Wisconsin Statutes

Wis. Stat. § 70.02 (2026)

Definition of general property

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70.0270.02 Definition of general property. General property is all the taxable real property defined in ss. 70.03 and 70.04 except that which is taxed under ss. 70.37 to 70.395 and ch. 76 and subchs. I and VI of ch. 77. General property includes manufacturing property subject to s. 70.995, but assessment of that property shall be made according to s. 70.995.

70.02 HistoryHistory: 1973 c. 90; 1977 c. 31; 1979 c. 221; 1985 a. 29 s. 3202 (39) (c); 2023 a. 12.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases, 1971–2019 · leading case: Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. v. City of Milwaukee, 2017 WI App 15 (Wis. Ct. App. 2017).

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Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. v. City of Milwaukee, 2017 WI App 15 (Wis. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “General property is then itself defined in pertinent part in Wis. Stat. § 70.02 as all taxable real property as defined in Wis.”

Saddle Ridge v. Bd. for Town of Pac., 2010 WI 47 (Wis. 2010). · cites it 2× “" Wis. Stat. § 70.02 . Section 70.03 defines "real property" as follows: 70.”

Wisconsin Cent. Ltd. v. Wisconsin Dep't of Revenue, 2000 WI App 14 (Wis. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “See § 70.02, Stats. 9 At oral argument the parties informed us that they found no legislative history of § 76.”

City of Franklin v. Crystal Ridge, Inc., 497 N.W.2d 747 (Wis. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 4× “[1] Section 70.02, Stats. Section 70.17(1), Stats.”

Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. v. City of Milwaukee, 2011 WI App 117 (Wis. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “Wis. Stat. § 70.02 . Third, " '[r]eal property,'" as material here, "include [s] not only the land itself but all buildings and improvements thereon, and all fixtures and rights and privileges appertaining thereto.”

State Ex Rel. Gen. Motors Corp. v. City of Oak Creek, 182 N.W.2d 481 (Wis. 1971). “” Sec. 70.02, Stats., defines general property as “.”

Union Pac. R.R. Co. v. Wis. Dep't of Revenue, 360 F. Supp. 3d 861 (W.D. Wis. 2019). · cites it 2× “" Wis. Stat. § 70.02 . Personal property is defined to include "[a]ll goods, wares, merchandise, chattels, and effects, of any nature or description, having any real or marketable value, and not included in the term 'real property.”

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