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Start a Wisconsin WORCS public request, choose guest or registered access, and retain the receipt link for your state criminal-history result.
Choose the WORCS ordering path that fits your account
Wisconsin DOJ provides paid public access to adult criminal-history information through WORCS. The official WORCS FAQ distinguishes registered accounts from one-off public requests.
| Your access situation | Submit and retrieve the request |
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| No registered account | Select Submit Request on the Public Access tab. Keep the receipt’s order number; enter it in Review Prior Search Results to retrieve a completed response. |
| Registered user | Sign in and choose Submit New Request from the dashboard. View My Requests is the route back to submitted orders. |
| Results are not ready | Return through the appropriate retrieval route after processing. A pending response is not a no-record finding. |
Keep the receipt and save the completed response
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Complete payment for the submitted order
Follow the payment screen and preserve the receipt. Its link can take you directly to the specific request’s results.
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Download within the access period
The FAQ says results remain available for six months from submission. Reviewing an existing result within that window does not require another payment; after the period, the request must be resubmitted.
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Keep the search date with the report
Save the response as a dated result. Its later retrieval does not update the criminal-history information to the day you reopen it.
Check whose record was returned
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Compare more than the searched name
The DOJ guide to reading a record says a name-based response can belong to someone else. Compare the available identifying information, including birth date and other supported identifiers, with what you know about the subject.
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Read the master name and aliases carefully
The master name is the name used when the person was first fingerprinted for the repository. It may not be a true name. An alias similar to your search name is not enough to attribute the criminal record.
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Leave inconsistencies unresolved until clarified
Review the response explanation and follow DOJ’s correction or challenge information when appropriate. Do not turn an uncertain identity match into a factual claim about the person.
Understand the fingerprint-supported repository limit
A WORCS response is not every Wisconsin record
The DOJ repository description explains that arrest fingerprint submissions support its criminal-history database. Arrests without supporting fingerprints and their related dispositions are not included. Courts and corrections can hold other information, so a repository search and a court-file search have different coverage.
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