840.17 Judicial sale; report if sheriff incapacitated. If the sheriff who made a sale of land dies, departs from the state or becomes otherwise incapacitated to report or to execute the deed, such report may be made by the undersheriff, a deputy sheriff, or by any party to the action, by affidavit; and such deed may be executed by the clerk on ex parte order of the court.
History: 1973 c. 189; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 767 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 840.17.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 840 - Real property actions; general provisions.
840.01 - Definition of interest in real property.
840.03 - Real property remedies.
840.035 - Provisional remedies.
840.06 - Joinder of additional interest-holders.
840.10 - Lis pendens; who may file; effect when void; discharge.
840.11 - Highways; parks; record of order.
840.12 - Survey may be ordered.
840.16 - Land sold, where; limitation on sheriff; effect of deed.