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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Interests in property are classified as to duration as:
(1) A fee simple absolute;
(2) A defeasible fee simple which may be a fee simple determinable automatically expiring upon the occurrence of a stated event, a fee simple subject to a condition subsequent with a power in the transferor or the transferor's successors in interest to reacquire the fee by reason of a breach of the condition, or a fee simple with a remainder over to a person other than the transferor or the transferor's successors in interest to take effect upon the occurrence of a stated event; for purposes of this subsection, a stated event can be either the happening, or the nonhappening, of a specified occurrence, and can be either certain or not certain to happen;
(3) An interest for life, which may be created for the duration of a life or lives of one or more human beings;
(4) An interest for years, which is any interest the duration of which is described in units of a year or multiples or divisions thereof;
(5) A periodic interest, which will continue for successive periods of a year, or successive periods of a fraction of a year, unless terminated;
(6) An interest at will, which is terminable at the will of either the transferor or the transferee and has no designated period of duration.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wisconsin Statutes Property (Ch. 700 to 710) § 700.02. Classification of interests in property as to duration - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/property-ch-700-to-710/wi-st-700-02/
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