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Wisconsin Statutes Testimony, Documentary Evidence and Presumptions (Ch. 885 to 891) § 885.335. Actions concerning real estate abutting Great Lakes water

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) No claim or counterclaim may be made in an action relating to the possession or title of any real estate if the claim or counterclaim is based on an assertion that the property includes portions of land that may have at one time been submerged beneath a Great Lakes water if any of the following apply:

(a) The property is upland, as defined in s. 30.2039(1)(f), and the use of the property has not materially changed, as defined in s. 30.2039(4).

(b) The property was designated as land held in fee title ownership by a determination made under s. 30.2039(2)(d) that establishes the boundary between land held in trust by the state and land held in fee title ownership.

(c) The property is held in fee title ownership as determined under s. 30.2039(3).

(d) The use of the property is approved under s. 30.2034.

(2) This section does not apply to administrative and judicial review of decisions of the department of natural resources under s. 30.2034 or 30.2039 or ch. 227.

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