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Find the right office in Marathon County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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The Wisconsin Department of Justice, led by the Attorney General, gives the state legal advice, investigates statewide crimes and provides forensic analysis of evidence. Court case records come from the Wisconsin Court System.
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Request birth and death certificates from the WI Dept. of Health Services.
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The FBI Milwaukee Field Office covers all of Wisconsin, investigating federal crimes and taking tips from the public. It also lists wanted persons; an Identity History Summary comes from FBI CJIS at edo.cjis.gov.
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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services Vital Records Office sells certified death certificates by mail or through VitalChek. County Register of Deeds offices and the Milwaukee and West Allis health offices also issue them.
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Find active and inactive corporations by name from the WI Department of Financial Institutions.
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Local record guide
County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Marathon County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Marathon County.
Police Departments. In addition to Marathon County Sheriff's Office, several municipal police departments operate within Marathon County, including the Wausau Police Department, Mosinee Police Department, and Schofield Police Department. These agencies are responsible for law enforcement within their respective city limits and work in coordination with the Sheriff's Office on major crimes and regional initiatives. The Wausau Police Department, for example, handles urban policing, while the Sheriff's Office covers rural areas and provides additional support as needed.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Law enforcement in Marathon County is primarily provided by Marathon County Sheriff's Department, headquartered at 500 Forest Street, Wausau, WI 54403. Inmate lookup services are available through the Sheriff's website, where the public can search current inmates by name or booking number, view booking dates, charges, and bond information.
Criminal Records. Marathon County Clerk of Courts maintains court records, while the Sheriff's Office handles arrest and incident reports.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Marathon County are maintained by Marathon County Sheriff's Office and the local police departments within Marathon County.
Jail & Inmate Records. The booking process involves photographing and fingerprinting individuals, and inmates can be searched through an online inmate lookup tool provided by the Sheriff's Office.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Marathon County are taken and retained by Marathon County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These booking photos can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office website or by submitting a request to the office.
You can visit the Marathon County Sheriff's Office website to access the inmate search portal, which provides information on current inmates, including booking details and charges. For further assistance, you can contact the jail directly at (715) 261-1700.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 258 mine sites inside the county: 124 past producers, now closed, 106 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 23 sites producing when the record was made, 5 sites with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 278 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are construction sand and gravel; crushed stone; Flagstone.
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.
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
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 64 investigations in Marathon County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $492,911 in back wages agreed for 532 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.
| Employer | City | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Central Community Services Program and | Wausau | 1 | $81,238 | 68 |
| Aspirus Clincs Inc. | Wausau | 1 | $60,270 | 2 |
| Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | Stratford | 2 | $52,865 | 25 |
| Xpress Cash Management, LLC | Wausau | 1 | $45,250 | 48 |
| Edgar Family Restaurant CORP. | Edgar | 1 | $44,641 | 9 |
| United Taxi LLC | Wausau | 1 | $39,747 | 35 |
| Jalapenos Mexican Restaurante & Bar, LLC. | Wausau | 1 | $36,713 | 27 |
| First Phoenix Weston, LLC | Schofield | 1 | $16,425 | 33 |
| Baumann Farms LLP | Wausau | 1 | $14,289 | 24 |
| North Central Health Care | Wausau | 2 | $12,905 | 75 |
| Inner Peace Homecare Services LLC | Mosinee | 1 | $9,783 | 8 |
| Anaya Hotel Colby LLC | Abbotsford | 1 | $6,182 | 6 |
| Flagco Gifts Inc. | Rothschild | 1 | $4,116 | 7 |
| Eye Clinic of Wisconsin, S.C. | Wausau | 1 | $3,859 | 5 |
| Greenheck Fan Corporation | Schofield | 1 | $3,338 | 1 |
| Marathon Business Properties LLC | Wausau | 1 | $3,010 | 3 |
| Touchstone Senior Services, LLC | Wausau | 1 | $2,912 | 15 |
| Integrity Grading and Excvating, Inc. | Schofield | 1 | $2,805 | 3 |
| Rivalz Restaurant Management Inc | Wausau | 1 | $2,151 | 18 |
| The Tanning Studio Corporation | Schofield | 1 | $1,958 | 6 |
| Sekara | Hatley | 2 | $1,870 | 21 |
| Double P Dairy L.L.C. | Marathon | 1 | $1,506 | 32 |
| Dun-Rite of Wausau, Inc. | Schofield | 1 | $1,337 | 3 |
| Everest Housing LLC | Schofield | 1 | $1,334 | 6 |
| Cedar Ridge Elder Services, LLC | Schofield | 1 | $1,202 | 7 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 58 on the Marathon County record; 15 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 33 more with smaller records are on the Wisconsin wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Marathon uses Ascent for real-estate and personal-property accounts and LandShark for the recorded-document index and images. Its land-records explanation identifies deeds, mortgages, easements and certified survey maps among the searchable instruments. The index is free to search, while viewing or printing documents carries a charge. Begin with the account or parcel information needed to identify the land, then preserve the recorded reference for each instrument. A tax account and an easement describe different aspects of the same property. Save the full image when the wording of a reservation, access right or legal description matters; the index alone may only locate it.
The Register of Deeds lists recorded-document copies at $2 for the first page and $1 for each additional page, with $1 certification per filed document. Its recording charge is $30 per document; that is a separate transaction from buying a copy. The forms and filing-fee page also supplies correction and other instrument resources. State whether the request is to retrieve a filed document, certify its copy or submit a new instrument. Include all referenced pages when asking for a total, and identify any delivery service needed. A previously recorded document should be cited by its original reference when related material is requested later.
Marathon's vital-record counter serves visitors Monday to Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. The first certificate costs $20, with $3 for another copy ordered together. The local vital-record instructions describe identification, application and payment requirements, including no personal checks for mailed orders. Statewide issuance depends on the event type and date: older records may need the county where the event occurred. Confirm the product before visiting with an out-of-county request. A divorce certificate and the judgment setting out the divorce terms are different documents, and the latter requires the court file.
Marathon permits genealogy research by appointment, in Tuesday-to-Thursday morning or afternoon sessions. Each slot accommodates at most two researchers, with no more than eight books pulled in a day. The genealogy instructions explain that lobby computers are for property searches and vital-record applications rather than unrestricted family-history searching. Prepare a ranked list of names, event dates and likely record types so the requested books address the strongest leads first. Keep citations to the volumes and entries examined, including negative searches. If the expected event is absent, record the exact span checked rather than treating one unsuccessful session as proof that no record exists.
The Clerk court-record guidance allows public inspection of nonconfidential Circuit Court files and explains that older cases can be stored away from the courthouse. Ask about the file's location when requesting a historical matter. Supply the case number if available, or enough names and dates for staff to identify the proceeding. A case-search result is a useful reference for that inquiry, while the filed order or pleading is the item to request for documentary proof. Specify inspection, ordinary copies or certification, and wait for the office's retrieval instructions before making a trip. Keep the originating case reference with every copied document.
For a Marathon divorce judgment, the Clerk FAQ gives a $1.25 per-page copy charge and explains that divorces filed before 1986 are stored offsite. A divorce from another county belongs with that county's court clerk. Identify whether the receiving organization needs the judgment, a later modification or both, because one copy may not show subsequent changes. Provide the names used in the proceeding and the approximate filing year where the case number is unavailable. Ask about the total page count and certification separately before payment. This court-copy route is distinct from purchasing a vital-record certificate confirming that the divorce occurred.
The Register in Probate office is the contact for probate matters at the Marathon courthouse. Its weekday public hours run from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., filings stop at 4 p.m., and the office closes from noon to 12:30 p.m. for lunch. For an estate inquiry, provide the decedent's name and any probate number, then identify the will, appointment, inventory or other document wanted. A request for an entire family history gives staff less direction than a specific proceeding and period. Ask about public access and certification for the requested paper before assuming every document associated with a family is available through the same channel.
The Sheriff's Administration Division manages the office's records and public-record access. An incident number identifies the law-enforcement record, while a later court number identifies a different file. Retain both if the same event generated a prosecution. For other county material, Marathon's public-record access explanation calls for a response as soon as practicable and without delay and says a denial should give specific reasons. Identify existing records and a limited period rather than asking the custodian to create a new narrative. Keep any clarification and response together so the remaining issue, if any, can be explained with the original scope intact.
Where to go
Each office below was read on its own site. A field the office does not publish is left out rather than filled in from a directory.
Land instruments, certificates, military discharges and genealogy research.
Office page: marathoncounty.gov
Circuit case files, court copies and offsite-file retrieval.
Office page: marathoncounty.gov
Probate case administration and records.
Office page: marathoncounty.gov
Sheriff records management and access; jail and civil-process services have separate details.
Office page: marathoncounty.gov
Straight answers
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Marathon County Sheriff or a city police department in Marathon County. Ask that agency for its record.
The Wisconsin criminal history record comes from the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Crime Information Bureau. Anyone may pay a fee and request adult criminal history record information by name online through the Wisconsin Online Record Check System (WORCS).
Search the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Sex Offender Registry, or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the municipal clerk (city, village or town clerk) or through the Wisconsin Elections Commission. You can also register online with the state online registration. Online and mail registration closes 20 days before the election; you can register in person at the municipal clerk's office until the Friday before the election at 5:00 p.m. or close of business, and at the polls on Election Day with a proof of residence document.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Marathon County are kept by the Marathon County register of deeds. Property values are set by the municipal assessor, and tax bills come from the town, village or city treasurer. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Wisconsin come from the Wisconsin Vital Records Office, Department of Health Services. Birth, marriage, death and divorce records are also available through Wisconsin county Register of Deeds offices, and birth and death records through the Milwaukee City Health Office and the Southwest Suburban Health Department (Cities of West Allis and Greenfield). By U.S. mail to PO Box 309, Madison, WI 53701, or online or by phone through VitalChek at 877-885-2981. Fee: $20 for the first copy of each record and $3 for each additional copy of the same record.
Business entity filings are searched with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions.
The Register limits those computers to property searching and vital-record applications. Genealogy work uses appointments under the research-room rules.
The stated limit is eight books per day, with no more than two people in an appointment slot. Prepare the request using the booking instructions.
No. The certificate counter closes at 11:30 a.m. on Friday; Monday-to-Thursday service ends at 4 p.m. Consult the service-specific hours.
The published mail directions call for a money order or cashier's check and say personal checks are not accepted. Follow the payment instructions.
The Clerk says those files are stored offsite and are not immediately available. Arrange retrieval through the divorce-copy contact.
Yes. The county separates free index searching from charged document viewing and printing. See its land-system description.
Its schedule includes a noon-to-12:30 p.m. closure. The same instructions set a 4 p.m. filing cutoff under the Probate office schedule.
The Administration Division manages Sheriff records and requests for them. Use its records description to direct an inquiry about the agency's own material.
Same county
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.