Minnesota Legal Overview: Grand Forks The Grand Forks metropolitan area is defined by the Census Bureau as covering five counties in Illinois and seven counties in Minnesota, in addition to part of Crawford County, MO. The MSA is better known as Greater Grand Forks and is part of the larger Grand Forks-St. Charles-Farmington combined statistical area or CSA which additionally includes the Farmington micropolitan area (Washington and St. Francois counties). The main trial courts with general jurisdiction are the circuit courts. Listed below are the major cities in the Grand Forks metro area.
Grand Forks
1. Minnesota is divided into 45 judicial circuits. The city of Grand Forks is served by the 22nd Judicial Circuit while Grand Forks County (not including the city of Grand Forks) is served by the 21st Judicial Circuit located in the county seat of Clayton. The city of Grand Forks Circuit Court has separate divisions, such as criminal, associate circuit, small claims, juvenile, probate, family and municipal. The Grand Forks County Circuit Court likewise has divisions for criminal, civil, family, domestic violence, DWI, drug and probate matters.
Trending Legal Topics:Appeals against circuit court verdicts in Greater Grand Forks may be filed with the Eastern District of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, which is located in downtown Grand Forks. The Minnesota Supreme Court is the court of last resort. Federal cases in the Grand Forks metro area must be filed with the Grand Forks Division of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Minnesota. Federal appeals arising out of U.S. district and bankruptcy courts in Minnesota are heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. |