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706.13 Slander of title.

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(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 or any other instrument relating to the title in real or personal property, knowing the contents or any part of the contents to be false, 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.

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(2) This section applies to any person who causes another person to act in the manner specified in sub. (1) .

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(3) This section does not apply to a register of deeds or other government employe who acts in the course of his or her official duties and files, enters or records any instrument relating to title on behalf of another person.


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