Security Screening

Before residents can enter any Dakota County courthouse, they must complete a security screening.

Residents will need to remove belts and coats and empty pockets. This screening can include walking through a metal detector, exposure to a hand-held metal detector or a pat-down search.

All packages are subject to X-ray or hand search.

Items not allowed in the courthouse

• Firearms unless carried by a licensed peace officer who is on active duty and on official business
• Bladed instruments or cutting tools (any size)
• Electronic incapacitation devices
• Chemical incapacitation sprays
• Explosives
• Ammunition
• Combustible or flammable liquid
• Any other item designed or carried as a weapon capable of producing death or great bodily harm
• Any replica or toy version of the listed items
• Any item prohibited by judicial order or district court policy
• Any other items that point-of-entry screening personnel consider in their discretion to be a security threat, including, without limitation, chains, padlocks, handcuffs, handcuff keys, bats, blunt objects, pointed objects and aerosol sprays