799.11 Venue.
(1) The venue of actions in which the procedure of this chapter is used is as follows:
(a) In actions for garnishment, any county in which the garnishee resides or, if not a resident of the state, is found; or, the county in which the summons in the principal action has issued or where the judgment therein is entered.
(b) In any claim arising out of a consumer transaction, as defined in s. 421.301 (13), or a consumer credit transaction, as defined in s. 421.301 (10), in the county specified by s. 421.401.
(c) In actions for a forfeiture, the county in which the act occurred on which the action for forfeiture is based.
(d) In actions to recover a tax, the county in which the tax was levied.
(e) In all other actions, the county specified by s. 801.50.
(2) If there are several defendants, and if venue is based on residence, venue may be in the county of residence of any one of them.
(3) When, in any action under this chapter, it appears from the return of service of the summons or otherwise that the county in which the action is pending is not a proper place of trial and that another county would be a proper place of trial, the court or circuit court commissioner shall, on motion of a party or its own motion, transfer the action to that county unless the defendant appears and waives the improper venue. The clerk of the court to which the action is transferred shall issue a new notice of return date upon payment of the fee required by s. 814.61 (2) (a).
History: 1979 c. 32 ss. 66, 92 (16); Stats. 1979 s. 799.11; 1981 c. 300; 1981 c. 390 s. 252; 1983 a. 228, 389, 538; 1987 a. 208; 2001 a. 61.