Wisconsin Elevator & Conveyance Licensing Law
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The following is the full text of Wisconsin’s elevator & conveyance licensing law statutes as published in the Wisconsin Code. For the official version, see the Wisconsin Legislature.
Wis. Stat. § 1.02
1.02 are the following conditions precedent:
1.03(1)
(1)
â
That an application setting forth an exact description of the place or tract so acquired shall be made by an authorized officer of the United States to the governor, accompanied by a plat thereof, and by proof that all conveyances and a copy of the record of all judicial proceedings necessary to the acquisition of an unencumbered title by the United States have been recorded in the office of the register of deeds of each county in which such place or tract may be situated in whole or in part.
1.03(2)
(2)
â
That the ceded jurisdiction shall not vest in the United States until they shall have complied with all the requirements on their part of ss.
Wis. Stat. § 128.07
128.07
â
Preferred creditors.
128.07(1)
(1)
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Definitions.
In this section:
128.07(1)(a)
(a)
A person shall be considered to have given a preference if, being insolvent, the person has made a transfer of any of his or her property, or has procured or permitted a judgment to be entered against him or her in favor of any other person, and the effect of the transfer or the enforcement of the judgment will be to enable any creditor to obtain a greater percentage of his or her debt than any other creditor of the same class.
128.07(1)(b)
(b)
âRecipientâ means a person who receives a preference, or benefits from a preference, or that personâs agent.
128.07(1)(c)
(c)
128.07(1)(c)1.
1.
âTransferâ means any of the following, whether made absolutely or conditionally, voluntarily or involuntarily, by or without judicial proceedings, as a conveyance, sale, assignment, payment, pledge, mortgage, lien, encumbrance, gift, security or otherwise:
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Wis. Stat. § 168.11
168.11 (2) and (3) and tightly closed. The recipient shall record upon a label attached to such container the means of conveyance, the type of original container, the product name and quantity of the contents thereof, and such other information as the department reasonably requires for the proper identification of such shipment. Such sample thus taken shall be held for delivery, upon demand, to the inspector. After such sample is taken such petroleum product may be unloaded, sold, offered for sale or used the same as if sampled by the inspector.
168.05(4)
(4)
â
For the purpose of this section, the following shall constitute a reasonable length of time in which an inspector shall take the sample herein required: If notice is properly given to an inspector before the hour of 11:45 a.m., the inspector shall take such sample before the hour of 4:30 p.m. of the day; if notice is properly given between the hours of 11:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., such sample shall be taken before the hour of 11:45 a.m. of the next following regular business day. Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, designated in s.
Wis. Stat. § 181.0203
181.0203 shall not apply to corporations organized under this section. In the execution of any conveyance or encumbrance by such corporations, the post, county or district, or department commander, and the post, county or district council, or department adjutant, or like or similar officers, shall have the powers and duties granted to presidents and secretaries respectively under s.
Wis. Stat. § 190.02
190.02
â
Powers of railroads.
Every public railroad corporation shall have the powers conferred on corporations in ch. 180 and in addition thereto shall have power:
190.02(1)
(1)
â
Survey of route.
To cause such examination and surveys for its proposed railroad to be made as may be necessary to the selection of the most advantageous route, and for such purpose to enter upon the lands of any person, but subject to responsibility for all damage which shall be done thereto.
190.02(2)
(2)
â
Donations to railroads.
To take and hold grants of aid; but the real estate received by voluntary grant shall be held and used for the purpose of the grant only.
190.02(3)
(3)
â
Acquire property; lease and alienate.
To acquire all property necessary for the construction, maintenance and operation of its railroad and the stations, depot grounds, yards, roundhouses, shops, warehouses, elevators, docks and other accommodations reasonably necessary to accomplish the objects of its incorporation; to lease or otherwise dispose of any part thereof or to sell the same when no longer necessary to its use.
190.02(4)
(4)
â
Acquire lands for cuts, fills, materials.
For the purposes of cuttings and embankments and of obtaining gravel or other material, to take as much land as may be necessary for the proper construction, operation and security of the road, and to remove any trees that may be in danger of falling on the road, making compensation therefor as provided for lands taken for the use of the corporation.
190.02(5)
(5)
â
Cross highways, streets, streams; highway bridges.
To construct its railroad across, over, under, along or upon any stream, watercourse, street, highway, road or canal, subject to the limitation that any bridge erected over any highway or street shall leave a clear passageway at least 20 feet wide or 2 passageways, each not less than 14 feet in width, and subject to any other limitation on such construction provided by law.
190.02(6)
(6)
â
Railroad intersections.
To cross, intersect, join or unite its railroad with any other railroad, at any point, with the necessary turnouts, sidings and switches and other conveniences in furtherance of the objects of its connections. And if the 2 corporations cannot agree upon the amount of compensation to be made therefor or the points and manner of such crossings and connections the same shall be ascertained by the office on application of either corporation.
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Wis. Stat. § 240.01
240.01
â
Conveyances, when void.
Every conveyance of any estate or interest in land, or the rents and profits of lands and every charge upon lands or upon the rents and profits thereof, made or created with the intent to defraud prior or subsequent purchasers for a valuable consideration of the same lands, rents or profits, as against such purchasers, shall be void.
Wis. Stat. § 240.03
240.03
â
Conveyances with power of revocation, void.
Every conveyance or charge of or upon any estate or interest in lands containing any provision for the revocation, determination or alteration of such estate or interest or any part thereof, at the will of the grantor, shall be void as against subsequent purchasers from such grantor for a valuable consideration of any estate or interest so liable to be revoked or determined, although the same be not expressly revoked, determined or altered by such grantor by virtue of the power reserved or expressed in such prior conveyance or charge.
Wis. Stat. § 240.10
240.10 Annotation This section barred an action in quantum meruit for services related to the sale of real estate. Farnsworth, McKoane & Co. v. North Shore Savings & Loan Association, 504 F. Supp. 673 (1981).
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Wis. Stat. § 241.28
241.28
â
Unsolicited goods.
If unsolicited goods or merchandise of any kind are either addressed to or intended for the recipient, the goods or merchandise shall, unless otherwise agreed, be deemed a gift to the recipient who may use them or dispose of them in any manner without any obligation to the sender.
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Wis. Stat. § 243.06
243.06 History
History:
1981 c. 313 ; 1991 a. 316 .
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Wis. Stat. § 407.102
407.102 (1) (g) . âPropertyâ includes food; agricultural and commercial products, commodities or equipment; household furnishings; automobiles, boats, snowmobiles or other vehicles and conveyances; and all other items of a personal, family, household, agricultural, business or commercial nature which may be the subject of a contract of storage.
99.01(3)
(3)
â
âPublic warehouseâ means a warehouse that is operated by a public warehouse keeper for the storage for hire of the property of others. âPublic warehouseâ includes a food warehouse, as defined in s.
Wis. Stat. 452.13
452.13 Trust accounts. (1) Definitions. In this section: (a) “Client funds” means all downpayments, earnest money deposits, or other money related to a conveyance of real estate that is received by a licensee on behalf of a firm or any other person. “Client funds” does not include promissory notes. (b) “Depository institution” means a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union that is authorized by federal or state law to do business in this state and that is insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or by the national credit union share insurance fund. (2) Interest-bearing common trust account. (a) A firm that holds client funds shall establish an interest-bearing common trust account in a depository institution. The interest-bearing common trust account shall earn interest at a rate not less than that applicable to individual accounts of the same type, size, and duration and for which withdrawals or transfers can be made without delay, subject to any notice period that the depository institution is required to observe by law or regulation. (b) Any firm that maintains an interest-bearing common trust account shall do all of the following: 1. Register with the department the name and address of the depository institution and the number of the interest-bearing common trust account. 2. Notify the department when any of the information required under subd. 1. is changed. 3. Furnish the department with a letter authorizing the department and the department of administration to examine and audit the interest-bearing common trust account whenever either department considers it necessary. (bm) The department shall forward to the department of administration the information and documents furnished under par. (b). (c) A firm shall deposit all client funds in the interest-bearing common trust account. (d) The department of administration is the beneficial owner of the interest accruing to the interest-bearing common trust account, minus any service charges or fees. (e) For each interest-bearing common trust account, the firm shall direct the depository institution to do all of the following: 1. Annually, before February 1, remit to the department of administration the total interest or dividends, minus service charges or fees, earned on the average daily balance in the interest-bearing common trust account during the 12 months ending on the previous December 31. A depository institution is not required to remit any amount if the total interest or dividends for that period is less than $10 before any deduction for service charges or fees. 2. When the interest remittance is sent, furnish to the department of administration and to the firm maintaining the interest-bearing common trust account a statement that includes the name of the firm for whose account the remittance is made, the rate of interest applied, the amount of service charges or fees deducted, if any, and the account balance for the period that the statement covers. (f) A depository institution: 1. May not assess a service charge or fee that is due on an interest-bearing common trust account against any firm or, except as provided in subd. 3., against any other account, regardless of whether the same firm maintains the other account. 2. May not assess a service charge or fee for an interest-bearing common trust account against the department of administration. 3. May deduct a service charge or fee from the interest earned by an interest-bearing common trust account, and if a balance remains, may deduct the remaining charge or fee from the interest earned on any other interest-bearing common trust account maintained in that depository institution, before remitting interest to the department of administration. 4. May not deduct a service charge or fee from the principal of an interest-bearing common trust account. (3) Deposit provisions. A firm that deposits client funds in an interest-bearing common trust account in compliance with this section may not be held liable to the owner or beneficial owner of the client funds for damages due to compliance with this section. A licensee that deposits client funds in an interest-bearing common trust account in compliance with this section on behalf of a firm is not required to disclose alternative depository arrangements that could be made by the parties or to disclose that a deposit will be made under this section. (4) Trust account optional. This section does not require a firm to hold client funds or require a person to transfer client funds to a firm. (5) Rules. In consultation with the department, the department of administration shall promulgate rules necessary to administer this section. History: 1981 c. 94, 391; 1985 a. 305; 1987 a. 399; 1989 a. 307; 1991 a. 221; 1993 a. 33; 2005 a. 25; 2011 a. 32; 2015 a. 258. Cross-reference: See also chs. Adm 91 and REEB 18, Wis. adm. code. Security deposits by a tenant usually create a debtor-creditor relationship. A broker retaining a deposit should deposit it in the broker’s trust account. 60 Atty. Gen. 1. The Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) is exempt from the requirements of this section, but private mortgage bankers or mortgage brokers licensed as real estate brokers under this chapter, and servicing mortgages for FNMA must deposit loan, insurance, and tax escrow moneys in an authorized trust account in a bank located in Wisconsin, subject to audit by the board. 60 Atty. Gen. 514.
Wis. Stat. 452.133
452.133 Duties of licensees; prohibitions. (1) Duties to all parties to a transaction. A firm providing brokerage services to a party to a transaction owes all of the following duties to the party: (a) The duty to provide brokerage services honestly and fairly. (b) The duty to provide brokerage services with reasonable skill and care. (c) The duty to timely disclose in writing all material adverse facts that the firm knows and that the party does not know or cannot discover through reasonably vigilant observation, unless the disclosure of a material adverse fact is prohibited by law. (d) The duty to keep confidential any information given to the firm in confidence, or any information obtained by the firm that the firm knows a reasonable person would want to be kept confidential, unless the information must be disclosed by law or the person whose interests may be adversely affected by the disclosure specifically authorizes the disclosure of particular information. The firm shall continue to keep the information confidential after the transaction is complete and after the firm is no longer providing brokerage services to the party. (e) The duty to provide accurate information about market conditions that affect the transaction, within a reasonable time after a request for such information by the party, unless disclosure of the information is prohibited by law. (f) The duty to safeguard trust funds and other property held as required by rules promulgated under s. 452.13 (5). (g) When the firm is negotiating on behalf of a party, the duty to present contract proposals in an objective and unbiased manner and disclose the advantages and disadvantages of the proposals. (2) Duties to clients. A firm providing brokerage services to a client owes the client the duties that the firm owes to a party under sub. (1) and all of the following additional duties: (a) The duty to loyally represent the client’s interests by doing all of the following: 1. Placing the client’s interests ahead of the interests of the firm. 2. Placing the client’s interests ahead of the interests of persons in the transaction who are not the firm’s clients by not disclosing to persons in the transaction other than the firm’s clients information or advice the disclosure of which is contrary to the interests of a client of the firm, unless the disclosure is required by law. (am) The duty to provide, when requested by the client, information and advice to the client on matters that are material to the client’s transaction and that are within the scope of the knowledge, skills, and training required under this chapter. (b) The duty to disclose to the client all information known by the firm that is material to the transaction and that is not known by the client or discoverable by the client through reasonably vigilant observation, except for confidential information under sub. (1) (d) and other information the disclosure of which is prohibited by law. (c) The duty to fulfill any obligation required by the agency agreement, and any order of the client that is within the scope of the agency agreement, that is not inconsistent with another duty that the firm has under this chapter or any other law. (d) The duty to negotiate on behalf of the client. (3) Prohibited conduct. In providing brokerage services, a licensee may not do any of the following: (a) Accept any fee or compensation related to the transaction from any person other than the licensee’s client or firm without the prior written consent of all parties to the transaction. This paragraph does not prohibit an out-of-state broker from accepting a fee or compensation in the case of a cooperative agreement under s. 452.137 (2) (am). NOTE: Par. (a) is shown as amended eff. 1-1-27 by 2025 Wis. Act 69. Prior to 1-1-27 it reads: (a) Accept any fee or compensation related to the transaction from any person other than the licensee’s client, principal firm, or firm, without the prior written consent of all parties to the transaction. (b) Act in a transaction on the licensee’s own behalf, on behalf of the licensee’s immediate family if the firm is an individual, on behalf of the licensee’s firm, or on behalf of any organization or business entity in which the licensee has an interest, without the prior written consent of all parties to the transaction. For the purpose of complying with this paragraph, a licensee shall obtain the written consent in the offer to purchase, option, lease, or other transaction contract. (c) Except as provided in s. 452.19 (1m) (a), refer, recommend, or suggest to a party to the transaction the services of an individual or entity from which the licensee may receive compensation for a referral or in which the licensee has an interest, unless the licensee has disclosed in writing the fact that the licensee may receive compensation or has disclosed in writing an interest in the individual or entity providing the services. NOTE: Par. (c) is shown as amended eff. 1-1-27 by 2025 Wis. Act 69. Prior to 1-1-27 it reads: (c) Except as provided in s. 452.19 (1), refer, recommend, or suggest to a party to the transaction the services of an individual or entity from which the licensee may receive compensation for a referral or in which the licensee has an interest, unless the licensee has disclosed in writing the fact that the licensee may receive compensation or has disclosed in writing an interest in the individual or entity providing the services. (d) Negotiate the sale, exchange, purchase, or rental of personal property unless related to the transaction. The licensee may use a form approved by the board under s. 452.05 (1) (b) for the conveyance of the seller’s interest in the personal property. In this paragraph, “use a form” has the meaning given in s. 452.40 (1) (a). (4) Subagent’s duties. (a) A subagent owes all parties to whom the subagent is providing brokerage services in a transaction the duties specified in sub. (1) but does not owe the clients of the principal firm the duties under sub. (2). (b) A subagent may not do any of the following: 1. Place the subagent’s interests ahead of the interests of the clients of the principal firm in the transaction in which the subagent has been engaged by the principal firm. 2. Provide advice or opinions to parties in the transaction if providing the advice or opinions is contrary to the interests of the clients of the principal firm in the transaction in which the subagent has been engaged by the principal firm, unless required by law. (4m) Duties and prohibitions; application to licensees. (a) Subject to par. (d), a firm’s duties under sub. (1) extend to each licensee associated with that firm, and each licensee associated with a firm owes the same duties to a party that the firm owes to that party under sub. (1). (b) Except as provided in s. 452.134 (3) (b) and subject to par. (d), a firm’s duties under sub. (2) extend to each licensee associated with that firm, and each licensee associated with a firm owes the same duties to a client of the firm that the firm owes to that client under sub. (2). (c) 1. Subject to par. (d), a subagent’s duties under sub. (4) (a) extend to each licensee associated with that subagent, and each licensee associated with a subagent owes the same duties to a party that the subagent owes to that party under sub. (4) (a). 2. Subject to par. (d), the prohibitions that apply to a subagent under sub. (4) (b) extend to each licensee associated with that subagent, and no licensee associated with a subagent may take any action that the subagent is prohibited from taking under sub. (4) (b). (d) The duties and prohibitions under pars. (a) to (c) extend only to a licensee providing brokerage services to a party to the transaction. (5) Duties without agency or subagency relationship. If a firm is providing brokerage services to a person who is a party or a prospective party to a current or prospective transaction, and the firm does not have an agency agreement with the person and is not a subagent of another firm in the transaction, then the firm and any licensees associated with the firm owe the person the duties under sub. (1) and may not, unless required by law, provide advice or opinions relating to the transaction in which the person is receiving brokerage services if providing the advice or opinions is contrary to the interests of a party to a current or prospective transaction with the person receiving the brokerage services. (6) Waiver of duties. The duties imposed by subs. (1), (2) (a), (am), (b), and (c), (4), and (5) may not be waived. A client may waive, in part or in full, the duty under sub. (2) (d), except that a waiver under this subsection is not effective unless the firm or a licensee associated with the firm provides to the client a written disclosure containing all of the following: (a) A copy of the text of sub. (2) (d) and s. 452.01 (5m), and a statement that, as a consequence of the client’s waiver, the firm and any licensees associated with the firm will have no legal duty to perform the duty imposed by sub. (2) (d). (b) A statement that as a consequence of the client’s waiver, the client may require the assistance of an attorney or another service provider to fulfill the client’s goals and contractual duties in the transaction. History: 1993 a. 127; 1995 a. 400; 2005 a. 87; 2015 a. 258; 2017 a. 110; 2025 a. 69. The New Real Estate Agency Law: Redefining the Role of Real Estate Brokers. Smith & Staff. Wis. Law. Oct. 1994. The ‘New’ Chapter 452: Defining Real Estate Broker Practice. Leibsle. Wis. Law. June 2006.
Wis. Stat. 452.40
452.40 Use of forms; provision of legal advice. (1) (a) In this subsection, “use a form” means to complete a form by filling in blanks or modifying printed provisions on the form at the instruction of one or more parties with whom a licensee is working or representing in a specific transaction. (b) A firm and any licensee associated with the firm may use a form approved by the board under s. 452.05 (1) (b) in real estate practice. (2) A licensee may not provide advice or opinions concerning the legal rights or obligations of parties to a transaction, the legal effect of a specific contract or conveyance, or the state of title to real estate. A licensee may provide a general explanation of the provisions in a form approved by the board under s. 452.05 (1) (b) to the parties to a transaction at the time of completing the form or when delivering an approved form for the seller’s or buyer’s acceptance. Reviews conducted by a supervising broker under s. 452.132 (4) shall not be considered to be the provision of legal advice or opinion. History: 2015 a. 258.
Wis. Stat. § 66.0119
66.0119 , enter any building, vessel or conveyance to inspect the same and remove therefrom any person affected by a communicable disease. For this purpose, the agent may require the person in charge of the vessel or conveyance, other than a railway car, to stop the same at any place and may require the conductor of any railway train to stop the train at any station or upon any sidetrack, for such time as may be necessary.
252.02(2)
(2)
â
In an emergency, the department may provide those sick with a communicable disease with medical aid and temporary hospital accommodation.
252.02(3)
(3)
â
The department may close schools and forbid public gatherings in schools, churches, and other places to control outbreaks and epidemics.
252.02(4)
(4)
â
Except as provided in ss.
Wis. Stat. § 706.001
706.001 (1) shall not be valid unless evidenced by a conveyance that satisfies all of the following:
706.02(1)(a)
(a)
Identifies the parties; and
706.02(1)(b)
(b)
Identifies the land; and
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Wis. Stat. § 708.05
708.05
â
Mortgages, power to sell under.
When a power to sell lands shall be given to the grantee in any mortgage or other conveyance intended to secure the payment of money the power shall be deemed a part of the security and shall vest in and may be executed by any person, who, by assignment or otherwise, shall become entitled to the money so secured to be paid.
Wis. Stat. § 708.09
708.09 Annotation A purchase money mortgage executed at the time of delivery of the conveyance of legal title has priority, as to the property conveyed, over existing judgments and executions against the mortgagor-vendee, whether the mortgagee is the vendor or a 3rd party who furnishes the purchase price. Northern State Bank v. Toal, 69 Wis. 2d 50 , 230 N.W.2d 153 (1975).
Wis. Stat. § 708.11
708.11
â
Assignments of rents, leases and profits.
708.11(1)
(1)
â
In this section, âassignmentâ means any assignment, pledge, transfer or any other conveyance of an interest in rents, leases or profits, whether contained in a mortgage, security agreement or other document executed by the assignor.
708.11(2)
(2)
â
When any debt or other obligation is secured by an assignment, the assignment shall be effective as to the assignor upon the execution and delivery of the assignment to the assignee. The assignment shall be perfected as to all subsequent purchasers, mortgagees, lien creditors, and all other 3rd parties for all purposes from the time and date of recording the assignment in the register of deeds office of the county in which the real property affected by the assignment is located. The assignment shall be governed by ch. 706 and shall be considered a conveyance for the purposes of ch. 706 . An assignee who enforces an assignment in accordance with its terms shall not be considered to be a mortgagee in possession with attendant liability.
708.11(3)
(3)
â
708.11(3)(a)
(a)
Unless otherwise agreed upon in writing, the assignee shall be entitled to enforce the assignment without the necessity of any of the following:
708.11(3)(a)1.
1.
Furnishing notice to the assignor or any lessee.
708.11(3)(a)2.
2.
Obtaining possession of the real property.
708.11(3)(a)3.
3.
Impounding the rents.
708.11(3)(a)4.
4.
Securing the appointment of a receiver.
708.11(3)(a)5.
5.
Taking any other affirmative action.
708.11(3)(b)
(b)
Unless otherwise agreed upon in writing, the assignee may not exercise any right to collect rents or profits created under an assignment until the assignor is in default on the obligation to the assignee. Enforcement of the assignment shall not be considered a cure of an event of default not withstanding the collection of rents or profits in excess of any delinquent amounts due the assignee.
708.11(4)
(4)
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Any tenant or lessee who, upon notice from an assignee, makes rent payments to the assignee in accordance with the terms of the assignment shall be given credit for the payment as if the payment had been made to the assignor, but nothing in this section shall affect the other rights and obligations of the assignor or the tenant or lessee as to one another.
708.11(5)
(5)
â
This section does not invalidate assignments of leases, rents or profits that were perfected by other means before May 9, 1996.
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770.01 (1) .
244.02(3)
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Wis. Stat. § 815.18
815.18 .
242.01(2)(c)
(c)
An interest in property held in tenancy by the entireties to the extent it is not subject to process by a creditor holding a claim against only one tenant.
242.01(3)
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âClaim,â except as used in âclaim for relief,â means a right to payment, whether or not the right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured.
242.01(4)
(4)
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âCreditorâ means a person who has a claim.
242.01(5)
(5)
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âDebtâ means liability on a claim.
242.01(6)
(6)
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âDebtorâ means a person who is liable on a claim.
242.01(6m)
(6m)
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âElectronicâ means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.
242.01(7)
(7)
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âInsiderâ includes any of the following:
242.01(7)(a)
(a)
If the debtor is an individual:
242.01(7)(a)1.
1.
A relative of the debtor or of a general partner of the debtor;
242.01(7)(a)2.
2.
A partnership in which the debtor is a general partner;
242.01(7)(a)3.
3.
A general partner in a partnership described in subd. 2. ;
242.01(7)(a)4.
4.
A corporation of which the debtor is a director, officer or person in control; or
242.01(7)(a)5.
5.
A limited liability company of which the debtor is a manager or person in control.
242.01(7)(b)
(b)
If the debtor is a corporation:
242.01(7)(b)1.
1.
A director of the debtor;
242.01(7)(b)2.
2.
An officer of the debtor;
242.01(7)(b)3.
3.
A person in control of the debtor;
242.01(7)(b)4.
4.
A partnership in which the debtor is a general partner;
242.01(7)(b)5.
5.
A general partner in a partnership described in subd. 4. ; or
242.01(7)(b)6.
6.
A relative of a general partner, director, officer or person in control of the debtor.
242.01(7)(bL)
(bL)
If the debtor is a limited liability company, any of the following:
242.01(7)(bL)1.
1.
A manager of the debtor.
242.01(7)(bL)2.
2.
A person in control of the debtor.
242.01(7)(bL)3.
3.
A partnership in which the debtor is a general partner.
242.01(7)(bL)4.
4.
A general partner in a partnership described in subd. 3.
242.01(7)(bL)5.
5.
A relative of a manager or person in control of the debtor.
242.01(7)(c)
(c)
If the debtor is a partnership:
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Wis. Stat. § 840.10
840.10
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Lis pendens; who may file; effect when void; discharge.
840.10(1)
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840.10(1)(a)
(a)
In an action where relief is demanded affecting described real property which relief might confirm or change interests in the real property, after the filing of the complaint the plaintiff shall present for filing or recording in the office of the register of deeds of each county where any part thereof is situated, a lis pendens containing the names of the parties, the object of the action and a description of the land in that county affected thereby. In any action if the defendant asks relief on a counterclaim or cross-complaint, which contains a legal description of the real estate and seeks such relief, after the filing of the counterclaim or cross-complaint the defendant shall present for filing or recording a lis pendens. From the time of filing or recording every purchaser or encumbrancer whose conveyance or encumbrance is not recorded or filed shall be deemed a subsequent purchaser or encumbrancer and shall be bound by the proceedings in the action to the same extent and in the same manner as if the purchaser or encumbrancer were a party thereto. In any such action in which a lis pendens has been filed or recorded, if the party who presents for filing or recording the lis pendens fails for one year after the filing or recording thereof to serve and file proof of service of the summons or the counterclaim or cross-complaint on one or more of the adverse parties, the lis pendens shall be void, and upon motion and proof the court may order it discharged. Judgment shall not be entered in favor of the party required to present for filing or recording a lis pendens until 20 days after the lis pendens has been filed or recorded.
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Wis. Stat. § 843.14
843.14
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Judgment.
843.14(1)
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The judgment shall award the relief, legal or equitable, to which the plaintiff is entitled. Specifically, and without limitation, the defendant may be enjoined from remaining on the property, be required to remove structures or encroachments which interfere with plaintiffâs right to possession, or the sheriff may be ordered to abate structures or encroachments. If the plaintiff in the plaintiffâs complaint demanded the physical ouster of persons on the premises, and if the plaintiff proves the plaintiffâs right to immediate physical possession of the land, the judgment may provide that the plaintiff be given immediate physical possession.
843.14(2)
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If the court determines that the defendant is entitled to purchase plaintiffâs property, it shall so adjudge, and the amount found as the value shall be paid within 30 days after entry of judgment. Upon payment, plaintiffâs interest in the property described shall vest in the defendant, and the judgment shall serve as the conveyance. If the amount is not paid in 30 days, plaintiff may have execution of the judgment in the plaintiffâs favor.
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Wis. Stat. § 891.06
891.06
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Deed on judicial sale.
Every conveyance of land or any estate or interest therein executed by any sheriff, referee, receiver or other person, in pursuance of a sale made by virtue of any judgment, order, license or execution of any court of record in this state, and which shall have been recorded in the proper county, as well as such record, shall be received, as presumptive evidence of the facts therein stated and that the title, estate or interest in the land therein described, which such conveyance purports to convey, of every person whom it purports to affect passed to and vested in the grantee therein at the date thereof or at such previous date as such conveyance purports to fix for that purpose.
Wis. Stat. § 891.08
891.08
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Records showing revenue stamps.
Whenever the record, in the office of a register of deeds, of any conveyance or of any instrument whatever, upon which revenue stamps may have been at any time required to be affixed by any act of congress, shall show such stamps or any of them, more or less, to have been affixed, it shall be presumptive evidence that such conveyance or instrument had properly affixed to it the number and denomination of stamps required by law.
Wis. Stat. § 97.59
97.59 , the department may promulgate and enforce rules or issue orders for guarding against the introduction of any communicable disease into the state, for the control and suppression of communicable diseases, for the quarantine and disinfection of persons, localities and things infected or suspected of being infected by a communicable disease and for the sanitary care of jails, state prisons, mental health institutions, schools, and public buildings and connected premises. Any rule or order may be made applicable to the whole or any specified part of the state, or to any vessel or other conveyance. The department may issue orders for any city, village or county by service upon the local health officer. Rules that are promulgated and orders that are issued under this subsection supersede conflicting or less stringent local regulations, orders or ordinances.
252.02(5)
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If any public officer or employee or any person in charge of any building, vessel, conveyance, jail, state prison, mental health institution or school fails to comply with a rule promulgated or order issued under sub. (4) , the department may appoint an agent to execute its rules or orders. Expenses that an agent incurs shall be paid by the unit of government that employs the person or of which the public officer is a member. If the building, vessel, conveyance, mental health institution or school is privately owned the state shall pay the expenses that the agent incurs.
252.02(6)
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The department may authorize and implement all emergency measures necessary to control communicable diseases.
252.02(7)
(7)
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The department shall promulgate rules that specify medical conditions treatable by prescriptions or nonprescription drug products for which pharmacists and pharmacies must report under s.
Wis. Stat. § 992.05
992.05
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Conveyances by husbands to wives before March 23, 1895, legalized.
All conveyances made prior to March 23, 1895, in which a married man conveyed real property directly to his wife are declared to be legal and valid, and such conveyances and the records thereof shall have the same force and effect in all respects as is or may be provided by law in regard to conveyances in other cases.
Wis. Stat. § 992.22
992.22
â
Validation of actions; Green Lake County and Marquette County boundaries.
Any action, proceeding, transaction, conveyance, or other matter which occurred before November 24, 2011, in Green Lake County or Marquette County, and related to or would have been impacted by the boundaries of these 2 counties, shall be considered to have occurred within the boundaries of Green Lake County or Marquette County as the boundaries of the 2 counties are described in s. 2.01 (24) and (39) on November 24, 2011.
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