Wis. Stat. § 70.04
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 70.04, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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Definition of personal property.
Official statutory text
In chs. 70 to 79 , “personal property” includes all of the following:
(1g) All goods, wares, merchandise, chattels, and effects, of any nature or description, having any real or marketable value, and not included in the term “real property,” as defined in s. 70.03 .
(1r) Saw logs, timber, and lumber, either upon land or afloat; steamboats, ships, and other vessels, whether at home or abroad; ferry boats, including the franchise for running the same; ice cut and stored for use, sale, or shipment; and manufacturing machinery and equipment, as defined in s. 70.11 (27) .
(2) Irrigation implements used by a farmer, including pumps, power units to drive the pumps, transmission units, sprinkler devices, and sectional piping.
(3) An off-premises advertising sign. In this subsection, “off-premises advertising sign” means a sign that does not advertise the business or activity that occurs at the site where the sign is located.
History: 1973 c. 90 ; 1973 c. 336 s. 36 ; 1979 c. 89 ; 1983 a. 27 s. 2202 (45) ; 1995 a. 225 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 196 ; 2023 a. 12 ; 2025 a. 129 .
(1g) All goods, wares, merchandise, chattels, and effects, of any nature or description, having any real or marketable value, and not included in the term “real property,” as defined in s. 70.03 .
(1r) Saw logs, timber, and lumber, either upon land or afloat; steamboats, ships, and other vessels, whether at home or abroad; ferry boats, including the franchise for running the same; ice cut and stored for use, sale, or shipment; and manufacturing machinery and equipment, as defined in s. 70.11 (27) .
(2) Irrigation implements used by a farmer, including pumps, power units to drive the pumps, transmission units, sprinkler devices, and sectional piping.
(3) An off-premises advertising sign. In this subsection, “off-premises advertising sign” means a sign that does not advertise the business or activity that occurs at the site where the sign is located.
History: 1973 c. 90 ; 1973 c. 336 s. 36 ; 1979 c. 89 ; 1983 a. 27 s. 2202 (45) ; 1995 a. 225 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 196 ; 2023 a. 12 ; 2025 a. 129 .
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