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Wis. Stat. § 179.0804 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0804
Power to bind partnership after dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) A limited partnership is bound by a general 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’s activities and affairs, unless the partner did not have authority to act for the partnership in the particular matter and the party 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. 179.0402 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 general partner binds a limited 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 general partner.

(c) The act is appropriate for winding up the partnership’s activities and affairs, or the act would have bound the partnership under s. 179.0402 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: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.1127 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.1127
Property not productive of income.
Status: in_force

(1) If a marital deduction is allowed for all or part of a trust whose assets consist substantially of property that does not provide the surviving spouse with sufficient income from or use of the trust assets, and if the amounts that the trustee transfers from principal to income under s. 701.1104 and distributes to the spouse from principal in accordance with the terms of the trust are insufficient to provide the spouse with the beneficial enjoyment required to obtain the marital deduction, the spouse may require the trustee to make property productive of income, convert property within a reasonable time, or exercise the power conferred by s. 701.1104 (1) . The trustee may decide which action or combination of actions to take.

(2) In cases not governed by sub. (1) , proceeds from the sale or other disposition of an asset are principal without regard to the amount of income the asset produces during any accounting period.

History: 2013 a. 92 s. 275 .
Wis. Stat. § 601.16 — WI Code / Chapter 601 / Section 601.16
Official seal and signature.
Status: in_force

(1) Seal. The commissioner need not have nor use an official seal. Any statutory or common law requirement that an official seal be affixed is satisfied by the signature of the commissioner.

(2) Signatures. Any signature of the commissioner may be in facsimile unless specifically required to be handwritten.

History: 1977 c. 203 s. 103 .
Wis. Stat. § 155.30 — WI Code / Chapter 155 / Section 155.30
Power of attorney for health care instrument; form.
Status: in_force

(1) A printed form of a power of attorney for health care instrument that is sold or otherwise distributed for use by an individual in this state who does not have the advice of legal counsel shall provide no authority other than the authority to make health care decisions on behalf of the principal and shall contain the following statement in not less than 10-point boldface type:

(2) A power of attorney for health care instrument that is other than that specified in sub. (1) or (3) shall include either the notice specified in sub. (1) or a certificate signed by the principal’s lawyer stating: “I am a lawyer authorized to practice law in Wisconsin. I have advised my client concerning his or her rights in connection with this power of attorney for health care and the applicable law.”

(3) The department shall prepare and provide copies of a power of attorney for health care instrument and accompanying information for distribution in quantities to health care professionals, hospitals, nursing homes, multipurpose senior centers, county clerks, and local bar associations and individually to private persons. The department shall include, in information accompanying the copy of the instrument, at least the statutory definitions of terms used in the instrument, statutory restrictions on who may be witnesses to a valid instrument, a statement explaining that valid witnesses acting in good faith are statutorily immune from civil or criminal liability and a statement explaining that an instrument may, but need not, be filed with the register in probate of the principal’s county of residence. The department may charge a reasonable fee for the cost of preparation and distribution. The power of attorney for health care instrument distributed by the department shall include the notice specified in sub. (1) and shall be in the following form:
Wis. Stat. § 50.355 — WI Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50.355
Reporting.
Status: in_force

Every 12 months, on a schedule determined by the department, an approved hospital shall submit an annual report in the form and containing the information that the department requires, including payment of the fee required under s. 50.135 (2) (a) . If a complete annual report is not timely filed, the department shall issue a warning to the holder of the certificate for approval. The department may revoke approval for failure to timely and completely report within 60 days after the report date established under the schedule determined by the department.

History: 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 410.102 — WI Code / Chapter 410 / Section 410.102
Subject matter.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in s. 410.108 , this chapter applies to funds transfers as defined in s. 410.104 (1) .

History: 1991 a. 304 .
Wis. Stat. § 100.263 — WI Code / Chapter 100 / Section 100.263
Recovery.
Status: in_force

In addition to other remedies available under this chapter, the court may award the department the reasonable and necessary costs of investigation and an amount reasonably necessary to remedy the harmful effects of the violation and the court may award the department of justice the reasonable and necessary expenses of prosecution, including attorney fees, from any person who violates this chapter. The department and the department of justice shall deposit in the state treasury for deposit in the general fund all moneys that the court awards to the department, the department of justice or the state under this section. Ten percent of the money deposited in the general fund that was awarded under this section for the costs of investigation and the expenses of prosecution, including attorney fees, shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (1) (gh) .

History: 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 36 .
Wis. Stat. § 757.35 — WI Code / Chapter 757 / Section 757.35
Blank process to attorneys.
Status: in_force

The clerks of the courts of record may deliver to any attorney of their courts, in blank, any and all processes which may be requisite for the prosecution of or carrying on any action or special proceeding in such courts, or the enforcement of any order or judgment therein. All processes, so delivered, shall be signed by the clerk officially and have the seal of the court impressed thereon and may be completed by the attorney, and shall have the same force as if the same were perfected by the clerk.

History: 1977 c. 187 s. 96 ; Stats. 1977 s. 757.35.
Wis. Stat. § 53.06 — WI Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53.06
Taking testimony in another state.
Status: in_force

(1) In a guardianship of the person proceeding or proceeding for the appointment of a guardian of the estate, in addition to other procedures that may be available, testimony of a witness who is located in another state may be offered by deposition or other means allowable in this state for testimony taken in another state. The court on its own motion may order that the testimony of a witness be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the testimony is to be taken.

(2) In a guardianship of the person proceeding or proceeding for the appointment of a guardian of the estate, a court in this state may permit a witness located in another state to be deposed or to testify by telephone or audiovisual or other electronic means. A court of this state shall cooperate with the court of the other state in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.

(3) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court of this state by technological means that do not produce an original writing may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the best evidence rule.

History: 2017 a. 187 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.83 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.83
Damages caused by accumulation of snow or ice; liability of city, village, town, and county.
Status: in_force

No action may be maintained against a city, village, town, or county to recover damages for injuries sustained by reason of an accumulation of snow or ice upon any bridge or highway, unless the accumulation existed for 3 weeks. Any action to recover damages for injuries sustained by reason of an accumulation of snow or ice that has existed for 3 weeks or more upon any bridge or highway is subject to s. 893.80 .

History: 2003 a. 214 ss. 136 , 137 , 189 ; 2011 a. 132 .
Wis. Stat. § 183.0109 — WI Code / Chapter 183 / Section 183.0109
Powers.
Status: in_force

A limited liability company has the capacity to sue and be sued in its own name and the power to do all things necessary or convenient to carry on its activities and affairs.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 942.05 — WI Code / Chapter 942 / Section 942.05
Opening letters.
Status: in_force

Whoever does either of the following is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor:

(1) Knowing that he or she does not have the consent of either the sender or the addressee, intentionally opens any sealed letter or package addressed to another; or

(2) Knowing that a sealed letter or package has been opened without the consent of either the sender or addressee, intentionally publishes any of the contents thereof.

History: 1977 c. 173 ; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 938.022 — WI Code / Chapter 938 / Section 938.022
Electronic filing.
Status: in_force

Section 801.18 shall govern the electronic filing of documents under this chapter. Electronic filing may be made through a custom data exchange between the court case management system and the automated information system used by district attorneys.

History: Sup. Ct. Order No. 14-03 , 2016 WI 29, 368 Wis. 2d xiii.
Wis. Stat. § 15.14 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.14
Department of corrections; creation.
Status: in_force

There is created a department of corrections under the direction and supervision of the secretary of corrections.

History: 1989 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 254.12 — WI Code / Chapter 254 / Section 254.12
Use or sale of lead-bearing paints.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may apply lead-bearing paints:

(a) To any exposed surface on the inside of a dwelling;

(b) To the exposed surface of a structure used for the care of children; or

(c) To any fixture or other object placed in or upon any exposed surface of a dwelling and ordinarily accessible to children.

(2) No person may sell or transfer any fixture or other object intended to be placed upon any surface on the inside of a dwelling, containing a lead-bearing paint and ordinarily accessible to children.

History: 1979 c. 221 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1993 a. 27 s. 431 ; Stats. 1993 s. 254.12; 1993 a. 450 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.0121 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0121
Service of process, notice, or demand.
Status: in_force

(1) A limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership may be served with any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law by serving its registered agent. The department may serve any written notice required or authorized under this chapter by e-mailing it to the registered agent’s e-mail address on file with the department, and such notice shall be effective as provided in s. 179.0103 (7m) .

(2) Except as provided in sub. (3) , if a limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership has no registered agent, or its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the partnership or foreign partnership may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by similar commercial delivery service, addressed to the partnership or foreign partnership at its principal office, as shown on the records of the department on the date of sending. Service is perfected under this subsection at the earliest of the following:

(a) The date the partnership or foreign partnership receives the mail or delivery by the commercial delivery service.

(b) The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on the behalf of the partnership or foreign partnership.

(c) Five days after it is deposited in the U.S. mail, or with the commercial delivery service, if correctly addressed and with sufficient postage or payment.

(3) If process, notice, or demand in an action cannot be served on a limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership pursuant to sub. (1) or (2) , service may be made by handing a copy to the individual in charge of any regular place of business or activity of the partnership or foreign partnership if the individual served is not a plaintiff in the action. If the address of the partnership’s or foreign partnership’s principal office cannot be determined from the records of the department, the partnership or foreign partnership may be served by publishing a class 3 notice, under ch. 985 , in the community where the partnership’s or foreign partnership’s principal office or registered office, as most recently designated in the records of the department, is located.

(4) Service of process, notice, or demand on a registered agent must be in a written record.

(5) Service of process, notice, or demand may be made by other means under law other than this chapter.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 702.105 — WI Code / Chapter 702 / Section 702.105
Default rules.
Status: in_force

The terms of a governing instrument prevail over any provision of this subchapter.

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 808.075 — WI Code / Chapter 808 / Section 808.075
Section 808.075
Status: in_force

(fn) In a case under ch. 938 :

2. Review of nonsecure custody orders under s. 938.207 .

3. Review of secure detention orders under s. 938.208 and secure detention status reviews under s. 938.209 (1) (a) 5.

4. Hearing for juvenile held in custody under s. 938.21 .

5. Hearing upon involuntary removal under s. 938.305 .

6. Revision of dispositional order under s. 938.363 .

7. Extension of dispositional order under s. 938.365 , unless s. 938.368 applies.

8. Review of permanency plan under s. 938.38 (5) .

9. Release of confidential information under s. 938.396 or 938.78 .

(g) In a criminal case:

1. Release on bond under s. 809.31 or 969.01 (2) .

2. Modification or revocation of bond under s. 969.01 (2) (e) or 969.08 .

3. Imposition of sentence upon revocation of probation under s. 973.10 (2) (a) .

4. Determination of sentence credit under s. 973.155 .

5. Modification of a condition of probation or extension of probationary term under s. 973.09 (3) (a) .

6. Modification of sentence.

7. Commitment, conditional release, recommitment and discharge under s. 971.17 of a person found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.

(h) Commitment, supervised release, recommitment, discharge, and postcommitment relief under s. 980.10 , 2003 stats., or ss. 980.06 , 980.08 , 980.09 (4) , and 980.101 of a person found to be a sexually violent person under ch. 980 .

(5) Notwithstanding the limitations of this section, any party may petition the appellate court for remand to the circuit court for action upon specific issues.

(6) In addition to sub. (5) , the appellate court may remand the record to the circuit court for additional proceedings while the appeal is pending.

(7) Upon completion of an action taken by the circuit court under sub. (1) , (4) , (5) or (6) of this section, the clerk shall send a copy of the judgment or order to the appellate court.

(8) If an appellate court remands the record to the circuit court for additional proceedings under sub. (5) or (6) , the appellate court, in the pending appeal, may review the judgment or order that the circuit court enters following remand. If any party is aggrieved by the judgment or order of the circuit court, the party shall file in the appellate court a written statement of objections to the judgment or order within 14 days after the record is returned to the clerk of the appellate court. A party that files a statement of objections need not file an additional notice of appeal or cross-appeal.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 146 Wis. 2d xiii (1988); 1989 a. 86 ; 1993 a. 16 , 446 , 479 , 481 ; 1995 a. 38 , 73 , 77 , 275 ; 1997 a. 35 , 191 , 292 , 296 , 334 ; 1999 a. 9 ; Sup. Ct. Order No. 00-02 , 2001 WI 39, 242 Wis. 2d xxvii; 2001 a. 16 ; 2005 a. 264 , 387 , 434 ; 2005 a. 443 ss. 263 , 265 ; Sup. Ct. Order No. 14-03 , 2016 WI 29, 368 Wis. 2d xiii; 2017 a. 365 s. 111 ; 2019 a. 95 , 109 ; 2021 a. 238 ss. 44 , 45 ; 2021 a. 240 s. 30 .
Wis. Stat. § 813.32 — WI Code / Chapter 813 / Section 813.32
Uniformity of interpretation.
Status: in_force

Sections 813.22 to 813.34 shall be so construed as to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 760, 780 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 813.32.
Wis. Stat. § 101.86 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.86
Municipal authority.
Status: in_force

(1) Municipalities may:

(a) Enact an electrical code or otherwise exercise jurisdiction over electrical wiring and inspection of electrical wiring by enactment of ordinances, provided that the electrical code or ordinance strictly conforms with the state electrical wiring code promulgated by the department under s. 101.82 (1) . A county ordinance shall apply in any city, village or town which has not enacted such an ordinance.

(b) Under s. 66.0301 , jointly exercise the jurisdiction granted under par. (a) .

(c) By ordinance, establish and collect fees to defray the cost of jurisdiction exercised under par. (a) or (b) .

(d) By ordinance, provide remedies and penalties for violation of the jurisdiction exercised under par. (a) or (b) .

(3)

(a) The cost of inspection services provided by any county that has enacted an ordinance under sub. (1) , if not defrayed by fees, shall be charged to or taxed against the property within those cities, villages, and towns in the county that have not enacted an ordinance under sub. (1) .

(b) No part of the cost of inspection services, if not defrayed by fees, may be charged to or taxed against the property within any city, village, or town that has enacted an ordinance under sub. (1) .

History: 1979 c. 309 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 ; 2007 a. 63 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 186.116 — WI Code / Chapter 186 / Section 186.116
Financially related services tie-ins.
Status: in_force

In any transaction conducted by a credit union or a subsidiary of a credit union with a customer who is also a customer of any other subsidiary of the credit union, the customer shall be given a notice in 12-point boldface type in substantially the following form:

History: 1985 a. 325 ; 1995 a. 27 , 151 .
Wis. Stat. § 59.37 — WI Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59.37
Service when no coroner.
Status: in_force

Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of coroner, or when the coroner is absent from the county, sick or unable to perform the duties of that office, or for any reason, except the nonpayment of legal fees, refuses to serve and execute legal process against the sheriff in any action commenced in any court of record within the county for which the coroner was or should have been elected, any judge of a court of record or circuit court commissioner of the county may, on proof of the vacancy, sickness, absence or refusal to serve and execute such process, by an order to be endorsed on such process and addressed to him or her, empower any citizen of the county in which such process is to be served and executed to serve and execute the same; and that order shall be sufficient authority to the person therein named to serve and execute such process with like powers, liabilities and fees as the coroner.

History: 1977 c. 449 ; 1995 a. 201 s. 305 ; Stats. 1995 s. 59.37; 2001 a. 61 .
Wis. Stat. § 799.215 — WI Code / Chapter 799 / Section 799.215
Trial by court, findings and judgment.
Status: in_force

Upon a trial of an issue of fact by the court, its decision shall be given either orally immediately following trial or in writing and filed with the clerk within 60 days after submission of the cause, and shall state separately the facts found and the conclusions of law thereon; and judgment shall be entered accordingly.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 66 ; Stats. 1979 s. 799.215.
Wis. Stat. § 178.1121 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.1121
Merger authorized.
Status: in_force

(1) One or more domestic partnerships may merge with or into one or more other constituent entities pursuant to ss. 178.1121 to 178.1125 and a plan of merger if the merger is permitted under the governing law of each constituent entity and each constituent entity approves the plan of merger in the manner required by its governing law.

(2) One or more other domestic or foreign entities may merge with or into a domestic partnership pursuant to ss. 178.1121 to 178.1125 and a plan of merger if the merger is permitted under the governing law of each constituent entity and each constituent entity approves the plan of merger in the manner required by its governing law.

History: 2015 a. 295 .
Wis. Stat. § 779.25 — WI Code / Chapter 779 / Section 779.25
Lien for joint log driving.
Status: in_force

When logs or timber of different owners are so intermixed that they cannot be conveniently separated for driving and either owner neglects to make the necessary provision for driving them any other owner may drive all such logs or timber to the destination and shall receive reasonable compensation for driving the logs of the owner so neglecting and shall have a lien for such compensation and may enforce the same as provided for the enforcement of liens upon logs or timber.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 57 ; Stats. 1979 s. 779.25.
Wis. Stat. § 601.49 — WI Code / Chapter 601 / Section 601.49
Access to records.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall have access to the records of any agency of the state government or of any political subdivision thereof which the commissioner may wish to consult in discharging his or her duties.

History: 1979 c. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 751.153 — WI Code / Chapter 751 / Section 751.153
Rules regarding the practice of law; waiver of fee for veterans.
Status: in_force

The supreme court is requested to promulgate a rule that waives, for an individual who is eligible for the veterans fee waiver program under s. 45.44 , the initial fee for admission to the state bar or for a license to practice law.

History: 2011 a. 209 .