Chapter 807, CIVIL PROCEDURE — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

807.001 Forms. (1) In all civil actions and proceedings in circuit court, the parties and court officials shall use the standard court forms adopted by the judicial conference under s. 758.18 (1), commencing the date on which the forms are adopted. If an applicable court form has…

807.01 Settlement offers. (1) After issue is joined but at least 20 days before the trial, the defendant may serve upon the plaintiff a written offer to allow judgment to be taken against the defendant for the sum, or property, or to the effect therein specified, with costs. If t…

807.02 Motions, where heard; stay of proceedings. Except as provided in s. 807.13 or when the parties stipulate otherwise and the court approves, motions in actions or proceedings in the circuit court must be heard within the circuit where the action is triable. Orders out of cou…

807.03 Orders, how vacated and modified. An order made out of court without notice may be vacated or modified without notice by the judge who made it. An order made upon notice shall not be modified or vacated except by the court upon notice, but the presiding judge may suspend t…

807.04 Proceedings, where held; restriction as to making orders. (1) Except as provided under sub. (2), all trials, and all hearings at which oral testimony is to be presented, shall be held in open court. The court may make any order which a judge or a circuit or supplemental co…

807.05 Stipulations. No agreement, stipulation, or consent between the parties or their attorneys, in respect to the proceedings in an action or special proceeding shall be binding unless made in court or during a proceeding conducted under s. 807.13 or 967.08 and entered in the …

807.06 Copy of paper may be used, when. (1) If any original paper or pleading be lost or withheld by any person the court may authorize a copy thereof to be filed and used instead of the original. (2) The clerk of circuit court may electronically scan any paper or pleading, as pe…

807.07 Irregularities and lack of jurisdiction over the parties waived on appeal; jurisdiction exercised; transfer to proper court. (1) When an appeal from any court, tribunal, officer or board is attempted to any court and return is duly made to such court, the respondent shall …

807.08 Borrowing court files regulated. The clerk shall not permit any paper filed in the clerk’s office to be taken therefrom unless upon written order of a judge of the court. The clerk shall take a written receipt for all papers so taken and preserve the same until such papers…

807.09 Conciliators. (1) A circuit judge of the circuit court of any county may appoint and remove at any time, any retired or former circuit or county court judge to act, in matters referred by the judge and in conciliation matters. When a matter for conciliation is referred for…

807.10 Settlements in behalf of minors or individuals adjudicated incompetent; judgments. (1) A compromise or settlement of an action or proceeding to which a minor or individual adjudicated incompetent is a party may be made by the guardian, if the guardian is represented by an …

807.11 Orders: rendition and entry. (1) An order is rendered when it is signed by the judge. (2) An order is entered when it is filed in the office of the clerk of court. History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 747 (1975). An oral order of a state court that an injunction be iss…

807.12 Suing by fictitious name or as unknown; partners’ names unknown. (1) When the name or a part of the name of any defendant, or when any proper party defendant to an action to establish or enforce, redeem from or discharge a lien or claim to property is unknown to the plaint…

807.13 Telephone and audiovisual proceedings. (1) ORAL ARGUMENTS. The court may permit any oral argument by telephone. (2) EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS. In civil actions and proceedings, including those under chs. 48, 51, 54, and 55, the court may admit oral testimony communicated to the…

807.14 Interpreters. An interpreter shall act in a civil proceeding, including a trial, by telephone or live audiovisual means, except that if any party objects to the interpreter acting by telephone or live audiovisual means, the court shall decide whether the interpreter is req…

807.15 Penalty for certain actions by prisoners. (1) In this section, “prisoner” has the meaning given in s. 801.02 (7) (a) 2. (2) In any action or special proceeding, including a petition for a common law writ of certiorari, brought by a prisoner, the court may, on its own motio…