Rochester Residents Directory Is Not a Government Office or Records Custodian. It is a private reference and cannot retrieve records, certify copies, confirm an address, or alter a roll or database. Send those requests to the office that keeps the record. For an emergency, call 911. Contact local police if someone is stalking or harassing you.
Routes to Rochester Records
Choose the route that fits the actual record needed:
- Who owns or lives along a street: see the Rochester street directory
- Old directory volumes and past residents: use the Rochester Directory Book collections
- Finding or verifying one person: see the Rochester resident lookup walkthrough
- The offices behind the rolls: see Rochester resident records offices
- Records not available online: make a focused request under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act with the custodian named for that record type
Property and recorded-document contact: Olmsted County Property Records & Licensing, 151 Fourth Street SE, Rochester, MN 55904. Phone 507-328-7670. The office lists Monday through Friday hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Recording & Abstracting, assessor/property matters, and LandShark research questions should begin there.
City records contact: Rochester City Clerk, 201 4th Street SE, Room 135, Rochester, MN 55904. Call 311 or 507-328-2311 for City Clerk and Public Records Center routing. Court files, vital records, and city-held records have separate custodians, so include the document type and date in any request.