Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
St. Louis County, Minnesota, has about 201,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Minnesota the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the court administrator; the statewide criminal history kept by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from St. Louis County is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: St. Louis County public records, St. Louis County arrest records, St. Louis County warrants, St. Louis County inmate search, St. Louis County court records, Minnesota arrest records and Minnesota inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the St. Louis County District Court
A criminal case from St. Louis County is filed in the St. Louis County District Court, and the court file, kept by the court administrator, is the record of it that the public may see.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at publicaccess.courts.state.mn.us/CaseSearch (page title: Case Search | Minnesota Court Records Online (MCRO)), phone (651) 793-2400, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, Minnesota Court Records Online is the Minnesota Judicial Branch's free statewide case search.
The Minnesota Criminal History and Your Own Copy
Minnesota is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the public criminal history search online is free and shows 15 years of convictions, through the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
To see your own record, the route is a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/bca-divisions/criminal-justice-information....
Arrest Records Kept Locally in St. Louis County
The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Duluth, Hibbing, Hermantown, Virginia, Chisholm, Eveleth and five more cities keep the arrest records in St. Louis County: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in St. Louis County: the University of Minnesota at Duluth (campus police); the State Patrol at Virginia and the State Patrol at Duluth (state police); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the 13 agencies in St. Louis County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,143 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in St. Louis County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: St. Louis County in 2025
The 13 agencies in St. Louis County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 395 violent and 3,880 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 4,275 crimes in 2025 against 4,201 in 2024. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the St. Louis County public records guide.
The County Attorney for St. Louis County
Charges in St. Louis County are filed by the County Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the St. Louis County District Court.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at stlouiscountymn.gov/departments-a-z/attorney/about-the-county-attor... (page title: Our Staff), phone 218-726-2323, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for St. Louis County
Registered sex offenders living in St. Louis County are listed on the Minnesota Predatory Offender Registry, run by the Minnesota Department of Corrections at mn.gov. Only Level 3 offenders are listed online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in St. Louis County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act a county office must answer a request promptly, within a reasonable time, and it may charge copying, and staff time for requests over 100 pages.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in St. Louis County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension: the public criminal history search online is free and shows 15 years of convictions. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act.
Can I search St. Louis County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at publicaccess.courts.state.mn.us/CaseSearch (page title: Case Search | Minnesota Court Records Online (MCRO)). Statewide, Minnesota Court Records Online is the Minnesota Judicial Branch's free statewide case search.
How do I get my own Minnesota criminal history?
Through a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Who prosecutes crimes in St. Louis County?
The County Attorney, reached at 218-726-2323, which files its cases in the St. Louis County District Court.
Is this the official St. Louis County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.