Information About the Wisconsin County Court

In the state of Wisconsin, there are four levels of courts. Above the municipal courts are the Circuit Courts, which may also be known as County Courts. These courts hear all types of civil and criminal cases, as well as those related to domestic and juvenile matters.

A Wisconcin County Court directory, complete with addresses and phone numbers, may be found at http://www.wicourts.gov/contact/docs/circuit.pdf. There is at least one circuit court in each county, except for six of them, which share judges between pairs. The largest Wisconsin Circuit Court is located in Milwaukee County, where there are a total of 47 judges.

These circuit courts are funded by the counties and state, and each circuit has an elected clerk. They are considered the courts of original jurisdiction in the state for all civil and criminal cases. A list of websites for the Wisconsin County Courts may be found at http://www.wicourts.gov/courts/circuit/ccsites.htm.

If you would like to search for cases and corresponding court records from one of these circuit courts, you can access the local system at http://wcca.wicourts.gov/index.xsl. After agreeing to the disclosure, you can conduct a simple case search. You can conduct this search using the name of one of the parties involved, a birth date, business name, county or case number. Results will provide the case number, filing date, county name, case status, name of party, date of birth and title of case.

You can further investigate by clicking the link through the case number to find even more information about the case, including: type of case, address of defendant, charges, statute violated, severity and disposition of the case. Other information includes the prosecuting agency, citations issued, address of defendant, bond amount, sex and race of defendant, appearance dates and times, as well as any outstanding balance due to the court.