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Wis. Stat. § 236.41 (2026)

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236.41236.41 How notice given. Notice of the application for the vacation or alteration of the plat shall be given at least 3 weeks before the application:
236.41(1)(1) By posting a written notice thereof in at least 2 of the most public places in the county; and
236.41(2)(2) By publication of a copy of the notice as a class 3 notice, under ch. 985; and
236.41(3)(3) By service of the notice in the manner required for service of a summons in the circuit court on the municipality or town in which the subdivision is located, and if it is located in a county having a population of 750,000 or over, on the county; and
236.41(4)(4) By mailing a copy of the notice to the owners of record of all the lots in the subdivision or the part of the subdivision proposed to be vacated or altered at their last-known address.
236.41 HistoryHistory: 2017 a. 207 s. 5.
236.41 AnnotationThe provisions of this section relating to vacation of streets are inapplicable to assessors’ plats under s. 70.27. Once properly filed and recorded, an assessor’s plat becomes the operative document of record, and only sections specified in s. 236.03 (2) apply to assessors’ plats. Schaetz v. Town of Scott, 222 Wis. 2d 90, 585 N.W.2d 889 (Ct. App. 1998), 98-0841.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1998–1998 · leading case: Schaetz v. Town of Scott, 585 N.W.2d 889 (Wis. Ct. App. 1998).
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Schaetz v. Town of Scott, 585 N.W.2d 889 (Wis. Ct. App. 1998). “The trial court dismissed the petition based on the conclusion that forty years had not elapsed from the filing of the assessor's map to the filing of the petition pursuant to the requirements of § 236.41(l)(a), STATS. While this is error, the petition must be dismissed because…”
— Wis. Stat. § 236.41(l)(a) — 1 case
Schaetz v. Town of Scott, 585 N.W.2d 889 (Wis. Ct. App. 1998). “The trial court dismissed the petition based on the conclusion that forty years had not elapsed from the filing of the assessor's map to the filing of the petition pursuant to the requirements of § 236.41(l)(a), STATS. While this is error, the petition must be dismissed because…”
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