If I have an Ozaukee Sheriff’s Department, Wisconsin State Patrol, or DNR noncriminal citation, when can I talk to the prosecutor handling it?
After a not guilty plea is entered either by mail to the Clerk of Courts Office or at the scheduled initial appearance date on your citation, the Court will then give you a Court Trial date and a Pretrial date. Our office will receive reports from the Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Department, Wisconsin State Patrol or DNR, a few days after your not guilty plea is entered, not before. You or your attorney are required to appear at the scheduled pretrial (meeting with a representative of the District Attorney’s Office) to try and resolve the case before trial.

If the case is not resolved at the pretrial, the state will notify witnesses for the scheduled court trial date that was given to you. If you do not appear or you have not retained an attorney to appear on your behalf at the pretrial, the State will not notify witnesses for the court trial. If the case was not resolved at pretrial and you do not appear at the court trial, the court will find you guilty be default for your nonappearance.

The Ozaukee County District Attorney’s Office only handles DNR, Ozaukee Sheriff’s Department, and Wisconsin State Patrol citations. The other local municipalities have their own city or village attorney. You may contact the local municipality for their attorney’s contact information.

The City of Cedarburg, Village of Grafton and City of Port Washington use Mid-Moraine Municipal Court for all their ordinance citations (noncriminal matters), which is located at 1625 East Washington Street, West Bend, WI 53095-2601.

If you have questions, please contact the Ozaukee District Attorney's Office.

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