Wisconsin § 985.075 - Substance of 2nd and 3rd insertions.
Full text of Wisconsin Wisconsin Statutes § 985.075 — Substance of 2nd and 3rd insertions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 985.075. Substance of 2nd and 3rd insertions.
985.075(1) (1) In this section, “summary” means a brief, precise, and plain-language description that can be easily understood. 985.075(2) (2) Except as provided in sub. (3) , when a governing body of a municipality is required by law to publish a legal notice as a class 2 notice or a class 3 notice, the governing body may, for the 2nd and 3rd insertions and in lieu of publishing the full text of the material required to be included in the first insertion of the legal notice, publish a summary of the material included in the first insertion in the same manner in which the first insertion was published. The governing body shall ensure that the summary is accompanied by a notice that the full text of the material included in the first insertion is available for viewing at all of the following locations: 985.075(2)(a) (a) As an electronic document on the governing body’s Internet site. 985.075(2)(b) (b) In the newspaper in which the initial insertion was published. 985.075(2)(c) (c) As an electronic document on the Wisconsin newspapers legal notices Internet site. 985.075(2)(d) (d) In a readily accessible physical location within the municipality. 985.075(3) (3) This section does not apply to a legal notice required to be published by a municipality by order of a court or to a legal notice related to court proceedings required to be published by a municipality. 985.075 History History: 2017 a. 353 .
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Section 985.075 ("Substance of 2nd and 3rd insertions.") 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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