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Ramsey County MN Criminal Records
Find Ramsey County criminal cases, choose plain or certified court copies, and distinguish Minnesota public criminal history from the county case file.
Choose the Ramsey desk by the question you need answered
Information about a proceeding
The Criminal and Traffic Court guide directs case-information calls to 651-266-1999. For a search covering several cases or an individual’s broader record, it directs users to self-service searches, with terminals at Kellogg and Suburban courthouses.
Viewing or obtaining a document
Call Records at 651-266-8237. Have the case number, or the defendant’s name and birth date, available. The Records Office at 15 W. Kellogg Boulevard, Room 72, St. Paul also provides public terminals and counter assistance.
Set the copy format before requesting the Ramsey filing
| Format | Feature described by the court | Selection question |
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| Plain | No clerk certification. | Will an ordinary copy satisfy the recipient? |
| Certified | Signed by a clerk and embossed with the state seal. | Does the recipient require court certification? |
| Exemplified | Additional Court Administrator and judge signatures. | Has the receiving court specifically asked for exemplification? |
The criminal-records page explains these distinctions. Under the Records Office instructions, you can request copies by phone, mail or in person; required fees must be paid first. This office certifies documents filed in Ramsey County District Court, so send requests for another court’s filings to that court.
If an older Ramsey case is absent online
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Ask about courthouse access
Some cases or documents can only be viewed at the courthouse. An online gap can reflect access or age rather than absence of a proceeding.
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For criminal files before 1953, check State Archives
The court directs researchers to the Minnesota Historical Society for these files; library staff can be reached at 651-259-3300.
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Confirm what survives
Retention rules may have permitted destruction of a paper file even when an electronic record remains. Ask Records about the particular file before planning an archival visit.
A Minnesota BCA result answers a different question
County filings versus public statewide conviction data
Minnesota’s public criminal-history service provides BCA public conviction information for 15 years following completion of the sentence. It excludes arrest history, juvenile data, federal records and other-state history. Use it for that defined product; a negative result does not establish that Ramsey has no court proceeding or older record.
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