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Wis. Stat. § 425.106 — WI Code / Chapter 425 / Section 425.106
Exempt property.
Status: in_force

(1) Except to the extent that the merchant has a valid security interest which is permitted by chs. 421 to 427 and 429 or has a lien under ch. 779 in such property, or where the transaction is for medical or legal services and there has been no finance charge actually imposed, the following property of the customer shall be exempt from levy, execution, sale, and other similar process in satisfaction of a judgment for an obligation arising from a consumer credit transaction:

(a) Unpaid earnings to the extent provided in s. 812.34 .

(b) Clothing of the customer or his or her dependents, and the following: dining table and chairs, refrigerator, heating stove, cooking stove, radio, beds and bedding, couch and chairs, cooking utensils and kitchenware and household goods as defined in 12 CFR 227.13 (d) , 12 CFR 535.1 (g) or 16 CFR 444.1 (i) consisting of furniture, appliances, one television, linens, china, crockery and personal effects including wedding rings, except works of art, electronic entertainment equipment, antiques and jewelry, to the extent a nonpossessory security interest in these household goods is prohibited under 12 CFR 227.13 (d) , 12 CFR 535.2 (a) (4) or 16 CFR 444.2 (a) (4) ;

(c) Real property used as the principal residence of the customer or the customer’s dependents, to the extent that the fair market value of such property, less all amounts secured by mortgages and liens outstanding against it, is $15,000 or less; and

(d) Earnings or other assets of the customer which are required to be paid by the customer as restitution under s. 973.20 .

(2) With respect to process against marital property in satisfaction of a judgment for an obligation described under s. 766.55 (2) (b) arising from a consumer credit transaction, each spouse is entitled to and may claim the exemptions under sub. (1) . Each spouse is entitled to one exemption under sub. (1) (c) . That exemption is limited to the specified maximum dollar amount, which may be combined with the other spouse’s exemption in the same property or applied to different property included under the same exemption.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to displace other provisions of law which afford additional or greater protection to the customer.

(4) An order or process in violation of this section is void.

History: 1971 c. 239 ; 1973 c. 2 , 3 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 92 (9) ; 1979 c. 89 , 177 , 221 ; 1983 a. 36 ; 1985 a. 37 , 256 ; 1987 a. 398 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 1993 a. 80 ; 1995 a. 329 .
Wis. Stat. § 118.1915 — WI Code / Chapter 118 / Section 118.1915
Licensure for Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instructors.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding s. 118.19 (4m) , (6) to (9) , (12) , and (14) , the department shall grant a license to an individual to provide instruction to pupils enrolled in a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program offered in the high school grades if the individual is eligible for licensure under s. 118.19 (4) and (10) and the individual satisfies all of the following:

(a) Possesses a bachelor’s degree.

(b) Successfully completed a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Instructor Certification program.

(2) A license under sub. (1) authorizes an individual to teach the courses for which the individual has successfully completed the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Instructor Certification process.

History: 2017 a. 59 ; 2025 a. 129 .
Wis. Stat. § 971.30 — WI Code / Chapter 971 / Section 971.30
Motion defined.
Status: in_force

(1) ‘‘Motion” means an application for an order.

(2) Unless otherwise provided or ordered by the court, all motions shall meet the following criteria:

(a) Be in writing.

(b) Contain a caption setting forth the name of the court, the venue, the title of the action, the file number, a denomination of the party seeking the order or relief and a brief description of the type of order or relief sought.

(c) State with particularity the grounds for the motion and the order or relief sought.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 171 Wis. 2d xix (1992).
Wis. Stat. § 304.078 — WI Code / Chapter 304 / Section 304.078
Restoration of civil rights of convicted persons.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Imprisonment” includes parole and extended supervision.

(b) “Jailer” has the meaning given in s. 302.372 (1) (b) .

(2) Except as provided in sub. (3) , every person who is convicted of a crime obtains a restoration of his or her civil rights by serving out his or her term of imprisonment or otherwise satisfying his or her sentence. The certificate of the department or other responsible supervising agency that a convicted person has served his or her sentence or otherwise satisfied the judgment against him or her is evidence of that fact and that the person is restored to his or her civil rights. The department or other agency shall list in the person’s certificate rights which have been restored and which have not been restored. Persons who served out their terms of imprisonment or otherwise satisfied their sentences prior to August 14, 1947, are likewise restored to their civil rights from and after September 25, 1959.

(3) If a person is disqualified from voting under s. 6.03 (1) (b) , his or her right to vote is restored when he or she completes the term of imprisonment or probation for the crime that led to the disqualification. The department or, if the person is sentenced to a county jail or house of correction, the jailer shall inform the person in writing at the time his or her right to vote is restored under this subsection.

History: 1987 a. 226 ; 1989 a. 31 s. 1706 ; Stats. 1989 s. 304.078; 2003 a. 121 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.994 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.994
Required form of contract.
Status: in_force

(1) An agency contract must be in a record, signed by the parties.

(2) An agency contract must contain all of the following:

(ag) A statement that the athlete agent is registered as an athlete agent in this state and a list of all other states in which the athlete agent is registered as an athlete agent.

(ar) The amount and method of calculating the consideration to be paid by the student athlete for services to be provided by the athlete agent under the contract and any other consideration that the athlete agent has received or will receive from any other source for entering into the contract or for providing the services.

(b) The name of any person not listed in the application for registration or renewal of registration who will be compensated because the student athlete signed the agency contract.

(c) A description of any expenses that the student athlete agrees to reimburse.

(d) A description of the services to be provided to the student athlete.

(e) The duration of the contract.

(f) The date of execution.

(3) Subject to sub. (6) , an agency contract must contain a conspicuous notice in boldface type and, in substantially the same form, the following:

(3m) An agency contract must be accompanied by a separate record signed by the student athlete or, if the student athlete is a minor, the parent or guardian of the student athlete acknowledging that signing the contract may result in the loss of the student athlete’s eligibility to participate in the student athlete’s sport.

(4) A student athlete or, if the student athlete is a minor, the parent or guardian of the student athlete may void an agency contract that does not conform to this section. If the contract is voided, any consideration received from the athlete agent under the contract to influence entering into the contract is not required to be returned.

(5) At the time an agency contract is executed, the athlete agent shall give the student athlete or, if the student athlete is a minor, the parent or guardian of the student athlete a copy in a record of the signed agency contract and the separate acknowledgement required under sub. (3m) .

(6) If a student athlete is a minor, an agency contract must be signed by the parent or guardian of the minor and the notice required by sub. (3) must be revised accordingly.

History: 2003 a. 150 , 326 ; 2019 a. 180 .
Wis. Stat. § 425.107 — WI Code / Chapter 425 / Section 425.107
Unconscionability.
Status: in_force

(1) With respect to a consumer credit transaction, if the court as a matter of law finds that any aspect of the transaction, any conduct directed against the customer by a party to the transaction, or any result of the transaction is unconscionable, the court shall, in addition to the remedy and penalty authorized in sub. (5) , either refuse to enforce the transaction against the customer, or so limit the application of any unconscionable aspect or conduct to avoid any unconscionable result.

(2) Specific practices forbidden by the administrator in rules promulgated pursuant to s. 426.108 shall be presumed to be unconscionable.

(3) Without limiting the scope of sub. (1) , the court may consider, among other things, the following as pertinent to the issue of unconscionability:

(a) That the practice unfairly takes advantage of the lack of knowledge, ability, experience or capacity of customers;

(b) That those engaging in the practice know of the inability of customers to receive benefits properly anticipated from the goods or services involved;

(c) That there exists a gross disparity between the price of goods or services and their value as measured by the price at which similar goods or services are readily obtainable by other customers, or by other tests of true value;

(d) That the practice may enable merchants to take advantage of the inability of customers reasonably to protect their interests by reason of physical or mental infirmities, illiteracy or inability to understand the language of the agreement, ignorance or lack of education or similar factors;

(e) That the terms of the transaction require customers to waive legal rights;

(f) That the terms of the transaction require customers to unreasonably jeopardize money or property beyond the money or property immediately at issue in the transaction;

(g) That the natural effect of the practice would reasonably cause or aid in causing customers to misunderstand the true nature of the transaction or their rights and duties thereunder;

(h) That the writing purporting to evidence the obligation of the customer in the transaction contains terms or provisions or authorizes practices prohibited by law; and

(i) Definitions of unconscionability in statutes, regulations, rulings and decisions of legislative, administrative or judicial bodies.

(4) Any charge or practice expressly permitted by chs. 421 to 427 and 429 is not in itself unconscionable but even though a practice or charge is authorized by chs. 421 to 427 and 429 , the totality of a creditor’s conduct may show that such practice or charge is part of an unconscionable course of conduct.

(5) In addition to the protections afforded in sub. (1) , the customer shall be entitled upon a finding of unconscionability to recover from the creditor or the person responsible for the unconscionable conduct a remedy and penalty in accordance with s. 425.303 .

History: 1971 c. 239 ; 1979 c. 89 ; 1995 a. 329 .
Wis. Stat. § 611.02 — WI Code / Chapter 611 / Section 611.02
Scope and purposes.
Status: in_force

(1) Scope.

(a) Domestic insurers. This chapter applies to all insurance corporations, including domestic surplus lines insurers, as defined in s. 618.40 (3m) , organized under the laws of this state, except those expressly governed by other chapters.

(b) Nondomestic insurers. Except as expressly provided, this chapter does not apply to nondomestic insurers.

(2) Purposes. The purposes of this chapter are:

(a) To provide a complete, self-contained procedure for the formation of insurance corporations;

(b) To assure the solidity of insurance corporations by providing an organizational framework to facilitate sound management, sound operation and sound regulation; and

(c) To strengthen internal corporate democracy through as much stockholder and policyholder participation as is practicable.

History: 1971 c. 260 ; 2017 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0507 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0507
Share dividends.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “share dividend” means shares issued proportionally and without consideration to the bank’s shareholders or to the shareholders of one or more classes or series.

(2) Power to issue share dividends. Except as provided in sub. (3) and unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a bank may issue share dividends.

(3) Limitations.

(a) A bank may not issue shares of one class or series as a share dividend in respect of shares of another class or series unless any of the following is satisfied:

1. The articles of incorporation authorize the issuance.

2. A majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the class or series to be issued approve the issuance.

3. There are no outstanding shares of the class or series to be issued, as determined under par. (b) .

(b) If a security is outstanding that is convertible into or carries a right to subscribe for or acquire shares of the class or series to be issued, the holder of the security is considered a holder of the class or series to be issued for purposes of making the determination under par. (a) 3.

(4) Record date. If the board of directors does not fix the record date for determining shareholders entitled to a share dividend, it is the date on which the board of directors authorizes the share dividend.

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 321.22 — WI Code / Chapter 321 / Section 321.22
Camp Williams.
Status: in_force

(1) The state facility near Camp Douglas, Juneau County, shall be known as “Camp Williams”. The officer in charge of Camp Williams may arrest a person for a violation that occurs at Camp Williams of a state law, local ordinance, or provision of the Wisconsin code of military justice.

(2) The adjutant general may grant to the federal government the right to use any area of Camp Williams upon conditions that the adjutant general deems advisable.

(3) In memory of 1st lieutenant Jerome A. Volk, the first Wisconsin air national guard pilot killed in combat during the Korean conflict, so much of Camp Williams as is under lease to the federal government for use of the air national guard shall be known as “Volk Field” during the time the property remains under lease to the U.S. government.

History: 1979 c. 221 s. 2202 (37) ; 1991 a. 316 ; 2007 a. 200 s. 33 ; Stats. 2007 s. 321.22.
Wis. Stat. § 84.1023 — WI Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.1023
Avery Wilber Memorial Bridge.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon completion of the construction of a bridge on STH 156 across the Shioc River in the town of Navarino in Shawano County, the department shall designate and, subject to sub. (2) , mark the bridge as the “Avery Wilber Memorial Bridge” as a living memorial to and in honor of a World War II hero.

(2) Upon receipt of sufficient contributions from interested parties, including any county, city, village, or town, to cover the costs of erecting and maintaining markers for the bridge specified in sub. (1) to identify clearly to motorists the designation of the bridge as the “Avery Wilber Memorial Bridge,” the department shall erect and maintain the markers as provided in sub. (1) . No state funds, other than from the receipt of contributions under this subsection, may be expended for the erection or maintenance of the markers.

History: 2007 a. 30 .
Wis. Stat. § 402.604 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.604
Buyer’s options as to salvage of rightfully rejected goods.
Status: in_force

Subject to s. 402.603 on perishables, if the seller gives no instructions within a reasonable time after notification of rejection the buyer may store the rejected goods for the seller’s account or reship them to the seller or resell them for the seller’s account with reimbursement as provided in s. 402.603 . Such action is not acceptance or conversion.

History: 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 252.02 — WI Code / Chapter 252 / Section 252.02
Powers and duties of department.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may establish systems of disease surveillance and inspection to ascertain the presence of any communicable disease. Any agent of the department may, with a special inspection warrant issued under s. 66.0119 , enter any building, vessel or conveyance to inspect the same and remove therefrom any person affected by a communicable disease. For this purpose, the agent may require the person in charge of the vessel or conveyance, other than a railway car, to stop the same at any place and may require the conductor of any railway train to stop the train at any station or upon any sidetrack, for such time as may be necessary.

(2) In an emergency, the department may provide those sick with a communicable disease with medical aid and temporary hospital accommodation.

(3) The department may close schools and forbid public gatherings in schools, churches, and other places to control outbreaks and epidemics.

(4) Except as provided in ss. 93.07 (24) (e) and 97.59 , the department may promulgate and enforce rules or issue orders for guarding against the introduction of any communicable disease into the state, for the control and suppression of communicable diseases, for the quarantine and disinfection of persons, localities and things infected or suspected of being infected by a communicable disease and for the sanitary care of jails, state prisons, mental health institutions, schools, and public buildings and connected premises. Any rule or order may be made applicable to the whole or any specified part of the state, or to any vessel or other conveyance. The department may issue orders for any city, village or county by service upon the local health officer. Rules that are promulgated and orders that are issued under this subsection supersede conflicting or less stringent local regulations, orders or ordinances.

(5) If any public officer or employee or any person in charge of any building, vessel, conveyance, jail, state prison, mental health institution or school fails to comply with a rule promulgated or order issued under sub. (4) , the department may appoint an agent to execute its rules or orders. Expenses that an agent incurs shall be paid by the unit of government that employs the person or of which the public officer is a member. If the building, vessel, conveyance, mental health institution or school is privately owned the state shall pay the expenses that the agent incurs.

(6) The department may authorize and implement all emergency measures necessary to control communicable diseases.

(7) The department shall promulgate rules that specify medical conditions treatable by prescriptions or nonprescription drug products for which pharmacists and pharmacies must report under s. 450.145 (1) .

History: 1981 c. 291 ; 1993 a. 27 s. 284 ; Stats. 1993 s. 252.02; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2005 a. 198 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 150.05 — WI Code / Chapter 150 / Section 150.05
Actions in circuit court.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy the department may, after consulting with the attorney general, maintain an action in the name of the state in circuit court to restrain or enjoin any violation of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter.

History: 1983 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 757.83 — WI Code / Chapter 757 / Section 757.83
Judicial commission.
Status: in_force

(1) Membership; appointment; terms.

(a) There is created a judicial commission of 9 members: 5 nonlawyers nominated by the governor and appointed with the advice and consent of the senate; one trial judge of a court of record and one court of appeals judge appointed by the supreme court; and 2 members of the State Bar of Wisconsin, who are not judges or court commissioners, appointed by the supreme court. The commission shall elect one of its members as chairperson.

(b) The term of a member is 3 years, but a member shall not serve more than 2 consecutive full terms. A vacancy is filled by the appointing authority for the unexpired term. Members of the commission shall receive compensation of $25 per day for each day on which they were actually and necessarily engaged in the performance of their duties and shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred as members of the commission.

(2) Quorum; voting. A majority of the commission constitutes a quorum. The commission may issue a formal complaint or a petition only upon a finding of probable cause by a majority of the total membership not disqualified from voting. A member must be present to vote on the question of probable cause. A member shall not participate in any matter if a judge similarly situated would be disqualified in a court proceeding.

(3) Rules. The commission shall promulgate rules under ch. 227 for its proceedings.

(4) Staff. The judicial commission shall hire an executive director, and may hire one staff member, in the unclassified service. The executive director shall be a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin and shall provide staff services to the judicial commission.

History: 1977 c. 449 ; 1979 c. 34 , 154 ; 1983 a. 27 , 378 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2001 a. 103 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.569 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.569
Effective periods.
Status: in_force

(1) Specification of effective periods; restrictions. Unless an approval issued under this chapter is suspended or revoked or unless another section of this chapter specifically provides otherwise, the approval is valid for the period or season specified on the face of the approval or on an attachment to the approval. In addition to any other restriction under this chapter, no license may be issued if that issuance is restricted under sub. (3) .

(3) Fishing.

(a) Resident senior citizen fishing license. A permanent fishing license issued to a resident senior citizen under s. 29.145 (1a) , 1989 stats., is valid from the date of issuance and remains valid if the licensee is a resident.

(b) Restrictions on issuance of sturgeon spearing licenses during the open season. Except as provided in par. (bm) , no sturgeon spearing license may be issued during a period beginning on November 1 and ending on the last day of the open season for the spearing of lake sturgeon that follows that November 1.

(bm) Exceptions. A sturgeon spearing license may be issued during a period beginning on November 1 and ending on the last day of the open season for the spearing of lake sturgeon that follows that November 1 to any of the following:

1. A person who is a member of the U.S. armed forces and who exhibits proof that he or she is a resident, is in active service with the armed forces outside this state, and is on furlough or leave.

2. A person who is a resident and who has attained the age of 12 during that period.

3. A person selected to receive a sturgeon spearing permit under s. 29.192 (4) (b) .

(4) Senior citizen recreation card. A senior citizen recreation card is valid from the date of issuance and shall remain valid as long as the person is a resident.

(5) Reprints; duplicates. A reprint or duplicate of an approval is valid from the date of issuance until the expiration of the original approval.

History: 1997 a. 248 ss. 170 , 171 , 173 , 176 , 177 , 178 , 180 , 182 , 187 ; 2001 a. 77 , 109 ; 2003 a. 313 ; 2009 a. 385 ; 2013 a. 69 ; 2015 a. 89 .