Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 812.07 (2026)
Service on garnishee and defendant
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812.07(1)(1) Except as provided in s. 812.05 (4), the garnishee summons and complaint shall be served on the garnishee as required for the exercise of personal jurisdiction under ch. 801, and notice of such service in substantial conformity with sub. (4), or a copy of the garnishee summons and complaint, together with the summons in the principal action, shall be served on the principal defendant as required for the exercise of personal jurisdiction under ch. 801, not later than 10 days after service on the garnishee as provided in s. 801.11.
State of Wisconsin
.... Court
.... County
TO: ........
........
........
You are notified that an action has been commenced against you by .... on a claim of $.... and that your property in the hands of .... has been garnisheed to satisfy that claim.
Unless you demand a complaint as provided in the attached summons, or answer the garnishment complaint, a copy of which can be obtained from the undersigned, judgment will be taken against you and your property applied to pay the debt as provided by law.
Dated this .... day of .... .... (year)
Plaintiff by: ....
Plaintiff’s attorney
Address ....
812.07(5)(5) Unless the notice, or a copy of the garnishee summons and complaint, is served, as provided in this section, the garnishee action shall be dismissed.
812.07 HistoryHistory: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 759, 778 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 812.07; 1993 a. 80, 213; 1997 a. 250.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1986–2021 · leading case: Sprayer Supply, Inc. v. Feider, 395 N.W.2d 524 (Wis. Ct. App. 1986).
Sprayer Supply, Inc. v. Feider, 395 N.W.2d 524 (Wis. Ct. App. 1986). “While service of the garnishee summons and complaint upon the principal defendant is required, see sec. 812.07, Stats., such service is not a prerequisite to the court’s exercise of jurisdiction in the garnishment action but is merely notice of a proceeding in rem, jurisdiction…”
Donald Edward Carroll v. Roland F. Sarko (Wis. Ct. App. 2021). “§§ 812.07, 816.035, 815.05, here the alleged deficiency of notice related to the court’s order granting leave to bring an action on the 1999 judgment, not to the subsequent summons and complaint in Carroll’s action on the judgment.”
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