{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-31.32","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 31.32","heading":"Dams not to injure other dams or sites.","body":"No such dam shall be erected to the injury of any mill lawfully existing, either above or below it on the same stream; nor to the injury of any mill site on the same stream on which a mill or milldam shall have been lawfully erected and used or is in the process of erection, unless the right to maintain a mill on such last-mentioned site shall have been lost or defeated by abandonment or otherwise; nor to the injury of any such mill site which has been occupied as such by the owner thereof, if such owner, within a reasonable time after commencing such occupation, completes and puts in operation a mill for the working of which the water of such stream shall be applied.","path":["Chs. 23-34, Public Domain and the Trust Funds","Chapter 31 Regulation Of Dams And Bridges Affecting Navigable Waters"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/31.32","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:00:16Z","sha256":"33e414201c13e3714a9ad73854553fa7d51829d4c8546755053d1627efcda669","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-31.31","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-31.33"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}