70.04 Definition of personal property.

WI Stat § 70.04 (2019) (N/A)

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70.04 Definition of personal property. In chs. 70 to 79, “personal property" includes all of the following:

(1g) All goods, wares, merchandise, chattels, and effects, of any nature or description, having any real or marketable value, and not included in the term “real property," as defined in s. 70.03.

(1r) Toll bridges; private railroads and bridges; saw logs, timber, and lumber, either upon land or afloat; steamboats, ships, and other vessels, whether at home or abroad; ferry boats, including the franchise for running the same; ice cut and stored for use, sale, or shipment; beginning May 1, 1974, manufacturing machinery and equipment as defined in s. 70.11 (27), and entire property of companies defined in s. 76.28 (1), located entirely within one taxation district.

(2) Irrigation implements used by a farmer, including pumps, power units to drive the pumps, transmission units, sprinkler devices, and sectional piping.

(3) An off-premises advertising sign. In this subsection, “off-premises advertising sign" means a sign that does not advertise the business or activity that occurs at the site where the sign is located.

History: 1973 c. 90; 1973 c. 336 s. 36; 1979 c. 89; 1983 a. 27 s. 2202 (45); 1995 a. 225; 2013 a. 20; 2015 a. 196.

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