Wisconsin Code § 88.42

Unpaid drainage assessments to be collected as taxes
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(1) The secretary of the drainage board shall, in accordance with s. 88.19, keep a separate record of all assessments
in each drainage district under the board’s jurisdiction. On or before December 1 of each year, the secretary shall certify all past
due assessments for costs, including past due installments, to the
clerk of the town, village or city in which the delinquent lands are
located or assessed, specifying the amount due from each tract,
parcel or easement. The amount certified shall include interest at
the rate of 6 percent per year computed through December 31 of
the current year.
(2) Each town, village and city clerk shall insert in the tax roll
for each year, but in a column separate from the general tax, the
amounts certified to that clerk by the secretary of the board under
sub. (1). Such assessments and interest shall be collected in the
same manner as general taxes, except that the personal property
of natural persons and private corporations, and all lands except
those against which assessments were made, are not liable to
seizure and sale therefor.
(3) In case of failure to certify or collect the unpaid assessments in any one year or if mistakes are made in certifying or collecting assessments, the same may be certified, corrected and collected in any subsequent year.
(4) All drainage assessments collected by the city, village or
town treasurer shall be settled under s. 74.23, 74.25 or 74.30 with
the county treasurer of the county in which the drainage board
with jurisdiction of the district is located, and the city, village or
town treasurer shall obtain and file the proper receipt for the assessments. The county treasurer shall promptly credit the
amounts received under this subsection to the drainage districts
entitled to the amounts.

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