70.04 Definition of personal property. In chs. 70 to 79, “personal property" includes all of the following:
(1g) All goods, wares, merchandise, chattels, and effects, of any nature or description, having any real or marketable value, and not included in the term “real property," as defined in s. 70.03.
(1r) Toll bridges; private railroads and bridges; saw logs, timber, and lumber, either upon land or afloat; steamboats, ships, and other vessels, whether at home or abroad; ferry boats, including the franchise for running the same; ice cut and stored for use, sale, or shipment; beginning May 1, 1974, manufacturing machinery and equipment as defined in s. 70.11 (27), and entire property of companies defined in s. 76.28 (1), located entirely within one taxation district.
(2) Irrigation implements used by a farmer, including pumps, power units to drive the pumps, transmission units, sprinkler devices, and sectional piping.
(3) An off-premises advertising sign. In this subsection, “off-premises advertising sign" means a sign that does not advertise the business or activity that occurs at the site where the sign is located.
History: 1973 c. 90; 1973 c. 336 s. 36; 1979 c. 89; 1983 a. 27 s. 2202 (45); 1995 a. 225; 2013 a. 20; 2015 a. 196.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 70 - General property taxes.
70.01 - General property taxes; upon whom levied.
70.02 - Definition of general property.
70.03 - Definition of real property.
70.04 - Definition of personal property.
70.043 - Mobile homes and manufactured homes.
70.045 - Taxation district defined.
70.05 - Valuation of property; assessors in cities, towns and villages.
70.055 - Expert assessment help.
70.06 - Assessments, where made; first class city districts; assessors; appointment, removal.
70.07 - Functions of board of assessors in first class cities.
70.075 - Functions of board of assessors in cities of the 2nd class.
70.09 - Official real property lister; forms for officers.
70.095 - Assessment roll; time-share property.
70.10 - Assessment, when made, exemption.
70.109 - Presumption of taxability.
70.11 - Property exempted from taxation.
70.111 - Personal property exempted from taxation.
70.112 - Property exempted from taxation because of special tax.
70.113 - State aid to municipalities; aids in lieu of taxes.
70.114 - Aids on certain state lands equivalent to property taxes.
70.115 - Taxation of real estate held by investment board.
70.119 - Payments for municipal services.
70.12 - Real property, where assessed.
70.13 - Where personal property assessed.
70.14 - Incorporated companies.
70.15 - Assessment of vessels.
70.17 - Lands, to whom assessed; buildings on exempt lands.
70.174 - Improvements on government-owned land.
70.18 - Personal property, to whom assessed.
70.19 - Assessment, how made; liability and rights of representative.
70.20 - Owner's liability when personalty assessed to another; action to collect.
70.21 - Partnership; estates in hands of personal representative; personal property, how assessed.
70.22 - Personal property being administered, how assessed.
70.23 - Duties of assessors; entry of parcels on assessment roll.
70.24 - Public lands and land mortgaged to state.
70.25 - Lands, described on rolls.
70.28 - Assessment as one parcel.
70.29 - Personalty, how entered.
70.32 - Real estate, how valued.
70.323 - Assessment of divided parcel.
70.327 - Valuation and assessment of property with contaminated wells.
70.337 - Tax exemption reports.
70.339 - Reporting requirements.
70.345 - Legislative intent; department of revenue to supply information.
70.35 - Taxpayer examined under oath or to submit return.
70.36 - False statement; duty of district attorney.
70.365 - Notice of changed assessment.
70.37 - Net proceeds occupation tax on persons extracting metalliferous minerals in this state.
70.375 - Net proceeds occupation tax on mining of metallic minerals; computation.
70.38 - Reports, appeals, estimated liability.
70.385 - Collection of the tax.
70.39 - Collection of delinquent tax.
70.395 - Distribution and apportionment of tax.
70.396 - Use of metalliferous mining tax payments by counties.
70.3965 - Fund administrative fee.
70.397 - Oil and gas severance tax.
70.40 - Occupational tax on iron ore concentrates.
70.42 - Occupation tax on coal.
70.421 - Occupational tax on petroleum and petroleum products refined in this state.
70.43 - Correction of errors by assessors.
70.44 - Assessment; property omitted.
70.45 - Return and examination of rolls.
70.46 - Boards of review; members; organization.
70.47 - Board of review proceedings.
70.48 - Assessor to attend board of review.
70.49 - Affidavit of assessor.
70.501 - Fraudulent valuations by assessor.
70.502 - Fraud by member of board of review.
70.503 - Civil liability of assessor or member of board of review.
70.51 - Assessment review and tax roll in first class cities.
70.511 - Delayed action of reviewing authority.
70.52 - Clerks to examine and correct rolls.
70.53 - Statement of assessment and exemptions.
70.555 - Provisions directory.
70.57 - Assessment of counties and taxation districts by department.
70.575 - State assessment, time.
70.58 - Forestation state tax.
70.60 - Apportionment of state tax to counties.
70.63 - Apportionment of county and state taxes to municipalities.
70.64 - Review of equalized values.
70.67 - Municipal treasurer's bond; substitute for.
70.71 - Proceedings if roll not made.
70.72 - Clerical help on reassessment.
70.73 - Correction of tax roll.
70.74 - Lien of reassessed tax.
70.77 - Proceedings; inspection.
70.79 - Power of supervisor of equalization.
70.81 - Statement of expenses.
70.82 - Review of claims; payment.
70.83 - Deputies; neglect; reassessment.
70.84 - Inequalities may be corrected in subsequent year.
70.85 - Review of assessment by department of revenue.
70.855 - State assessment of commercial property.