Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 815.38 (2026)
Execution, certificate of sale, recording
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815.38(1)(1) Upon the sale of real estate on execution the officer making the same shall make out and subscribe duplicate certificates of such sale containing a particular description of the premises sold; the price bid for each distinct lot or parcel; the whole consideration money paid; and the time when such sale will become absolute and the purchaser will be entitled to a conveyance pursuant to law and shall record one of the duplicate certificates within 10 days after the sale in the office of the register of deeds and shall deliver the other to the purchaser. If there are 2 or more purchasers a certificate shall be delivered to each.
815.38(2)(2) Promptly following every execution sale the sheriff shall return the execution into court and record with it a detailed report of his or her doings upon the execution.
815.38 HistoryHistory: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 815.38; 1993 a. 301.
815.38 Cross-referenceCross-references: See s. 59.32 (2) for provision that sheriff is to collect his fees on execution in the same manner as the sum collected under the writ.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2020–2020 · leading case: MidCountry Bank v. Todd Enter., LLC (Wis. Ct. App. 2020).
MidCountry Bank v. Todd Enter., LLC (Wis. Ct. App. 2020). “§ 815.38, 4 Nos. 2018AP1877 2018AP1878 noting: “The sale will become absolute, and the purchaser will be entitled to a conveyance, at the expiration of 15 months from this date, unless the property is redeemed as provided by law.”
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