Title 28 › PART I — ORGANIZATION OF COURTS › CHAPTER 5 — DISTRICT COURTS › § 103
Minnesota is one judicial district split into six divisions. The First Division includes Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona counties, and holds 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 counties, and holds court in Mankato. The Third Division includes Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Ramsey, Rice, Scott, and Washington counties, and holds court in Saint Paul. The Fourth Division includes Anoka, Carver, Chippewa, Hennepin, Isanti, Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sherburne, Swift, and Wright counties, and holds 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 counties, and holds 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 counties, and holds court in Fergus Falls and Bemidji.
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28 U.S.C. § 103
Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Last Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110