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Notice of Appeal – Indigency Filing – by Fax
State v. Ronald G. Sorenson, 2000 WI 43, 234 Wis. 2d 648, 611 N.W.2d 240, reversing unpublished decision of court of appeals
Issue: “(W)hether Wis. Stat. § 801.16(2), under which ‘papers that do not require a filing fee’ may be filed by facsimile transmission, permits indigent parties to file a notice of appeal by facsimile.”
Holding: ¶5:
We hold that a notice of appeal may be filed by facsimile transmission because a notice of appeal is not a paper that requires a filing fee to confer jurisdiction.