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Find the right office in Stearns 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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Find active and inactive corporations by name from the Minnesota Secretary of State.
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Search property and claim status by individual name or business through the Minnesota Dept. of Commerce.
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Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Stearns County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Stearns County.
Police Departments. In addition to Stearns County Sheriff's Office, several municipal police departments operate within Stearns County.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Stearns County Sheriff's Office, located at 705 Courthouse Square, St. Cloud, MN 56303 (phone: 320-251-4240), is the primary law enforcement agency serving unincorporated areas and providing countywide services. Inmates housed at Stearns County Jail can be located through the jail roster available on the Sheriff's Office website, which provides booking information, charges, bond amounts, and projected release dates. Arrest records in Stearns County are public under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13), which classifies arrest data as public information once an arrest has been made.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Stearns County are maintained by Stearns County Sheriff's Office.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Stearns County are taken and retained by Stearns County Sheriff's Office during the booking process.
Stearns County Assessor's Office, located at the same Government Center (phone: 320-656-3240), maintains property tax records, assessed valuations, and parcel information. Stearns County is served by the Seventh Judicial District Court of Minnesota, with Stearns County Courthouse located at 725 Courthouse Square, St. Cloud, MN 56303 (phone: 320-656-3500). Zoning permits and land use approvals for businesses in unincorporated areas are handled by Stearns County Planning and Zoning Department (phone: 320-656-3858).
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 18 named mine sites inside the county, 1 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 356 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.
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.
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.
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Stearns County Sheriff or a city police department in Stearns 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 Stearns County are kept by the Stearns 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.
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