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Code · Wisconsin · Chapter 801 — Civil procedure — commencement of action and venue

801.07 Jurisdiction in rem or quasi in rem, grounds for generally.

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801.07 Jurisdiction in rem or quasi in rem, grounds for generally. A court of this state having jurisdiction of the subject matter may exercise jurisdiction in rem or quasi in rem on the grounds stated in this section. A judgment in rem or quasi in rem may affect the interests of a defendant in the status, property or thing acted upon only if a summons has been served upon the defendant pursuant to s. 801.12 . Jurisdiction in rem or quasi in rem may be invoked in any of the following cases:
(1)When the subject of the action is real or personal property in this state and the defendant has or claims a lien or interest, actual or contingent, therein, or the relief demanded consists wholly or partially in excluding the defendant from any interest or lien therein. This subsection shall apply when any such defendant is unknown.
(2)When the action is to foreclose, redeem from or satisfy a mortgage, claim or lien upon real estate within this state.
(3)When the defendant has property within this state which has been attached or has a debtor within the state who has been garnisheed. Jurisdiction under this subsection may be independent of or supplementary to jurisdiction acquired under subs.
(1)and
(2).
(4)When the action is to declare property within this state a public nuisance.
(5)When the action is an action affecting the family under s. 767.001
(a)to
(d)and when the residence requirements of s. 767.301 have been met, a court having subject matter jurisdiction may exercise jurisdiction quasi in rem to determine questions of status if the respondent has been served under s. 801.11
(1). Notwithstanding s. 801.11 (intro.) , the court need not have grounds for personal jurisdiction under s. 801.05 in order to make a determination of the status of a marriage under this subsection.
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