Wisconsin Statutes

Wis. Stat. § 128.19 (2026)

Title to property

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128.19128.19Title to property.
128.19(1)(1)The receiver or assignee upon qualifying shall be vested by operation of law with the title of the debtor as of the date of the filing of the petition or assignment hereunder, except so far as it is property which is exempt, including:
128.19(1)(a)(a) Property transferred by the debtor in fraud of the debtor’s creditors.
128.19(1)(b)(b) Property which prior to the filing of the petition or assignment the debtor could by any means have transferred or which might have been levied upon and sold under judicial process against the debtor.
128.19(1)(c)(c) Rights of action arising upon contracts or from the unlawful taking or detention of or injury to the debtor’s property.
128.19(2)(2)The receiver or assignee may avoid any transfer by the debtor of the debtor’s property which any creditor might have avoided and may recover the property so transferred or its value from the person to whom it was transferred unless the transferee was a bona fide holder for value prior to the filing of the petition or assignment hereunder.
128.19 HistoryHistory: 1993 a. 492; 1995 a. 225.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1955–2010 · leading case: ADMANCO, Inc. ex rel. Polsky v. 700 Stanton Drive, LLC, 2010 WI 76 (Wis. 2010).
ADMANCO, Inc. ex rel. Polsky v. 700 Stanton Drive, LLC, 2010 WI 76 (Wis. 2010). · cites it 3× “Wis. Stat. § 128.19 (l)-(2). The debtor's creditors have three months from the filing or appointment of the receiver to file claims.”
Admanco, Inc. v. 700 Stanton Drive, LLC, 2009 WI App 57 (Wis. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 5× “On December 11,2006, the Receiver filed this action pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 128.19 (l)(c) 6 to recover excess lease payments from Stanton.”
Frick v. Howard, 23 Wis. 2d 86 (Wis. 1964). “Sec. 128.19, Stats., provides: “Title to property.”
Worthington Corp. v. Moskowitz, 123 N.W.2d 558 (Wis. 1963). “(1) (b) of sec. 128.19, Stats., which provides that the receiver is vested with title to any property which at the time of the filing of the assignment might have been levied upon by judicial process, has the effect of putting the receiver in the position of a creditor who has…”
Matter of Brandstaetter, 36 B.R. 369 (Bankr. E.D. Wis. 1984). “In Buda the Seventh Circuit analyzed § 128.19 of the Wisconsin Creditor’s Act 1 and the Remedies Supplementary to Execu *370 tion Act of Wisconsin.”
In Re Wisconsin Builders Supply Co., 136 F. Supp. 439 (E.D. Wis. 1955). · cites it 4× “The substance of Section 128.19 of the present Act can be found in Section 70, sub.”
Admanco, Inc. Ex Rel. Polsky v. Stanton, 2009 WI App 57 (Wis. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 3× “§ 128.19(1)(c) [6] to recover excess lease payments from Stanton.”
— Wis. Stat. § 128.19(1)(c) — 1 case
Admanco, Inc. Ex Rel. Polsky v. Stanton, 2009 WI App 57 (Wis. Ct. App. 2009). “§ 128.19(1)(c) [6] to recover excess lease payments from Stanton.”
— Wis. Stat. § 128.19(2) — 1 case
ADMANCO, Inc. ex rel. Polsky v. 700 Stanton Drive, LLC, 2010 WI 76 (Wis. 2010). “Wis. Stat. § 128.19 (l)-(2). The debtor's creditors have three months from the filing or appointment of the receiver to file claims.”
— Wis. Stat. § 128.19(l)(c) — 1 case
Admanco, Inc. v. 700 Stanton Drive, LLC, 2009 WI App 57 (Wis. Ct. App. 2009). “On December 11,2006, the Receiver filed this action pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 128.19 (l)(c) 6 to recover excess lease payments from Stanton.”
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