Chapter 171, UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
12 sections in this chapter.
Wis. Stat. § 171.01 Duty of consignee or bailee
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171.01 Duty of consignee or bailee. Whenever any personal property shall be consigned to or deposited with any common carrier, forwarding merchant, wharfinger, warehouse keeper, innkeeper or the keeper of any depot for the storage of baggage, merchandise or other personal propert…
Wis. Stat. § 171.03 Officers’ fees
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171.03 Officers’ fees. The fees allowed under this subchapter to any sheriff or constable are the same fees allowed by law to a sheriff for sales upon execution. History: 1993 a. 18.
Wis. Stat. § 171.04 Perishable property, held for carriage or storage, how disposed of
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171.04 Perishable property, held for carriage or storage, how disposed of. (1) If any property delivered to any forwarding merchant, wharfinger or warehouse keeper, for carriage or storage, is in a state of decay or manifestly liable to immediate damage and decay, the person in w…
Wis. Stat. § 171.05 Perishable property, held otherwise, how disposed of
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171.05 Perishable property, held otherwise, how disposed of. If any property is perishable or subject to decay by keeping, the person in whose custody the property is, the person’s agent or attorney, may make an affidavit of this fact and present the affidavit to a circuit judge …
Wis. Stat. § 171.06 Unclaimed property, how disposed of
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171.06 Unclaimed property, how disposed of. When any property is not perishable or subject to decay and is not claimed and taken away within one year after it was received, it may be sold as follows: The person in whose custody the property is, or the person’s agent or attorney, …
Wis. Stat. § 171.065 Disposition of proceeds
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171.065 Disposition of proceeds. If the owner of property sold under this chapter or the owner’s legal representatives, at any time within 5 years after proceeds from the sale have been deposited in the county treasury, furnishes satisfactory evidence to the treasurer of the owne…
Wis. Stat. § 171.07 Common carriers, lien for transportation
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171.07 Common carriers, lien for transportation. (1) Any property transported or stored with, or left with any common carrier, including property checked in any check room or parcel locker maintained upon the premises of such carrier, shall be subject to a lien for the lawful cha…
Wis. Stat. § 171.08 Restored to donors or applied to charity
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171.08 Restored to donors or applied to charity. Whenever, upon the occurrence of a cyclone, conflagration or like calamity, 5 or more persons contribute moneys to a common fund for the relief of the sufferers by such calamity the surplus money, if exceeding $25 in amount, remain…
Wis. Stat. § 171.30 Definitions
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171.30 Definitions. In this subchapter: (1) “Archives” means a nonprofit organization or a public agency whose primary functions include selecting, preserving and making available records of historical or enduring value, and that is open to the public on a regular basis. “Archive…
Wis. Stat. § 171.31 Loans of property to a museum or archives
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171.31 Loans of property to a museum or archives. (1) Each museum or archives shall keep accurate records of all property on loan to the museum or archives, including the name and address of the owner, if known, and the beginning and ending date of the loan period. At the time th…
Wis. Stat. § 171.32 Acquiring title to abandoned property
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171.32 Acquiring title to abandoned property. (1) Property loaned to a museum or archives whose loan has an expiration date is abandoned when there has not been written contact between the owner and the museum or archives for at least 7 years after that expiration date. If the lo…
Wis. Stat. § 171.33 Acquiring title to undocumented property
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171.33 Acquiring title to undocumented property. Property in the possession of a museum or archives which the museum or archives has reason to believe is on loan and for which the museum or archives does not know the owner or have any reasonable means of determining the owner bec…