Sheboygan County

Sheboygan County follows Wisconsin law on arrests, release, and courts. These rules are the same in every county in the state; the full set covers prosecutors, defense, and jails too.

Who decides release first

For most misdemeanors, a police officer or the jail can take cash bail under the statewide misdemeanor bail schedule. For felonies, a circuit court commissioner or circuit judge sets bail at the initial appearance. Wisconsin bars paid bail bondsmen, so sureties must be unpaid people.

Wis. Stat. 969.07Wis. Stat. 969.065Wis. Stat. 969.12Wis. Stat. 757.69(1)(b)Wis. Stat. 968.075(2m), (5)

Time to see a judge

A person who is arrested must be taken before a judge within a reasonable time in the county where the offense is charged. Wisconsin law sets no number of hours.

Wis. Stat. 970.01(1)

Money bail

Wisconsin courts may set cash bail. A surety must be a state resident and an unpaid natural person, so commercial bail bonds are not allowed.

Wis. Stat. 969.12

Courts

The circuit court in each county hears every felony and misdemeanor. Many cities, towns, and villages have a municipal court, but it hears only local ordinance violations punished by fines, not crimes.

Wis. Const. art. VII, secs. 6-7Wis. Stat. 755.045

Judges and magistrates

Voters elect circuit judges to six-year terms on a ballot with no party label. The chief judge of each judicial district appoints circuit court commissioners, who can hold initial appearances and set bail and must have been licensed lawyers for three years. Municipal judges are elected to terms of up to four years.

Wis. Const. art. VII, sec. 7Wis. Stat. 5.60(1)Wis. Stat. 757.68Wis. Stat. 757.69SCR ch. 75Wis. Stat. 755.01-.02

Read from the statutes and court rules cited, 2026-09-30. Municipal courts are left out of limited_courts because they hear only ordinance forfeiture cases. wispd.org returned errors, so the defense section rests on statute. Whether municipal judges must be lawyers was not checked; it doesn't affect criminal cases.

• Sheboygan49,645
• Plymouth8,890
• Sheboygan Falls8,547
• Sheboygan town8,281
• Wilson town3,439
• Howards Grove village3,223
• Oostburg village3,058
• Plymouth town3,052
• Lima town2,939
• Cedar Grove village2,402
• Greenbush town2,268
• Kohler village2,175
• Herman town2,086
• Holland town2,010
• Rhine town1,970
• Sheboygan Falls town1,859
• Scott town1,729
• Mitchell town1,667
• Random Lake village1,575
• Lyndon town1,551
• Sherman town1,470
• Elkhart Lake village1,092
• Mosel town673
• Cascade village620
• Waldo village506
• Glenbeulah village435
• Adell village419
• Russell town410

Every city, village, town, and township with any of its land in Sheboygan County, largest first. Population, the whole place's: Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020 to 2024.

• Sheboygan Police DepartmentCity police department49,537 served
• Sheboygan County Sheriff's OfficeSheriff or county police47,017 served
• Plymouth Police DepartmentCity police department8,834 served
• Sheboygan Falls Police DepartmentCity police department8,775 served
• Kohler Police DepartmentCity police department2,296 served
• Elkhart Lake Police DepartmentCity police department1,145 served
• Cascade Police DepartmentCity police department705 served

Agencies: FBI NIBRS master file 2025 batch headers; names from the FBI agency list, pulled 2026-09-29. An agency that serves several counties appears on each. Population served is the FBI's figure.