Not all property owners are required to record. Convents, monasteries, parish rectories, parsonages and similar facilities. Any residential facilities such as rooming house, hotels, motels, nursing homes, hospitals, jails that are licensed by the City of Milwaukee or the State of Wisconsin.
Any person having an ownership interest in a property is required to file.
Whenever a Land Contract is paid off, an updated application must be filed at no cost. If you purchase a property and resell it within 14 days, you don't have to record the property, but a seller's notification must be filed. Whenever a recorded property is sold, a Seller's Notification form must be filed within 15 days at no charge. When there are two or more individuals operating as a partnership but not registered with the State of Wisconsin, they have to record as individuals. This includes all types of trusts.