Property Tax, Records & Election Services

Ramsey County Elections is the largest elections office in Minnesota, administering state and county elections and carrying out the elections duties for 12 cities (Saint Paul, Roseville, Falcon Heights, White Bear Lake, Vadnais Heights, Mounds View, St. Anthony, North Oaks, North St. Paul, Arden Hills, Gem Lake, White Bear Township and Little Canada) and five school districts (Saint Paul, Roseville, Mounds View, St. Anthony and White Bear Lake).

Our mission is to administer elections in Ramsey County in a fair, honest, impartial, accurate and efficient manner.

The Examiner of Titles and deputy examiners are attorneys appointed by district court judges to perform the judicial, administrative and legal adviser duties specified in the Minnesota Land Registration Act, also known as the Torrens Act, in accordance with the Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 508. 

Property Tax Services is primarily a customer service division consisting of five main sections: 

• Payments processing, delinquent tax processing and public information services are committed to providing accurate and timely information, collecting and processing all property taxes and miscellaneous county fees, managing delinquent tax accounts and maintaining taxation records.
• Tax-forfeited land directs the county’s tax-forfeited lands program according to established county policies and state laws so that forfeited property is either managed in public trust by tax-forfeited lands, returned to the tax rolls by allowing a repurchase by the prior owner, sold at public auction or sold to a government agency through a purchase or use deed application.
• The licensing section issues the following licenses for the county: auctioneers - resident and non-resident; precious metal dealer and transient merchants.
• Local government policy and research’s mission is to provide quality service and information pertaining to property ownership, valuation, revenue, and record maintenance in accordance with laws and regulations. The tax accounting team provides necessary and complete taxation, accounting, auditing, tax billing, tax distribution and reporting services as required by Minnesota Statutes and our diverse internal and external customer base.
• The policy and research section involves several areas that interact heavily with other governmental units: property taxes, economic development and tax legislation. The section analyzes the impact of proposed and enacted tax legislation on units of government in Ramsey County to produce timely and comprehensive reports on topical issues in government finance, property taxes, economic development and governance that can be used by policymakers.

The Recorder's Office mission is to preserve land title records for all real property in Ramsey County. This office permanently records, indexes and preserves more than 100 types of documents on microfilm or an electronic format for future reference and use. It also provides property ownership and encumbrance information as needed and requested by land title businesses, the mortgage industry and the public.

The Ramsey County Vital Records Office maintains and issues a variety of legal documents including birth certificates, death certificates, marriage licenses, divorce records and more. 

• Birth Records
• Death Records
• Divorce Records
• Marriage Licenses
• Marriage Records
• Notary Registration
• Credentials of Ordination