Waukesha County

Register of Deeds

Department Head: James Behrend

Phone: 262-548-7583

Hours of Operation: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday thru Friday

Waukesha County Administration Center
515 W. Moreland Blvd.
Waukesha, WI 53188
Room AC110
registerofdeeds@waukeshacounty.gov

Directions:
We are located in Room 110 of the Waukesha County Administration Building

What we do

James Behrend, the Register of Deeds, is elected to a four year term and employs a staff of 17. The Register of Deeds Office provides a depository for safekeeping and public inspection of all legal documents pertaining to:

Real Estate
The Register of Deeds Office handles the recording and filing of deeds, mortgages, land contracts, articles of incorporation, real estate transactions, subdivision plats, certified survey maps, condominium declarations, etc. Please click below for additional information:

NOTE:  Real estate documents prior to 1994 are not available online.  Copies and searches must be obtained at the Register of Deeds office.  All subdivision plats, condominium plats and certified survey map images are available online.

* For General questions, please try the Wisconsin Register of Deeds association athttp://wrdaonline.org/

* For electronic copies of commonly used blank Real estate forms, go to  http://wrdaonline.org/Forms/index.htm

* For questions or issues regarding Fee-based online document access, please email  registerofdeeds@waukeshacounty.gov  and include "Document Access" in the subject header.

• Recorded Document Search (FREE)
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•  Pay Per View document search and retrieval 1994-Present (Fee Based)            

Vital Statistics
The Register of Deeds Office keeps and provides copies of vital records such as birth, death, and marriage certificates.
Click on the links below to obtain applications for certified copies of:

• Birth Certificates
• Death Certificates
• Marriage Certificates
• Declaration of Domestic Partnership Application
• Termination of Domestic Partnership Application
  To apply for a marriage license, please visit the website of the County Clerk's office. 

Uniform Commercial Code
Only UCC financing statements that affect real estate are filed in the Register of Deeds Office.

Federal Tax Lien
A federal tax lien notifies the public that a federal tax lien exists against the debtor named on the notice and establishes the federal government's priority with respect to a majority of competing creditors.

Military Discharges

The Tax Listing Division of the Register of Deeds Office analyzes and applies ownership and legal description information from recorded documents onto Waukesha County parcel tax listings to aid the municipal Assessors with their assessment roll work.  Please send questions regarding Tax Listing issues to:  taxlisting@waukeshacounty.gov