19.03 Security for costs; notice of action.
(1) Every person commencing an action against any officer and sureties upon an official bond, except the obligee named therein, shall give security for costs by an undertaking as prescribed in s. 814.28 (3), and a copy thereof shall be served upon the defendants at the time of the service of the summons. In all such actions if final judgment is rendered against the plaintiff the same may be entered against the plaintiff and the sureties to such undertaking for all the lawful costs and disbursements of the defendants in such action, by whatever court awarded.
(2) The plaintiff in any such action shall, within 10 days after the service of the summons therein, deliver a notice of the commencement of such action to the officer who has the legal custody of such official bond, who shall file the same in his or her office in connection with such bond.
History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 773 (1975); 1975 c. 218; 1991 a. 316.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 19 - General duties of public officials.
19.015 - Actions by the state, municipality or district.
19.02 - Actions by individuals.
19.03 - Security for costs; notice of action.
19.04 - Other actions on same bond.
19.05 - Execution; lien of judgment.
19.06 - Sureties, how relieved.
19.07 - Bonds of public officers and employees.
19.12 - Bond premiums payable from public funds.
19.21 - Custody and delivery of official property and records.
19.22 - Proceedings to compel the delivery of official property.
19.23 - Transfer of records or materials to historical society.
19.24 - Refusal to deliver money, etc., to successor.
19.25 - State officers may require searches, etc., without fees.
19.31 - Declaration of policy.
19.34 - Procedural information; access times and locations.
19.35 - Access to records; fees.
19.356 - Notice to record subject; right of action.
19.36 - Limitations upon access and withholding.
19.37 - Enforcement and penalties.
19.39 - Interpretation by attorney general.
19.41 - Declaration of policy.
19.45 - Standards of conduct; state public officials.
19.451 - Discounts at certain stadiums.
19.46 - Conflict of interest prohibited; exception.
19.48 - Duties of the ethics commission.
19.49 - Administration; enforcement.
19.50 - Unauthorized release of records or information.
19.55 - Public inspection of records.
19.552 - Action to compel compliance.
19.554 - Petition for enforcement.
19.56 - Honorariums, fees and expenses.
19.57 - Conferences, visits and economic development activities.
19.59 - Codes of ethics for local government officials, employees and candidates.
19.65 - Rules of conduct; employee training; and security.
19.68 - Collection of personally identifiable information from Internet users.
19.70 - Rights of data subject to challenge; authority corrections.
19.71 - Sale of names or addresses.
19.77 - Summary of case law and attorney general opinions.
19.81 - Declaration of policy.
19.83 - Meetings of governmental bodies.
19.851 - Closed sessions by ethics or elections commission.
19.86 - Notice of collective bargaining negotiations.
19.88 - Ballots, votes and records.