{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-893.15","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 893.15","heading":"Effect of an action in a non-Wisconsin forum on a Wisconsin cause of action.","body":"(1) In this section “a non-Wisconsin forum” means all courts, state and federal, in states other than this state and federal courts in this state.\n(2) In a non-Wisconsin forum, the time of commencement or final disposition of an action is determined by the local law of the forum.\n(3) A Wisconsin law limiting the time for commencement of an action on a Wisconsin cause of action is tolled from the period of commencement of the action in a non-Wisconsin forum until the time of its final disposition in that forum.\n(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to an action commenced on a Wisconsin cause of action in a non-Wisconsin forum after the time when the action is barred by a law of the forum limiting the time for commencement of an action.\n(5) If an action is commenced in a non-Wisconsin forum on a Wisconsin cause of action after the time when the Wisconsin period of limitation has expired but before the foreign period of limitation has expired, the action in the non-Wisconsin forum has no effect on the Wisconsin period of limitation.","path":["Chs. 885-895, Provisions Common to Actions and Provisions Common to Actions and Proceedings in All Courts","Chapter 893 Limitations Of Commencement Of Actions And Proceedings; Procedure For Claims Against Governmental Units","SUBCHAPTER II LIMITATIONS TOLLED OR EXTENDED"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/893.15","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:01:46Z","sha256":"a563cf5e01808d9abde69d6797c0f47cd83f114948dfca45bbfd15a1a0614d82","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-893.14","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-893.16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}