806.01 Judgment. (1) (a) A judgment is the determination of the action. It may be final or interlocutory. (b) Each judgment shall specify the relief granted or other determination of the action, and the name and place of residence of each party to the action. (c) Every final judgment shall grant the relief to which […]
806.02 Default judgment. (1) A default judgment may be rendered in favor of any party as provided in subs. (1) to (4) if no issue of law or fact has been joined on any claim asserted in a complaint, counterclaim, or cross claim and if the time for joining issue has expired. Any defendant appearing […]
806.025 Payment of judgment in cases involving prisoners. (1) In this section, “prisoner” has the meaning given in s. 801.02 (7) (a) 2. (2) If a court enters a judgment for a monetary award on behalf of a prisoner, the court shall do all of the following: (a) Order that the award be used to […]
806.03 Judgment on admitted claim; order to satisfy. In an action on an express contract for the recovery of a liquidated sum of money only, if the answer admits any part of the plaintiff’s claim or if the answer sets up a counterclaim for an amount less than the plaintiff’s claim and contains no other […]
806.04 Uniform declaratory judgments act. (1) Scope. Courts of record within their respective jurisdictions shall have power to declare rights, status, and other legal relations whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. No action or proceeding shall be open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment or decree is prayed […]
806.05 Declaratory judgments against obscene matter. (1) Grounds for and commencement of action. Whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that any book, magazine, or other written matter, or picture, sound recording or film, which is being sold, loaned, or distributed in any county, or is in the possession of any person who intends to […]
806.06 Rendition, perfection and entry of judgment. (1) (a) A judgment is rendered by the court when it is signed by the judge or by the clerk at the judge’s written direction. (b) A judgment is entered when it is filed in the office of the clerk of court. (c) A judgment is perfected by […]
806.07 Relief from judgment or order. (1) On motion and upon such terms as are just, the court, subject to subs. (2) and (3), may relieve a party or legal representative from a judgment, order or stipulation for the following reasons: (a) Mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect; (b) Newly-discovered evidence which entitles a party […]
806.08 Stay of proceedings to enforce a judgment. (1) Unless otherwise ordered by the court, an interlocutory or final judgment in an action for an injunction or in a receivership action shall not be stayed during the period after its entry and until an appeal is taken or during the pendency of an appeal. Subsection […]
806.09 Restitution in case of reversed judgment; purchaser for value. (1) If any judgment or part of a judgment is collected and such judgment is afterwards set aside or reversed, the trial court shall order the same to be restored with interest from the time of the collection, but in case a new trial is […]
806.10 Judgment and lien docket. (1) At the time of entry of a judgment directing in whole or in part the payment of money, or a judgment naming a spouse under s. 806.15 (4), and upon payment of the exact amount of the fee prescribed in s. 814.61 (5) (am) 2., the clerk of circuit […]
806.11 Delinquent income or franchise tax lien. (1) At the time of filing the warrant provided by s. 71.74 (14), 71.91 (5), or 71.93 (8) (b) 5., the clerk of circuit court shall enter the warrant in the judgment and lien docket, including: (a) The name of each delinquent income or franchise tax debtor, with […]
806.115 Filing of duplicate copy of warrant. The department of revenue may file in any county a duplicate copy of a warrant filed under s. 71.74 (14), 71.91 (5), or 71.93 (8) (b) 5. and the clerk of circuit court shall enter the duplicate copy on the judgment and lien docket as provided in s. […]
806.12 Transcript of municipal judge’s judgment. (1) The clerk of circuit court shall, upon the production of a duly certified transcript of a judgment for more than $10, exclusive of costs, rendered by any municipal judge in the county, enter the judgment in the judgment and lien docket of the court in the manner prescribed […]
806.13 Judgments entered in other counties. When a judgment is entered as provided in ss. 806.10, 806.12 and 806.24, or a warrant is entered as provided in s. 108.22 (2) (a), it may be entered in any other county, upon filing with the clerk of circuit court of that county a transcript from the original […]
806.14 Enforcement of real estate judgment in other counties. If a judgment affecting real property is rendered in any county other than that in which the property is situated, the clerk of circuit court of the county where the property is situated shall, upon production of a duly certified copy of the judgment and payment […]
806.15 Lien of judgment; priority; statute may be suspended. (1) Every judgment properly entered in the judgment and lien docket showing the judgment debtor’s place of residence shall, for 10 years from the date of entry, be a lien on all real property of every person against whom the judgment is entered which is in […]
806.16 Appellate court judgment, entry. The clerk of the supreme court, on demand and upon payment of $1, shall furnish a certified transcript of any money judgment of the court of appeals or the supreme court, which transcript may be filed and entered in the judgment and lien docket in the office of any clerk […]
806.17 Entering federal judgments. Every judgment and decree requiring the payment of money rendered in a district court of the United States within this state shall be a lien upon the real property of the judgment debtor situated in the county in which it is entered, the same as a judgment of the state court. […]
806.18 Assignment of judgment. (1) When a duly acknowledged assignment of a judgment is filed, the clerk of circuit court shall enter the assignment on the judgment and lien docket. (2) An assignment may be made by an entry on the judgment and lien docket thus: “I assign this judgment to A.B.”, signed by the […]
