84.095 Transportation project plats.

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(1)Definitions. In this section:

(a)“Parcel” means one or more pieces of land, or interests or rights in land, under the same ownership or control to be acquired or disposed of for a project and depicted on a plat.

(b)“Parcel number” means a unique number assigned to each parcel depicted on a plat.

(c)“Plat” means a map that is prepared for a project, or a part of a project. The plat shall consist of a single sheet or a detail and a title sheet.

(d)“Project” means a public transportation or transportation-related improvement project.

(e)“Project number” means a unique number assigned to the project by the department or the city, village, town or county that is undertaking the project.

(f)“Title sheet” means a sheet that includes, but is not limited to, limits of the project, location map, and identification of plat symbols and abbreviations.

(2)Filing or recording plats.

(a)The department, or a city, village, town, or county, may submit any order or resolution relating to a project in the form of a plat for filing or recording in the office of the register of deeds in the county in which the parcel is located. The plat may include a separate title sheet and shall be filed or recorded within 20 days after the plat is signed under sub.

(a)4. The register of deeds shall file or record any plat submitted under this subsection as a transportation project plat. A project authorized by an order or resolution may be described in more than one plat. Whenever a project is described in more than one plat, each plat may be submitted separately for filing or recording.

1. Plats filed or recorded under this section are for parcel or right of way delineation purposes only and do not effect a transfer or encumbrance of any title to real or personal property.

2. Submitting a plat for filing or recording under this section satisfies the requirements of ss. 32.05

(1), 83.08

(1), 84.09

(1)and 114.33

(6)with respect to filing with the county clerk or county highway committee any orders, resolutions, maps or plats for a project.

(3)Amending and correcting plats.

(a)An order, resolution, or plat filed or recorded under this section may be amended or vacated only by the entity that submitted the order, resolution, or plat for filing or recording. Any amendment or vacation of an order, resolution, or plat filed or recorded under this section may be filed or recorded. The office of the register of deeds shall make suitable notations on the plat affected by an amendment or vacation that is filed or recorded. The register of deeds shall number any amendments to a plat consecutively in the order filed or recorded and shall describe each amendment using the following information to the extent the information applies:

Amendment .... (number) of transportation project plat .... (project number), recorded in volume .... (number) of transportation project plats, page .... (number), as document .... (number), on .... (date), .... (county name) register of deeds, and located in .... (quarter section, section, township and range; recorded private claim; or federal reservation).

(b)Corrections to a plat may be made only by the entity that prepared or submitted the plat for filing or recording and only if the correction does not affect the interests or rights required. Corrections to a plat shall be made by filing or recording with the register of deeds an affidavit of correction that identifies the affected plat and states the defect in or change to the plat along with the correct information. An affidavit of correction may not be used to reconfigure parcels or rights and interests required for the project. Affidavits of correction may be used to correct distances, angles, directions, bearings, chords, lot and block numbers, street names, or other scrivener errors. The register of deeds shall make suitable notations on the plat to which the affidavit refers. The record of the affidavit of correction, or a certified copy of the record, is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the affidavit.

(4)Plat detail and format.

(a)No plat may be filed or recorded in any office of a register of deeds unless the plat includes a certification that it contains all of the following, either as part of the drawing or written elsewhere on the plat:

1. An official order or resolution of the department, city, village, town or county authorizing the project. If the plat is to be used only to delineate existing highway right-of-way, the plat must refer to a resolution or revised relocation order from a previous project. If a recorded or revised relocation order does not exist, the department may establish right-of-way.