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Wisconsin - Public Records for Background Checks


[Driving Records] [State Vehicle Information] [Worker's Compensation]
[Accountancy Board] [Secretary of State] [Vital Statistics]
[Hunting & Fishing]  [Boat Registration]
[Adoption Records] [State Clearing Houses for Missing Children]
[Archives/Record Holdings] [VA Regional Offices] [US COURTS BY STATE]

When available, records can be searched either by accessing free public records online via the record holders database or by requesting a copy from the agency holding the record - usually for a small fee.  Or, you can run a Background Check online right now using our connections to a worldwide network of databases.
Wisconsin State Website:
http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/index.html

Driving Records
http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/drivers/

Wisconsin Department of Transportation:
Division of Motor Vehicles
Madison, WI 53707

Driving records are available by mail. Fee per request. Turnaround time: 24 hours. Written request must include name, date of birth, and driver and license number.

State Vehicle Information
http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/drivers/

Wisconsin Department of Transportation:
Division of Motor Vehicles

Madison, WI 53707
Phone: (608) 266-2237

Worker's Compensation
http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/wc

Workers Compensation Department
Madison, WI 53703

Worker's compensation records are not available for pre-employment screening purposes. Records are available only to employees involved in the claim.

Accountancy Board
http://drl.wi.gov/

Accountancy Board of Wisconsin
Document Sales
Madison WI 53707-7840

Will confirm license by phone. No Fee. Include name.

Secretary of State
http://www.wdfi.org/

Wisconsin Corporate Division
Office of the Secretary:
Madison, WI 53702

Service agent's name and address and date incorporated are available by phone or mail.

Vital Statistics
http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/VitalRecords/index.htm

Wisconsin Vital Records
Madison, WI 53701

Birth and death records are available for a fee. State Office has scattered records earlier that 1857. Records before October, 1907, are very incomplete. Anyone can obtain records with a written release.

Marriage records are available for a fee. Send an SASE. Include name, marriage date, full and maiden name, and the city and county where married. Specify relationship to either party or other reason for request. Divorce records are available for a fee. Include name, maiden name, divorce date, city and county specify relationship to either party or other reason for request.

Hunting and Fishing Licenses
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/

Department of Natural Resources
Bureau of Fisheries Management
Madison, WI 54707

Boat Registration
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/

Boating Law Administrator
Law Enforcement Division
Department of Natural Resources
Madison, WI 53707

Child Support Enforcement
http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/bcs/

Wisconsin Bureau of Child Support
Division of Economic Support
Dept. of Health & Social Services
Madison, WI 53707-7935

Adoption Records
http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/adoption/adoption_search/default.htm

Division of Health & Social Services
Adoption Records Search Program
Madison, WI 53708-8916

State Reunion Registry
http://www.icareregistry.com/
Search Packet: http://www.icareregistry.com/start.asp

Wisconsin does not have a registry that allows adoptee and birth-parents to agree to a match. A search must be requested from the agency.

Archives/Record Holdings
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/
Library and Archives: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/arcnet/

State Historical, Society of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Madison WI 53706

VA Regional Offices
http://dva.state.wi.us/

Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs
Madison, WI 53707-7843

US COURTS BY STATE
All Courts

CRIMINAL RECORDS

County Jail Inmate Locator
http://www.corrections.com/links/show/20

Department of Justice, Federal Prison System
http://www.bop.gov/

Use this page to locate a Federal inmate incarcerated from 1982 to present
For information on Federal inmates released before 1982: Released Before 1982 Page.


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