Wisconsin § 811.03 - Basis for attachment.

§ 811.03. Basis for attachment.

811.03(1) (1) On contract or judgment. Before any writ of attachment shall be executed the plaintiff or someone in the plaintiff’s behalf shall make and annex thereto an affidavit setting forth specific factual allegations to show that the defendant is indebted, or that property of the defendant is available, to the plaintiff in a sum exceeding $50 specifying the amount above all setoffs, and that the same is due upon contract or upon a judgment and that the affiant knows or has good reason to believe either: 811.03(1)(a) (a) That the defendant is absent from this state, or is concealed therein so that summons cannot be served on the defendant; or 811.03(1)(b) (b) That the defendant has disposed of or concealed or is about to dispose of or conceal the defendant’s property or some part thereof with intent to defraud the defendant’s creditors; or 811.03(1)(c) (c) That the defendant has removed or is about to remove property out of this state with intent to defraud the defendant’s creditors; or 811.03(1)(d) (d) That the defendant fraudulently incurred the obligation respecting which the action is brought; or 811.03(1)(e) (e) That the defendant is not a resident of this state; or 811.03(1)(f) (f) That the defendant is a foreign corporation; or if domestic that no officer or agent thereof on whom to serve the summons exists or resides in this state or can be found; or 811.03(1)(g) (g) That the action is against a defendant as principal on an official bond to recover money due the state or to some county or other municipality therein, or that the action is against the defendant as principal upon a bond or other instrument given as evidence of debt for or to secure the payment of money embezzled or misappropriated by such defendant as an officer of the state or of a county or municipality therein. 811.03(2) (2) Tort action. Except as provided in ss.