Wisconsin, Marathon County
Where Wausau's records are kept. Wausau has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Wausau's own offices, along with State of Wisconsin offices; the Marathon County offices are on our Marathon County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
Wausau City Hall at 407 Grant Street handles permits, recreational fire and pet licenses, elections, personal property assessment and open records requests, and posts council agendas, minutes and the municipal code.
Open official site City of WausauPolice & jail
Wausau Police Department at 515 Grand Avenue, serving the city since 1872 with 82 sworn staff, plus parking, records requests and a public information portal. Phone 715-261-7800.
Open official site Wausau Police DepartmentCity records
Wausau Fire Department at 606 E. Thomas St. provides emergency fire and medical services for the city, with its mission, core values and contact details. Phone 715-261-7900.
Open official site Wausau Fire DepartmentCity records
Wausau City Clerk at 407 Grant St. keeps council agendas and minutes, answers open records requests, issues licenses and permits and collects taxes, utility payments and fines. Phone 715-261-6620.
Open official site Wausau City ClerkCounty court
Wausau Municipal Court at 407 Grant St. hears city ordinance and traffic cases, explains pleas, pre trial and trial steps, handles juvenile cases and takes online citation payments. Phone 715-261-6650.
Open official site Wausau Municipal CourtCity records
Wausau Downtown Airport at 725 Woods Place, a city airport with two paved runways open around the clock for charter, business and recreational aircraft. Phone 715-845-3400.
Open official site Wausau Downtown AirportState records
Wausau elections information from the City Clerk, with election details, voter information, election worker sign up and guidance for running for public office.
Open official site Wausau ElectionsProperty records
Wausau Inspection and Zoning on the 2nd floor at 407 Grant St, with the Evolve permit portal, permit rules for building projects and the Wausome neighborhood resource guide. Phone 715-261-6780.
Open official site Wausau Inspection and ZoningPolice & jail
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).
Open official site Wisconsin DOJ Criminal Background ChecksPolice & jail
Wausau Inmate and offender search 3099 East Washington Avenue Post Office Box 7925 Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7925 DOC Records Office (608) 240-3750
Open official site State of Wisconsin Department of CorrectionsState records
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.
Open official site Wisconsin Historical Society Family HistoryCounty court
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.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of WisconsinEverything else, organized
24 more Wausau sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Wausau, a place of 39,994 people, is the seat of Marathon County. Court and property records sit with Marathon County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Wisconsin. Wausau's own offices are in the cards above, and our Marathon County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The USGS mineral file records 7 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 3 of them worked out or abandoned; the USGS topographic mine features add 3 features mapped inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts, adits or tunnels, digitised from the old survey sheets. The minerals the records name are construction sand and gravel; crushed stone.
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.
Straight answers
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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 Wausau.
Deeds for property in Wausau are recorded by the Marathon County Register of Deeds, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Marathon County page lists the county offices.
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.
Businesses that operate in Wausau register with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Wausau requires one, comes from the town or Marathon County.
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.