# Sherburne County Attorney's office *County prosecutorial office of Sherburne County, Minnesota* The Sherburne County Attorney's office is the [[county attorney]]'s office for Sherburne County, [[Minnesota]]. The project record holds two at-issue entries on the office, AI-Sherburne-031 and AI-Sherburne-042.[^1][^2] The first concerns [[Kathleen Heaney]], who led the office, and her presidency of the [[Minnesota County Attorneys Association]].[^1] The second concerns the caption of a civil forfeiture filed in the County Attorney's own name.[^2] Each entry is paired with a White House presidential action as its federal anchor. Entry AI-Sherburne-031 is paired with *Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos*, issued in March 2025.[^1] Entry AI-Sherburne-042 is paired with *Restoring Integrity to America's Financial System*, issued in May 2026.[^2] This article does not carry the text of either action. It does not characterize either action beyond its title. The entries rest on underlying records that this article cannot cite. Entry AI-Sherburne-031 lists three record sources, and entry AI-Sherburne-042 lists one court source. The facts below are therefore reported as the entries state them.[^1][^2] The record here does not establish the office's statutory duties, its history, its staffing, or the dates of Heaney's tenure. ## Who Entry AI-Sherburne-031 makes three statements about Heaney's tenure.[^1] - She ran the Sherburne County Attorney's office for 22 years. - She held more than 1,900 active criminal cases at her retirement. - She served as President of the Minnesota County Attorneys Association in 2015. The same entry states that Heaney is not on the [[Sentencing Guidelines Commission]], the [[Violent Crime Coordinating Council]], the [[POST Board]], or any [[governor]]-appointed criminal-justice task force.[^1] From that absence, the entry concludes that the state's prosecutorial architecture "ran through her association, not through her office."[^1] The record cited here shows only that the entry reports the absence of such appointments. It does not establish the reason for the absence. Entry AI-Sherburne-042 states that Sherburne County's civil forfeitures were captioned in the County Attorney's own name.[^2] Its example is *Kathleen A. Heaney, Sherburne County Attorney vs. 2006 BMW 530*. In that caption, "2006 BMW 530" identifies the vehicle that was the defendant property.[^2] The entry adds that in Minnesota, "the office that decides to take the property is the office named as plaintiff against it."[^2] The record here does not include the Minnesota forfeiture statute, the court filing, or a filing date. It also does not show how many forfeitures carried such a caption. ## In the at-issue record - **AI-Sherburne-031.** The entry is rank 31 in section *II. The Two Offices (31–60)* and is dated to 2015.[^1] It sets Heaney's 2015 association presidency and her 22-year tenure against the absence of any listed state appointment. The entry gives this as the reason for its anchor: influence routed through a private association leaves no public appointment record.[^1] That reason is the entry's own inference, not a documented finding. - **AI-Sherburne-042.** The entry is rank 42 in the same section.[^2] It sets the forfeiture caption beside the entry's statement that the deciding office is the plaintiff of record. The entry gives this as the reason for its anchor: the deciding officer is the named party.[^2] The entry's year field reads 2006, which matches the vehicle's model year in the caption. The record does not show that the forfeiture was filed in that year. ## Notes [^1]: The White House, *Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos* (March 2025) — presidential action cited as the federal anchor of at-issue entry AI-Sherburne-031. The article reports that entry's statements; this document does not itself document Heaney's tenure or appointments. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/stopping-waste-fraud-and-abuse-by-eliminating-information-silos/ [^2]: The White House, *Restoring Integrity to America's Financial System* (May 2026) — presidential action cited as the federal anchor of at-issue entry AI-Sherburne-042. The article reports that entry's statements; this document does not itself document the Sherburne County forfeiture caption. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/05/restoring-integrity-to-americas-financial-system/