FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Wis. Stat. § 17.12 — WI Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17.12
Removal and suspension of city officers.
Status: in_force

(1) General and special charter. Officers of cities, except public officials, as defined in s. 62.51 (1) (b) , operating under the general law or under special charter including school officers, may be removed as follows:

(a) Elective. Elective officers by recall as provided in s. 9.10 , or by the common council, for cause.

(c) Appointed officers. An appointed officer may be removed in any of the following manners:

1. An officer appointed by the common council, by the common council, at pleasure.

2. An officer appointed by an officer or body other than the common council, whether or not the appointment was confirmed by the common council, in any of the following manners:

a. By the appointing officer or body, at pleasure.

b. By the common council, for cause.

(cm) Board of police and fire commissioners. Notwithstanding par. (c) , a member of a board of police and fire commissioners who is appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the common council may be removed by the common council, for cause.

(d) Votes required. Removals by the common council may be made only by an affirmative vote of three-fourths of all the members thereof, and by any other body consisting of 3 or more members, by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the members thereof.

(2) Commission form. Officers of cities operating under the commission form of government may be removed as follows:

(a) Elective. Elective officers by recall as provided in s. 9.10 .

(c) Appointive. Appointive officers, by whomsoever appointed, by the council, at pleasure, by a majority vote; and officers appointed by any officer or body other than the council may also be removed from office by the officer or body that appointed them, at pleasure, by vote as provided in sub. (1) (d) .

(3) Suspension. The mayor of any city may summarily suspend from office any officer thereof whose removal is sought and against whom charges have been preferred therefor, and may appoint an officer to discharge the duties of such office until such charges have been disposed of. If such charges are dismissed, the officer so suspended shall thereby be restored to office and be entitled to the emoluments of the office for all of the time the officer would have served therein had the officer not been suspended.

(3m) Common council authority. Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (2) and subject to sub. (4) , a city may by ordinance provide that any appointed city officer may be removed only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, official misconduct, or malfeasance in office.

(4) General exception. But no officer of any city, appointed according to merit and fitness under and subject to a civil service or to a police and fire commission law, or whose removal is governed by such a law, shall be removed otherwise than as therein provided.

History: 1987 a. 382 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 ; 2017 a. 150 .
Wis. Stat. § 946.77 — WI Code / Chapter 946 / Section 946.77
Forged recordings related to a conveyance.
Status: in_force

Whoever knowingly provides to a register of deeds for recording any forged document relating to a conveyance, as defined in s. 77.21 (1) , is guilty of a Class I felony.

History: 2025 a. 234 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.9925 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.9925
Suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew registration.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may limit, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a registration of an individual issued a certificate of registration under s. 440.992 (1) for conduct that would justify refusal to issue a certificate of registration under s. 440.992 (2) .

(1m) The department may suspend or revoke the registration of an individual issued a certificate of registration under s. 440.9915 (2) or renewed under s. 440.992 (5) for any reason for which the department could have refused to grant or renew registration or for conduct that would justify refusal to issue a certificate of registration under s. 440.992 (2) .

(2) The department may deny, limit, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a certificate of registration only after proper notice and an opportunity for a hearing.

History: 2003 a. 150 ; 2019 a. 180 .
Wis. Stat. § 54.958 — WI Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54.958
Transfer to custodial trustee by fiduciary or obligor; facility of payment.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless otherwise directed by an instrument designating a custodial trustee pursuant to s. 54.954 , a person, including a fiduciary other than a custodial trustee, who holds property of or owes a debt to an incapacitated individual not having a conservator or guardian of the estate may make a transfer to an adult member of the beneficiary’s family or to a trust company as custodial trustee for the use and benefit of the incapacitated individual. If the value of the property or the debt exceeds $10,000, the transfer is not effective unless authorized by the court.

(2) A written acknowledgment of delivery, signed by a custodial trustee, is a sufficient receipt and discharge for property transferred to the custodial trustee pursuant to this section.

History: 1991 a. 246 ; 2005 a. 387 s. 558 ; Stats. 2005 s. 54.958.
Wis. Stat. § 448.62 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.62
Applicability.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not require a license for any of the following:

(1) A person lawfully practicing within the scope of a license, permit, registration or certification granted by this state or the federal government.

(1m) An individual who is exempt from licensure as a physician under s. 448.03 (2m) .

(2) A person assisting a podiatrist in practice under the direct, on-premises supervision of the podiatrist.

(2m) An advanced practice registered nurse who is providing nonsurgical patient services as directed, supervised, and inspected by a podiatrist who has the power to direct, decide, and oversee the implementation of the patient services rendered.

(3) A podiatry student engaged in activities required for his or her education or training.

(4) A podiatrist who is licensed to practice podiatry in another state or country and is providing a consultation or demonstration with a podiatrist who is licensed under this subchapter.

(5) A person performing the gratuitous domestic administration of family remedies.

(6) A person furnishing medical assistance or first aid at the scene of an emergency.

(7) A physician assistant who is acting under the supervision and direction of a podiatrist, subject to s. 448.975 (2) (a) 2m. , or an individual to whom the physician assistant delegates a task or order under s. 448.975 (4) .

History: 1997 a. 175 ; 2017 a. 227 , 341 ; 2021 a. 23 ; 2021 a. 238 s. 45 ; 2025 a. 17 .
Wis. Stat. § 809.71 — WI Code / Chapter 809 / Section 809.71
Rule (Supervisory writ).
Status: in_force

(1) A person may request the supreme court to exercise its supervisory jurisdiction over a court and the judge presiding therein or other person or body by filing a petition in accordance with s. 809.51 . The petition shall be served on each party and proposed respondent, and if applicable, upon the originating court or tribunal, by traditional methods as provided in s. 809.80 (2) . A person seeking a supervisory writ from the supreme court shall first file a petition for a supervisory writ in the court of appeals under s. 809.51 unless it is impractical to seek the writ in the court of appeals. A petition in the supreme court shall show why it was impractical to seek the writ in the court of appeals or, if a petition had been filed in the court of appeals, the disposition made and reasons given by the court of appeals.

(2) The clerk of court shall docket the petition upon receipt of the items referred to in sub. (1) . The clerk shall assign a case number, create a notice that the petition has been docketed, transmit the notice of docketing to the clerk of circuit court if applicable, and send the notice to the parties by traditional methods.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 83 Wis. 2d xiii (1978); Sup. Ct. Order, 104 Wis. 2d xi (1981); 1981 c. 390 s. 252 ; Sup. Ct. Order No. 20-07 , 2021 WI 37, 397 Wis. 2d xiii.
Wis. Stat. § 214.72 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.72
Prohibited business relationships.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Business relationship” means a financial interaction with a savings bank, including obtaining and renegotiating a loan; maintaining a deposit account or escrow account; obtaining and using a credit card; being a trustee or beneficiary of an estate or trust held by the savings bank; and renting a safe deposit box.

(am) “Department” means the department of financial institutions.

(b) “Financial regulator” means the department secretary and deputy secretary, and an administrator, a supervisor of data processing, legal counsel and a financial institution examiner employed by the department and includes any member of a financial regulator’s immediate family, as defined in s. 19.42 (7) .

(2)

(a) A financial regulator may not request, accept or enter into a business relationship with a savings bank unless the business relationship is in the savings bank’s ordinary course of business, is negotiated at arms’ length and the terms are no more favorable than those available to members of the general public in like circumstances.

(b) A financial regulator may not be an officer, director, employee or agent of a savings bank.

(c) A financial regulator may not voluntarily acquire equity securities in a savings bank or a savings bank holding company. A financial regulator shall transfer equity securities which he or she owns within 90 days after commencement of employment as a financial regulator or within 90 days after acquiring ownership by inheritance or gift.

(d) Notwithstanding par. (a) , a financial regulator may not obtain a new loan from or renegotiate, refinance, renew, extend or modify an existing loan with a savings bank. A financial regulator may exercise contract rights under an existing variable rate, escalator or balloon-type mortgage. A financial regulator is not required to terminate a loan existing at the time he or she becomes a financial regulator.

(3) Within 30 days after commencing employment as a financial regulator and at least once each year, each financial regulator, for himself or herself and covering his or her immediate family, shall complete a written, sworn report disclosing the nature of all business relationships with savings banks on forms prescribed by the department. Each report shall be reviewed by the department, except that the secretary’s and deputy secretary’s report shall be reviewed by the review board. The reviewers shall determine if any business relationship is or appears improper and, if so, may direct the termination of that business relationship within a reasonable, prescribed time period.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 71.20 — WI Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71.20
Filing returns.
Status: in_force

(1) Every partnership shall furnish to the department a true and accurate statement, on or before the date on which the partnership is required to file for federal income tax purposes, not including any extension, under the Internal Revenue Code, in the manner and form and setting forth the facts the department deems necessary to enforce this chapter. A partnership that is the owner of a single-owner entity that is disregarded as a separate entity under section 7701 of the Internal Revenue Code shall include that entity’s information on the owner’s return under this subchapter. The statement shall be subscribed by one of the partners of the partnership.

(1m) Every partnership that is required to file a return under sub. (1) shall, on or before the due date of the return, including extensions, provide a schedule to each partner whose share of income, deductions, credits, or other items of the partnership may affect the partner’s tax liability under this chapter. The schedule shall separately indicate the partner’s share of each item.

(2) Nothing in this section precludes the department of revenue from requiring any person other than a corporation to file an income tax return when in the judgment of the department a return should be filed.

(3) Any extension granted by law or by the Internal Revenue Service for the filing of the federal return that corresponds to the return required under sub. (1) extends the time for filing under this section.

History: 1987 a. 312 , 411 ; 1993 a. 112 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2017 a. 2 .
Wis. Stat. § 707.20 — WI Code / Chapter 707 / Section 707.20
Time shares in projects.
Status: in_force

(1) If all of the documents constituting a project instrument are recorded after June 1, 1988, time shares may not be created in any unit in the project unless expressly permitted by the project instrument, including an amendment to the project instrument under sub. (2) .

(2) An amendment to a project instrument adopted under s. 707.39 (5) or (6) which is recorded after June 1, 1988, may not permit the creation of time shares unless the owner of each unit in the project, and the record owners of liens on each unit in the project, consent to the amendment.

History: 1987 a. 399 .
Wis. Stat. § 101.9217 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.9217
Secured party’s and owner’s duties.
Status: in_force

(1) A secured party named in a certificate of title shall, upon written request of the owner or of another secured party named on the certificate, disclose any pertinent information as to the party’s security agreement and the indebtedness secured by it.

(2)

(a) An owner shall promptly deliver the owner’s certificate of title to any secured party who is named on it or who has a security interest in the manufactured home described in it under any other applicable prior law of this state, upon receipt of a notice from such secured party that the security interest is to be assigned, extended or perfected. Any owner who fails to deliver the certificate of title to a secured party requesting it under this paragraph shall be liable to such secured party for any loss caused to the secured party thereby and may be required to forfeit not more than $200.

(b) No secured party may take possession of any certificate of title except as provided in par. (a) . Any person who violates this paragraph may be required to forfeit not more than $1,000.

(3) Any secured party who fails to disclose information under sub. (1) shall be liable for any loss caused to the owner by the failure to disclose information.

History: 1999 a. 9 , 53 , 185 .
Wis. Stat. § 234.23 — WI Code / Chapter 234 / Section 234.23
Notice before declaration that notes or bonds are due and payable.
Status: in_force

Before declaring the principal of notes or bonds due and payable, the trustee shall first give 30 days’ notice in writing to the governor, the authority and the attorney general.

History: 1971 c. 287 .
Wis. Stat. § 628.01 — WI Code / Chapter 628 / Section 628.01
Purposes.
Status: in_force

The purposes of this chapter are:

(1) To encourage improvement in the professional competence of insurance intermediaries;

(2) To provide maximum freedom of marketing methods for insurance, consistent with the interests of the public in this state;
Wis. Stat. § 618.37 — WI Code / Chapter 618 / Section 618.37
Revocation of certificate of authority.
Status: in_force

Whenever there are grounds for delinquency proceedings against a nondomestic insurer under ch. 645 , the commissioner may, after a hearing, revoke, suspend or limit its certificate of authority. No such action shall affect insurance already issued and the insurer shall remain subject to regulation until released under s. 618.36 .

History: 1971 c. 260 .
Wis. Stat. § 178.0804 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.0804
Power to bind partnership after dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) A partnership is bound by a partner’s act with respect to a transaction with another party after dissolution if any of the following applies:

(a) The act is appropriate for winding up the partnership business, unless the partner did not have authority to act for the partnership in the particular matter and the person with which the partner was dealing knew or had notice that the partner lacked authority.

(b) The act would have bound the partnership under s. 178.0301 before dissolution if, at the time the other party enters into the transaction, the other party does not know or have notice of the dissolution.

(2) A person dissociated as a partner binds a partnership with respect to a transaction with another party through an act occurring after dissolution if all of the following apply:

(a) At the time the other party enters into the transaction, less than 2 years has passed since the dissociation.

(b) At the time the other party enters into the transaction, the other party does not know or have notice of the dissociation and reasonably believes that the person is a partner.

(c) The act is appropriate for winding up the partnership’s business or the act would have bound the partnership under s. 178.0301 before dissolution and at the time the other party enters into the transaction the other party does not know or have notice of the dissolution.

History: 2015 a. 295 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 814.69 — WI Code / Chapter 814 / Section 814.69
Fees of court reporters; transcripts.
Status: in_force

(1) A court reporter shall collect the following fees:

(a) For a transcript under SCR 71.04 , a fee at the rate of $1.50 per 25-line page for the original and 50 cents per 25-line page for the duplicate. Except as provided in s. 967.06 (3) , the fee shall be paid by the county treasurer upon the certificate of the clerk of court.

(b) For a transcript under s. 757.57 (5) , a fee from the party requesting the transcript at the rate of $2.25 per 25-line page for the original and 50 cents per 25-line page for each copy. If the request is by the state or any political subdivision thereof, the fees of the reporter shall be at the rates provided in par. (a) .

(bm) If a party requests that a transcript under s. 757.57 (5) be prepared within 7 days after the request and the transcript is not required by supreme court rule or statute to be prepared within that 7-day period, a fee in addition to the fee under par. (b) of 75 cents per 25-line page for the original and 25 cents for each copy. The fee under this paragraph does not apply to a request made by the state or a political subdivision of the state.

(c) A reporter may make a special charge, pursuant to arrangement with the party requesting the same, for furnishing typewritten transcripts of testimony and proceedings from day to day during the progress of any trial or proceeding.

(d) For purposes of this section, a page other than the final page of a transcript shall consist of any 25 or more consecutive typewritten lines, double-spaced, on paper not less than 8 1/2 inches in width, with a margin of not more than 1 1/2 inches on the left and five-eighths of an inch on the right, exclusive of lines disclosing page numbering; type shall be standard pica with 10 letters to the inch. Questions and answers shall each begin a new line. Indentations for speakers or paragraphs shall be not more than 15 spaces from the left margin.

History: 1981 c. 317 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1985 a. 332 s. 253 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 35 , 237 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 410.502 — WI Code / Chapter 410 / Section 410.502
Creditor process served on receiving bank; setoff by beneficiary’s bank.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “creditor process” means levy, attachment, garnishment, notice of lien, sequestration, or similar process issued by or on behalf of a creditor or other claimant with respect to an account.

(2) This subsection applies to creditor process with respect to an authorized account of the sender of a payment order if the creditor process is served on the receiving bank. For the purpose of determining rights with respect to the creditor process, if the receiving bank accepts the payment order, the balance in the authorized account is considered to be reduced by the amount of the payment order to the extent the bank did not otherwise receive payment of the order, unless the creditor process is served at a time and in a manner affording the bank a reasonable opportunity to act on it before the bank accepts the payment order.

(3) If a beneficiary’s bank has received a payment order for payment to the beneficiary’s account in the bank, the following rules apply:

(a) The bank may credit the beneficiary’s account. The amount credited may be set off against an obligation owed by the beneficiary to the bank or may be applied to satisfy creditor process served on the bank with respect to the account.

(b) The bank may credit the beneficiary’s account and allow withdrawal of the amount credited unless creditor process with respect to the account is served at a time and in a manner affording the bank a reasonable opportunity to act to prevent withdrawal.

(c) If creditor process with respect to the beneficiary’s account has been served and the bank has had a reasonable opportunity to act on it, the bank may not reject the payment order except for a reason unrelated to the service of process.

(4) Creditor process with respect to a payment by the originator to the beneficiary pursuant to a funds transfer may be served only on the beneficiary’s bank with respect to the debt owed by that bank to the beneficiary. Any other bank served with the creditor process is not obliged to act with respect to the process.

History: 1991 a. 304 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.0506 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0506
Referendum; increase in employee wages.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “local governmental unit” means any city, village, town, county, metropolitan sewerage district, long-term care district, local cultural arts district under subch. V of ch. 229 , or any other political subdivision of the state, or instrumentality of one or more political subdivisions of the state.

(2) If any local governmental unit wishes to increase the total base wages of its general municipal employees, as defined in s. 111.70 (1) (fm) , who are part of a collective bargaining unit under subch. IV of ch. 111 , in an amount that exceeds the limit under s. 111.70 (4) (mb) 2. , the governing body of the local governmental unit shall adopt a resolution to that effect. The resolution shall specify the amount by which the proposed total base wages increase will exceed the limit under s. 111.70 (4) (mb) 2. The resolution may not take effect unless it is approved in a referendum called for that purpose. The referendum shall occur in November for collective bargaining agreements that begin the following January 1. The results of a referendum apply to the total base wages only in the next collective bargaining agreement.

(3) The referendum question shall be substantially as follows: “Shall the .... [general municipal employees] in the .... [local governmental unit] receive a total increase in wages from $....[current total base wages] to $....[proposed total base wages], which is a percentage wage increase that is .... [x] percent higher than the percent of the consumer price index increase, for a total percentage increase in wages of .... [x]?”

History: 2011 a. 10 , 32 ; 2013 a. 166 .