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 30, 2026.
Ripon, Wisconsin, in Fond du Lac County, has about 7,700 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 Ripon 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: Ripon public records, Fond du Lac County criminal records, Ripon arrest records, Ripon warrants, Ripon inmate search, Ripon court records, Wisconsin arrest records and Wisconsin inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Fond du Lac County Circuit Court
In Wisconsin the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Ripon are heard by the Fond du Lac County Circuit Court, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case, and the file of each case is kept by the Clerk of Circuit Court.
For Fond du Lac County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at fdlco.wi.gov/departments/departments-a-e/clerk-of-courts/courts-dep... (page title: Courts Departments | Fond du Lac County), phone (888) 604-7888, 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 Ripon
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Ripon (filed by the FBI as Ripon Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Ripon: 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.
The Waupun Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Fond du Lac County, so its arrests are not broken out for Fond du Lac County here.
Together, the four agencies in Fond du Lac County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,906 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 Ripon arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Ripon in 2025
The agency that reports for Ripon had 7 violent and 37 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 Fond du Lac County
Charges in Fond du Lac County are filed by the District Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Fond du Lac County Circuit Court.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at fdlco.wi.gov/departments/departments-a-e/district-attorney (page title: Fond du Lac County | Fond du Lac County), phone (920) 929-3048, 160 South Macy Street Fond du Lac, WI 54935, Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Ripon
Registered sex offenders living in Ripon 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 Fond du Lac 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 fdlco.wi.gov/departments/departments-n-z/treasurer/obtaining-copies... (page title: Open Records Requests | Fond du Lac County).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Ripon?
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 Ripon criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at fdlco.wi.gov (page title: Courts Departments | Fond du Lac County). 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 Ripon?
The District Attorney, reached at (920) 929-3048, which files its cases in the Fond du Lac County Circuit Court.
Is this the official Ripon 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.