Department: Register of Deeds

REAL ESTATE

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

Tapestry: https://tapestry.fidlar.com/TapestryEON/TapestryEON.WebSite/

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

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

Manual Tract Books Pre 2013: ForestCounty Search Index

Forest County GIS Mapping: 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/

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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:                    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:MR1Page 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 computer system. The index/image is not construed to be true & complete; rather, it is a working index and subject to error, omission & future modification.

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.