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Wis. Stat. § 103.53 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.53
Lawful conduct in labor disputes.
Status: in_force

(1) The following acts, whether performed singly or in concert, shall be considered legal:

(a) Ceasing or refusing to perform any work or to remain in any relation of employment regardless of any promise, undertaking, contract or agreement in violation of the public policy declared in s. 103.52 .

(b) Becoming or remaining a member of any labor organization or of any employer organization, regardless of any undertaking or promise as is described in s. 103.52 .

(c) Paying or giving to any person any strike or unemployment benefits or insurance or other moneys or things of value.

(d) Aiding, by lawful means, any person who is being proceeded against in, or is prosecuting, any action or suit in any court of the United States or of any state.

(e) Giving publicity to and obtaining or communicating information regarding the existence of, or the facts involved in, any dispute, whether by advertising, speaking, patrolling any public street or any place where any person may lawfully be, without intimidation or coercion, or by any other method not involving fraud, violence, breach of the peace, or threat of fraud, violence or breach of the peace.

(f) Ceasing to patronize or to employ any person, except that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to legalize a secondary boycott.

(g) Assembling peaceably to do or to organize to do any of the acts specified in pars. (a) to (f) or to promote lawful interests.

(h) Advising or notifying any person or persons of an intention to do any of the acts specified in pars. (a) to (g) .

(i) Agreeing with other persons to do or not to do any of the acts specified in pars. (a) to (h) .

(j) Advising, urging, or inducing without fraud, violence, or threat of fraud or violence, others to do the acts specified in pars. (a) to (i) , regardless of any undertaking or promise as described in s. 103.52 .

(k) Doing in concert any of the acts specified in pars. (a) to (j) .

(L) Peaceful picketing or patrolling.

(2) No court shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction which, in specific or general terms, prohibits any person from doing, whether singly or in concert, any of the acts specified in sub. (1) .

History: 1997 a. 253 .
Wis. Stat. § 30.686 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.686
Report arrest to department.
Status: in_force

If a law enforcement officer arrests a person for a violation of the intoxicated boating law or the refusal law, the law enforcement officer shall notify the department of the arrest as soon as practicable.

History: 1985 a. 331 .
Wis. Stat. § 877.29 — WI Code / Chapter 877 / Section 877.29
Debts charged upon realty not affected.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall affect the liability of heirs or beneficiaries for any debt of their decedent that was by the decedent’s will expressly charged upon property or made payable exclusively out of particular property or of any beneficiary made exclusively liable for the debt.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 55 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 777.29; 2001 a. 102 s. 119 ; Stats. 2001 s. 877.29.
Wis. Stat. § 180.11001 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.11001
Relationship of subchapter to other laws.
Status: in_force

(1) This subchapter does not authorize an act prohibited by, and does not affect the application or requirements of, law other than this subchapter.

(2) A transaction effected under this subchapter may not create or impair a right, duty, or obligation of a person under the law of this state, other than this subchapter, relating to a change in control, takeover, business combination, control-share acquisition, or similar transaction involving a domestic constituent, acquired, or converting entity.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 23.0956 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.0956
Section 23.0956
Status: in_force

(b) The corporation was created to accept and to utilize private contributions made to protect and enhance the state’s natural resources.

(2) A corporation receiving a grant under sub. (1) shall use the grant to do all of the following:

(a) Encourage private corporations and other private entities to undertake activities, including the contribution of money, that encourage management and restoration of the state’s endangered wild animals, wild plants and natural communities.

(b) Encourage private corporations and other private entities to engage in land management practices that protect and preserve natural resources.

(c) Provide grants to nonprofit and other groups to encourage education, restoration and management activities to enhance the state’s natural resources.

History: 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 135.045 — WI Code / Chapter 135 / Section 135.045
Repurchase of inventories.
Status: in_force

If a dealership is terminated by the grantor, the grantor, at the option of the dealer, shall repurchase all inventories sold by the grantor to the dealer for resale under the dealership agreement at the fair wholesale market value. This section applies only to merchandise with a name, trademark, label or other mark on it which identifies the grantor.

History: 1977 c. 171 .
Wis. Stat. § 842.16 — WI Code / Chapter 842 / Section 842.16
Costs and charges.
Status: in_force

The judgment shall adjudge that each of the parties, other than the plaintiff, pay a proportion of the costs of the proceedings, to be ascertained by the court; and the proportion of such costs adjudged to be paid by the unknown owners shall be adjudged to be a charge upon the part remaining undivided. Execution may issue for such costs as in other cases and may be levied upon the property of the parties respectively charged therewith, and a sale of the premises allotted to such unknown owner, upon such execution, shall be as valid as if the unknown owner had been named in the proceedings and in such execution. If the complaint is dismissed or the action discontinued, the plaintiff shall be adjudged to pay costs as in other cases. The plaintiff shall also pay the costs when the defendant does not appear, unless the complaint asks partition or sale of all the lands owned by the parties of which partition may be had or unless the defendant is personally served in the action.

History: 1973 c. 189 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 767 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 842.16; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 705.07 — WI Code / Chapter 705 / Section 705.07
Rights of creditors.
Status: in_force

(1) Only the creditors of any living party to an account may subject the entire sums on deposit to their claims, as if such sums resulted solely from contributions made by the debtor party. If a joint or P.O.D. account requires the signatures of all of the parties for purposes of withdrawal, such account shall not be subject to the claims of creditors of a debtor party to the extent of the net contributions of the other parties to the account. Such other parties shall have the burden of proving their net contributions by clear and convincing evidence.

(2) For purposes of ch. 242 , a debtor party shall be deemed to have made a transfer only at the time some other party withdraws all or part of the sums on deposit, or at the time of the debtor party’s death as to sums not previously withdrawn. In the case of a withdrawal while the debtor party is living, the sole grounds for determining any such transfer to be voidable shall be whether the debtor party is or will be thereby rendered insolvent under s. 242.05 (1) or whether the debtor party is engaged or is about to engage in a business or transaction for which the assets remaining in the debtor party’s hands after the transfer are unreasonably small under s. 242.04 (1) (b) 1. In the case of a transfer by reason of the death of the debtor party, the sole ground for determining any such transfer to be voidable shall be whether the debtor party’s estate subject to administration is insolvent under s. 242.02 . For purposes of this subsection, the amount transferred shall be deemed to consist of those assets which the creditors of the debtor party could have made subject to their claims immediately prior to the transfer, less any sums which such creditors could have made so subject to their claims immediately after the transfer.

History: 1973 c. 291 ; 1987 a. 192 ; 2023 a. 246 .
Wis. Stat. § 778.02 — WI Code / Chapter 778 / Section 778.02
Action in name of state; complaint; attachment.
Status: in_force

Every such forfeiture action shall be in the name of the state of Wisconsin, and it is sufficient to allege in the complaint that the defendant is indebted to the plaintiff in the amount of the forfeiture claimed, according to the provisions of the statute that imposes it, specifying the statute, plus costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814 . If the statute imposes a forfeiture for several offenses or delinquencies, the complaint shall specify the particular offense or delinquency for which the action is brought, with a demand for judgment for the amount of the forfeiture, plus costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814 . If the defendant is a nonresident of the state, an attachment may issue.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 56 ; Stats. 1979 s. 778.02; 1987 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 107 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 139 .
Wis. Stat. § 139.79 — WI Code / Chapter 139 / Section 139.79
Permits; distributor; subjobber.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may engage in the business of a distributor or subjobber of tobacco products or vapor products at any place of business unless that person has filed an application for and obtained a permit from the department to engage in that business at such place.

(2) Section 139.34 (1) (b) to (f) , (4) and (9) applies to the permits under this section.

(3) Any person holding a cigarette distributor permit under s. 139.34 may obtain a distributor permit under this section at no charge, and any person holding a cigarette jobber permit under s. 139.34 may obtain a subjobber permit under this section at no charge.

History: 1981 c. 20 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 56 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2019 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 78.015 — WI Code / Chapter 78 / Section 78.015
Annual adjustment of tax rate.
Status: in_force

(1) Before April 1 the department shall recompute and publish the rate for the tax imposed under s. 78.01 (1) . The new rate per gallon shall be calculated by multiplying the rate in effect at the time of the calculation by the amount obtained under sub. (2) . After the calculation of the rate that takes effect on April 1, 2006, the department shall make no further calculation under this subsection and sub. (2) .

(2) Divide the annual average U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined by the U.S. department of labor, for the previous year by that annual average for the year before the previous year.

(4) The rate calculated under this section shall be rounded to the nearest 0.1 cent.

(5) The rate calculated under this section is effective on the April 1 after the calculation.

History: 1983 a. 27 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 16 , 437 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2005 a. 85 .
Wis. Stat. § 904.04 — WI Code / Chapter 904 / Section 904.04
Character evidence not admissible to prove conduct; exceptions; other crimes.
Status: in_force

(1) Character evidence generally. Evidence of a person’s character or a trait of the person’s character is not admissible for the purpose of proving that the person acted in conformity therewith on a particular occasion, except:

(a) Character of accused. Evidence of a pertinent trait of the accused’s character offered by an accused, or by the prosecution to rebut the same;

(b) Character of victim. Except as provided in s. 972.11 (2) , evidence of a pertinent trait of character of the victim of the crime offered by an accused, or by the prosecution to rebut the same, or evidence of a character trait of peacefulness of the victim offered by the prosecution in a homicide case to rebut evidence that the victim was the first aggressor;

(c) Character of witness. Evidence of the character of a witness, as provided in ss. 906.07 , 906.08 and 906.09 .

(2) Other crimes, wrongs, or acts.

(a) General admissibility. Except as provided in par. (b) 2. , evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show that the person acted in conformity therewith. This subsection does not exclude the evidence when offered for other purposes, such as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, or absence of mistake or accident.

(b) Greater latitude.

1. In a criminal proceeding alleging a violation of s. 940.302 (2) or of ch. 948 , alleging the commission of a serious sex offense, as defined in s. 939.615 (1) (b) , or of domestic abuse, as defined in s. 968.075 (1) (a) , or alleging an offense that, following a conviction, is subject to the surcharge in s. 973.055 , evidence of any similar acts by the accused is admissible, and is admissible without regard to whether the victim of the crime that is the subject of the proceeding is the same as the victim of the similar act.

2. In a criminal proceeding alleging a violation of s. 940.225 (1) or 948.02 (1) , sub. (1) and par. (a) do not prohibit admitting evidence that a person was convicted of a violation of s. 940.225 (1) or 948.02 (1) or a comparable offense in another jurisdiction, that is similar to the alleged violation, as evidence of the person’s character in order to show that the person acted in conformity therewith.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R75 (1973); 1975 c. 184 ; 1991 a. 32 ; 2005 a. 310 ; 2013 a. 362 ss. 20 to 22 , 38 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.0113 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0113
Insurable interest of trustee.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Relative” means a spouse or individual related within the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd degree of kinship under s. 990.001 (16) .

(b) “Settlor” means a person that executes a trust instrument and includes a person for whom a fiduciary or agent is acting.

(2) A trustee of a trust has an insurable interest in the life of an individual insured under a life insurance policy that is owned by the trustee of the trust acting in a fiduciary capacity or that designates the trust itself as the owner if, on the date the policy is issued, all of the following apply:

(a) The insured is any of the following:

1. A settlor of the trust.

2. An individual in whom a settlor of the trust has, or would have had if living at the time the policy was issued, an insurable interest.

(b) The life insurance proceeds are primarily for the benefit of one or more trust beneficiaries who have any of the following:

1. An insurable interest in the life of the insured.

2. A substantial interest engendered by love or affection in the continuation of the life of the insured and, if not included under subd. 1. , the beneficiary is a relative or stepchild of the insured.

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 173.03 — WI Code / Chapter 173 / Section 173.03
Appointment of humane officer.
Status: in_force

(1) Appointment. The governing body of any political subdivision may appoint one or more humane officers. The governing body of a political subdivision shall report all appointments and terminations of appointments of humane officers to the department.

(2) Ordinance. Before, or at the time of, appointing a humane officer under sub. (1) , the governing body making the appointment shall enact an ordinance that designates one or more officials of the political subdivision who may modify or withdraw abatement orders issued under s. 173.11 by humane officers appointed by the political subdivision.

(3) Jurisdiction. A humane officer appointed by a city, village or town shall carry out his or her duties within the boundaries of the city, village or town. A humane officer appointed by a county shall carry out his or her duties throughout the county, other than within the boundaries of a city or village whose governing body adopts a resolution withdrawing from county enforcement of humane laws and transmits a copy of the resolution to the county.

History: 1997 a. 192 .
Wis. Stat. § 814.47 — WI Code / Chapter 814 / Section 814.47
Fees not collectible till taxed.
Status: in_force

No sheriff, attorney or other person shall collect any fees, after having been required as aforesaid to have the same taxed, without such taxation having been made.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 814.47.
Wis. Stat. § 101.9212 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.9212
When department to issue a new certificate.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the department, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate of title, with an application for a new certificate of title, the required fee and any other transfer documents required by law, to support the transfer, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner. The department may not require a person to provide a properly assigned certificate of title if the manufactured home for which the new certificate of title is requested has no certificate of title as a result of the exemption under s. 101.9203 (4) .

(2) The department, upon receipt of an application for a new certificate of title by a transferee other than by voluntary transfer, with proof of the transfer, the required fee and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner. If the transfer constituted a termination of the owner’s interest or a sale under a security agreement by a secured party named in the certificate, under s. 101.9211 (2) , the new certificate shall be issued free of the names and addresses of the secured party who terminated the owner’s interest and of all secured parties subordinate under s. 101.9213 to such secured party. If the outstanding certificate of title is not delivered to it, the department shall make demand therefor from the holder of such certificate.

(3) The department shall retain for 5 years a record of every surrendered certificate of title, the record to be maintained so as to permit the tracing of title for the manufactured home designated therein.

History: 1999 a. 9 , 53 , 185 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 947.04 — WI Code / Chapter 947 / Section 947.04
Drinking in common carriers.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever while a passenger in a common carrier, publicly drinks intoxicants as a beverage or gives any other person intoxicants for that purpose under circumstances tending to provoke a disturbance, except in those portions of the common carrier in which intoxicants are specifically authorized by law to be sold or consumed, is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.

(2) The person in charge of a common carrier may take from any passenger found violating this section any intoxicant then in the possession of such passenger, giving the passenger a receipt therefor, and shall keep the intoxicant until the passenger’s point of destination is reached. Thereupon, the person in charge of the common carrier shall either return the intoxicant to the passenger or turn it over to the station agent. At any time within 10 days after the intoxicant is turned over to the station agent, the passenger may recover the intoxicant by surrendering the receipt given the passenger at the time the intoxicant was taken from the passenger.

History: 1973 c. 198 ; 1977 c. 173 ; 1993 a. 486 ; 1995 a. 225 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.1201 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.1201
Stock in bank-owned banks.
Status: in_force

A bank, or, subject to the limitations of s. 221.0901 , a bank holding company, may, with the approval of the division, acquire and hold stock, in an aggregate amount not exceeding 10 percent of its capital, in one or more of the following:

(1) A bank chartered under s. 221.1202 .

(2) A national bank chartered under 12 USC 27 (b).

(3) A bank holding company wholly owning a bank described under sub. (1) or (2) .

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 193.961 — WI Code / Chapter 193 / Section 193.961
Order of dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) Issuance; effective date. After distribution of a cooperative’s assets and proceeds under s. 193.935 (3) , the court shall issue an order dissolving the cooperative. The dissolution is effective upon issuance of the order.

(2) Filing. After the court issues an order under sub. (1) , the court shall file a certified copy of the order with the department. The department may not charge a fee for filing the order.

History: 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 84.10313 — WI Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.10313
Ho-Chunk World War II Code Talkers Memorial Highway.
Status: in_force

The department shall designate and mark I 90 from the Minnesota-Wisconsin state line in La Crosse County to the intersection of I 90 and I 94 in Monroe County as the Ho-Chunk World War II Code Talkers Memorial Highway, in honor of Bill Whitebear, Benjamin Winneshiek, Bill Mike, Jesse Mike, Clifford Blackdeer, Emanuel Thundercloud, Howard Littlejohn, Alvin Blackdeer, Donald Blackdeer, Irvin Blackdeer, George Green, Donald I. Greengrass, Adam Littlebear, Jr., Alfred O. Stacy, and any other unidentified Ho-Chunk World War II code talkers.

History: 2023 a. 216 .
Wis. Stat. § 39.42 — WI Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39.42
Interstate agreements.
Status: in_force

The board, with the approval of the joint committee on finance, or the governing boards of any publicly supported institution of post-high school education, with the approval of the board and the joint committee on finance, may enter into agreements or understandings which include remission of nonresident tuition for designated categories of students at state institutions of higher education with appropriate state agencies and institutions of higher education in other states to facilitate use of public higher education institutions of this state and other states. Such agreements and understandings shall have as their purpose the mutual improvement of educational advantages for residents of this state and such other states or institutions of other states with which agreements are made. This section does not apply to the agreement under s. 36.27 (2r) .

History: 1971 c. 100 , 125 ; 1975 c. 39 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2023 a. 104 .
Wis. Stat. § 946.06 — WI Code / Chapter 946 / Section 946.06
Improper use of the flag.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever intentionally does any of the following is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor:

(a) Places on or attaches to the flag any word, mark, design, or advertisement not properly a part of such flag; or

(b) Exposes to public view a flag upon which has been placed or attached a word, mark, design, or advertisement not properly a part of such flag; or

(c) Manufactures or exposes to public view an article of merchandise or a wrapper or receptacle for merchandise upon which the flag is depicted; or

(d) Uses the flag for commercial advertising purposes.

(2) This section does not apply to flags depicted on written or printed documents or periodicals or on stationery, ornaments, pictures, or jewelry, provided there are no unauthorized words or designs on such flag and provided the flag is not connected with any advertisement.

(3) In this section “flag” means anything that is or purports to be the Stars and Stripes, the United States shield, the United States coat of arms, the Wisconsin state flag, or a copy, picture, or representation of any of them.

History: 1977 c. 173 ; 2003 a. 243 .
Wis. Stat. § 941.13 — WI Code / Chapter 941 / Section 941.13
False alarms.
Status: in_force

Whoever intentionally gives a false alarm to any public officer or employee, whether by means of a fire alarm system or otherwise, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

History: 1977 c. 173 .