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Wis. Stat. § 59.07 (2026)
Claims against counties; actions on
✓ current as of July 2026 Cite as: Wis. Stat. § 59.07 (2026)
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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 County v. General Teamsters Union Local No. 662
Eau Claire County v. General Teamsters Union Local No. 662 (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.”
State Ex Rel. Teunas v. County of Kenosha (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.”
Heritage Farms, Inc. v. Markel Insurance (2012)
“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 (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.”
State v. Wagner (1986)
“programs provided for by Title IV of the federál social security act.”
Wagner v. Dissing (1987)
“2d 107 (1969), and sec. 59.07(3), Stats., as imposing that duty.”
Eau Claire County v. General Teamsters Union Local No. 662 (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.”
American Medical Transport of Wisconsin, Inc. v. Curtis-Universal, Inc. (1990)
“, 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. County of Milwaukee (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.”
Town of Rib Mountain v. Marathon County (2019)
“4 The original version of the statute was enacted in 1957 as Wis. Stat. § 59.07 . See 1957 Wis. Laws, ch.”
Maier v. Racine County (1957)
“” 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. County of Dunn (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(1) — 1 case
Hart v. Ament (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. County of Milwaukee (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. County of Kenosha (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 County v. General Teamsters Union Local No. 662 (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 County v. General Teamsters Union Local No. 662 (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 County v. General Teamsters Union Local No. 662 (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 (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 (1987)
“2d 107 (1969), and sec. 59.07(3), Stats., as imposing that duty.”
— Wis. Stat. § 59.07(33) — 1 case
Hart v. Ament (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 (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. County of Dunn (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
— Wis. Stat. § 59.07(5) — 1 case
— Wis. Stat. § 59.07(64) — 1 case
State Ex Rel. Teunas v. County of Kenosha (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
— Wis. Stat. § 59.07(97) — 2 cases
State v. Wagner (1986)
“programs provided for by Title IV of the federál social security act.”
State Ex Rel. Jeske v. Jeske (1988)
— Wis. Stat. § 59.07(l)(c) — 1 case
Hart v. Ament (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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