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Wis. Stat. § 59.07 (2026)

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59.0759.07 Claims against counties; actions on.
59.07(1)(1) No action may be brought or maintained against a county upon a claim or upon a cause of action unless the claimant complies with s. 893.80. This subsection does not apply to actions commenced under s. 19.37, 19.97 or 281.99.
59.07(2)(2) No action may be brought or maintained against a county, for disclosure of information that is received under s. 30.572 (4) and maintained under s. 30.572 (5).
59.07 HistoryHistory: 1977 c. 285; 1979 c. 323 s. 33; 1981 c. 20; 1991 a. 39; 1995 a. 158; 1995 a. 201 s. 426; Stats. 1995 s. 59.07; 1997 a. 27, 35; 2013 a. 163.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 25 cases, 1937–2019 · leading case: Eau Claire Cnty. v. Gen. Teamsters Union Local No. 662, 599 N.W.2d 423 (Wis. Ct. App. 1999).
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Eau Claire Cnty. v. Gen. Teamsters Union Local No. 662, 599 N.W.2d 423 (Wis. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 12× “The County has established a civil service *643 system under § 59.07(20), STATS., 1993-94, and, under that system, the County's personnel committee acts as the civil service commission for making just cause determinations.”
State Ex Rel. Teunas v. Cnty. of Kenosha, 418 N.W.2d 833 (Wis. 1988). · cites it 6× “07(64), which provides that the board of each county may exercise power to "[e]nact ordinances to preserve the public peace and good order within the county.” Section 59.07(64), in conjunction with the following prefatory language of sec.”
Heritage Farms, Inc. v. Markel Ins., 2012 WI 26 (Wis. 2012). · cites it 2× “07 (52)(a) (1959-60), which provided that the Milwaukee County Board "may pay to the municipality in which said [county] buildings are situated for the transmission and disposal of sewage, such proportion of the expense thereof). Markel contends that the decision to award double…”
Hart v. Ament, 500 N.W.2d 312 (Wis. 1993). · cites it 6× “In addition to its home rule authority, Milwaukee county is specifically empowered to enter into the instant transaction by sec. 59.07, Stats. That section enumerates the powers expressly granted by the legislature to county boards.”
State v. Wagner, 400 N.W.2d 519 (Wis. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 4× “programs provided for by Title IV of the federál social security act.”
Wagner v. Dissing, 416 N.W.2d 655 (Wis. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 6× “2d 107 (1969), and sec. 59.07(3), Stats., as imposing that duty.”
Eau Claire Cnty. v. Gen. Teamsters Union Local No. 662, 2000 WI 57 (Wis. 2000). · cites it 4× “Furthermore, counsel for Eau Claire County conceded that nothing in the statute prevented him, as counsel for Eau Claire County, to meet with the Committee on Personnel regarding the disciplinary hearing.”
Am. Med. Transp. of Wisconsin, Inc. v. Curtis-Universal, Inc., 452 N.W.2d 575 (Wis. 1990). · cites it 2× “, which authorize counties and towns (which do not have home-rule authority) to operate emergency medical services: Section 59.07 General powers of [county] board.”
Major v. Cnty. of Milwaukee, 539 N.W.2d 472 (Wis. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 4× “2 Section 59.07, Stats., provides, as material here: The board of each county may exercise the following powers, which shall be broadly and liberally construed and limited only by express language: (1) (c) Transfers.”
Town of Rib Mountain v. Marathon Cnty., 926 N.W.2d 731 (Wis. 2019). · cites it 2× “4 The original version of the statute was enacted in 1957 as Wis. Stat. § 59.07 . See 1957 Wis. Laws, ch.”
Maier v. Racine Cnty., 84 N.W.2d 76 (Wis. 1957). · cites it 2× “” It is urged that the ordinance prohibiting sale of beer to persons under twenty-one years of age bears a direct relationship to the preservation of public peace and good order in Racine county, and so falls within the express delegation of power to the county board.”
Joyce v. Cnty. of Dunn, 531 N.W.2d 628 (Wis. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 9× “Joyce notes that when the legislature replaced § 59.07, Stats., with § 59.08, Stats., it removed the quoted phrase "of the kinds mentioned in section 66.”
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— Wis. Stat. § 59.07(1) — 1 case
Hart v. Ament, 500 N.W.2d 312 (Wis. 1993). “In addition to its home rule authority, Milwaukee county is specifically empowered to enter into the instant transaction by sec. 59.07, Stats. That section enumerates the powers expressly granted by the legislature to county boards.”
— Wis. Stat. § 59.07(1)(c) — 1 case
Major v. Cnty. of Milwaukee, 539 N.W.2d 472 (Wis. Ct. App. 1995). “2 Section 59.07, Stats., provides, as material here: The board of each county may exercise the following powers, which shall be broadly and liberally construed and limited only by express language: (1) (c) Transfers.”
— Wis. Stat. § 59.07(104) — 1 case
State Ex Rel. Teunas v. Cnty. of Kenosha, 418 N.W.2d 833 (Wis. 1988). “07(64), which provides that the board of each county may exercise power to "[e]nact ordinances to preserve the public peace and good order within the county.” Section 59.07(64), in conjunction with the following prefatory language of sec.”
— Wis. Stat. § 59.07(20) — 2 cases
Eau Claire Cnty. v. Gen. Teamsters Union Local No. 662, 599 N.W.2d 423 (Wis. Ct. App. 1999). “The County has established a civil service *643 system under § 59.07(20), STATS., 1993-94, and, under that system, the County's personnel committee acts as the civil service commission for making just cause determinations.”
Eau Claire Cnty. v. Gen. Teamsters Union Local No. 662, 2000 WI 57 (Wis. 2000). “Furthermore, counsel for Eau Claire County conceded that nothing in the statute prevented him, as counsel for Eau Claire County, to meet with the Committee on Personnel regarding the disciplinary hearing.”
— Wis. Stat. § 59.07(20)(b) — 1 case
Eau Claire Cnty. v. Gen. Teamsters Union Local No. 662, 599 N.W.2d 423 (Wis. Ct. App. 1999). “The County has established a civil service *643 system under § 59.07(20), STATS., 1993-94, and, under that system, the County's personnel committee acts as the civil service commission for making just cause determinations.”
— Wis. Stat. § 59.07(3) — 1 case
Wagner v. Dissing, 416 N.W.2d 655 (Wis. Ct. App. 1987). “2d 107 (1969), and sec. 59.07(3), Stats., as imposing that duty.”
— Wis. Stat. § 59.07(3)(a) — 1 case
Wagner v. Dissing, 416 N.W.2d 655 (Wis. Ct. App. 1987). “2d 107 (1969), and sec. 59.07(3), Stats., as imposing that duty.”
— Wis. Stat. § 59.07(33) — 1 case
Hart v. Ament, 500 N.W.2d 312 (Wis. 1993). “In addition to its home rule authority, Milwaukee county is specifically empowered to enter into the instant transaction by sec. 59.07, Stats. That section enumerates the powers expressly granted by the legislature to county boards.”
— Wis. Stat. § 59.07(33)(b) — 1 case
Hart v. Ament, 500 N.W.2d 312 (Wis. 1993). “In addition to its home rule authority, Milwaukee county is specifically empowered to enter into the instant transaction by sec. 59.07, Stats. That section enumerates the powers expressly granted by the legislature to county boards.”
— Wis. Stat. § 59.07(4)(c) — 1 case
Joyce v. Cnty. of Dunn, 531 N.W.2d 628 (Wis. Ct. App. 1995). “Joyce notes that when the legislature replaced § 59.07, Stats., with § 59.08, Stats., it removed the quoted phrase "of the kinds mentioned in section 66.”
— Wis. Stat. § 59.07(49) — 1 case
Adams Outdoor Advert., L.P. v. Cnty. of Dane, 2012 WI App 28 (Wis. Ct. App. 2012).
— Wis. Stat. § 59.07(5) — 1 case
Trinity Mem'l Hosp. of Cudahy, Inc. v. Milwaukee Cnty., 334 N.W.2d 685 (Wis. Ct. App. 1983).
— Wis. Stat. § 59.07(64) — 1 case
State Ex Rel. Teunas v. Cnty. of Kenosha, 418 N.W.2d 833 (Wis. 1988). “07(64), which provides that the board of each county may exercise power to "[e]nact ordinances to preserve the public peace and good order within the county.” Section 59.07(64), in conjunction with the following prefatory language of sec.”
— Wis. Stat. § 59.07(65)(a) — 1 case
Town of Rib Mountain v. Marathon Cnty., 916 N.W.2d 164 (Wis. Ct. App. 2018).
— Wis. Stat. § 59.07(97) — 2 cases
State v. Wagner, 400 N.W.2d 519 (Wis. Ct. App. 1986). “programs provided for by Title IV of the federál social security act.”
State Ex Rel. Jeske v. Jeske, 424 N.W.2d 196 (Wis. 1988).
— Wis. Stat. § 59.07(l)(c) — 1 case
Hart v. Ament, 500 N.W.2d 312 (Wis. 1993). “In addition to its home rule authority, Milwaukee county is specifically empowered to enter into the instant transaction by sec. 59.07, Stats. That section enumerates the powers expressly granted by the legislature to county boards.”
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