The date of the conveyance must be on the deed because the register of deeds is required to place it on the transfer form.  Any deeds or land contracts presented for recording without the date of conveyance will be rejected.

Use PE-500 (R. 3-2004). This form has a light green background and uses both sides of a standard 8 1/2" by 11" page.  We have these forms and instructions available in the Register of Deeds office.  Photocopies of this form are not acceptable and will be rejected.

Notice:  All real estate transfer returns must be electronic as of July 1, 2009.

Instructions for filling out the Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Return and the eRETR (electronic transfer return) are available through the Wisconsin Department of Revenue.

Print or type legibly

The form will be scanned by an optical character recognition device.  Therefore, you must type or print clearly in black ink and use all CAPITAL LETTERS.  You may not use white-out or dry line because they flake off easily which would harm the optical character recognition (ocr) device used to read the information on the forms.  Use correction tape such as Avery 1/6 inch wide #05101.

No cross-overs

You may not cross over your errors on the form because the ocr device cannot interpret the information.  You may use correction tape such as Avery 1/6 inch wide #05101.

Do not write in green area 

Do not write in the green area even if you run out of space.  Just get as many letters in as you can.  Leave a space between words.  If you need more room for the legal description, attach an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper with the description to the back of the form.

Complete the entire form (except Section V)

You may contact Russ Reppen with the Department of Revenue at (608) 266-1594, or this office at (920) 386-3720, and we will help you as best we can.