Legal Opinion
(1974)
Wisconsin Attorney General Reports
Decided November 25, 1974Published
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES C. EATON, District Attorney, Barron County
You have requested my opinion as to whether a particular document falls within the requirements of sec. 59.513, Stats. Subsection (1) of the statute in question reads in part:
"(1) No instrument by which the title to real estate or any interest therein or lien thereon, is conveyed, created, encumbered, assigned or otherwise disposed of, shall be recorded by the register of deeds unless the name of the person who, or governmental agency which, drafted such instrument is printed, typewritten, stamped or written thereon in a legible manner. . . ."
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Beck v. HamannWisconsin Supreme Court · 1953
- Northern Discount Co. v. LuebkeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1959