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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE
January 16, 2001 - Introduced by Representatives Powers, Starzyk, J. Lehman,
Wade, Gronemus, Stone, Ladwig, Turner, Nass, M. Lehman, Plouff, Musser,
Olsen, Kedzie, Gunderson, Pocan, Miller, Ott, Vrakas, Hebl and Ryba,
cosponsored by Senators Plache, Farrow, Welch and
Robson. Referred to
Committee on Urban and Local Affairs.
AB20,1,2
1An Act to amend 59.20 (3) (c) of the statutes;
relating to: the cut-off time for
2receipt of documents for filing and recording with a register of deeds.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a county board may enact an ordinance providing that the
cut-off time for a register of deeds to receive documents for filing and recording may
be one-half hour before the close of an official business day during which a register
of deeds office is open to the public. Current law provides that this cut-off time may
be set to allow a register of deeds to complete the processing, recording, and indexing
of documents to conform to the day of reception.
Under this bill, a county board may enact an ordinance providing that the
cut-off time for a register of deeds to receive documents for filing and recording may
be one hour before the close of an official business day during which a register of
deeds office is open to the public.
For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB20, s. 1
3Section
1. 59.20 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB20,2,74
59.20
(3) (c) Any board may
, by ordinance
, provide that the cut-off reception
5time for the filing and recording of documents shall be advanced by
one-half one hour
1in any official business day during which time the register of deeds office is open to
2the public, in order to complete the processing, recording
, and indexing to conform
3to the day of reception. Any register of deeds may provide in his or her notice under
4s. 19.34 (1) that requests for inspection or copying of the records of his or her office
5may be made only during a specified period of not less than 35 hours per week. For
6all other purposes, the register of deeds office shall remain open to the public during
7usual business hours.
