Wisconsin Code § 770.18

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(1) The county clerk shall keep among the
records in the office a suitable book called the declaration of domestic partnership docket and shall enter therein a complete
record of the applications for and the issuing of all declarations of
domestic partnership, and of all other matters which the clerk is
required by this chapter to ascertain related to the rights of any
person to obtain a declaration of domestic partnership. An application may be recorded by entering into the docket the completed
application form, with any portion collected only for statistical
purposes removed. The declaration of domestic partnership
docket shall be open for public inspection or examination at all
times during office hours.
(2) A county clerk may provide the name of a declaration of
domestic partnership applicant and, from the portion of the application form that is collected for statistical purposes, as specified
under sub. (1), may provide the address of the declaration of domestic partnership applicant to a law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 51.01 (11). A county clerk shall provide the name and,
if it is available, the address, to a law enforcement officer who requests, in writing, the name and address for the performance of
an investigation or the service of a warrant. If a county clerk has
not destroyed the portion of the declaration of domestic partnership application form that is collected for statistical purposes, he
or she shall keep the information on the portion confidential, except as authorized under this subsection. If a written request is
made by a law enforcement officer under this subsection, the
county clerk shall keep the request with the declaration of domestic partnership application form. If the county clerk destroys the
declaration of domestic partnership application form, he or she
shall also destroy the written request.

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