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Court Administration

Fifth Judicial District serves these 15 counties in southwest Minnesota: Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Rock, and Watonwan.

Fifth Judicial District has a total of 16 judges serving the 283,000 citizens of the district.  The judges are elected for six year terms by the voters of  the 15 counties.

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