Public Records

The County Clerk of Court is the custodian for many court records in Dane County. Most court records can be viewed online from the Dane County Courts website. You can also view the past 5 years of court records at the Record Center. For online court records, the information includes the offender’s name, DOB, charges, timeline of court appearances, attorneys, and upcoming court hearings.

Jeff Okazaki
Dane County Clerk of Courts
215 S. Hamilton Street, Room 1000
Madison WI 53703-3285
(608) 266-4311

Records Center
Dane County Courthouse
Room 1002
215 S Hamilton St.
Madison, WI 53703

Fee Schedule
Certified Copies $5 per document
Non-certified Copies $1.25 per page
Postage Actual cost

You can request Municipal Court records directly from the Madison Municipal Court.

Madison Municipal Court Office
210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room 203
Madison, WI 53703

Birth, Death, Marriage, and Divorce records can be requested from the Vital Records section of the Register of Deeds’ Office.

Vital Records
Register of Deeds
Suite 110
210 Martin Luther King
Madison, WI 53703

To submit an open records request, you can contact the Dane County Records Control Officer. An open records request is simply an official request to view particular public government or agency documents.

Dane County Records Control Officer
Constance Vanderhoef
Department of Administration
210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
Room 425
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 445-3056

Deeds, which are legal documents regarding the ownership of property or legal rights, can be obtained from the Register of Deeds.

Kristi Chlebowski
Register of Deeds
City County Building Room 110
210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 267-8814