This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bail, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the office that holds the record.
Official Dakota Record Contacts
Choose the contact by record type. The Sheriff's Office handles Dakota County Jail information and public jail records. Court administration holds case filings and orders. Community Corrections routes county probation matters. Minnesota DOC handles state-prison and supervised-release records, while VINE supplies county-jail custody notifications.
Sheriff and Jail Records
Dakota County Sheriff's Office Records Unit
Law Enforcement Center
1580 Highway 55
Hastings, MN 55033-2343
Sheriff: 651-438-4700
Jail Information: 651-438-4800
Fax: 651-438-4709
Records email: DCSOrecords@co.dakota.mn.us
General email: sheriff@co.dakota.mn.us
Dakota County District Court
Judicial Center
1560 Highway 55, Hastings, MN 55033
651-377-7180
Western Service Center
14955 Galaxie Avenue West, Apple Valley, MN 55124
952-247-7099
Northern Service Center
1 West Mendota Road, Suite 140, West St. Paul, MN 55118
651-377-7190
Public hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Community Corrections
Probation officer routing
Judicial Center: 651-438-8288
Northern Service Center: 651-554-6060
Western Service Center: 952-891-7200
Pretrial Release Program
651-438-8365
pretrialreleaseprogram@co.dakota.mn.us
Minnesota DOC Records
Minnesota Department of Corrections
1450 Energy Park Drive
St. Paul, MN 55108
Main: 651-361-7200
Records Management: 651-361-7330
CO-Records.DOC@state.mn.us
Victim Assistance
1-800-657-3830
victimassistance.doc@state.mn.us
Minnesota VINE
County-jail custody notifications
1-877-664-8463
PIN and customer help: 1-866-277-7477
Minnesota VINELink
These pages can help route a specific need:
- Use the home page for a released-person search path and Dakota County release-record request steps.
- Use Post-Release Supervision for Dakota County probation and Minnesota DOC supervision routes.
- Use 24-Hour Releases to understand why no official same-day county release feed is available.
- Use Release Date Lookup or VINE Inmate Check for a date or county-jail alert.
- Use the facility pages in the footer for the Dakota County Jail or Juvenile Services Center.
- Use the Minnesota DOC Locator for a sentenced state prisoner who remains under DOC jurisdiction.
- Use the federal BOP or ICE locator when county records show transfer to a federal authority.