Wisconsin Statutes

Wis. Stat. § 806.21 (2026)

Judgment satisfied not a lien; partial satisfaction

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806.21806.21 Judgment satisfied not a lien; partial satisfaction. If a judgment is satisfied in whole or in part or as to any judgment debtor and the satisfaction is entered in the judgment and lien docket, the judgment shall, to the extent of the satisfaction, cease to be a lien. Any execution issued after the satisfaction is entered in the judgment and lien docket shall contain a direction to collect only the residue of the judgment, or to collect only from the judgment debtors remaining liable.

806.21 HistoryHistory: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 737 (1975); 1995 a. 224.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1989–2022 · leading case: Megal Dev. Corp. v. Shadof, 2005 WI 151 (Wis. 2005).

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Megal Dev. Corp. v. Shadof, 2005 WI 151 (Wis. 2005). · cites it 11× “19(4) and its predecessors which had construed debtor's rights narrowly, including Bigus , had failed to consider Wis. Stat. § 806.21 and the combined effect of the two statutes.”

In Re Spore, 105 B.R. 476 (Bankr. W.D. Wis. 1989). · cites it 2× “See Wis.Stat. § 806.21. Id. at 873. If the combined effect of WIS.”

Gregory Kleynerman (Bankr. E.D. Wis. 2022). “19(4), and in light of Wisconsin’s long history of providing a mechanism for extinguishing judgment liens after bankruptcy, the Spore court concluded that Wisconsin law ‘provide[s] the legal basis and the legal means for debtors discharged in bankruptcy to void liens surviving…”

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