§ 873.050

Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 73.

None of the following persons shall be appointed a referee under this title:

(a)A clerk or deputy clerk of the court.
(b)A former or present partner or employee of the judge.
(c)A relative within the third degree of the judge or the judge’s spouse or the spouse of such a relative.
(d)An owner of any interest in the property that is the subject of the action.

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