Wis. Stat. § 801.15 — WI Code / Chapter 801 / Section 801.15
Time.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) In this subsection, “holiday” means any day that is a holiday provided in s. 230.35 (4) (a) or a statewide legal holiday provided in s. 995.20 or both, and a full day on Good Friday.

(b) Notwithstanding ss. 985.09 and 990.001 (4) , in computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by chs. 801 to 847 , by any other statute governing actions and special proceedings, or by order of court, the day of the act, event or default from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a day the clerk of courts office is closed. When the period of time prescribed or allowed is less than 11 days, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays shall be excluded in the computation.

(2)

(a) When an act is required to be done at or within a specified time, the court may order the period enlarged but only on motion for cause shown and upon just terms. The 90 day period under s. 801.02 may not be enlarged. If the motion is made after the expiration of the specified time, it shall not be granted unless the court finds that the failure to act was the result of excusable neglect. The order of enlargement shall recite by its terms or by reference to an affidavit in the record the grounds for granting the motion.

(b) The time within which a motion challenging the sufficiency of the evidence or for a new trial must be decided shall not be enlarged except for good cause. The order of extension must be made prior to the expiration of the initial decision period.

(c) The time for initiating an appeal under s. 808.04 , for deciding motions after verdict under s. 805.16 (3) , and for making motions for reconsideration under s. 805.17 (3) or for relief from judgment or order under s. 48.46 (2) or 806.07 may not be enlarged.

(4) A written motion, other than one which may be heard ex parte, and notice of the hearing thereof shall be served not later than 5 days before the time specified for the hearing, unless a different period is fixed by statute or by order of the court. Such an order may for cause shown be made on ex parte motion. When a motion is supported by affidavit, the affidavit shall be served with the motion; and opposing affidavits may be served not later than one day before the hearing, unless the court permits them to be served at some other time. All written motions shall be heard on notice unless a statute or rule permits the motion to be heard ex parte.

(5) Whenever a party has the right or is required to do some act or take some proceedings within a prescribed period after the service of a notice or other paper upon the party:

(a) If the notice or paper is served by mail, 3 days shall be added to the prescribed period.

(b) If the notice or paper is served by facsimile transmission, by electronic mail, or by the electronic filing system under s. 801.18 and such transmission is completed between 5 p.m. and midnight, one day shall be added to the prescribed period.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 610 (1975); 1975 c. 218 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 73 Wis. 2d xxxi (1976); 1977 c. 187 s. 135 ; 1977 c. 449 ; 1979 c. 89 ; 1983 a. 192 s. 304 ; 1985 a. 145 ; Sup Ct. Order, 130 Wis. 2d xi (1986); 1985 a. 332 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 136 Wis. 2d xxv (1987); Sup. Ct. Order, 146 Wis. 2d xxxiii (1988); Sup. Ct. Order, 160 Wis. 2d xiv (1991); Sup. Ct. Order, 161 Wis. 2d xvii (1991); Sup. Ct. Order No. 94-05 , 183 Wis. 2d xix (1994); 1997 a. 187 ; 2005 a. 155 ; Sup. Ct. Order No. 14-03 , 2016 WI 29, 368 Wis. 2d xiii; 2019 a. 30 .