2010 Wisconsin Code
Chapter 236. Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.
236.21 Certificates to accompany plat.

236.21

236.21 Certificates to accompany plat. To entitle a final plat to be recorded, the following certificates lettered or printed legibly with a black durable image or typed legibly with black ribbon shall appear on it:

236.21(1)

(1) Surveyor's certificate of compliance with statute. The certificate of the surveyor who surveyed, divided and mapped the land giving all of the following information, which shall have the same force and effect as an affidavit:

236.21(1)(a)

(a) By whose direction the surveyor made the survey, subdivision and plat of the land described on the plat.

236.21(1)(b)

(b) A clear and concise description of the land surveyed, divided, and mapped by government lot, recorded private claim, quarter-quarter section, section, township, range, and county and by metes and bounds commencing with a monument at a section or quarter section corner of the quarter section that is not the center of the section, or commencing with a monument at the end of a boundary line of a recorded private claim or federal reservation in which the subdivision is located. If the land is located in a recorded subdivision or recorded addition thereto, the land shall be described by the number or other description of the lot, block or subdivision thereof, that has previously been tied to a corner marked and established by the U.S. public land survey.

236.21(1)(c)

(c) A statement that the plat is a correct representation of all the exterior boundaries of the land surveyed and the subdivision of it.

236.21(1)(d)

(d) A statement that the surveyor has fully complied with the provisions of this chapter in surveying, dividing and mapping the land.

236.21(2)

(2) Owner's certificate.

236.21(2)(a)

(a) A certificate by the owner of the land in substantially the following form: "As owner I hereby certify that I caused the land described on this plat to be surveyed, divided, mapped and dedicated as represented on the plat. I also certify that this plat is required by s. 236.10 or 236.12 to be submitted to the following for approval or objection: (list of governing bodies required to approve or allowed to object to the plat)." This certificate shall be signed by the owner, the owner's spouse, and all persons holding an interest in the fee of record or by being in possession and, if the land is mortgaged, by the mortgagee of record. These signatures shall be acknowledged in accordance with s. 706.07.

236.21(2)(b)

(b) As a condition to approval of the plat, the municipal, town or county body required by s. 236.12 to approve the plat may require that the owner furnish an abstract of title certified to date of submission for approval or, at the option of the owner, a policy of title insurance or certificate of title from an abstract company for examination in order to ascertain whether all parties in interest have signed the owner's certificate on the plat.

236.21(3)

(3) Certificate of taxes paid. A certificate of the clerk or treasurer of the municipality or town in which the subdivision lies and a certificate of the treasurer of the county in which the subdivision lies stating that there are no unpaid taxes or unpaid special assessments on any of the lands included in the plat.

236.21 - ANNOT.

History: 1971 c. 41 s. 11; 1975 c. 94 s. 91 (3); 1975 c. 199; 1979 c. 248 ss. 18, 25 (3); 1983 a. 473; 1999 a. 85; 2001 a. 16.