{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-19.015","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 19.015","heading":"Actions by the state, municipality or district.","body":"Whenever the state or any county, town, city, village, school district or technical college district is entitled to recover any damages, money, penalty or forfeiture on any official bond, the attorney general, county chairperson, town chairperson, mayor, village president, school board president or technical college district board chairperson, respectively, shall prosecute or cause to be prosecuted all necessary actions in the name of the state, or the municipality, against the officer giving the bond and the sureties for the recovery of the damages, money, penalty or forfeiture.","path":["Chs. 13-20, General Organization of the State, Except the Judiciary","Chapter 19 General Duties Of Public Officials","SUBCHAPTER I OFFICIAL OATHS AND BONDS"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/19.015","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:00:09Z","sha256":"d0f7bbf0d284bcb26b198b7d4ade55b7eb6a0c57ae25b501cc4edd0c70a88a03","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-19.01","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-19.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}