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Wis. Stat. § 858.15 — WI Code / Chapter 858 / Section 858.15
When appraisal not necessary.
Status: in_force

Assets, the value of which is readily ascertainable without the exercise of judgment on the part of an appraiser, shall not be appraised. The value of these assets shall be shown in the inventory and verified by the personal representative, and the personal representative shall provide evidence of value as the court requires. Where evidence satisfactory to the court is produced to establish the value of any inventoried assets, no appraisal shall be required of the assets, unless a formal appraisal is requested by persons interested, the department of revenue, or by the court on its own motion.

History: 1973 c. 90 ; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 655.007 — WI Code / Chapter 655 / Section 655.007
Patients’ claims.
Status: in_force

On and after July 24, 1975, any patient or the patient’s representative having a claim or any spouse, parent, minor sibling or child of the patient having a derivative claim for injury or death on account of malpractice is subject to this chapter.

History: 1975 c. 37 , 199 ; 1983 a. 253 ; 1997 a. 89 .
Wis. Stat. § 215.513 — WI Code / Chapter 215 / Section 215.513
Mandatory indemnification.
Status: in_force

(1) A mutual association shall indemnify a director or officer, to the extent he or she has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of a proceeding, for all reasonable expenses incurred in the proceeding if the director or officer was a party because he or she is a director or officer of the mutual association.

(2)

(a) In cases not included under sub. (1) , a mutual association shall indemnify a director or officer against liability incurred by the director or officer in a proceeding to which the director or officer was a party because he or she is a director or officer of the mutual association, unless liability was incurred because the director or officer breached or failed to perform a duty he or she owes to the mutual association and the breach or failure to perform constitutes any of the following:

1. A willful failure to deal fairly with the mutual association or its members in connection with a matter in which the director or officer has a material conflict of interest.

2. A violation of criminal law, unless the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

3. A transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal profit.

4. Willful misconduct.

(b) Determination of whether indemnification is required under this subsection shall be made under s. 215.514 .

(c) The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of no contest or an equivalent plea, does not, by itself, create a presumption that indemnification of the director or officer is not required under this subsection.

(3) A director or officer who seeks indemnification under this section shall make a written request to the mutual association.

(4)

(a) Indemnification under this section is not required to the extent limited by the articles of incorporation under s. 215.516 .

(b) Indemnification under this section is not required if the director or officer has previously received indemnification or allowance of expenses from any person, including the mutual association, in connection with the same proceeding.

History: 1987 a. 13 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.578 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.578
Shelter care facilities; establishment, approval, inspection.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall fix reasonable standards and regulations for the design, construction, repair, and maintenance of shelter care facilities, with respect to their adequacy and fitness for the needs that they are to serve.

(2) The selection and purchase of the site, and the plans, specifications, and erection of buildings for shelter care facilities shall be subject to the review and approval of the department. Department review shall include review of the proposed program to be carried out by the shelter care facility.

(3) Before any shelter care facility is occupied, and at least annually thereafter, the department shall inspect the shelter care facility, with respect to safety, sanitation, adequacy, and fitness, and report to the authorities managing the shelter care facility any deficiency found, and order the necessary work to correct that deficiency. If within 6 months after the inspection the work is not commenced, or not completed within a reasonable period after commencement of the work, to the satisfaction of the department, the department shall suspend the allowance of state aid for, and prohibit the use of the shelter care facility, until the order is complied with.

History: 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 814.01 — WI Code / Chapter 814 / Section 814.01
Costs allowed to plaintiff.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, costs shall be allowed of course to the plaintiff upon a recovery.

(3) In an action for assault and battery, false imprisonment, libel, slander, malicious prosecution, invasion of privacy or seduction, a plaintiff who recovers less than $50 damages shall recover no more costs than damages.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 814.01; 1981 c. 317 .
Wis. Stat. § 153.76 — WI Code / Chapter 153 / Section 153.76
Civil liability.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in s. 153.77 , any person violating s. 153.50 or rules promulgated under s. 153.75 (1) (a) is liable to the patient for actual damages and costs, plus exemplary damages of up to $1,000 for a negligent violation and up to $5,000 for an intentional violation.

History: 1987 s. 399; 1999 a. 9 ; 2009 a. 274 s. 37 ; Stats. 2009 s. 153.76.
Wis. Stat. § 146.96 — WI Code / Chapter 146 / Section 146.96
Uniform claim processing form.
Status: in_force

Beginning no later than July 1, 2004, every health care provider, as defined in s. 146.81 (1) (a) to (p) , shall use the uniform claim processing form developed by the commissioner of insurance under s. 601.41 (9) (b) when submitting a claim to an insurer.

History: 2001 a. 109 ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.0808 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0808
Removal of directors by shareholders.
Status: in_force

(1) The shareholders may remove one or more directors with or without cause unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide that directors may be removed only for cause.

(2) If a director is elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the shareholders of that voting group may participate in the vote to remove that director.

(3) If cumulative voting is authorized under s. 180.0728 , the shareholders may not remove a director if the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting is voted against his or her removal. If cumulative voting is not authorized under s. 180.0728 , the shareholders may remove a director only if the number of votes cast to remove the director exceeds the number of votes cast not to remove him or her, unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws adopted under authority granted in the articles of incorporation provide for a greater voting requirement under s. 180.0727 (1) .

(4) A director may be removed by the shareholders only at a meeting called for the purpose of removing the director, and the meeting notice shall state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is removal of the director.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1991 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 405.118 — WI Code / Chapter 405 / Section 405.118
Security interest of issuer or nominated person.
Status: in_force

(1) An issuer or nominated person has a security interest in a document presented under a letter of credit to the extent that the issuer or nominated person honors or gives value for the presentation.

(2) So long as and to the extent that an issuer or nominated person has not been reimbursed or has not otherwise recovered the value given with respect to a security interest in a document under sub. (1) , the security interest continues and is subject to ch. 409 , but:

(a) A security agreement is not necessary to make the security interest enforceable under s. 409.203 (2) (c) ;

(b) If the document is presented in a medium other than a written or other tangible medium, the security interest is perfected; and

(c) If the document is presented in a written or other tangible medium and is not a certificated security, a chattel paper, a document of title, an instrument, or a letter of credit, the security interest is perfected and has priority over a conflicting security interest in the document so long as the debtor does not have possession of the document.

History: 2005 a. 213 .
Wis. Stat. § 85.23 — WI Code / Chapter 85 / Section 85.23
Rural public transportation assistance program.
Status: in_force

The department may administer a program for the distribution of rural public transportation aids made available to the state under section 18 of the urban mass transportation act of 1964, as amended, or under any similar federal act.

History: 1981 c. 20 s. 1223 .
Wis. Stat. § 8.21 — WI Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8.21
Declaration of candidacy.
Status: in_force

(1) Each candidate, except a candidate for presidential elector under s. 8.20 (2) (d) , shall file a declaration of candidacy, no later than the latest time provided for filing nomination papers under s. 8.10 (2) (a) , 8.15 (1) , 8.20 (8) (a) or 8.50 (3) (a) , or the time provided under s. 8.16 (2) or 8.35 (2) (c) . A candidate shall file the declaration with the officer or agency with which nomination papers are filed for the office that the candidate seeks, or if nomination papers are not required, with the clerk or board of election commissioners of the jurisdiction in which the candidate seeks office.

(2) The declaration of candidacy shall be sworn to before any officer authorized to administer oaths. The declaration shall contain the name of the candidate in the form specified under s. 8.10 (2) (b) for candidates for nonpartisan office or s. 8.15 (5) (a) or 8.20 (2) (a) for candidates for partisan office and shall state all of the following:

(a) That the signer is a candidate for a named office.

(b) That the signer meets, or will at the time he or she assumes office meet, applicable age, citizenship, residency, or voting qualification requirements, if any, prescribed by the constitutions and laws of the United States and of this state.

(c) That the signer will otherwise qualify for office if nominated and elected.

(3) The declaration of candidacy shall include the candidate’s name in the form in which it will appear on the ballot.

(4) Each candidate for state and local office shall include in the declaration of candidacy all of the following:

(a) A statement that the candidate has not been convicted of any misdemeanor designated under state or federal law as a violation of the public trust or any felony for which the candidate has not been pardoned.

(b) A statement that discloses the candidate’s municipality of residence for voting purposes, and the street and number, if any, on which the candidate resides.

(5) The declaration of candidacy is valid with or without the seal of the officer who administers the oath.

(6) A candidate for state or local office shall file an amended declaration of candidacy under oath with the same officer or agency if any information contained in the declaration of candidacy changes at any time after the original declaration of candidacy is filed and before the candidate assumes office or is defeated for election or nomination.

History: 1983 a. 484 s. 94 ; 1985 a. 304 ; 1987 a. 391 ; 1993 a. 140 ; 1999 a. 182 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2005 a. 149 .
Wis. Stat. § 178.0108 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.0108
Signing of records to be delivered for filing to the department.
Status: in_force

(1) A record delivered to the department for filing pursuant to this chapter must be signed as follows:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in pars. (b) and (c) , a record signed by a partnership must be signed by a person authorized by the partnership.

(b) A record filed on behalf of a dissolved partnership that has no partner must be signed by the person winding up the partnership’s business under s. 178.0802 (4) or a person appointed under s. 178.0802 (5) to wind up the business.

(c) A statement of denial by a person under s. 178.0304 must be signed by that person.

(d) Any record not identified in pars. (a) to (c) that is delivered on behalf of a person to the department for filing must be signed by that person.

(2) A record filed under this chapter may be signed by an attorney-in-fact. Whenever this chapter requires a particular individual to sign a record and the individual is deceased or incompetent, the record may be signed by a legal representative of the individual.

(3) A person that signs a record as an attorney-in-fact or legal representative affirms as a fact that the person is authorized to sign the record.

History: 2015 a. 295 .
Wis. Stat. § 46.044 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.044
State psychiatric institute.
Status: in_force

There is established the state psychiatric institute to be maintained as a department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The statutes relating to admission, commitment, placement, transfer, custody and discharge of mentally ill persons are applicable to the psychiatric institute.

History: 1975 c. 430 ; 1977 c. 26 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.0311 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0311
Intergovernmental cooperation in financing and undertaking housing projects.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “municipality” has the meaning given in s. 66.0301 (1) (a) .

(2) Any municipality, housing authority, development authority or redevelopment authority authorized under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211 and 66.1301 to 66.1337 :

(a) To issue bonds or obtain other types of financing in furtherance of its statutory purposes may cooperate with any other municipality, housing authority, development authority or redevelopment authority similarly authorized under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211 and 66.1301 to 66.1337 for the purpose of jointly issuing bonds or obtaining other types of financing.

(b) To plan, undertake, own, construct, operate and contract with respect to any housing project in accordance with its statutory purposes under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211 and 66.1301 to 66.1337 , may cooperate for the joint exercise of such functions with any other municipality, housing authority, development authority or redevelopment authority so authorized.

History: 1999 a. 150 ss. 80 , 350 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0311.
Wis. Stat. § 816.05 — WI Code / Chapter 816 / Section 816.05
Warrant against debtor.
Status: in_force

Upon satisfactory proof by affidavit that there is danger of the judgment debtor’s leaving the state or concealing himself or herself and that there is reason to believe that the judgment debtor has property which the judgment debtor unjustly refuses to apply to such judgment, the court or judge may issue a warrant requiring the sheriff to arrest and bring the judgment debtor before such court or judge to answer concerning the judgment debtor’s property.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 816.05; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 905.02 — WI Code / Chapter 905 / Section 905.02
Required reports privileged by statute.
Status: in_force

A person, corporation, association, or other organization or entity, either public or private, making a return or report required by law to be made has a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing the return or report, if provided by law. A public officer or agency to whom a return or report is required by law to be made has a privilege to refuse to disclose the return or report if provided by law. No privilege exists under this section in actions involving false swearing, fraudulent writing, fraud in the return or report, or other failure to comply with the law in question.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R109 (1973).
Wis. Stat. § 30.573 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.573
Assignment of security interest.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in s. 409.308 (5) , a secured party may assign, absolutely or otherwise, the secured party’s security interest in a boat to a person other than the owner without affecting the interest of the owner or the validity of the security interest, but any person without notice of the assignment is protected in dealing with the secured party as the holder of the security interest and the secured party remains liable for any obligations as a secured party until the assignee is named as secured party on the certificate of title.

(2) Subject to s. 409.308 (5) , to perfect an assignment, the assignee may deliver to the department the certificate of title, the fee required under s. 30.537 (4) (f) and an assignment by the secured party named in the certificate in the form the department prescribes. Upon receipt, the department shall name the assignee as a secured party on the certificate and issue a new certificate.

History: 1991 a. 39 ; 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 948.05 — WI Code / Chapter 948 / Section 948.05
Sexual exploitation of a child.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever does any of the following with knowledge of the character and content of the sexually explicit conduct involving the child may be penalized under sub. (2p) :

(a) Employs, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any child to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of recording or displaying in any way the conduct.

(b) Records or displays in any way a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

(1m) Whoever produces, performs in, profits from, promotes, imports into the state, reproduces, advertises, sells, distributes, or possesses with intent to sell or distribute, any recording of a child engaging in sexually explicit conduct may be penalized under sub. (2p) if the person knows the character and content of the sexually explicit conduct involving the child and if the person knows or reasonably should know that the child engaging in the sexually explicit conduct has not attained the age of 18 years.

(2) A person responsible for a child’s welfare who knowingly permits, allows or encourages the child to engage in sexually explicit conduct for a purpose proscribed in sub. (1) (a) or (b) or (1m) may be penalized under sub. (2p) .

(2p)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , a person who violates sub. (1) , (1m) , or (2) is guilty of a Class C felony.

(b) A person who violates sub. (1) , (1m) , or (2) is guilty of a Class F felony if the person is under 18 years of age when the offense occurs.

(3) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution for violation of sub. (1) (a) or (b) or (2) if the defendant had reasonable cause to believe that the child had attained the age of 18 years. A defendant who raises this affirmative defense has the burden of proving this defense by a preponderance of the evidence.

History: 1987 a. 332 ; 1999 a. 3 ; 2001 a. 16 , 109 ; 2005 a. 433 .
Wis. Stat. § 45.49 — WI Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45.49
State matching grants for recipients of federal per diem payments.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “eligible entity” means an eligible entity under 38 USC 2011 (d) other than the state that, on the date of application under this section, has been awarded per diem payments under 38 USC 2012 (a) for the upcoming fiscal year.

(2) Matching per diem payments.

(a) The department may award state matching grants to eligible entities, in the order in which the applications are received, for services that qualify for federal per diem payments under 38 USC 2012 .

(b) The department shall take applications for grants under this section on an annual basis, and may approve grants of up to $25 per day per veteran that the eligible entity is capable of housing, for up to 365 days per year.

(c) The department shall pay grants awarded to eligible entities under par. (b) on a quarterly basis in an amount calculated based on the cost incurred per day per veteran housed by the eligible entity in the previous quarter. The grant amount to be paid under this paragraph shall be the highest amount possible that will not reduce the full federal per diem amount that the eligible entity is entitled to receive, based on the entity’s per day per veteran cost of care, up to $25 per day per veteran.

History: 2025 a. 154 .
Wis. Stat. § 70.1105 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.1105
Taxed in part.
Status: in_force

(1) Property that is exempt under s. 70.11 and that is used in part in a trade or business for which the owner of the property is subject to taxation under sections 511 to 515 of the internal revenue code, as defined in s. 71.22 (4m) , shall be assessed for taxation at that portion of the fair market value of the property that is attributable to the part of the property that is used in the unrelated trade or business. This section does not apply to property that is leased by an exempt organization to another person or to property that is exempt under s. 70.11 (34) .

(2) Property, excluding land, that is owned or leased by a corporation that provides services pursuant to 15 USC 79 to a light, heat, and power company, as defined under s. 76.28 (1) (e) , that is subject to taxation under s. 76.28 and that is affiliated with the corporation shall be assessed for taxation at the portion of the fair market value of the property that is not used to provide such services.

History: 1997 a. 35 s. 243 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.77 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.77
Transitional provisions.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) The sales price from services subject to the tax under s. 77.52 (2) or the lease, rental, or license of tangible personal property and property, items, and goods specified under s. 77.52 (1) (b) , (c) , and (d) , is subject to the taxes under this subchapter, and the incremental amount of tax caused by a rate increase applicable to those services, leases, rentals, or licenses is due, beginning with the first billing period starting on or after the effective date of the county ordinance, municipal ordinance, special district resolution, or rate increase, regardless of whether the service is furnished or the property, item, or good is leased, rented, or licensed to the customer before or after that date.

(b) The sales price from services subject to the tax under s. 77.52 (2) or the lease, rental, or license of tangible personal property and property, items, and goods specified under s. 77.52 (1) (b) , (c) , and (d) is not subject to the taxes under this subchapter, and a decrease in the tax rate imposed under this subchapter on those services first applies, beginning with bills rendered on or after the effective date of the repeal or sunset of a county ordinance, municipal ordinance, or special district resolution imposing the tax or other rate decrease, regardless of whether the service is furnished or the property, item, or good is leased, rented, or licensed to the customer before or after that date.

(3) The sale of building materials to contractors engaged in the business of constructing, altering, repairing or improving real estate for others is not subject to the taxes under this subchapter, and the incremental amount of tax caused by the rate increase applicable to those materials is not due, if the materials are affixed and made a structural part of real estate, and the amount payable to the contractor is fixed without regard to the costs incurred in performing a written contract that was irrevocably entered into prior to the effective date of the county ordinance, municipal ordinance, special district resolution, or rate increase or that resulted from the acceptance of a formal written bid accompanied by a bond or other performance guaranty that was irrevocably submitted before that date.

History: 1985 a. 41 ; 1995 a. 56 ; 2009 a. 2 , 28 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2023 a. 12 .