REAL ESTATE
Land Records Data/Search Parcels &
Purchase Documents:
http://host.gcssoftware.com/Forest/Search.aspx
(Deed Exceptions)
<= can be found here.
Land Records with Mapping:
https://forestcowi.wgxtreme.com/gis?
Grantor/Grantee Index:
Forest County Search Index
Manual Tract Books Pre 2013:
Forest County Search Index
Plats: are scanned but currently need to be requested from the ROD.
Wisconsin Register of Deeds Association:
https://www.wrdaonline.org/video
Wisconsin Department of Revenue(eRETR):
https://www.revenue.wi.gov/Pages/RETr/Home.aspx
RELATED LINKS
Land Information (Surveys, PLSS, Gov Lot Books and Maps):
Forest County Search Index
Statewide Private Forest Lands Open for Public Recreation(MFL Open/Closed):
https://dnrmaps.wi.gov/opfl/
SCO Survey Control Finder:
https://maps.sco.wisc.edu/surveycontrolfinder/#7/44.730/-90.143/NGS,county,USGS,CORS,PLSS/terrain
Statewide Parcel Map Initiative:
https://www.sco.wisc.edu/parcels/data/
DNR Well Construction Information:
https://dnr.wi.gov/WellConstructionSearch/#!/PublicSearch/Index
DOCUMENTS
Free Downloadable Forms:
https://www.wrdaonline.org/forms
(Quit Claim Deed, Warranty Deed,
Termination of Decedent’s Interest
and Instructions, Registration of Firm/Farm Name and Instructions, Non
Metallic Mining, Statement of Mineral Claim, Transfer by Affidavit and
much more)
VITAL RECORDS
Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce Record Applications:
https://www.wrdaonline.org/vitalrecords
Genealogy Links:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~witaylor/links.html
PUBLIC INFORMATION
Hand written Grantor/Grantee Book Index entry ended:
Feb. 26, 1993
Hand written Tract Book Index entry ended:
December 31, 2012
Volume and Page numbering ended
(on most docs): March 10, 2013
Data can be sporadic in system but goes backwards from current to: Records, Doc. No: 134223, Vol: 158 Page 1
IMAGES SCANNED back to:
SEARCHABLE by:
Deeds: Volume: 1 Vol: 1 Page: 1 or Doc No
Records: Doc No: 91033 Vol: 96 Page 1 or Doc No
Miscellaneous: Volume: 1 Vol: M1 Page 1 or Doc No
Mineral Records: Volume: 1 Vol: MR1 Page 1 or Doc No
Corporation Records: Volume: 1 Vol: CR1 Page 1 or Doc No
Certified Survey: Volume: 1 Vol: CS(space)1 Page 1 or Doc No
(Except but not
limited to: Mortgages, Chattel Mortgages, Financial Statements, Lis
Pendens, Forest Crop Lands, Federal Tax Liens, Change of Names,
Cemetery, Highway)
We always encourage you to verify the handwritten tract index against the GCS Computer System.
SERVICES
Please note: The Register of Deeds office cannot draft documents
and cannot provide legal advice of any kind.
The Register of Deeds
office records, files, indexes and maintains documents authorized by law
based on the Wisconsin statutes. All real estate documents that affect
ownership of property, easements, mortgages,
satisfactions, land contracts, name changes, power of attorney, federal
tax liens, plats and certified survey maps are recorded in this
office.
This office also files Vital Records which include birth, death, and marriage records along with military discharges.
Duties carried out by the Register of Deeds office are set forth in Wisconsin Statute 59.43(1).
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