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Wis. Stat. § 801.07 — WI Code / Chapter 801 / Section 801.07
Jurisdiction in rem or quasi in rem, grounds for generally.
Status: in_force

A court of this state having jurisdiction of the subject matter may exercise jurisdiction in rem or quasi in rem on the grounds stated in this section. A judgment in rem or quasi in rem may affect the interests of a defendant in the status, property or thing acted upon only if a summons has been served upon the defendant pursuant to s. 801.12 . Jurisdiction in rem or quasi in rem may be invoked in any of the following cases:

(1) When the subject of the action is real or personal property in this state and the defendant has or claims a lien or interest, actual or contingent, therein, or the relief demanded consists wholly or partially in excluding the defendant from any interest or lien therein. This subsection shall apply when any such defendant is unknown.

(2) When the action is to foreclose, redeem from or satisfy a mortgage, claim or lien upon real estate within this state.

(3) When the defendant has property within this state which has been attached or has a debtor within the state who has been garnisheed. Jurisdiction under this subsection may be independent of or supplementary to jurisdiction acquired under subs. (1) and (2) .

(4) When the action is to declare property within this state a public nuisance.

(5) When the action is an action affecting the family under s. 767.001 (1) (a) to (d) and when the residence requirements of s. 767.301 have been met, a court having subject matter jurisdiction may exercise jurisdiction quasi in rem to determine questions of status if the respondent has been served under s. 801.11 (1) . Notwithstanding s. 801.11 (intro.) , the court need not have grounds for personal jurisdiction under s. 801.05 in order to make a determination of the status of a marriage under this subsection.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 597 (1975), 758; 1977 c. 418 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 92 (4) ; 1979 c. 352 s. 39 ; 1993 a. 213 ; 2001 a. 42 ; 2005 a. 443 , s. 265 .
Wis. Stat. § 891.30 — WI Code / Chapter 891 / Section 891.30
Joint liability.
Status: in_force

In actions or proceedings upon written contracts alleged to have been executed by the defendants, proof of the joint liability of the defendants shall not be required to entitle the plaintiff to judgment unless such execution is denied by an answer.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 769 (1975).
Wis. Stat. § 221.0708 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0708
Notice of dissenters’ rights.
Status: in_force

(1) Action at shareholder meeting. If proposed corporate action creating dissenters’ rights under s. 221.0706 is submitted to a vote at a shareholders’ meeting, the meeting notice shall state that shareholders and beneficial shareholders are or may be entitled to assert dissenters’ rights under ss. 221.0701 to 221.0718 and shall be accompanied by a copy of those sections.

(2) Action without shareholder vote. If corporate action creating dissenters’ rights under s. 221.0706 is authorized without a vote of shareholders, the bank shall notify, in writing and in accordance with s. 221.0103 , all shareholders entitled to assert dissenters’ rights that the action was authorized and send them the dissenters’ notice described in s. 221.0710 .

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 609.86 — WI Code / Chapter 609 / Section 609.86
Coverage of hearing aids, cochlear implants, and related treatment for infants and children.
Status: in_force

Defined network plans are subject to s. 632.895 (16) .

History: 2009 a. 14 .
Wis. Stat. § 62.185 — WI Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62.185
Sewer district bonds.
Status: in_force

Whenever a city is divided into sewer districts, bonds may be issued against any such district for the purpose of paying the district’s portion of any sewer. Said bonds shall be issued in the manner authorized and provided by ch. 67 . Such bonds shall not be a general city obligation but shall be payable both as to principal and interest, solely out of the special sewer district tax provided by s. 62.18 (16) . Any bonds heretofore authorized to be issued in accordance with this section shall be legal, valid and binding, to the same extent as if such district, at the time of authorizing such bonds, had the power to issue the same.
Wis. Stat. § 70.78 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.78
Affidavit; filing.
Status: in_force

Upon the completion of the work of such board and the incorporation in such reassessment roll of any corrections and changes ordered by such board, the person or persons making such reassessment shall make and annex to such roll an affidavit conforming as nearly as may be to the affidavit required by law to be annexed to assessment rolls in such district. Such reassessment roll when completed shall be filed in the office of the clerk of such district and shall take the place of the original assessment made in such district for said year for all purposes and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated and of the regularity of all the proceedings culminating therein.
Wis. Stat. § 409.309 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.309
Security interest perfected upon attachment.
Status: in_force

The following security interests are perfected when they attach:

(1) A purchase-money security interest in consumer goods, except as otherwise provided in s. 409.311 (2) with respect to consumer goods that are subject to a statute or treaty described in s. 409.311 (1) ;

(2) An assignment of accounts or payment intangibles which does not by itself or in conjunction with other assignments to the same assignee transfer a significant part of the assignor’s outstanding accounts or payment intangibles;

(3) A sale of a payment intangible;

(4) A sale of a promissory note;

(5) A security interest created by the assignment of a health-care-insurance receivable to the provider of the health-care goods or services;

(6) A security interest arising under s. 402.401 , 402.505 , 402.711 (3) , or 411.508 (5) , until the debtor obtains possession of the collateral;

(7) A security interest of a collecting bank arising under s. 404.210 ;

(8) A security interest of an issuer or nominated person arising under s. 405.118 ;

(9) A security interest arising in the delivery of a financial asset under s. 409.206 (3) ;

(10) A security interest in investment property created by a broker or securities intermediary;

(11) A security interest in a commodity contract or a commodity account created by a commodity intermediary;

(12) An assignment for the benefit of all creditors of the transferor and subsequent transfers by the assignee thereunder; and

(13) A security interest created by an assignment of a beneficial interest in a decedent’s estate.

History: 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 114.07 — WI Code / Chapter 114 / Section 114.07
Criminal jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

All crimes, torts and other wrongs committed by or against an aeronaut, astronaut, or passenger while in flight over this state shall be governed by the laws of this state; and the question whether damage occasioned by or to an aircraft or spacecraft while in flight over this state constitutes a tort, crime or other wrong by or against the owner of such aircraft or spacecraft, shall be determined by the laws of this state.

History: 2005 a. 335 .
Wis. Stat. § 938.225 — WI Code / Chapter 938 / Section 938.225
Statewide plan for juvenile detention and correctional facilities.
Status: in_force

The department of corrections shall assist counties in establishing juvenile detention facilities and secured residential care centers for children and youth under s. 938.22 by developing and promulgating a statewide plan for the establishment and maintenance of suitable juvenile detention facilities reasonably accessible to each court and secured residential care centers for children and youth reasonably accessible to each county.

History: 1995 a. 77 ; 2007 a. 97 ; 2015 a. 55 ; 2017 a. 185 .
Wis. Stat. § 645.60 — WI Code / Chapter 645 / Section 645.60
Applicability of claims settlement provisions to loss claims.
Status: in_force

Sections 645.46 (18) , 645.61 (2) and (3) , 645.63 (1) , (3) , (4) and (6) , 645.64 (3) , 645.65 , 645.71 , 645.86 and 645.87 (2) do not apply to those loss claims that are subject to ch. 646 or to corresponding laws of other states that conform to s. 646.60 (1) . In addition, ss. 645.61 (1) , 645.62 (1) , 645.63 (2) , 645.64 (1) , (2) and (4) , 645.83 (3) and 645.87 (1) do not apply to those loss claims under contracts subject to s. 646.35 or to corresponding laws of other states that conform to ss. 646.35 and 646.60 (1) .

History: 1979 c. 109 ; 1985 a. 216 .
Wis. Stat. § 941.40 — WI Code / Chapter 941 / Section 941.40
Injury to wires by removal of building, etc.; tampering with telecommunication or electric wires.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided under sub. (4) , any person having the right so to do who intentionally removes or changes any building or other structure or any timber, standing or fallen, to which any telegraph, telecommunications, video service, broadband service, wireless service, electric light, or electric power lines or wires are in any manner attached, or causes the same to be done, and consequently destroys, disturbs, or injures the wires, poles, or other property of any telegraph, telecommunications, video service, broadband service, wireless service, electric light, or electric power company, including a cooperative association organized under ch. 185 , transacting business in this state, without first giving the company, at its office nearest the place of injury, at least 24 hours’ notice thereof, is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

(2) Any person who intentionally breaks down, interrupts, or removes any telegraph, telecommunications, video service, broadband service, wireless service, electric light, or electric power line or wire including grounds or who destroys, disturbs, interferes with, or injures the wires, poles, or other property of any telegraph, telecommunications, video service, broadband service, wireless service, electric light, or electric power company, including a cooperative association organized under ch. 185 , is guilty of a Class I felony.

(3) Any person who, for any purpose, intentionally makes or causes to be made a physical electrical connection with any wire, cable, conductor, ground, equipment, facility, or other property of any telegraph, telecommunications, video service, broadband service, wireless service, electric light, or electric power company, including a cooperative association organized under ch. 185 , is guilty of a Class I felony.

(4)

(a) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to any person who is lawfully using a land survey marker for land surveying purposes no more than 30 inches below ground level.

(b) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to a person who acts with the permission of the telegraph, telecommunications, video service, broadband service, wireless service, electric light, or electric power company, including a cooperative association organized under ch. 185 , that owns the wire, pole, cable, conductor, ground, equipment, facility, or other property.

History: 1985 a. 187 , 297 , 332 ; 2011 a. 155 ss. 3 to 5 , 32 to 34 ; Stats. 2011 s. 941.40; 2013 a. 125 ; 2025 a. 30 .
Wis. Stat. § 53.05 — WI Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53.05
Cooperation between courts.
Status: in_force

(1) In a guardianship of the person proceeding or proceeding for appointment of a guardian of the estate in this state, a court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to do any of the following:

(a) Hold an evidentiary hearing.

(b) Order a person in that state to produce evidence or give testimony under procedures of that state.

(c) Order that an evaluation or assessment be made of the respondent.

(d) Order any appropriate investigation of a person involved in a proceeding.

(e) Forward to the court of this state a certified copy of the transcript or other record of a hearing under par. (a) or any other proceeding, any evidence otherwise produced under par. (b) , and any evaluation or assessment prepared in compliance with an order under par. (c) or (d) .

(f) Issue any order necessary to assure the appearance in the proceeding of a person whose presence is necessary for the court to make a determination, including the respondent or the individual subject to a guardianship of the person or of the estate.

(g) Issue an order authorizing the release of medical, financial, criminal, or other relevant information in that state, including protected health information as defined in 45 CFR 160.103 .

(2) If a court of another state in which a guardianship of the person proceeding or proceeding to appoint a guardian of the estate is pending requests assistance of the kind provided in sub. (1) , a court of this state has jurisdiction for the limited purpose of granting the request or making reasonable efforts to comply with the request.

History: 2017 a. 187 ; 2021 a. 238 .
Wis. Stat. § 631.05 — WI Code / Chapter 631 / Section 631.05
Oral contracts of insurance and binders.
Status: in_force

No provision of chs. 600 to 646 and 655 may be interpreted to forbid an oral contract of insurance or issuance of a written binder. The insurer shall issue a policy as soon as reasonably possible after issuance of any binder or negotiation of an oral contract.

History: 1975 c. 375 ; 1979 c. 89 ; 1989 a. 187 s. 29 .
Wis. Stat. § 402.312 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.312
Warranty of title and against infringements; buyer’s obligation against infringement.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to sub. (2) there is in a contract for sale a warranty by the seller that:

(a) The title conveyed shall be good, and its transfer rightful; and

(b) The goods shall be delivered free from any security interest or other lien or encumbrance of which the buyer at the time of contracting has no knowledge.

(2) A warranty under sub. (1) will be excluded or modified only by specific language or by circumstances which give the buyer reason to know that the person selling does not claim title in himself or herself or that the person selling is purporting to sell only such right or title as the person selling or a 3rd person may have.

(3) Unless otherwise agreed a seller who is a merchant regularly dealing in goods of the kind warrants that the goods shall be delivered free of the rightful claim of any 3rd person by way of infringement or the like but a buyer who furnishes specifications to the seller must hold the seller harmless against any such claim which arises out of compliance with the specifications.

History: 1971 c. 40 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 2005 a. 253 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.0902 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0902
Directed trust property.
Status: in_force

(1) A directing party who has power over directed trust property shall do all of the following:

(a) Direct the trustee on the retention, purchase, sale, exchange, tender, encumbrance, or any other investment transaction of the directed trust property and the investment and reinvestment of principal and income.

(b) Direct the trustee with respect to the management, control, and voting powers, including voting proxies, of the directed trust property.

(c) Select and determine reasonable compensation of one or more outside investment advisors, managers, consultants, or counselors, which may include the trustee, and delegate investment authority to them pursuant to the investment delegation provisions under s. 881.01 (10) .

(d) Determine the frequency of and methodology for valuing directed trust property and provide the value of property for which there is no readily available daily market value.

(2) A trustee who has no power over directed trust property does not have a duty to do any of the following with respect to the directed trust property:

(a) Prepare or review investment policy statements.

(b) Perform investment or suitability reviews, inquiries, or investigations.

(c) Determine or verify the value of directed trust property for which there is no readily available daily market value.

(d) Monitor the conduct or investment performance of the directing party.

History: 2013 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 404.301 — WI Code / Chapter 404 / Section 404.301
Deferred posting; recovery of payment by return of items; time of dishonor; return of items by payer bank.
Status: in_force

(1) If a payer bank settles for a demand item other than a documentary draft presented otherwise than for immediate payment over the counter before midnight of the banking day of receipt, the payer bank may revoke the settlement and recover the settlement if, before it has made final payment and before its midnight deadline, it does any of the following:

(a) Returns the item.

(b) Sends written notice of dishonor or nonpayment if the item is unavailable for return.

(2) If a demand item is received by a payer bank for credit on its books, it may return the item or send notice of dishonor and may revoke any credit given or recover the amount thereof withdrawn by its customer, if it acts within the time limit and in the manner specified in sub. (1) .

(3) Unless previous notice of dishonor has been sent, an item is dishonored at the time when for purposes of dishonor it is returned or notice sent in accordance with this section.

(4) An item is returned:

(a) As to an item presented through a clearinghouse, when it is delivered to the presenting or last collecting bank or to the clearinghouse or is sent or delivered in accordance with clearinghouse rules.

(b) In all other cases, when it is sent or delivered to the bank’s customer or transferor or pursuant to instructions.

History: 1991 a. 304 s. 51 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 1995 a. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 460.17 — WI Code / Chapter 460 / Section 460.17
Local regulation.
Status: in_force

(1) A city, village, town, or county may not enact an ordinance that regulates the practice of massage therapy or bodywork therapy by a person who is licensed by the affiliated credentialing board under this chapter. No provision of any ordinance enacted by a city, village, town, or county that is in effect before February 1, 1999, and that relates to the practice of massage therapy or bodywork therapy, may be enforced against a person who is licensed by the affiliated credentialing board under this chapter.

(2)

(a)

1. A city, village, or town may enact and enforce an ordinance that prohibits an individual from violating the prohibitions under s. 460.02 unless the individual is licensed under this chapter as required under s. 460.02 .

2. A city, village, or town may enact and enforce an ordinance that prohibits a person from employing or contracting for the services of an individual to provide massage therapy or bodywork therapy who is required to be licensed under s. 460.02 unless the individual is licensed under this chapter.

(b) Law enforcement personnel of a city, village, or town may issue citations for violations of a local ordinance described in par. (a) , and the city, village, or town may impose forfeitures, not to exceed the amount specified in s. 460.14 (4) , for violations of such an ordinance.

History: 2001 a. 74 s. 19 ; 2009 a. 355 ; 2019 a. 41 .
Wis. Stat. § 961.17 — WI Code / Chapter 961 / Section 961.17
Schedule III tests.
Status: in_force

(1m) The controlled substances board shall add a substance to schedule III upon finding that:

(a) The substance has a potential for abuse less than the substances included in schedules I and II;

(b) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and

(c) Abuse of the substance may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence.

(2m) The controlled substances board may add a substance to schedule III without making the findings required under sub. (1m) if the substance is controlled under schedule III of 21 USC 812 (c) by a federal agency as the result of an international treaty, convention or protocol.

History: 1971 c. 219 ; 1995 a. 448 ss. 179 , 180 , 474 ; Stats. 1995 s. 961.17.
Wis. Stat. § 83.13 — WI Code / Chapter 83 / Section 83.13
Guideboards.
Status: in_force

The county board may erect and maintain guideboards on county aid and county trunk highways which are not part of the state trunk highway system, the cost to be paid out of such fund as the board shall direct.
Wis. Stat. § 196.80 — WI Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.80
Consolidation or merger of utilities.
Status: in_force

(1g) In this section, “public utility” does not include a telecommunications utility.

(1m) With the consent and approval of the commission but not otherwise a public utility may:

(a) Merge or consolidate with one or more other public utilities.

(b) Acquire the stock of any other public utility or any part thereof.

(d) Consolidate or merge with any Wisconsin corporation if substantially all of the assets of the corporation consist of the entire stock of the public utility. The total of the resulting securities outstanding of the possessor corporation which have not been authorized previously under ch. 201 shall require authorization under ch. 201 as a condition precedent to the merger or consolidation.

(e) Sell, acquire, lease or rent any public utility plant or property constituting an operating unit or system.

(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect or limit the operation of ss. 197.01 to 197.10 or of ss. 62.69 , 66.0621 and 66.0801 to 66.0827 .

(3) The interested public utility shall make an application for the approval and consent of the commission under this section. The application shall contain a concise statement of the proposed action, the reasons for the action and any other information required by the commission. If an application is filed, the commission shall investigate the application. The investigation may be with or without public hearing. If the commission conducts a public hearing, the hearing shall be upon such notice as the commission may require. If the commission finds that the proposed action is consistent with the public interest, it shall give its consent and approval in writing. In reaching its determination the commission shall take into consideration the reasonable value of the property and assets of the corporation to be acquired or merged.

(5) Any transaction required under this section to be submitted to the commission for its consent and approval shall be void unless the commission gives its consent and approval to the transaction in writing.

(6) Nothing in this section may be construed to limit any authority conferred by statute upon the commission before June 27, 1935.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1983 a. 53 ; 1993 a. 496 ; 1997 a. 140 ; 1999 a. 150 ss. 647 , 672 .
Wis. Stat. § 769.607 — WI Code / Chapter 769 / Section 769.607
Contest of registration or enforcement.
Status: in_force

(1) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses:

(a) That the issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party.

(b) That the order was obtained by fraud.

(c) That the order has been vacated, suspended or modified by a later order.

(d) That the issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending appeal.

(e) That there is a defense under the law of this state to the remedy sought.

(f) That full or partial payment has been made.

(g) That the statute of limitations under s. 769.604 (2) precludes enforcement of some or all of the arrearages.

(h) That the alleged controlling order is not the controlling order.

(2) If a party presents evidence establishing a full or partial defense under sub. (1) , a tribunal may stay enforcement of a registered support order, continue the proceeding to permit production of additional relevant evidence, or issue other appropriate orders. An uncontested portion of the registered support order may be enforced by all remedies available under the law of this state.

(3) If the contesting party does not establish a defense under sub. (1) to the validity or enforcement of a registered support order, the registering tribunal shall issue an order confirming the order.

History: 1993 a. 326 ; 2009 a. 321 ; 2015 a. 82 s. 12 .