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Sentencing Guidelines for Wisconsin

Wisconsin Sentencing Guidelines are a set of general guiding principles for courts to take into consideration while passing sentence upon a person convicted of a crime. The use or disregard of sentencing guidelines will not affect a person’s appeal. Under Wis. Stat. 346.65(2m), every judicial district in Wisconsin is required to adopt sentencing guidelines for judges to follow when sentencing a defendant convicted by the state of Wisconsin for drunk driving - called an OWI or DUI DWI. Each Wisconsin county is listed below including Dane, Sauk, Richland, Marquette, Juneau, La Crosse, Eau Claire, Rock, Jefferson, Waukesha, Milwaukee and Fond du Lac County Wisconsin.

How To Use This Information

Wisconsin County names are listed below. You can click on a county to go to the Judicial District, or just scroll down the page. Under each Judicial District, there is a link to the PDF file for the sentencing guidelines. You can click on that link to open the PDF (Portable Document File aka Acrobat Reader file). You can view, print, save, and email that PDF file.

A: Adams, Ashland
B: Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett
C: Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford
D: Dane, Dodge, Door, Douglas, Dunn
E: Eau Claire
F: Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest
G: Grant, Green, Green Lake
I: Iowa, Iron
J: Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau
K: Kenosha, Kewaunee
L: La Crosse, Lafayette, Langlade, Lincoln
M: Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Monroe
O: Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Ozaukee
P: Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price
R: Racine, Richland, Rock, Rusk
S: Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix
T: Taylor, Trempealeau
V: Vernon, Vilas
W: Walworth, Washburn, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood

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Wisconsin Statewide Sentencing Guidelines

[Wisconsin Sentencing Guidelines] for Operating After Revocation & Operating After Suspension sentencing guidelines.

1st District Sentencing Guidelines

First Judicial District Sentencing Guidelines

Counties: Milwaukee County WI
Included: Sentencing Ranges, PAC Level, Forfeiture, Penalty Surcharge, OAR, OAS, Court Costs, Crime Lab Drug Surcharge, Justice Inf. Srcharge, Jail Surcharge, Driver & Truck Driver Improvement Surcharge, Court Support Service Surcharge, Vehicle Forfeitre & Aleration, Victim & Witness Surcharge, Jail Time, Double Fines For Minor, Ignition Interlock, Sobriety Provisions, and other provisions allowed by Court order.

2nd Judicial District

Second Judicial District WI Sentencing Guidelines

WI Counties: Kenosha, Racine, Walworth
Included: PAC Level, Forfeiture, Penalty Surcharge, OAR, OAS, Court Costs, Crime Lab Drug Surcharge, Justice Inf. Srcharge, Jail Surcharge, Driver & Truck Driver Improvement Surcharge, Court Support Service Surcharge, Vehicle Forfeitre & Aleration, Victim & Witness Surcharge, Jail Time, Double Fines For Minor, Ignition Interlock, Sobriety Provisions, and other provisions allowed by Court order.

Court Administrator, Racine: (262) 636-3133

3rd Judicial District

Third Judicial District WI Sentencing Guidelines

WI Counties: Jefferson, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha
Included: PAC Level, Forfeiture, Penalty Surcharge, OAR, OAS, Court Costs, Crime Lab Drug Surcharge, Justice Inf. Srcharge, Jail Surcharge, Driver & Truck Driver Improvement Surcharge, Court Support Service Surcharge, Vehicle Forfeitre & Aleration, Victim & Witness Surcharge, Jail Time, Double Fines For Minor, Ignition Interlock, Sobriety Provisions, and other provisions allowed by Court order.

District Court Administrator: (262) 548-7210

4th Judicial District

Fourth Judicial District WI Sentencing Guidelines - OAR OAS

WI Counties: Calumet, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Sheboygan, Winnebago
Included: PAC Level, Forfeiture, Penalty Surcharge, OAR, OAS, Court Costs, Crime Lab Drug Surcharge, Justice Inf. Srcharge, Jail Surcharge, Driver & Truck Driver Improvement Surcharge, Court Support Service Surcharge, Vehicle Forfeitre & Aleration, Victim & Witness Surcharge, Jail Time, Double Fines For Minor, Ignition Interlock, Sobriety Provisions, and other provisions allowed by Court order.

District Court Administrator:

5th Judicial District

Fifth Judicial District WI Sentencing Guidelines

WI Counties: Dane
Included: PAC Level, Forfeiture, Penalty Surcharge, OAR, OAS, Court Costs, Crime Lab Drug Surcharge, Justice Inf. Srcharge, Jail Surcharge, Driver & Truck Driver Improvement Surcharge, Court Support Service Surcharge, Vehicle Forfeitre & Aleration, Victim & Witness Surcharge, Jail Time, Double Fines For Minor, Ignition Interlock, Sobriety Provisions, and other provisions allowed by Court order.

District Court Administrator: (608) 267-8820

6th Judicial District

Sixth Judicial District WI Sentencing Guidelines

WI Counties: Portage, Adams, Dodge, Marquette, Sauk, Waushara, Wood
Included: Penalty Ranges, Home Detention, Huber Law Work Release Privileges, PAC Level, Forfeiture, Penalty Surcharge, OAR, OAS, Court Costs, Crime Lab Drug Surcharge, Justice Inf. Srcharge, Jail Surcharge, Driver & Truck Driver Improvement Surcharge, Court Support Service Surcharge, Vehicle Forfeitre & Aleration, Victim & Witness Surcharge, Jail Time, Double Fines For Minor, Ignition Interlock, Sobriety Provisions, and other provisions allowed by Court order.

District Court Administrator: (715) 345-5295

7th Judicial District

Seventh Judicial District WI Sentencing Guidelines

WI Counties: Buffalo, Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Pepin, Pierce, Richland, Trempealeau, Vernon
Included: Penalty Ranges, Home Detention, Huber Law Work Release Privileges, PAC Level, Forfeiture, Penalty Surcharge, OAR, OAS, Court Costs, Crime Lab Drug Surcharge, Justice Inf. Srcharge, Jail Surcharge, Driver & Truck Driver Improvement Surcharge, Court Support Service Surcharge, Vehicle Forfeitre & Aleration, Victim & Witness Surcharge, Jail Time, Double Fines For Minor, Ignition Interlock, Sobriety Provisions, and other provisions allowed by Court order.

District Court Administrator: (608) 785-9546

8th Judicial District

Eighth Judicial District WI Sentencing Guidelines

WI Counties:
Included: Penalty Ranges, Home Detention, Huber Law Work Release Privileges, PAC Level, Forfeiture, Penalty Surcharge, OAR, OAS, Court Costs, Crime Lab Drug Surcharge, Justice Inf. Srcharge, Jail Surcharge, Driver & Truck Driver Improvement Surcharge, Court Support Service Surcharge, Vehicle Forfeitre & Aleration, Victim & Witness Surcharge, Jail Time, Double Fines For Minor, Ignition Interlock, Sobriety Provisions, Mitigating & Aggravating Factors and other provisions allowed by Court order.

District Court Administrator:

9th Judicial District

Ninth Judicial District WI Sentencing Guidelines

WI Counties: Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Menominee, Shawano, Taylor, Vilas
Included: Penalty Ranges, Home Detention, Huber Law Work Release Privileges, PAC Level, Forfeiture, Penalty Surcharge, OAR, OAS, Court Costs, Crime Lab Drug Surcharge, Justice Inf. Srcharge, Jail Surcharge, Driver & Truck Driver Improvement Surcharge, Court Support Service Surcharge, Vehicle Forfeitre & Aleration, Victim & Witness Surcharge, Jail Time, Double Fines For Minor, Ignition Interlock, Sobriety Provisions, Mitigating & Aggravating Factors and other provisions allowed by Court order.

District Court Administrator:

10th Judicial District

Tenth Judicial District WI Sentencing Guidelines

WI Counties: Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Rusk, St. Croix, Washburn
Included: Penalty Ranges, Home Detention, Huber Law Work Release Privileges, PAC Level, Forfeiture, Penalty Surcharge, OAR, OAS, Court Costs, Crime Lab Drug Surcharge, Justice Inf. Srcharge, Jail Surcharge, Driver & Truck Driver Improvement Surcharge, Court Support Service Surcharge, Vehicle Forfeitre & Aleration, Victim & Witness Surcharge, Jail Time, Double Fines For Minor, Ignition Interlock, Sobriety Provisions, Mitigating & Aggravating Factors and other provisions allowed by Court order.

District Court Administrator: (715) 839-4826

Federal Sentencing Guidelines

Federal Sentencing Guidelines

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