Can I view district court case records on the internet?
In addition to the electronic records provided through the MPA Courthouse service, Minnesota District (Trial) Courts case records are also available to the general public on the internet free of charge through the “MPA Remote View”: http://www.mncourts.gov/caserecords. For privacy reasons, the information available on MPA Remote is also limited to remotely accessible information under Rule 8, subd. 2 of the Minnesota Rules of Public Access to Records of the Judicial Branch. Under this rule, publicly accessible case records available on the MPA Courthouse service (on court public access computers) are not all remotely accessible through MPA Remote on the internet. For example, party street address and name searches on criminal, traffic, and petty misdemeanor pre-conviction case records are publicly accessible and available on the MPA Courthouse service, but not on MPA Remote. The federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) also prevents us from displaying harassment and domestic abuse cas
