Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 815.12

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01

If any person arrested on execution shall die while under arrest a new execution may issue against the deceased’s property in the same manner as if the deceased had never been arrested; but such new execution shall not be levied upon any real estate which the deceased shall have sold in good faith nor upon any real estate which shall have been sold under any other judgment against the deceased.