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WI Stat § 236.025 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 236 - Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.|236.025 - Ordinary high water marks.

236.025  Ordinary high water marks. (1) For purposes of ss. 236.15 (1) (ag) and (d) and 236.20 (2) (g), a professional land surveyor may do any of the following:(a) Incorporate into a map, plat, or survey an ordinary high water mark that has been determined by the department of natural resources or otherwise determined pursuant to law.(b) Approximate the ordinary high water mark and incorporate that mark into a map, plat, or survey. (2) For purposes of sub. (1) (b), the location of the approximate ordinary high water mark shall be the point on the bank of a navigable stream or on the shore of a lake up to which the presence and action of surface water is so continuous as to leave a distinctive mark by erosion, destruction of terrestrial vegetation, or other easily recognized characteristics. If the approximate location of the ordinary high water mark is difficult to determine, a professional land surveyor may consider other points on the bank or shore for purposes of approximating the location of the ordinary high water mark. (3) For purposes of this section, a map, plat, or survey that shows an approximate ordinary high water mark shall state on its face that the mark is shown for reference only.History:  2013 a. 358.
WI Stat § 236.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 236 - Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.|236.03 - Survey and plat; when required.

236.03  Survey and plat; when required. (1) Any division of land that results in a subdivision as defined in s. 236.02 (12) (am) 1. shall be, and any other division may be, surveyed and a plat thereof approved and recorded as required by this chapter. No map or survey purporting to create divisions of land or intending to clarify metes and bounds descriptions may be recorded except as provided by this chapter. (2) This chapter does not apply to cemetery plats made under s. 157.07 and assessors' plats made under s. 70.27, but such assessors' plats shall, except in counties having a population of 750,000 or more, comply with ss. 236.15 (1) (ac) to (g) and 236.20 (1) and (2) (a) to (e), unless waived under s. 236.20 (2) (L). (3) Subsection (1) shall not apply to the sale or exchange of parcels of public utility or railroad right-of-way to adjoining property owners if the governing body of the municipality or town in which the property is located and the county planning agency, where such agency exists, approves such sale or exchange on the basis of applicable local ordinances or the provisions of this chapter.History:  1983 a. 189 s. 329 (23); 1983 a. 473; 1993 a. 490; 2013 a. 272, 358; 2017 a. 207 s. 5.The provisions of s. 236.41 relating to vacation of streets are inapplicable to assessors plats under s. 70.27. Once properly filed and recorded, an assessor's plat becomes the operative document of record, and only sections specified in s. 236.03 (2) apply to assessor's plats. Schaetz v. Town of Scott, 222 Wis. 2d 90, 585 N.W.2d 889 (Ct. App. 1998), 98-0841.A replat of a recorded subdivision must comply with the formal platting requirements of ch. 236 relating to new subdivision plats, including those relating to the survey, approval, and recording. 63 Atty. Gen. 193.
WI Stat § 236.25 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 236 - Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.|236.25 - Recording a plat.

236.25  Recording a plat. (1) The subdivider shall have the final plat recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the subdivision is located. (2) The register of deeds shall not accept a plat for record unless:(a) It is a permanent nonfading black image on durable white media that is 22 inches wide by 30 inches long or on other media that is acceptable to the register of deeds, complies with the requirements of s. 59.43 (2m) (b) 4., and bears a department certification of no objection. Seals or signatures reproduced on images complying with this paragraph shall be given the force and effect of original signatures and seals;(b) The plat is offered for record within 12 months after the date of the last approval of the plat and within 36 months after the first approval; (c) The plat shows on its face all the certificates and affidavits required by ss. 236.12 (3) and 236.21;(d) The plat shows on its face the approval of all bodies required by s. 236.10 to approve or the certificate of the clerk that the plat is deemed approved under s. 236.11 (2) (a). (3) The recording of a plat which is not entitled to be recorded under sub. (2) shall not of itself affect the title of a purchaser of a lot covered by the plat, the donation or dedication of land made by the plat, or the validity of a description of land by reference to the plat, but it allows the purchaser a right to rescind the sale under s. 236.31. (4) Each final plat entitled to be recorded under this section shall be bound or filed by the register of deeds into properly indexed volumes or stored electronically in a plat index. Any facsimile of the original whole record, made and prepared by the register of deeds or under his or her direction shall be deemed to be a true copy of the final plat.  (5) The register of deeds may furnish certified copies or other accurate reproductions of any plat on record in his or her office to surveyors, engineers or other interested parties at cost.History:  1979 c. 248 ss. 19, 25 (5); 1983 a. 473; 1997 a. 332; 2001 a. 16; 2005 a. 9, 41; 2009 a. 376; 2013 a. 358; 2015 a. 48.
WI Stat § 236.26 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 236 - Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.|236.26 - Notification to approving authorities.

236.26  Notification to approving authorities. When a final plat is recorded, the register of deeds shall notify all authorities required by s. 236.10 to approve or permitted by s. 236.12 to object to the plat by mailing to the clerk of each authority written notice thereof.History:  1981 c. 314.
WI Stat § 236.27 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 236 - Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.|236.27 - Filing of copy of plat.

236.27  Filing of copy of plat. The subdivider shall file a true copy of the final plat as a public record with the clerk of the municipality or town in which the subdivision is located.
WI Stat § 236.28 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 236 - Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.|236.28 - Description of lots in recorded plat.

236.28  Description of lots in recorded plat. When a subdivision plat has been recorded in accordance with s. 236.25, the lots in that plat shall be described by the name of the plat and the lot and block in the plat for all purposes, including those of assessment, taxation, devise, descent and conveyance as defined in s. 706.01 (4). Any conveyance containing such a description shall be construed to convey to the grantee all portions of vacated streets and alleys abutting such lots and belonging to the grantor unless the grantor by appropriate language indicates an intention to reserve or except them from the conveyance.History:  1971 c. 41 s. 11; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (26).One who buys lots with reference to a plat that shows certain ways in common, is entitled to the use, with the other lot owners, of the ways in common. Lot owners in the same subdivision whose lots are purchased with reference to the same plat are estopped to deny the use in common with other lot owners in the subdivision. The recording of the plat and conveyance of lots by the owner with reference to the plat constitutes the granting of an easement to the purchasers of lots within the subdivision to ingress and egress over private roadways in common with other lot owners, and the original proprietors and their grantees are estopped to deny the legal existence of such rights of ingress and egress. Schimmels v. Noordover, 2006 WI App 7, 288 Wis. 2d 790, 709 N.W.2d 466, 04-2794.
WI Stat § 236.292 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 236 - Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.|236.292 - Certain restrictions void.

236.292  Certain restrictions void. (1) All restrictions on platted land that interfere with the development of the ice age trail under s. 23.17 are void. (2) All restrictions on platted land that prevent or unduly restrict the construction and operation of solar energy systems, as defined in s. 13.48 (2) (h) 1. g., or a wind energy system, as defined in s. 66.0403 (1) (m), are void.History:  1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 414; 1999 a. 150 s. 672.
WI Stat § 236.293 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 236 - Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.|236.293 - Restrictions for public benefit.

236.293  Restrictions for public benefit. Any restriction placed on platted land by covenant, grant of easement or in any other manner, which was required by a public body or which names a public body or public utility as grantee, promisee or beneficiary, vests in the public body or public utility the right to enforce the restriction at law or in equity against anyone who has or acquires an interest in the land subject to the restriction. The restriction may be released or waived in writing by the public body or public utility having the right of enforcement.History:  1979 c. 248.The hidden dangers of placing easements on plats. Ishikawa. WBB Apr. 1988.
WI Stat § 236.295 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 236 - Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.|236.295 - Correction instruments.

236.295  Correction instruments. (1) Correction instruments shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds in the county in which the plat or certified survey map is recorded and may include any of the following:(a) Affidavits to correct distances, angles, directions, bearings, chords, block or lot numbers, street names, or other details shown on a recorded plat or certified survey map. A correction instrument may not be used to reconfigure lots or outlots.(b) Ratifications of a recorded plat or certified survey map signed and acknowledged in accordance with ch. 140.(c) Certificates of owners and mortgagees of record at time of recording. (2) (a) Each affidavit in sub. (1) (a) correcting a plat or certified survey map that changes areas dedicated to the public or restrictions for the public benefit must be approved prior to recording by the governing body of the municipality or town in which the subdivision is located. The register of deeds shall include on the plat or certified survey map a notation of the document number of the affidavit or instrument and, if the affidavit or instrument is assigned a volume and page number, the volume and page where the affidavit or instrument is recorded. The record of the affidavit or instrument, or a certified copy of the record, is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the affidavit or instrument.(b) Notwithstanding par. (a), in a county that maintains a tract index pursuant to s. 59.43 (12m), a correction may be made by reference in the tract index to the plat or certified survey map.History:  1971 c. 41 s. 11; 1979 c. 248; 1999 a. 85; 2001 a. 16; 2005 a. 41; 2017 a. 102; 2019 a. 125.This section does not apply to assessors plats. 61 Atty. Gen. 25.
WI Stat § 236.30 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 236 - Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.|236.30 - Forfeiture for improper recording.

236.30  Forfeiture for improper recording. Any person causing his or her final plat to be recorded without submitting such plat for approval as herein required, or who shall fail to present the same for record within the time prescribed after approval, shall forfeit not less than $100, nor more than $1,000 to each municipality, town or county wherein such final plat should have been submitted.History:  1979 c. 248 s. 25 (5).
WI Stat § 236.31 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 236 - Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.|236.31 - Penalties and remedies for transfer of lots without recorded plat.

236.31  Penalties and remedies for transfer of lots without recorded plat. (1) Any subdivider or the subdivider's agent who offers or contracts to convey, or conveys, any subdivision as defined in s. 236.02 (12) or lot or parcel which lies in a subdivision as defined in s. 236.02 (12) knowing that the final plat thereof has not been recorded may be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 6 months or both; except where the preliminary or final plat of the subdivision has been filed for approval with the town or municipality in which the subdivision lies, an offer or contract to convey may be made if that offer or contract states on its face that it is contingent upon approval of the final plat and shall be void if such plat is not approved. (2) Any municipality, town, county, or state agency with subdivision review authority may institute injunction or other appropriate action or proceeding to enjoin a violation of any provision of this chapter, an ordinance, or a rule adopted under this chapter. Any such municipality, town, or county may impose a forfeiture for violation of any such ordinance, and order an assessor's plat to be made under s. 70.27 at the expense of the subdivider or the subdivider's agent when a subdivision is created under s. 236.02 (12) (am) 2. by successive divisions. (3) Any conveyance or contract to convey made by the subdivider or the subdivider's agent contrary to this section or involving a plat which was not entitled to be recorded under s. 236.25 (2) shall be voidable at the option of the purchaser or person contracting to purchase, his or her heirs, personal representative or trustee in insolvency or bankruptcy within one year after the execution of the document or contract; but such document or contract shall be binding on the vendor, the subdivider's assignee, heir or devisee.History:  1979 c. 248 s. 25 (6); 1979 c. 355, 357; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (23); 2013 a. 272.Sub. (3) does not allow a purchaser to force a seller to violate sub. (1) and become subject to criminal penalties by doing so. Gordie Boucher Lincoln-Mercury v. J & H Landfill, 172 Wis. 2d 333, 493 N.W.2d 375 (Ct. App. 1992).Certified survey maps under s. 236.34 cannot substitute for subdivision surveys under s. 236.02 (8) [now sub. (12)]. Penalties under this section apply to improper use of certified surveys. 67 Atty. Gen. 294.
WI Stat § 236.32 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 236 - Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.|236.32 - Penalty for disturbing or not placing monuments.

236.32  Penalty for disturbing or not placing monuments. (1m) Any of the following may be fined not more than $250 or imprisoned not more than one year in county jail for any of the following violations:(a) Any owner, professional land surveyor, or subdivider who fails to place monuments as prescribed in this chapter when subdividing land.(b) Any person who knowingly removes or disturbs any such monument without the permission of the governing body of the municipality or county in which the subdivision is located or fails to report such disturbance or removal to it.(c) Any person who fails to replace properly any monuments that have been removed or disturbed when ordered to do so by the governing body of the municipality or county in which the subdivision is located. (2m) Each monument to which a violation under sub. (1m) applies constitutes a separate violation.History:  2013 a. 358.
WI Stat § 236.33 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 236 - Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.|236.33 - Division of land into small parcels in cities of the first class prohibited; penalty.

236.33  Division of land into small parcels in cities of the first class prohibited; penalty. It shall be unlawful to divide or subdivide and convey by deed or otherwise any lot in any recorded plat or any parcel or tract of unplatted land in any city of the first class so as to create a lot or parcel of land which does not have street or public highway frontage of at least 4 feet or an easement to a street or public highway of a minimum width of 4 feet but this section shall not apply to conveyances by tax deed or through the exercise of eminent domain or to such reductions in size or area as are caused by the taking of property for public purposes. This section shall not prohibit the dividing or subdividing of any lot or parcel of land in any such city where the divided or subdivided parts thereof which become joined in ownership with any other lot or parcel of land comply with the requirements of this section, if the remaining portion of such lot or parcel so divided or subdivided complies. Any person who shall make such conveyance or procure such a sale or act as agent in procuring such sale or conveyance shall be fined not less than $100 or more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 6 months or both.
WI Stat § 236.335 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 236 - Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.|236.335 - Prohibited subdividing; forfeit.

236.335  Prohibited subdividing; forfeit. No lot or parcel in a recorded plat may be divided, or used if so divided, for purposes of sale or building development if the resulting lots or parcels do not conform to this chapter, to any applicable ordinance of the approving authority or to the rules of the department of safety and professional services under s. 236.13. Any person making or causing such a division to be made shall forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $500 to the approving authority, or to the state if there is a violation of this chapter or the rules of the department of safety and professional services. History:  1979 c. 221; 1995 a. 27 s. 9130 (4); 1997 a. 3; 2007 a. 20; 2011 a. 32.The circumstances under which lots in a recorded subdivision may be legally divided without replatting are discussed. 64 Atty. Gen. 80.
WI Stat § 236.35 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 236 - Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.|236.35 - Sale of lands abutting on private way outside corporate limits of municipality.

236.35  Sale of lands abutting on private way outside corporate limits of municipality. (1) No person shall sell any parcel of land of one acre or less in size, located outside the corporate limits of a municipality, if it abuts on a road which has not been accepted as a public road unless the seller informs the purchaser in writing of the fact that the road is not a public road and is not required to be maintained by the town or county. (2) Any person violating this section may be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 30 days or both.
WI Stat § 236.36 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 236 - Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.|236.36 - Replats.

236.36  Replats. Except as provided in s. 70.27 (1), replat of all or any part of a recorded subdivision, if it alters areas dedicated to the public, may not be made or recorded except after proper court action, in the county in which the subdivision is located, has been taken to vacate the original plat or the specific part thereof.A recorded subdivision may be replatted under this section without undertaking the court proceedings set forth in ss. 236.40, 236.41, and 236.42 if the replat complies with the requirements of ch. 236 applicable to original plats and does not alter areas dedicated to the public. 58 Atty. Gen. 145.A replat of a recorded subdivision must comply with the formal platting requirements of ch. 236 relating to new subdivision plats, including those relating to the survey, approval, and recording. 63 Atty. Gen. 193.This section permits the replat of a part of a previously recorded subdivision plat, without circuit court action, if the only areas dedicated to the public in that portion of the original subdivision being replatted were discontinued streets fully and properly vacated under s. 66.296 [now s. 66.1003]. 63 Atty. Gen. 210.The circumstances under which lots in a recorded subdivision may be legally divided without replatting are discussed. 64 Atty. Gen. 80.Chapter 236 does not require a replat when the division of a lot or redivision of more than one lot does not meet the definition of a “subdivision" under this section. 67 Atty. Gen. 121.
WI Stat § 236.40 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 236 - Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.|236.40 - Who may apply for vacation of plat.

236.40  Who may apply for vacation of plat. Any of the following may apply to the circuit court for the county in which a subdivision is located for the vacation or alteration of all or part of the recorded plat of that subdivision: (1) The owner of the subdivision or of any lot in the subdivision. (2) The county board if the county has acquired an interest in the subdivision or in any lot in the subdivision by tax deed.
WI Stat § 236.41 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 236 - Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.|236.41 - How notice given.

236.41  How notice given. Notice of the application for the vacation or alteration of the plat shall be given at least 3 weeks before the application: (1) By posting a written notice thereof in at least 2 of the most public places in the county; and (2) By publication of a copy of the notice as a class 3 notice, under ch. 985; and (3) By service of the notice in the manner required for service of a summons in the circuit court on the municipality or town in which the subdivision is located, and if it is located in a county having a population of 750,000 or over, on the county; and (4) By mailing a copy of the notice to the owners of record of all the lots in the subdivision or the part of the subdivision proposed to be vacated or altered at their last-known address.History:  2017 a. 207 s. 5.The provisions of s. 236.41 relating to vacation of streets are inapplicable to assessors plats under s. 70.27. Once properly filed and recorded an assessor's plat becomes the operative document of record, and only sections specified in s. 236.03 (2) apply to assessor's plats. Schaetz v. Town of Scott, 222 Wis. 2d 90, 585 N.W.2d 889 (Ct. App. 1998), 98-0841.
WI Stat § 236.42 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 236 - Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.|236.42 - Hearing and order.

236.42  Hearing and order. (1) After requiring proof that the notices required by s. 236.41 have been given and after hearing all interested parties, the court may in its discretion grant an order vacating or altering the plat or any part thereof except:(a) The court shall not vacate any alleys immediately in the rear of lots fronting on county trunk highways without the prior approval of the county board or on state trunk highways without the prior approval of the department of transportation.(b) The court shall not vacate any parts of the plat which have been dedicated to and accepted by the public for public use except as provided in s. 236.43. (2) The vacation or alteration of a plat shall not affect:(a) Any restriction under s. 236.293, unless the public body having the right to enforce the restriction has in writing released or waived such restriction.(b) Any restrictive covenant applying to any of the platted land.History:  1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (c).
WI Stat § 236.44 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 236 - Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.|236.44 - Recording order.

236.44  Recording order. The applicant for the vacation or alteration shall record in the office of the register of deeds the order vacating or altering the plat together with the plat showing the part vacated if only part of the plat is vacated or the altered plat if the plat is altered.