Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 943.60 (2026)
Criminal slander of title
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943.60(1)(1) Any person who submits for filing, entering or recording any lien, claim of lien, lis pendens, writ of attachment, financing statement or any other instrument relating to a security interest in or title to real or personal property, and who knows or should have known that the contents or any part of the contents of the instrument are false, a sham or frivolous, is guilty of a Class H felony.
943.60(2)(2) This section applies to any person who causes another person to act in the manner specified in sub. (1).
943.60(3)(3) This section does not apply to a register of deeds or other government employee who acts in the course of his or her official duties and files, enters or records any instrument relating to title on behalf of another person.
943.60 AnnotationWhether a document was frivolous was for the jury to answer. State v. Leist, 141 Wis. 2d 34, 414 N.W.2d 45 (Ct. App. 1987).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1984–2026 · leading case: Dorr v. Sacred Heart Hosp., 597 N.W.2d 462 (Wis. Ct. App. 1999).
Dorr v. Sacred Heart Hosp., 597 N.W.2d 462 (Wis. Ct. App. 1999). “The Dorrs assert that the hospital's filing of false liens is a violation of § 943.60, Stats., Wisconsin's criminal slander of title statute.”
State v. Leist, 414 N.W.2d 45 (Wis. Ct. App. 1987). “Don Leist appeals from a judgment of conviction on multiple counts of criminal slander of title, contrary to sec. 943.60(1), Stats., and from an order denying his post-conviction motion for relief.”
State v. Minniecheske, 347 N.W.2d 610 (Wis. Ct. App. 1984). “Donald Minniecheske appeals his criminal slander of title conviction, sec. 943.60(1), Stats., arising out of his attempt to record a lis pendens with the Shawano County Register of Deeds.”
State v. Autumn Marie Love Lopez (Wis. 2019). “61 ("Theft of library material") was enacted in 1979 as Wis. Stat. § 943.60 . L. 1979, c. 245, § 4.”
State v. Autumn Marie Love Lopez (Wis. 2019). “61 ("Theft of library material") was enacted in 1979 as Wis. Stat. § 943.60 . L. 1979, c. 245, § 4.”
Gintner, Lori v. Schira, Diana (W.D. Wis. 2022). “285 (abuse of individuals at risk) from the “judge, the district attorney, and banks,” and asserts that instead of pursuing foreclosure, the courts should be prosecuting defendants for criminal slander of title in violation of Wis. Stat. § 943.60 . (Dkt. #13 at 3-4.) These state…”
Phil Kleiboer v. Stephen Alvanos (Wis. Ct. App. 2024). “” The Alvanoses fail to explain how an eviction action is an “instrument” within the meaning of that statute, and more broadly, fail to explain how that statute relates in any way to an eviction action.”
Yang (E.D. Wis. 2026). “§943.60 is the “existence of a valid property interest that was slandered.”
— Wis. Stat. § 943.60(1) — 4 cases
State v. Leist, 414 N.W.2d 45 (Wis. Ct. App. 1987). “Don Leist appeals from a judgment of conviction on multiple counts of criminal slander of title, contrary to sec. 943.60(1), Stats., and from an order denying his post-conviction motion for relief.”
Dorr v. Sacred Heart Hosp., 597 N.W.2d 462 (Wis. Ct. App. 1999). “The Dorrs assert that the hospital's filing of false liens is a violation of § 943.60, Stats., Wisconsin's criminal slander of title statute.”
State v. Minniecheske, 347 N.W.2d 610 (Wis. Ct. App. 1984). “Donald Minniecheske appeals his criminal slander of title conviction, sec. 943.60(1), Stats., arising out of his attempt to record a lis pendens with the Shawano County Register of Deeds.”
Phil Kleiboer v. Stephen Alvanos (Wis. Ct. App. 2024). “” The Alvanoses fail to explain how an eviction action is an “instrument” within the meaning of that statute, and more broadly, fail to explain how that statute relates in any way to an eviction action.”
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