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Wis. Stat. § 893.24

Adverse possession; section lines

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 2010 WI App 80 - Northrop v. Opperman (2010)

Most recently applied in 2010 WI App 80 - Northrop v. Opperman (May 2010)

1985 a. 247; 1997 a. 108

(1) A written instrument or judgment that declares the boundaries of real estate adversely possessed under s. 893.29, 1995 stats., or s. 893.25, 893.26 or 893.27 does not affect any section line or any section subdivision line established by the United States public land survey or any section or section subdivision line based upon it.

(2) Occupation lines that the court declares to be property lines by adverse possession under s. 893.29, 1995 stats., or s. 893.25, 893.26 or 893.27 shall, by order of the court, be described by a retraceable description providing definite and unLIMITATIONS ON CIVIL ACTIONS; CLAIMS AGAINST GOVERNMENT 893.267 equivocal identification of the lines or boundaries. The description shall contain data of dimensions sufficient to enable the description to be mapped and retraced and shall describe the land by government lot, recorded private claim, quarter-quarter section, section, township, range and county, and by metes and bounds commencing with a corner marked and established by the United States public land survey or a corner of the private claim.

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