# Wis. Stat. § 823.01: Jurisdiction over nuisances

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C823_S823.01

## Section

- **Citation:** Wis. Stat. § 823.01
- **Heading:** Jurisdiction over nuisances
- **Jurisdiction:** Wisconsin
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** WI Code / Chapter 823 / Section 823.01

## Text

Any person, county, city, village or town may maintain an action to recover damages or to abate a public nuisance from which injuries peculiar to the complainant are suffered, so far as necessary to protect the complainant’s rights and to obtain an injunction to prevent the same.

History: 1973 c. 189 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 762 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 823.01.

## Nearby sections

- [Wis. Stat. § 823.01 Jurisdiction over nuisances.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C823_S823.01.md)
- [Wis. Stat. § 823.02 Injunction against public nuisance, time extension.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C823_S823.02.md)
- [Wis. Stat. § 823.03 Judgment.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C823_S823.03.md)
- [Wis. Stat. § 823.04 Execution and warrant.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C823_S823.04.md)
- [Wis. Stat. § 823.05 Warrant may be stayed.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C823_S823.05.md)
- [Wis. Stat. § 823.06 Expense of abating, how collected.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C823_S823.06.md)
- [Wis. Stat. § 823.07 Violations of ordinances or resolutions relating to noxious business.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C823_S823.07.md)
- [Wis. Stat. § 823.08 Actions against agricultural uses.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C823_S823.08.md)
- [Wis. Stat. § 823.09 Bawdyhouses declared nuisances.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C823_S823.09.md)
- [Wis. Stat. § 823.10 Disorderly house, action for abatement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C823_S823.10.md)
- [Wis. Stat. § 823.11 Evidence; dismissal of action; costs.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C823_S823.11.md)
- [Wis. Stat. § 823.12 Punishment for violation of injunction.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C823_S823.12.md)
- [Wis. Stat. § 823.13 Judgment and execution; sale of fixtures.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C823_S823.13.md)
- [Wis. Stat. § 823.14 Application of proceeds of sale; lis pendens.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_C823_S823.14.md)

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