Out of an abundance of caution to the public and our staff, the lobby of the Register of Deeds Office is closed to the public until further notice.

Real Estate Documents

The ROD Office will continue to process real estate documents via eRecordings, mail or dropbox at CH-103. Questions regarding recording documents (414) 278-4005.

Vital Records

The ROD Office will continue to process Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce (2016 to present) and Domestic Partnership/Terminations by mail, email, internet orders,  fax at (414) 223-1942 or dropbox at CH-103. Questions regarding vital records (414) 278-4027.

After the ceremony, marriage licenses can be mailed to: Register of Deeds, 901 N. 9th Street, Room 103, Milwaukee WI 53233; emailed to:  RODVitalRecords@milwaukeecountywi.gov or faxed to (414) 223-1942. Questions regarding submission of the marriage license (414) 278-4027.
Judges or other county employees can send them via inter-office mail or deposit them in the ROD DropBox at CH-103

Real Estate Research

The ROD Office will continue to research and copy requests by mail, email or dropbox at CH-G6. Questions regarding real estate research and document copies (414) 278-4001.

The Register of Deeds Office has installed secured drop boxes outside rooms 103 and G6. Any mail, interoffice communications, marriage license worksheets from officiants or ROD forms/applications can be deposited in these drop boxes. The boxes will be checked twice a day and items received from the drop boxes will be processed as regular mail, batched with mail received the same day.

Your Register of Deeds

Israel Ramón was appointed Milwaukee County Register of Deeds by Governor Tony Evers on May 10, 2019. He was elected to a full term in November 2020. Prior to becoming Register of Deeds, he was an attorney in private practice for 25 years and a Supplemental Court Commissioner for 5 years.

He holds an Associate of Science from the College of Lake County, a Bachelor of Arts in Management and Business (magna cum laude) from Barat College of DePaul University and a Law Degree from Marquette University Law School. While in law school, he interned with the Wisconsin Department of Justice.

He was listed as a leading lawyer by Milwaukee Lifestyle Magazine in July 2014 and 2015. He is a Fellow of the Wisconsin Law Foundation and a member of the following organizations: The State Bar of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Register of Deeds Association (Legislative Committee), PRIA - the Property Records Industry Association (Redaction and Privacy Work Groups), the Wisconsin County Constitutional Officers (Legal Defense Fund), the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, the Wisconsin Hispanic Lawyers Association, the Milwaukee Water Commons Task Force, the ACLU of Wisconsin, Citizen Action of Wisconsin, Voces de la Frontera and is a former legal advisor to the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) of Wisconsin and the Mexican Consulate of Chicago.

"I pledge to work very hard for the residents of Milwaukee County to meet the statutory obligations of the Register of Deeds Office, continue its efficient operations, improve on the delivery of services where needed, move the office forward technologically and be transparent in what we do to restore the public’s confidence in our operations.” Israel Ramón - May 21, 2019

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