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Wis. Stat. § 82.15 (2026)

Appeal of a highway order

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82.1582.15 Appeal of a highway order. Any person aggrieved by a highway order, or a refusal to issue such an order, may seek judicial review under s. 68.13. If the highway is on the line between 2 counties, the appeal may be in the circuit court of either county.
82.15 HistoryHistory: 2003 a. 214.
82.15 NoteNOTE: 2003 Wis. Act 214, which affected this section, contains extensive explanatory notes.
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82.15 AnnotationThe judge’s role is administrative and not judicial. Entry of judgment is beyond a circuit judge’s jurisdiction under this section. Town Board v. Webb, 118 Wis. 2d 362, 348 N.W.2d 591 (Ct. App. 1984).
82.15 NoteNOTE: The above annotation cites to s. 80.17, the predecessor statute to this section.
82.15 AnnotationThis section contemplates certiorari review under s. 68.13 as the prescribed method for review of a highway order or of a refusal to issue such an order. Section 68.13 establishes both the procedure and a time limit for seeking review of a highway order under most circumstances. Inasmuch as the plaintiffs were seeking a determination that the town’s refusal to issue a highway order was not in accordance with law, they should have proceeded under s. 68.13. Dawson v. Town of Jackson, 2011 WI 77, 336 Wis. 2d 318, 801 N.W.2d 316, 09-0120.
82.15 AnnotationThe 30-day period during which certiorari review is available for a town board’s highway order to lay out, alter, or discontinue a highway begins to run on the date that the highway order is recorded by the register of deeds. Pulera v. Town of Richmond, 2017 WI 61, 375 Wis. 2d 676, 896 N.W.2d 342, 15-1016.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2010–2025 · leading case: Dawson v. Town of Jackson, 2011 WI 77 (Wis. 2011).
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Dawson v. Town of Jackson, 2011 WI 77 (Wis. 2011). · cites it 24× “21 (2) require that separate votes taken by two governing bodies in deciding an application to lay out, alter, or discontinue a public highway on or across municipal lines be counted in the aggregate as if the two bodies voted as one? Second, is certiorari review under Wis.…”
Margaret Pulera v. Town of Richmond, 2017 WI 61 (Wis. 2017). · cites it 59× “13(1), the statute affording certiorari review, in accord with Wis. Stat. § 82.15 , the statute governing appeals of highway orders.”
Zelman v. Town of Erin, 917 N.W.2d 222 (Wis. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 4× “§ 82.15. It is a highway order that is appealable.”
Thomas Ghelf v. Town of Wheatland, 132 F.4th 456 (7th Cir. 2025). “Wis. Stat. § 82.15 . No. 23-3338 23 Hlavinka v.”
Dawson v. Town of Jackson, 2010 WI App 24 (Wis. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 6× “Cedarburg contends that the Dawsons should have sought certiorari review under Wis. Stat. § 82.15 (2007-08) 1 rather than bringing an action for declaratory judgment.”
Thomas Ghelf v. Town of Wheatland (7th Cir. 2025). “Wis. Stat. § 82.15 . No. 23-3338 23 Hlavinka v.”
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