Title 28 › Part PART I— - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - DISTRICT COURTS › § 103
Minnesota is one judicial district split into six divisions. Each division covers a group of counties and has a city where its court meets. The First Division includes Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona, with court in Winona. The Second Division includes Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson, Lac qui Parle, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Rock, Sibley, Waseca, Watonwan, and Yellow Medicine, with court in Mankato. The Third Division includes Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Ramsey, Rice, Scott, and Washington, with court in Saint Paul. The Fourth Division includes Anoka, Carver, Chippewa, Hennepin, Isanti, Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sherburne, Swift, and Wright, with court in Minneapolis. The Fifth Division includes Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca, Kanabec, Koochiching, Lake, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pine, and Saint Louis, with court in Duluth. The Sixth Division includes Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Polk, Pope, Red Lake, Roseau, Stearns, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Wadena, and Wilkin, with courts in Fergus Falls and Bemidji.
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28 U.S.C. § 103
Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73