Wisconsin Code § 70.76

Board of correction
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(1) NOTICE, PROOF. (a) In the
order for reassessment the department of revenue shall designate
3 persons to serve as a board for the correction and review of the
reassessment. As soon as practicable the person making the reassessment shall inform the clerk of the district of the date on
which the reassessment will be ready for the consideration of the
board. The information shall be given in time to enable the clerk
to give the notice required in this subsection.
(b) The clerk shall give notice that the board will meet on the
date at the place provided by law for the meeting of the regular
board of review of the district, specifying the place. The clerk
shall record the notice in the record book of proceedings of the
board of review of the district after first recording the order for reassessment. The clerk shall post the notice in 3 conspicuous public places in the district and shall also serve a copy of the notice
upon each of the persons named to act as the board and upon the
department of revenue if the reassessment is not made by the department. The posting and service shall be at least one week before the day designated for the meeting.
(c) In case of the failure or refusal of the clerk to give and
serve the notice in the manner prescribed within 5 days after being requested to do so by the person making the reassessment, the
department of revenue may give and serve the notice with the
same force and effect as if given and served by the clerk. The service may be by personal delivery to the person to be served or by
leaving the copy at the person’s usual place of abode or by mailing it in a sealed envelope postpaid and directed to the person at
the person’s post-office address.
(d) A memorandum stating the time and place of posting and
the time and manner of service shall be entered by the clerk in the
record. The memorandum, authenticated by the signature of the
clerk, is presumptive evidence of the facts stated. The fact, time
and manner of posting and service may be proved by any person
having knowledge of the facts even though no entry of a memorandum is made.
(2) HEARING. The persons designated to serve as a board to
review the reassessment shall attend at the time and place specified in the notice. A majority of them constitutes a quorum. Before proceeding in the review they shall be sworn by the clerk or
by some other person authorized by law to administer oaths, to
faithfully and impartially perform their duties in respect to the reassessment. The clerk of the district shall attend and serve as the
clerk of the board at all its sessions and shall perform all the duties required of clerks at meetings of the regular board of review
of the district, except that the clerk shall have no voice in the determinations of the board.

(3) EVIDENCE. The person making the reassessment shall attend the meeting, shall present before the board the roll containing the reassessment of property made by the person and all property statements, affidavits, and other memoranda in relation to it,
shall furnish the board all information in the person’s possession
which may be useful in the work of the board, and may give testimony of any facts within the person’s knowledge pertinent to any
matter under the consideration of the board.

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