806.19 Satisfaction of judgments. (1) (a) A judgment may be satisfied in whole or in part or as to any judgment debtor by an instrument signed and acknowledged by the owner or, if no assignment has been filed, by the owner’s attorney of record, or by an acknowledgment of satisfaction, signed and entered on the […]
806.20 Court may direct satisfaction; refusal to satisfy. (1) When a judgment has been fully paid but not satisfied or the satisfaction has been lost, the trial court may authorize the attorney of the judgment creditor to satisfy the judgment or may by order declare the judgment satisfied and direct satisfaction to be entered upon […]
806.21 Judgment satisfied not a lien; partial satisfaction. If a judgment is satisfied in whole or in part or as to any judgment debtor and the satisfaction is entered in the judgment and lien docket, the judgment shall, to the extent of the satisfaction, cease to be a lien. Any execution issued after the satisfaction […]
806.22 Filing copy of satisfaction. If a satisfaction of a judgment has been entered on the judgment and lien docket in the county where it was first entered, a certified copy of the satisfaction or a certificate by the clerk of circuit court, under official seal, showing the satisfaction, may be filed with the clerk […]
806.23 Action on judgment, when brought. No action shall be brought upon a judgment rendered in any court of this state between the same parties, without leave of the court, for good cause shown, on notice to the adverse party. History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 738 (1975). The trial court’s denial of […]
806.24 Uniform enforcement of foreign judgments act. (1) Definition. In this section “foreign judgment” means any judgment, decree or order of a court of the United States or of any other court which is entitled to full faith and credit in this state. (2) Filing and status of foreign judgments. A copy of any foreign […]
806.245 Indian tribal documents: full faith and credit. (1) The judicial records, orders and judgments of an Indian tribal court in Wisconsin and acts of an Indian tribal legislative body shall have the same full faith and credit in the courts of this state as do the acts, records, orders and judgments of any other […]
806.25 No judgment without action. Any authorization in a note executed after June 18, 1972, for the creditor, or other person acting on the creditor’s behalf, to confess judgment for the debtor shall be void and unenforceable. History: 1973 c. 261; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 740 (1975); 1975 c. 218.
806.30 Definitions. In ss. 806.30 to 806.44: (1) “Action” means a judicial proceeding or arbitration in which a money payment may be awarded or enforced with respect to a foreign-money claim. (1m) “Bank-offered spot rate” means the rate of exchange at which a bank will issue its draft in a foreign money or will cause […]
806.31 Scope. (1) Sections 806.30 to 806.44 apply only to a foreign-money claim in an action or distribution proceeding. (2) Sections 806.30 to 806.44 apply to foreign-money issues notwithstanding the law applicable under the conflict of laws rules of this state to other issues in the action or distribution proceeding. History: 1991 a. 236.
806.32 Variation by agreement. (1) The parties may agree to vary from the effects of ss. 806.30 to 806.44 at any time before or after the commencement of an action or distribution proceeding, or the entry of judgment. (2) The parties may agree upon the money to be used in a transaction giving rise to […]
806.33 Determining the money of the claim. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), the proper money of the claim is one of the following: (a) The money regularly used between the parties as a matter of usage or course of dealing. (b) The money used at the time of a transaction in international trade, […]
806.34 Determining the amount of the money of certain contract claims. (1) If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign money is measured by a specified amount of a different money, the amount to be paid is determined on the conversion date. (2) If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign […]
806.35 Asserting and defending a foreign-money claim. (1) A claimant may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign money is not asserted, the claimant makes a claim for a judgment in U.S. dollars. (2) An opposing party may allege and prove that the claim is, in whole or in part, for […]
806.36 Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims; times of money conversion; form of judgment. (1) Except as provided in sub. (3), a judgment or arbitration award on a foreign-money claim must be stated in an amount of the money of the claim. (2) The judgment or award on a foreign-money claim is payable in that […]
806.37 Conversions of foreign money in a distribution proceeding. The rate of exchange prevailing at or near the closing of business on the day the distribution proceeding is initiated shall govern all exchanges of foreign money in the proceeding. A foreign-money claimant in a distribution proceeding must assert its claim in the named foreign money […]
806.38 Prejudgment and judgment interest. (1) With respect to a foreign-money claim, recovery of prejudgment interest and the rate of interest to be applied in the action or distribution proceeding are matters of the substantive law governing the right to recovery under the conflict of laws rules of this state. (2) Notwithstanding sub. (1), an […]
806.39 Enforcement of foreign judgments. (1) Subject to subs. (2) and (3), if an action is brought to enforce a judgment of another jurisdiction expressed in a foreign money and the judgment is recognized in this state as enforceable, the enforcing judgment must be entered as provided in s. 806.36 whether or not the foreign […]
806.40 Temporarily determining the U.S. dollar value of foreign-money claims for limited purposes. (1) For the limited purpose of facilitating the enforcement of provisional remedies in an action, the value in U.S. dollars of assets to be seized or restrained pursuant to a writ of attachment, garnishment, execution or other legal process, the amount of […]
806.41 Effect of currency revalorizations. (1) If, after an obligation is expressed or a loss is incurred in a foreign money, the country issuing or adopting that money substitutes a new money in place of that money, the obligation or the loss is treated as if expressed or incurred in the new money at the […]
