La Crosse County Clerk Information & Services

PUBLIC INFORMATION AND SERVICES:
The County Clerk’s office handles a wide variety of public information and services. If you have further questions about a subject listed below, or cannot find what you are looking for, please feel free to call us at 608-785-9581, stop in to see us, or send us an email at countyclerkoffice@co.la-crosse.wi.us.

ELECTIONS:
We are responsible for all of the election preparations and ballots, as well as the publications for State and County elections for the voters of La Crosse County. The ballots are distributed to the City, Village, and Town Clerks prior to the election. Each municipality is responsible for submitting the results to the County Clerk as soon as possible once the polls close. Those results are then tallied here the night of an election and made available to the public and news media. We post current results, as they come in, on our web site the night of the election. These results are unofficial until after the Canvass; Official results are posted to the web site at that time.

In addition, past election registrations, poll lists, & results are on file & open to the public. Recent past election results and upcoming election information are also available on this web site by clicking on one of the links below or go back to the Home page and click on Elections.

If you can't find what you are looking for, please allow us to help by calling our office 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Monday - Friday at 608-785-9581 or by email to countyclerkoffice@co.la-crosse.wi.us

Anyone wishing to run for office should contact the appropriate department (State Elections Board, County Clerk, Municipal Clerk or School District) for nomination papers. The first day for candidates to circulate nomination papers for the 2008 Spring Election is December 1, 2007. The Campaign Registration Statement must be on file in the County Clerk's office before a candidate can circulate papers or campaign for the office in any way. The deadline to turn in nomination papers for ballot placement is January 2, 2008 by 5:00 p.m.

Running for County office:
If you are interested in running for a County office, we have the requirements, forms and filing information in our office.

County Supervisor: Spring Election
All 35 County Supervisory seats are elected for a 2 year term every other Spring in the even numbered years. The filing deadlines vary but are well in advance of the Primary.

Elected County Officials: Fall Election
All of the following Elected County Officials are elected at the Fall election in the even numbered years.

OFFICE	TERM
County Clerk	2 YEARS (4 YEARS - starting with 2008 election)
County Treasurer	2 YEARS (4 YEARS - starting with 2008 election)
Sheriff	4 YEARS
Clerk of Court	4 YEARS
Register of Deeds	2 YEARS (4 YEARS - starting with 2008 election)

Please contact us for these filing deadlines if you are interested in running for any of these offices.

How do I vote?
To request an absentee ballot or to find out where to vote, contact your City, Village, or Town Clerk. If you are uncertain who your Clerk is or how he/she can be reached, please call us at 785-9581 for that information.

COUNTY BOARD:
The County Clerk is the Clerk to the County Board. Action taken at the Board meetings is published monthly in the La Crosse Tribune and on this web site under Meeting Minutes/Agendas. Also available to the public in the County Clerks office are:

What County Supervisory District am I in?
There are 35 County Supervisory Districts. Please call us at 785-9581 with your address to find out what district you are in and who your County Supervisor is. Your County Supervisor is elected every two years to represent your district at the County level. Individual district maps are available for $1 each.

DOG LICENSES:
All dogs over 5 months of age need to be licensed and tagged every year between January 1^st and April 1^st from your City, Village or Town Treasurer. Proof of current rabies vaccination is required. If the dog is kept in either the City of La Crosse or the City of Onalaska, contact your City Treasurer for the tag fee as it may vary per City ordinance. If the dog is kept anywhere else in La Crosse County, (outside the city limits) the current year tag fee for a spayed or neutered dog is $9.00 and for a dog that has not been spayed or neutered it is $17.00.

$25 LATE FEE: If you fail to purchase the tag for your licensable dog by April 1^st, you MUST pay a $25 penalty, PER DOG, in addition to the cost of the tag. Tag purchases requiring payment of this late penalty must be acquired here at the County Clerk’s office. This also applies if you get a new dog and fail to license it within 30 days, if your puppy turns 5 months old and you fail to license it, or if you move into the County with a dog and fail to license it within 30 days.

The tag number, rabies data, and required information on each owner and dog are kept on file here for reference. If you find a lost dog with a La Crosse County tag, you may call us for the owner information on file.

PUBLIC OFFICIAL DIRECTORY:
We publish an annual Public Official Directory Book, which includes population statistics, Federal, State, County and Municipal Officials and Supervisors, all County Departments and Department Heads, as well as committees, boards, commissions and other organizational appointments to the County Board.

2007-2008 La Crosse County Directory of Public Officials
The 2007-2008 book may be purchased at the counter for $2.00 each plus tax or may be requested by mail with a pre-payment of $3.50 each (which includes tax, shipping and handling) for all books sent out by return mail.

2008-2009 La Crosse County Directory of Public Officials
The 2008-2009 book, which should be ready sometime in June, will be $2.00 each plus tax at the counter when it is available or it may be requested by mail anytime with a pre-payment of $3.50 each (which includes tax, shipping and handling) for all books sent out by return mail.

PARADE PERMIT:
A parade permit is needed when an organized event such as a parade, bicycle race or ride, procession, marathon, run, walk, etc. occurs on La Crosse County Highways and Roads. The application must be submitted no less than 15 days prior to the usage and, if less than 45 days before, such application must be made in person.

Requirements are:
1.) A completed application (Printable Application Form)
2.) $50.00 permit fee
3.) Proof of liability insurance not less than $500,000 per occurrence or $1,000,000 annual aggregate. Said evidence of insurance shall include a certificate naming the County of La Crosse as additional insured in connection with said usage.
4.) A complete written route of the event (plus a route map).

After the clerk has received all of these requirements and consulted with the involved departments and jurisdictions, a permit will be issued if approved.

TIMBER CUTTING NOTICE:
Prior to cutting timber or other forest products, a Timber Cutting Notice needs to be filed here. The filing fee is $10.00. A completed notice must be submitted to our office with the filing fee, by mail or in person, prior to the onset of the logging activity.

LOGGING ROAD PERMIT: A permit is required when land disturbance, such as a logging road, will occur. The cost of the permit is $50. Complete the appropriate section of the permit application and submit to our office with $60.00 ($10 filing fee plus $50 permit fee.) Make checks payable to the County Treasurer. If approved, a permit will be issued by the Land Conservation Department.

DNR FORMS
We have registration applications for boats, ATVs, and snowmobiles, which must be sent to the DNR in Madison or turned in to the local DNR office in the State Office building on Mormon Coulee Rd.

COPIES:
These & all of the records in the County Clerk’s office are public record and are available for viewing upon request. Copies cost .25 cents per page plus tax.

For further information please contact the La Crosse County Clerk’s office at 608-785-9581, Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 5:00. Thank you for visiting our Web Page. We look forward to serving you.