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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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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Sherburne County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement across Sherburne County's unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. Sherburne County is served by several law enforcement agencies, including Sherburne County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments. Each department is responsible for maintaining public safety within its respective city limits, while the Sheriff's Office handles law enforcement in unincorporated areas.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Sherburne County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 13880 Business Center Drive NW, Elk River, MN 55330, provides primary law enforcement services throughout unincorporated areas and contract services to several municipalities. Citizens can search for current inmates through Sherburne County Sheriff's website at www.co.sherburne.mn.us/903/Inmate-Search, which provides an online inmate roster with booking information, charges, and bond status updated regularly.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Sherburne County are maintained by Sherburne County Sheriff's Office. Residents and attorneys can request arrest records by submitting a formal request to the Sheriff's Office, either in person or through their website.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Sherburne County are taken and retained by Sherburne County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These booking photos are part of the arrest records and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office.
The online tool allows you to search for inmates by name and provides information such as booking dates and charges. For further assistance, you can contact the jail directly at (763) 765-3800.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 20 mine sites inside the county: 1 prospect or occurrence that was never worked, 19 sites producing when the record was made; the old survey maps add 53 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is construction sand and gravel.
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 44 investigations in Sherburne County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $775,478 in back wages agreed for 902 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accurate Home Care Holdings, LLC | Elk River | 1 | $274,884 | 61 |
| Totally Tan; Nelson Marketing, LLC | Elk River | 2 | $117,905 | 149 |
| Vectren Corporation | Big Lake | 1 | $110,874 | 216 |
| Conleasco, Inc. | Becker | 6 | $60,023 | 186 |
| Cross Creek Construction, LLC | Zimmerman | 1 | $35,152 | 46 |
| Gustafson Landscaping | Becker | 1 | $34,257 | 50 |
| Erosion Works, Inc. | Elk River | 1 | $33,998 | 17 |
| K & G Enterprises, Inc. | Big Lake | 1 | $26,187 | 45 |
| B&B Plumbing Inc. | Zimmerman | 1 | $24,191 | 12 |
| Installed Building Products, LLC | Elk River | 2 | $19,668 | 36 |
| MR Welty Homes, LLC | Otsego | 1 | $17,389 | 27 |
| BEMRRRR Trust | Saint Cloud | 1 | $14,618 | 4 |
| Metro Home Insulation LLC | Elk River | 1 | $10,206 | 48 |
| Insulation Guys, LLC | Elk River | 1 | $7,595 | 9 |
| Granite City Dental Lab | Saint Cloud | 1 | $7,191 | 33 |
| Saxon Motors, Inc. | Elk River | 1 | $7,133 | 14 |
| Time Out Management INC. | Elk River | 1 | $6,493 | 18 |
| MadJax Amusements | Elk River | 1 | $5,111 | 12 |
| Steve's Pallet Services, Inc. | Saint Cloud | 1 | $5,107 | 19 |
| Nathe Ventures Inc. | Otsego | 1 | $3,601 | 7 |
| Cornerstone Auto Group LLC | Elk River | 1 | $3,371 | 7 |
| Weidner Plumbing & Heating, Inc. | Saint Cloud | 1 | $2,303 | 5 |
| Fernbrook Landscape LLC | Elk River | 1 | $1,702 | 1 |
| Red's Transfer & Storage, Inc. | Saint Cloud | 1 | $1,154 | 4 |
| JOSUDA Corporation | Big Lake | 1 | $530 | 1 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 39 on the Sherburne County record; 19 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 14 more with smaller records are on the Minnesota wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Sherburne separates appointment services from document recording. Its Recorder homepage says that some services are by appointment only and that submitting a document for recording needs no appointment. The office is in Suite 100 at 13880 Business Center Drive NW, Elk River, with published hours Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Check the Recorder service instructions before combining a land filing with a birth-certificate request. An appointment arranged for a vital record does not identify which land record you want. Bring the recording reference for a copy order, and use the service-specific instructions to prepare identification or forms for a separate vital-record transaction.
Sherburne describes an abstract as the condensed history of deeds, mortgages and other instruments affecting a parcel. Under its abstract title guidance ordinary recording costs $46 and a certified copy costs a flat $10. Registered land uses the separate Torrens system, with a certificate of title maintained by the Registrar of Titles. The Torrens explanation describes court supervision and circumstances requiring an Examiner of Titles approval. Ask which system applies to the parcel before selecting the requested record. An instrument image, a tract entry and a certificate of title are different search products, even when they relate to the same property.
The Recorder publishes separate subscription and occasional-use prices for RecordEASE. A subscription costs $30 per individual user each month even in a month without use. Occasional access carries a $3 session convenience fee. Both plans list $0.50 per search and $1.50 to view a recorded document; viewing a Torrens certificate or tract page costs $2.50. Review the current copy and access schedule. A short investigation can involve several searches before the right document is located, so keep party names, legal descriptions and prior recording references together. The access charge concerns the search or image product and does not represent a certified paper-copy order.
Sherburne's current land-record request form requires a document number and says staff will not locate that number for the requester. It offers email or mail delivery and specifies prepayment. Email copies cost $2.50 for the first page of each document and $0.50 for each following page; the listed certified-copy charge is $10 with a return envelope. The office-linked land-copy form supplies the order fields. Locate the reference through RecordEASE or office research before sending it. State which instruments need certification and include a usable delivery address. For mailed ordinary copies, ask the Recorder to confirm the total because its form and dated copy schedule describe the mailing component differently.
The Sherburne vital-record counter operates by appointment. County registrars can issue statewide Minnesota births from 1935 onward and deaths from 1997 onward, so those records need not be ordered in the county where the event happened. First certified birth copies cost $26, with $19 additional copies of the same record in the same order; death copies cost $13 first and $6 additional. The birth and death instructions list accepted unexpired identification and ask applicants to complete forms before arriving but leave them unsigned. For an earlier event, ask staff to identify the holding county or state route. Online ordering is available through the office-authorized VitalChek route, selecting Sherburne County.
The Minnesota Official Marriage System is a reference index. Sherburne says its entries cover marriage certifications from 1856 to the present, but a certified copy must come from the county where the couple applied for the license. A Sherburne certified marriage copy costs $9. The marriage record instructions also identify the authorized online order route. Search the parties' names to determine the county, then request the actual certificate from that office. A wedding held in Sherburne does not by itself establish that the license was issued here. Keep an application for a new marriage license separate from an order for proof of an existing marriage.
Sherburne District Court handles civil, family, probate, juvenile, criminal and traffic filings and belongs to the Tenth Judicial District. Its courthouse is at 13880 Business Center Drive, Elk River; the telephone is 763-284-7140. The judicial branch directory identifies the court office. Sharing a government-center location with the Recorder does not combine their files: a divorce judgment or probate order comes from the court that maintains the proceeding.
Minnesota Court Records Online provides public case research, while courthouse terminals offer broader public-document access. The district's records and transcript instructions explain Sherburne mail requests and the need to name the case and document. The state copy fee schedule lists ordinary court-document copies at no charge and certified copies at $14. Select the document and required authentication before ordering; certification is a separate product from a public online download.
Sherburne's county data-request policy provides for public inspection and copies and directs requesters to a written request. Its submission instructions say a member of the public generally need not identify themselves or explain the reason for a request, although private data about the requester require proof of identity. Describe the department, subject and relevant period, and give delivery information when copies must be mailed. The response policy explains inspection arrangements, prepayment and electronic copies where the county already keeps data electronically. Request an existing record or dataset, and identify the needed fields if asking for a particular export; a request does not automatically require creation of a new analysis.
The Sheriff's Records Division asks for the incident date and time, location, involved parties and Incident Complaint Number when known. It publishes a response target of 10 business days for providing data or explaining readiness and cost, with records staff at 763-765-3569. Use the sheriff data-request instructions. For a local background product, the office describes a notarized letter saying whether it has a record and briefly summarizing listed charges. Its other record routes distinguish that county letter from statewide or FBI checks, driving records and state accident reports. Identify the requested product explicitly so a local file check is not mistaken for a broader history search.
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Land instruments, registered titles, birth and death issuance, marriage copies.
Office page: co.sherburne.mn.us
District-court cases, divorce judgments, probate records and court-document requests.
Office page: mncourts.gov
Incident-data requests and local sheriff records-check letters.
Office page: co.sherburne.mn.us
County data-request submission guidance and department routing.
Office page: co.sherburne.mn.us
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Sherburne County Sheriff or a city police department in Sherburne 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 Sherburne County are kept by the Sherburne 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 Recorder says no appointment is needed to record a document, although some other services are by appointment only. Check the service notice.
They are different title systems. Sherburne explains that the Registrar keeps the certificate of title for registered land through its Torrens guidance.
The current form says a document number is required and that requests without it will not be honored. Locate the reference before sending the land-record copy request.
No. The published $30 monthly individual-user charge applies even without use. The county also offers occasional-user prices in its RecordEASE fee schedule.
Its local-issuance instructions cover Minnesota births from 1935 onward and deaths from 1997 onward through any county registrar. Appointments and identification requirements appear in the vital-record instructions.
Sherburne labels MOMS a reference database. Obtain the certified copy from the county where the license application was made; a Sherburne copy costs $9 under the marriage-copy instructions.
The state district-court schedule lists $0 for an uncertified instrument copy and $14 for a certified one. Select the appropriate product in the court copy schedule.
The Sheriff describes its own records-check letter separately from statewide and FBI criminal-history searches. Choose the appropriate agency through its background-check guidance.
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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.