2017 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 69. Collection of statistics.
69.07 Duties of register of deeds.

Universal Citation: WI Stat § 69.07 (2017)

69.07 Duties of register of deeds. The county register of deeds shall:

(1) Accept for filing, sign and assign a date of acceptance to every original vital record properly presented in his or her office.

(2) Make, file, and index an exact copy of every vital record accepted under sub. (1) or received under s. 69.05 (3). Indexes prepared for public use under s. 69.20 (3) (e) shall consist of the registrant's full name, date of the event, county of occurrence, county of residence, and, at the discretion of the state registrar, local file number.

(3) Designate a deputy appointed under s. 59.43 (3) to perform the register of deeds' duties under this section during the register of deeds' absence, illness or disability.

History: 1985 a. 315; 1995 a. 201; 2001 a. 16.

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