Local Wisconsin Government Offices
Providing Services Related to Vital Records
Registers of Deeds
Milwaukee/West Allis City Vital Records Offices
County Clerks
Clerks of Court
Coroners/Medical Examiners
Registers of Deeds
Listing
(PDF, 58 KB) (August 2011); Map (PDF, 69 KB) (July 2011)
Registers of Deeds file and issue:
- Copies of birth and death records for events occurring in that county.
- Copies of birth and death records for Wisconsin events for persons residing
in that county at the time of the event.
- Copies of marriage records for marriages that occurred in that county.
- Copies of declaration and termination of domestic partnership records registered in that county.
Milwaukee and West Allis City Vital Records Offices
Listing
(PDF, 10 KB); Map (PDF,
69 KB) (July 2011)
Milwaukee and West Allis City Vital Records Offices file and issue:
- Copies of birth and death records for events occurring in those cities.
County Clerks Listing
(PDF, 20 KB) (April 2010);
Map (PDF,
80 KB) (April 2010)
- Issue marriage licenses for persons who marry in Wisconsin.
- Maintain public marriage applications for 10 years.
- Issue declaration and termination of domestic partnership records
under Chapter 770, Wis. Stats. for same-sex domestic partners in that county.
Note: See Reference Materials
(PDF, 18 KB)
for County Marriage License Fee information. (April
2010)
Note: See Reference Materials
(PDF, 17 KB)
for Domestic Partnership Declaration and Termination Registration Fee information.
(April 2010)
Clerks of Court
Listing
(PDF, 16 KB) Map (PDF,
79 KB) (December 2011)
- File divorce/annulment certificates for divorces/annulments granted in the
county court.
- Issue copies of divorce decrees for divorces granted in the county court.
- File court orders affecting vital records (such as: amendments, legal name changes,
adoptions, and paternity adjudications.)
Coroners/Medical
Examiners Listing
(PDF, 23 KB) (April 2011) Map
(PDF, 57 KB) (August 2011)
- Certify cause and manner of death on all injury and poisoning-related deaths and
in other cases as mandated by state law.
- Issue releases to cremate bodies.
- Issue permits to disinter remains.
County Coroner/Medical Examiner Fee information
(for special services like issuing cremation releases).
(PDF, 18 KB) (April 2011)
PDF: The free Adobe Reader®
software is needed to view and print portable document format (PDF) files.
Learn more.
Last Revised: March 19, 2012
|