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Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include:

• Adult prosecution

• Child custody decrees

• Child protection cases

• Child support and paternity matters

• Civil advice

• Family services

• Juvenile prosecution

• Pursuing improvement and prevention: Plays an important role in seeking new laws to strengthen law enforcement, criminal justice, child protection, victim's rights, and other areas. Also participates in efforts to prevent or reduce crime in the local communities and statewide.

• Victim/Witness Assistance

Processes court cases filed in Pope County and offers other legal services including:

• Civil, criminal, family, juvenile, probate, and traffic cases

• Juror information

• Marriage license and certificates

• Processes court fees and records

Processes court cases filed in Redwood County and offers other legal services including:

• Civil, criminal, family, juvenile, probate, and traffic cases

• Juror information

• Law library

• Marriage license and certificates

• Processes court fees and records

Processes and manages court cases filed in Murray County and provides administrative support to the district court. Services include:

• Access to law library resources

• Civil, criminal, family, juvenile, probate, and traffic case processing

• Collection of court fees and fines

• Jury (juror) information and coordination

• Maintenance of official court records

• Marriage licenses and certified copies of court-related documents

Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include:

• Adult prosecution

• Child custody decrees

• Child protection cases

• Child support and paternity matters

• Civil advice

• Family services

• Juvenile prosecution

• Pursuing Improvement and prevention: Prevents or reduces crime in the local communities and statewide

• Victim/Witness assistance

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Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include:

• Child custody decrees

• Child protection cases

• Child support and paternity matters

• County civil matters

• Delinquency cases; juvenile court

• Guardianships

• Juvenile diversion

• Legal advocacy for victims in the criminal justice system

• Legal representation of county boards and county agencies

• Prosecutes criminal cases and traffic violations

• Restraining and harassment orders; orders for protection

• Victim advocacy after crime has occurred

Processes court cases filed in Kittson County and provides administrative support for District Court operations, including:

• Assisting court users and providing information about court procedures and available services

• Collecting filing fees, fines, and other court-ordered payments

• Maintaining official case records for civil, criminal, family, juvenile, probate, traffic, and conciliation (small claims) matters

• Maintaining the official record of District Court proceedings and administering oaths to witnesses

• Managing jury administration, including juror summons and coordination

• Preparing court documents under the direction of a judge, such as warrants, subpoenas, and writs

• Tracking compliance with court-ordered obligations and updating case records accordingly

Processes court cases filed in Winona County and offers other legal services including:

• Civil Court

• Court records

• Criminal state trial court

• Family Court

• Housing Court

• Juvenile Court

• Juror information

• Parking and traffic ticket fine collection office

• Probate/Mental Health Court

Processes court cases filed in Douglas County and offers other legal services including:

• Civil Court

• Court records

• Criminal Court

• Family Court: cases involving families, divorce, domestic abuse actions, harassment, child custody, and paternity

• Juvenile Court: cases involving children under the age of 18

• Law Library

• Probate Court: cases concerning property belonging to deceased persons and administration of court-supervised guardianships and conservatorships for minor children, incapacitated or incompetent adults

• Traffic Court

Provides services to the public, other county offices, and the judiciary including:

• Civil case filings

• Collection and disbursement of fines and fees

• Court-ordered restitution

• Criminal/traffic

• Family probate

• Jury selection

• Juvenile

• Processing and calendaring of court cases

• Safeguarding of all court records

• Small claims

• Temporary Restraining Order filing

• Civil court: (651)413-8131, option 1

• Conciliation/small claims court: (651)413-8131, option 2

• Court records: ?(651) 413-8030, option 6

• Criminal court: (651)413-8133

• Family court: (651)413-8132

-Guardian Ad Litem Program: (651)413-8130

• Juvenile court: (651)413-8132

• Probate court: (651)413-8131

• Traffic court: (651)413-8133

• Jury selection: (651)413-8134

• Public defenders available for criminal cases

• Files harassment restraining orders/orders for protection

Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include:

• Child abuse, neglect, and truancy

• Gross misdemeanor cases and misdemeanors occurring outside of County municipalities

• Judicial commitments for chemical dependency and mental illness

• Juvenile delinquency matters wherever they occur in the County

?- Provides advice and assistance to all law enforcement personnel

• Public Conservatorship

• Public Guardianship

Processes court cases filed in Cook County and offers other legal services including:

• Civil matters

• Criminal court

• Family law

• Juvenile cases

• Law library

• Probate

• Traffic court

Processes court cases filed in Lyon County and offers other legal services including:

• Civil, criminal, family, juvenile, probate, and traffic cases

• Juror information

• Law library

• Processes court fees and records

The following case types are processed and tried in the District Court: ?- Civil court: Includes cases, among others, such as lawsuits involving personal injury, property damage, malpractice, employment issues, wrongful death, implied consents, and Tax Court

• Conciliation Court: Small Claims Court; claim amounts are limited to $7500

• Criminal: Includes processing of complaints for violations of law from minor to major offenses including petty misdemeanor, misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor, and felony offenses, and traffic and parking violations

• Family: Includes dissolution, custody, support, paternity, domestic abuse, and adoption cases

• Juvenile: Cases involving minors under the age of 18 who are involved in delinquency, termination of parental rights, truancy, status offenses, runaway, and children in need of protection, and some traffic offenses

• Probate: Supervised and unsupervised probating of estates of decedents, guardianships of minors and adults, conservatorships, and commitments for mental illness or chemical dependency

Processes court cases filed in Faribault County and offers other legal services, including:

• Civil cases

• Court records

• Criminal cases

• Family court matters

• Jury information

• Juvenile cases

• Law Library

• Orders for protection

• Probate cases

• Traffic cases

• Maintains court files for Civil, Criminal, Traffic, Probate, Conciliation, Juvenile, and Family Court matters

• Schedules Court hearings and sends notifications

• Assists the public with domestic abuse and harassment petitions

• Maintains and disburses restitution funds ordered by the Court

• Collects fines, surcharges, etc.

• Issues warrants for Judge's signatures, prepare subpoenas and executions of judgments

• Maintains trust funds held for benefit of minors

• Courthouse contains a law library where people can research legal issues

• Receives payments of fines to Court system - Handles Traffic Violations and Fines - Handles preparations for the following type of cases: Conciliation, Appeals, Probate, Adoption and Trustee - Provides Jury duty information - Handles Criminal, Juvenile and Civil Divisions of Court as well as Family Court including Support, Paternity, Post-divorce motions, Visitations and Custody - Jury Selection

• Manages and schedules courts

• Takes fines and restitution

• Civil, Family, Juvenile, Probate, Conciliation, Criminal, Traffic

Civil Court: Handles a variety of non-criminal legal disputes, including:

• Employment issues

• Implied consents

• Lawsuits involving personal injury

• Malpractice

• Property damage

• Tax court

• Wrongful death

Conciliation Court: Also known as Small Claims Court, this division:

• Handles claims limited to $7,500

• Provides a simplified process for resolving minor disputes

Criminal Court: Presides over criminal matters, including:

• Felony offenses

• Gross misdemeanor

• Misdemeanor

• Petty misdemeanor

• Traffic and parking violations

Family Court: Resolves family-related legal matters, including:

• Adoption cases

• Custody

• Domestic abuse

• Marriage dissolution

• Paternity

• Support

Juvenile Court: Handles legal issues involving minors under age 18, including:

• Cases involving minors under age 18

• Children in need of protection

• Delinquency

• Runaway

• Status offenses

• Termination of parental rights

• Truancy

Probate Court: Oversees matters related to estates and protective proceedings, including:

• Commitments for mental illness or chemical dependency

• Conservatorships

• Guardianships of minors and adults

• Supervised and unsupervised probating of estates of decedents

Services include scheduling and administering court matters concerning cases, including:

• Civil
• Criminal
• Conciliation
• Family
• Jury selection
• Juvenile
• Probate
• Traffic

Self-help center available in the Law library at the courthouse, including information, forms and a telephone line directly hooked up to Attorneys from State Court Administration at the Judicial Center in St Paul who can also offer advice on correct procedures.

Processes court cases filed in Anoka County and offers other legal services, including:

• Civil state trial court

• Conciliation Court (Small Claims Court): Allows citizens to bring legal claims to court without expensive costs or complicated legal procedures

• Court records

• Criminal state trial court

• Family Court: Deals with cases involving families, e.g. marriage dissolutions (divorce), domestic abuse actions, harassment actions, child custody/support matters and paternity cases

• Harassment Restraining Order and Temporary Restraining Order filing office

• Housing Court: Landlord/tenant (eviction process). Court action that determines who has the legal right to possession of certain real property.

• Judgments: Public computers may be used to access information on outstanding judgments, which include money owed by debtors to creditors

• Jury selection

• Juvenile Court: Deals with cases involving children under age 18

• Law Library

• Parking ticket and traffic ticket fine collection office

• Probate/Mental Health Court: Jurisdiction over cases concerning disposition of property belonging to deceased persons, administration of court-supervised truths and proceedings to create guardianships and conservatorships for minor children, incapacitated or incompetent adults

• Subpoenas: Legal documents that may be issued in any court case and requires the person receiving the subpoena to appear in court at the time and place indicated on the document

Court services include:

• Civil: Cases such as lawsuits involving personal injury, property damage, malpractice, employment issues, wrongful death, implied consents, and Tax Court

• Conciliation Court: Small Claims Court. Claim amounts limited to $7500

• Criminal: Processing of complaints for violations of law from minor to major offenses including petty misdemeanor, misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor, and felony offenses, and traffic and parking violations

• Family: Dissolution, custody, support, paternity, domestic abuse, and adoption cases

• Juvenile: Cases involving minors under the age of 18 years involved in delinquency, termination of parental rights, truancy, status offenses, runaway, and children in need of protection, and some traffic offenses

• Probate: Supervised and unsupervised probating of estates of decedents, guardianships of minors and adults, conservatorships, and commitments for mental illness or chemical dependency

• Mental health court (committments)

Court Administration provides case management for all court cases processed in Sherburne County District Court. Provides the court services for the following:

• Child support
• Conciliation court (small claims court)
• Criminal court
• Court records
• Domestic abuse (orders for protection)
• Family court
• Harassment restraining orders
• Judgments
• Juvenile court
• Landlord/tenant (eviction process)
• Name changes
• Probate/mental health court
• Subpoena
• Traffic violations

Also collects all court fees and fines, schedules court hearings, keeps court records, and manages jury qualification and selection.

Processes court cases filed in Cook County and offers other legal services including:

• Civil matters

• Criminal court

• Family law

• Juvenile cases

• Law library

• Probate

• Traffic court