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Wis. Stat. § 778.10 (2026)

Municipal forfeitures, how recovered

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778.10778.10 Municipal forfeitures, how recovered. All forfeitures imposed by any ordinance or regulation of any county, town, city, or village, or of any other domestic corporation may be sued for and recovered, under this chapter, in the name of the county, town, city, village, or corporation. It is sufficient to allege in the complaint that the defendant is indebted to the plaintiff in the amount of the forfeiture claimed, specifying the ordinance or regulation that imposes it, plus costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814. If the ordinance or regulation imposes a penalty or forfeiture for several offenses or delinquencies, the complaint shall specify the particular offenses or delinquency for which the action is brought, with a demand for judgment for the amount of the forfeiture, plus costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814. All moneys collected on the judgment shall be paid to the treasurer of the county, town, city, village, or corporation, except that all jail surcharges imposed under ch. 814 shall be paid to the county treasurer.
778.10 HistoryHistory: 1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 32 s. 56; Stats. 1979 s. 778.10; 1987 a. 27; 1989 a. 107; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16; 2003 a. 139.
778.10 AnnotationA judgment for payment of a forfeiture can be docketed, accumulates interest, and may be enforced through collection remedies available in other civil proceedings. OAG 2-95.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2024–2025 · leading case: Dane Cnty. v. Jeramiah Bradley (Wis. Ct. App. 2025).
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Dane Cnty. v. Jeramiah Bradley (Wis. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 11× “§ 778.10. (The noted exception for cases affected by WIS.”
Oconomowoc Area Sch. Dist. v. Gregory L. Cota, 2024 WI App 8 (Wis. Ct. App. 2024). “§ 778.10 (specifying that if a municipal “ordinance or regulation imposes a penalty or forfeiture for several offenses or delinquencies, the complaint [seeking such 9 No.”
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