Door County Jail Inmate Bail & Bonds

Enter the name on Door County Inmate Search. A booking from the last hour or two may not appear yet. For a question the search cannot settle, such as an out-of-county hold, call the Jail Division at 920-746-5652.

The Door County Jail is at 1203 S Duluth Avenue, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235, beside the Sheriff's Office and Justice Center at 1201 S Duluth Avenue. It is a direct supervision jail with 143 beds, and the county operates it for 109 people at a time. The courthouse offices sit on the same street, which keeps a family's errands short.

Yes. The jail accepts bond payments at any hour, every day. Pay with cash or a credit card at the jail. Ask for the receipt, and write down the case number before you leave.

For a payment question that cannot wait, the bond line at the jail is 920-746-5655.

Yes, with fees. Before your first online payment, call 920-746-5655 so the jail can add the bond to its system. Have the person's name and booking details ready.

Online payment is for the bond itself. If you mean to post bond, do not send money to a phone or commissary account instead.

The Clerk of Courts, 1209 S Duluth Avenue, takes bond payments Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The clerk's number is 920-746-2205. Outside those hours, go to the jail instead.

No bondsman may work a Wisconsin case. Wis. Stat. 969.12(2) says a surety must be an individual and cannot be compensated. That is why the bond you pay in Door County is cash to the court, not a fee to a company.

A friend could sign as an unpaid surety if the judge approves.

Yes, in some cases. A judge may release a person on a promise to appear, called an unsecured appearance bond, with no money paid up front. If bond conditions are broken, the person then owes the amount named (Wis. Stat. 969.02(1) and 969.03(1)).

A judge may also add non-cash conditions: staying away from certain people, travel limits, or a rule to be back in custody at set hours.

The jail's Huber Release Unit oversees programs both before and after conviction, including work release, electronic monitoring, and a pretrial release monitoring program. A judge decides who is placed in monitoring. The jail's number for the unit is 920-746-5652.

Monitoring is a way to be released under supervision, not a cash payment.

Huber is work release for people already sentenced, or confined as a condition of probation. It is a privilege, not a right. A sentenced person must contact a Huber officer within 10 days of sentencing, and a $300 deposit is due on or before the start date.

Someone awaiting trial who cannot pay is not on Huber. Questions go to 920-746-5652.

The District Attorney's Office, 1215 S Duluth Avenue, runs a post-charge diversion and deferred prosecution program. Call 920-746-2284 to ask whether a particular charge fits.

Under Wis. Stat. 968.075(2m), an officer cannot release a person arrested under the mandatory-arrest rule until bail is posted or the person appears before a judge. Once out, a 72-hour no-contact period applies.

During those 72 hours the person must avoid the victim's home and cannot call, text, or send someone else to make contact.

Only in narrow cases. Wis. Stat. 969.035 lets a judge deny release only for certain charges, or for a violent charge with a prior violent conviction. The prosecutor must ask. A hearing starts within 10 days, and the state must prove its case with clear and convincing evidence.

A denial lasts at most 60 days after the hearing.

The person who deposited it. If the complaint is dismissed or the defendant is acquitted, the deposit is returned to the depositor (Wis. Stat. 969.03(5)). After a conviction, bond costs come out first, then restitution, then the judgment. Forfeited bond is not refunded.

Put your own name on the receipt if you are the one paying.

A lawyer can petition the judge to lower it under Wis. Stat. 969.08. If the defendant has been held 72 hours since the first appearance because the terms are out of reach, the judge must review them on request. The Clerk of Courts at 920-746-2205 can say which judge has the file.

The State Public Defender office for Door County is at 139 S Washington Street, Green Bay, WI 54301, 920-448-5433. Ask the judge at the first hearing to appoint one.

Call the juvenile clerk at 920-746-2280. The clerk can tell you when the hearing is and which youth facility, if any, has the child. Juvenile files are closed to the public, which is why the adult search shows no child.

Pay at the Clerk of Courts or the jail only. A caller who wants gift cards, a payment app, or crypto is a scam. Call the jail at 920-746-5652 yourself.