Wisconsin Court Records

WCCA or Wisconsin Circuit Court Access was introduced in 1999 on request from the Sheriff, attorneys and other departments of courts where people went in person with requests for records. An online database solved the problem of these offices as well as the general public and Wisconsin court records were made accessible online. The records that you may search here are duplicates of case information that has been registered with CCAP or Consolidated Court Automation Programs.

Accessing Wisconsin Court Records

There are two ways to access Wisconsin Court Records. You can go to the Sheriff’s office of that particular county and submit your request application, or you can go online. Wisconsin judiciary has an official system where you can perform court record search for Circuit Court records, Court of Appeals records, and Supreme Court records.

The official site to access court records for Wisconsin is http://wcca.wicourts.gov/index.xsl;jsessionid=1DAE96E08CA412959584540123A27525.render6. After you register and agree to privacy and use terms, you will navigate to the search page.

This website provides Wisconsin Court Records on criminal, family, probate, forfeiture, traffic and all civil cases. You may access forms to download through http://www.wicourts.gov/forms1/circuit.htm. To search the record of a particular case, you need to know the name of the party, business name, county and the case number. For criminal background check, you can visit http://wi-recordcheck.org/.

The court records of pending cases can be accessed by visiting http://www.wicourts.gov/supreme/sc_tabpend.jsp. This table will give you details like case number, short description of each case, highlights of the issue, date of the verbal argument, mandate of Supreme Court, reason it came to Supreme Court and the citation of opinion if case came up from the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.

For records of Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, click on http://wscca.wicourts.gov/index.xsl. To search the database, you need to provide information like appeal number, Circuit Court case number, attorney’s name, business name, type of court, county, date of case filing, status of the case and class code.

Contact Information for Wisconsin Court Records

The address of Wisconsin Supreme Court and Court of Appeals is Clerk of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, David Schanker, Clerk, 110 East Main Street, Suite 215, P.O. Box 1688, Madison, WI 53701-1688. For your unanswered queries you can call the office at (608) 266-1880 or fax them at (608) 267-0640.

Paying Fines and Fees Online in Wisconsin

If you have outstanding fines, you can pay them online. If you use a MasterCard you will be charged an extra 2.75 percent, and if you pay by electronic check 2.50 percent will be added to the total amount. However, not all counties allow paying fines online. Go to http://www.wicourts.gov/services/public/payonline.htm to see whether your county is listed.