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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 779.07

  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • 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
   (1)    Every clerk of circuit court shall keep a judgment and lien docket in which shall be entered, immediately upon filing, the proper entries under the appropriate headings specified in this subsection, relative to each claim for lien filed, opposite the names of the persons against whom the lien is claimed. The names shall be entered alphabetically. Each page in the judgment and lien docket shall be divided into 9 columns, with headings in the following sequence to the respective columns, as follows:
      (a)    Name of person against whom lien is claimed.
      (b)    Name of claimant or assignee.
      (c)    Attorney for claimant.
      (d)    Last date of performing, furnishing, or procuring labor, services, materials, plans, or specifications.
      (e)    Description of copies of notices attached to claim when filed.
      (f)    Date and time of filing claim.
      (g)    Description of property.
      (h)    Amount claimed.
      (i)    Satisfaction.
   (2)   The judgment and lien docket shall be presumptive evidence of the correctness of its entries.