893.24 Adverse possession; section lines.
(1) A written instrument or judgment that declares the boundaries of real estate adversely possessed under s. 893.29, 1995 stats., or s. 893.25, 893.26 or 893.27 does not affect any section line or any section subdivision line established by the United States public land survey or any section or section subdivision line based upon it.
(2) Occupation lines that the court declares to be property lines by adverse possession under s. 893.29, 1995 stats., or s. 893.25, 893.26 or 893.27 shall, by order of the court, be described by a retraceable description providing definite and unequivocal identification of the lines or boundaries. The description shall contain data of dimensions sufficient to enable the description to be mapped and retraced and shall describe the land by government lot, recorded private claim, quarter-quarter section, section, township, range and county, and by metes and bounds commencing with a corner marked and established by the United States public land survey or a corner of the private claim.
History: 1985 a. 247; 1997 a. 108.
In the absence of an express provision to the contrary, one who adversely possesses under an earlier version of the adverse possession statute may continue possession under the terms of that statute even after its repeal and re-creation. DNR v. Building & All Related or Attached Structures, 2011 WI App 119, 336 Wis. 2d 642, 803 N.W.2d 86, 10-2076.
Hey! That's my land! Understanding Adverse Possession. Shrestha. Wis. Law. Mar. 2010.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
893.01 - Civil actions; objection as to time of commencing.
893.02 - Action, when commenced.
893.04 - Computation of period within which action may be commenced.
893.05 - Relation of statute of limitations to right and remedy.
893.07 - Application of foreign statutes of limitation.
893.10 - Actions, time for commencing.
893.11 - Extension of time if no person to sue.
893.12 - Advance payment of damages; limitation extended.
893.13 - Tolling of statutes of limitation.
893.135 - Tolling of statute of limitations for marital property agreements.
893.137 - Tolling of statute of limitations for certain time-share actions.
893.14 - Limitation on use of a right of action as a defense or counterclaim.
893.15 - Effect of an action in a non-Wisconsin forum on a Wisconsin cause of action.
893.16 - Person under disability.
893.17 - Transition; limitation if disability exists; temporary.
893.18 - Transition; persons under disability.
893.19 - Limitation when person out of state.
893.20 - Application to alien enemy.
893.21 - Effect of military exemption from civil process.
893.22 - Limitation in case of death.
893.24 - Adverse possession; section lines.
893.25 - Adverse possession, not founded on written instrument.
893.26 - Adverse possession, founded on recorded written instrument.
893.27 - Adverse possession; founded on recorded title claim and payment of taxes.
893.28 - Prescriptive rights by adverse user.
893.29 - No adverse possession by or against the state or political subdivisions.
893.30 - Presumption from legal title.
893.305 - Affidavit of interruption; adverse possession and prescriptive use.
893.31 - Tenant's possession that of landlord.
893.32 - Entry upon real estate, when valid as interruption of adverse possession.
893.33 - Action concerning real estate.
893.34 - Immunity for property owners.
893.35 - Action to recover personal property.
893.38 - Extension of certain approvals.
893.40 - Action on judgment or decree; court of record.
893.41 - Breach of contract to marry; action to recover property.
893.415 - Action to collect support.
893.42 - Action on a judgment of court not of record.
893.425 - Fraudulent transfers.
893.44 - Compensation for personal service.
893.45 - Acknowledgment or new promise.
893.46 - Acknowledgment, who not bound by.
893.47 - Actions against parties jointly liable.
893.48 - Payment, effect of, not altered.
893.49 - Payment by one not to affect others.
893.51 - Action for wrongful taking of personal property.
893.52 - Action for damages for injury to property.
893.53 - Action for injury to character or other rights.
893.54 - Injury to the person.
893.55 - Medical malpractice; limitation of actions; limitation of damages; itemization of damages.
893.555 - Limitation of damages; long-term care providers.
893.56 - Health care providers; minors actions.
893.58 - Actions concerning seduction.
893.585 - Sexual exploitation by a therapist.
893.587 - Sexual assault of a child; limitation.
893.59 - Actions concerning damage to highway or railroad grade.
893.60 - What actions not affected.
893.61 - Contract for payment of money; governmental subdivisions.
893.62 - Action concerning usury.
893.63 - Actions on cashier's check, certified check, or bank money order.
893.64 - Actions upon accounts.
893.65 - Bank bills not affected.
893.66 - Certified public accountants; limitations of actions.
893.70 - Action against certain officials.
893.71 - County seat; contesting change.
893.72 - Actions contesting special assessment.
893.73 - Actions contesting governmental decisions.
893.735 - Action by prisoner contesting a governmental decision.
893.74 - School district; contesting validity.
893.75 - Limitation of action attacking municipal contracts.
893.76 - Order to repair or remove building or restore site; contesting.
893.765 - Order to remove wharves or piers in navigable waters; contesting.
893.77 - Validity of municipal obligation.
893.82 - Claims against state employees; notice of claim; limitation of damages.
893.825 - Statutory challenges.
893.85 - Action concerning old-age assistance lien.
893.86 - Action concerning recovery of legal fees paid for indigents.
893.87 - General limitation of action in favor of the state.
893.89 - Action for injury resulting from improvements to real property.
893.895 - Real estate appraisers; limitations of actions.
893.90 - Bond; campaign financing; lobbying.
893.91 - Action for expenses related to a forest fire.
893.92 - Action for contribution.
893.925 - Action for certain damages related to mining.
893.93 - Miscellaneous actions.
893.94 - Organized crime control; civil remedies.
893.95 - Unclaimed property; civil remedies.
893.96 - Family leave and medical leave; civil remedies.
893.965 - Bone marrow and organ donation leave; civil remedies.
893.97 - Business closing notification.