Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 272
Section 800.11 - Municipal court record and transcript entries(1) Every municipal court shall keep a court record in which the court shall enter, in actions to which they relate: (a) The title of every action commenced before the municipal court, including the name and address of the defendant;(b) The process issued, date and place where it issued, when returnable and the return of the officer;(c) A brief statement of the charges, including the nature and time of the offense and the section of law violated;(d) Every adjournment, stating at whose request and to what time;(e) The date and time trial was held;(f) The names of witnesses sworn, stating at whose request;(g) The judgment rendered by the municipal court, including the penalties imposed, the date of rendering judgment and the costs assessed in the action;(h) The record of contempt convictions under s. 800.12;(i) The amount of bail and names and addresses of sureties, if any;(j) The time of ordering any stay of execution;(k) The time of issuing execution and the name of the officer to whom delivered;(m) The return of every execution and when made and every renewal of an execution, with the date thereof;(n) The date and reason of removal of the action to another court;(o) The date of giving transcript of judgment;(p) The date of an appeal made from judgment; and(q) All motions made in the action, the decision thereon and all other proceedings in the action which the municipal court may think useful.(2) Failure of the municipal court to keep a court record properly shall not affect the jurisdiction of the municipal court or render the judgment void.(3) The transcript of judgment shall contain the following: (a) The name and location of the court.(c) The name and address of the defendant.(d) The date of judgment.(e) The amount of judgment, costs and fees.(f) The certification that it is a true copy of the judgment.(4) If the municipal judge is elected under s. 755.01(4), the court shall keep separate court records for each municipality.1977 c. 305; 1979 c. 32 ss. 68, 92 (17); Stats. 1979 s. 800.11; 1985 a. 89; 1995 a. 224; 2009 a. 402.