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 October 2, 2026.
Buffalo County, Wisconsin, has about 13,000 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 Buffalo County 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: Buffalo County public records, Buffalo County arrest records, Buffalo County warrants, Buffalo County inmate search, Buffalo County court records, Wisconsin arrest records and Wisconsin inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Buffalo County Circuit Court
A criminal case from Buffalo County is filed in the Buffalo County Circuit Court, and the court file, kept by the Clerk of Circuit Court, is the record of it that the public may see.
For Buffalo County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at wicourts.gov/SearchWicourts?q=xxi&fq=&pager.offset=0 (page title: Wisconsin Court System | Search), 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 Buffalo County
The Buffalo County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Mondovi keep the arrest records in Buffalo County: 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 two agencies in Buffalo County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 354 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 Buffalo County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Buffalo County in 2024
The two agencies in Buffalo County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 9 violent and 26 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 35 crimes in 2024 against 51 in 2023. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Buffalo County public records guide.
The District Attorney for Buffalo County
Charges in Buffalo County are filed by the District Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Buffalo County Circuit Court.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at buffalocountywi.gov/171/District-Attorney-Corporation-Counsel (page title: District Attorney | Buffalo County, WI), phone 608-685-6236, 317 S. 2nd St. Alma, WI 54610, Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
The Sex Offender Registry for Buffalo County
Registered sex offenders living in Buffalo County 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 Buffalo 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 buffalocountywi.gov/departments/county-clerk/public-records-request (page title: Public Records Request | Buffalo County Government).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Buffalo County?
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 Buffalo County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at wicourts.gov (page title: Wisconsin Court System | Search). 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 Buffalo County?
The District Attorney, reached at 608-685-6236, which files its cases in the Buffalo County Circuit Court.
Is this the official Buffalo County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.