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WI Stat § 23.83 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 23 - Conservation.|23.83 - Appeal.

23.83  Appeal. (1) Jurisdiction on appeal. Appeal may be taken by either party. On appeal from the circuit court, the appeal is to the court of appeals. (2)  Stay of execution. The amount of undertaking required to stay execution on appeal shall not exceed the amount of the maximum forfeiture, plus costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814.  (3)  Procedure on appeal. An appeal to the court of appeals shall be in accordance with chs. 808 and 809.History:  1975 c. 365, 421; 1977 c. 187, 305, 449; 1979 c. 34; 1985 a. 36; 1991 a. 39; 2003 a. 139.
WI Stat § 23.84 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 23 - Conservation.|23.84 - Forfeitures, costs, fees, and surcharges collected; to whom paid.

23.84  Forfeitures, costs, fees, and surcharges collected; to whom paid. Except for actions in municipal court, all moneys collected in favor of the state or a municipality for a forfeiture, plus costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814, shall be paid by the officer who collects the same to the appropriate municipal or county treasurer, within 20 days after their receipt by the officer, except that all jail surcharges imposed under ch. 814 shall be paid to the county treasurer. In case of any failure in the payment, the municipal or county treasurer may collect the payment from the officer by an action in the treasurer's name of office and upon the official bond of the officer, with interest at the rate of 12 percent per year from the time when it should have been paid.History:  1975 c. 365; 1977 c. 29, 305; 1979 c. 34; 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (13); 1985 a. 36; 1987 a. 27; 1991 a. 39; 1997 a. 27; 2003 a. 139.
WI Stat § 23.85 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 23 - Conservation.|23.85 - Statement to county board; payment to state.

23.85  Statement to county board; payment to state. Every county treasurer shall, on the first day of the annual meeting of the county board of supervisors, submit to it a verified statement of all forfeitures, costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814 and received during the previous year. The county clerk shall deduct all expenses incurred by the county in recovering those forfeitures, costs, fees, and surcharges from the aggregate amount so received, and shall immediately certify the amount of clear proceeds of those forfeitures, costs, fees, and surcharges to the county treasurer, who shall pay the proceeds to the state as provided in s. 59.25 (3). Jail surcharges imposed under ch. 814 shall be treated separately as provided in s. 302.46 and moneys collected from the crime prevention funding board surcharge under s. 973.0455 (2) shall be treated separately as provided in s. 973.0455 (2).History:  1975 c. 365; 1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 34; 1985 a. 36; 1987 a. 27; 1989 a. 107; 1991 a. 39; 1995 a. 201; 2003 a. 33, 139, 326; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 23.90 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 23 - Conservation.|23.90 - Place of trial.

23.90  Place of trial. (1) Civil actions shall be tried in the county where the offense was committed, except as otherwise provided. (2) Where 2 or more acts are requisite to the commission of any offense, the trial may be in any county in which any of such acts occurred. (3) Where an offense is committed on or within one-fourth of a mile of the boundary of 2 or more counties, the defendant may be tried in any of such counties. (4) If an offense is commenced outside the state and is consummated within the state, the defendant may be tried in the county where the offense was consummated. (5) If an offense is committed on boundary waters at a place where 2 or more counties have common jurisdiction under s. 2.03 or 2.04 or under any other law, the prosecution may be in either county. The county whose process against the offender is first served shall be conclusively presumed to be the county in which the offense was committed. (6) If an offense results from the violation of a prohibition against breaking, removing, interfering with, altering, forging, or misrepresenting an approval or proof of an approval issued under ch. 29 or a prohibition under ch. 29 against counterfeit approvals or illegally obtained approvals and the offense was committed outside of this state, the defendant may be tried in Dane County.  (7) In an action under s. 23.33 (2h) (a) 1. for intentionally making a false statement on an application for a registration, the defendant may be tried in the defendant's county of residence at the time that the complaint is filed, in the county where the defendant purchased the all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle if purchased from a dealer, or in the county where the department of natural resources received the application.History:  1975 c. 365; 2015 a. 89; 2019 a. 183.
WI Stat § 23.99 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 23 - Conservation.|23.99 - Parties to a violation.

23.99  Parties to a violation. (1) Whoever is concerned in the commission of a violation of this chapter for which a forfeiture is imposed is a principal and may be charged with and convicted of the violation although he or she did not directly commit it and although the person who directly committed it has not been convicted of the violation. (2) A person is concerned in the commission of the violation if the person:(a) Directly commits the violation;(b) Aids and abets the commission of it; or(c) Is a party to a conspiracy with another to commit it or advises, hires or counsels or otherwise procures another to commit it.History:  1975 c. 365.
WI Stat § 24.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 24 - Public domain and the trust funds.|24.01 - Definitions and classification.

24.01  Definitions and classification. In chs. 23 to 29, unless the context requires otherwise or unless otherwise defined: (1) “Agricultural college lands" embraces all lands granted to the state by an act of congress entitled “An act donating public lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts," approved July 2, 1862, as well as any land received under s. 24.09 (1) (bm) in exchange for such land. (2) “Board" means the board of commissioners of public lands, except that this definition does not apply to ch. 25. (3) “Department" means department of natural resources. (4) “Marathon County lands" embraces all lands acquired by the state pursuant to chapter 22 of the general laws of 1867, as well as any land received under s. 24.09 (1) (bm) in exchange for such land. (5) “Normal school lands" embraces all parcels of said “swamp lands" which the legislature has declared or otherwise decided, or may hereafter declare or otherwise decide, were not or are not needed for the drainage or reclamation of the same or other lands, as well as any land received under s. 24.09 (1) (bm) in exchange for such land. (6) “Public lands" embraces all lands and all interests in lands owned by the state either as proprietor or as trustee which constitute any part of the lands defined or specified in this section. (7) “School lands" embraces all lands made a part of “the school fund" by article X, section 2, of the constitution, as well as any land received under s. 24.09 (1) (bm) in exchange for such land. (8) “Secretary" means secretary of natural resources. (9) “Swamp lands" embraces all lands which have been or may be transferred to the state pursuant to an act of congress entitled “An act to enable the state of Arkansas and other states to reclaim the swamp lands within their limits," approved September 28, 1850, or pursuant to an act of congress entitled “An act for the relief of purchasers and locators of swamp and overflowed lands," approved March 2, 1855, as well as any land received under s. 24.09 (1) (bm) in exchange for such land. (10) “University lands" embraces all lands the proceeds of which are denominated “the university fund" by article X, section 6, of the constitution, as well as any land received under s. 24.09 (1) (bm) in exchange for such land. (11) “Warden" means conservation warden, and includes county, special and deputy conservation wardens.History:  1977 c. 9; 1981 c. 390; 1983 a. 189, 192; 1987 a. 119; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 83.
WI Stat § 24.02 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 24 - Public domain and the trust funds.|24.02 - Addition to the public lands.

24.02  Addition to the public lands. Addition to any class of lands specified in s. 24.01, except lands purchased for forest reserve and Marathon County lands, may be effected by grant, conveyance or devise made as a donation to the state for the purpose of the fund to which such class belongs. But no such proffered donation shall be accepted until the title of the donor has been examined and approved by the attorney general.
WI Stat § 24.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 24 - Public domain and the trust funds.|24.03 - Escheats.

24.03  Escheats. The board of commissioners of public lands shall, whenever it shall have reason to believe that any lands have escheated to the state for defect of heirs, cause due inquiry to be made to ascertain the rights of the state, and the attorney general shall bring any suit or action or take any requisite proceeding necessary to protect and secure the rights of the state. The board may either take possession of, or cause to be sued for and recovered as aforesaid when necessary, any real estate believed to have escheated to the state, or may proceed directly to sell all the right, title and interest of the state therein, without first obtaining possession thereof and without establishing title thereto by action.
WI Stat § 24.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 24 - Public domain and the trust funds.|24.04 - Administrative receipts and disbursements.

24.04  Administrative receipts and disbursements. (1) Receipts. The board shall collect from purchasers of land a fee of $5 for every certificate and $5 for every patent issued by it. The board shall pay the moneys collected, together with all moneys for expenses of advertising, damages and costs received either by redemption or resale of any public lands forfeited after being sold by the state, into the state treasury to the credit of the common school fund. The executive secretary of the board may take the acknowledgments of the board to all certificates and patents, and no fees may be charged therefor. (2)  Disbursements. All expenses necessarily incurred in caring for and selling public lands shall be deducted from the gross receipts of the fund to which the proceeds of the sale of the land will be added. Expenses necessarily incurred in caring for public lands may include expenses for reforestation, erosion and insect control, submerged log monitoring, surveys, appraisals, soil surveys and soil mapping activities and other land management practices that serve to protect or enhance the interests of the beneficiaries of the trust funds.History:  1975 c. 39 s. 734; 1977 c. 418; 1979 c. 34; 1983 a. 423; 1993 a. 16; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9.
WI Stat § 24.05 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 24 - Public domain and the trust funds.|24.05 - Survey of lands.

24.05  Survey of lands. Whenever it appears necessary to the board that surveys should be made in order to ascertain the true boundaries of any tract or portion of the public lands, or to enable the board to describe and dispose of any tract or portion of the public lands in suitable and convenient lots, the board may cause all necessary surveys to be made. History:  2005 a. 149.
WI Stat § 24.06 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 24 - Public domain and the trust funds.|24.06 - Plat of lands.

24.06  Plat of lands. The board may subdivide any parcel of public lands into smaller parcels or village lots, with streets and alleys if necessary, whenever it believes a larger net price can be obtained by selling the land in smaller parcels or lots. A survey and plat of the subdivision, verified by its maker as true and correct, shall be returned and recorded in the office of the board, and the parcels or lots designated on the survey and plat shall be appraised before the parcels or lots are offered for sale. The subdivision shall be ordered, the proceedings for the subdivision governed, and the appraisal made in substantial compliance with s. 24.08. History:  2005 a. 149.
WI Stat § 24.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 24 - Public domain and the trust funds.|24.07 - Sale of land with water power.

24.07  Sale of land with water power. Whenever a water power exists upon any public lands offered for sale the board may sell together all the tracts or lots upon which such water power is situated and such other tracts or lots as are necessary for the use and enjoyment of the same, not exceeding 160 acres, or it may sell each tract or lot separately, as in its opinion the larger proceeds may be derived from such sale.
WI Stat § 24.08 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 24 - Public domain and the trust funds.|24.08 - Minimum price.

24.08  Minimum price. (1) Lands appraised. Every parcel of public land that was never appraised, every parcel of public land forfeited to the state under s. 24.28 and every parcel of land mortgaged to secure any loan of trust funds and bid in by the state at a sale of that land under the mortgage shall be appraised under this section before it is offered or reoffered for sale at public auction, at private sale or exchanged for other lands. These lands may be reappraised whenever necessary. (2)  Appraiser. The board may make and enter in its minutes an order that any parcel or parcels of the public lands be appraised, describing the lands, appointing an appraiser and stating the reasons why the appraisal is deemed necessary. So far as practical the appraiser shall be a person in the employ of the board, of good character, approved integrity, sound judgment and well acquainted with the public lands; but the board may employ under contract any competent appraiser if it deems it necessary. (3)  Appraisal. The appraisal shall be made from actual view and at cash value. It shall be in writing and be verified by the affidavit of the appraiser who shall testify that the appraisal is just and was made as required by law. The appraisal shall be filed with the executive secretary of the board and recorded. (4)  Appraised value, minimum price, government minimum. Such appraised value shall be the minimum price of the land until sold or reappraised. Until an appraisal under this section, the appraisal last heretofore made of any parcel of public land, if any has been made, shall fix the minimum price thereof. Notwithstanding this section no parcel of public land having a minimum price for the sale thereof fixed by the act of congress granting the same to the state, shall be sold for a lesser price than that so fixed.History:  1973 c. 90; 1983 a. 423; 1993 a. 16.
WI Stat § 24.10 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 24 - Public domain and the trust funds.|24.10 - Procedure at sale.

24.10  Procedure at sale. (1) If the sale is to be by public auction, at the time and place specified in the notice under s. 24.09 (1) (d), the board shall commence the sale of the lands described in the notice and thereafter continue the same from day to day, Sundays excepted, between 9 a.m. and the setting of the sun, until all lands described in the notice have been offered. The order of the sale shall be to begin at the lowest number of the sections, townships, and ranges in each county and proceed regularly to the highest, until all then to be sold are offered for sale. Except for lands withheld from sale under s. 24.09 (2), each lot, tract of lands, or collection of tracts of lands to be sold shall be offered at the minimum price fixed by law and shall be cried at public auction long enough to enable every one present to bid. If the minimum price or more is bid, the lot or tract shall be struck off to the highest bidder, but if the minimum price is not bid the tract shall be set down unsold. (2) If the sale is to be by sealed bid, the highest bid for any lot, tract of lands, or collection of tracts of lands shall be accepted, unless the highest bid is below the minimum price fixed by law. If the highest bid is below the minimum price fixed by law, then all bids may be rejected. If all bids are rejected or if no bid is received, the board may readvertise the sale, adjourn the sale to a definite date, or withhold the lands from sale pursuant to s. 24.09 (2). History:  1999 a. 83; 2005 a. 352.
WI Stat § 24.12 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 24 - Public domain and the trust funds.|24.12 - Forfeit for failure to pay.

24.12  Forfeit for failure to pay. Every purchaser of any lot or tract at any sale under s. 24.11 shall pay the amount of the purchase money required by the terms of sale to be paid as provided in s. 24.11 (1). If the purchaser refuses or neglects to so pay, the lot or tract bid off by the purchaser shall again be offered for sale. The purchaser shall, for refusing or neglecting to pay, forfeit $25 for each lot or tract bid off by the purchaser, which the board shall, in the name of the state, cause to be immediately sued for and collected, and, when collected, paid into the school fund.History:  1991 a. 316; 2005 a. 149.
WI Stat § 24.14 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 24 - Public domain and the trust funds.|24.14 - Rights of swampland purchasers.

24.14  Rights of swampland purchasers. (1) In this section, “subject lands" means lands patented to this state as swamp and overflowed lands, or lands patented in lieu of swamp and overflowed lands. (2) Any person who has purchased from the United States or entered any subject lands prior to the execution of United States patents to this state for the subject lands, may whenever those entries have been canceled by the United States on account of a conflict with the right and title of this state to the subject lands, purchase the subject lands from this state, prior to the date fixed for the public sale of the subject lands, upon making satisfactory proof to the board that the person is the identical person, or the heir, legal representative, or assign of the person, who purchased or entered the subject lands as provided in this subsection, and upon paying to this state for the subject lands the same price at which the purchase or entries were made from the United States. Nothing contained in this chapter impairs the rights acquired by any person who has preempted any subject lands under the laws of this state. History:  1999 a. 83; 2005 a. 149; 2009 a. 276.
WI Stat § 24.145 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 24 - Public domain and the trust funds.|24.145 - State-owned swamplands; proceeds; disposition.

24.145  State-owned swamplands; proceeds; disposition. (1) It is declared that none of the swamp and overflowed lands granted to this state pursuant to an act of congress entitled “An Act to enable the state of Arkansas and other states to reclaim the swamp lands within their limits", approved September 28, 1850, and the proceeds derived from the sale of those lands that have not been actually applied for reclamation of those lands, are necessary for the purpose of reclaiming any such swamp and overflowed lands by construction of levees and drains or otherwise. (2) All swamp and overflowed lands described in sub. (1) and the proceeds derived from the sale of those lands including those placed and being in the drainage fund pursuant to chapter 537, laws of 1865, that have not been actually applied for the purpose of reclaiming those lands, shall be a part of the normal school fund. This section controls over any inconsistent act or statute.History:  2005 a. 149.
WI Stat § 24.15 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 24 - Public domain and the trust funds.|24.15 - Private sale.

24.15  Private sale. All public lands, including forfeited lands and mortgaged lands bid in by the state, which have once been offered or reoffered at public sale and remain unsold, shall be subject to private sale at the minimum price fixed for the sale of the land by law to the person first making application for the purchase of the lands, if the person immediately complies with the term of sale. If 2 or more persons apply at the same time to purchase the same lands under this section, the lands shall be offered to the highest bidder, and the applicant who will pay the highest price shall be the purchaser. History:  1991 a. 316; 2005 a. 149.
WI Stat § 24.16 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 24 - Public domain and the trust funds.|24.16 - Applications for private sale.

24.16  Applications for private sale. Every person making application under s. 24.15 for the purchase at private sale of any public lands shall file in the office of the board an application in writing, describing the lot or tract that the person proposes to purchase by the proper number of the section, township and range, and the subdivision of the section, with the person's name subscribed to the application. The board shall, if the land applied for may then be sold, do all of the following: (1) Enter on books kept for that purpose a note of the application, specifying the day when made, the name of the applicant, and the description of the land applied for. (2) Give to the applicant a memorandum signed by the executive secretary of the board, stating the application, describing the lot or tract applied for, and stating the price at which the lot or tract may be sold and the amount to be paid at the time of the sale. History:  1991 a. 316; 1993 a. 16; 2005 a. 149.
WI Stat § 24.17 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 24 - Public domain and the trust funds.|24.17 - Receipt and certificate.

24.17  Receipt and certificate. (1) When the purchaser of any public lands makes payment to the secretary of administration of the amount required to be paid on the sale and, in case of a private sale, produces the memorandum described in s. 24.16, the secretary of administration shall give a receipt to the purchaser for the amount paid, and, unless the sale is wholly for cash, the board shall execute and deliver to the purchaser a duplicate certificate of sale, in which the board shall certify all of the following:(a) The description of the land sold.(b) The sum paid and the amount remaining due.(c) The times, place, and terms of payments.(d) That if the payments are made in accordance with the terms stated in the certificate of sale, the purchaser, or the purchaser's assigns or other legal representatives, shall be entitled to a patent for the land.(e) That in case of the nonpayment into the state treasury of any of the following, the certificate of sale from the time of the nonpayment shall be void and the board may take possession of and resell the land described in the certificate:1. The purchase money as it becomes due.2. The interest on the purchase money by the first day of February in each year or on or before the next following June 30th.3. Any taxes lawfully assessed on the lands described in the certificate and then remaining unpaid by the purchaser or purchasers or by any person claiming under the purchaser or purchasers.  (2) When the sale of public lands under sub. (1) is wholly for cash, upon payment of the full purchase price to the secretary of administration, the secretary of administration shall immediately give to the purchaser a receipt stating the amount paid, giving a description of the lot or tract of land sold, and stating that the purchaser is entitled to receive a patent according to law.History:  1991 a. 316; 2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 149.