Clay County Court Cases

Find your case information using Clay County’s available online case lookup resources.About the County: Clay County was formed from Pembina County, and officially established in 1862. The county was named after Henry Clay (1777-1852), Kentucky statesman and ninth secretary of state of the United States (1825–1829). The Clay County Courthouse resides in the county seat city of Moorhead, Minnesota. Clay County makes up 1,045.24 square miles of the state’s area. The most recent population estimate reports 58999 residents (making up an estimated 22545 households). The median household income is estimated to be $55582. The current unemployment rate for the county is reportedly 4.9%.

Recent County Case Facts

Between 2011 and 2015, there were 2339 reported DWI cases brought before Clay County. In 2015, there were 56 cases of violent crime reported in the county; the county has a current violent-crime rate of 98 cases per 100,000 residents (ranking the county the number 11 most violent county in the state).