The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office has a Records Division in each of its 3 main office locations---- the Hibbing Court House , Virginia Court House and in Duluth at the Old Jail Annex Building (521 W. 2nd Street),  with Duluth being the central repository for all Sheriff’s Office criminal case files in St. Louis County. 

The Records Division is responsible for processing and maintaining crime and arrest records, traffic accident reports, citations and related documents in order to provide information to other divisions within the Sheriff’s Office, the County Attorney’s Office, the Court System, other law enforcement agencies and to the general public. 

Records are classified as “Confidential”, “Private”, and “Public” and a determination is made by Records Division staff, under State Data Practices guidelines, as to when a record can be released, who it can be released to, or whether a record can be released at all.   There is a fee charge for all case file data at a rate of $1 per page for the first five pages and 15 cents per page for all following pages in a case. 

The Central Records Division in Duluth can be reached by calling 218/726-2360.

St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office - Records Division Fee Schedule 2007

Backgrounds (Social Services/Day Care/Foster Homes)	11.00
Permit to Carry (Set by Statute)	100.00
Blasting Permit	10.00
Fingerprinting Fee	16.00
Mugshots	3.00
Copy Fee* - $1.00 first 5 pages/$.15 page thereafter
*If the requester is not the subject of the data, the fee will be $.25 per page for 100 or fewer pages.  (Current statute allows the entity to require the requester to pay the actual costs. The actual costs will be determined using allowable criteria. This method can be used for large or complex requests.)
Water Event Permits	25.00
NSF	30.00
Raft Permit	25.00

 

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