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Wis. Stat. § 990.06 (2026)
Repeal or change of law limiting time for bringing actions
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990.06990.06 Repeal or change of law limiting time for bringing actions. In any case when a limitation or period of time prescribed in any act which shall be repealed for the acquiring of any right, or barring of any remedy, or for any other purpose shall have begun to run before such repeal and the repealing act shall provide any limitation or period of time for such purpose, such latter limitation or period shall apply only to such rights or remedies as shall accrue subsequently to the time when the repealing act shall take effect, and the act repealed shall be held to continue in force and be operative to determine all such limitations and periods of time which shall have previously begun to run unless such repealing act shall otherwise expressly provide.
990.06 AnnotationGenerally, legislation is presumptively prospective unless statutory language reveals an intent that the statute apply retroactively. Procedural or remedial, rather than substantive, statutes are generally given retroactive effect unless contracts would be impaired or vested rights disturbed. Statutes of limitations are substantive. Betthauser v. Medical Protective Co., 172 Wis. 2d 141, 493 N.W.2d 40 (1992).
990.06 AnnotationWhen a statute of limitations is replaced or amended, a cause of action that has accrued prior to the effective date of the new statute or amendment is governed by the prior statute, unless the legislature specifies otherwise. A cause of action that has not accrued prior to the effective date of the new statute or amendment is governed by the new language, unless otherwise specified. State v. Hamilton, 2002 WI App 89, 253 Wis. 2d 805, 644 N.W.2d 243, 01-1014.
990.06 Annotation“Repeal” in this section includes “amendment.” Poquette v. Community State Bank, 631 F. Supp. 1480 (1986).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 28
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1962–2022 · leading case: State v. MacArthur, 2008 WI 72 (Wis. 2008).
State v. MacArthur, 2008 WI 72 (Wis. 2008). “¶ 19 Applying Wis. Stat. §§ 990.06 and 991.07 to the case at hand, we conclude that Wis.”
State v. Hamilton, 2003 WI 50 (Wis. 2003). “40 to the payments missed after July 1, 1980, conforms to Wis. Stat. §§ 990.06 and 991.07, first, because the limitation under the former statute had not yet "begun to run" before it was repealed, and, second, because a cause of action on payments not yet missed had not accrued…”
Kohnke v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins., 410 N.W.2d 585 (Wis. Ct. App. 1987). “" Because Brian's claim had not begun to run prior to repeal of secs.”
State v. Haines, 2003 WI 39 (Wis. 2003). “06, which is entitled "Repeal or change of law limiting time for bringing actions," provides: In any case when a limitation or period of time prescribed in any act which shall be repealed for the acquiring of any right, or barring of any remedy, or for any other purpose shall…”
Modica v. Verhulst, 536 N.W.2d 466 (Wis. Ct. App. 1995). “Plaintiffs also contend that § 990.06, STATS., requires that the 1991 amendment apply only to causes of action accruing after August 15, 1991.”
Wisconsin Dep't of Nat. Resources v. Bldg. & All Related or Attached Structures Encroaching on the Lake Noquebay Wildlife Area, 2011 WI App 119 (Wis. Ct. App. 2011). “As relevant, Wis. Stat. § 990.06 , provides, "[T]he act repealed shall be held to continue in force and be operative to determine all such limitations and periods of time which shall have previously begun to run unless such repealing act shall otherwise expressly provide.”
Poquette v. Cmty. State Bank, 631 F. Supp. 1480 (W.D. Wis. 1986). “For that purpose, I consider another Wisconsin statute, § 990.06, which undertakes to deal generally with transitions when the legislature enacts laws affecting existing statutes of limitations.”
State v. Dep't of Indus., Labor & Human Relations, 304 N.W.2d 758 (Wis. 1981). “" A similar provision is contained in sec. 990.06, Stats. I would hold that these statutes apply even though no fixed time period is now applicable to claims for compensation because of occupational disease.”
Hamilton v. Hamilton, 2002 WI App 89 (Wis. Ct. App. 2002). “In the absence of specific direction from the legislature, when a statute of limitations is changed, Wis. Stat. §§ 990.06 and 991.07 apply to determine which statute governs.”
McEwen v. Pierce Cnty., 279 N.W.2d 469 (Wis. 1979). “This conclusion follows from the application of sec. 990.06, Stats., which provides: *266 “990.”
Kohnke v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins., 424 N.W.2d 191 (Wis. 1988). “4 Section 990.06, Stats., states: 990.06 Repeal or change of law limiting time for bringing actions.”
State v. D.B., 403 N.W.2d 434 (Wis. 1987). “Under the provisions of sec. 990.06, Stats., however, the 1980 amendment did not affect the period of limitations applicable to the state’s cause of action against D.”
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