Adverse possession; section lines.

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WI Code › Chapter 893 › Section 893.24

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(1) A written instrument or judgment that declares the boundaries of real estate adversely possessed under s. 893.29 , 1995 stats., or s. 893.25 , 893.26 or 893.27 does not affect any section line or any section subdivision line established by the United States public land survey or any section or section subdivision line based upon it.

(2) Occupation lines that the court declares to be property lines by adverse possession under s. 893.29 , 1995 stats., or s. 893.25 , 893.26 or 893.27 shall, by order of the court, be described by a retraceable description providing definite and unequivocal identification of the lines or boundaries. The description shall contain data of dimensions sufficient to enable the description to be mapped and retraced and shall describe the land by government lot, recorded private claim, quarter-quarter section, section, township, range and county, and by metes and bounds commencing with a corner marked and established by the United States public land survey or a corner of the private claim.

History: 1985 a. 247 ; 1997 a. 108 .

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Adverse possession; section lines. · Wis. Stat. § 893.24 | Frix