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Wis. Stat. § 411.505 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.505
Cancellation and termination and effect of cancellation, termination, rescission or fraud on rights and remedies.
Status: in_force

(1) On cancellation of the lease contract, all obligations that are still executory on both sides are discharged, but any right based on earlier default or performance survives, and the canceling party also retains any remedy for default of the whole lease contract or any unperformed balance.

(2) On termination of the lease contract, all obligations that are still executory on both sides are discharged but any right based on earlier default or performance survives.

(3) Unless the contrary intention clearly appears, expressions of “cancellation”, “rescission” or the like of the lease contract may not be construed as a renunciation or discharge of any claim in damages for an earlier default.

(4) Rights and remedies for material misrepresentation or fraud include all rights and remedies available under this chapter for default.

(5) Neither rescission nor a claim for rescission of the lease contract nor rejection or return of the goods may bar or be considered inconsistent with a claim for damages or other right or remedy.

History: 1991 a. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 856.07 — WI Code / Chapter 856 / Section 856.07
Who may petition for administration.
Status: in_force

(1) Generally. Petition for administration of the estate of a decedent may be made by any person named in the will to act as personal representative or by any person interested.

(2) After 30 days. If none of those named in sub. (1) has petitioned within 30 days after the death of the decedent, petition for administration may be made by any person who was guardian of the decedent at the time of the decedent’s death, any creditor of the decedent, anyone who has a cause of action or who has a right of appeal which cannot be maintained without the appointment of a personal representative or anyone who has an interest in property which is or may be a part of the estate.

History: 1973 c. 90 ; 2001 a. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 186.10 — WI Code / Chapter 186 / Section 186.10
Minors’ rights; shares in trust.
Status: in_force

(1) Minors’ shares. Shares may be issued in the name of a minor, and may be withdrawn by such minor or by the minor’s agent under subch. I of ch. 705 . Minors’ eligibility to vote at the meetings of the members is at the discretion of the board of directors.

(2) Shares in trust. Shares may be issued in trust, subject to any conditions prescribed in the bylaws. Share accounts and deposit accounts may be held by a member in trust for a beneficiary, held by a nonmember in trust for a beneficiary who is a member or held by a nonmember custodian for a member under ss. 54.854 to 54.898 .

History: 1971 c. 193 ; 1973 c. 291 ; 1983 a. 369 ; 1989 a. 331 ; 1991 a. 32 ; 1995 a. 151 ; 1997 a. 152 ; 2005 a. 387 .
Wis. Stat. § 83.001 — WI Code / Chapter 83 / Section 83.001
Definition.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, “department” means the department of transportation.

History: 1985 a. 223 .
Wis. Stat. § 115.92 — WI Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.92
Establishment of programs; rules.
Status: in_force

(1) Any school board may establish a program for school age parents who are residents of the school district. The program shall be designed to provide services and instruction to meet the needs of school age parents, including education on the skills required of a parent; family planning, as defined in s. 253.07 (1) (a) , including natural family planning; and instruction on adoption and adoption services. The instruction provided on adoption and adoption services shall include instruction on the options available and the procedures followed in independent and agency adoptions, including current practices regarding a birth parent’s involvement in the selection of an adoptive home and the sharing of information between birth parents and adoptive parents, instruction on the impact of adoption on birth parents and children who have been adopted and an explanation that the adoption process may be initiated even after a child has been born and has left the hospital. The program shall be coordinated with existing vocational and job training programs in the school district.

(2)

(a) Annually, and at such other times as the department requires, every school board that establishes a program under this subchapter shall submit a written report to the department. The report shall specify the number of school age parents instructed or provided service.

(b) Annually, on or before September 15, each school board maintaining a program under this subchapter shall submit to the department an itemized statement on oath of all revenues and expenditures related to the program during the preceding school year.

(3) The state superintendent shall by rule establish criteria for the approval of programs established under this subchapter for the purpose of determining those programs eligible for aid under s. 115.93 .

History: 1983 a. 374 ; 1985 a. 56 ; 1987 a. 158 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 , 104 , 240 , 252 ; 1999 a. 19 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.1621 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.1621
Report of indemnification to members.
Status: in_force

If a corporation indemnifies or advances expenses to a director under s. 181.0874 , 181.0877 or 181.0881 in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, the corporation shall report the indemnification or advance in writing to the members with or before the notice of the next meeting of members.

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 944.05 — WI Code / Chapter 944 / Section 944.05
Bigamy.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class I felony:

(a) Contracts a marriage in this state with knowledge that his or her prior marriage is not dissolved; or

(b) Contracts a marriage in this state with knowledge that the prior marriage of the person he or she marries is not dissolved; or

(c) Cohabits in this state with a person whom he or she married outside this state with knowledge that his or her own prior marriage had not been dissolved or with knowledge that the prior marriage of the person he or she married had not been dissolved.

(2) In this section “cohabit” means to live together under the representation or appearance of being married.

History: 1977 c. 173 ; 1993 a. 486 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 425.302 — WI Code / Chapter 425 / Section 425.302
Remedy and penalty for certain violations.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who commits a violation to which this section applies is liable to the customer in an amount equal to:

(a) Twenty-five dollars; and

(b) The actual damages, including any incidental and consequential damages, sustained by the customer by reason of the violation.

(2) This section also applies to all violations for which no other remedy is specifically provided.

History: 1971 c. 239 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.41 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.41
Capital stock; nature.
Status: in_force

Capital stock shall constitute a secondary reserve out of which losses shall be paid after all other available reserves have been exhausted. The shares shall be nonwithdrawable, except as provided in s. 214.42 , until all liabilities of the savings bank have been satisfied in full, including payment of the withdrawal value of all deposit accounts.

History: 1991 a. 221 .
Wis. Stat. § 195.02 — WI Code / Chapter 195 / Section 195.02
Definitions, scope of chapter, application of statute.
Status: in_force

(1) In this chapter, unless a different meaning is manifest: “Railroad” means and embraces all corporations, companies, individuals, associations, their lessees, trustees or receivers that own, operate, manage or control any railroad or part of a railroad as a common carrier in this state, or cars, or other equipment used thereon, or bridges, terminals or sidetracks, used in connection therewith, whether owned by such railroad or otherwise.

(3) This chapter applies to the transportation of passengers and property between points within this state, and to the receiving, switching, delivering, storing and handling of such property, and to all water carrier charges connected therewith, and applies to all common carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by rail or partly by rail and partly by water, and to all common carriers of property wholly by water which operate between fixed end points, but shall not apply to transportation of property by water under contract as a private carrier.

(4) This chapter shall not apply to private railroads that are not common carriers.

(4m) Each provision of this chapter applies only to the extent that it is not contrary to or inconsistent with federal law or the constitution of the United States.

(5) “Water carrier” means a common or contract carrier of property by water that operates between fixed end points, but does not include a water carrier under common control with a railroad when transporting freight for continuous carriage or shipment. In this chapter, “common carrier,” with respect to a water carrier, includes a contract carrier other than a private contract carrier.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 110 ; 1985 a. 187 ; 2005 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 115.455 — WI Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.455
Grant for information technology education.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) The department shall develop a competitive request-for-proposal process for the award of a grant to an entity to provide information technology education opportunities to public school pupils in grades 6 to 12, technical college district students, and patrons of public libraries.

(b) The department shall accept applications from entities responding to the request-for-proposal under par. (a) and shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (eb) , award a grant to an entity that, subject to sub. (3) , satisfies the requirements under sub. (2) .

(2) To be eligible for a grant under this section, the entity shall demonstrate that it has successfully offered an information technology instructional program in schools in this state and shall develop an instructional program that includes all of the following components, and shall ensure that the instructional program will be operated in 225 sites, including 16 public libraries:

(a) A research-based curriculum emphasizing the development of information technology skills.

(b) Online access to the curriculum.

(c) Instructional software for use in the classroom and at a pupil’s home.

(d) A curriculum that aligns with the coding and other techniques included on the computer science Advanced Placement examination. In developing the curriculum required under this paragraph, the entity shall ensure that a pupil who successfully completes the curriculum and passes the Advanced Placement examination is eligible for certification.

(e) Certifications of skills and competencies in a broad range of information technology-related skill areas, including applications used most often in businesses.

(f) Professional development and co-teaching for teachers and administrators, including teachers providing instruction in the information technology program.

(g) Deployment and program support, including integration of the information technology instructional program with curriculum standards.

(h) Opportunities for pupils completing the information technology program to earn college credit.

(3) In awarding the grant under sub. (1) , the department shall give preference to an entity that demonstrates that it has successfully provided high-quality information technology instructional programming and educational opportunities to pupils enrolled in or attending schools in this state.

History: 2017 a. 59 ; 2019 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.1151 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.1151
Domestication authorized.
Status: in_force

A domestic limited partnership may domesticate as a non-United States entity subject to non-United States governing law while continuing to be a domestic limited partnership, and a non-United States entity may domesticate as a domestic limited partnership subject to this chapter while continuing to be an entity subject to its non-United States governing law pursuant to ss. 179.1151 to 179.1155 and a plan of domestication, if the domestication is permitted under the governing law of the domesticating entity and permitted under the governing law of the domesticated entity.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 906.12 — WI Code / Chapter 906 / Section 906.12
Writing used to refresh memory.
Status: in_force

If a witness uses a writing to refresh the witness’s memory for the purpose of testifying, either before or while testifying, an adverse party is entitled to have it produced at the hearing, to inspect it, to cross-examine the witness thereon, and to introduce in evidence those portions which relate to the testimony of the witness. If it is claimed that the writing contains matters not related to the subject matter of the testimony, the judge shall examine the writing in camera, excise any portions not so related, and order delivery of the remainder to the party entitled thereto. Any portion withheld over objections shall be preserved and made available to the appellate court in the event of an appeal. If a writing is not produced or delivered pursuant to order under this rule, the judge shall make any order justice requires, except that in criminal cases when the prosecution elects not to comply, the order shall be one striking the testimony or, if the judge in the judge’s discretion determines that the interests of justice so require, declaring a mistrial.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R193 (1973); 1991 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 93.10 — WI Code / Chapter 93 / Section 93.10
Inspector’s certificate.
Status: in_force

(1) The department, as a means of enforcing the standard for the grade of any food product or farm product or for any receptacle therefor, may, by general order, after public hearing, require any such product or receptacle to bear the official certificate of an inspector licensed under s. 93.11 .

(2) Whenever the department has required any product or receptacle to bear the official certificate of an inspector licensed under s. 93.11 , no person marketing or having in his or her possession for commercial purposes any such product or receptacle shall remove, mutilate or alter the official certificate thereon or represent such product or receptacle, unless in a manner authorized by the department, as being of any grade other than the grade designated by the official certificate thereon, except as to products or receptacles included in s. 93.09 (2) and (3) ; and no person shall market or have in his or her possession for commercial purposes any such product or receptacle unless such product or receptacle bears the official certificate of an inspector licensed under s. 93.11 , except as to products or receptacles included in s. 93.09 (2) , (3) and (4) ; provided, that such a product or receptacle may be marketed or had in possession without an official certificate issued at the point of shipment if such product or receptacle is destined for shipment to a point within the state, where the shipper has arranged for the issuance of an official certificate; provided, further, that possession under this section, shall not include possession by a carrier or other bailee.

History: 1993 a. 492 .
Wis. Stat. § 236.29 — WI Code / Chapter 236 / Section 236.29
Dedications.
Status: in_force

(1) Effect of recording on dedications. When any plat is certified, signed, acknowledged and recorded as prescribed in this chapter, every donation or grant to the public or any person, society or corporation marked or noted as such on said plat shall be deemed a sufficient conveyance to vest the fee simple of all parcels of land so marked or noted, and shall be considered a general warranty against such donors, their heirs and assigns to the said donees for their use for the purposes therein expressed and no other; and the land intended for the streets, alleys, ways, commons or other public uses as designated on said plat shall be held by the town, city or village in which such plat is situated in trust to and for such uses and purposes.

(2) Dedications to public accepted by approval. When a final plat of a subdivision has been approved by the governing body of the municipality or town in which the subdivision is located and all other required approvals are obtained and the plat is recorded, that approval constitutes acceptance for the purpose designated on the plat of all lands shown on the plat as dedicated to the public including street dedications.

(3) Municipality may lease to a subdivision association land accepted for park. The municipality or town in which the accepted subdivision is located may lease to a subdivision association any part of the subdivision intended for park purposes where such part has never been improved nor work done thereon nor funds expended therefor by the governing body, but such lease shall not exceed 10 years and shall only be for park improvement purposes.

(4) Acceptance of storm water facilities dedicated to public. Notwithstanding sub. (2) , unless an earlier date is agreed to by the municipality, the dedication of any lands within a plat of a subdivision located within a municipality that are intended to include a permanent man-made facility designed for reducing the quantity or quality impacts of storm water runoff from more than one lot and that are shown on the plat as “Dedicated to the Public for Storm Water Management Purposes” is not accepted until at least 80 percent of the lots in the subdivision have been sold and a professional engineer registered under ch. 443 has certified to the municipality that all of the following conditions are met with respect to the facility:

(a) The facility is functioning properly in accordance with the plans and specifications of the municipality.

(b) Any required plantings are adequate, well-established, and reasonably free of invasive species.

(c) Any necessary maintenance, including removal of construction sediment, has been properly performed.

History: 2007 a. 44 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.1315 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.1315
Trust limitation on decanting.
Status: in_force

(1) An authorized fiduciary may not exercise the decanting power to the extent the first-trust instrument expressly prohibits exercise of any of the following:

(a) The decanting power.

(b) A power granted by state law to the fiduciary to distribute part or all of the principal of the trust to another trust or to modify the trust.

(2) Exercise of the decanting power is subject to any restriction in the first-trust instrument that expressly applies to exercise of any of the following:

(a) The decanting power.

(b) A power granted by state law to a fiduciary to distribute part or all of the principal of the trust to another trust or to modify the trust.

(3) A general prohibition of the amendment or revocation of a first trust, a spendthrift clause, or a clause restraining the voluntary or involuntary transfer of a beneficiary’s interest does not preclude exercise of the decanting power.

(4) Subject to subs. (1) and (2) , an authorized fiduciary may exercise the decanting power under this subchapter even if the first-trust instrument permits the authorized fiduciary or another person to modify the first-trust instrument or to distribute part or all of the principal of the first trust to another trust.

(5) If a first-trust instrument contains an express restriction described in sub. (2) , the provision must be included in the 2nd-trust instrument.

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 61.29 — WI Code / Chapter 61 / Section 61.29
Constable.
Status: in_force

(1) A constable shall:

(a) If required to do so by the village board, execute and file an official bond. If the village board does not require the constable to execute and file an official bond, the board shall obtain a dishonesty insurance policy or other appropriate insurance policy that covers the constable, in an amount determined by the board, in lieu of the bond requirement.

(b) Serve within his or her county any writ, process, order or notice, and execute any order, warrant or execution lawfully directed to or required by any court or officer to be executed by the constable.

(c) Attend any session of the circuit court in his or her county when required by the sheriff.

(d) Inform the district attorney of all trespasses on public lands of which the constable has knowledge or information.

(e) Impound cattle, horses, sheep, swine and other animals at large on the highways in violation of a village ordinance.

(f) Cause to be prosecuted all violations of law of which the constable has knowledge or information.

(g) Perform all other duties required by law.

(h) Keep his or her office in the village. No constable who keeps his or her office outside the limits of the village may receive fees for any service performed during the period the outside office is maintained.

(2) Section 60.351 applies to village constables.

(3) A village constable who is given law enforcement duties by the village board, and who meets the definition of a law enforcement officer under s. 165.85 (2) (c) , shall comply with the minimum employment standards for law enforcement officers established by the law enforcement standards board and shall complete training under s. 165.85 (4) (a) 1.

History: 1983 a. 532 ; 2013 a. 214 ; 2017 a. 51 .
Wis. Stat. § 14.88 — WI Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14.88
Physical therapy licensure compact.
Status: in_force

There is created a physical therapy compact commission as specified in s. 448.985 . The delegate for the commission representing this state shall be an individual described in s. 448.985 (7) (b) 2. The commission has the powers and duties granted and imposed under s. 448.985 .

History: 2019 a. 100 ; 2021 a. 240 .