710.20 – Maintenance and repair of private roads.
710.20 Maintenance and repair of private roads. (1) Definitions. In this section: (a) “Access easement” means an easement that is appurtenant to real estate and that provides ingress and egress between the real estate and a public road by means of a private road or driveway. (b) “Access easement holder” means the owner of real […]
710.05 – Adverse claim to account.
710.05 Adverse claim to account. (1) In this section: (a) “Account” means credit of a depositor with a financial institution, and includes a demand deposit or savings account, certificate of deposit, share account, time deposit, open account and other similar arrangements. (b) “Depositor” means a person who, by agreement with a financial institution or by […]
710.07 – Conveyances by life tenant.
710.07 Conveyances by life tenant. A conveyance made by a tenant for life or years purporting to grant a greater estate than the tenant possessed or could lawfully convey shall not work a forfeiture of the tenant’s estate, but shall pass to the grantee all the estate which such tenant could lawfully convey. History: 1993 […]
710.09 – Navigable stream does not divide parcel.
710.09 Navigable stream does not divide parcel. Unless otherwise provided by local ordinance, a navigable stream running through a parcel of land does not, in and of itself, divide the parcel into 2 parcels if the parcel, on both sides of the stream, is owned by the same owner. History: 2013 a. 358.
710.10 – Removal of possessor of property.
710.10 Removal of possessor of property. In the following cases any person who holds possession of property, or the representatives or assigns of such person may be removed under ch. 799 or 843. (1) A person holding in violation of s. 704.17 (4), or of s. 704.19 (8). (2) A tenant at sufferance holding without […]
710.11 – Transfer of land where dam exists.
710.11 Transfer of land where dam exists. A person may not accept the transfer of the ownership of a specific piece of land on which a dam is physically located unless the person complies with s. 31.14 (4). History: 1981 c. 246. This section does not apply to cranberry dams. Tenpas v. DNR, 148 Wis. […]
710.01 – Aliens may acquire lands.
710.01 Aliens may acquire lands. Subject to the limitations of s. 710.02 an alien may acquire and hold lands or any right thereto or interest therein by purchase, devise or descent, and the alien may convey, mortgage and devise the same; and if the alien shall die intestate the same shall descend to the alien’s […]
710.02 – Limitation on nonresident aliens and corporations.
710.02 Limitation on nonresident aliens and corporations. (1) Limitation. The following persons may not acquire, own or hold any interest, directly or indirectly, except an interest used to secure repayment of a debt incurred in good faith, in more than 640 acres of land in this state: (a) Aliens not residents of a state of […]
710.03 – Provision not retroactive.
710.03 Provision not retroactive. The title to any lands conveyed before May 3, 1887, or any lands which nonresident aliens may hold under s. 710.02 conveyed since that date, shall not be questioned nor in any manner affected by reason of the alienage of any person from or through whom such title may have been […]
709.07 – Liability precluded.
709.07 Liability precluded. An owner is not liable for an error or omission in a report under s. 709.03 or 709.033 if the owner had no knowledge of that error or omission, if the error or omission was based on information provided by a public agency, by a licensed engineer, professional land surveyor, as defined […]