Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 779.20 (2026)
Action to enforce log lien; parties; costs; change of venue
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779.20(1)(1) An action to enforce any lien under s. 779.18 may be brought in the circuit court of the county where the petition is filed. This claim shall cease to be a lien unless an action to foreclose it is commenced within 4 months after filing the petition. If the claim is not due at the time of filing the petition the time when the claim will become due shall be stated in the petition, and in this case the claim shall not cease to be a lien until 30 days after the claim has become due and until 4 months after the filing of the petition.
779.20(2)(2) Where the property subject to such lien has been taken from the county where such work was done the lienor may bring an action to foreclose the lien in any county where said property may be found. In all foreclosure actions the person liable for such claim shall be made defendant and any other person claiming to own or have any interest in such property may be made a defendant, but shall not be liable for costs unless defending the action. In actions appealed from municipal court no change of venue shall be allowed except for prejudice of the judge or of the people.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1995–2019 · leading case: Hoffman v. Mem'l Hosp. of Iowa Cnty., 538 N.W.2d 627 (Wis. Ct. App. 1995).
Hoffman v. Mem'l Hosp. of Iowa Cnty., 538 N.W.2d 627 (Wis. Ct. App. 1995). “" Had the legislature intended that no discretionary change of venue was permitted in actions against health care providers, it *511 would have done as it did in § 779.”
CHS Capital, LLC v. Hellenbrand Farms, LLC (W.D. Wis. 2019). “For example, Wisconsin Statute § 779.20(1), which describes an action for enforcing a log lien, states, “[t]his claim shall cease to be a lien unless an action to foreclose is commenced within 4 months after filing the petition.”
— Wis. Stat. § 779.20(1) — 1 case
CHS Capital, LLC v. Hellenbrand Farms, LLC (W.D. Wis. 2019). “For example, Wisconsin Statute § 779.20(1), which describes an action for enforcing a log lien, states, “[t]his claim shall cease to be a lien unless an action to foreclose is commenced within 4 months after filing the petition.”
— Wis. Stat. § 779.20(2) — 1 case
Hoffman v. Mem'l Hosp. of Iowa Cnty., 538 N.W.2d 627 (Wis. Ct. App. 1995). “" Had the legislature intended that no discretionary change of venue was permitted in actions against health care providers, it *511 would have done as it did in § 779.”
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