REAL ESTATE

Property Fraud Alert: www.PropertyFraudAlert.com or you can call:1.800.728.3858

Ava Limited Search: https://fidlar.co.forest.wi.us/WIForest/DirectSearch/#/search

Tapestry: https://tapestry.fidlar.com/Tapestry2/

Laredo: https://www.fidlar.com/Laredo.aspx

Grantor/Grantee Index: https://forest.ncwrpc.info/

Manual Tract Books Pre 2013: ForestCounty Search Index

GIS Mapping

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): https://forest.ncwrpc.info/

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

Handwritten Grantor/Grantee Book Index entry ended: Feb. 26, 1993

Handwritten 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: Doc. No: 134223, Vol: 158 Page 1

IMAGES SCANNED back to:                              SEARCHABLE by:

Deeds:                       Volume:1                                Vol:1Page: 1 or Doc No

Records:                    DocNo:91033                     Vol: 96 Page 1 or Doc No

Miscellaneous:          Volume:1                             Vol:M1 Page 1 or Doc No

MineralRecords:      Volume:1                              Vol:MR1Page 1 or Doc No

CorporationRecords:Volume:1                             Vol:CR1 Page 1 or Doc No

CertifiedSurvey:        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, Changeof Names, Cemetery, Highway)

We always encourage you to verifythe handwritten tract index against the computer system.

The index/imageis not construed to be true & complete; rather, it is a working index andsubject to error, omission & future modification.

SERVICES

Please note:  The Register of Deeds office cannot draftdocuments 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 Statute59.43(1).