Wis. Stat. § 59.32
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 59.32, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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Fees received by sheriff.
Official statutory text
(1) Sheriff; fees. The sheriff shall collect the fees prescribed in s. 814.70 , unless a higher fee is applicable under s. 814.705 (1) (a) , and remit them to the treasurer as provided in s. 59.22 (1) (b) .
(2) Fees, how collected. All fees allowed to the sheriff upon the service of an execution or a writ for the collection of money or judgment for the sale of real estate and advertising thereon shall be collected by virtue of the execution, writ or judgment in the same manner as the sum therein directed to be collected.
(3) Fees, how paid. All fees to which sheriffs or their deputies are entitled for attendance required by law upon any court of record shall be paid out of the treasury of the county in which the services were rendered in the manner that fees of jurors attending such courts are paid; and whenever any such officer is required to perform any service for the state, which is not chargeable to the officer’s county or some officer or person, that officer’s account therefor shall be paid out of the state treasury.
(4) Excessive fees. No sheriff, undersheriff or deputy shall directly or indirectly ask, demand or receive for any services or acts to be performed by that officer in the discharge of any of that officer’s official duties any greater fees than are allowed by law; and for the violation of any of the provisions of this subsection every such officer shall be liable in treble damages to the party aggrieved and shall forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $250.
History: 1991 a. 316 ; 1995 a. 201 ss. 288 , 291 to 294 ; 1995 a. 225 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2025 a. 179 .
(2) Fees, how collected. All fees allowed to the sheriff upon the service of an execution or a writ for the collection of money or judgment for the sale of real estate and advertising thereon shall be collected by virtue of the execution, writ or judgment in the same manner as the sum therein directed to be collected.
(3) Fees, how paid. All fees to which sheriffs or their deputies are entitled for attendance required by law upon any court of record shall be paid out of the treasury of the county in which the services were rendered in the manner that fees of jurors attending such courts are paid; and whenever any such officer is required to perform any service for the state, which is not chargeable to the officer’s county or some officer or person, that officer’s account therefor shall be paid out of the state treasury.
(4) Excessive fees. No sheriff, undersheriff or deputy shall directly or indirectly ask, demand or receive for any services or acts to be performed by that officer in the discharge of any of that officer’s official duties any greater fees than are allowed by law; and for the violation of any of the provisions of this subsection every such officer shall be liable in treble damages to the party aggrieved and shall forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $250.
History: 1991 a. 316 ; 1995 a. 201 ss. 288 , 291 to 294 ; 1995 a. 225 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2025 a. 179 .
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