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Where Tappen's records are kept. Court and property records for Tappen sit with Kidder County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of North Dakota.
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As a small town, Tappen relies on Kidder County for its court cases, deeds and other public records. The cards below are the county and state offices that keep them. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
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Kidder County has no county website; this North Dakota Court System page gives the Kidder County Recorder and Clerk of District Court mailing address, email and phone in Steele.
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Local record guide
What we hold on Tappen, and who keeps its records.
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Tappen, a place of 217 people, keeps its own council and town business records. The Kidder County offices are in Steele, the county seat. See our Kidder County page for every county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 3 investigations with a Tappen address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $0 in back wages agreed for 0 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawson Farms | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| Mittleider Excavating LLP | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Tappen, by back wages agreed; 1 employer has a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The North Dakota wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
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Other places in Kidder County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Kidder County records are on the county page.