Register of Deeds

NOTICE:

Effective June 25, 2010 the cost to record a real estate document in the Register of Deeds office will be $30 regardless of the number of pages.

Governor Doyle signed SB 507 into law on May 12, 2010. This legislation changes the recording fee structure for real estate documents filed with the county Register of Deeds and directs the Register of Deeds to redact social security numbers from electronic format records that are viewable or accessible on the internet.

What We Do

The Register of Deeds handles the filing of many documents. Some of the most common are:

Deeds
Federal Tax Liens
Mortgages and Satisfactions
Articles of Incorporation
Plats and Certified Survey Maps
Financing Statements

We also file Vital Statistics Records such as birth and death certificates, marriage licenses and veteran's discharges.

Office Hours

The Bayfield County Register of Deeds office is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Contact Us

Physical Address

117 East Fifth St.
P.O. Box 813
Washburn, WI 54891

Telephone

(715) 373-6119

Office Contacts

Register of Deeds: Patricia Olson; E-mail: polson@bayfieldcounty.org
Deputy Register of Deeds: Denise Tarasewicz; E-mail: dtarasewicz@bayfieldcounty.org
Records / File Clerk: Amy Mainguth; E-Mail : amainguth@bayfieldcounty.org

Current Fee Schedule

Recording fees	Vital Records ~ Certified copies
$30 Regardless of # of pages	Birth certificate: $20 / $3 per additional copy
Plats: $50 Transportation Plats: $25	Death Certificate: $20 / $3 per additional copy
WI Transfer fee: $3 per $1,000	Marriage Record: $20 / $3 per additional copy
Please include a copy of a valid photo ID with your vital record request	Domestic Partner: $20 / $3 per additional copy

Acceptable forms of identification are:

One of these:

Wisconsin driver's license

Wisconsin Photo ID

Out-of-State driver's license or photo ID card

Two of these:

Government issued employee ID card or badge with photo

US Passport

Check or bank book

Major credit card

Health insurance card

Recent dated, signed lease

Recent utility bill or traffic ticket

Expired cards or documents are not accepted

There is no fee for veterans' records to the veteran. All fees are subject to change without notice.

A Note to Genealogists

Bayfield County Vital Statistic records date back as far as the late 1870's for births, late 1800's for deaths and the mid-1800's for marriages.

Census, naturalization, and other records can be found at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center in Ashland, Wisconsin. Their archival records represent collections from nine counties in northern Wisconsin. To obtain more information on their research center and State Historical Society Archives, please e-mail whsnorthwoods@whs.wisc.edu or call (715) 685-2649.

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