Real property remedies.

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840.03 Real property remedies.

(1) Any person having an interest in real property may bring an action relating to that interest, in which the person may demand the following remedies singly, or in any combination, or in combination with other remedies not listed, unless the use of a remedy is denied in a specified situation:

(a) Declaration of interest.

(b) Extinguishment or foreclosure of interest of another.

(c) Partition of interest.

(d) Enforcement of interest.

(e) Judicial rescission of contract.

(f) Specific performance of contract or covenant.

(g) Judicial sale of property and allocation of proceeds.

(h) Restitution.

(i) Judicial conveyance of interest.

(j) Possession.

(k) Immediate physical possession.

(L) Restraint of another's use of, or activities on, or encroachment upon land in which plaintiff has an interest.

(m) Restraint of another's use of, activities on, or disposition of land in which plaintiff has no interest; but the use, activity or disposition affect plaintiff's interest.

(n) Restraint of interference with rights in, on or to land.

(o) Damages.

(2) The indication of the form and kind of judgment in a chapter dealing with a particular remedy shall not limit the availability of any other remedies appropriate to a particular situation.

History: 1973 c. 189; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 767 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 840.03; 1993 a. 486.

The Wisconsin legislature intended to create a cause of action under this section. SJ Properties Suites v. Specialty Finance Group, LLC, 864 F. Supp. 2d 776 (2012).


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