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Wis. Stat. § 823.01 (2026)

Jurisdiction over nuisances

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823.01823.01 Jurisdiction over nuisances. Any person, county, city, village or town may maintain an action to recover damages or to abate a public nuisance from which injuries peculiar to the complainant are suffered, so far as necessary to protect the complainant’s rights and to obtain an injunction to prevent the same.
823.01 HistoryHistory: 1973 c. 189; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 762 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 823.01.
823.01 AnnotationA town’s recovery under nuisance statutes does not require injury to the town’s own property. Town of East Troy v. Soo Line Railroad, 653 F.2d 1123 (1980).
823.01 AnnotationNavigating the “Impenetrable Jungle”: Statutory Limits on Wisconsin Public Nuisance Actions. Massaro. 90 MLR 95 (2006).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1979–2023 · leading case: State v. City of Oak Creek, 2000 WI 9 (Wis. 2000).
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State v. City of Oak Creek, 2000 WI 9 (Wis. 2000). · cites it 8× “[4] Wis. Stat. § 823.01 provides that "any person.”
Groshek v. TREWIN, 2010 WI 51 (Wis. 2010). · cites it 8× “The modern revision of the statute, codified as Wis. Stat. § 823.01 (2007-08) (governing Jurisdiction Over Nuisances) has been substantially changed.”
Physicians Plus Ins. v. Midwest Mut. Ins., 2002 WI 80 (Wis. 2002). · cites it 3× “Wis. Stat. § 823.01 . Thus, I do not question the power of government entities or others to bring actions to abate a public nuisance.”
Gillen v. City of Neenah, 580 N.W.2d 628 (Wis. 1998). · cites it 4× “, Wis. Stat. §§ 823.01 ; 157.70(8)(a); and 66.”
Adams v. State Livestock Facilities Siting Review Bd., 2012 WI 85 (Wis. 2012). · cites it 2× “See Wis. Stat. § 823.01 . More generally, this decision does not speak to political subdivisions' ability to regulate livestock facility operations.”
State v. Hydrite Chem. Co., 2002 WI App 222 (Wis. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “Second, Hydrite's violation of the Spills Law was a public nuisance under Wis. Stat. § 823.01 . This latter claim alleged that under Wis.”
Capitol Indem. Corp. v. Reasbeck, 479 N.W.2d 247 (Wis. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “Under sec. 823.01, Stats., the city was authorized to bring an action to abate this public nuisance.”
Town of East Troy v. Soo Line R.R., 476 F. Supp. 252 (E.D. Wis. 1979). “MOTION FOR JUDGMENT NOTWITHSTANDING THE VERDICT The defendant's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict is based on two contentions: (1) that any expenses incurred by the plaintiff do not constitute injuries peculiar to the town of East Troy within the meaning of §…”
Animal Legal Def. Fund v. Special Memories Zoo LLC (E.D. Wis. 2021). · cites it 4× “§§ 1531–44, and Wisconsin’s public nuisance statute, Wis. Stat. § 823.01 . For the reasons that follow, ALDF’s motion will be denied.”
City of New Lisbon v. Michael W. Muller, 2023 WI App 65 (Wis. Ct. App. 2023). “03- 04, the circuit court may order relief including, but not limited to, abatement and removal of the nuisance at the owner’s expense.”
Town of Saratoga v. Arnold L. Strangfeld (Wis. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “§ 823.01 (granting municipalities jurisdiction to maintain actions to abate “public nuisance[s]” (emphasis added)).”
Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation v. Enbridge Energy Co., Inc. (W.D. Wis. 2022). · cites it 2× “Specifically, Wis. Stat. § 823.01 provides that “[a]ny person, county, city, village or town may maintain an action to recover damages or to abate a public nuisance[.”
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