Wisconsin Code § 70.73

Correction of tax roll
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(1) BEFORE DELIVERY. (a) If
it is discovered by any town, village or city clerk or treasurer that
any parcel of land has been erroneously described on the tax roll
the clerk or treasurer shall correct the description.
(b) If a town, village, or city clerk or treasurer discovers that
personal property has been assessed to the wrong person for assessments made before January 1, 2024, or 2 or more parcels of
land belonging to different persons have been erroneously assessed together on the tax roll, the clerk or treasurer shall notify
the assessor and all parties interested, if the parties are residents
of the county, by notice in writing to appear at the clerk’s office at
some time, not less than 5 days thereafter, to correct the assessment roll.

(c) At the time and place designated in the notice given under
par. (b), the assessment roll shall be corrected by entering the correct names of the persons liable to assessment, describing each
parcel of land and giving the proper valuation to each parcel separately owned. The total valuation given to the separate tracts of
real estate shall be equal to the valuation given to the same property when the several parcels were assessed together.
(d) The valuation of parcels of land may be made at any time
before the tax roll is returned to the county treasurer for the year
in which the tax is levied. The valuation, when made under this
subsection, shall be held just and correct and be final and
conclusive.
(1m) AFTER BOARD OF REVIEW. If a town, village, or city
clerk or treasurer discovers a palpable error, as described under s.
74.33 (1), in the assessment roll after the board of review has adjourned for the year under s. 70.47 (4), the clerk or treasurer shall
correct the assessment roll before calculating the property taxes
that are due on the property related to the error and notify the department of revenue of the correction under s. 70.57.
(3) NOTICE OF CORRECTION. When the assessment roll shall
have been so corrected the clerk shall enter a marginal note on the
roll stating when the correction was made by the assessor; and if
the taxes shall have been extended against the property previously the clerk shall correct the tax roll in the same manner that
the assessment roll was corrected, and extend against each tract
the proper amount of tax to be collected.

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