Wisconsin Constitution

Article IX, § 3 — Ultimate property in lands; escheats

Wisconsin Const. art. IX, § 3

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Wis. Const. art. IX, § 3.

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The people of the state, in their right of sovereignty, are declared to possess the ultimate property in and to all lands within the jurisdiction of the state; and all lands the title to which shall fail from a defect of heirs shall revert or escheat to the people.

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