Wisconsin § 705.27 - Ownership on death of owner.
Full text of Wisconsin Wisconsin Statutes § 705.27 — Ownership on death of owner., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 705.27. Ownership on death of owner.
Subject to the rights of the registering entity under s. 705.28 (2m) , on the death of a sole owner or the last to die of multiple owners, ownership of securities registered in beneficiary form passes to the beneficiary or beneficiaries who survive all owners and to any predeceased beneficiary’s issue who would take under s. 854.06 (3) . On proof of death of all owners and compliance with any applicable requirements of the registering entity, a security registered in beneficiary form may be reregistered in the name of the successors to the ownership interest. Until division of the security after the death of all owners, multiple successors to the ownership interest hold their interests as tenants in common. If no beneficiary or predeceased beneficiary’s issue who would take under s. 854.06 (3) survives the death of all owners, the security belongs to the estate of the deceased sole owner or the estate of the last to die of multiple owners. 705.27 History History: 1989 a. 331 ; 2005 a. 216 .
Source: official Wisconsin text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 705.27 ("Ownership on death of owner.") is part of the Wisconsin Statutes, the codified statutory law of Wisconsin. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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