Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Wis. Stat. § 814.61

Civil actions; fees of the clerk of court

Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case 216 Wis. 2d 521 - Flynn v. Department of Administration (1998)

Most recently applied in Taft Parsons, Jr. v. Associated Banc-Corp (April 2017)

1981 c. 317; 1983 a. 27; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (28); 1983 a. 228, 447, 538; 1985 a. 29, 169; 1987 a. 27 ss. 2143p, 3202 (24); 1987 a. 144, 355, 399; 1989 a. 31; 1989 a. 56 s. 259; …

How often courts cite this section

199820002010201730
citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

In a civil action, the clerk of court shall collect the fees provided in this section. Unless a specific exemption is provided, a governmental unit, as defined in s. 108.02 (17), shall pay fees under this section. The clerk shall collect the following fees:

(1) COMMENCEMENT OF ACTIONS.

(a) Except as provided under pars. (c), (d), and (e), at the commencement of all civil actions and special proceedings not specified in ss. 814.62 to 814.66, $130. Of the fees received by the clerk under this paragraph, the county treasurer shall pay $47 to the secretary of administration for deposit in the general fund and shall retain the balance for the use of the county. The secretary of administration shall credit $15 of the $47 to the appropriation under s. 20.680 (2) (j).

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