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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 701.0109

  • Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
   (1)    Notice to a person under this chapter or the sending of a document to a person under this chapter shall be accomplished in a manner reasonably suitable under the circumstances and likely to result in receipt of the notice or document. Permissible methods of notice or for sending a document include 1st class mail, personal delivery, delivery to the person’s last known place of residence or place of business, or a properly directed electronic message.
   (2)   Notice otherwise required under this chapter or a document otherwise required to be sent under this chapter does not need to be provided to a person whose identity or location is unknown to and not reasonably ascertainable by a trustee.
   (3)   Notice, the sending of a document, or the right to object granted under this chapter may be waived by the person to be notified, sent the document, or who has the right to object.
   (4)   Notice of a judicial proceeding shall be given as provided in s. 701.0205.
   (5)   If notice is given to a trustee and more than one person is serving as trustee, notice given to any trustee is considered to be given to all persons serving as trustee, except that if a corporate trustee or an attorney licensed to practice in this state is serving as a trustee, notice must be given to all such corporate trustees and attorney trustees.