Liens
- Child Support
- WI Child Support Liens (WI Dept. of Children & Families)
Questions & answers related to liens, placed on property, as a result of past-due child support. - Child Support Lien Docket (WI Bureau of Child Support)
- WI Child Support Liens (WI Dept. of Children & Families)
- Construction Liens
- Guides from Wisconsin Counties (WI State Law Library)
- WI Statutes: s. 779.01-779.17 "Construction Liens"
- Crop Liens
- Agricultural liens (National Agricultural Law Center)
- Forms
- Contractor Lien Forms $ (WI Legal Blank)
- Lien & Property Forms (Chicago Title Insurance Co.)
- Satisfaction of Judgment or Partial Judgment or Satisfaction of Lien (WI Court System)
- Lien Records
- Search UCC Filing Search database (WI Dept. of Financial Institutions)
- Search Circuit Court Records
- Mechanic's Liens
- Medicaid
- Estate Recovery (WI Dept. of Health Services)
- Medicaid Liens, 2005 (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services)
Policy brief on the fundamentals of Medicaid Liens: what they are, how they are permitted, and how they are applied by state Medicaid programs
- Public Improvement Liens (WI Dept. of Transportation)
- Tax
- Federal Tax Liens (U.S. Internal Revenue Service)
Information and links to publications concerning filing a notice of a lien, releasing a lien, applying for a discharge, making an IRS lien secondary, withdrawing liens, and appealing a lien. - Tax Liens FAQs (WI Dept. of Revenue)
- What is a tax warrant or tax lien?
- How do I request a partial release of warrant or tax lien?
- Why does the credit bureau show a tax warrant is open and outstanding after my delinquent tax is paid?
- Federal Tax Liens (U.S. Internal Revenue Service)
- Utility Bills
- Municipal Utilities' Tax Lien Bill Collection Powers and Their Application to Rental Properties (WI Legislative Council)
- Utility Billing Tax Lien Process for Residential Rental Properties (League of WI Municipalities)
Used when tenant is responsible. - Wis. Statute: s. 66.0809 "Municipal public utility charges"
- Vehicles
- Involuntary Lien Transfers and Abandonment of Property to a Landlord (WI Dept. of Transportation)
- Removing the lien from a title (WI Dept. of Transportation)
The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)
- WI Statutes: s. 49.854 "Liens Against Property for Delinquent Support Payments"
- WI Statutes: s. 75.521 "Foreclosures of Tax Liens by Action in Rem"
- WI Statutes: s. 128.03 "Liens by Legal Proceedings; Assignment" (creditor actions)
- WI Statutes: s. 128.18 Liens" (creditor actions)
- WI Statutes: s. 407.209-210 Warehouse Liens
- WI Statutes: ch. 428 sub. ch. 1 "First Lien Real Estate Loans"
- WI Statutes: ch. 703 "Condominiums"
- WI Statutes: ch. 779 "Liens"
- WI Statutes: ch. 780 "Liens Against Vessels"
- WI Statutes: ch. 806 "Civil Procedure - Judgment"
Starting with s. 806.10 various sections address judgments & lien docket. - WI Admin. Code: DFI-CSS 6 "Other Lien Notices"
- WI Admin. Code: DCF 152 "Child Support Administrative Enforcement"
- WI Admin. Code: Trans 139.07 "Satisfaction of Liens" (vehicles)
- U.S. Code: 42 USC 1396p "Liens..." (property & medical assistance)
Search for more statutes, regulations & opinions.
County Resources
Recommended links from our County Resources database:
Guides
- Construction Lien Procedures (St. Croix Clerk of Courts)
- Liens (Waukesha Clerk of Court)
Related Topics
Law Review Articles
- Bankruptcy & the Wisconsin Judgment Lien
Wis. Bar Bulletin 57:3 (Mar 1984) - Can I Lien That Too?
Construction Lawyer 28:4 (Fall 2008) - Child Support Lien Docket
74 Wis Lawyer 6 (June 2001) - Government Lien Trumps Marital Interest
Wis. L. Jnl (Sept 10 2007) - Providing Certainty for Mortgage Lenders after Colonial Bank
63 Wis. Lawyer 9 (Sept 1990) - What Have We Done to the Lien Waiver?
Probate & Property 23:1 (February 2009)
Library Resources
- AmJur Pleading and Practice Forms
- Construction Lien Law
- Construction Liens Made Easy: a Manual for Wisconsin Contractors
- Fifty state construction lien and bond law
- Law of personal property
- Methods of Practice: Wisconsin Practice Series
- Nichols cyclopedia of legal forms annotated
- Wisconsin Collection Law
- Wisconsin Construction Lien Law Handbook
- Wisconsin's Child Support Lien Docket