Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Public Records

Investigations closed

43

Back wages agreed

$119,844

Workers due back wages

382

Civil money penalties

$8,666

Employers on the record

39

The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 39 on the Fond du Lac County record; 9 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 14 more with smaller records are on the Wisconsin wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.

Fond du Lac County records offices and request procedures

Use the correct floor for the record

Fond du Lac County's Register of Deeds and Clerk of Courts serve different record collections in the City/County Government Center. The Register of Deeds is on the first floor at 160 S Macy Street and handles recorded property documents and vital certificates. The Clerk of Courts is on the second floor and keeps filed circuit-court records. Describe the document when asking for help: a marriage certificate, divorce judgment and deed are not interchangeable clerk products. The common building address does not mean the offices use the same search, certification or payment procedure. Start with the Register of Deeds or Clerk of Courts directory.

Trace recorded documents through LandShark

The Register of Deeds links LandShark for researching and purchasing real estate instruments, including deeds, mortgages and easements, with records described as extending to 1839. Public terminals are also available for in-person document viewing. Save the instrument reference and parties before requesting an official copy. A recorded deed may point to earlier deeds, plats or restrictions, so keep those references together when tracing a property. The office also links land notifications based on a personal name, business name or parcel identification number; an alert calls attention to a recording and does not establish the instrument's legal effect. See the research and notification services (fdlco.wi.gov).

Record before the daily transaction cutoff

The Register of Deeds lists general weekday hours of 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., but real estate recording ends at 3:30 p.m. Documents received afterward are recorded the following business day. Plan a time-sensitive submission around the recording cutoff rather than the office closing time. The office accepts electronic, mailed and in-person submissions. Retain the completed recording reference after processing so a later search can locate the instrument without relying only on an owner's name. The distinct office and recording schedules are published in the Register of Deeds service notice (fdlco.wi.gov).

Prepare the deed and transfer return together

The county explains that a conveyance generally requires a completed deed and an electronic real estate transfer return. Its recording guidance calls for the transfer-return receipt and any applicable transfer fee to accompany the instrument. A standard real estate document costs $30 to record, while subdivision, condominium and cemetery plats cost $50 and transportation project plats cost $25. These are document categories rather than first-page copy charges. The guidance also identifies legal-description, signature, return-address and reproducibility requirements. Check the instrument against the office instructions before submission and keep recording fees separate from any transfer fee. Consult the document recording requirements.

Prepare identification for a birth-certificate order

Fond du Lac's birth-certificate instructions permit a Wisconsin-born applicant to use a Register of Deeds office in Wisconsin, subject to eligibility for a certified copy. The county asks for original identification in person and a photocopy for a mail order; expired identification is not accepted. It describes qualifying family, guardian, authorized-representative and legal-interest categories. The listed fee is $20 for the first certificate and $3 for additional copies of the same record ordered together. Determine how many copies the receiving organizations need before ordering, since a later order is a different transaction. Follow the birth-certificate application guidance.

Check the death date before choosing a county

For a Wisconsin death on or after September 1, 2013, the county says the record can be obtained from any Wisconsin Register of Deeds office. For an earlier death, it directs the requester to the county where the death occurred or the decedent resided. This date boundary matters when a family moved between counties or the death occurred away from home. Certified-copy eligibility and identification still apply. The county lists a $20 first death certificate and $3 same-order additional copies. Identify the date and county carefully before mailing the application to the death-certificate service.

Choose a divorce certificate or the filed judgment

The Register of Deeds describes a statewide county-office route for divorce certificates after January 1, 2016 and refers earlier records to the Clerk of Courts where the divorce occurred or the state vital-records office. A divorce certificate is a vital-record product; the court clerk maintains the underlying case papers and orders. Ask the organization requesting proof which document it needs before paying for either. The Register of Deeds lists the certificate at $20 with $3 for same-order additional copies, while no court-judgment copy price is inferred from that certificate fee. Compare the divorce-certificate instructions with the court clerk functions (fdlco.wi.gov).

Use the tax record for the question it answers

The Treasurer's FAQ distinguishes a name change on the tax bill from a mailing-address change. It directs an ownership-name change to a recorded deed and a mailing-address change to a form sent to the Land Information Department. It also links a duplicate payment-receipt lookup and advises using a single search criterion, such as a name or a parcel number without dashes. Keep a tax payment receipt with the applicable year; it is evidence of that payment record, while the recorded instrument identifies the property transfer. For copies and corrections, use the Treasurer record instructions.

Use the Sheriff request system introduced in June

The Sheriff updated its incident, accident and dispatch records request procedure effective June 1, 2026. New portal requests receive a tracking number, while requests made before the change remain in process outside that tracking system. In-person requests are accepted weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and mail is addressed to Records at the Sheriff's office. The office asks for incident date, approximate time, case number, involved person or deputy and contact details. Its posted paper-copy price is $0.02 per page, with separate media charges. Retain the tracking number and use the current Sheriff records instructions.