CHAPTER 74
PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION
SUBCHAPTER I
DEFINITIONS
SUBCHAPTER II
COMMENCEMENT OF COLLECTION PROCESS
74.03 Delivery of tax rolls.
74.05 Correction of tax roll information.
74.07 Treasurers responsible for collection.
74.09 Property tax bill and related information.
74.10 Agreements on payments.
SUBCHAPTER III
PAYMENT OF TAXES
74.11 Dates for payment of taxes, special assessments and special charges.
74.12 Multiple installments payment option.
74.125 Public depositories.
74.13 Taxes paid in advance of levy.
74.15 Payment of real property taxes by grantor and grantee.
74.21 Notification of payment of taxes from escrowed funds.
SUBCHAPTER IV
SETTLEMENT
74.23 January settlement.
74.25 February settlement.
74.27 March settlement between counties and the state.
74.30 Settlement in certain taxation districts.
74.31 Failure to settle timely.
SUBCHAPTER V
ADJUSTMENT
74.33 Sharing and charging back of taxes due to palpable errors.
74.35 Recovery of unlawful taxes.
74.37 Claim on excessive assessment.
74.39 Court-ordered reassessment.
74.41 Charging back refunded or rescinded taxes; sharing certain collected taxes.
74.42 Charge back of personal property taxes; subsequent distributions.
SUBCHAPTER VI
RETURN AND COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT TAXES
74.43 Return of unpaid taxes, special assessments and special charges.
74.45 Certificate of delinquent taxes; endorsement of treasurer's bond.
74.47 Interest and penalty on delinquent amounts.
74.485 Charge for converting agricultural land.
74.49 Payment of delinquent taxes in installments.
74.51 Discharge of delinquent taxes.
74.53 Personal liability for delinquent taxes and other costs.
74.55 Action to collect delinquent personal property taxes.
SUBCHAPTER VII
ISSUANCE OF TAX CERTIFICATE
74.57 Issuance of tax certificate.
74.59 Notice of issuance of tax certificate.
74.61 Correction of description on tax certificate.
74.63 Retention of tax certificate and other information.
74.635 Sale of tax certificate revenues.
74.65 Lands acquired by state.
SUBCHAPTER VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
74.67 Effect on taxes of revision of taxing jurisdiction boundary.
74.71 Treasurer's receipts.
74.73 Rights of occupant or tenant who pays taxes.
74.75 Vacancies in office; how taxes collected.
74.77 Effect on lien of payment of taxes by lienholder.
74.79 Lienholder may contest tax.
SUBCHAPTER IX
EXCEPTIONS FOR 1ST CLASS CITIES
74.81 Procedure in authorized city.
74.87 Payments in authorized cities.
Ch. 74 Note
NOTE: 1987 Wisconsin Act 378, which repealed and recreated Chapter 74, contains notes explaining the revision.
DEFINITIONS
74.01
74.01
Definitions. In this chapter:
74.01(1)
(1) “General property taxes" means taxes levied upon general property, as defined in s.
70.02, and measured by the property's value.
74.01(2)
(2) “Proportionate share of general property taxes", for any taxing jurisdiction, means the amount resulting from multiplying the total general property tax levy of the taxing jurisdiction, as reflected in the tax roll, by the percentage which results from dividing:
74.01(2)(a)
(a) The amount of general property taxes collected by the taxation district treasurer or county treasurer, through the last day of the month preceding the date upon which settlement is required, minus amounts previously settled or settled in full, by
74.01(2)(b)
(b) The amount of the total general property taxes levied on the taxation district tax roll.
74.01(3)
(3) “Special assessment" means an amount entered in the tax roll as an assessment against real property to compensate for all or part of the costs of public work or improvements which benefit the property. “Special assessment" includes any interest and penalties assessed for nonpayment of the special assessment before it is placed in the tax roll.
74.01(4)
(4) “Special charge" means an amount entered in the tax roll as a charge against real property to compensate for all or part of the costs to a public body of providing services to the property. “Special charge" includes any interest and penalties assessed for nonpayment of the special charge before it is placed in the tax roll. “Special charge" also includes penalties under s.
70.995 (12).
74.01(5)
(5) “Special tax" means any amount entered in the tax roll which is not a general property tax, special assessment or special charge. “Special tax" includes any interest and penalties assessed for nonpayment of the tax before it is placed in the tax roll and any charge under s.
287.093 (1) (a) 2. that is placed on the tax roll under s.
287.093 (2).
74.01(6)
(6) “Taxation district" means a city, village or town or, if a city or village lies in more than one county, that portion of the city or village which lies within a county.
74.01(7)
(7) “Taxing jurisdiction" means any entity authorized by law to levy taxes on general property which is located within its boundaries.
COMMENCEMENT OF COLLECTION PROCESS
74.03
74.03
Delivery of tax rolls. 74.03(1)(1)
Except as provided in sub.
(2), the clerk of the taxation district shall transfer the tax roll, prepared under s.
70.65, to the treasurer of the taxation district by December 8.
