Chapter 708 — MORTGAGES AND LAND CONTRACTS
10 sections in this chapter.
Wis. Stat. § 708.01 Effect of mortgage
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708.01 Effect of mortgage. A mortgage on real property creates a lien on the property mortgaged; except for the lien and subject to s. 708.11, the mortgagor retains the interest that the mortgagor had at the time of mortgage until that interest is divested by some later act. due …
Wis. Stat. § 708.02 Foreclosure; effect in lease
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708.02 Foreclosure; effect in lease. If property subject to lien created by mortgage or land contract is leased after the lien has attached, the lease is subject to termination at the time the interest of the lienor is terminated.
Wis. Stat. § 708.03 Prohibiting lender from designating attorney for mortgagor
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708.03 Prohibiting lender from designating attorney for mortgagor. A bank, savings bank, savings and loan association or other lender or lending agency requiring a borrower to give a mortgage on real estate as security for a loan or an existing indebtedness may not designate the …
Wis. Stat. § 708.04 Removal of buildings from mortgaged premises
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708.04 Removal of buildings from mortgaged premises. The removal, without the consent of the mortgagee or the mortgagee’s assigns, of any building from any real estate upon which there is an unsatisfied mortgage, properly recorded, shall not destroy the lien of such mortgage upon…
Wis. Stat. § 708.05 Mortgages, power to sell under
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708.05 Mortgages, power to sell under. When a power to sell lands shall be given to the grantee in any mortgage or other conveyance intended to secure the payment of money the power shall be deemed a part of the security and shall vest in and may be executed by any person, who, b…
Wis. Stat. § 708.07 Satisfaction of state mortgages
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708.07 Satisfaction of state mortgages. In any case where the records of the offices of the state treasurer and secretary of state fail to show any payments made upon any mortgage of real estate to the state or territory of Wisconsin since January 1, 1865, it shall be the duty of…
Wis. Stat. § 708.09 Purchase money mortgage defined
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708.09 Purchase money mortgage defined. A purchase money mortgage is one given as part of the transaction of purchase to the vendor of real estate for all or part of the purchase money or to a 3rd person who advances all or a part of the purchase money.
Wis. Stat. § 708.10 Loan funds at closings
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708.10 Loan funds at closings. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Affiliate” means, with respect to any lender, any person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the lender. (b) “Borrower” means a person who borrows money from a lender to finance a …
Wis. Stat. § 708.11 Assignments of rents, leases and profits
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708.11 Assignments of rents, leases and profits. (1) In this section, “assignment” means any assignment, pledge, transfer or any other conveyance of an interest in rents, leases or profits, whether contained in a mortgage, security agreement or other document executed by the assi…
Wis. Stat. § 708.15 Mortgage satisfaction
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708.15 Mortgage satisfaction. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: Updated 23-24 Wis. Stats. 2 (a) “Address for giving a notification” means, for the purpose of a particular type of notification, the most recent address provided in a document by the intended recipient of the notific…