County of ....
This instrument was acknowledged before me on (date) by (name(s) of person(s)).
.... (Signature of notarial officer)
(Seal, if any)
.... Title (and Rank) [My commission expires: ....]
706.07(8)(b)
(b) For an acknowledgment in a representative capacity:
State of ....
County of ....
This instrument was acknowledged before me on (date) by (name(s) of person(s)) as (type of authority, e.g., officer, trustee, etc.) of (name of party on behalf of whom instrument was executed).
.... (Signature of notarial officer)
(Seal, if any)
.... Title (and Rank) [My commission expires: ....]
706.07(8)(c)
(c) For a verification upon oath or affirmation:
State of ....
County of ....
Signed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me on (date) by (name(s) of person(s) making statement).
.... (Signature of notarial officer)
(Seal, if any)
.... Title (and Rank) [My commission expires: ....]
State of ....
County of ....
Signed or attested before me on (date) by (name(s) of person(s)).
.... (Signature of notarial officer)
(Seal, if any)
.... Title (and Rank) [My commission expires: ....]
State of ...
County of ....
I certify that this is a true and correct copy of a document in the possession of ....
Dated: ....
....(Signature of notarial officer)
(Seal, if any)
..... Title (and Rank) [My commission expires: ....]
706.07(9)
(9) Notarial acts affected by this section. This section applies to notarial acts performed on or after November 1, 1984.
706.07(10)
(10) Uniformity of application and construction. This section shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this section among states enacting it.
706.07(11)
(11) Short title. This section may be cited as the uniform law on notarial acts.
706.08
706.08
Nonrecording, effect. 706.08(1)(a)
(a) Except for patents issued by the United States or this state, or by the proper officers of either, every conveyance that is not recorded as provided by law shall be void as against any subsequent purchaser, in good faith and for a valuable consideration, of the same real estate or any portion of the same real estate whose conveyance is recorded first.
706.08(1)(b)
(b) A conveyance of mineral interests which is not recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the land is located, within 30 days after it is signed by the lessor, is void.
706.08(2)
(2) Where a public tract index or abstract of title index is maintained, an instrument properly indexed therein and recorded at length at the place there shown shall be deemed to be duly recorded for purposes of this section, despite any error or omission in the process of including the instrument, or prior instruments in the same chain of title, in other records. Where an instrument is not properly indexed in such tract or abstract of title index, or where such index is not publicly maintained, the instrument shall be deemed to be duly recorded only if the instrument, together with prior instruments necessary to trace title by use of alphabetical indexes by names of parties, are properly indexed in such alphabetical indexes, and recorded at length at the places there shown. Wherever an instrument is duly recorded hereunder, its record shall be effective as of the date and hour at which it is shown by the general index to have been accepted for record.
706.08(3)
(3) When an express trust is created, but its existence is not disclosed in a recorded conveyance to the trustee, the title of the trustee shall be deemed absolute as against the subsequent creditors of the trustee not having notice of the trust and as against purchasers from such trustee without notice and for a valuable consideration.
706.08(4)
(4) It shall be conclusively presumed that a person is a trustee of a valid express trust and has full power of conveyance if all of the following occur:
706.08(4)(a)
(a) The person is designated as trustee and holds an interest in land as trustee.
706.08(4)(b)
(b) The person's authority and powers as trustee are not set forth in a recorded instrument.
706.08(5)
(5) When a conveyance purports to be absolute in terms, but is made or intended to be made defeasible by force of another instrument for that purpose, the original conveyance shall not be thereby defeated or affected as against any person other than the maker of the defeasance or the maker's heirs or devisees or persons having actual notice thereof, unless the instrument of defeasance has been recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the lands lie.
706.08(6)
(6) The recording of an assignment of a mortgage shall not in itself be deemed notice of such assignment to the mortgagor so as to invalidate any payment made to the mortgagee without actual notice of such assignment.
706.08(7)
(7) No letter of attorney or other instrument containing a power to convey lands, when executed and recorded under this chapter, shall be deemed to be revoked by any act of the party by whom it was executed unless the instrument containing such revocation is also recorded in the same office in which the instrument containing the power was recorded, and such record shall import notice to all persons, including the agent named in said letter of attorney of the contents thereof. The death of the party executing such letter of attorney shall not operate as a revocation thereof as to the attorney or agent until the attorney or agent has notice of the death, or as to one who without notice of such death in good faith deals with the attorney or agent.
706.08 Annotation
An unrecorded conveyance, if delivered, is valid against judgment creditors since they are not bona fide creditors for value. West Federal Savings & Loan v. Interstate Investment,
57 Wis. 2d 690,
205 N.W.2d 361 (1973).
706.08 Annotation
A purchaser having constructive notice that there may have been an unrecorded conveyance was not a "purchaser in good faith" under sub. (1) (a). Kordecki v. Rizzo,
106 Wis. 2d 713,
317 N.W.2d 479 (1982).
706.08 Annotation
An original mortgagee's knowledge of a prior mortgage not properly of record will not be imputed to an assignee of the mortgage with no knowledge of the prior mortgage and does not render the assignee not a purchaser in good faith under sub. (1) (a) who cannot claim priority. The Bank of New Glarus v. Swartwood,
2006 WI App 224,
297 Wis. 2d 458,
725 N.W.2d 944,
05-0647.
706.085
706.085
Correction instruments. 706.085(1)
(1)
Entitled to be recorded; purposes. An instrument correcting a previously recorded conveyance shall be entitled to record in accordance with
s. 706.05 in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the conveyance is recorded and shall include one or more of the following:
706.085(1)(a)
(a) The correction of a legal description, including a distance; angle; direction; bearing; chord; lot, block, unit, or building number or letter; appurtenant easement; section number; township name or number; municipality, county, or state name; range number or meridian; certified survey map number; or subdivision or condominium name.
706.085(1)(b)
(b) The addition, correction, or clarification of information other than a legal description, including any of the following information:
706.085(1)(b)1.
1. A party's name, including the spelling of the name; a first or middle name or initial; a name suffix, such as senior or junior; alternate names by which the party is known; or a description of an entity as a corporation, company, or similar identifier.
706.085(1)(b)7.
7. The recording data for an instrument referenced in the conveyance.
706.085(1)(c)
(c) The addition of an acknowledgment or authentication.
706.085(1)(d)
(d) The disclaimer by a grantee under a deed of that party's interest in the real property that is the subject of the deed.
706.085(1)(e)
(e) The addition of a mortgagee's consent or subordination.
706.085(2)(a)(a) A correction instrument shall be acknowledged or authenticated in accordance with
s. 706.06 or
706.07. It shall recite the document number of the conveyance, the names of the grantor and grantee, and, if given on the conveyance, the volume and page numbers.
706.085(2)(b)1.1. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, a correction instrument that is executed after May 28, 2010, may be executed by a person having personal knowledge of the circumstances of the conveyance and of the facts recited in the correction instrument, including the grantor, the grantee, the person who drafted the conveyance that is the subject of the correction instrument, or the person who acted as the settlement agent in the transaction that is the subject of the conveyance, and shall recite the basis for the person's personal knowledge. A correction instrument that was executed before May 28, 2010, is not rendered ineffective by reason of the instrument's failure to recite that the maker had the knowledge or capacity required under this subdivision.
706.085(2)(b)2.
2. A correction instrument that makes the correction under
sub. (1) (e) shall be signed by the consenting party, or an heir, successor, or assignee of the party.
706.085(2)(b)3.
3. A correction instrument that adds, removes, or replaces a divisible parcel in a conveyance shall be signed by the following persons:
706.085(2)(b)3.a.
a. If the correction instrument supplies a lot, block, unit, or building number or letter that was omitted from a conveyance, by any party identified in
subd. 1.
706.085(2)(b)3.b.
b. If a parcel is being added to a conveyance that also correctly conveys other land, only by the grantor.
706.085(2)(b)3.c.
c. If a parcel is being removed from a conveyance that also correctly conveys other land, only by the grantee.
706.085(2)(b)3.d.
d. If a lot or unit number or letter is being corrected and the lot or unit incorrectly recited in the conveyance is also owned by the grantor, only by the grantee.
706.085(2)(b)3.e.
e. If a lot, block, unit, or building number or letter is being corrected and the lot or unit incorrectly recited in the conveyance is not also owned by the grantor, by any party identified in
subd. 1.
706.085(2)(c)
(c) A person who executes and records a correction instrument shall send notice of that fact by 1st class mail to all parties to the transaction that was the subject of the conveyance at their last-known addresses.
706.085(3)
(3) Effect of record. All of the following apply to the record of a correction instrument that complies with this section, or a certified copy of the record:
706.085(3)(a)
(a) It is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the instrument; is presumed to be true, subject to rebuttal; and constitutes notice to a purchaser under
s. 706.09 of the facts recited in the instrument.
706.085(3)(b)
(b) It may be asserted by a purchaser for a valuable consideration against any person making an adverse or inconsistent claim under
s. 706.09 (1) (i).
706.085(4)
(4) Previously recorded instruments are valid. Any instrument recorded before May 28, 2010, that purports to correct a previously recorded conveyance and that would have been a valid correction instrument under this section had this section been in effect when the instrument was recorded is hereby validated.
