Residents | Hennepin County

Business | Hennepin County

Online services | Hennepin County

Your government | Hennepin County

Employees | Hennepin County

Trees and forestry | Hennepin County

Phone directory | Hennepin County

Employee benefits | Hennepin County

Employee referral program | Hennepin County

Courts | Hennepin County

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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February 2026

January 2026

Hennepin County, Minnesota

	Title / URL	Issues
	Residents \| Hennepin Countywww.hennepin.us/residents	44
	Business \| Hennepin Countywww.hennepin.us/business	24
	Online services \| Hennepin Countywww.hennepin.us/services	11
	Your government \| Hennepin Countywww.hennepin.us/your-government	9
	Employees \| Hennepin Countywww.hennepin.us/employees	6
	Trees and forestry \| Hennepin Countywww.hennepin.us/residents/conservation/trees-forestry	2
	Phone directory \| Hennepin Countywww.hennepin.us/departments/phone-directory	2
	Employee benefits \| Hennepin Countywww.hennepin.us/employees/benefits-summary	2
	Employee referral program \| Hennepin Countywww.hennepin.us/jobs/employee-referral-program	2
	Courts \| Hennepin Countywww.hennepin.us/residents/public-safety/courts	2

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

Hennepin County, Minnesota

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