Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026.
Marshfield, Wisconsin, in Wood County, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Wisconsin the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Clerk of Circuit Court; the statewide criminal history kept by the Wisconsin Department of Justice is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Marshfield is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Marshfield public records, Wood County criminal records, Marshfield arrest records, Marshfield warrants, Marshfield court records, Marshfield traffic tickets, Wisconsin arrest records and Wisconsin inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Wood County Circuit Court
A criminal case from Marshfield is filed in the Wood County Circuit Court, and the court file, kept by the Clerk of Circuit Court, is the record of it that the public may see.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at woodcountywi.gov/departments/courts (page title: Clerk of Courts | Wood County Wisconsin), phone 715-421-8490, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, Wisconsin Circuit Court Access is the free statewide case search of every circuit court.
The Wisconsin Criminal History and Your Own Copy
Wisconsin is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Wisconsin Online Record Check System lets anyone run a name-based check, through the Wisconsin Department of Justice. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Marshfield
The Wood County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Marshfield (filed by the FBI as Marshfield Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Marshfield: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
Together, the five agencies in Wood County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 3,848 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Marshfield arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Marshfield in 2025
The agency that reports for Marshfield had 30 violent and 184 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The District Attorney for Wood County
The District Attorney decides which arrests in Wood County become charges and files them in the Wood County Circuit Court; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at woodcountywi.gov/Departments/DA (page title: Wood County District Attorney | Wood County Wisconsin), phone (715) 421-8515, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Marshfield
Registered sex offenders living in Marshfield are listed on the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry, run by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections at wistaysafe.gov. The registry is public and can be searched online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Wood County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Wisconsin Public Records Law a county office must answer a request as soon as practicable and without delay; the law sets no number of days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying and locating, with no charge for the first $50 of locating. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at woodcountywi.gov/departments/courts/Requests.aspx (page title: Fine and Citation Payment | Wood County Wisconsin).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Marshfield?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Wisconsin Department of Justice: the Wisconsin Online Record Check System lets anyone run a name-based check. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Wisconsin Public Records Law.
Can I search Marshfield criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at woodcountywi.gov/departments/courts (page title: Clerk of Courts | Wood County Wisconsin). Statewide, Wisconsin Circuit Court Access is the free statewide case search of every circuit court.
How do I get my own Wisconsin criminal history?
Through the same record check, run on yourself.
Who prosecutes crimes in Marshfield?
The District Attorney, reached at (715) 421-8515, which files its cases in the Wood County Circuit Court.
Is this the official Marshfield website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.