Reviewed and updated October 4, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link on this page was opened and checked against the office's own website at review time.
Brown Deer is a village in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, with about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the village and the county. The village keeps council records and its own licenses and permits; court cases, jail bookings, deeds and vital records are county or state records. This guide names the Brown Deer offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 2 village office pages for Brown Deer, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: Village or county, Village Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
Village or county record: where Brown Deer records are kept
- Kept by the Village of Brown Deer: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the village's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Milwaukee County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not village records; they are in the Milwaukee County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Brown Deer Village Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the village's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The village's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: browndeerwi.org/142/Contact (page title: Contact | Brown Deer, WI)
- Phone: 414-371-3000
- Address: 4800 W Green Brook Drive Brown Deer WI 53223
- Hours: Wednesdays from 10 AM to 3 PM
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Brown Deer
Wisconsin public records law applies to the village government of Brown Deer. The village runs one records request page for its departments; it is the page below, verified by SearchSystems. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
- Website: browndeerwi.org/452/Open-Records-Requests (page title: Open Records Requests (Freedom of Information Act) | Brown Deer, WI)
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
A record the request page does not cover is asked for from the office that holds it: the department that issued a permit or license for its records.
Other cities and towns in Milwaukee County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Milwaukee County. The Milwaukee County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Brown Deer Arrest Records
The Brown Deer arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Brown Deer's arrests to the FBI and the 679 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Brown Deer is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Brown Deer Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to Brown Deer, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Brown Deer warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Brown Deer inmate search (the custody page of the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Brown Deer criminal records (the court file, the Wisconsin criminal history and the local arrest records), Brown Deer court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Brown Deer traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Brown Deer DUI (the OWI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Brown Deer divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Brown Deer property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Brown Deer website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Brown Deer offices listed above, and the village's own website is browndeerwi.org; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Brown Deer?
Brown Deer cases are heard by the courts that serve Milwaukee County, and people arrested in Brown Deer are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Milwaukee County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Brown Deer?
Through the village's records request page at browndeerwi.org/452/Open-Records-Requests. A record it does not cover is requested from the office that holds it: the department that issued a permit or license for its records.