Court Description
The circuit court of Trempealeau County is a court of general jurisdiction. There is one Circuit Court Judge elected every six years. All criminal and civil matters arising in the county are heard in this court. The cases include felony, misdemeanor, traffic, family, personal injury, collection, probate, and juvenile. In 2008, the Clerk of Courts had over 6,526 filings of all types.
Trempealeau County is a rural county with a population of 27,815by the 2007estimate. It covers 734 square miles of beautiful hills and river valleys. Further information on the county is available at our link to the Trempealeau County Tourism Web Site.
Programs involving small claims, juvenile, family and criminal have been established by the court:
Clerk Of Court Description
Wisconsin Statutes 59.40 defines the Duties of Clerk of Court. The following is a brief outline of those duties. The Clerk of Court is required to:
... file and keep all papers properly deposited in every action or proceeding.
... attend all court hearings to keep a court record, indicate the names of parties, attorneys, and a brief statement of the nature of the action or proceedings, which is a history of each action or proceeding.
... keep a judgement and lien docket of all money judgements of the court and those filed by contractors, transcript from other Wisconsin Courts, warrants for unemployment compensation and delinquent Wisconsin income taxes.
... keep a record of all payments and arrearage in payments ordered by the Court.
... keep a record of all fines ordered by the Court.
... keep a record of all officials of the Court.
... maintain a pool of jurors.
... pay monthly to the County Treasurer the State's and the County's percentage of fees required to be paid on each civil and criminal action.
... pay monthly to the County Treasurer the amounts collected for jail assessment.
... provide vital records with information from Court records to establish proper certificates.
... invest funds.
... contract with collection agency for collection of fines.
... maintain the Law Library.
... not act as an attorney.
WEBSITES FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Circuit Court Forms http://wicourts.gov/
Department of Transportation http://www.dot.wi.gov/
DOT driver information www.dot.state.wi.us./drivers/
Wisconsin State Law Library http://wsll.state.wi.us