Wisconsin § 812.44 Forms.

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§ 812.44 — Forms.

Wisconsin § 812.44

Ch. 812Garnishment

Subch.subch. II of ch. 812 SUBCHAPTER II

EARNINGS GARNISHMENT

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Wis. Stat. § 812.44 (2026).

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44(1) (1)
44(1)(a) (a) The judicial conference shall review the forms in this subchapter and may periodically revise those forms. Those revisions may not alter the rights of the parties under this subchapter. The judicial conference shall notify the clerks of court and any interested person of any forms revised under this subsection.
44(1)(b) (b) Except as provided under par. (bg) , no party may use a form substantially different from those in this subchapter as revised under this subsection. No party may alter those forms in a manner that may mislead any other party. If the court finds that a party has used a misleading form, the court shall award the aggrieved party actual damages, costs and reasonable attorney fees resulting from the additional proceeding.
44(1)(b

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812.44
812.44(1) (1)
812.44(1)(a) (a) The judicial conference shall review the forms in this subchapter and may periodically revise those forms. Those revisions may not alter the rights of the parties under this subchapter. The judicial conference shall notify the clerks of court and any interested person of any forms revised under this subsection.
812.44(1)(b) (b) Except as provided under par. (bg) , no party may use a form substantially different from those in this subchapter as revised under this subsection. No party may alter those forms in a manner that may mislead any other party. If the court finds that a party has used a misleading form, the court shall award the aggrieved party actual damages, costs and reasonable attorney fees resulting from the additional proceeding.
812.44(1)(bg) (bg) If the judgment debt meets one of the conditions under s. 812.34 (1) , the creditor shall amend the forms used under this subchapter to inform the garnishee and debtor that the exemptions provided under s. 812.34 (1) do not apply.
812.44(1)(c) (c) No garnishee is required to act as requested by any form in this subchapter that does not identify the parties as required by s. 812.31 (4) or that is illegibly completed or otherwise unintelligible. No garnishee is liable to any person for refusing to so act. The garnishee shall mail that form back to the sending party, if known, within 3 days after receipt. The garnishee shall include with the returned form a statement specifying the defect in the form and that the garnishee is not acting as requested by the form under the authority of this paragraph.
812.44(2) (2) The notice filed by the creditor to initiate an earnings garnishment under s. 812.35 (1) shall be in substantially the following form:
812.44(3) (3) The earnings garnishment form issued by the clerk under s. 812.35 (2) shall be in substantially the following form:
812.44(4) (4) The notice of exemption served upon the garnishee under s. 812.35 (4) shall be in substantially the following form:
812.44(5) (5) The debtor’s answer form under s. 812.37 shall be in substantially the following form:
812.44(6) (6) The creditor’s objection to the debtor’s answer and demand for hearing shall be in substantially the following form:
[Note: 812.44 Note NOTE: 1993 Wis. Act 80 contains Judicial Council notes.]

Legislative History

812.44 History History: 1993 a. 80 , 490 ; 1995 a. 27 , 224 ; 1997 a. 35 , 250 , 291 ; 1999 a. 32 ; 2001 a. 38 ; 2003 a. 138 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2015 a. 355 ; 2017 a. 365 s. 111 ; 2017 a. 366 .