Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest 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.
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, has about 104,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Fond du Lac County Circuit Court, and the file of each case, kept by the Clerk of Circuit Court, is the public record of it. This guide says which court hears what, where to look a case up and who keeps the files.
This guide covers the courts, the records page, criminal cases, kinds of files, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Fond du Lac County public records, Fond du Lac County arrest records, Fond du Lac County warrants, Fond du Lac County inmate search, Fond du Lac County criminal records, Wisconsin arrest records and Wisconsin inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Fond du Lac County
In Fond du Lac County, the Fond du Lac County Circuit Court hears every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case.
A city with a municipal court of its own tries the tickets written under its ordinances.
Divorces go to the Circuit Court, and the file stays with the Clerk of Circuit Court.
The Clerk of Circuit Court keeps the files, and a copy of anything in a file comes from that office, under the court's own rules rather than the Wisconsin Public Records Law.
Looking Up a Case from Fond du Lac County
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 court page SearchSystems verified is at wicourts.gov/casesearch.htm.
What Reaches the Court from Fond du Lac County
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; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Fond du Lac County Circuit Court.
The District Attorney'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 Kinds of Court Files
The court file is one record with several readers: a criminal case from the arrest to the sentence, a divorce from the petition to the judgment, a traffic ticket from the citation to the conviction the court reports to the Wisconsin Division of Motor Vehicles, and an eviction or a lien on land.
The other Fond du Lac County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Fond du Lac County criminal records, Fond du Lac County divorce records, Fond du Lac County traffic tickets, Fond du Lac County DUI and Fond du Lac County property records.
Cities in Fond du Lac County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Fond du Lac County Circuit Court; tickets under a city's own ordinances go to its municipal court where it has one.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Fond du Lac County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Ripon (7,716)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Fond du Lac County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at fdlco.wi.gov, phone (888) 604-7888. Statewide, Wisconsin Circuit Court Access is the free statewide case search of every circuit court.
Which court hears felonies in Fond du Lac County?
The Fond du Lac County Circuit Court, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case.
Who keeps the court records in Fond du Lac County?
The Clerk of Circuit Court. Copies come from that office under the court's own rules.
Is there a statewide court case search in Wisconsin?
Yes: Wisconsin Circuit Court Access, the free statewide case search of every circuit court.
Is this the official Fond du Lac 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.