753.04 Annotation
See note to art. VII, sec. 8, citing Edmonds v. Board of Fire & Police Commrs. 66 W (2d) 337, 224 NW (2d) 575.
753.05
753.05
Seals. The circuit courts in the several counties shall have seals, and they may direct and from time to time alter the inscriptions and devices thereon; and the respective county boards shall furnish such seals as shall be ordered; and when any such court shall be unprovided with a seal the judge may authorize the use of any temporary seal or of any device by way of seal until a seal shall be so provided. The seals now in use by said courts shall continue to be the seals thereof until others shall be provided according to law.
753.05 History
History: 1977 c. 187 s.
92; Stats. 1977 s. 753.05.
753.06
753.06
Judicial circuits. The state is divided into judicial circuits as follows:
753.06(1)
(1) Within the 1st judicial administrative district. 753.06(1)(a)(a) Milwaukee County. The circuit has 46 branches.
753.06(2)
(2) Within the 2nd judicial administrative district. 753.06(2)(b)
(b) Racine County. The circuit has 10 branches.
753.06(2)(c)
(c) Walworth County. The circuit has 4 branches.
753.06(3)
(3) Within the 3rd judicial administrative district. 753.06(3)(a)(a) Jefferson County. The circuit has 3 branches.
753.06(3)(b)
(b) Ozaukee County. The circuit has 3 branches.
753.06(3)(c)
(c) Washington County. The circuit has 4 branches.
753.06(3)(d)
(d) Waukesha County. The circuit has 12 branches.
753.06(4)
(4) Within the 4th judicial administrative district. 753.06(4)(b)
(b) Fond du Lac County. The circuit has 4 branches.
753.06(4)(c)
(c) Manitowoc County. The circuit has 3 branches.
753.06(4)(d)
(d) Sheboygan County. The circuit has 5 branches.
753.06(4)(e)
(e) Winnebago County. The circuit has 6 branches.
753.06(5)
(5) Within the 5th judicial administrative district. 753.06(6)
(6) Within the 6th judicial administrative district. 753.06(6)(b)
(b) Columbia County. The circuit has 3 branches.
753.06(6)(d)
(d) Green Lake County. The circuit has one branch.
753.06(6)(f)
(f) Marquette County. The circuit has one branch.
753.06(6)(g)
(g) Portage County. The circuit has 3 branches.
753.06(6)(j)
(j) Waushara County. The circuit has one branch.
753.06(7)
(7) Within the 7th judicial administrative district. 753.06(7)(a)(a) Buffalo and Pepin counties. The circuit has one branch.
753.06(7)(b)
(b) Crawford County. The circuit has one branch.
753.06(7)(e)
(e) Jackson County. The circuit has one branch.
753.06(7)(f)
(f) La Crosse County. The circuit has 4 branches.
753.06(7)(i)
(i) Richland County. The circuit has one branch.
753.06(7)(j)
(j) Trempealeau County. The circuit has one branch.
753.06(8)
(8) Within the 8th judicial administrative district. 753.06(8)(c)
(c) Kewaunee County. The circuit has one branch.
753.06(8)(d)
(d) Marinette County. The circuit has 2 branches.
753.06(8)(f)
(f) Outagamie County. The circuit has 7 branches.
753.06(8)(g)
(g) Waupaca County. The circuit has 2 branches.
753.06(9)
(9) Within the 9th judicial administrative district. 753.06(9)(c)(c) Florence and Forest counties. The circuit has one branch.
753.06(9)(e)
(e) Langlade County. The circuit has one branch.
753.06(9)(f)
(f) Lincoln County. The circuit has one branch.
753.06(9)(g)
(g) Marathon County. The circuit has 4 branches.
753.06(9)(h)
(h) Menominee and Shawano counties. The circuit has 2 branches.
753.06(10)
(10) Within the 10th judicial administrative district. 753.061
753.061
Court; branch; judge. 753.061(1)
(1) In each judicial circuit, each judgeship shall be given a branch number. Each branch constitutes a circuit court with all the powers and jurisdiction possessed by circuit courts in circuits having one judge only, and may be designated in all papers and proceedings either by its respective number or by the name of its presiding judge.
753.061(2)
(2) The chief judge of the 1st judicial administrative district shall designate 2 circuit court branches that will primarily handle cases that involve a violation of
ch. 961 involving a controlled substance included in schedule I or II under
ch. 961 or a controlled substance analog of a controlled substance included in schedule I or II under
ch. 961.
753.061(2m)
(2m) The chief judge of the 1st judicial administrative district is authorized to designate 4 circuit court branches to primarily handle violent crime cases that involve a violation of
s. 939.63, if a felony is committed while armed, and of
ss. 940.01 to
940.03,
940.05,
940.06,
940.225,
943.23 (1g),
(1m) and
(1r) and
943.32 (2). If the circuit court branches are designated under this subsection, 2 shall begin to primarily handle violent crime cases on September 1, 1991, and 2 shall begin to primarily handle violent crime cases on August 1, 1992.
753.061(5)
(5) The state shall reimburse the county for the costs of operating one of the 2 circuit court branches designated under
sub. (2m) that begin to primarily handle violent crime cases on September 1, 1991, including the one-time cost of courtroom construction. The costs reimbursable under this subsection shall be paid by the state treasurer to the county treasurer pursuant to a voucher submitted by the clerk of circuit court to the director of state courts and shall be paid from the appropriation under
s. 20.625 (1) (as). The amount reimbursable under this subsection may not exceed $383,100 in the 1991-92 fiscal year and $0 in the 1992-93 fiscal year.
