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.
Rice Lake is a city in Barron County, Wisconsin, with about 9,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the city and the county. The city 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 Rice Lake 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 city office pages for Rice Lake, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, City Hall, Records requests and Questions.
City or county record: where Rice Lake records are kept
- Kept by the City of Rice Lake: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Barron County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not city records; they are in the Barron County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Rice Lake City Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the city's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The city's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: ci.rice-lake.wi.us (page title: City of Rice Lake)
- Address: 910 S. Wisconsin Avenue Rice Lake, WI 54868
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Rice Lake
Wisconsin public records law applies to the city government of Rice Lake. The city 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: ci.rice-lake.wi.us/open-records (page title: Open Records Requests | City of Rice Lake)
- Phone: 715-234-2116
- Address: 34 South Wilson Avenue Rice Lake, WI 54868
- Checked: September 26, 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.
Rice Lake Arrest Records
The Rice Lake arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Rice Lake's arrests to the FBI and the 483 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Rice Lake is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Rice Lake Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to Rice Lake, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Rice Lake warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Rice Lake inmate search (the jail page of the Barron County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Rice Lake criminal records (the court file, the Wisconsin criminal history and the local arrest records), Rice Lake court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Rice Lake traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Rice Lake DUI (the OWI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Rice Lake divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Rice Lake property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Rice Lake website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Rice Lake offices listed above, and the city's own website is ci.rice-lake.wi.us; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Rice Lake?
Rice Lake cases are heard by the courts that serve Barron County, and people arrested in Rice Lake are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Barron County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Rice Lake?
Through the city's records request page at ci.rice-lake.wi.us/open-records, phone 715-234-2116. 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.