Beltrami County offices, sheriff records closed for Memorial Day

Beltrami County will shut down its public counters Monday, May 25, for Memorial Day, closing all county offices along with the Sheriff’s Office Records and Court Divisions. Solid waste facilities will also be closed, leaving Tuesday, May 26, as the first normal business day for residents who need records, filings or disposal access.

The interruption reaches well beyond downtown Bemidji. Beltrami County’s sheriff patrols more than 3,000 square miles and protects more than 47,000 residents across Bemidji, Blackduck, Kelliher, Solway, Tenstrike, Wilton and Waskish, so even a one-day closure can affect routine business for people who depend on in-person service. Time-sensitive requests for records, court paperwork and other administrative tasks will need to wait until offices reopen.

County waste disposal operations are affected too. The Beltrami County Solid Waste Division lists Memorial Day among its holiday closures, and the system includes the Bemidji Transfer Station at 751 Industrial Park Drive SE, plus outlying rural drop-off sites and a demolition landfill. The Bemidji site normally lists office hours from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, with additional Saturday hours and a Thursday reuse-facility window, making the holiday schedule especially important for contractors and households planning a dump run.

Court users will face the same pause. The Beltrami County Judicial Center is at 600 Minnesota Avenue NW, Suite 108, in Bemidji, and Beltrami County District Court handles civil, family, probate, juvenile, criminal and traffic cases filed in the county. Its business hours are normally Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., so the Memorial Day closure pushes routine filings and records work to the next business day. In 2024, the county also said essential 24/7 operations would remain open during the holiday shutdown, underscoring how the county trims public-facing services while keeping critical functions running.