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Wis. Stat. § 5.025 — WI Code / Chapter 5 / Section 5.025
Elections commission; definition.
Status: in_force

In chs. 5 to 10 and 12 , “commission” means the elections commission.

History: 2015 a. 118 s. 2 ; Stats. 2015 s. 5.025.
Wis. Stat. § 973.176 — WI Code / Chapter 973 / Section 973.176
Notice of restrictions.
Status: in_force

(1) Firearm possession. Whenever a court imposes a sentence or places a defendant on probation regarding a felony conviction, the court shall inform the defendant of the requirements and penalties applicable to him or her under s. 941.29 (1m) or (4m) .

(2) Voting. Whenever a court imposes a sentence or places a defendant on probation for a conviction that disqualifies the defendant from voting under s. 6.03 (1) (b) , the court shall inform the defendant in writing that he or she may not vote in any election until his or her civil rights are restored. The court shall use the form designed by the department of corrections under s. 301.03 (3a) to inform the defendant, and the defendant and a witness shall sign the form.

(3) Child sex offender working with children. Whenever a court imposes a sentence or places a defendant on probation regarding a conviction under s. 940.22 (2) or 940.225 (2) (c) or (cm) , if the victim is under 18 years of age at the time of the offense, a conviction under s. 940.302 (2) if s. 940.302 (2) (a) 1. b. applies, or a conviction under s. 948.02 (1) or (2) , 948.025 (1) , 948.05 (1) or (1m) , 948.051 , 948.06 , 948.07 (1) , (2) , (3) , or (4) , 948.072 , 948.075 , or 948.085 , the court shall inform the defendant of the requirements and penalties under s. 948.13 .

History: 2003 a. 121 ss. 2 , 3 , 5 ; 2005 a. 277 , 451 ; 2007 a. 116 ; 2015 a. 109 ; 2025 a. 88 .
Wis. Stat. § 946.85 — WI Code / Chapter 946 / Section 946.85
Continuing criminal enterprise.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who engages in a continuing criminal enterprise is guilty of a Class E felony.

(2) In this section a person is considered to be engaged in a continuing criminal enterprise, if he or she engages in a prohibited activity under s. 946.83 , and:

(a) The activity is undertaken by the person in concert with 5 or more other persons, each of whom acted with intent to commit a crime and with respect to whom the person occupies a supervisory position; and

(b) The person obtains gross income or resources in excess of $25,000 from the activity.

History: 1981 c. 280 ; 1997 a. 283 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 93.30 — WI Code / Chapter 93 / Section 93.30
World dairy expo.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary shall approve any plans for the expenditure of appropriations under s. 20.115 (4) (e) to the World Dairy Expo, Inc., for activities that expand business opportunities for the persons of the dairy industry that are located in this state. Of the amounts appropriated under s. 20.115 (4) (e) , $33,250 in each fiscal year may be expended only to the extent that a county, city, village, or town pays to World Dairy Expo, Inc., an amount that is not less than 50 percent of the department’s payment.

(2) Any moneys received by World Dairy Expo, Inc., under this section shall be used only for the purposes described in sub. (1) .

(3) Not later than 30 days after the close of the exposition each year World Dairy Expo, Inc., shall file with the department, on forms provided by it, an itemized account verified on oath, showing amounts actually paid or to be paid. The verified account shall correspond with the plans approved by the secretary under sub. (1) . On or before December 31 of the year in which the exposition is held, World Dairy Expo, Inc., shall furnish the department with a statement of receipts and disbursements, attendance, and such other information relating to the exposition as the department may require. Upon receipt of such statement the department shall pay World Dairy Expo, Inc., the aid due for the preceding year.

History: 1973 c. 333 ; 1975 c. 394 s. 8 ; Stats. 1975 s. 93.30; 1989 a. 31 ; 2001 a. 103 .
Wis. Stat. § 177.0604 — WI Code / Chapter 177 / Section 177.0604
Effect of payment or delivery of property to administrator.
Status: in_force

(1) On payment or delivery of property to the administrator under this chapter, the administrator, as agent for the state, assumes custody and responsibility for safekeeping the property. A holder that pays or delivers property to the administrator in good faith and substantially complies with ss. 177.0501 and 177.0502 is relieved of liability arising thereafter with respect to payment or delivery of the property to the administrator.

(2) This state shall defend and indemnify a holder against liability on a claim against the holder resulting from the payment or delivery of property to the administrator made in good faith and after the holder substantially complied with ss. 177.0501 and 177.0502 .

History: 2021 a. 87 .
Wis. Stat. § 421.101 — WI Code / Chapter 421 / Section 421.101
Short title.
Status: in_force

Chapters 421 to 427 shall be known and may be cited as the Wisconsin consumer act.

History: 1971 c. 239 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.0812 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0812
Collecting trust property; duties of successor trustees.
Status: in_force

(1) A trustee shall take reasonable steps to compel a former trustee or other person to deliver trust property to the trustee, and to redress a breach of trust known to the trustee to have been committed by a trustee or former trustee, or a trust protector or former trust protector.

(2) A successor trustee does not have a duty to examine the accounts of a former trustee.

History: 2013 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 823.10 — WI Code / Chapter 823 / Section 823.10
Disorderly house, action for abatement.
Status: in_force

If a nuisance, as defined in s. 823.09 , exists the district attorney or any citizen of the county may maintain an action in the circuit court in the name of the state to abate the nuisance and to perpetually enjoin every person guilty thereof from continuing, maintaining or permitting the nuisance. All temporary injunctions issued in the actions begun by district attorneys shall be issued without requiring the undertaking specified in s. 813.06 , and in actions instituted by citizens it shall be discretionary with the court or presiding judge to issue them without the undertaking. The conviction of any person, of the offense of lewdness, assignation or prostitution committed in the building or part of a building, erection or place shall be sufficient proof of the existence of a nuisance in the building or part of a building, erection or place, in an action for abatement commenced within 60 days after the conviction.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 762, 782 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 823.10; 1977 c. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 783.01 — WI Code / Chapter 783 / Section 783.01
Mandamus, return to first writ.
Status: in_force

Mandamus is a civil action. The writ of mandamus shall specify the time within which the defendant shall make return thereto. Before such time expires the defendant may move to quash the writ and such motion shall be deemed a motion to dismiss the complaint under s. 802.06 (2) .

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 762 (1975); 1979 c. 32 s. 60 ; Stats. 1979 s. 783.01.
Wis. Stat. § 347.413 — WI Code / Chapter 347 / Section 347.413
Ignition interlock device tampering; failure to install.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may remove, disconnect, tamper with, or otherwise circumvent the operation of an ignition interlock device installed in response to the court order under s. 346.65 (6) , 1999 stats., or s. 343.301 (1) , 2007 stats., or s. 343.301 (1g) , or fail to have the ignition interlock device installed as ordered by the court, or violate a court order under s. 343.301 (1g) restricting the person’s operating privilege. This subsection does not apply to the removal of an ignition interlock device upon the expiration of the order requiring the motor vehicle to be so equipped or to necessary repairs to a malfunctioning ignition interlock device by a person authorized by the department.

(3) The department shall design a warning label which shall be affixed to each ignition interlock device upon installation. The label shall provide notice of the penalties for tampering with or circumventing the operation of the ignition interlock device under sub. (1) and s. 343.10 (5) (a) 3.

History: 1991 a. 277 ; 1993 a. 213 ; 1999 a. 109 ; 2001 a. 16 ss. 3445f , 3445g , 4060hd , 4060hw , 4060hy ; 2009 a. 100 , 121 ; 2017 a. 124 ; 2025 a. 210 .
Wis. Stat. § 632.798 — WI Code / Chapter 632 / Section 632.798
Out-of-pocket costs.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Disability insurance policy” has the meaning given in s. 632.895 (1) (a) .

(b) “Health care provider” has the meaning given in s. 146.903 (1) (c) and includes a hospital, as defined in s. 50.33 (2) .

(c) “Insured” includes an enrollee under a self-insured health plan and a representative or designee of an insured or enrollee.

(d) “Self-insured health plan” means a self-insured health plan of the state or a county, city, village, town, or school district.

(2) Provide estimate.

(a) A self-insured health plan or an insurer that provides coverage under a disability insurance policy shall, at the request of an insured, provide to the insured a good faith estimate, as of the date of the request and assuming no medical complications or modifications in the insured’s treatment plan, of the insured’s total out-of-pocket cost according to the insured’s benefit terms for a specified health care service in the geographic region in which the health care service will be provided.

(b) An estimate provided by an insurer or self-insured health plan under this section is not a legally binding estimate of the out-of-pocket cost.

(c) An insurer or self-insured health plan may not charge an insured for providing the information under this section.

(d) Before providing the information requested under par. (a) , the insurer or self-insured health plan may require the insured to provide in writing any of the following information:

1. The name of the health care provider providing the service.

2. The facility at which the service will be provided.

3. The date the service will be provided.

4. The health care provider’s estimate of the charge for the service.

5. The codes for the service under the Current Procedural Terminology of the American Medical Association or under the Current Dental Terminology of the American Dental Association.

(e) The requirement to provide the information requested under par. (a) does not apply if the health care provider providing the health care service is any of the following:

1. A health care provider that practices individually or in association with not more than 2 other individual health care providers.

2. A health care provider that is an association of 3 or fewer individual health care providers.

History: 2009 a. 146 .
Wis. Stat. § 448.565 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.565
Complaints.
Status: in_force

The examining board shall promulgate rules establishing procedures and requirements for filing complaints against licensees and compact privilege holders and shall publicize the procedures and requirements.

History: 2001 a. 70 ; 2009 a. 149 ; 2019 a. 100 ; 2021 a. 240 s. 30 .
Wis. Stat. § 100.295 — WI Code / Chapter 100 / Section 100.295
Labeling of recycled, recyclable or degradable products.
Status: in_force

(1) Labeling standards. The department shall establish standards that must be met by products in order for any person to represent that the products are recycled, recyclable or degradable. The department shall establish standards that are consistent, to the greatest extent practicable, with nationwide industry consensus standards. In developing standards, the department shall consult with the department of natural resources and the council on recycling and consider purchasing specifications under s. 16.72 (2) (e) and (f) and any existing federal standards. The department shall give priority to establishing standards for specific products commonly represented as being recycled, recyclable or degradable.

(2) False advertising prohibited. No person may represent any product as being recycled, recyclable or degradable unless the product meets standards established under sub. (1) .

(3) Penalty. Any person who violates sub. (2) may be required to forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $10,000 for each violation.

History: 1989 a. 335 .
Wis. Stat. § 782.34 — WI Code / Chapter 782 / Section 782.34
Order of arrest.
Status: in_force

When the proof mentioned in s. 782.33 shall also be sufficient to justify an arrest of the person having such prisoner in custody, as for a criminal offense committed in the taking or detaining of such prisoner, the warrant shall also contain an order for the arrest of such person for such offense.

History: 1979 c. 32 ss. 59 , 92 (11) ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 782.34.
Wis. Stat. § 186.083 — WI Code / Chapter 186 / Section 186.083
Mandatory indemnification.
Status: in_force

(1) Indemnification required. A credit union 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 credit union.

(2) Exceptions.

(a) In cases not included under sub. (1) , a credit union 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 credit union, unless liability was incurred because the director or officer breached or failed to perform a duty he or she owes to the credit union and the breach or failure to perform constitutes any of the following:

1. A willful failure to deal fairly with the credit union 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. 186.084 .

(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) Written requests. A director or officer who seeks indemnification under this section shall make a written request to the credit union.

(4) Indemnification not required.

(a) Indemnification under this section is not required to the extent limited by the articles of incorporation under s. 186.086 .

(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 credit union, in connection with the same proceeding.

History: 1987 a. 13 ; 1995 a. 151 .
Wis. Stat. § 61.193 — WI Code / Chapter 61 / Section 61.193
Establishing and changing compensation for elective offices.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “compensation” means a salary, a per diem compensation for each day or part of a day necessarily devoted to the service of the village and the discharge of duties, or a combination of salary and per diem compensation.

(2) Except as provided in sub. (3) , and subject to s. 61.32 , the compensation for an elective village office shall be established before the earliest time for filing nomination papers for the office or, if nomination papers are not used, before the caucus date determined under s. 8.05 (1) (a) . After that time or date, no change may be made in the compensation for the office that applies to the term of office for which the deadline or date applies. The compensation established for an elective office remains in effect for ensuing terms unless changed.

(3) In a newly incorporated village, the compensation for an elective office may be established during the first term of office.

History: 2009 a. 173 .
Wis. Stat. § 132.17 — WI Code / Chapter 132 / Section 132.17
Certain badges; penalty for unauthorized wearing.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall willfully wear the insignia, rosette, or badge or any imitation thereof, of the military order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, the Grand Army of the Republic, the United Spanish War Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, the Military Order of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, the Disabled American Veterans, the Thirty-second Division Veteran Association, the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS), or of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the United States, Knights of Columbus, Odd Fellows, Free Masons, Knights of Pythias, or of any other society, order or organization, operating under the lodge system, of 10 years’ standing in this state, or of any duly incorporated fraternal, social, or service organization, or of the division of emergency management in the department of military affairs or shall willfully use the same to obtain aid or assistance thereby within this state, or shall willfully use the name of such society, order or organization, the titles of its officers, or its insignia, unless entitled to use or wear the same under the constitution, bylaws, rules and regulations thereof, shall be imprisoned not more than 30 days or fined not exceeding $20, or both.

History: 1981 c. 314 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1995 a. 247 .
Wis. Stat. § 782.06 — WI Code / Chapter 782 / Section 782.06
Writ granted without delay.
Status: in_force

The court or judge to whom such petition shall be properly presented shall grant the same without delay unless it shall appear from the petition or from the documents annexed that the party applying therefor is prohibited from prosecuting the same.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 59 ; Stats. 1979 s. 782.06.
Wis. Stat. § 31.187 — WI Code / Chapter 31 / Section 31.187
Abandoned dams.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may remove or cause to be removed, in such manner as it deems fit, old and abandoned dams in streams in this state, upon giving 60 days’ notice in writing to the owner thereof, if the owner can be found. If the owner of the dam is unknown or cannot, by due diligence, be found, the department shall publish a class 3 notice, under ch. 985 , in the county in which the dam is situated.

(2) Whenever the department determines that the conservation of any species or variety of wild animals will be promoted thereby, the department may maintain and repair any dam located wholly upon lands the title to which is in the state either as proprietor or in trust for the people after giving due consideration to fixing the level and regulating the flow of the public waters.

History: 1983 a. 27 s. 687 ; Stats. 1983 s. 31.187; 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 96.14 — WI Code / Chapter 96 / Section 96.14
Reports and accounting procedures.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary or a marketing board may require handlers and producers of agricultural commodities to file such information and reports as may be reasonably necessary to assist in carrying out the functions under this chapter.

(2) All assessments, appropriations and administrative costs for any marketing order or agreement created under this chapter shall be recorded, prepared and audited in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

History: 1981 c. 283 ss. 20 , 21 , 27 ; Stats. 1981 s. 96.14.
Wis. Stat. § 101.588 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.588
Information collection and maintenance; department.
Status: in_force

If an employer ceases business operations in this state, the employer shall provide the department with the information required under s. 101.583 or 101.585 relating to that employer. The department shall maintain that information and provide it to any employee upon request.

History: 1983 a. 392 .
Wis. Stat. § 177.0401 — WI Code / Chapter 177 / Section 177.0401
Report required by holder.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) A holder of property presumed abandoned and subject to the custody of the administrator shall report in a record to the administrator concerning the property.

(b) A holder shall report electronically in a format approved by the administrator, unless the administrator approves another method.

(2) A holder may contract with a 3rd party to make the report required under sub. (1) .

(3) Regardless of whether a holder enters into a contract under sub. (2) , the holder is responsible to the administrator for the complete, accurate, and timely reporting of property presumed abandoned and for paying or delivering the property described in the report to the administrator.

History: 2021 a. 87 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.055 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.055
Wild animals; possession in closed season or in excess of bag limit.
Status: in_force

Except as expressly provided in this chapter, no person may have in the person’s possession or under the person’s control, or have in storage, any wild animal or carcass that was taken during the closed season for that wild animal or that is in excess of the bag or possession limit or contrary to the size limits for that wild animal. The open and closed seasons and the bag, possession and size limits of the state, province or country in which a wild animal was taken shall apply to the wild animal or the carcass if it was lawfully killed outside of this state. This section does not apply to farm-raised deer, farm-raised fish, farm-raised game birds, or wild animals that are subject to regulation under ch. 169 .

History: 1975 c. 360 , 421 ; 1993 a. 410 ; 1997 a. 248 s. 502 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.055; 2001 a. 56 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.972 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.972
Registration of home inspectors.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall register an individual under this subchapter if the individual does all of the following:

(a) Submits an application for registration to the department on a form provided by the department.

(b) Pays the fee specified in s. 440.05 (1) .

(bg) Submits evidence satisfactory to the department that he or she has completed at least 40 hours of instruction approved by the department under s. 440.974 (1) (ag) .

(c) Submits evidence satisfactory to the department that he or she is not subject to a pending criminal charge, or has not been convicted of a felony, misdemeanor or other offense, the circumstances of which substantially relate to the practice of home inspection.

(d) Passes an examination under s. 440.973 (1) .

(1m) The department shall register an individual under this subchapter if the individual is registered or licensed in good standing as a home inspector in another state, the individual complies with sub. (1) (a) , (b) , (c) , and (d) , and the other state has requirements that the department determines meet or exceed those required under sub. (1) .

(2) The renewal date for certificates granted under this section is specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a) 38g. , and the renewal fee for such certificates is determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) .

History: 1997 a. 81 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2021 a. 17 .
Wis. Stat. § 625.34 — WI Code / Chapter 625 / Section 625.34
Recording and reporting of experience.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall promulgate or approve reasonable rules, including rules providing statistical plans, for use thereafter by all insurers in the recording and reporting of loss and expense experience, in order that the experience of such insurers may be made available to the commissioner. No insurer shall be required to record or report its experience on a classification basis inconsistent with its own rating system. The commissioner may designate one or more rate service organizations to assist the commissioner in gathering such experience and making compilations thereof, which shall be made available to the public.

History: 1979 c. 102 s. 236 (21) .