Minnesota · since 1997
Arrested in Minnesota?
Call a lawyer first.
You have a limited right to talk to an attorney before you take a breath, blood or urine test. The Blue Pages is the directory beside the phone in Minnesota's jails — 657 criminal defense attorneys, every county, tap to call.
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Hennepin36 attorneys · Minneapolis
Ramsey30 attorneys · Saint Paul
Dakota27 attorneys · Hastings
Anoka33 attorneys · Anoka
Washington17 attorneys · Stillwater
St. Louis25 attorneys · Duluth
Olmsted22 attorneys · Rochester
Stearns26 attorneys · St. Cloud
Scott18 attorneys · Shakopee
Wright13 attorneys · Buffalo
Carver5 attorneys · Chaska
Sherburne6 attorneys · Elk River
Every Minnesota county
Aitkin 1Anoka 33Becker 4Beltrami 10Benton 0Big Stone 0Blue Earth 24Brown 1Carlton 3Carver 5Cass 2Chippewa 2Chisago 6Clay 4Clearwater 0Cook 0Cottonwood 2Crow Wing 4Dakota 27Dodge 0Douglas 3Faribault 3Fillmore 0Freeborn 1Goodhue 1Grant 0Hennepin 36Houston 0Hubbard 0Isanti 3Itasca 2Jackson 2Kanabec 0Kandiyohi 5Kittson 0Koochiching 0Lac qui Parle 0Lake 0Lake of the Woods 0Le Sueur 1Lincoln 1Lyon 8McLeod 2Mahnomen 0Marshall 0Martin 1Meeker 3Mille Lacs 3Morrison 1Mower 5Murray 1Nicollet 2Nobles 2Norman 0Olmsted 22Otter Tail 12Pennington 0Pine 2Pipestone 1Polk 2Pope 2Ramsey 30Red Lake 0Redwood 3Renville 2Rice 4Rock 4Roseau 2St. Louis 25Scott 18Sherburne 6Sibley 2Stearns 26Steele 2Stevens 0Swift 0Todd 1Traverse 0Wabasha 0Wadena 0Waseca 0Washington 17Watonwan 2Wilkin 0Winona 0Wright 13Yellow Medicine 0
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Minneapolis 28St Cloud 23Mankato 23Rochester 22Duluth 19St. Paul 15Fergus Falls 10Bemidji 10Anoka 9Coon Rapids 9Buffalo 7Savage 7Eagan 7Elk River 6Burnsville 5Austin 5Marshall 5Woodbury 5North Branch 4Moorhead 4Faribault 4Detroit Lakes 4Stillwater 4Mendota Heights 3Milaca 3Willmar 3Blaine 3Apple Valley 3Cloquet 3Monticello 3Luverne 3Prior Lake 3Hibbing 3Fridley 3Cambridge 3Brainerd 3
Featured attorneys
Paid placement · how listings work- Featured Anderson Law Firm Call(507) 536-9933
- Featured Bauer Law Office Call(612) 337-0100
- Featured Birkholz Law Call(507) 380-2104
- Featured Tyler Bliss Call(651) 789-0192
- Featured Sieben Edmunds, PLLC Call(651) 994-6744
- Featured Joel N Heiligman Call(763) 545-6503
- Featured Mark Herman Call(612) 382-4545
- Featured Jill & Robert Oleisky Call(612) 332-3100
The first hours, in plain English
What the officer has to tell you, what the 14-day temporary license means, what happens at the first court date. Verified against current Minnesota statutes, including the changes that took effect August 1, 2025.
- You can talk to a lawyer before you take the test. Here's exactly what that right covers.
- What happens to your license after a Minnesota DWI arrest — the 14-day permit, the revocation, and the 60-day deadline
- Refusing the test in Minnesota: which refusals are a crime, and what it costs your license
- Bail and the first court appearance in Minnesota: the 36-hour rule and what happens in the room
- How to reach someone in a Minnesota county jail — and what not to say on the phone
- Getting your license back after a Minnesota DWI: the $680, the interlock, and the order to do things in
- Whiskey plates and vehicle forfeiture: when Minnesota takes the plates, when it takes the car, and the 60-day deadline
- The four degrees of DWI in Minnesota, what moves a charge up a degree, and the maximum penalties
- The words you'll hear in the first 48 hours: a plain-English glossary of Minnesota criminal and DWI terms
Who else you may need to call
- County jails — booking desks and detention centers
- Bail bond companies
- District courts — every county courthouse, verified with the Judicial Branch
- Public defenders — if you can't afford an attorney
- Sheriff & warrant offices
- Tribal courts · Federal court
- DWI evaluations, chemical assessments & testing
For attorneys
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The printed Blue Pages sits beside the phone in Minnesota jails and police departments. Every listing in the book is now a page on this site, and featured listings are pinned to the top of their county — the page the family finds at two in the morning.
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