Located outside the Court Administrator's Office is a Self-Help Center and Pro Se Workstation for the public to use if you are handling your own Court case such as criminal expungement; car title problem; divorce; custody; child support; landlord/tenant issues; conciliation court claims or other legal issues.  Print court forms or receive help in filling out the forms by calling the self-help center.  This can also be accessed from your home computer by going to www.mncourts.gov/selfhelp or you can also call the self-help center at 651-259-3888 Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for assistance.  However, the staff cannot offer legal advice.  If you need legal advice you must contact an attorney.  If you are looking for various other court forms these are available at www.mncourts.gov/forms. 

We also have the Law Library which is available for public use, which is located in the basement of the Law Enforcement Center.  There is also a public terminal located in the Windom Public Library for the public to access Westlaw.

Cottonwood County is part of the fifteen counties which make up the Fifth Judicial District.  This goes from Rock County to Lyon County to Nicollet County and Faribault County.  We are a part of the Southwestern Assignment District which consists of Rock, Nobles, Pipestone, Murray, Watonwan and Cottonwood Counties.