815.56 Sheriff's deed; grantee if purchaser dead. If the person who would be entitled to a deed of real estate sold on execution dies before the delivery of that deed, the sheriff shall execute a deed to the decedent's personal representative who shall either hold the real estate in trust for the use of the heirs or devisees of the decedent, subject to the surviving spouse's right to elect under s. 861.02 (1), or sell the real estate for the payment of debts in the same manner as lands owned by the decedent.
History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); 1975 c. 94 s. 91 (5); 1975 c. 199; Stats. 1975 s. 815.56; 1983 a. 186; 1985 a. 37; 1987 a. 393 s. 53; 1997 a. 188; 2001 a. 102.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
815.02 - Judgments, enforced by execution.
815.04 - Execution, when issued.
815.05 - Execution, how issued; contents.
815.06 - Execution, when returnable.
815.07 - To what county issued.
815.08 - Sheriff to endorse date of receipt.
815.09 - Execution against debtor's person.
815.10 - Execution against body only remedy, exception.
815.12 - Execution; death of person arrested.
815.14 - Execution after debtor's death.
815.15 - Execution after judgment creditor's death.
815.17 - Execution; who acts on sheriff's death or removal.
815.18 - Property exempt from execution.
815.19 - Levy on personal property; appraisal.
815.195 - Levy on real property; how made.
815.20 - Homestead exemption definition.
815.205 - Certain property of spouse exempt from execution.
815.21 - Homestead, how set apart after levy.
815.24 - Indemnity may be required.
815.25 - Money applied; negotiable instruments sold.
815.29 - Notice of sale of personal property, manner, adjournment.
815.31 - Notice of sale of realty; manner; adjournment.
815.33 - Execution; sale in parcels; limitation.
815.34 - Execution sale without notice.
815.35 - Execution; taking down notice.
815.36 - Execution sale, want of notice, when immaterial.
815.37 - Execution sale; officer not to purchase.
815.38 - Execution, certificate of sale, recording.
815.39 - Execution sale; redemption of real estate.
815.40 - Execution sale; who may redeem.
815.43 - Execution sale; redemption makes sale void.
815.44 - Execution; purchaser's interest.
815.48 - Execution sale; creditors may acquire title of preceding creditor.
815.52 - Payment on acquisition of purchaser's or creditor's interest.
815.53 - Execution sale; evidences of right of creditor to acquire title.
815.54 - Execution sale, title when divested, action for injury to premises.
815.55 - Execution sale; deed when to issue; limitation.
815.56 - Sheriff's deed; grantee if purchaser dead.
815.57 - Sheriff's deed, recovery of purchase price on eviction.
815.58 - Execution sale; judgment, creditor's further remedy.
815.59 - Contribution when lands of several are sold on execution.
815.61 - Proceedings to recover contribution.
815.62 - Lien, how preserved after execution sale; clerk's fee.