Wis. Stat. § 19.03
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 19.03, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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Security for costs; notice of action.
Official statutory text
(1) Every person commencing an action against any officer and sureties upon an official bond, except the obligee named therein, shall give security for costs by an undertaking as prescribed in s. 814.28 (3) , and a copy thereof shall be served upon the defendants at the time of the service of the summons. In all such actions if final judgment is rendered against the plaintiff the same may be entered against the plaintiff and the sureties to such undertaking for all the lawful costs and disbursements of the defendants in such action, by whatever court awarded.
(2) The plaintiff in any such action shall, within 10 days after the service of the summons therein, deliver a notice of the commencement of such action to the officer who has the legal custody of such official bond, who shall file the same in his or her office in connection with such bond.
History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 773 (1975); 1975 c. 218 ; 1991 a. 316 .
(2) The plaintiff in any such action shall, within 10 days after the service of the summons therein, deliver a notice of the commencement of such action to the officer who has the legal custody of such official bond, who shall file the same in his or her office in connection with such bond.
History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 773 (1975); 1975 c. 218 ; 1991 a. 316 .
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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