Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 703.07 (2026)
Establishment of condominium
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703.07(1)(1) A condominium may only be created by recording condominium instruments with the register of deeds of the county where the property is located. A condominium declaration and plat shall be presented together to the register of deeds for recording.
703.07(2)(2) A condominium instrument, and all amendments, addenda and certifications of a condominium instrument, shall be recorded in every county in which any portion of the condominium is located, and shall be indexed in each county in the name of the grantor and grantee and the description of the condominium property that is located in that county. Subsequent instruments affecting the title to a unit which is physically located entirely within a single county shall be recorded only in that county, notwithstanding the fact that the common elements are not physically located entirely within that county. Subsequent amendments and addenda shall be indexed under the name of the condominium.
703.07(3)(3) All instruments affecting title to units shall be recorded and taxed as in other real property transactions.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1995–2026 · leading case: FAS, LLC v. Town of Bass Lake, 2007 WI 73 (Wis. 2007).
FAS, LLC v. Town of Bass Lake, 2007 WI 73 (Wis. 2007). “Wis. Stat. § 703.07 . Zoning or other land use ordinances must apply in the same way to condominiums as to other forms of ownership.”
Saddle Ridge v. Bd. for Town of Pac., 2010 WI 47 (Wis. 2010). “Wis. Stat. § 703.07 (1). ¶ 7. The Condominium Ownership Act establishes mandatory provisions for the contents of both the declaration and the plat.”
Anderson v. Quinn, 2007 WI App 260 (Wis. Ct. App. 2007). “Under Wis. Stat. § 703.07 (1), a condominium is created by record *695 ing a declaration and a plat.”
Rock Lake Estates Unit Owners Ass'n v. Twp. of Lake Mills, 536 N.W.2d 415 (Wis. Ct. App. 1995). “, the declaration is to contain, among other things, a description of the condominium lands showing the intended units and common areas, together with other specified information about the project and the rights and interests of persons purchasing the units.”
Elaine Strassburg v. Hickory Meadows Ass'n, Inc. (Wis. Ct. App. 2024). “A “unit” is “a part of a condominium intended for any type of independent use, including one or more cubicles of air at one or more levels of space .”
Town Homes of Shell Lake Condo. Ass'n, Inc. v. Cnty. of Washburn (Wis. Ct. App. 2025). “§ 703.07(1). The term “condominium” is defined as “property subject to a condominium declaration established under” WIS.”
Brittany Bay Club Condo. Owners Ass'n, Inc. v. James R. Traugott (Wis. Ct. App. 2026). “§§ 703.07, 703.09-.10. Among other things, condominium declarations and bylaws create rules that control when a condominium association and its board of directors may levy and collect assessments from unit owners.”
Piper v. Nitschke's N. Resort Condo., 2009 WI App 182 (Wis. Ct. App. 2010). “§ 703.07(2) ("A condominium instrument, and all amendments, addenda and certifications of a condominium instrument, shall be recorded in every county in which any portion of the condominium is located.”
Piper v. Nitschke's N. Resort Condo. Owner's Ass'n, 2009 WI App 182 (2009). “4 Wis. Stat. § 703.07 (2) ("A condominium instrument, and all amendments, addenda and certifications of a condominium instrument, shall be recorded in every county in which any portion of the condominium is located .”
The Lakes of Ville Du Parc Condo. Ass'n, Inc. v. City of Mequon, 2021 WI App 48 (Wis. Ct. App. 2021). “§§ 703.07 and 703.09 (2019-20)2 and designating the land as an “outlot” and part of the condominium “common elements.”
Wis. Stat. § 703.07(1): 2 cases
Rock Lake Estates Unit Owners Ass'n v. Twp. of Lake Mills, 536 N.W.2d 415 (Wis. Ct. App. 1995). “, the declaration is to contain, among other things, a description of the condominium lands showing the intended units and common areas, together with other specified information about the project and the rights and interests of persons purchasing the units.”
Town Homes of Shell Lake Condo. Ass'n, Inc. v. Cnty. of Washburn (Wis. Ct. App. 2025). “§ 703.07(1). The term “condominium” is defined as “property subject to a condominium declaration established under” WIS.”
Wis. Stat. § 703.07(2): 1 case
Piper v. Nitschke's N. Resort Condo., 2009 WI App 182 (Wis. Ct. App. 2010). “§ 703.07(2) ("A condominium instrument, and all amendments, addenda and certifications of a condominium instrument, shall be recorded in every county in which any portion of the condominium is located.”
Wis. Stat. § 703.07(3): 1 case
Piper v. Nitschke's N. Resort Condo., 2009 WI App 182 (Wis. Ct. App. 2010). “§ 703.07(2) ("A condominium instrument, and all amendments, addenda and certifications of a condominium instrument, shall be recorded in every county in which any portion of the condominium is located.”
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