or from MDH by mail to PO Box 64499, St. Paul, MN 55164-0499 or by fax to 866-416-1357 (credit card only) with the application form. Fee: $26 for a birth certificate ($19 for each added copy of the same one); $13 for a death certificate ($6 for each added copy).
Business entity filings are searched with the Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services. Minnesota DEED says many local governments require licenses for certain kinds of businesses, and in some cases cities and counties require a general business license.
The county requires a notarized application for mailed requests. Complete that requirement before sending the packet described in its birth-certificate directions.
Coverage depends on the record year and custodian. The local instructions route older certified records to the state; confirm a 1997 boundary-year record because the webpage and linked form phrase the cutoff differently. See Olmsted death-record guidance.
No. The application lists priority handling and express shipping as separate optional charges. Calculate them independently using the current death-certificate form.
Use the county where the marriage license was issued. Olmsted's certificate instructions direct applicants to the statewide marriage system when that county is uncertain.
The county describes them as distinct products with different scope. Compare the abstracting service descriptions before placing an order.
The recording checklist expressly instructs filers not to use the tax-statement description. Review the legal-description requirement in the recording instructions.
No. The court explains that older document access is limited and some files are stored off-site. Use the court-copy request routes to locate the particular paper.
The published schedule opens at 9 a.m. on Wednesday and 8 a.m. on the other weekdays, with 4:30 p.m. closing. Check the District Court contact listing.
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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.