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'''1858–present:''' District courts are established over several counties but sit in each county. They receive cases from lower courts, such as justices of the peace and municipal courts, which were abolished in the 1970s. They have jurisdiction over certain criminal and civil cases, including divorces and naturalization, and over juvenile cases for counties with a population over 40,000. Many counties have transferred their older records to the Minnesota Historical Society, but the indexes have generally remained with the county. The clerk of the district court (name changed in the 1980s to court administrator) has indexes of plaintiffs and defendants. The lower court records were usually kept by the clerk of the district court. The clerk also handled marriage, birth,and death records on a county level. | '''1858–present:''' District courts are established over several counties but sit in each county. They receive cases from lower courts, such as justices of the peace and municipal courts, which were abolished in the 1970s. They have jurisdiction over certain criminal and civil cases, including divorces and naturalization, and over juvenile cases for counties with a population over 40,000. Many counties have transferred their older records to the Minnesota Historical Society, but the indexes have generally remained with the county. The clerk of the district court (name changed in the 1980s to court administrator) has indexes of plaintiffs and defendants. The lower court records were usually kept by the clerk of the district court. The clerk also handled marriage, birth,and death records on a county level. | ||
Now most vital records are not handled by courts, but by other county offices, usually the recorder. The records are available at county courthouses, the Minnesota Historical Society Library, and your [http://www.countyregistry.org county registry]. The | Now most vital records are not handled by courts, but by other county offices, usually the recorder. The records are available at county courthouses, the Minnesota Historical Society Library, and your [http://www.countyregistry.org county registry]. The FamilySearch Library has few civil and criminal [http://www.courtrecords.mn court records of Minnesota]. You can obtain the needed records by visiting or corresponding with the appropriate court. | ||
=== Using Minnesota Court Records === | === Using Minnesota Court Records === | ||
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