Wisconsin § 867.045 - Administrative joint tenancy or life estate termination for certain property.

§ 867.045. Administrative joint tenancy or life estate termination for certain property.

867.045(1) (1) Upon the death of any person having an interest as a joint tenant or life tenant in any real property or in the vendor’s interest in a land contract or a mortgagee’s interest in a mortgage, any person interested in the property may obtain evidence of the termination of that interest of the decedent by providing to the register of deeds of the county in which such property is located, on an application supplied by the register of deeds for that purpose, the name and address of the decedent and of the surviving joint tenant or remainder beneficiary, the date of the decedent’s death, and the applicant’s interest in the property. A person providing an application to the register of deeds under this subsection shall sign the application and verify, under oath, the correctness of the information provided in the application. The applicant shall also provide to the register of deeds the following information: 867.045(1)(j) (j) In the case of real property, a copy of the property tax bill for the year preceding the year of the decedent’s death, or a copy of the most recent property tax bill, and a legal description of the property, as provided under s. 59.43 (2s) (a) , which description shall be imprinted on or attached to the application. The register of deeds shall record the bill. The required recording of the property tax bill may be waived by an agreement between the register of deeds and the county real property lister. 867.045(1)(k) (k) In the case of a joint tenancy or life estate, a copy of the deed that creates the interest. 867.045(2) (2) The register of deeds or other person authorized under s.