Racine County, WI
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Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Please be prepared to finish all business by 4:10 p.m. |
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Email (Documents for filing cannot be sent via email, per Supreme Court Rule): |
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Family Court: FACourt@racinecounty.gov Misdemeanor & Traffic Court: TRCourt@racinecounty.gov Felony Court: Felonycourt@racinecounty.gov Probate Court: Probatecourt@racinecounty.gov Jury Service: Jurors@racinecounty.gov Other general questions: RCClerkofCourts@racinecounty.gov |
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| Racine County Clerk of Court
730 Wisconsin Ave All payments, filings, and correspondence should include the case(s) number when available. |
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| Racine County Courthouse | Law Enforcement Center (LEC) | Dennis Kornwolf Service Center | Burlington Police Department |
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730 Wisconsin Ave Racine, WI 53403 |
717 Wisconsin Ave Racine, WI 53403
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1717 Taylor Ave Racine, WI 53403 |
224 E Jefferson St Burlington, WI 53105 |
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MAIN: 262-636-3333Accounting Office: 262-636-3402 Civil Court: 262-636-3131, 262-636-3134 Family Court: 262-636-3155 Felony Court: 262-636-3242 Misdemeanor & Juvenile Courts: 262-636-3508 Probate Court: 262-636-3137 Traffic Court: 262-636-3148
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Accepted Payment Methods:
Cash
Check - payable to "Clerk of Circuit Court"
Money Orders - payable to "Clerk of Circuit Court"
Visa or MasterCard credit or debit cards
Additional charges may apply for credit or debit card use.
This list of case categories is not intended to be comprehensive, rather it is intended to illustrate the various case types and the kinds of actions that are filed under various categories. For a list of case classification codes.
Civil and Juvenile:
Construction lien (CL): a claim on property for non-payment of work that improved the property
Condominium lien (CO): a claim on a condominium unit for the owner's non-payment of assessments for common expenses
Civil (CV): typically, lawsuits seeking claims in excess of $10,000, but also such actions as restraining orders, appeals from municipal court and administrative agency decisions, name changes, etc.
Family (FA): divorce, legal separation, annulment, custody, child support, maintenance, property division, or the enforcement or modification of an order affecting the family
Foreign judgment (FJ): a judgment or order of a court from a different state, a federal court outside Wisconsin, a municipal court of another county, or a tribal court; treated as if ordered by a Wisconsin circuit court.
Group file (GF): a category for maintaining documents that are not specifically case-related
Hospital lien (HL):- a claim by a hospital for non-payment of services provided to an injured person. The claim is on a judgment, award, settlement, etc. that the injured person may have against the person responsible for the injury.
Incarcerated person (IP): a case with a petition submitted by a prisoner who wants to begin an action without prepaying court costs and fees
John Doe (JD): a proceeding under WI Stats. 968.26 to determine whether a crime has been committed. For clerical convenience, this case type also includes the filing of complaints under WI Stats. 968.02(3) and coroners' inquests under WI Stats. 979.04.
Other lien (OL): claims not specifically identified by the other lien case types and include such claims as environmental liens, mining liens, quarry labor liens, etc.
Paternity (PA): Post judgment actions in paternity cases, such as support and custody. Pre judgment information concerning the determination of paternity is confidential and is not available to the public.
Probate (PR): probate (in which issues are contested and a deceased person's estate is supervised by the court) and such other probate-related actions as the summary settlement of small estates, the termination of joint tenancy, etc.
Small claims (SC): lawsuits seeking claims of $10,000 or less, evictions, evictions due to foreclosure, replevins (return of property), return of earnest money, forfeitures, arbitration awards, and third-party complaints, personal injury claims, or tort claims of $5,000 or less.
Transcript of judgment (TJ): a judgment or order from another Wisconsin circuit court, a Wisconsin appellate court, a federal court in Wisconsin, or a municipal court in that county; treated as if ordered by the circuit court in the county where it's filed.
Tax warrant (TW): a warrant issued by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue for failure to pay income or franchise tax when due. This warrant has the same effect as a judgment granted by the court.
Unemployment compensation (UC): a warrant issued by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development for an employer's failure to pay contributions, interest, or fees. This warrant has the same effect as a judgment granted by a court.
Workers compensation (WC): a warrant issued by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. This award has the same effect as a judgment granted by a court
Will filed (WL): a will filed with the court for safekeeping during a person's lifetime
Criminal and Ordinance:
Felony (CF): a crime punishable by imprisonment in the Wisconsin state prisons and / or a fine
Commitment of an inmate(CI): a case with a petition alleging that a person is a sexually violent person
Misdemeanor (CM): a crime punishable by a fine and / or confinement in a local jail, but not by imprisonment in the Wisconsin state prisons
Criminal traffic (CT): a misdemeanor offense involving the operation of a motor vehicle
Complex forfeiture (CX): a forfeiture action that requires access to the rules of civil procedure and which is punishable by a forfeiture of money.
Non traffic ordinance violation (FO): a violation, unrelated to the operation of a motor vehicle, punishable by the forfeiture of money
Traffic forfeiture (TR): a violation, related to the operation of a motor vehicle, punishable by the forfeiture of money
Racine County is a MANDATORY eFiling county as of March 1, 2017. At present, attorneys and high-volume filing agents are required to eFile the following case types:
- adoption (AD),
- civil (CV) and small claims (SC);
- commitment of an inmate (CI),
- complex forfeiture (CX),
- juvenile adoption (JA),
- juvenile CHIPS (JC),
- juvenile guardianship (JG), and
- juvenile civil commitment (JM) cases.
- juvenile civil law and ordinance violations (JO),
- juvenile delinquency (JV), and
- juvenile termination of parental rights cases (TP),
- John Doe (JD)
- family (FA) and paternity (PA);
- criminal (CR, CM, & CT), traffic (TR), and ordinance (FO);
- formal (PR) and informal probate (IN);
- guardianship (GN) and commitment (ME); and
- judgment and lien (CL, CO, FJ, HL, OL, & TJ) case types.
More information can be found on the Wisconsin Court's Website: eFile/eCourts
Electronic filing user guides and video tutorials are available here.
Normal Business Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm.
2025 Holiday Schedule
The courts are closed for the following holidays:
New Years Day: Wednesday, January 1st
Martin Luther King Day: Monday, January 20
Good Friday: Friday, April 18th
Memorial Day: Monday, May 26th
4th of July: Friday, July 4th
Labor Day: Monday, September 1st
Thanksgiving: Thursday, November 27th and Friday, November 28th
Christmas Eve: Wednesday, December 24th
Christmas Day: Thursday, December 25th
New Year's Eve: Wednesday, December 31, 2025
2026 Holiday Schedule
The courts are closed for the following holidays:
New Years Day: Tuesday, January 1st
Martin Luther King Day: Monday, January 19th
Good Friday: Friday, April 3rd
Memorial Day: Monday, May 25th
4th of July: Friday, July 3rd
Labor Day: Monday, September 7th
Thanksgiving: Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November 27th
Christmas Eve: Thursday, December 24th
Christmas Day: Friday, December 25th
New Year's Eve: Thursday, December 31st
The Racine County Circuit Court is committed to providing language services and access to justice for people of Limited English proficiency (LEP). Under Wisconsin law, the direct provision of interpreter services in all court proceedings, including scheduling and payment, is the responsibility of the circuit courts under Wis. Stats. §885.38(3)(a) and §885.38(8)(a) and the American with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Local Court Rules are a set of procedural regulations adopted by courts which are mandatory upon parties and their lawyers on matters within the jurisdiction of the court. Most state have statewide rules of court procedure. Local rules may encompass the time allowed to file papers, the format of documents (including the paper color of appeal court briefs), the number of copies to be filed, the procedure to file motions, the basis for calculating money amounts (including alimony and child support), fees for filing various documents, and numerous other mundane but vital matters.
The Racine County Local Court Rules are approved and adopted by all ten Circuit Court Judges.
This section includes some local reports and evaluations on behalf of the Clerk of Circuit Court and the Circuit Court:
Annual Reports:
Jury System Reports:
- 2024 Jury System Evaluation
- 2023 Jury System Evaluation
- 2022 Jury System Evaluation
- 2021 Jury System Evaluation
- 2020 Jury System Evaluation
- 2019 Jury System Evaluation
- 2018 Jury System Evaluation
- 2017 Jury System Evaluation
- 2016 Jury System Evaluation
- 2015 Jury System Evaluation
Interpreter Usage Reports:
Surveys:
