Carver County District Court

Everyone who enters the Carver County Justice Center must pass through a screening checkpoint.

To protect the public and court employees, courthouses have metal detectors like those at airports and other government buildings. Under Minnesota law, it is a crime for a person in a "courthouse complex" to possess a dangerous weapon, ammunition, or explosives. The law applies to court employees as well as members of the public. Licensed peace officers on duty and on official business are exempt.  See Minn. Stat. § 609.66, Subd. 1(g).

Please do not bring any item that could be used as a weapon to the courthouse. Those items will not be allowed in areas beyond screening checkpoints, and illegal weapons will be confiscated. There may be a line at the screening checkpoint, so please allow yourself enough time to get to a court hearing and other appointments in the courthouse.
 

Prohibited Items

If you bring an item to the courthouse that could be used as a weapon and you enter the screening checkpoint, the Sheriff Deputy will give you the option to remove the item from the courthouse or the Sheriff Deputy will put it in a disposal box.