Searching the Shawano Court Docket
Start with one question: municipal or circuit? That choice shapes the whole Shawano docket search. A Shawano parking ticket, a city code citation, or a noncriminal traffic matter may belong to Shawano-Bonduel Municipal Court. Anything filed in Shawano County Circuit Court runs through Wisconsin Circuit Court Access, or WCCA, where criminal, civil, family, small claims, forfeiture, traffic, ordinance, judgment, and lien case information lives.
The municipal side is different. Shawano-Bonduel posts no public search form for its docket, so call or visit that clerk directly. For circuit cases, search by name. Set the County filter to Shawano. Check the case type, then open Court Activities. Keep the issuing court, the case or citation number, the name as printed, and a rough date close at hand.
- Read the court name and case type on the Shawano citation, filing, or notice.
- For a municipal matter, call the Shawano-Bonduel clerk at 715-524-6173.
- For circuit court, open WCCA and filter the county field to Shawano.
- Match the caption, filing date, status, and case code before opening a result.
- Use Court Activities for listed dates, then confirm urgent settings with the proper clerk.
Two Shawano Court Docket Addresses
Shawano has two court addresses, and they are not interchangeable. Shawano County Circuit Court sits in the Shawano County Courthouse at 311 N Main Street. The Clerk of Circuit Court works out of Room 206. That office answers at 715-526-9347. Shawano-Bonduel Municipal Court, meanwhile, sits at 127 S Sawyer Street. You will find it at the rear of the City Hall and Police Department building.
| Shawano Location | Record Types | Access |
|---|---|---|
| 311 N Main Street, Room 206 | Circuit criminal, civil, family, small claims, traffic, forfeiture, judgment, and lien | WCCA plus circuit clerk |
| 127 S Sawyer Street | Shawano and Bonduel noncriminal ordinance, parking, and civil traffic | Municipal clerk, 715-524-6173 |
Your paperwork tells you where to go. A circuit case labeled CF, CM, CT, CV, SC, FA, FO, or TR belongs on WCCA and at the county courthouse. A City of Shawano or Bonduel municipal citation points to Sawyer Street. Read the document itself for the best routing clue.
Shawano Municipal Court Basics
The official Shawano-Bonduel Municipal Court page lays out a joint court. It handles noncriminal city and village ordinance violations, traffic citations, municipal-code violations, and parking tickets for the City of Shawano and the Village of Bonduel. A municipal forfeiture is its own record, though, and not the same thing as a criminal circuit case.
City materials name the court staff. Municipal Judge John J. Mocadlo III presides, with clerk Lisa Bruette and deputy Lisa Bohr. Office hours run Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., plus Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., excluding holidays. Call before you travel. Posted hours never guarantee that a particular hearing will happen.
The city's own page shows the joint court and what it covers:
The city's own page lists Shawano and Bonduel together in a single municipal venue. County circuit files, meanwhile, sit at the county courthouse.
Shawano Docket Search Has No City Portal
The City of Shawano offers no online municipal docket database. So the search order shifts. Call the municipal clerk with the citation number and the name on it, or visit the counter on Sawyer Street. The clerk shares general court-service information and nonconfidential file details. Staff cannot change a court order, extend a deadline, or give legal advice.
WCCA will not fill that gap. It covers circuit-court case information only. A blank result does not mean no case exists. The matter may be municipal, too new to appear, restricted, or filed under a different spelling. Recheck the named court before giving up.
Before calling: have the Shawano citation number, full name as printed, issuing municipality, approximate date, and the exact record or setting needed.
Court Dates and Settings in Shawano
Shawano-Bonduel sessions are scheduled on various Thursdays at 3:00 p.m. That is a general calendar, not proof of your own court date. Check the citation or any later notice. Then call the municipal clerk to confirm a hearing. Circuit cases work differently. The county FAQ points to WCCA, the Shawano county filter, and Court Activities.
| Date | The event date from the Shawano notice or newest public activity. |
|---|---|
| Time | The listed municipal session time or case-specific circuit time. |
| Place | Sawyer Street for municipal court or the location stated in the circuit notice. |
| Court official | The judge, commissioner, or branch shown for that setting. |
| Setting type | Initial appearance, pretrial, motion, trial, sentencing, or review as stated. |
The official WCCA calendar lets you filter by county, court official, date range, and traffic-only cases, though its date window spans no more than seven days. A listing can still change, so confirm before you appear.
Read Shawano Court Activities Carefully
Court Activities holds the dated trail of events. WCCA lays it out for Shawano County circuit court. One line might record a filing, a hearing, an order, or a judgment. Some entries pull up the actual document. Many give only the text. Learn a few labels and the docket reads much faster. "Initial appearance" marks an early setting, while "Pretrial" covers case management before trial. "Disposition" is the recorded outcome or closing action. Whatever the label says, that exact entry controls its meaning.
- CF
- Shawano circuit felony case.
- CM
- Shawano circuit misdemeanor case.
- CT
- Criminal traffic, distinct from municipal civil traffic.
- TR
- Circuit traffic case category.
- FO
- Forfeiture category, including some ordinance or DNR matters.
A "closed" label answers less than people hope. It does not tell you whether payment, review, or some later step is still pending on the Shawano County docket. Need the filed document itself or a certified copy? The circuit clerk is the office to ask, since activity text alone will not carry you there.
Traffic Tickets in Shawano
Not every traffic matter in Shawano County ends up in the same courtroom. Noncriminal traffic and ordinance citations come from Shawano police or Bonduel. Those go to the joint municipal docket. A criminal traffic charge takes a different route. It can appear as CT in circuit court instead. Check the citation for the court name. If it lists Shawano-Bonduel Municipal Court, call 715-524-6173 for direct lookup and record questions.
The city FAQ adds a few practical details. Municipal public-record requests go through a form returned to the municipal clerk. The office may take up to ten days to respond. Its card-payment route runs through GovPay. So confirm the live link, case, and amount before you pay. Keep one point straight: paying a ticket is a guilty plea. A not-guilty plea pushes the case toward a hearing. For the wider view, the Shawano County traffic ticket record path explains how circuit and municipal cases differ.
Shawano Joint Docket Volume
How busy is this joint court? The state's municipal report gives joint-court totals for Shawano-Bonduel. They were 1,340 matters in 2022, 1,673 in 2023, and 1,702 in 2024. That table cannot be split to show how many belonged to Shawano versus Bonduel. Wisconsin also cautions that municipalities self-report these figures. Some entries may not cover all four quarters.
Keep the numbers in perspective. They measure workload, not guilt, payment, or how any single case came out. For one court event, use the individual docket instead.
Where Shawano Cases Go
Not every case that starts in Shawano stays municipal. Felonies, misdemeanors, criminal traffic, larger civil matters, family cases, and small claims all route to Wisconsin Circuit Court in Shawano County. Some files have yet another keeper. Probate, juvenile, guardianship, civil commitment, adoption, and termination-of-parental-rights records sit with a separate Register in Probate.
Docket flow: Shawano-Bonduel Municipal Court › Shawano County Circuit Court › Wisconsin Court of Appeals › Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Want to fight a municipal decision? The City of Shawano describes an appeal as filed within 20 days after the municipal judge's decision, then heard in Shawano County Circuit Court before a judge or jury. Your controlling guide is the written decision plus current law. Appeals from circuit court run through a different tool, the Wisconsin appellate search.
Shawano Municipal Appeals Change Dockets
An appeal opens a second track in circuit court. It does not quietly turn every Shawano city citation into a criminal case. The original action stays in the municipal record, while the Shawano County appeal lives with the circuit clerk. Search each level in its own system. The filing deadline matters most. Rely on the written Shawano municipal decision, the current statute, and clerk procedure rather than a search result alone. Court staff can explain filing mechanics, but they cannot tell you whether appealing is a good idea. Where do later dates show up? Check the municipal clerk for activity before any transfer, WCCA for the circuit case, and WSCCA only if the Shawano County matter reaches a state appellate court. Keep each court's case number separate. A number the Shawano-Bonduel court assigned may not match the number on the circuit docket.
Shawano Court Record Access Rules
Public access has limits in Shawano. Not every field or document goes online. A municipal request goes to the municipal clerk; a circuit document request goes to the Shawano County Clerk of Circuit Court. Confidential material, including sealed, juvenile, expunged, victim, witness, juror, and account information, can be withheld or redacted.
Key Wisconsin rules:
Wis. Stat. § 19.35 provides a general right to inspect or copy records, subject to exceptions.
Wis. Stat. § 801.19 restricts protected personal data in court filings.
Wis. Stat. § 801.21 provides a process for asking the court to seal material.
Ask the clerk whether a public or redacted version exists. Also, skip full account numbers and other sensitive data in a broad Shawano public-record request.
Request Shawano Municipal Court Records
The City of Shawano FAQ requires a public-record request on a form. It is returned to the municipal court clerk. Expect it to take up to ten days. Give the citation or case number, the approximate date, the record you want, and whether you seek inspection or a copy. Confirm the current fee and delivery method with the clerk. One city form is OWI-related. It asks for your name, phone, request date, address, an optional desired-by date, and details of the request. It is a police open-record form, not a generic Shawano circuit copy form. Use it only for the purpose the city assigns. The official Shawano request source lays out those fields and limits:
That official page helps you ask precisely. Still, the municipal clerk handles docket access, and the circuit clerk holds the county court records.