Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 24 - Public domain and the trust funds.
24.14 - Rights of swampland purchasers.

24.14 Rights of swampland purchasers.
(1) In this section, “subject lands" means lands patented to this state as swamp and overflowed lands, or lands patented in lieu of swamp and overflowed lands.
(2) Any person who has purchased from the United States or entered any subject lands prior to the execution of United States patents to this state for the subject lands, may whenever those entries have been canceled by the United States on account of a conflict with the right and title of this state to the subject lands, purchase the subject lands from this state, prior to the date fixed for the public sale of the subject lands, upon making satisfactory proof to the board that the person is the identical person, or the heir, legal representative, or assign of the person, who purchased or entered the subject lands as provided in this subsection, and upon paying to this state for the subject lands the same price at which the purchase or entries were made from the United States. Nothing contained in this chapter impairs the rights acquired by any person who has preempted any subject lands under the laws of this state.
History: 1999 a. 83; 2005 a. 149; 2009 a. 276.

Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 24 - Public domain and the trust funds.

24.01 - Definitions and classification.

24.02 - Addition to the public lands.

24.03 - Escheats.

24.04 - Administrative receipts and disbursements.

24.05 - Survey of lands.

24.06 - Plat of lands.

24.07 - Sale of land with water power.

24.08 - Minimum price.

24.09 - Procedure before sale or exchange; withdrawal; resale.

24.10 - Procedure at sale.

24.11 - Terms of sales.

24.12 - Forfeit for failure to pay.

24.14 - Rights of swampland purchasers.

24.145 - State-owned swamplands; proceeds; disposition.

24.15 - Private sale.

24.16 - Applications for private sale.

24.17 - Receipt and certificate.

24.18 - Entry of sale and patent.

24.19 - Certificate of sale.

24.20 - Payments and accounts.

24.21 - Accounts with purchasers.

24.22 - Excessive payments to be refunded.

24.23 - Title; patents.

24.24 - Effect of certificate.

24.25 - Issuance and record of patent.

24.251 - Patents, issuance; county may record.

24.26 - Patentee's rights.

24.27 - Purchase money a loan.

24.28 - Forfeiture.

24.29 - Redemption.

24.30 - Liability of former purchaser.

24.31 - Advertisement and resale of forfeited lands.

24.32 - Resale and redemption.

24.33 - Resale may be canceled.

24.34 - Void sales.

24.341 - Offset to refund on void sales.

24.35 - Annulment of certificates and patents.

24.355 - Limitation of actions.

24.36 - Lost certificates and patents.

24.37 - Ejectment.

24.38 - Boundaries.

24.39 - Leases of public lands.

24.40 - Easements; annexation.

24.51 - Constitutional board.

24.52 - Jurisdiction.

24.53 - Investigate land claims; deduct expenses.

24.54 - Records; copies as evidence.

24.55 - Executive secretary; deputy; staff; appointments; duties; oath.

24.56 - Not to buy lands.

24.57 - Report of board.

24.58 - Appraisers.

24.59 - Sale of public lands to state under Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program.

24.60 - Definitions.

24.605 - Accounts in trust funds for deposit of proceeds from sale of certain lands.

24.61 - Authorized investments and loans.

24.62 - Expenses.

24.63 - Term, amount, interest rate.

24.64 - Reimbursements for certain administrative services.

24.65 - Date when interest and principal become due.

24.66 - The application.

24.67 - Certificates of indebtedness.

24.68 - Payment of state trust fund loans.

24.69 - Sale of state trust fund loans.

24.70 - Collection from borrowers other than school districts.

24.71 - Collections from school districts.

24.715 - Collections from federated public library systems.

24.716 - Collections from drainage districts.

24.717 - Collections from local professional baseball park districts.

24.718 - Collections from local exposition districts.

24.72 - Use of funds.

24.73 - Extension of loan.

24.74 - Duty of attorney general and revenue department.

24.75 - Interest, how accounted for.

24.76 - Common school fund.

24.77 - Common school fund income.

24.78 - Distribution of the common school fund income.

24.79 - Swampland grants.

24.80 - Normal school fund.

24.81 - University fund.

24.82 - Agricultural college fund.