This fall, Portage County will join the statewide case management and record system, making it the final county to do so.
After joining an agreement this week with the system's bank, the county is on pace to join the Consolidated Court Automation Programs in October, clerk of courts Bernadette Flatoff said. The system has been in place since 1987.
The county decided to join because so many counties and state agencies use it to share documents, track cases and publicize records. Wood County joined in 1999, and Marathon County in 1991.
Until now, only probate cases in Portage County could be viewed on the county's website. After the switch, the county's court history and database will be available.
The online court record application, known as Wisconsin Circuit Court Access, "receives between two and three million requests a day," A. John Voekler, the state's director of state courts, wrote in a blog post. "To say the clientele of CCAP is diverse is an understatement."