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WI Stat § 705.21 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 705 - Multiple-party and agency accounts; nonprobate transfers at death; transfer on death security registration.|705.21 - Definitions; transfer on death security registration.

705.21  Definitions; transfer on death security registration. In ss. 705.21 to 705.30: (2) “Beneficiary form" means a registration of a security which indicates the present owner of the security and the intention of the owner regarding the person who will become the owner of the security upon the death of the owner. (5) “Devisee" means any person designated in a will to receive a disposition of real or personal property. (6) “Heir" has the meaning given in s. 851.09. (7) “Personal representative" has the meaning given in s. 851.23. (8) “Property" has the meaning given in s. 851.27. (9) “Register", including its derivatives, means to issue a certificate showing the ownership of a certificated security or, in the case of an uncertificated security, to initiate or transfer an account showing ownership of securities. (10) “Registering entity" means a person who originates or transfers a security title by registration, and includes a broker maintaining security accounts for customers and a transfer agent or other person acting for or as an issuer of securities. (11) “Security" means a share, participation or other interest in property, in a business or in an obligation of an enterprise or other issuer, and includes a certificated security, an uncertificated security and a security account. (12) “Security account" means any of the following:(a) A reinvestment account associated with a security, a securities account with a broker, a cash balance in a brokerage account, cash, cash equivalents, interest, earnings or dividends earned or declared on a security in an account, a reinvestment account or a brokerage account, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death.(am) An investment management or custody account with a trust company or a trust division of a bank with trust powers, including the securities in the account, a cash balance in the account, and cash, cash equivalents, interest, earnings, or dividends earned or declared on a security in the account, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death.(b) A cash balance or other property held for or due to the owner of a security as a replacement for or product of an account security, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death. (13) “State" includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States.History:  1989 a. 331; 2005 a. 10.
WI Stat § 705.22 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 705 - Multiple-party and agency accounts; nonprobate transfers at death; transfer on death security registration.|705.22 - Registration in beneficiary form; sole or joint tenancy ownership.

705.22  Registration in beneficiary form; sole or joint tenancy ownership. Only individuals whose registration of a security shows sole ownership by one individual or multiple ownership by 2 or more with right of survivorship, rather than as tenants in common, may obtain registration in beneficiary form. Multiple owners of a security registered in beneficiary form hold as joint tenants with right of survivorship, as tenants by the entireties, or as owners of community property held in survivorship form, and not as tenants in common.History:  1989 a. 331.
WI Stat § 705.23 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 705 - Multiple-party and agency accounts; nonprobate transfers at death; transfer on death security registration.|705.23 - Registration in beneficiary form; applicable law.

705.23  Registration in beneficiary form; applicable law. A security may be registered in beneficiary form if the form is authorized by ss. 705.21 to 705.30 or a similar statute of the state of organization of the issuer or registering entity, the location of the registering entity's principal office, the office of its transfer agent or its office making the registration, or by ss. 705.21 to 705.30 or a similar statute of the law of the state listed as the owner's address at the time of registration. A registration governed by the law of a jurisdiction in which ss. 705.21 to 705.30 or similar legislation is not in force or was not in force when a registration in beneficiary form was made is nevertheless presumed to be valid and authorized as a matter of contract law.History:  1989 a. 331.
WI Stat § 705.24 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 705 - Multiple-party and agency accounts; nonprobate transfers at death; transfer on death security registration.|705.24 - Origination of registration in beneficiary form.

705.24  Origination of registration in beneficiary form. A security, whether evidenced by certificate or account, is registered in beneficiary form if the registration includes a designation of a beneficiary to take the ownership at the death of the owner or the deaths of all multiple owners.History:  1989 a. 331.
WI Stat § 705.25 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 705 - Multiple-party and agency accounts; nonprobate transfers at death; transfer on death security registration.|705.25 - Form of registration in beneficiary form.

705.25  Form of registration in beneficiary form. Registration in beneficiary form may be shown by the words “transfer on death" or the abbreviation “TOD" or by the words “pay on death" or the abbreviation “POD", after the name of the registered owner and before the name of a beneficiary.History:  1989 a. 331.
WI Stat § 705.26 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 705 - Multiple-party and agency accounts; nonprobate transfers at death; transfer on death security registration.|705.26 - Effect of registration in beneficiary form.

705.26  Effect of registration in beneficiary form. The designation of a TOD beneficiary on a registration in beneficiary form does not affect ownership until the owner's death. A registration of a security in beneficiary form may be canceled or changed at any time by the sole owner or all then surviving owners, without the consent of the beneficiary.History:  1989 a. 331.
WI Stat § 705.27 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 705 - Multiple-party and agency accounts; nonprobate transfers at death; transfer on death security registration.|705.27 - Ownership on death of owner.

705.27  Ownership on death of owner. Subject to the rights of the registering entity under s. 705.28 (2m), on the death of a sole owner or the last to die of multiple owners, ownership of securities registered in beneficiary form passes to the beneficiary or beneficiaries who survive all owners and to any predeceased beneficiary's issue who would take under s. 854.06 (3). On proof of death of all owners and compliance with any applicable requirements of the registering entity, a security registered in beneficiary form may be reregistered in the name of the successors to the ownership interest. Until division of the security after the death of all owners, multiple successors to the ownership interest hold their interests as tenants in common. If no beneficiary or predeceased beneficiary's issue who would take under s. 854.06 (3) survives the death of all owners, the security belongs to the estate of the deceased sole owner or the estate of the last to die of multiple owners. History:  1989 a. 331; 2005 a. 216.
WI Stat § 705.28 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 705 - Multiple-party and agency accounts; nonprobate transfers at death; transfer on death security registration.|705.28 - Protection of registering entity.

705.28  Protection of registering entity. (1) A registering entity is not required to offer or to accept a request for security registration in beneficiary form. If a registration in beneficiary form is offered by a registering entity, the owner requesting registration in beneficiary form assents to the protections given to the registering entity by ss. 705.21 to 705.30. (2) By accepting a request for registration of a security in beneficiary form, the registering entity agrees that the registration will be implemented upon death of the deceased owner as provided in ss. 705.21 to 705.30. (2m) If more than one beneficiary is named and at least one beneficiary is predeceased, a security registered in beneficiary form may be reregistered in the name of the surviving beneficiary with a proof of death of the other beneficiary, without regard to claims by the issue of a predeceased beneficiary under s. 705.27 unless the registering entity receives written notice of a claim under sub. (3) (b). If none of the beneficiaries survive, a security registered in beneficiary form may be reregistered in the name of the estate of the deceased sole owner or the estate of the owner who was last to die of multiple owners, without regard to claims by the issue of a predeceased beneficiary under s. 705.27 unless the registering entity receives written notice of a claim under sub. (3) (b).  (3) (a) Subject to par. (b), a registering entity is discharged from all claims to a security by the estate, creditors, heirs or devisees of the deceased owner if it registers a transfer of a security in accordance with s. 705.27 and does so in good faith reliance on the registration, on ss. 705.21 to 705.30, and on information provided to it by affidavit of the personal representative of the deceased owner, or by the surviving beneficiary or by the surviving beneficiary's representatives, or other information available to the registering entity.(b) The protections provided in this subchapter do not extend to a reregistration or payment made after a registering entity has received written notice from a claimant to an interest in the security objecting to implementation of a registration in beneficiary form. No other notice or other information available to the registering entity affects its right to protection under this subchapter. If the registering entity has reason to believe that a dispute exists as to the rights of the parties to a security registered in beneficiary form or their successors, the registering entity may refuse to reregister the security pending instructions from a court.  (4) The protection provided by ss. 705.21 to 705.30 to the registering entity of a security does not affect the rights of beneficiaries in disputes between themselves and other claimants to ownership of the security transferred or its value or proceeds.History:  1989 a. 331; 2005 a. 216.
WI Stat § 705.29 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 705 - Multiple-party and agency accounts; nonprobate transfers at death; transfer on death security registration.|705.29 - Nontestamentary transfer on death.

705.29  Nontestamentary transfer on death. (1) A transfer on death resulting from a registration in beneficiary form is effective by reason of the contract regarding the registration between the owner and the registering entity and ss. 705.21 to 705.30 and is not testamentary. (2) Sections 705.21 to 705.30 do not limit the rights of creditors of security owners against beneficiaries and other transferees under other laws of this state.History:  1989 a. 331.
WI Stat § 705.30 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 705 - Multiple-party and agency accounts; nonprobate transfers at death; transfer on death security registration.|705.30 - Terms, conditions and forms for registration.

705.30  Terms, conditions and forms for registration. (1) A registering entity offering to accept registrations in beneficiary form may establish the terms and conditions under which it will receive requests for registration in beneficiary form and for implementation of registrations in beneficiary form, including requests for cancellation of previously registered TOD beneficiary designations and requests for reregistration to effect a change of beneficiary. The terms and conditions so established may provide for proving death, avoiding or resolving a problem concerning fractional shares, designating primary and contingent beneficiaries, and substituting a named beneficiary's descendants to take in the place of the named beneficiary in the event of the beneficiary's death. Substitution may be indicated by appending to the name of the primary beneficiary the letters “LDPS", standing for “lineal descendants per stirpes". This designation substitutes a deceased beneficiary's descendants who survive the owner for a beneficiary who fails to so survive, the descendants to be identified and to share in accordance with the law of the beneficiary's domicile at the owner's death governing inheritance by descendants of an intestate. Other forms of identifying beneficiaries who are to take on one or more contingencies, and rules for providing proofs and assurances needed to satisfy reasonable concerns by registering entities regarding conditions and identities relevant to accurate implementation of registrations in beneficiary form, may be contained in a registering entity's terms and conditions. (2) The following are illustrations of registrations in beneficiary form which a registering entity may authorize:(a) Sole owner — sole beneficiary: John S Brown TOD (or POD) John S Brown Jr.(b) Multiple owners — sole beneficiary: John S Brown Mary B Brown JT TEN TOD John S Brown Jr.(c) Multiple owners — primary and secondary (substituted) beneficiaries: John S Brown Mary B Brown, JT TEN TOD John S Brown Jr SUB BENE Peter Q Brown or John S Brown Mary B Brown JT TEN TOD John S Brown Jr LDPS.History:  1989 a. 331.
WI Stat § 705.31 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 705 - Multiple-party and agency accounts; nonprobate transfers at death; transfer on death security registration.|705.31 - Applicability of general transfers at death provisions.

705.31  Applicability of general transfers at death provisions. Chapter 854 applies to transfers at death under this subchapter.History:  1997 a. 188.Wisconsin's New Probate Code. Erlanger. Wis. Law. Oct. 1998.
WI Stat § 706.001 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 706 - Conveyances of real property; recording; titles.|706.001 - Scope and construction.

706.001  Scope and construction. (1) Subject to the exclusions in sub. (2), this chapter shall govern every transaction by which any interest in land is created, aliened, mortgaged, assigned or may be otherwise affected in law or in equity. (2) Excluded from the operation of this chapter are transactions which an interest in land is affected:(a) By act or operation of law; or(b) By will; or(bm) By nonprobate transfer on death under s. 705.15; or(c) By lease for a term limited to one year or less; or by contract or option to lease for such period which postpones the commencement of the agreed lease to a time not later than 60 days after the date of the contract or option; or by assignment, modification or termination of lease when, at the time such assignment, modification or termination is made, the unexpired term is limited to one year or less, and remains so limited under the lease as modified; except that instruments relating to such excluded transactions, if in recordable form, shall be entitled to record. (3) This chapter shall be liberally construed, in cases of conflict or ambiguity, so as to effectuate the intentions of parties who have acted in good faith.History:  1999 a. 85 ss. 135, 138; 2005 a. 206.The doctrine of part performance is not an “operation of law" under sub. (2) (a) that excludes the application of ch. 706 to a transaction. Wyss v. Albee, 183 Wis. 2d 245, 515 N.W.2d 517 (Ct. App. 1994).Transactions in which an interest in land is affected by act or operation of law are excluded from operation of this chapter under sub. (2). Dow Family, LLC v. PHH Mortgage Corporation, 2014 WI 56, 354 Wis. 2d 796, 848 N.W.2d 728, 13-0221.A bank's mortgage validly attached a lien to a vendor's interest under a land contract. Wisconsin's land recording statute is broad enough to include creation of a lien on a vendor's interest in a land contract, which includes legal title to land. Liebzeit v. Intercity State Bank, FSB, 819 F.3d 981 (2016).
WI Stat § 706.055 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 706 - Conveyances of real property; recording; titles.|706.055 - Conveyances of mineral rights.

706.055  Conveyances of mineral rights. The register of deeds shall record all conveyances of mineral interests in the index maintained under s. 59.43 (9). History:  1977 c. 253; 2009 a. 98.
WI Stat § 706.06 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 706 - Conveyances of real property; recording; titles.|706.06 - Authentication.

706.06  Authentication. (1) Any instrument may be acknowledged, or its execution otherwise authenticated by its signators, as provided by the laws of this state; or as provided in this section or ch. 140. (2) Any public officer entitled by virtue of his or her office to administer oaths, and any member in good standing of the State Bar of Wisconsin, may authenticate one or more of the signatures on an instrument relating to lands in this state, by endorsing the instrument “Acknowledged," “Authenticated," or “Signatures Guaranteed," or other words to similar effect, adding the date of authentication, his or her own signature, and his or her official or professional title. The endorsement, unless expressly limited, shall operate as an authentication of all signatures on the instrument; and shall constitute a certification that each authenticated signature is the genuine signature of the person represented; and, as to signatures made in a representative capacity, shall constitute a certification that the signer purported, and was believed, to be such representative. (3) Affidavits shall be authenticated by a certificate of due execution of the instrument, executed by a person entitled to administer oaths. (4) In addition to any criminal penalty or civil remedy otherwise provided by law, knowingly false authentication of an instrument shall subject the authenticator to liability in tort for compensatory and punitive damages caused thereby to any person.History:  1971 c. 211; 1973 c. 243; 1979 c. 110; 1983 a. 492 s. 3; 1993 a. 486; 2001 a. 103; 2019 a. 125.
WI Stat § 706.095 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 706 - Conveyances of real property; recording; titles.|706.095 - Interspousal remedies.

706.095  Interspousal remedies. Nothing in this chapter limits a spouse's remedy against the other spouse under ch. 766 for misuse of marital property.History:  1983 a. 186.
WI Stat § 706.105 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 706 - Conveyances of real property; recording; titles.|706.105 - Applicability of general transfers at death provisions.

706.105  Applicability of general transfers at death provisions. Chapter 854 applies to transfers at death under a conveyance.History:  1997 a. 188.
WI Stat § 706.12 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 706 - Conveyances of real property; recording; titles.|706.12 - Uniform vendor and purchaser risk act.

706.12  Uniform vendor and purchaser risk act. (1) Any contract made in this state for the purchase and sale of realty shall be interpreted as including an agreement that the parties shall have the following rights and duties, unless the contract expressly provides otherwise:(a) If, when neither the legal title nor the possession of the subject matter of the contract has been transferred, all or a material part thereof is destroyed without fault of the purchaser or is taken by eminent domain, the vendor cannot enforce the contract, and the purchaser is entitled to recover any portion of the price that the purchaser has paid.(b) If, when either the legal title or the possession of the subject matter of the contract has been transferred, all or any part thereof is destroyed without fault of the vendor or is taken by eminent domain, the purchaser is not thereby relieved from a duty to pay the price, nor is the purchaser entitled to recover any portion thereof that the purchaser has paid. (2) This section shall be so construed as to make uniform the law of those states which enact it. (3) This section may be cited as the uniform vendor and purchaser risk act.History:  1975 c. 422; 1993 a. 486.
WI Stat § 706.13 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 706 - Conveyances of real property; recording; titles.|706.13 - Slander of title.

706.13  Slander of title. (1) In addition to any criminal penalty or civil remedy provided by law, any person who submits for filing, entering in the judgment and lien docket 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 the 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 liable in tort to any person interested in the property whose title is thereby impaired, for punitive damages of $1,000 plus any actual damages caused by the filing, entering or recording. (2) This section applies to any person who causes another person to act in the manner specified in sub. (1). (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.History:  1979 c. 221; 1995 a. 224; 1997 a. 27.Enactment of this section did not create a cause of action nor destroy the common-law right of recovery. Schlytter v. Lesperance, 62 Wis. 2d 661, 215 N.W.2d 552 (1974).When a lawsuit is commenced under this section, conditional rather than absolute privilege applies to the filing of a lis pendens. Kensington Development v. Israel, 142 Wis. 2d 894, 419 N.W.2d 241 (1988).The filing of a lis pendens is not privileged when there is no relationship between the filing and the underlying action. Larson v. Zilz, 151 Wis. 2d 637, 445 N.W.2d 699 (Ct. App. 1989).To recover for slander of title, it is not necessary in all cases to prove the loss of an actual sale. The trial court must consider whether it is reasonable under the circumstances to require proof that the slander prevented a particular sale, and if not, the court must determine the degree of particularity required. Tym v. Ludwig, 196 Wis. 2d 375, 538 N.W.2d 600 (Ct. App. 1995), 94-2859.
WI Stat § 706.14 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 706 - Conveyances of real property; recording; titles.|706.14 - Transitional and curative provisions.

706.14  Transitional and curative provisions. The operation or effect of a conveyance made or recorded in accordance with the provisions of any prior law of this state, or thereafter validated, perfected or cured under any such prior law, shall not be impaired by any provision of this chapter.
WI Stat § 706.15 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 706 - Conveyances of real property; recording; titles.|706.15 - Liens against public officials or employees.

706.15  Liens against public officials or employees. No lien may be filed, entered or recorded against the real or personal property of any official or employee of the state or any political subdivision of the state, relating to an alleged breach of duty by the official or employee, except after notice and a hearing before a court of record and a finding by the court that probable cause exists that there was a breach of duty.History:  1979 c. 221; 1995 a. 224.