Wisconsin Code § 893.24

Adverse possession; section lines
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(1) A written instrument or judgment that declares the boundaries of real
estate adversely possessed under s. 893.29, 1995 stats., or s.
893.25, 893.26 or 893.27 does not affect any section line or any
section subdivision line established by the United States public
land survey or any section or section subdivision line based upon
it.
(2) Occupation lines that the court declares to be property
lines by adverse possession under s. 893.29, 1995 stats., or s.
893.25, 893.26 or 893.27 shall, by order of the court, be described by a retraceable description providing definite and un-

equivocal identification of the lines or boundaries. The description shall contain data of dimensions sufficient to enable the description to be mapped and retraced and shall describe the land
by government lot, recorded private claim, quarter-quarter section, section, township, range and county, and by metes and
bounds commencing with a corner marked and established by the
United States public land survey or a corner of the private claim.

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