Wis. Stat. § 69.61
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 69.61, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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Annual statement of taxes.
Official statutory text
(1) Annually, on or before the 3rd Monday of December, each city, village, and town clerk shall make and file with the department of revenue a statement in detail of all taxes levied in the clerk’s city, village, or town during the year. Any clerk who fails to make the statement required under this section within the required time shall be liable to the city, village, or town for all damages caused by the delinquency.
(2) The department of revenue shall prepare and furnish to each county clerk forms and instructions for the statement required under this section. The clerk of each county shall, immediately upon receipt of the forms and instructions from the department of revenue distribute the forms and instructions to the clerk of each city, village, and town in the county, at the county’s expense.
History: 1975 c. 295 ss. 3 , 9 ; 1975 c. 421 ; Stats. 1975 s. 69.61; 2001 a. 107 .
(2) The department of revenue shall prepare and furnish to each county clerk forms and instructions for the statement required under this section. The clerk of each county shall, immediately upon receipt of the forms and instructions from the department of revenue distribute the forms and instructions to the clerk of each city, village, and town in the county, at the county’s expense.
History: 1975 c. 295 ss. 3 , 9 ; 1975 c. 421 ; Stats. 1975 s. 69.61; 2001 a. 107 .
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