1. Most counties in the State of Wisconsin, including the state itself, use the Consolidated Court Automation Programs (CCAP) to automate the labor-intensive and paper-based processes in the county trial courts.
2. Many trial court records are open to the public under Wisconsin's Open Records Law.

These facts, combined with the ease of use of the internet, have lead to hundreds of thousands of court records being available right here online, open to the public.

Check out your daughter's boyfriend. See if the new person you're dating is a felon. See if your spouse has any speeding tickets. Use the information as part of a background check for that person you're thinking about hiring. How you use this information is up to you. But the information is there.

The search functions are quite advanced, but if you want to do a quick search, try this:

1. click the button below
2. agree to the terms by clicking the "I Agree" button
3. enter a first & last name
4. then click "Search".