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2025 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 88 - Drainage of lands.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 88.01 - Definitions.
- 88.02 - Outstanding securities and contracts not affected.
- 88.03 - Drainage proceedings equitable in nature.
- 88.032 - Amendment of documents.
- 88.04 - General rules relating to signatures on petitions.
- 88.05 - General rules applicable to notices of hearings.
- 88.06 - General procedure for obtaining consent or approval of the court in drainage proceedings.
- 88.065 - General procedure for drainage board hearings.
- 88.07 - General rules; drainage proceedings in court.
- 88.08 - Costs in drainage proceedings.
- 88.09 - Certiorari; drainage board decisions.
- 88.10 - Guardian ad litem; failure to appoint.
- 88.11 - Assistance to drainage districts.
- 88.12 - Proceedings when drainage area is in more than one county.
- 88.13 - Right to enter lands of drainage district.
- 88.14 - Controversies between districts.
- 88.145 - Limitation of damages and suits.
- 88.16 - Notification requirements, engineering study.
- 88.161 - Transition for certain drainage districts.
- 88.17 - Appointment and organization of drainage board.
- 88.172 - Limited liability of drainage board members.
- 88.18 - County treasurer to serve as treasurer of drainage districts.
- 88.19 - Board to keep records.
- 88.20 - Conflict of interest prohibited.
- 88.21 - General powers of the drainage board.
- 88.212 - Required actions for the drainage board.
- 88.215 - Landowner petitions.
- 88.22 - Power of board to contract with the federal government and other agencies.
- 88.23 - Power of board to levy assessments for costs.
- 88.24 - Board to file annual report.
- 88.27 - Who may petition for organization of a drainage district.
- 88.28 - Contents of petition.
- 88.29 - Referral of petition to board; examination of lands; hearing by board.
- 88.31 - Special procedure in cases affecting navigable waters.
- 88.32 - Report to the court.
- 88.33 - Drainage project may be stopped prior to organization of district.
- 88.34 - Hearing by the court; organization of drainage district.
- 88.35 - Laying out drains, assessment of benefits and award of damages in newly organized district.
- 88.36 - Hearing on report.
- 88.40 - Assessments for costs to be certified to register of deeds; assessments are lien on lands.
- 88.405 - Assessment for connection to district drain.
- 88.41 - Payment of assessments for costs.
- 88.42 - Unpaid drainage assessments to be collected as taxes.
- 88.43 - Collection of assessments as delinquent taxes.
- 88.44 - Contesting validity of assessments.
- 88.45 - Procedure upon discovering omitted assessments.
- 88.46 - Reassessment of benefits.
- 88.47 - Apportionment of assessments when assessed parcel is divided.
- 88.48 - Assessment of county and municipal lands.
- 88.49 - Assessment of one district by another; judgment against district.
- 88.50 - When state lands subject to assessment; right-of-way across state lands.
- 88.54 - Borrowing money.
- 88.55 - Refunding district obligations.
- 88.56 - Compromise and discharge of obligations.
- 88.61 - Laying out drains, assessment of benefits and award of damages in existing drainage district.
- 88.62 - Conditions relative to doing of work.
- 88.63 - Maintenance and repair of drains.
- 88.64 - Assessment against municipalities for enlargement or maintenance of drains.
- 88.66 - Construction and repair of drains crossing railroad right-of-way.
- 88.67 - Construction and repair of drains crossing utility installations; laying utility installations across drains.
- 88.68 - Construction of drain across public highway; construction of bridges across drains.
- 88.69 - District liable for damage to land outside its boundaries.
- 88.70 - Formation of subdistrict to obtain more thorough drainage.
- 88.71 - Enlarging or supplementing existing drains.
- 88.72 - Removal of dams or other obstructions in drainage outlets.
- 88.73 - Providing drainage for lands assessed but not adequately drained.
- 88.74 - District corridors.
- 88.77 - Annexation of lands upon petition of owners.
- 88.78 - Annexation of benefited lands.
- 88.785 - Certain annexations prohibited.
- 88.79 - Consolidation of drainage districts in process of organization.
- 88.791 - Consolidation of existing drainage districts.
- 88.80 - Withdrawal of lands from drainage district.
- 88.81 - Proceedings to suspend operations of drainage district.
- 88.815 - Dissolution of suspended drainage districts.
- 88.817 - Leola drainage district.
- 88.82 - Dissolution of drainage districts.
- 88.83 - Transfer of district to municipal jurisdiction.
- 88.87 - Road grades not to obstruct natural drainage, landowners not to obstruct highway drainage; remedies.
- 88.88 - Railroad to construct ditch or sluiceway across right-of-way.
- 88.89 - Roads not to obstruct natural watercourse.
- 88.90 - Removal of obstructions from natural watercourses.
- 88.91 - Penalty for placing obstruction in ditches.
- 88.92 - Private drains not to be connected with district drains.
- 88.93 - Right to take water from drainage ditch.
- 88.94 - Drains for individual landowners.
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