AB933,59,94 814.28 (1) Defendant may require. Except as otherwise provided by s. 814.29,
5the defendant may require the plaintiffs to file security for costs if the plaintiffs are
6all nonresidents; or are foreign corporations, nonresident executors, administrators
7personal representatives, guardians, trustees, or receivers; or are trustees or
8assignees of any debtor; or are imprisoned for crime for terms less than life; or shall
9take issue upon the answer of the garnishee.
AB933, s. 133 10Section 133. 815.15 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,60,2 11815.15 Execution after judgment creditor's death. If the judgment
12creditor dies before satisfaction of the judgment, an execution may be issued by the
13judgment creditor's attorney of record in the name of such the decedent or in the
14name of the judgment creditor's executor or administrator personal representative.
15Before an execution shall issue in the name of an executor or administrator the
16executor or administrator
a personal representative, the personal representative
17shall file with the clerk a copy of his or her the letters testamentary or of other letters
18authorizing the
administration, and of the decedent's estate, which the clerk shall
19file such papers with the other papers in the action or proceeding and. The clerk shall
20also
enter at the foot of the judgment, in the judgment record, the fact of the death
21of such the judgment creditor, and the name and date of appointment of such
22executor or administrator
the personal representative. The moneys collected
23thereon on the judgment shall be paid to the executors or administrators of such
24creditor;
judgment creditor's personal representative, but if there be none then is no

1personal representative,
the moneys so collected on the judgment shall be paid to the
2clerk of the court.
AB933, s. 134 3Section 134. 815.53 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,60,64 815.53 (3) A certified copy of the creditor's letters of administration or letters
5testamentary or other letters authorizing the administration of the decedent's
6estate
, in the case of an administrator or executor a personal representative.
AB933, s. 135 7Section 135. 815.56 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,60,15 8815.56 Sheriff's deed; grantee if purchaser dead. In case If the person who
9would be entitled to a deed of real estate sold on execution dies before the delivery
10of that deed, the sheriff shall execute a deed to the person's executors or
11administrators. The
decedent's personal representative who shall either hold the
12real estate so conveyed shall be held in trust for the use of the heirs or devisees of the
13deceased person decedent, subject to the surviving spouse's right to elect under s.
14861.02 (1), but may be sold or sell the real estate for the payment of debts in the same
15manner as lands of which the person died seized owned by the decedent.
AB933, s. 136 16Section 136. 847.05 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,60,21 17847.05 Actions between cotenants. One joint tenant or tenant in common
18and, or his or her executors or administrators personal representative, may maintain
19an action for money had and received against the tenant's a cotenant for receiving
20more than the cotenant's just proportion of the rents or profits of the estate owned
21by them as joint tenants or tenants in common.
Note: As a personal representative can act for a person only after the person's
death, "and" is replaced with "or."
AB933, s. 137 22Section 137. 847.07 of the statutes is renumbered 847.07 (1) (intro.) and
23amended to read:
AB933,61,4
1847.07 (1) (intro.) The circuit court of any county in which a conveyance of real
2estate has been recorded may make an order correcting the description in the
3conveyances conveyance on proof being made to the satisfaction of the court that the
4any of the following applies:
AB933,61,6 5(a) The conveyance contains an erroneous description, not intended by the
6parties thereto; or if the to the conveyance.
AB933,61,8 7(b) The description is ambiguous and does not clearly or fully describe the
8premises intended to be conveyed, if the.
AB933,61,15 9(c) The grantor therein of the conveyance is dead, a nonresident of the state,
10a corporation which that has ceased to exist or an administrator, executor, or a
11personal representative
, guardian, trustee, or other person authorized to convey and
12who has been discharged from his or her trust and the person to whom it was made,
13grantee or his or her heirs, legal representatives , or assigns have been in the quiet,
14undisturbed, and peaceable possession of the premises intended to be conveyed from
15the date of the conveyance.
AB933,61,17 16(2) This section does not prevent an action for the reformation of any
17conveyance, and if in any doubt, the court shall direct the action to be brought.
AB933, s. 138 18Section 138. 853.07 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,61,2219 853.07 (3) (a) A provision for employment as executor personal representative
20or trustee or in some other capacity after death of the testator and a provision for
21compensation at a rate or in an amount not greater than that usual for the services
22to be performed;
AB933, s. 139 23Section 139. 854.14 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,62,3
1854.14 (2) (a) 3. Nominates or appoints the killer to serve in any fiduciary or
2representative capacity, including personal representative, executor, trustee, or
3agent.
AB933, s. 140 4Section 140. 856.03 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,62,10 5856.03 Wills in court for safekeeping. If a will has been filed with a court
6for safekeeping during the testator's lifetime, the court on learning of the death of
7the testator shall open the will and give notice of the court's possession to the
8executor person named in the will to act as personal representative, otherwise to
9some person interested in the provisions thereof of the will. If probate jurisdiction
10belongs to any other court, the will shall be delivered to that court.
AB933, s. 141 11Section 141. 856.05 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,62,2312 856.05 (1) Duty and liability of person with custody. Every Any person, other
13than the executor a person named in the will to act as personal representative,
14having the custody of any will shall, within 30 days after he or she has knowledge
15of the death of the testator, file the will in the proper court or deliver it to the person
16named as executor in the will to act as personal representative. Every Any person
17named as executor in a will to act as personal representative shall, within 30 days
18after he or she has knowledge that he or she is named executor to act as personal
19representative
, and has knowledge of the death of the testator, file the will in the
20proper court, unless the will has been otherwise deposited with the court. Every Any
21person who neglects to perform any of the duties required in this subsection, without
22reasonable cause, is liable in a proceeding in court to every person interested in the
23will for all damages caused by the neglect.
AB933, s. 142 24Section 142. 856.05 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,63,7
1856.05 (3) Penalty. Any person who with intent to injure or defraud any person
2interested therein in a will suppresses or secretes any will of a person then deceased
3or any information as to the existence or location of any will or having custody of any
4will fails to file it in the court or to deliver it to the executor person named therein
5shall be punished by the court by imprisonment
in the will to act as personal
6representative shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned
in the county jail for
7not more than one year or by fine not to exceed $500 or both.
Note: Conforms penalty provision to current style.
AB933, s. 143 8Section 143. 856.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,63,119 856.07 (1) Generally. Petition for administration of the estate of a decedent
10may be made by any executor person named in the will to act as personal
11representative
or by any person interested.
AB933, s. 144 12Section 144. 856.09 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,63,1413 856.09 (4) The name and post-office address of the person named as executor
14in the will to act as personal representative;
AB933, s. 145 15Section 145. 856.21 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,63,1716 856.21 (1) The executor person named in the will to act as personal
17representative
.
AB933, s. 146 18Section 146. 856.23 (1) (intro.) and (e) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB933,63,2119 856.23 (1) (intro.) A person including the executor person named in the will to
20act as personal representative
is not entitled to receive letters if the person is any of
21the following:
AB933,63,2222 (e) A person whom the court deems considers unsuitable for good cause shown.
AB933, s. 147 23Section 147. 868.03 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,64,6
1868.03 (1) (a) "Representative" means an executor, administrator a personal
2representative
, testamentary trustee, guardian, or other fiduciary of the estate of a
3decedent or a ward duly appointed by a court and qualified. It includes any
4corporation so appointed, regardless of whether the corporation is eligible to act
5under the law of this state. This section does not change the powers or duties of a
6testamentary trustee under the nonstatutory law or under the terms of a trust.
AB933, s. 148 7Section 148. 879.35 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,64,14 8879.35 Costs in will contests. Costs may be awarded out of the estate to an
9unsuccessful proponent of a will if the unsuccessful proponent is named in the will
10to act
as an executor therein personal representative and propounded the document
11in good faith, and to the unsuccessful contestant of a will if the unsuccessful
12contestant is named to act as an executor personal representative in another
13document propounded by the unsuccessful contestant in good faith as the last will
14of the decedent.
AB933, s. 149 15Section 149. 879.37 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,64,23 16879.37 Attorney fees in contests. Reasonable attorney fees may be awarded
17out of the estate to the prevailing party in all appealable contested matters, to an
18unsuccessful proponent of a will if the unsuccessful proponent is named in the will
19to act
as an executor therein personal representative and propounded the document
20in good faith, and to the unsuccessful contestant of a will if the unsuccessful
21contestant is named to act as an executor personal representative in another
22document propounded by the unsuccessful contestant in good faith as the last will
23of the decedent.
AB933, s. 150 24Section 150. 879.59 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,65,15
1879.59 (2) Between testate and intestate distributees; parties. The court also
2may authorize the person named to act as executor personal representative in one
3or more instruments purporting to be the last will and testament of a person
4deceased
decedent, or the petitioners for administration with the will or wills
5annexed, to adjust by compromise any controversy that may arise between the
6persons claiming as devisees or legatees under the will or wills and the persons
7entitled to or claiming the estate of the deceased under the statutes regulating the
8descent and distribution of intestate estates, to which agreement or compromise the
9persons named as executors to act as personal representatives or the petitioners for
10administration with will annexed, those claiming as devisees or legatees and those
11claiming the estate as intestate shall be parties, provided that persons named to act
12as executors personal representatives in any instrument who have renounced or
13shall renounce such executorship the right to act as personal representative and any
14person whose interest in the estate is unaffected by the proposed compromise shall
15not be required to be parties to the compromise.
AB933, s. 151 16Section 151. 880.295 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 880.295 (1) (a) and
17amended to read:
AB933,66,418 880.295 (1) (a) When a patient in any state or county hospital or mental
19hospital or in any state institution for the mentally deficient, or a resident of the
20county home or infirmary, appears in need of a guardian, and does not have a
21guardian, the department of health and family services by its collection and
22deportation counsel, or the county corporation counsel, may apply to the circuit court
23of the county in which the patient resided at the time of commitment or to the circuit
24court of the county in which the facility in which the patient resides is located for the
25appointment of a guardian of the person and estate, or either, or for the appointment

1of a conservator of the estate, and the court, upon the application, may appoint the
2guardian or conservator in the manner provided for the appointment of guardians
3under ss. 880.08 (1) and 880.33 or for the appointment of conservators under s.
4880.31.
AB933,66,6 5(b) If application is made by a corporation counsel, a copy of the petition made
6to the court shall be filed with the department of health and family services.
AB933,66,14 7(c) If application is made by a corporation counsel for appointment of a
8guardian of the estate of the patient or resident, or by the patient or resident for
9appointment of a conservator of the patient's or resident's estate, the court may
10designate the county as guardian or conservator if the court finds that no relative or
11friend is available to serve as guardian or conservator and the county is not required
12to make or file any oath or give any bond or security, except in the discretion of the
13court making the appointment, as similarly provided under s. 223.03 (8) (6) (a) in the
14case of the appointment of a trust company bank corporation.
AB933,66,16 15(d) The court may place any limitations upon the guardianship or
16conservatorship as it deems considers to be in the best interest of the patient.
AB933,67,2 17(e) Before any county employee administers the funds of a person's estate of for
18which the county has been appointed guardian or conservator, the employee must be
19designated as securities agent in the classified service of the county, and the
20employee's designation as securities agent shall appear on all court papers which
21that the security agent signs in the name of the county as guardian or conservator.
22The securities agent, before entering upon the duties, shall also furnish an official
23bond in such the amount and with such the sureties as that the county board
24determines, subject to the prior approval of the amount by the court assigned to

1exercise jurisdiction. The bond shall be filed in the office of the register in probate,
2and a duplicate original thereof of the bond filed in the office of the county clerk.
AB933,67,7 3(f) A conservatorship under this section shall be terminated by the court upon
4discharge of the patient unless application for continued conservatorship is made.
5The superintendent or director of the facility shall notify the court of the discharge
6of a patient for whom a guardian or conservator has been appointed under this
7subsection.
AB933, s. 152 8Section 152. 891.32 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,67,16 9891.32 Allegation as to executor, guardian, etc representative
10capacity
. Whenever a plaintiff shall sue sues as an executor, administrator a
11personal representative
, guardian, or trustee and shall allege alleges in the
12complaint appointment as such, to that position and, if appointed the appointment
13was made
in another state or a foreign country, the filing or recording of the
14authenticated copy of the appointment, as required by the laws of this state, such
15those allegations shall be taken as true unless specifically denied by the defendant
16by
in the defendant's answer.
AB933, s. 153 17Section 153. 893.22 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,68,2 18893.22 Limitation in case of death. If a person entitled to bring an action
19dies before the expiration of the time limited for the commencement of the action and
20the cause of action survives, an action may be commenced by the person's
21representatives after the expiration of that time and within one year from the
22person's death. If a person against whom an action may be brought dies before the
23expiration of the time limited for the commencement of the action and the cause of
24action survives, an action may be commenced after the expiration of that time and

1within one year after the issuing, within this state, of letters testamentary or of other
2letters authorizing the
administration of the decedent's estate.
AB933, s. 154 3Section 154. 893.46 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,68,8 4893.46 Acknowledgment, who not bound by. If there are 2 or more joint
5contractors or joint administrators personal representatives of any contractor, no
6such joint contractor, executor or administrator joint personal representative shall
7lose the benefit of this chapter so as to be chargeable by reason only of any
8acknowledgment or promise made by any other of them.
AB933, s. 155 9Section 155. 893.47 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,68,17 10893.47 Actions against parties jointly liable. In actions commenced
11against 2 or more joint contractors or joint executors or administrators personal
12representatives
of any contractors, if it shall appear, on the trial or otherwise, that
13the plaintiff is barred by this chapter as to one or more of the defendants, but is
14entitled to recover against any other or others of them, by virtue of a new
15acknowledgment or promise, or otherwise, judgment shall be given for the plaintiff
16as to any of the defendants against whom the plaintiff is entitled to recover and for
17the other defendant or defendants against the plaintiff.
AB933, s. 156 18Section 156. 893.49 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,68,22 19893.49 Payment by one not to affect others. If there are 2 or more joint
20contractors or joint executors or administrators personal representatives of any
21contractor, no one of them shall lose the benefit of this chapter, so as to be chargeable,
22by reason only of any payment made by any other of them.
AB933, s. 157 23Section 157. 895.02 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,69,5 24895.02 Measure of damages against executor personal representative.
25When any action mentioned described in s. 895.01 (1) shall be prosecuted to

1judgment against the executor or administrator personal representative, the
2plaintiff shall be entitled to recover only for the value of the goods taken, including
3any unjust enrichment of the defendant, or for the damages actually sustained,
4without any vindictive or exemplary damages or damages for alleged outrage to the
5feelings of the injured party.
AB933, s. 158 6Section 158. 895.031 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,69,20 7895.031 Recovery from estate of wrongdoer. Whenever If the death of a
8person shall be is caused by a wrongful act, neglect or default and the act, neglect or
9default is such as would
or omission committed in this state that, if death had not
10ensued, would have entitled the party injured party to maintain an action and
11recover damages in respect thereof, then in every such case, and the wrongdoer who
12would have been liable if death had not ensued, although such wrongdoer shall die

13dies prior to the time of the death of such the injured person, the wrongdoer shall be
14liable to an action for damages notwithstanding the wrongdoer's prior either death
15and notwithstanding the death of the person injured; provided that such action shall
16be brought for a death caused in this state
. Any right of action which may accrue by
17such injury to the person of another although the death of the wrongdoer occurred
18prior thereto
against a deceased wrongdoer under this section shall be enforced by
19bringing an action against the executor or administrator or deceased wrongdoer's
20personal representative of such deceased wrongdoer.
Note: This treatment attempts to reduce wordiness.
AB933, s. 159 21Section 159. 895.38 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,70,422 895.38 (5) The procedure for hearing, settling, and allowing such the
23principal's
account shall be according to the practice prescribed by ch. 862 in the
24matter of account of executors and administrators
for personal representatives.

1Upon the trust fund or estate being found or made good and paid over or properly
2secured, such the surety shall be discharged from all liability. Upon demand by the
3principal, the discharged surety shall return the unearned part of the premium paid
4for the canceled bond.
AB933, s. 160 5Section 160. 895.41 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,70,116 895.41 (3) (a) (intro.) In case an employee who was required to give a cash bond
7dies before the cash bond is withdrawn in the manner provided in sub. (1), the
8accounting and withdrawal may be effected not less than 5 days after the employee's
9death and before the filing of a petition for letters testamentary or of other letters
10authorizing the
administration in the matter of the decedent's estate, by the
11employer with any of the following, in the following order:
AB933, s. 161 12Section 161. 895.41 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,70,1813 895.41 (3) (d) If no relatives designated under par. (a) survive, the employer
14may apply the cash bond, or so much thereof of the cash bond as may be necessary,
15to paying creditors of the decedent in the order of preference prescribed in s. 859.25
16for satisfaction of debts by executors and administrators personal representatives.
17The making of payment under this paragraph shall be a discharge and release of the
18employer to the amount of the payment.
AB933, s. 162 19Section 162 . 895.42 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 895.42 (1) (b) (intro.) and
20amended to read:
AB933,71,1221 895.42 (1) (b) (intro.) In case If in any proceeding in any court of record it is
22determined that moneys or other personal property in the custody of or under the
23control of any administrator, executor personal representative, trustee, receiver, or
24other officer of the court, belongs to a natural person if the person is alive, or to an
25artificial person if it is in existence and entitled to receive, and otherwise to some

1other person, and the court or judge making such determination finds that there is
2not sufficient evidence showing that the natural person first entitled to take is alive,
3or that the artificial person is in existence and entitled to receive, or in case such
4money or other personal property, including any legacy or share of intestate property
5cannot be delivered to the legatee or heir or person entitled thereto because of the fact
6that such person is a member of the military or naval forces of the United States or
7any of its allies or is engaged in any of the armed forces abroad or with the American
8Red Cross society or other body or other similar business, then in either or any of such
9cases
any of the following, the court or judge may direct that the officer having
10custody or control of such the money or other personal property, to deposit the same
11in
the money or property with any trust company , or any state or national bank
12within the state of Wisconsin authorized to exercise trust powers, taking its
:
AB933,71,16 13(c) Any officer depositing money or property with a trust company under par.
14(b), shall take the trust company's
receipt therefor, and the said for the deposit. The
15receipt shall, to the extent of the deposit so made, constitute a complete discharge
16of the said officer in any accounting made by the officer made in said the proceeding.
Note: This treatment attempts to reduce wordiness and redundancies and to make
terminology throughout the section consistent with other statutes.
AB933, s. 163 17Section 163. 895.42 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
AB933,71,1918 895.42 (1) (a) In this subsection, "trust company" means any trust company or
19any state or national bank in this state that is authorized to exercise trust powers.
Note: This definition is created to simplify sentence structure.
AB933, s. 164 20Section 164. 895.42 (1) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are created to read:
AB933,71,2321 895.42 (1) (b) 1. That there is not sufficient evidence showing that the natural
22person first entitled to take is alive, or that the artificial person is in existence and
23entitled to receive.
AB933,72,5
12. That the money or other personal property, including any legacy or share of
2intestate property, cannot be delivered to the person entitled to the money or
3property because the person is a member of the military or naval forces of the United
4States or any of its allies or is engaged in any of the armed forces abroad or with the
5American Red Cross society or other body or similar business.
Note: See Section 162 of this bill.
AB933, s. 165 6Section 165. 898.27 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB933,72,12 7898.27 Assignment of bond. If any such bond shall be given under s. 898.17
8is
forfeited, the party at whose suit the person executing the same bond shall have
9been confined or, in case of his or her death, the executor or administrator of such
10party
that party's personal representative, shall be entitled to an assignment thereof
11of the bond, which shall be made by the sheriff taking the same, or, in case of a
12vacancy in the sheriff's office, by the sheriff's undersheriff.
AB933, s. 166 13Section 166. 990.01 (7) of the statutes is repealed.
Note: The term "executor" is removed from the statutes by this bill.
AB933, s. 167 14Section 167. 990.01 (27m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB933,72,1615 990.01 (27m) Personal representative. "Personal representative" means a
16person, however denominated, who is authorized to administer a decedent's estate.
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