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Wis. Stat. § 70.04

Definition of personal property

Redline — January 1, 2003 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2017
As of January 1, 2003
In chs. 70 to 79 , “personal property" includes all of the following:
The term "personal property", as used in chs. 70 to 79 , shall include 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 .
(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 .
(1) Personal property also includes toll bridges; private railroads and bridges; 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; beginning May 1, 1974, manufacturing machinery and equipment as defined in s. 70.11 (27) , and entire property of companies defined in s. 76.28 (1) , located entirely within one taxation district.
(1r) Toll bridges; private railroads and bridges; 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; beginning May 1, 1974, manufacturing machinery and equipment as defined in s. 70.11 (27) , and entire property of companies defined in s. 76.28 (1) , located entirely within one taxation district.
(2) The term "personal property", as used in chs. 70 to 79 , shall also include irrigation implements used by a farmer, including pumps, power units to drive the pumps, transmission units, sprinkler devices and sectional piping.
(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.

Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.