Pierce County Circuit Court, Wisconsin Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

A petitioner's contact information must be marked confidential in the court file and cannot be accessed unless the court orders otherwise.

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

CRITICAL

The listed records and files are presumed confidential and may not be accessed without a court order, except as otherwise authorized by law for guardianship and protective placement files.

The following records and files are presumed to be confidential and will not be accessible without an order of the Court: juvenile files, guardianship and protective placement files (except as authorized by law), mental commitment files, pre-adjudication paternity files, presentence investigation reports, medical reports, psychological evaluations, victim addresses and Victim Identification Keys, confidential judge and court commissioner notes that are work-product, and financial disclosure statements.

CRITICAL

Financial disclosure statement documents must be marked confidential in court files and may be accessed only by a party or that party’s attorney.

State Statute requires the information provided in financial disclosure statements, all such documents shall be marked as confidential in court files and may be accessed only by a party or his or her attorney.

WARNING

The defendant’s Social Security number provided for an approved payment plan will be redacted from the court record.

If such a payment plan is approved, the defendant shall complete a wage assignment, provide the court with a current address, telephone number, and social security number (which will be redacted from the court record).

WARNING

After sentencing, the report is confidential and may be made available only with specific court authorization, subject to the stated access and copy rights; anyone receiving or viewing it must keep its contents confidential.

Except as otherwise provided by statute, after sentencing the Pre-Sentence Investigation Report shall be confidential and shall not be made available to any person except upon specific authorization of the Court. The district attorney and the defendant's attorney are entitled to have and keep a copy of the Pre-Sentence Investigation Report. If the defendant is not represented by counsel, the defendant is entitled to view the Pre-Sentence Investigation Report but may not keep a copy of the report. A district attorney or defendant's attorney who receives a copy of the report shall keep it confidential. A defendant who views the contents of a Pre-Sentence Report shall keep the information in the report confidential.