Burnett County Circuit Court, Wisconsin Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

A district attorney or defense attorney who receives a copy of the report must keep it confidential.

A district attorney or defendant’s attorney who receives a copy of the report shall keep it confidential.

CRITICAL

If expunction is granted, the juvenile clerk must follow standard CCAP procedures to remove the adjudication from the computerized record and seal all documents referring to it inside the court file.

If the court grants the petition for expunction of the juvenile adjudication, the juvenile clerk shall: a. Follow standard CCAP procedures for removal of the adjudication from the computerized record; b. Seal inside the court file all documents referring to the adjudication, including but not limited to: the dispositional order, the dispositional court report, all motions and orders concerning extensions, revisions, or changes of placement, all petitions and orders for sanctions, all minute sheets referring to the adjudication or other post-adjudication proceedings, transcripts of court proceedings referring to the adjudication or other post-adjudication proceedings, the petition and order for expunction.

CRITICAL

The listed records are presumed confidential and cannot be accessed without a court order.

The following records and files are presumed to be confidential and will not be accessible without an order of the court: juvenile files, probate files, presentence investigation reports, medical reports, psychological evaluations, confidential judge and court commissioner notes that are work-product, and financial disclosure statements.

CRITICAL

After sentencing, the presentence report is confidential and may be made available only with specific court authorization, except as otherwise provided by statute.

Except as otherwise provided by statute, after sentencing the presentence investigation report shall be confidential and shall not be made available to any person except upon specific authorization of the court.

CRITICAL

A petitioner’s contact information must be sealed in the court file and may not be accessed without a court order.

Any contact information provided by a petitioner shall be sealed in the court file and may not be accessed unless otherwise ordered by the court.

CRITICAL

No copies of juvenile court records may be made or provided to a person requesting access.

No copies of any court records shall be made or provided to any person requesting access to the records of a juvenile.

CRITICAL

The Social Security number provided for an approved payment plan must be kept confidential in the court file.

If such a payment plan is approved, the defendant shall provide the court with a current address, telephone number, and social security number, which number shall then be confidential in the court file.

CRITICAL

Before sentencing, the judge must disclose the presentence report to defense counsel and the district attorney, or to the defendant if unrepresented.

When a presentence investigation report has been received the judge shall disclose the contents of the report to the defendant’s attorney and to the district attorney prior to sentencing. When the defendant is not represented by an attorney, the contents shall be disclosed to the defendant.

CRITICAL

A defendant who views the presentence report must keep its information confidential.

A defendant who views the contents of a presentence report shall keep the information in the report confidential.

WARNING

An unrepresented defendant may view the presentence report but may not keep a copy.

If the defendant is not represented by counsel, the defendant is entitled to view the presentence investigation report but may not keep a copy of the report.

WARNING

The defendant’s address, telephone number, and Social Security number provided for an approved payment plan are kept confidential in the court file.

If such a payment plan is approved, the defendant shall provide the court with a current address, telephone number, and social security number, which will then be kept confidential in the court file.

WARNING

Financial disclosure statements must remain confidential in court files and may be accessed only by a party or that party's attorney.

Due to the personal and private nature of the information provided in financial disclosure statements, all such documents shall be confidential in court files and may be accessed only by a party or his or her attorney.

INFO

The district attorney and the defendant’s attorney are entitled to have and keep a copy of the presentence investigation report and may do so at the district attorneys' office by asking to view a copy.

The district attorney and the defendant’s attorney are entitled to have and keep a copy of the presentence investigation report and may do so at the district attorneys' office by asking to view a copy.

INFO

The judge may conceal the identity of a person who provided information for the presentence report.

The judge may conceal the identity of any person who provided information in the presentence investigation report.