Wisconsin § 32.17 - General provisions.
Full text of Wisconsin Wisconsin Statutes § 32.17 — General provisions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 32.17. General provisions.
32.17(1) (1) Where power of condemnation is given to a state officer the title acquired shall be in the name of the state. Payments of the costs and expenses of such condemnation shall be paid from the appropriation covering the purposes for which the property is acquired. 32.17(2) (2) Any condemnation proceedings authorized under any local or special law of this state, except those applicable to cities of the 1st class, shall be conducted under the procedure provided in this subchapter. 32.17(3) (3) Where disbursements and costs, including expert witness fees and reasonable actual attorney fees in case of abandonment of proceedings by the condemnor are recoverable from a condemnor under this subchapter, they shall be recoverable from the state or any of its agencies when the state or such agency is the condemnor. 32.17 History History: 1983 s. 236 s. 12; 1993 a. 490 .
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