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Wis. Stat. § 226.13 — WI Code / Chapter 226 / Section 226.13
Plaintiff’s lien.
Status: in_force

The plaintiff shall, to the extent of the final judgment, have a lien upon all the property and interests of the foreign corporation from the time of the filing of the complaint in the action, unless the foreign corporation files with the clerk an undertaking, in double the amount claimed to be due to the plaintiff, executed by 2 or more sureties in the corporation’s behalf, resident freeholders of this state, to the effect that the corporation will satisfy the final judgment that may be recovered in favor of the plaintiff in the action within 60 days from the date the judgment is rendered. The undertaking is of no effect unless accompanied by the affidavit of the sureties under s. 808.07 . If the foreign corporation notifies the court and plaintiff of an intent to file an undertaking, and the amount of money sought by the plaintiff was excluded from the demand for judgment, as required under s. 802.02 (1m) , the court shall require the plaintiff to specify the amount of money claimed and provide that information to the court and to the other parties.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 775 (1975); 1977 c. 187 s. 135 ; 1987 a. 256 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.36 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.36
Employer right to solicit salary information of prospective employees; statewide concern; uniformity.
Status: in_force

(1) An employer may solicit information regarding the salary history of prospective employees.

(2) The legislature finds that the provision of an employer right to solicit salary information that is uniform throughout the state is a matter of statewide concern and that the enactment of an ordinance by a city, village, town, or county that prohibits an employer from soliciting salary information would be logically inconsistent with, would defeat the purpose of, and would go against the spirit of this section. Therefore, this section shall be construed as an enactment of statewide concern for the purpose of providing an employer right to solicit salary information that is uniform throughout the state.

(3)

(a) No city, village, town, or county may enact or enforce an ordinance prohibiting an employer from soliciting information regarding the salary history of prospective employees.

(b) If a city, village, town, or county has in effect on April 18, 2018, an ordinance prohibiting an employer from soliciting information regarding the salary history of prospective employees, the ordinance does not apply and may not be enforced.

History: 2017 a. 327 .
Wis. Stat. § 253.14 — WI Code / Chapter 253 / Section 253.14
Sudden infant death syndrome.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall prepare and distribute printed informational materials relating to sudden infant death syndrome. The materials shall be directed toward the concerns of parents of victims of sudden infant death syndrome and shall be distributed to maximize availability to the parents.

(2) The department shall make available upon request follow-up counseling by trained health care professionals for parents and families of victims of sudden infant death syndrome.

History: 1977 c. 246 ; Stats. 1977 s. 146.025; 1977 c. 447 ; Stats. 1977 s. 146.026; 1993 a. 27 s. 343 ; Stats. 1993 s. 253.14.
Wis. Stat. § 134.50 — WI Code / Chapter 134 / Section 134.50
Poultry dealing regulations.
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful for any poultry dealer to purchase any live or dead poultry without registering annually with the county clerk.

(2) Every poultry dealer shall keep a record of all purchases of poultry made by the poultry dealer showing in detail the place and date of purchase and the name and address of the person from whom the purchase was made, together with a general description of the kind of poultry purchased. Such record shall be kept in permanent form and be open to inspection at all reasonable times to any district attorney, assistant district attorney, sheriff, deputy sheriff or any police officer.

(3) Any poultry dealer or his or her servant or agent violating any of the provisions of this section shall, upon the first conviction, be punished by a fine of from $10 to $100. Upon a 2nd or subsequent conviction, a poultry dealer or his or her servant or agent shall be punished by a fine of from $25 to $500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(4) Any person selling poultry to a poultry dealer who gives falsely his name or address to such dealer, his agent or servant, shall be imprisoned in the county jail for not less than 30 days nor more than one year.

History: 1993 a. 482 .
Wis. Stat. § 185.15 — WI Code / Chapter 185 / Section 185.15
Notice to members, stockholders or other persons; waiver.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever notice is required by this chapter to be given to any person, the notice shall be given either personally or by mail. If mailed, the notice is given when it is deposited or a newsletter or other publication of a cooperative or of an affiliated organization which includes the notice is deposited in the United States mail, with postage prepaid thereon, addressed to such person at his or her address as it appears on the records of the cooperative.

(2) A signed waiver is equivalent to personal notice to the person so signing. The waiver may be signed at any time.

History: 1985 a. 30 .
Wis. Stat. § 878.03 — WI Code / Chapter 878 / Section 878.03
Corporate fiduciaries.
Status: in_force

The court and the probate registrar shall not require bond from any corporate fiduciary which has complied with the requirements of s. 220.09 or 223.02 .

History: 1975 c. 331 ; 1977 c. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 23.19 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.19
Menomonee River conservation project.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall provide in state aid to the city of Milwaukee up to $500,000 for a conservation project for the Menomonee River if the city appropriates funds by June 30, 1991. Both the funds appropriated by the city and the state aid provided by the department shall be for any of the following stages of the project that may be undertaken by the city:

(a) A feasibility study on the acquisition or development, or both, of land adjacent to the Menomonee River for the uses specified in sub. (2) .

(b) The acquisition of land adjacent to the Menomonee River for the uses specified in sub. (2) .

(c) The development of land adjacent to the Menomonee River for the uses specified in sub. (2) .

(2) The uses of the land acquired or developed with the state aid provided under sub. (1) shall be for any of the following:

(a) Recreational and community facilities.

(b) Improved river access.

(c) Nonpoint source pollution abatement.

(d) Restoration of wetland.

(3)

(a) The amount of state aid provided under sub. (1) shall equal the actual amount, up to $500,000, that is expended by the city of Milwaukee for the stages of the project specified in sub. (1) (a) to (c) .

(b) The department may not provide state aid under sub. (1) for the performance of a feasibility study unless the department has granted prior approval for its performance.

(c) Each time the city of Milwaukee completes a stage of the project as specified under sub. (1) (a) to (c) and has expended the total amount of its contribution for that stage, the city is entitled to receive the amount of state aid under par. (a) that equals the total amount of the contribution.

History: 1989 a. 350 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 786.29 — WI Code / Chapter 786 / Section 786.29
Future estates, sale, examination and report.
Status: in_force

Upon the filing of the bond, the circuit court may proceed in a summary manner to inquire into the merits of the application, or make an order directing the referee to inquire into and report upon the matters contained in the petition, and he or she shall examine the representations made, hear the parties interested in the property or otherwise interested in the application, and report thereupon with all convenient speed.

History: 1977 c. 449 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 63 ; Stats. 1979 s. 786.29.
Wis. Stat. § 48.135 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.135
Referral of children and expectant mothers of unborn children to proceedings under chapter 51 or 55.
Status: in_force

(1) If a child alleged to be in need of protection or services or a child expectant mother of an unborn child alleged to be in need of protection or services is before the court and it appears that the child or child expectant mother is developmentally disabled, mentally ill or drug dependent or suffers from alcoholism, the court may proceed under ch. 51 or 55 . If an adult expectant mother of an unborn child alleged to be in need of protection or services is before the court and it appears that the adult expectant mother is drug dependent or suffers from alcoholism, the court may proceed under ch. 51 .

(2) Except as provided in ss. 48.19 to 48.21 and s. 48.345 (14) , any voluntary or involuntary admissions, placements or commitments of a child made in or to an inpatient facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (10) , shall be governed by ch. 51 or 55 . Except as provided in ss. 48.193 to 48.213 and s. 48.347 (6) , any voluntary or involuntary admissions, placements or commitments of an adult expectant mother of an unborn child made in or to an inpatient facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (10) , shall be governed by ch. 51 .

History: 1977 c. 354 ; 1977 c. 418 s. 928 (55) (c) ; 1977 c. 428 s. 6 ; 1979 c. 300 ; 1987 a. 339 ; 1995 a. 77 ; 1997 a. 292 .
Wis. Stat. § 341.06 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.06
Optional registration.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall register the following vehicles upon proper application therefor and payment of the required fee even though such vehicles may be exempt from registration:

(am) A trailer or semitrailer or camping trailer having a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less and not used for hire or rental. The registration fee charged under this paragraph shall be the same as the fee under s. 341.25 (1) (gd) .

(b) A vehicle owned by a nonresident and which would be subject to registration if owned by a resident. The registration fee charged shall be the same as if the vehicle were owned by a resident.

(2) A vehicle registered under authority of this section is not on that account exempt from any property tax which would be payable in the absence of such registration.

History: 1977 c. 29 ss. 1413 , 1654 (7) (a) ; 1977 c. 418 ; 1999 a. 80 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.424 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.424
Fact-finding hearing.
Status: in_force

(1) The purpose of the fact-finding hearing is to determine in cases in which the petition was contested at the hearing on the petition under s. 48.422 all of the following:

(a) Whether grounds exist for the termination of parental rights.

(b) Whether the allegations specified in s. 48.42 (1) (e) have been proved in cases involving the involuntary termination of parental rights to an Indian child.

(2) The fact-finding hearing shall be conducted according to the procedure specified in s. 48.31 except as follows:

(a) The court may exclude the child from the hearing.

(b) The hearing shall be closed to the public.

(3) If the facts are determined by a jury, the jury may only decide whether any grounds for the termination of parental rights have been proved and whether the allegations specified in s. 48.42 (1) (e) have been proved in cases involving the involuntary termination of parental rights to an Indian child. The court shall decide what disposition is in the best interest of the child.

(4) If grounds for the termination of parental rights are found by the court or jury, the court shall find the parent unfit. A finding of unfitness shall not preclude a dismissal of a petition under s. 48.427 (2) . Except as provided in s. 48.23 (2) (b) 3. , the court shall then proceed immediately to hear evidence and motions related to the dispositions enumerated in s. 48.427 . Except as provided in s. 48.42 (2g) (ag) , the court may delay making the disposition and set a date for a dispositional hearing no later than 45 days after the fact-finding hearing if any of the following apply:

(a) All parties to the proceeding agree.

(b) The court has not yet received a report to the court on the history of the child as provided in s. 48.425 and the court now orders an agency enumerated in s. 48.069 (1) or (2) to file that report with the court, or, in the case of an Indian child, now orders that agency or requests the tribal child welfare department of the Indian child’s tribe to file such a report, before the court makes the disposition on the petition.

(5) If the court delays making a permanent disposition under sub. (4) , it may transfer temporary custody of the child to an agency for placement of the child until the dispositional hearing. Placement of an Indian child under this subsection shall comply with the order of placement preference under s. 48.028 (7) (b) or, if applicable, s. 48.028 (7) (c) , unless the agency finds good cause, as described in s. 48.028 (7) (e) , for departing from that order.

History: 1979 c. 330 ; 1987 a. 383 ; 2009 a. 94 ; 2013 a. 337 .
Wis. Stat. § 755.03 — WI Code / Chapter 755 / Section 755.03
Oath and bond.
Status: in_force

(1) The judge shall, after election or appointment, take and file the official oath as prescribed in s. 757.02 (1) and at the same time, if required to do so by a city’s, village’s, or town’s governing body, execute and file an official bond in an amount to be fixed by the governing body. If the governing body does not require the judge to execute and file an official bond, the governing body shall obtain a dishonesty insurance policy or other appropriate insurance policy that covers the judge, in an amount fixed by the governing body, in lieu of the bond requirement. The governing body shall pay the costs of the bond or insurance policy. No judge may act as such until he or she has complied with the requirements of sub. (2) .

(2) Within 10 days after a municipal judge takes the oath, the judge shall file the oath and, if required to do so as described in sub. (1) , the official bond with the clerk of the city, town or village where the judge was elected or appointed. If the municipal judge is elected under s. 755.01 (4) , the judge shall file copies of the oath and bond with each applicable municipal clerk. The judge shall file a certified copy of the oath with the office of director of state courts within the 10-day time period after the judge takes the oath.

History: 1977 c. 187 s. 94 ; 1977 c. 305 ; Stats. 1977 s. 755.03; Sup. Ct. Order, 88 Wis. 2d xiii (1979); 1983 a. 192 ; 1985 a. 89 , 304 ; 2009 a. 402 ; 2017 a. 51 ; 2019 a. 113 .
Wis. Stat. § 177.1202 — WI Code / Chapter 177 / Section 177.1202
Interstate and international agreement; cooperation.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to sub. (2) , the administrator may do all of the following:

(a) Exchange information with another state or foreign country relating to property presumed abandoned or relating to the possible existence of property presumed abandoned.

(b) Authorize another state or foreign country or a person acting on behalf of the other state or country to examine its records of a putative holder as provided in subch. X . The administrator shall make the authorization under this paragraph in a record.

(2) An exchange or examination under sub. (1) may be done only if the state or foreign country has confidentiality and security requirements substantially equivalent to those in subch. XIV or agrees in a record to be bound by this state’s confidentiality and security requirements.

History: 2021 a. 87 .
Wis. Stat. § 195.045 — WI Code / Chapter 195 / Section 195.045
Depositions.
Status: in_force

The office or any party may in any hearing cause the depositions of witnesses residing within or without the state to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for like depositions in civil actions in circuit courts. Any expense incurred or authorized by the office in taking such depositions shall be charged to the appropriation for the office.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1) ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 .
Wis. Stat. § 985.14 — WI Code / Chapter 985 / Section 985.14
Refusal to publish.
Status: in_force

When there is only one newspaper in a county and the publisher thereof refuses to publish a legal notice, such legal notice may be published in a newspaper printed in an adjoining county; and proof by affidavit of the reason why such publication was made in an adjoining county shall accompany the proof of publication, or the order for publication, when any is necessary, may be made or amended by the court or judge so as to designate a newspaper in an adjoining county, upon affidavit showing the necessity therefor. Whenever a legal notice is required by law to be published in a newspaper in any county having a village or city situated partly in said county and partly in an adjoining county where there is no newspaper printed in such village or city within the county first mentioned, but there is a newspaper published in such village or city within such adjoining county, such notice may be published in such last mentioned newspaper.
Wis. Stat. § 13.07 — WI Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13.07
Freedom of debate confirmed.
Status: in_force

Nothing in ss. 13.05 and 13.06 shall be construed as prohibiting free discussion and deliberation upon any question pending before the legislature by members thereof, privately or publicly, nor as prohibiting agreements by members to support any single measure pending, on condition that certain changes be made in such measure, nor as prohibiting agreements to compromise conflicting provisions of different measures.
Wis. Stat. § 949.37 — WI Code / Chapter 949 / Section 949.37
Offenses.
Status: in_force

(1) Prohibition. In connection with an award under this subchapter, no person may do any of the following:

(a) Submit a fraudulent application or claim for an award.

(b) Intentionally make or cause to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact.

(c) Intentionally conceal or fail to disclose information affecting the amount of or the initial or continued right to any such award when reasonably requested to provide such information by the department.

(2) Penalties. Any person who violates this section shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 6 months or both. The person shall forfeit any benefit received and shall reimburse the state for payments received.

(3) Damages. The state has a civil cause of action for relief against any person who violates this section for the amount of damages that the state sustained by reason of the violation and, in addition, for punitive damages not more than double the amount of damages that the state may have sustained, together with interest, and the cost of the suit.

(4) Action. The attorney general may bring any action and has such powers as may be necessary to enforce this section.

History: 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.529 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.529
Trammel net fishing in the Mississippi River.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may issue a trammel net license to any resident who applies for this license.

(2) This license authorizes the use of trammel nets in that part of the Mississippi River over which this state has jurisdiction.

(3) No person may use a trammel net which exceeds 300 feet and no person may use a trammel net unless it is properly tagged. In order to be properly tagged, a trammel net is required to have attached to it a tag stamped to designate the kind of net and the number of the trammel net license. Trammel net tags are required to remain attached to the nets until replaced by renewal tags.

(4) No trammel net may be set within 100 feet of any muskrat or beaver house. Any trammel net found in any waters during the closed season for the use of trammel nets and any trammel nets found on the Wisconsin banks or shores without a trammel net tag and showing evidence of being used in the previous 5 months shall be seized and held subject to the order of the court or judge under s. 29.931 (2) .

(5) No person who holds a trammel net license issued under this section may operate a fish farm that contains a species of fish that the holder of the license is authorized to catch under this section.

History: 1983 a. 27 s. 795 ; 1983 a. 192 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 248 ss. 489 , 490 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.529.
Wis. Stat. § 422.406 — WI Code / Chapter 422 / Section 422.406
Negotiable instruments.
Status: in_force

(1) In a consumer credit sale or lease transaction, no seller or lessor shall take a negotiable instrument (s. 403.104 ), other than a check, as evidence of the obligation of the customer.

(2) In a consumer loan transaction which constitutes an interlocking loan (s. 422.408 ), no creditor shall take a negotiable instrument (s. 403.104 ), other than a check, as evidence of the obligation of the customer.

(3) The holder to whom an instrument issued in violation of this section is negotiated, notwithstanding that the holder may otherwise be a holder in due course of such instrument, is subject to all claims and defenses of the customer against the payee, subject to sub. (4) .

(4) Such holder’s liability under this section is limited to:

(a) The amount owing to the holder on such instrument at the time the holder receives notice of a claim or defense of the customer against such payee; plus

(b) If the customer has obtained a judgment against such payee and execution with bond is issued within one year after judgment and is returned unsatisfied, the amount paid by the customer to the holder before the holder received notice of the claim or defense of the customer, if such claim is made against the holder within 2 years after such judgment is returned unsatisfied. Any judgment against the payee, other than a default judgment, shall be binding on the holder.

(5) Taking or arranging for the customer to sign an instrument in violation of this section is subject to s. 425.304 .

History: 1971 c. 239 ; 1973 c. 2 ; 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 188.01 — WI Code / Chapter 188 / Section 188.01
Election of trustees.
Status: in_force

The members of any grand lodge or division or of any subordinate lodge or division acting under the authority of any grand lodge or division of Free Masons, Odd Fellows, Hermann’s Sons, or Sons of Temperance, Grand Army of the Republic, or of the State Grange, or any subordinate grange of the order of Patrons of Husbandry acting under the authority of a state or national grange, or of the State Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, or any county, district or local Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, or of any other society constituted in a manner generally similar to either of the foregoing, whether acting under the jurisdiction of a grand lodge or division or not, may assemble at their usual place of meeting and, in pursuance of the rules of their society, elect not less than 3 nor more than 9 of their number trustees to take care of the property, real and personal, belonging to the society and transact all the business relative to the investment and disposal of the society’s property.

History: 1997 a. 254 .