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Wis. Stat. § 617.25 — WI Code / Chapter 617 / Section 617.25
Officers and directors.
Status: in_force

(1) No director or officer of an insurer or of an affiliate of an insurer may permit, participate in or assent to a transaction or payment or acceptance of a dividend or distribution prohibited under this chapter.

(2) An officer or director of an insurer or of an affiliate of an insurer who knows, or reasonably should know, that the insurer or affiliate has entered into a transaction or paid a dividend or distribution that violates this chapter shall report the transaction, dividend or distribution to the commissioner in writing within 30 days after attaining that knowledge. Section 601.42 (6) applies to a report under this section and the report is confidential unless the commissioner finds it necessary to disclose the report for the purpose of enforcing this chapter.

History: 1987 a. 167 .
Wis. Stat. § 613.51 — WI Code / Chapter 613 / Section 613.51
Board of directors.
Status: in_force

(1) General. The affairs of a corporation shall be managed by a board of directors. Directors need not be residents of this state or members of the corporation unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws so require. The articles of incorporation or bylaws may prescribe other qualifications for directors.

(2) Number, selection and classification of directors. Section 611.51 (2) and the first sentence of s. 611.51 (5) apply to service insurance corporations. Sections 181.0803 to 181.0811 apply to service insurance corporations except as modified by ss. 613.53 and 613.54 .

(3) Inside directors. Employees and representatives of a service insurance corporation may not constitute a majority of its board.

(3m) Subsidiaries and closely held corporations. Subsection (3) and s. 611.51 (2) (a) do not apply to an insurance subsidiary authorized under s. 613.26 nor to a nonstock insurance corporation with a single voting member or all of whose voting members are either members of or are individually represented on the board.

(4) Unlawful delegation. The board shall manage the business and affairs of the corporation and may not delegate its power or responsibility to do so, except to the extent authorized by ss. 181.0841 and 613.56 .

(5) Quorum and voting. Section 181.0824 applies to service insurance corporations, except as modified by s. 613.60 .

(6) Books and records. Sections 181.1601 to 181.1605 apply to service insurance corporations.

(7) Place and notice of directors’ meetings. Sections 181.0820 , 181.0822 and 181.0823 apply to service insurance corporations.

History: 1975 c. 223 ; 1997 a. 79 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 976.04 — WI Code / Chapter 976 / Section 976.04
Uniform act on close pursuit.
Status: in_force

(1) Any member of a duly organized state, county or municipal peace unit of another state of the United States who enters this state in close pursuit, and continues within this state such close pursuit, of a person in order to arrest the person on the grounds that the person is believed to have committed a felony in such other state, shall have the same authority to arrest and hold in custody such person, as members of a duly organized state, county or municipal peace unit of this state have, to arrest and hold in custody a person on the grounds that the person has committed a felony in this state.

(2) If an arrest is made in this state by an officer of another state in accordance with sub. (1) , the officer shall without unnecessary delay take the person arrested before a judge of the county in which the arrest was made, who shall conduct a hearing for the purpose of determining the lawfulness of the arrest. If the judge determines that the arrest was lawful the judge shall commit the person arrested to await for a reasonable time the issuance of an extradition warrant by the governor of this state or admit the person to bail for such purpose. If the judge determines that the arrest was unlawful, the judge shall discharge the person arrested.

(3) Subsection (1) shall not be construed so as to make unlawful any arrest in this state which would otherwise be lawful.

(4) For the purpose of this section, “state” includes the District of Columbia.

(5) “Close pursuit” as used in this section includes fresh pursuit as defined by the common law, and also the pursuit of a person who has committed a felony or who is reasonably suspected of having committed a felony. It also includes the pursuit of a person suspected of having committed a supposed felony, though no felony has actually been committed, if there are reasonable grounds for believing that a felony has been committed. Close pursuit as used herein shall not necessarily imply instant pursuit, but pursuit without unreasonable delay.

(6) This section shall be cited as the “Uniform Act on Close Pursuit”.

History: 1993 a. 486 ; 1995 a. 417 .
Wis. Stat. § 976.08 — WI Code / Chapter 976 / Section 976.08
Additional applicability.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, “prisoner” includes any person subject to an order under s. 938.183 who is confined to a Wisconsin state prison.

History: 1987 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 77 ; 2005 a. 344 ; 2013 a. 334 .
Wis. Stat. § 704.22 — WI Code / Chapter 704 / Section 704.22
Service of process in residential tenancy on nonresident party.
Status: in_force

(1) A party to a residential tenancy in this state who is not a resident of this state shall designate an agent to accept service of process in this state for an action involving the tenancy. The agent shall be a resident of this state or a corporation authorized to do business in this state. If a party is a corporation, the agent is the corporation’s registered agent.

(2) Designation of an agent under sub. (1) shall be in writing and filed with the department of financial institutions.

History: 1981 c. 300 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 971.368 — WI Code / Chapter 971 / Section 971.368
Forged recordings related to a conveyance; charges.
Status: in_force

In any case under s. 946.77 involving more than one violation, all violations may be prosecuted as a single crime if the violations were pursuant to a single intent and design.

History: 2025 a. 234 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.11004 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.11004
Reference to external facts.
Status: in_force

A plan may refer to facts ascertainable outside the plan if the manner in which the facts will operate upon the plan is specified in the plan. The facts may include the occurrence of an event or a determination or action by a person, whether or not the event, determination, or action is within the control of a party to the transaction.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 895.35 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.35
Expenses in actions against municipal and other officers.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever in any city, town, village, school district, technical college district or county charges of any kind are filed or an action is brought against any officer thereof in the officer’s official capacity, or to subject any such officer, whether or not the officer is being compensated on a salary basis, to a personal liability growing out of the performance of official duties, and such charges or such action is discontinued or dismissed or such matter is determined favorably to such officer, or such officer is reinstated, or in case such officer, without fault on the officer’s part, is subjected to a personal liability as aforesaid, such city, town, village, school district, technical college district or county may pay all reasonable expenses which such officer necessarily expended by reason thereof. Such expenses may likewise be paid, even though decided adversely to such officer, where it appears from the certificate of the trial judge that the action involved the constitutionality of a statute, not theretofore construed, relating to the performance of the official duties of said officer.

(2)

(a) In this subsection:

1. “Criminal proceeding” means an action or proceeding under chs. 967 to 979 .

2. “Protective services officer” means an emergency medical services practitioner, as defined in s. 256.01 (5) , an emergency medical responder, as defined in s. 256.01 (4p) , a fire fighter, or a law enforcement or correctional officer.

(b)

1. Notwithstanding sub. (1) , the city, town, village, school district, technical college district, or county shall reimburse a protective services officer for reasonable attorney fees incurred by the officer in connection with a criminal proceeding arising from the officer’s conduct in the performance of official duties unless, in relation to that conduct, any of the following applies:

a. The officer is convicted of a crime.

b. The officer’s employment is terminated for cause.

c. The officer resigns for reasons other than retirement before the attorney fees are incurred.

d. The officer is demoted or reduced in rank.

e. The officer is suspended without pay for 10 or more working days.

2. If a collective bargaining agreement covering the protective services officer defines reasonable attorney fees for the purpose of subd. 1. , that definition shall apply.

History: 1971 c. 154 ; 1993 a. 399 , 486 ; 2005 a. 73 ; 2007 a. 130 ; 2017 a. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 78.62 — WI Code / Chapter 78 / Section 78.62
Exemptions.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to aviation fuel delivered to or used by the United States or its agencies or to an air carrier company.

History: 1981 c. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 79.015 — WI Code / Chapter 79 / Section 79.015
Statement of estimated payments.
Status: in_force

The department of revenue, on or before September 15 of each year, shall provide to each municipality and county a statement of estimated payments to be made in the next calendar year to the municipality or county under ss. 79.035 , 79.036 , 79.037 , 79.038 , 79.039 , 79.04 , and 79.05 .

History: 1981 c. 20 , 61 , 93 ; 1983 a. 27 ss. 1294 , 2202 (45) ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 336 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2023 a. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.058 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.058
Article 58 — Conditions of confinement.
Status: in_force

(1) A sentence of confinement adjudged by a court-martial, whether or not the sentence includes discharge or dismissal, and whether or not the discharge or dismissal has been executed, may be carried into execution by confinement in any place authorized by this code. Persons so confined are subject to the same discipline and treatment as persons regularly confined or committed to that place of confinement.

(2) The omission of hard labor as a sentence authorized under this code does not deprive the state confinement facility from employing it, if it otherwise is within the authority of that facility to do so.

(3) No place of confinement may require payment of any fee or charge for receiving or confining a person except as otherwise provided by law.

History: 2007 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 184.01 — WI Code / Chapter 184 / Section 184.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) “Member” means a person who, under the rules or practices of a nonprofit association, may participate in the selection of persons authorized to manage the affairs of the nonprofit association or in the development of policy of the nonprofit association.

(2) “Nonprofit association” means an unincorporated organization consisting of 3 or more members joined by mutual consent for a common, nonprofit purpose. However, joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or tenancy by the entireties does not, by itself, establish a nonprofit association, even if the co-owners share use of the property for a nonprofit purpose.

History: 1997 a. 140 .
Wis. Stat. § 86.021 — WI Code / Chapter 86 / Section 86.021
Highways, cultivation of; injury by farm machinery.
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall, within the limits of any public highway, plow, cultivate or otherwise work any lands in such manner as to interfere with or obstruct the drainage in any public highway ditch, nor shall any person operate any farm or other machinery on, over, along or across any public highway in such manner as to materially damage the said highway.

(2) Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $50, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days, and shall in addition pay the whole cost of restoring the ditch or highway, or both, to their former condition.
Wis. Stat. § 182.007 — WI Code / Chapter 182 / Section 182.007
Charitable corporations and community funds, amending articles.
Status: in_force

(1) A community fund, community chest or community union corporation of a kind mentioned in sub. (1m) may change substantially the original purposes of its organization upon the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of its members entitled to vote, at a meeting called for that purpose and in no event shall its purposes be other than charitable.

(1m) Any nonstock corporation organized solely for charitable purposes and any community fund, community chest or community union corporation, organized for the purpose of raising funds for and serving community and public welfare agencies or services may, in addition to any method provided in its articles of organization, amend its articles at any annual meeting or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose. Notice of the meeting shall be published as a class 2 notice, under ch. 985 , the last insertion not less than 20 days prior thereto. The notice shall specify the time and place of such meeting, that such amendment will be proposed and a copy thereof. Unless otherwise provided in the articles 10 members shall constitute a quorum, and the amendment may be adopted by affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members present.
Wis. Stat. § 815.61 — WI Code / Chapter 815 / Section 815.61
Proceedings to recover contribution.
Status: in_force

In an action to compel contribution under s. 815.59 the court shall, in a proper case, permit the plaintiff to use the original judgment and issue execution thereon, for the amount which ought to be contributed by the lands subject to the lien of such judgment, and for that purpose such original judgment shall remain a lien, when preserved as provided in s. 815.62 , for the term of 10 years from the date of the entry thereof, to the extent of the sum which ought to be so contributed, but in all cases such liens shall continue for the purposes above stated for 3 years after any sale under which contribution is claimed.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761, 781 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 815.61.
Wis. Stat. § 14.12 — WI Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14.12
Execution of releases and satisfactions.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise provided by law, the governor and attorney general may release or satisfy any lien or other obligation in favor of the state, upon payment by the obligor of the full amount due thereon or of the amount provided in any compromise settlement duly entered into and approved as provided by law. When such release or satisfaction is required to be under seal, the secretary of state shall affix the great seal of the state and authenticate the signatures of said officers.
Wis. Stat. § 196.202 — WI Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.202
Exemption of commercial mobile radio service providers.
Status: in_force

(2) Scope of regulation. A commercial mobile radio service provider is not subject to this chapter, except as provided in sub. (5) , and except that a commercial mobile radio service provider is subject to ss. 196.025 (6) , 196.218 (3) , and 196.859 , and shall respond, subject to the protection of the commercial mobile radio service provider’s competitive information, to all reasonable requests for information about its operations in this state from the commission necessary to administer ss. 196.025 (6) , 196.218 (3) , and 196.859 .

(5) Billing. A commercial mobile radio service provider may not charge a customer for an incomplete call.

History: 1985 a. 297 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 36 , 496 ; 1997 a. 27 , 140 , 218 ; 1999 a. 32 , 150 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2011 a. 22 .
Wis. Stat. § 301.38 — WI Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.38
Notification of victims and witnesses about prisoner escapes.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Member of the family” means spouse, domestic partner under ch. 770 , child, sibling, parent or legal guardian.

(am) “Prisoner” has the meaning given in s. 301.01 (2) , but does not include any person in the intensive sanctions program under s. 301.048 or any person who is imprisoned as an alternative to the revocation of probation, extended supervision or parole.

(b) “Victim” means a person against whom a crime has been committed.

(2) If a prisoner escapes from a Type 1 prison, the department shall make a reasonable attempt to notify all of the following persons, if they can be found, in accordance with sub. (3) and after receiving a completed card under sub. (4) :

(a) The victim of the crime committed by the prisoner or, if the victim died as a result of the crime, an adult member of the victim’s family or, if the victim is younger than 18 years old, the victim’s parent or legal guardian.

(b) Any witness who testified against the prisoner in any court proceeding involving the offense.

(3) The department shall make a reasonable effort to notify the person by telephone as soon as possible after the escape and after any subsequent apprehension of the prisoner.

(4) The department shall design and prepare cards for any person specified in sub. (2) to send to the department. The cards shall have space for any such person to provide his or her name, telephone number and mailing address, the name of the applicable prisoner and any other information that the department determines is necessary. The department shall provide the cards, without charge, to district attorneys. District attorneys shall provide the cards, without charge, to persons specified in sub. (2) . These persons may send completed cards to the department. All department records or portions of records that relate to telephone numbers and mailing addresses of these persons are not subject to inspection or copying under s. 19.35 (1) .

History: 1995 a. 74 ; 1997 a. 181 , 283 ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 906.16 — WI Code / Chapter 906 / Section 906.16
Bias of witness.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of attacking the credibility of a witness, evidence of bias, prejudice, or interest of the witness for or against any party to the case is admissible.

History: Sup. Ct. Order No. 16-02A , 2017 WI 92, 378 Wis. 2d xiii.
Wis. Stat. § 150.983 — WI Code / Chapter 150 / Section 150.983
Facilities for individuals with an intellectual disability and community mental health centers construction funds.
Status: in_force

The department may receive federal funds in behalf of, and transmit them to, applicants. In the general fund there is hereby established, separate and apart from all public moneys of this state, an intellectual disability facilities construction fund and a community mental health centers construction fund. Money received from the federal government for a construction project under this subchapter approved by the secretary shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriate fund and shall be used solely for payments to applicants for work performed, or purchases made, in carrying out the approved project.

History: 1979 c. 89 ; 1993 a. 27 s. 246 ; Stats. 1993 s. 150.983; 1993 a. 490 ; 2011 a. 126 .
Wis. Stat. § 758.01 — WI Code / Chapter 758 / Section 758.01
State law library.
Status: in_force

(1) The supreme court shall maintain a state law library for the use of officers and employees of this state, attorneys and the public. The supreme court may promulgate and enforce rules governing the use of the library and appoint and fix the compensation of a librarian and such staff as is necessary to operate the library.

(2) The supreme court may establish and charge fees for photocopying, microfilm copying, books, generation of copies of documents from optical disc or electronic storage, computer services, and other services provided by the state law library. The fees are subject to the cost limitations under ss. 19.35 (3) and 20.908 .

History: 1971 c. 152 ss. 7 , 40 ; 1971 c. 254 ss. 1 , 2 , 4 to 16 ; Stats. 1971 s. 257.01; 1977 c. 29 ; 1977 c. 187 s. 97 ; Stats. 1977 s. 758.01; Sup. Ct. Order, eff. 1-1-80; 1983 a. 27 , 538 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2015 a. 196 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.528 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.528
Statewide lien system.
Status: in_force

The department shall establish and maintain a statewide lien system under this subchapter.

History: 2001 a. 10 ; 2003 a. 206 .
Wis. Stat. § 153.85 — WI Code / Chapter 153 / Section 153.85
Definition; opioid and methamphetamine data.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, “vendor” means a person awarded the contract following a request for proposals described under s. 153.87 .

History: 2021 a. 181 .
Wis. Stat. § 971.095 — WI Code / Chapter 971 / Section 971.095
Consultation with and notices to victim.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “District attorney” has the meaning given in s. 950.02 (2m) .

(b) “Victim” has the meaning given in s. 950.02 (4) .

(2) In any case in which a defendant has been charged with a crime, the district attorney shall, as soon as practicable, offer all of the victims in the case who have requested the opportunity an opportunity to confer with the district attorney concerning the prosecution of the case and the possible outcomes of the prosecution, including potential plea agreements and sentencing recommendations. The duty to confer under this subsection does not limit the obligation of the district attorney to exercise his or her discretion concerning the handling of any criminal charge against the defendant.

(3) At the request of a victim, a district attorney shall make a reasonable attempt to provide the victim with notice of the date, time and place of scheduled court proceedings in a case involving the prosecution of a crime of which he or she is a victim and any changes in the date, time or place of a scheduled court proceeding for which the victim has received notice. This subsection does not apply to a proceeding held before the initial appearance to set conditions of release under ch. 969 .

(4) If a person is arrested for a crime but the district attorney decides not to charge the person with a crime, the district attorney shall make a reasonable attempt to inform all of the victims of the act for which the person was arrested that the person will not be charged with a crime at that time.

(5) If a person is charged with committing a crime and the charge against the person is subsequently dismissed, the district attorney shall make a reasonable attempt to inform all of the victims of the crime with which the person was charged that the charge has been dismissed.

(6) A district attorney shall make a reasonable attempt to provide information concerning the disposition of a case involving a crime to any victim of the crime who requests the information.

History: 1997 a. 181 .
Wis. Stat. § 140.30 — WI Code / Chapter 140 / Section 140.30
Uniformity of application and construction.
Status: in_force

In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

History: 2019 a. 125 .