The returns filed under this subchapter are privileged information except as follows:
(1) The department of revenue shall distribute information from the returns, and a copy of each return, to local assessors.
(2) The local assessor shall permit the inspection of all returns filed under this subchapter for property within any local unit of government for which property taxes are levied by the chief elected official, or a person designated by the official, of that unit upon the adoption of a resolution by the governing body of the unit directing the official to inspect the returns for the purpose of reviewing the basis upon which equalized values were established by the department of revenue under s. 70.57 , and the official or designee shall maintain the confidentiality of the returns.
(3) The returns may be used in any proceeding involving the requisite amount of the fee.
(4) The department of workforce development may use the returns under s. 106.50 .
(5) The department of revenue, county real property listers under s. 70.09 and local assessors and their employees and agents may use the returns.
(6) Governmental agencies acquiring real property for public purposes may use the returns.
(7) In a condemnation proceeding or in an appeal of an assessment of real property, the property owners and the owners' agents may inspect the returns.
(8) A county may use the returns to develop a tract index if the county does not reveal the social security numbers of any buyers or sellers.
(9) The department of revenue may sell information obtained from the returns about street addresses, sale prices, the dates of sales and the types of conveyancing instruments.