Minnesota Cities and Counties

Court claims, whether in district or conciliation court, are generally filed in the county in which the incident that gave rise to the dispute occurred or in the county in which the defendant resides. There are a number of exceptions and nuances that apply to this general rule, so be sure and consult an attorney prior to filing a court claim. Below is a list of Minnesota counties in with their corresponding cities.

Aitkin County

  • Aitkin
  • Hill City
  • McGrath
  • McGregor
  • Palisade
  • Tamarack

Anoka County

  • Andover
  • Anoka
  • Bethel
  • Blaine
  • Centerville
  • Circle Pines
  • Columbia Heights
  • Coon Rapids
  • East Bethel
  • Fridley
  • Ham Lake
  • Hilltop
  • Lexington
  • Lino Lakes
  • Oak Grove
  • Ramsey
  • Spring Lake Park
  • St. Francis

Becker County

  • Audubon
  • Callaway
  • Detroit Lakes
  • Frazee
  • Lake Park
  • Ogema
  • Wolf Lake

Beltrami County

  • Bemidji
  • Blackduck
  • Funkley
  • Kelliher
  • Solway
  • Tenstrike
  • Turtle River
  • Wilton

Benton County

  • Foley
  • Gilman
  • Rice
  • Ronneby
  • Royalton
  • Sartell
  • Sauk Rapids
  • St. Cloud

Big Stone County

  • Barry
  • Clinton
  • Correll
  • Graceville
  • Odessa

Blue Earth County

  • Amboy
  • Eagle Lake
  • Good Thunder
  • Lake Crystal
  • Madison Lake
  • Mankato
  • Mapleton
  • Minnesota Lake
  • North Mankato
  • Pemberton
  • Skyline
  • St. Clair
  • Vernon Center

Brown County

  • Cobden
  • Comfrey
  • Evan
  • Hanska
  • New Ulm
  • Sleepy Eye
  • Springfield

Carlton County

  • Barnum
  • Carlton
  • Cloquet
  • Cromwell
  • Kettle River
  • Moose Lake
  • Scanlon
  • Thomson
  • Wrenshall
  • Wright

Carver County

  • Carver
  • Chanhassen
  • Chaska
  • Cologne
  • Hamburg
  • Mayer
  • New Germany
  • Norwood Young America
  • Victoria
  • Waconia
  • Watertown

Cass County

  • Backus
  • Bena
  • Boy River
  • Cass Lake
  • Chickamaw Beach
  • East Gull Lake
  • Federal Dam
  • Hackensack
  • Lake Shore
  • Longville
  • Motley
  • Pillager
  • Pine River
  • Remer
  • Walker

Chippewa County

  • Clara City
  • Granite Falls
  • Maynard
  • Milan
  • Montevideo
  • Watson

Chisago County

  • Center City
  • Chisago City
  • Harris
  • Lindstrom
  • North Branch
  • Rush City
  • Shafer
  • Stacy
  • Taylors Falls
  • Wyoming

Clay County

  • Barnesville
  • Comstock
  • Dilworth
  • Felton
  • Georgetown
  • Glyndon
  • Hawley
  • Hitterdal
  • Moorhead
  • Sabin
  • Ulen

Clearwater County

  • Bagley
  • Clearbrook
  • Gonvick
  • Leonard
  • Shevlin

Cook County

  • Grand Marais

Cottonwood County

  • Bingham Lake
  • Comfrey
  • Jeffers
  • Mountain Lake
  • Storden
  • Westbrook
  • Windom

Crow Wing County

  • Baxter
  • Brainerd
  • Breezy Point
  • Crosby
  • Crosslake
  • Cuyuna
  • Deerwood
  • Emily
  • Fifty Lakes
  • Fort Ripley
  • Garrison
  • Ironton
  • Jenkins
  • Manhattan Beach
  • Nisswa
  • Pequot Lakes
  • Riverton
  • Trommald

Dakota County

  • Apple Valley
  • Burnsville
  • Coates
  • Eagan
  • Farmington
  • Hampton
  • Hastings
  • Inver Grove Heights
  • Lakeville
  • Lilydale
  • Mendota
  • Mendota Heights
  • Miesville
  • New Trier
  • Northfield
  • Randolph
  • Rosemount
  • South St. Paul
  • Sunfish Lake
  • Vermillion
  • West St. Paul

Dodge County

  • Blooming Prairie
  • Claremont
  • Dodge Center
  • Hayfield
  • Kasson
  • Mantorville
  • West Concord

Douglas County

  • Alexandria
  • Brandon
  • Carlos
  • Evansville
  • Forada
  • Garfield
  • Kensington
  • Millerville
  • Miltona
  • Nelson
  • Osakis

Faribault County

  • Blue Earth
  • Bricelyn
  • Delavan
  • Easton
  • Elmore
  • Frost
  • Kiester
  • Minnesota Lake
  • Walters
  • Wells
  • Winnebago

Fillmore County

  • Canton
  • Chatfield
  • Fountain
  • Harmony
  • Lanesboro
  • Mabel
  • Ostrander
  • Peterson
  • Preston
  • Rushford
  • Rushford Village
  • Spring Valley
  • Whalan
  • Wykoff

Freeborn County

  • Albert Lea
  • Alden
  • Clarks Grove
  • Conger
  • Emmons
  • Freeborn
  • Geneva
  • Glenville
  • Hartland
  • Hayward
  • Hollandale
  • Manchester
  • Myrtle
  • Twin Lakes

Goodhue County

  • Bellechester
  • Cannon Falls
  • Dennison
  • Goodhue
  • Kenyon
  • Lake City
  • Pine Island
  • Red Wing
  • Wanamingo
  • Zumbrota

Grant County

  • Ashby
  • Barrett
  • Elbow Lake
  • Herman
  • Hoffman
  • Norcross
  • Wendell

Hennepin County

  • Bloomington
  • Brooklyn Center
  • Brooklyn Park
  • Champlin
  • Chanhassen
  • Corcoran
  • Crystal
  • Dayton
  • Deephaven
  • Eden Prairie
  • Edina
  • Excelsior
  • Golden Valley
  • Greenfield
  • Greenwood
  • Hanover
  • Hopkins
  • Independence
  • Long Lake
  • Loretto
  • Maple Grove
  • Maple Plain
  • Medicine Lake
  • Medina
  • Minneapolis
  • Minnetonka Beach
  • Minnetonka
  • Minnetrista
  • Mound
  • New Hope
  • Orono
  • Osseo
  • Plymouth
  • Richfield
  • Robbinsdale
  • Rockford
  • Rogers
  • Shorewood
  • Spring Park
  • St. Anthony
  • St. Bonifacius
  • St. Louis Park
  • Tonka Bay
  • Wayzata
  • Woodland

Houston County

  • Brownsville
  • Caledonia
  • Eitzen
  • Hokah
  • Houston
  • La Crescent
  • Spring Grove

Hubbard County

  • Akeley
  • Laporte
  • Nevis
  • Park Rapids

Isanti County

  • Braham
  • Cambridge
  • Isanti
  • Bigfork

Itasca County

  • Bovey
  • Cohasset
  • Coleraine
  • Deer River
  • Effie
  • Keewatin
  • Squaw Lake
  • Warba
  • Zemple

Jackson County

  • Alpha
  • Heron Lake
  • Jackson
  • Lakefield
  • Okabena
  • Wilder

Kanabec County

  • Braham
  • Grasston
  • Mora
  • Ogilvie
  • Quamba

Kandiyohi County

  • Atwater
  • Blomkest
  • Kandiyohi
  • Lake Lillian
  • New London
  • Pennock
  • Prinsburg
  • Raymond
  • Regal
  • Spicer
  • Sunburg
  • Willmar

Kittson County

  • Donaldson
  • Hallock
  • Halma
  • Humboldt
  • Karlstad
  • Kennedy
  • Lake Bronson
  • Lancaster
  • St. Vincent

Koochiching County

  • Big Falls
  • International Falls
  • Littlefork
  • Mizpah
  • Northome
  • Ranier

Lac Qui Parle County

  • Bellingham
  • Boyd
  • Dawson
  • Louisburg
  • Madison
  • Marietta
  • Nassau

Lake County

  • Beaver Bay
  • Silver Bay
  • Two Harbors

Lake of the Woods County

  • Baudette
  • Roosevelt
  • Williams

Le Sueur County

  • Cleveland
  • Elysian
  • Heidelberg
  • Kasota
  • Kilkenny
  • Le Center
  • Le Sueur
  • Mankato
  • Montgomery
  • New Prague
  • Waterville

Lincoln County

  • Arco
  • Hendricks
  • Ivanhoe
  • Lake Benton
  • Tyler

Lyon County

  • Balaton
  • Cottonwood
  • Florence
  • Garvin
  • Ghent
  • Lynd
  • Marshall
  • Minneota
  • Russell
  • Taunton
  • Tracy

Mahnomen County

  • Bejou
  • Mahnomen
  • Waubun

Marshall County

  • Alvarado
  • Argyle
  • Grygla
  • Holt
  • Middle River
  • Newfolden
  • Oslo
  • Stephen
  • Strandquist
  • Viking
  • Warren

Martin County

  • Ceylon
  • Dunnell
  • Fairmont
  • Granada
  • Northrop
  • Ormsby
  • Sherburn
  • Trimont
  • Truman
  • Welcome

McLeod County

  • Biscay
  • Brownton
  • Glencoe
  • Hutchinson
  • Lester Prairie
  • Plato
  • Silver Lake
  • Stewart
  • Winsted

Meeker County

  • Cedar Mills
  • Cosmos
  • Darwin
  • Dassel
  • Eden Valley
  • Grove City
  • Kingston
  • Litchfield
  • Watkins

Mille Lacs County

  • Bock
  • Foreston
  • Isle
  • Milaca
  • Onamia
  • Pease
  • Princeton
  • Wahkon

Morrison County

  • Bowlus
  • Buckman
  • Elmdale
  • Flensburg
  • Genola
  • Harding
  • Hillman
  • Lastrup
  • Little Falls
  • Motley
  • Pierz
  • Randall
  • Royalton
  • Sobieski
  • Swanville
  • Upsala

Mower County

  • Adams
  • Austin
  • Brownsdale
  • Dexter
  • Elkton
  • Grand Meadow
  • Le Roy
  • Lyle
  • Mapleview
  • Racine
  • Rose Creek
  • Sargeant
  • Taopi
  • Waltham

Murray County

  • Avoca
  • Chandler
  • Currie
  • Dovray
  • Fulda
  • Hadley
  • Iona
  • Lake Wilson
  • Slayton

Nicollet County

  • Courtland
  • Lafayette
  • Mankato
  • Nicollet
  • North Mankato
  • St. Peter

Nobles County

  • Adrian
  • Bigelow
  • Brewster
  • Dundee
  • Ellsworth
  • Kinbrae
  • Lismore
  • Round Lake
  • Rushmore
  • Wilmont
  • Worthington

Norman County

  • Ada
  • Borup
  • Gary
  • Halstad
  • Hendrum
  • Perley
  • Shelly
  • Twin Valley

Olmsted County

  • Byron
  • Chatfield
  • Dover
  • Eyota
  • Oronoco
  • Pine Island
  • Rochester
  • Stewartville

Otter Tail County

  • Battle Lake
  • Bluffton
  • Clitherall
  • Dalton
  • Deer Creek
  • Dent
  • Elizabeth
  • Erhard
  • Fergus Falls
  • Henning
  • New York Mills
  • Ottertail
  • Parkers Prairie
  • Pelican Rapids
  • Perham
  • Richville
  • Rothsay
  • Underwood
  • Urbank
  • Vergas
  • Vining
  • Wadena

Pennington County

  • Goodridge
  • St. Hilaire
  • Thief River Falls

Pine County

  • Askov
  • Brook Park
  • Bruno
  • Denham
  • Finlayson
  • Henriette
  • Hinckley
  • Kerrick
  • Pine City
  • Rock Creek
  • Rutledge
  • Sandstone
  • Sturgeon Lake
  • Willow River

Pipestone County

  • Edgerton
  • Hatfield
  • Holland
  • Ihlen
  • Jasper
  • Pipestone
  • Ruthton
  • Trosky
  • Woodstock

Polk County

  • Beltrami
  • Climax
  • Crookston
  • East Grand Forks
  • Erskine
  • Fertile
  • Fisher
  • Fosston
  • Gully
  • Lengby
  • McIntosh
  • Mentor
  • Nielsville
  • Trail
  • Winger

Pope County

  • Brooten
  • Cyrus
  • Farwell
  • Glenwood
  • Long Beach
  • Lowry
  • Sedan
  • Starbuck
  • Villard
  • Westport

Ramsey County

  • Arden Hills
  • Blaine
  • Falcon Heights
  • Gem Lake
  • Lauderdale
  • Little Canada
  • Maplewood
  • Mounds View
  • New Brighton
  • North Oaks
  • North St. Paul
  • Roseville
  • Shoreview
  • Spring Lake Park
  • St. Anthony
  • St. Paul
  • Vadnais Heights
  • White Bear Lake

Red Lake County

  • Brooks
  • Oklee
  • Plummer
  • Red Lake Falls

Redwood County

  • Belview
  • Clements
  • Delhi
  • Lamberton
  • Lucan
  • Milroy
  • Morgan
  • Redwood Falls
  • Revere
  • Sanborn
  • Seaforth
  • Vesta
  • Wabasso
  • Walnut Grove
  • Wanda

Renville County

  • Bird Island
  • Buffalo Lake
  • Danube
  • Fairfax
  • Franklin
  • Hector
  • Morton
  • Olivia
  • Redwood Falls
  • Renville
  • Sacred Heart

Rice County

  • Dennison
  • Dundas
  • Faribault
  • Lonsdale
  • Morristown
  • Nerstrand
  • Northfield

Rock County

  • Beaver Creek
  • Hardwick
  • Hills
  • Jasper
  • Kenneth
  • Luverne
  • Magnolia
  • Steen

Roseau County

  • Badger
  • Greenbush
  • Roosevelt
  • Roseau
  • Strathcona
  • Warroad

Scott County

  • Belle Plaine
  • Elko
  • Jordan
  • New Market
  • New Prague
  • Prior Lake
  • Savage
  • Shakopee

Sherburne County

  • Becker
  • Big Lake
  • Clear Lake
  • Elk River
  • Princeton
  • St. Cloud
  • Zimmerman

Sibley County

  • Arlington
  • Gaylord
  • Gibbon
  • Green Isle
  • Henderson
  • Le Sueur
  • New Auburn
  • Winthrop

St. Louis County

  • Babbitt
  • Biwabik
  • Brookston
  • Buhl
  • Chisholm
  • Cook
  • Duluth
  • Ely
  • Eveleth
  • Floodwood
  • Gilbert
  • Hermantown
  • Hibbing
  • Hoyt Lakes
  • Iron Junction
  • Leonidas
  • McKinley
  • Meadowlands
  • Mountain Iron
  • Orr
  • Proctor
  • Tower
  • Virginia
  • Winton

Stearns County

  • Albany
  • Avon
  • Belgrade
  • Brooten
  • Clearwater
  • Cold Spring
  • Eden Valley
  • Elrosa
  • Freeport
  • Greenwald
  • Holdingford
  • Kimball
  • Lake Henry
  • Meire Grove
  • Melrose
  • New Munich
  • Paynesville
  • Pleasant Lake
  • Richmond
  • Rockville
  • Roscoe
  • Sartell
  • Sauk Centre
  • Spring Hill
  • St. Anthony
  • St. Cloud
  • St. Joseph
  • St. Martin
  • St. Rosa
  • St. Stephen
  • Waite Park

Steele County

  • Blooming Prairie
  • Ellendale
  • Medford
  • Owatonna

Stevens County

  • Alberta
  • Chokio
  • Donnelly
  • Hancock
  • Morris

Swift County

  • Appleton
  • Benson
  • Clontarf
  • Danvers
  • De Graff
  • Holloway
  • Kerkhoven
  • Murdock

Todd County

  • Bertha
  • Browerville
  • Burtrum
  • Clarissa
  • Eagle Bend
  • Grey Eagle
  • Hewitt
  • Long Prairie
  • Osakis
  • Staples
  • West Union

Traverse County

  • Browns Valley
  • Dumont
  • Tintah
  • Wheaton

Wabasha County

  • Bellechester
  • Elgin
  • Hammond
  • Kellogg
  • Lake City
  • Mazeppa
  • Millville
  • Minneiska
  • Plainview
  • Wabasha
  • Zumbro Falls

Wadena County

  • Aldrich
  • Menahga
  • Nimrod
  • Sebeka
  • Staples
  • Verndale
  • Wadena

Waseca County

  • Elysian
  • Janesville
  • New Richland
  • Waldorf
  • Waseca

Washington County

  • Afton
  • Bayport
  • Birchwood Village
  • Cottage Grove
  • Dellwood
  • Forest Lake
  • Grant
  • Hastings
  • Hugo
  • Lake Elmo
  • Lake St. Croix Beach
  • Lakeland
  • Lakeland Shores
  • Landfall
  • Mahtomedi
  • Marine on St. Croix
  • Newport
  • Oak Park Heights
  • Oakdale
  • Pine Springs
  • St. Marys Point
  • St. Paul Park
  • Stillwater
  • White Bear Lake
  • Willernie
  • Woodbury

Watonwan County

  • Butterfield
  • Darfur
  • La Salle
  • Lewisville
  • Madelia
  • Odin
  • Ormsby
  • St. James

Wilkin County

  • Breckenridge
  • Campbell
  • Doran
  • Foxhome
  • Kent
  • Nashua
  • Rothsay
  • Tenney
  • Wolverton

Winona County

  • Altura
  • Dakota
  • Elba
  • Goodview
  • La Crescent
  • Lewiston
  • Minneiska
  • Minnesota City
  • Rollingstone
  • St. Charles
  • Stockton
  • Utica
  • Winona

Wright County

  • Albertville
  • Annandale
  • Buffalo
  • Clearwater
  • Cokato
  • Dayton
  • Delano
  • Hanover
  • Howard Lake
  • Maple Lake
  • Monticello
  • Montrose
  • Otsego
  • Rockford
  • South Haven
  • St. Michael
  • Waverly

Yellow Medicine County

  • Canby
  • Clarkfield
  • Echo
  • Granite Falls
  • Hanley Falls
  • Hazel Run
  • Porter
  • St. Leo
  • Wood Lake