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North Dakota Public Records Search
North Dakota public records are kept by state agencies, the courts and county offices. RecordsDirectory.com lists the official statewide record offices for North Dakota and has a page for each of its 53 counties (combined 2024 population estimate: 796,568).
🏛 North Dakota Record Offices at a Glance
| State vital records office | North Dakota Health and Human Services – Vital Records Source: hhs.nd.gov ↗ |
| Sex offender registry | North Dakota Sex Offender Registry (Attorney General) Source: sexoffender.nd.gov ↗ |
| Courts | North Dakota Court System |
| Criminal cases | In North Dakota, all state criminal cases, felonies and misdemeanors alike, are heard by the District Court; city municipal courts hear city ordinance and traffic cases. |
| Land records | In North Dakota, deeds, mortgages and other land records are recorded by the County Recorder. |
| Divorce | Divorce cases in North Dakota are heard by the District Court in each county. |
| Probate | Wills and estates in North Dakota are handled by the District Court in each county. |
| Counties | Most North Dakota court, land and probate records are kept at the county level, so RecordsDirectory.com lists North Dakota records county by county. |
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Largest Counties
Cass County
Pop. 200,945
Burleigh County
Pop. 103,107
Grand Forks County
Pop. 73,771
Ward County
Pop. 68,427
Williams County
Pop. 40,763
Morton County
Pop. 34,194
Stark County
Pop. 33,767
Stutsman County
Pop. 21,546
Richland County
Pop. 16,658
McKenzie County
Pop. 14,782
Rolette County
Pop. 11,692
Ramsey County
Pop. 11,510
All 53 North Dakota Counties
Adams County
Pop. 2,141
Barnes County
Pop. 10,798
Benson County
Pop. 5,756
Billings County
Pop. 1,063
Bottineau County
Pop. 6,391
Bowman County
Pop. 2,886
Burke County
Pop. 2,154
Burleigh County
Pop. 103,107
Cass County
Pop. 200,945
Cavalier County
Pop. 3,567
Dickey County
Pop. 4,930
Divide County
Pop. 2,124
Dunn County
Pop. 4,031
Eddy County
Pop. 2,309
Emmons County
Pop. 3,209
Foster County
Pop. 3,323
Golden Valley County
Pop. 1,795
Grand Forks County
Pop. 73,771
Grant County
Pop. 2,247
Griggs County
Pop. 2,227
Hettinger County
Pop. 2,419
Kidder County
Pop. 2,371
LaMoure County
Pop. 4,051
Logan County
Pop. 1,880
McHenry County
Pop. 5,135
McIntosh County
Pop. 2,461
McKenzie County
Pop. 14,782
McLean County
Pop. 9,845
Mercer County
Pop. 8,348
Morton County
Pop. 34,194
Mountrail County
Pop. 9,474
Nelson County
Pop. 3,007
Oliver County
Pop. 1,882
Pembina County
Pop. 6,588
Pierce County
Pop. 3,853
Ramsey County
Pop. 11,510
Ransom County
Pop. 5,590
Renville County
Pop. 2,376
Richland County
Pop. 16,658
Rolette County
Pop. 11,692
Sargent County
Pop. 3,710
Sheridan County
Pop. 1,268
Sioux County
Pop. 3,713
Slope County
Pop. 660
Stark County
Pop. 33,767
Steele County
Pop. 1,767
Stutsman County
Pop. 21,546
Towner County
Pop. 2,051
Traill County
Pop. 7,989
Walsh County
Pop. 10,214
Ward County
Pop. 68,427
Wells County
Pop. 3,803
Williams County
Pop. 40,763
Largest North Dakota Cities & Towns
North Dakota has 1,712 cities, towns, villages and townships with their own page. These are the 120 largest; open a county above to see every community in it.
Afton Township
Pop. 831
Allendale Township
Pop. 553
Apple Creek Township
Pop. 3,531
Ashley
Pop. 601
Beach
Pop. 993
Belcourt
Pop. 1,547
Belfield
Pop. 992
Beulah
Pop. 3,047
Bismarck
Pop. 77,772
Bloom Township
Pop. 663
Bottineau
Pop. 2,194
Bowman
Pop. 1,416
Brenna Township
Pop. 793
Burlington
Pop. 1,334
Cando
Pop. 1,061
Cannon Ball
Pop. 748
Carrington
Pop. 2,019
Casselton
Pop. 2,486
Cavalier
Pop. 1,220
Center
Pop. 582
Cooperstown
Pop. 960
Creel Township
Pop. 1,386
Crosby
Pop. 1,034
Devils Lake
Pop. 7,314
Dickinson
Pop. 25,695
Drayton
Pop. 722
Dunseith
Pop. 605
Edgeley
Pop. 573
Ellendale
Pop. 1,139
Enderlin
Pop. 851
Fargo
Pop. 136,285
Fort Totten
Pop. 1,038
Garrison
Pop. 1,465
Gibbs Township
Pop. 2,861
Glen Ullin
Pop. 705
Grafton
Pop. 4,027
Grand Forks
Pop. 59,845
Grand Forks AFB
Pop. 1,987
Green Acres
Pop. 994
Gwinner
Pop. 893
Hankinson
Pop. 924
Harrison Township
Pop. 1,752
Harvey
Pop. 1,564
Harwood
Pop. 839
Hatton
Pop. 716
Hay Creek Township
Pop. 4,390
Hazen
Pop. 2,288
Hebron
Pop. 788
Hettinger
Pop. 1,058
Hillsboro
Pop. 1,661
Horace
Pop. 6,286
Jamestown
Pop. 15,789
Kenmare
Pop. 919
Killdeer
Pop. 912
Kindred
Pop. 1,030
LaMoure
Pop. 742
Lakota
Pop. 687
Langdon
Pop. 1,841
Larimore
Pop. 1,239
Lidgerwood
Pop. 586
Lincoln
Pop. 4,502
Linton
Pop. 1,040
Lisbon
Pop. 2,175
Mandan
Pop. 24,788
Mandaree
Pop. 620
Mapleton
Pop. 1,476
Mayville
Pop. 1,820
Mekinock Township
Pop. 2,178
Midway Township
Pop. 607
Milnor
Pop. 602
Minot
Pop. 47,440
Minot AFB
Pop. 4,878
Minto
Pop. 608
Mission Township
Pop. 919
Missouri Ridge Township
Pop. 1,618
Mohall
Pop. 718
Mott
Pop. 633
Napoleon
Pop. 746
Nedrose Township
Pop. 2,229
New England
Pop. 692
New Rockford
Pop. 1,334
New Salem
Pop. 1,068
New Town
Pop. 2,735
Northwood
Pop. 950
Oakes
Pop. 1,777
Park River
Pop. 1,369
Parshall
Pop. 908
Pherrin Township
Pop. 924
Portland
Pop. 582
Ray
Pop. 756
Reed Township
Pop. 1,151
Reile's Acres
Pop. 866
Richardton
Pop. 687
Roland Township
Pop. 594
Rolla
Pop. 1,157
Rugby
Pop. 2,422
Shell Valley
Pop. 1,243
Stanley
Pop. 2,214
Stanley Township
Pop. 867
Steele
Pop. 655
Stony Creek Township
Pop. 825
Sundre Township
Pop. 1,032
Surrey
Pop. 1,434
Tatman Township
Pop. 2,690
Thompson
Pop. 1,091
Tioga
Pop. 2,177
Trenton Township
Pop. 658
Underwood
Pop. 771
Valley City
Pop. 6,580
Velva
Pop. 1,054
Wahpeton
Pop. 8,115
Walhalla
Pop. 867
Washburn
Pop. 1,275
Waterford Township
Pop. 2,406
Watford City
Pop. 6,207
West Fargo
Pop. 41,027
Williston
Pop. 28,821
Williston Township
Pop. 1,093
Wilton
Pop. 714
Wishek
Pop. 830