{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-840.17","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 840.17","heading":"Judicial sale; report if sheriff incapacitated.","body":"If the sheriff who made a sale of land dies, departs from the state or becomes otherwise incapacitated to report or to execute the deed, such report may be made by the undersheriff, a deputy sheriff, or by any party to the action, by affidavit; and such deed may be executed by the clerk on ex parte order of the court.","path":["Chs. 801-847, Civil Procedure","Chapter 840 Real Property Actions; General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/840.17","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:01:44Z","sha256":"ee89d448803a05ac5dcea1ea733ae8bb4f69881dd71fd7f6c9eef56f6bc7ac4a","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-840.16","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-840.18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}