815.01   Judgments enforced.
815.02   Judgments, enforced by execution.
815.03   Executions, kinds.
815.04   Execution, when issued.
815.05   Execution, how issued; contents.
815.06   Execution, when returnable.
815.07   To what county issued.
815.08   Sheriff to endorse date of receipt.
815.09   Execution against debtor's person.
815.10   Execution against body only remedy, exception.
815.11   Writs of assistance.
815.12   Execution; death of person arrested.
815.14   Execution after debtor's death.
815.15   Execution after judgment creditor's death.
815.17   Execution; who acts on sheriff's death or removal.
815.18   Property exempt from execution.
815.19   Levy on personal property; appraisal.
815.195   Levy on real property; how made.
815.20   Homestead exemption definition.
815.205   Certain property of spouse exempt from execution.
815.21   Homestead, how set apart after levy.
815.24   Indemnity may be required.
815.25   Money applied; negotiable instruments sold.
815.26   Equities sold.
815.29   Notice of sale of personal property, manner, adjournment.
815.31   Notice of sale of realty; manner; adjournment.
815.33   Execution; sale in parcels; limitation.
815.34   Execution sale without notice.
815.35   Execution; taking down notice.
815.36   Execution sale, want of notice, when immaterial.
815.37   Execution sale; officer not to purchase.
815.38   Execution, certificate of sale, recording.
815.39   Execution sale; redemption of real estate.
815.40   Execution sale; who may redeem.
815.43   Execution sale; redemption makes sale void.
815.44   Execution; purchaser's interest.
815.48   Execution sale; creditors may acquire title of preceding creditor.
815.52   Payment on acquisition of purchaser's or creditor's interest.
815.53   Execution sale; evidences of right of creditor to acquire title.
815.54   Execution sale, title when divested, action for injury to premises.
815.55   Execution sale; deed when to issue; limitation.
815.56   Sheriff's deed; grantee if purchaser dead.
815.57   Sheriff's deed, recovery of purchase price on eviction.
815.58   Execution sale; judgment, creditor's further remedy.
815.59   Contribution when lands of several are sold on execution.
815.61   Proceedings to recover contribution.
815.62   Lien, how preserved after execution sale; clerk's fee.
815.63   Sheriff's deed; writ of assistance.
815.64   Judgment lien, how discharged on redemption.
815.01 815.01 Judgments enforced. The owner of a judgment may enforce the same in the manner provided by law.
815.01 History History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 815.01.
815.02 815.02 Judgments, enforced by execution. A judgment which requires the payment of money or the delivery of property may be enforced in those respects by execution. Where it requires the performance of any other act a certified copy of the judgment may be served upon the party, person or officer who is required to obey the same, and if he or she refuse he or she may be punished for contempt, and his or her obedience enforced.
815.02 History History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 815.02; 1993 a. 486.
815.02 Annotation No provision in this chapter or case law prevents a land contract vendor from filing a strict foreclosure action or obtaining a judgment of strict foreclosure because a judgment lienholder has already filed an action for foreclosure of a judgment lien and sale of the property nor is there authority that suggests a circuit court has discretion to dismiss a strict foreclosure action for that reason. The land contract vendor may choose the remedy it wishes to pursue, including strict foreclosure. Republic Bank of Chicago v. Lichosyt, 2007 WI App 150, 303 Wis. 2d 474, 736 N.W.2d 153, 06-1578.
815.03 815.03 Executions, kinds. There are 3 kinds of executions: one against the property of the judgment debtor, another against the judgment debtor's person, and the 3rd for the delivery of property, or such delivery with damages for withholding the same. They are the process of the court, and shall be as prescribed by s. 815.05.
815.03 History History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761, 781 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 815.03; 1993 a. 486.
815.04 815.04 Execution, when issued.
815.04(1)(1)
815.04(1)(a) (a) Upon any judgment of a court of record perfected as specified in s. 806.06 or any judgment of any other court entered in the judgment and lien docket of a court of record, execution may issue at any time within 5 years after the rendition of the judgment. When an execution has been issued and returned unsatisfied in whole or in part other executions may issue at any time upon application of the judgment creditor.
815.04(1)(b) (b) If no execution on a judgment as described in par. (a) is issued within 5 years after the rendition of the judgment, or, if application is made by one other than the judgment creditor, execution may be issued only upon leave of the court, in its discretion, upon prior notice to the judgment debtor, served as a summons is served in a court of record. If the judgment debtor is absent or a nonresident, service of the notice may be by a class 3 notice, under ch. 985, or in any other manner that the court directs. Application shall be by the petition of the judgment creditor or of the assignee, setting forth that the judgment or a portion of the judgment remains unpaid, and that the petitioner is the bona fide owner of the judgment, for value.
815.04(1)(c) (c) No executions shall issue or any proceedings be commenced upon any judgment after 20 years from the rendition of the judgment.
815.04(2) (2)When the sheriff holds an execution against property any person indebted to the judgment debtor may pay to the sheriff the amount of the indebted person's debt not exempt from execution or so much thereof as shall be necessary to satisfy the execution, and the sheriff's receipt shall be a sufficient discharge for the amount so paid.
815.04 History History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761, 781 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 815.04; 1993 a. 486; 1995 a. 224.
815.05 815.05 Execution, how issued; contents.
815.05(1g)(1g)
815.05(1g)(a) (a) The execution shall be issued from and sealed with the seal of the court and signed by the clerk of circuit court where the judgment, a certified copy of the judgment, or the transcript of the municipal judge's judgment is filed. The execution shall be directed to the sheriff or, except as provided for in par. (b), to the coroner if the sheriff is a party or interested, and countersigned by the judgment owner or the owner's attorney. The execution shall intelligibly refer to the judgment, stating all of the following:
815.05(1g)(a)1. 1. The court.
815.05(1g)(a)2. 2. The county where the judgment or a certified copy of the judgment or the transcript is filed.
815.05(1g)(a)3. 3. The names of the parties.
815.05(1g)(a)4. 4. The amount of the judgment, if it is for money.
815.05(1g)(a)5. 5. The amount due on the judgment.
815.05(1g)(a)6. 6. The time of entry in the judgment and lien docket in the county to which the execution is issued.
815.05(1g)(b) (b) Whenever a judgment is recovered in any court of record against the sheriff, the execution thereon may be directed and delivered to any person, except a party in interest, designated by order of the court who shall perform the duties of a sheriff and be liable in all respects to all the provisions of law respecting sheriffs to the extent that those laws are applicable.
815.05(1s) (1s)If the execution is against the property of the judgment debtor, the execution shall require the officer to whom it is directed to satisfy the judgment out of the personal property of the debtor, and if sufficient personal property cannot be found, out of the real property belonging to the judgment debtor on the day when the judgment was entered in the judgment and lien docket in the county or at any time thereafter.
815.05(2) (2)If real estate has been attached and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, the execution may also direct a sale of the interest that the defendant had in the attached real estate at the time it was attached or at any time thereafter.
815.05(3) (3)If the execution is upon a judgment to enforce a lien upon specific property, the execution shall require the officer to whom it is directed to sell the interest that the defendant had in that specific property at the time that the lien attached.
815.05(4) (4)If the execution is against property in the hands of personal representatives, heirs, devisees, legatees, tenants of real property or trustees, the execution shall require the officer to whom it is directed to satisfy the judgment out of that property.
815.05(5) (5)If the execution is against the person of the judgment debtor, the execution shall require the officer to whom it is directed to arrest the judgment debtor and commit the judgment debtor to the county jail until the judgment debtor pays the judgment or is discharged according to law.
815.05(6) (6)If the execution is for the delivery of property, the execution shall require the officer to whom it is directed to deliver the possession of the property, particularly describing the property, to the party entitled to the property, and may require the officer to satisfy any costs, damages or rents and profits covered by the judgment out of the personal property of the party against whom the judgment was rendered, and shall specify the value of the property for which the judgment was recovered. If delivery of the property is not possible and if sufficient personal property cannot be found, the officer may satisfy the judgment out of the real property belonging to the person against whom the execution was rendered on the day when the judgment was entered in the judgment and lien docket or at any time thereafter.
815.05(6m) (6m)If a judgment in replevin is entered against the principal and also against the principal's sureties under s. 810.15, the execution shall direct that the property of the surety shall not be levied on unless the property found, belonging to the principal, is not sufficient to satisfy the judgment.
815.05(7) (7)If the judgment is not all due, the execution may issue for the collection of any installments that have become due, and shall direct the sheriff to collect the amount then due, with interest and costs, stating the amount of each. The judgment shall remain as security for the installments thereafter to become due, and whenever any further installments become due, execution may in like manner be issued for their collection.
815.05(8) (8)Except as provided in s. 807.01 (4), every execution upon a judgment for the recovery of money shall direct the collection of interest at an annual rate equal to 1 percent plus the prime rate in effect on January 1 of the year in which the judgment is entered if the judgment is entered on or before June 30 of that year or in effect on July 1 of the year in which the judgment is entered if the judgment is entered after June 30 of that year, as reported by the federal reserve board in federal reserve statistical release H. 15, on the amount recovered from the date of the entry of the judgment until it is paid.
815.05 History History: 1971 c. 141; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761, 781 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 815.05; 1977 c. 305; 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (13); 1979 c. 271, 355; 1993 a. 486; 1995 a. 224; 1999 a. 85 ss. 153 to 155, 157; 1999 a. 186; 2011 a. 69.
815.05 Cross-reference Cross-references: The law by which the debtor may be discharged from jail is in ch. 898.
815.05 Cross-reference Cross-references: See s. 59.32 (2) for a provision that a sheriff is to collect fees on execution in the same manner as the sum collected under the writ.
815.05 Annotation When a transcript of a judgment docket is filed in another county, the court of that county has no jurisdiction to issue an execution. An execution may issue only from the court of entry. Wilson v. Craite, 60 Wis. 2d 350, 210 N.W.2d 700 (1973).
815.05 Annotation The rate of interest provided by a foreign judgment docketed in Wisconsin controls, not the sub. (8) rate. Professional Office Buildings, Inc. v. Royal Indemnity Co., 145 Wis. 2d 573, 427 N.W.2d 427 (Ct. App. 1988).
815.05 Annotation Sub. (8) establishes the interest rate for every judgment for which the legislature has not explicitly established a different rate. Burlington Northern Railroad Co. v. City of Superior, 159 Wis. 2d 434, 464 N.W.2d 643 (1991).
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2021-22 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2023 Wis. Act 93 and through all Supreme Court and Controlled Substances Board Orders filed before and in effect on March 22, 2024. Published and certified under s. 35.18. Changes effective after March 22, 2024, are designated by NOTES. (Published 3-22-24)