Self Help Center Services are available by:
Walk-In Services
We provide walk-in services at each of our 8 different counties (Anoka, Chisago, Pine, Isanti, Kanabec, Washington, Wright, and Sherburne) on a first-come, first-served basis. You can find a full list of our walk-in hours in the “Locations & Hours” tab.
Telephone: (763) 760-6699
Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Email: Click on the "Contact us by email" button above.
Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
(Please note email response time may be 1-2 business days)
Zoom Appointments
Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
What Self-Help Center Staff Can and Cannot Do?
The Self-Help Center has forms and can perform a review of forms for completeness relating to:
- Civil pleadings
- Conciliation court
- Landlord/tenant cases
- Change of name
- Dissolution of marriage actions
- Custody proceedings
- Child support matters
The Self-Help Center can also provide some limited assistance with probate matters and criminal matters, such as criminal expungements.
The Self-Help Center DOES NOT currently provide assistance with orders for protection (OFP) or harassment restraining orders (HRO) (contact your Court Administration office for assistance with OFPs and HROs) or the following case types: appealing a decision to the Court of Appeals or Supreme Court; annulment of marriage; adoptions; termination of parental rights; wills; trusts; juvenile matters; immigration issues or bankruptcy issues. There may be other areas in which the Self-Help Center is unable to provide assistance, depending on the particular case type.
The Self-Help Center cannot:
- Do legal research for self-represented litigants
- Recommend one option over another
- Predict or guarantee an outcome
- Offer legal strategy, advice or theory
- Interpret or analyze an aspect of a statute, rule or order
- Advise someone to file a case or of a particular action to take
- Offer an opinion on the merits of a case
- Assist with forms that have not been properly approved
If you need to perform legal research or assistance with a case type not covered by the Self-Help Center, contact your local
law library or attend a
legal advice clinic.