Where Evansville's records are kept. Evansville has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
Start here
Most requested Evansville records
The cards below include Evansville's own offices, along with State of Wisconsin offices; the Rock County offices are on our Rock County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Filter by type
Showing 12 official sources
Official
Police & jail
Wisconsin DOJ Criminal Background Checks
Wisconsin Department of Justice keeps the state criminal history repository; anyone may pay a fee to get adult arrest, charge and disposition records through the Wisconsin Online Record Check System (WORCS).
The society's genealogy team offers indexes to more than 3 million records, including birth, death and marriage indexes before 1907, plus a library and archives catalog, finding aids and digital collections.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Wisconsin
Bankruptcy court for western Wisconsin with divisions in Madison and Eau Claire; the Eau Claire office takes filings in person only. Dockets are on PACER and hearings on an interactive public calendar.
Wisconsin's court system runs WCCA, which shows public circuit court case records searchable by party name, business name or case number; adoption, juvenile and mental commitment cases are confidential and not shown.
Wisconsin birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates are ordered here by mail or through VitalChek, which charges extra; the Department of Health Services counter is closed, but county registers of deeds also issue copies.
Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Missing and Exploited Children and Adults
Run by the Wisconsin Department of Justice, the clearinghouse lists missing children and adults with posters, searchable by name or county, along with unidentified and unsolved cases.
Official Government Resourcesmissingpersons.doj.wi.gov
Wanted list of the FBI Milwaukee Field Office: fugitives sought for violent and nonviolent crimes, terrorism suspects, kidnapping and missing person cases, and requests for tips from the public.
Search by name, county or radius around an address and get email alerts on nearby registrations; the Department of Corrections list generally covers people convicted, incarcerated or supervised since December 25, 1993.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice runs WORCS for individuals and organizations to request criminal background checks and get results online. Police certificates and good conduct statements must be ordered by mail.
Official Government Resourcesrecordcheck.doj.wi.gov
Census Bureau QuickFacts table for Evansville city, Wisconsin, a place of 5,703 people in the 2020 Census, with basic population, business and geography statistics.
Evansville City Hall, 31 S Madison St., is open weekdays; the site offers bill pay, the City Clerk, voting and elections, permits and licenses, property assessments, open records requests, police and trash pickup.
Evansville, a place of 5,703 people, is in Rock County, whose county seat is Janesville. Court and property records sit with Rock County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Wisconsin. Evansville's own offices are in the cards above, and our Rock County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in Evansville
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
The old survey maps record 2 holes inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. Wisconsin has no coal AML program; the old lead and zinc workings are in the southwest counties.
Evansville: the boundary from the Census Bureau, and one dot for each old mine or hole on record inside it. The purple dots come off the old survey maps and the darkest of those are shafts and tunnels; the red, green and orange ones are mine records. The pale shapes with a name around it are the neighbouring places, from the Census Bureau. Hover a dot for its name.Wisconsin mine map and abandoned mine records
Wisconsin abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Labor Department file
Wage and hour cases in Evansville, Wisconsin
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 3 investigations with a Evansville address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $15,596 in back wages agreed for 30 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
Every employer whose address on the record is in Evansville, by back wages agreed; 2 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Wisconsin wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
Straight answers
Evansville public-records FAQs
Open only the answer you need.
How do I register to vote in Evansville, Wisconsin?
Voter registration in Wisconsin is run by the Wisconsin Elections Commission and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Evansville.
How do I look up property records in Evansville, Wisconsin?
Deeds for property in Evansville are recorded by the Rock County Register of Deeds, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Rock County page lists the county offices.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Evansville, Wisconsin?
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Wisconsin come from the state vital records office, Wisconsin Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Same county
Nearby Rock County cities
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.