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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) A written instrument or judgment that declares the boundaries of real estate adversely possessed under s. 893.29, 1995 stats., ors. 893.25, 893.26or 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., ors. 893.25, 893.26or893.27 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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wisconsin Statutes Limitation of Actions (Ch. 893) § 893.24. Adverse possession; section lines - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/limitation-of-actions-ch-893/wi-st-893-24/
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