Wisconsin § 62.075 - Detachment of farm lands from cities.
Full text of Wisconsin Wisconsin Statutes § 62.075 — Detachment of farm lands from cities., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 62.075. Detachment of farm lands from cities.
62.075(1) (1) Procedure. When land used for agricultural purposes of an area of 200 acres or more contiguous to the boundary of any city, whether of one or more farms, which shall have been within the corporate limits of such city for 20 years or more, and during all of said time shall have been used exclusively for agricultural purposes, the circuit court of the county in which such land is situated shall enter judgment detaching such land from such city and annexing it to an adjoining town or towns, if the provisions of this section shall have been complied with. Such detachment and annexation thereof shall become effective for all purposes on the first day of January next thereafter, and the procedure therefor shall be substantially as provided in subs. (3) and (4) . There shall be no adjustment, assignment and transfer of assets and liabilities under s.
Source: official Wisconsin text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 62.075 ("Detachment of farm lands from cities.") 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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