Wis. Stat. § 66.0117
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Judgment against local governmental units.
Official statutory text
(1) In this section:
(a) “Local governmental unit” means a city, village, town, county, school district, technical college district, town sanitary district or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district.
(b) “Statement” means all of the following:
1. A certified transcript of a judgment.
2. A judgment creditor’s affidavit of the amount due on a judgment, of payments made on the judgment and that the judgment has not been appealed.
(2)
(a) If a final judgment for the payment of money is recovered against a local governmental unit, or an officer of the local governmental unit, when the judgment is to be paid by the local governmental unit, the judgment creditor may file a statement with the clerk of circuit court. The clerk of circuit court shall send a copy of the statement to the appropriate municipal clerk.
(b) If a statement is filed under par. (a) , the amount due, with costs and interest to the time when the money will be available for payment, shall be added to the next tax levy, and shall, when received, be paid to satisfy the judgment. If the judgment is appealed after filing the transcript with the clerk of circuit court, and before the tax is collected, the money shall not be collected on that levy. If the municipal clerk fails to include the proper amount in the first tax levy, he or she shall include it or the portion required to complete it in the next levy.
(3) In the case of school districts, town sanitary districts or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts a statement shall be filed with the clerk of the town, village or city in which the district or any part of it lies, and levy shall be made against the taxable property of the district.
(4) No process for the collection of a judgment shall issue until after the time when the money, if collected upon the first tax levy under sub. (2) (b) , is available for payment, and then only by leave of court upon motion.
(5) If by reason of dissolution or other cause, pending action, or after judgment, a statement cannot be filed with the clerk described in sub. (2) (a) or (3) , it shall be filed with the clerk or clerks whose duty it is to make up the tax roll for the property liable.
History: 1971 c. 154 ; 1975 c. 197 ; 1993 a. 399 ; 1995 a. 224 ; 1999 a. 150 ss. 29 , 255 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0117.
(a) “Local governmental unit” means a city, village, town, county, school district, technical college district, town sanitary district or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district.
(b) “Statement” means all of the following:
1. A certified transcript of a judgment.
2. A judgment creditor’s affidavit of the amount due on a judgment, of payments made on the judgment and that the judgment has not been appealed.
(2)
(a) If a final judgment for the payment of money is recovered against a local governmental unit, or an officer of the local governmental unit, when the judgment is to be paid by the local governmental unit, the judgment creditor may file a statement with the clerk of circuit court. The clerk of circuit court shall send a copy of the statement to the appropriate municipal clerk.
(b) If a statement is filed under par. (a) , the amount due, with costs and interest to the time when the money will be available for payment, shall be added to the next tax levy, and shall, when received, be paid to satisfy the judgment. If the judgment is appealed after filing the transcript with the clerk of circuit court, and before the tax is collected, the money shall not be collected on that levy. If the municipal clerk fails to include the proper amount in the first tax levy, he or she shall include it or the portion required to complete it in the next levy.
(3) In the case of school districts, town sanitary districts or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts a statement shall be filed with the clerk of the town, village or city in which the district or any part of it lies, and levy shall be made against the taxable property of the district.
(4) No process for the collection of a judgment shall issue until after the time when the money, if collected upon the first tax levy under sub. (2) (b) , is available for payment, and then only by leave of court upon motion.
(5) If by reason of dissolution or other cause, pending action, or after judgment, a statement cannot be filed with the clerk described in sub. (2) (a) or (3) , it shall be filed with the clerk or clerks whose duty it is to make up the tax roll for the property liable.
History: 1971 c. 154 ; 1975 c. 197 ; 1993 a. 399 ; 1995 a. 224 ; 1999 a. 150 ss. 29 , 255 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0117.
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