Divide County Information
North Dakota contains Divide County. Back in 2020, there was a total population of 2,195 in Divide County. Crosby is the current county seat in Divide County.
It was organized in 1910.
It was named "Divide,” with Crosby as the seat. Most histories attribute the county name to its "division" from Williams County, though the county's location on the Laurentian Divide.
Divide County Arrest Records
Arrest records are kept on every single crime in Divide County. Every single crime in Divide County is separated into two sections in the crime report. The groups in question are 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. There were 0 violent and 12 property crimes in Divide County in 2021. Divide County Sheriff’s Office can be contacted at:
Divide County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff: Zachary Schroeder
200 Main Street N P.O. Box 275
Crosby, ND 58730
Phone: (701) 965-6461
Fax: (701) 965-6481
Email: zschroeder@nd.gov
Divide County Criminal Records
Divide 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. All police records in Divide County are updated. In order to get access to the records in question, Divide County residents can use a search tool. Anyone on release or in jail can be searched for using the tool. Divide County legally keeps current sex offender registers. These consist of any offender living, attending school, working, or imprisoned in the Divide County area. This register can be accessed by all Divide County citizens.
Local offenders can be found by citizens of Divide County by using online searches. Using the tool, a resident must simply enter the zip code of their home or an address they would like to use as their focal point. All Divide County offenders within the given coordinates will then be revealed. People may also use the tools to look up individual known offenders. The results will show all imprisoned and non-compliant offenders too.
Divide County Court Records
The county courthouse is in charge of the courts in Divide County. The court clerk maintains all Divide County court records. The Court of Appeals of North Dakota can examine all contested decisions in the state. The lower courts over which the Court of Appeals oversees feature the 53 superior or trial courts across the 53 counties, including Divide County. Divide County residents can access court records at:
Divide County Courthouse
200 North Main
P.O. Box 68
Crosby, ND 58730
Phone: (701) 965-6831
Fax: (701) 965-6943
Email: crunning@nd.gov
NOTE - Mail, email, or fax can all be used to send records to requesters in Divide County. Having said that, any official or certified records in Divide County can only be delivered via mail.
Divide County Public Records
The state of North Dakota keeps vital records on each citizen. All important life events are recorded in these records. Marriages, divorces, births, and deaths are all documented in these vital files. Divide County is, as well as other counties in the state, pivotal in the collection of these records for North Dakota. Individual counties may collect files and send copies to the state.
Marriage records are accumulated by the county clerk Divide County. These records are saved at the North Dakota Department of Health Division of Vital Records. The major vital records are birth certificates, death certificates, divorce decrees, marriage licenses, divorce certificates, marriage certificates, and more. In the state of North Dakota, every one of these vital records is saved together in one central registry, including those from Divide County. All records may later be used for statistical analysis.
In Divide County, residents can access and copy these vital records because they are found in the public domain. The state of North Dakota passed the Open Records Statute back in 1957, meaning that citizens now have the fundamental right to access any public records. The most recent change to the act came in 2016. Divide County public records can be obtained in-person at:
Divide County Clerk’s Office
Clerk: Christina Running
PO Box 68 200 N. Main St. Room 13
Crosby, ND 58730
Phone: (701) 965-6831
Fax: (701) 965-6943
Email: crunning@nd.gov
NOTE - If a requester wants to obtain records face-to-face, they must adhere to various rules in Divide County. The office is open between 8:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m and 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. CST from Monday to Friday. To attain records in Divide County, photo identification is needed. Examples encompass state IDs or driver's licenses. All Divide County public record requests must be put in writing.
