Billings County Information
Billings County can be seen in the state of North Dakota. Back in 2020, there were 945 total occupants. The county seat is Medora.
It was created in 1879 and Organized in 1886.
It was named for Frederick H. Billings. He was an American lawyer and financier. From 1879 to 1881, he was President of the Northern Pacific Railway.
Billings County Arrest Records
In Billings County, the authorities keep arrest records on each crime. Crimes in Billings County are broken into two major categories, violent crime and property crime. Property crimes can include things such as burglary, vehicle theft, and larceny. Robbery, aggravated assault, murder, and forcible rape make up the four main violent crime categorizations. In 2021, in Billings County, there were 0 violent and 3 property crimes. Billings County Sheriff’s Office can be contacted at:
Billings County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff: Pat Rummel
495 4th Street
Medora, ND 58645
Phone: (701) 623-4323
Billings County Criminal Records
Billings County records their criminal activity in the form of criminal records. These records cover murders, rapes, burglaries, arson, motor vehicle theft, assaults, and crimes of a sexual nature. The criminal records in Billings County are consistently updated. In order to get access to the records in question, Billings County residents can use a search tool. Anyone on release or in jail can be searched for using the tool. Billings County legally keeps current sex offender registers. These consist of any offender living, attending school, working, or imprisoned in the Billings County area. All Billings County residents may access an up-to-date copy of this register.
Residents of Billings County can search for any sex offenders within a certain distance of their homes. People must simply enter a zip code to act as the center of their search. All offenders within that area will then be revealed to the searcher. A resident may also use the tools to look up individual known offenders. These include any imprisoned or non-compliant offenders in Billings County.
Billings County Court Records
The county courthouse is in charge of the courts in Billings County. Court records in Billings County are collected and taken care of by the court clerk. The Court of Appeals of North Dakota can overview all contested decisions in the state. The 53 superior and trial courts across the 53 counties, including Billings County, are managed by the Court of Appeals. Billings County residents can obtain court records at:
Billings County Courthouse
495 4th Street
P.O. Box 138
Medora, ND 58645
Phone: (701) 623-4492
Fax: (701) 623-4382
NOTE - Mail, email, or fax can all be used to send records to requesters in Billings County. Alternatively, all official records can only be delivered via mail-in Billings County.
Billings County Public Records
Vital records are kept on every last resident in North Dakota. The vital records in question document a person’s most prominent life events. These records can consist of vital records on divorces, marriages, births, deaths, and more. Billings County is, as well as other counties in the state, pivotal in the collection of these records for North Dakota. The state requires some counties to collect and send copies of the records.
Each individual county clerk collects marriage records in North Dakota. The North Dakota Department of Health Division of Vital Records stores these records. Vital records may incorporate birth certificates, death certificates, divorce decrees, marriage licenses, divorce certificates, marriage certificates, and more. All vital state records are saved in one central registry. In the future, these vital records can be utilized for statistical analysis.
All public records in Billings County can be accessed and copied by the general public. Billings County citizens have the right to access these records since North Dakota passed the Open Records Statute in 1957. The most recent change to this law came in 2016. Billings County citizens can obtain public records at:
Billings County Clerk’s Office
Clerk’: Julianna Hammerstrom
495 4th Street
Medora, ND 58645
Phone: (701) 623-4491
Fax: (701) 623-4896
However, Billings County charges a fee per record copied. Billings County birth records cost $7 per first copy. Death records in Billings County cost $7 for the first copy.
NOTE - Billings County has a variety of rules that must be followed about obtaining records. The office has opening times of 8:00 a.m until 4:00 p.m. (winter hrs) and 7:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. from Monday to Thursday and 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. from Friday (summer hrs) MST. To get records in Billings County, photo identification is needed. Both driver's licenses and state IDs would suffice. All Billings County public record requests must be put in writing.
