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Code · Wisconsin · Chapter 706 — Conveyances of real property; recording; titles

706.13 Slander of title.

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706.13 Slander of title.
(1)In addition to any criminal penalty or civil remedy provided by law, any person who submits for filing, entering in the judgment and lien docket or recording, any lien, claim of lien, lis pendens, writ of attachment, financing statement or any other instrument relating to a security interest in or the title to real or personal property, and who knows or should have known that the contents or any part of the contents of the instrument are false, a sham or frivolous, is liable in tort to any person interested in the property whose title is thereby impaired, for punitive damages of $1,000 plus any actual damages caused by the filing, entering or recording.
(2)This section applies to any person who causes another person to act in the manner specified in sub.
(1).
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