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Wis. Stat. § 14.35 — WI Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14.35
Authorized activities.
Status: in_force

The lieutenant governor may:

(1) Accept gifts, grants, bequests or devises, or federal moneys authorized by the governor under s. 16.54 , to be used for the authorized functions of the office of lieutenant governor.

(2) Conduct conferences or prepare and sell publications or promotional materials related to the authorized functions of the office of lieutenant governor.

History: 1987 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 806.025 — WI Code / Chapter 806 / Section 806.025
Payment of judgment in cases involving prisoners.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “prisoner” has the meaning given in s. 801.02 (7) (a) 2.

(2) If a court enters a judgment for a monetary award on behalf of a prisoner, the court shall do all of the following:

(a) Order that the award be used to satisfy any unpaid court order of restitution against the prisoner and any other civil judgment in favor of a victim of a crime committed by the prisoner. If the amount of the monetary award is insufficient to pay all these unpaid orders and judgments, the orders and judgments shall be paid based on the length of time they have existed, the oldest order being paid first.

(am) If money remains after the payment of all unpaid orders and judgments under par. (a) , order reimbursement to the department of justice for an award made under subch. I of ch. 949 for which the department is subrogated under s. 949.15 .

(at) If money remains after the payment of reimbursement under par. (am) , order the payment of any child or family support owed by the prisoner.

(b) If money remains after the payment of child or family support under par. (at) , order the payment of court costs or filing fees previously assessed against the prisoner by a state court that remain unpaid, with the oldest costs or fees being paid first.

(c) If money remains after the payment of all court costs or filing fees under par. (b) , order the payment of any unpaid litigation loan, as defined in s. 301.328 (1) .

(d) If any money remains after the payments under pars. (a) to (c) , request that the department of corrections make a reasonable effort to notify any victims of the crime for which the prisoner was convicted and imprisoned, incarcerated or confined of the pending payment of a monetary award to the prisoner. The department of corrections shall inform the court of whether any victims were notified. The court shall withhold any payment to the prisoner under par. (e) for a reasonable time after the department of corrections notifies the court that a victim was notified so that the victim may have time to petition the court regarding payments to that victim from the remaining money.

(e) Order that any money remaining after all payments are made under pars. (a) to (d) be paid to the prisoner.

History: 1997 a. 133 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 442.10 — WI Code / Chapter 442 / Section 442.10
Disclosure of interest in entity reported on.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever any person, as a certified public accountant, signs or certifies any report, schedule, or statement relative to the affairs of any corporation, association, or partnership in which the person is financially interested or by which the person is regularly engaged as an officer or employee, the signature or certification shall be accompanied by a specific statement setting forth the fact that the person is financially interested in or is an officer or regular employee of the corporation, association, or partnership. If the person is both financially interested and an officer or regular employee, the statement shall cover both financial interest and employment. In the case of a firm signing or certifying as described in this subsection, the interest of any of its members shall be disclosed.

(2) Notwithstanding sub. (1) , no person licensed under this chapter, and no firm of which the person is a member, may express an opinion as an independent certified public accountant on financial statements of any enterprise unless the person and the firm are independent of the enterprise. The requirement for independence under this subsection also extends to the spouse of such a person and to other relatives having a financial or business relationship with the enterprise which, in the opinion of the examining board, may impair independence.

(3) The examining board may make and enforce all necessary rules relative to this section and may determine the particular phraseology necessary to carry sub. (1) into effect.

History: 1977 c. 264 ; 1993 a. 490 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 223.08 — WI Code / Chapter 223 / Section 223.08
Name of corporation; penalty.
Status: in_force

The word “trust” shall form part of the name of every corporation organized under this chapter, but the word “bank” may not be used as a part of the name. All persons, partnerships, associations, or corporations not organized under the provisions of this chapter, except state banks vested with trust powers under s. 221.0316 and nonprofit corporations organized for the advancement of historic preservation or for the protection of land for public conservation purposes, are prohibited from using the word “trust” in their business, or as a portion of the name or title of the person, partnership, association or corporation. A person who violates this section, either individually or as an interested party in any partnership, association, or corporation, may be fined not less than $300 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not less than 60 days nor more than one year in the county jail or both.

History: 1993 a. 69 , 490 ; 1995 a. 336 , 417 ; 1997 a. 35 .
Wis. Stat. § 865.12 — WI Code / Chapter 865 / Section 865.12
Employment of appraisers.
Status: in_force

The personal representative may employ a qualified and disinterested appraiser to assist in ascertaining values of any assets where valuation is subject to reasonable doubt. The name and address of any appraiser so employed shall be indicated on the inventory with the item or items appraised by the appraiser, notwithstanding the omission from the inventory of the value thereof. Any interested person may invoke the jurisdiction of the court to require an appraisal or to contest said appraisals.

History: 1973 c. 39 ; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 254.158 — WI Code / Chapter 254 / Section 254.158
Screening recommendations.
Status: in_force

The department may promulgate rules specifying recommended lead poisoning or lead exposure screening methods and intervals for children under 6 years of age. Any rules promulgated under this section:

(1) Shall meet any federal requirements for the screening of children under 6 years of age.

(1m) May include an appropriate questionnaire regarding potential exposure to lead and products containing lead.

(2) Shall permit at least the following persons to provide screening services:

(a) A person licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy under ch. 448 .

(b) A nurse permitted or licensed under ch. 441 .

(c) A public health nurse under s. 250.06 (1) .

(3) Shall exempt a child from the lead screening recommendations if the child’s parent, guardian or legal custodian signs a written waiver objecting to the lead poisoning screening for reasons of health, religion or personal conviction.

(4) Shall exempt a child from the lead poisoning screening recommendations if the child’s parent, guardian or legal custodian presents written evidence of a lead screening that was conducted within the previous 6 months, or other time period specified by the department by rule, and that was conducted in accordance with the laws or rules of another state whose laws or rules the department determines to be at least as stringent as the screening methods and intervals recommended under this section.

History: 1993 a. 450 ; 2017 a. 364 .
Wis. Stat. § 448.98895 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.98895
Implementation of the respiratory care interstate compact.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Compact” means the respiratory care interstate compact under s. 448.9889 .

(b) “Compact privilege” means a compact privilege, as defined in s. 448.9889 (2) (h) , that is granted under the compact to an individual to practice in this state.

(2) The department may impose a fee for an individual to receive a compact privilege as provided in s. 448.9889 (3) (b) .

(3)

(a) An individual who holds a compact privilege shall comply with s. 440.03 (13) (am) .

(b) Subject to s. 448.9889 and any rules promulgated thereunder, ss. 440.20 to 440.22 and the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) shall apply to an individual who holds a compact privilege in the same manner that they apply to holders of certificates issued under subch. II .

History: 2025 a. 76 .
Wis. Stat. § 943.11 — WI Code / Chapter 943 / Section 943.11
Entry into locked vehicle.
Status: in_force

Whoever intentionally enters the locked and enclosed portion or compartment of the vehicle of another without consent and with intent to steal therefrom is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

History: 1977 c. 173 .
Wis. Stat. § 85.066 — WI Code / Chapter 85 / Section 85.066
Transit safety oversight program.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “rail fixed guideway transportation system” means a public transportation system being designed, engineered, constructed, or operated that is intended to operate upon a fixed guideway, including a railway, and that is not subject to regulation by the federal railroad administration.

(2) Program and funding. The department shall develop and administer a transit safety oversight program. Under the program, the department may oversee, enforce, investigate, and audit all safety aspects of rail fixed guideway transportation systems.

(3) Expenditures related to certain transportation systems in a first class city. The following may not incur any direct or indirect expenses, including the forfeiture of any revenue, relating to the operation or construction of a rail fixed guideway transportation system in a 1st class city unless the expense incurred or revenue forfeited will be fully reimbursed by the 1st class city:

(a) Except as required to comply with the requirements under 49 USC 5329 , the state.

(b) An agency, as defined in s. 16.52 (7) .

(c) A county in which the 1st class city is located.

(4) Reimbursement. If a person restricted from incurring expenses under sub. (3) , with the approval of the 1st class city, incurs a direct or indirect expense, including the forfeiture of any revenue, relating to the operation or construction of a rail fixed guideway transportation system in a 1st class city, the 1st class city shall fully reimburse the person for the expense.

History: 2015 a. 55 ; 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 628.37 — WI Code / Chapter 628 / Section 628.37
Preservation of professional relationships in professional services.
Status: in_force

No insurance plan related to or providing health care, legal or other professional services may alter the direct relationship and responsibility of professional persons to their patients or clients for the professional services rendered. All professional relationships are subject to the same rules of contract and tort law and professional ethics as if no insurance plan were involved.

History: 1975 c. 223 , 371 , 422 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.1301 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.1301
Prohibited distributions.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in s. 181.1302 , a corporation may not make any distributions.

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 765.23 — WI Code / Chapter 765 / Section 765.23
Immaterial irregularities otherwise.
Status: in_force

No marriage hereafter contracted shall be void either by reason of the marriage license having been issued by a county clerk not having jurisdiction to issue the same; or by reason of any informality or irregularity of form in the application for the marriage license or in the marriage license itself, or the incompetency of the witnesses to such marriage; or because the marriage may have been solemnized more than 60 days after the date of the marriage license, if the marriage is in other respects lawful and is consummated with the full belief on the part of the persons so married, or either of them, that they have been lawfully joined in marriage. Where a marriage has been celebrated in one of the forms provided for in s. 765.16 (1m) , and the parties thereto have immediately thereafter assumed the habit and repute of husband and wife, and having continued the same uninterruptedly thereafter for the period of one year, or until the death of either of them, it shall be deemed that a marriage license has been issued as required by ss. 765.05 to 765.24 and 767.803 .

History: 1979 c. 32 ss. 48 , 92 (2) ; Stats. 1979 s. 765.23; 1981 c. 20 s. 2200 ; 1981 c. 314 s. 146 ; 2005 a. 443 s. 265 ; 2013 a. 372 ; 2021 a. 84 , 240 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.745 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.745
Division’s notice to members or stockholders.
Status: in_force

The division may prepare a statement of the condition of the savings bank, affiliate, savings bank subsidiary, service corporation or savings bank holding company and may mail the statement to the members or stockholders or may publish the statement as a class 1 notice under ch. 985 . The expense of a mailing or publication shall be paid by the savings bank, affiliate, savings bank subsidiary, service corporation or savings bank holding company.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 803.07 — WI Code / Chapter 803 / Section 803.07
Interpleader.
Status: in_force

Persons having claims against the plaintiff may be joined as defendants and required to interplead when their claims are such that the plaintiff is or may be exposed to double or multiple liability. It is not ground for objection to the joinder that the claims of the several claimants or the titles on which their claims depend do not have a common origin or are not identical but are adverse to and independent of one another, or that the plaintiff avers that the plaintiff is not liable in whole or in part to any or all of the claimants. A defendant exposed to similar liability may obtain such interpleader by way of cross claim or counterclaim. The provisions of this section supplement and do not in any way limit the joinder of parties permitted in s. 803.04 .

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 649 (1975); 1975 c. 218 ; 2007 a. 97 .
Wis. Stat. § 813.25 — WI Code / Chapter 813 / Section 813.25
Search for absentee.
Status: in_force

(1) The court, upon application, may direct the receiver to make search for the absentee in any manner which the court may deem advisable, including any or all of the following methods:

(a) By inserting in one or more suitable periodicals a notice requesting information from any person having knowledge of the absentee’s whereabouts;

(b) By notifying officers of justice and public welfare agencies in appropriate locations of the absentee’s disappearance;

(c) By engaging the services of an investigation agency.

(2) The expenses of such search and of the notices provided for in s. 813.24 shall be taxed as costs and paid out of property of the absentee.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 760, 779 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 813.25.
Wis. Stat. § 76.84 — WI Code / Chapter 76 / Section 76.84
Administration.
Status: in_force

(1) On or before October 1, the department shall notify each telephone company that is subject to the tax under s. 76.81 of the assessed value of its property.

(2) On or before November 1, the department shall notify each telephone company that is subject to the tax under s. 76.81 of the amount of that tax.

(4) Sections 76.03 (4) , 76.05 , 76.06 , 76.075 , 76.08 , 76.09 , 76.13 (1) , (2) and (3) , 76.14 , 76.18 , 76.22 , 76.23 , 76.25 and 76.28 (4) to (6) , as they apply to the tax under subch. I , apply to the tax under this subchapter.

(5) Section 71.91 , as it applies to the collection of delinquent taxes under ch. 71 , applies to the collection of delinquent taxes under this subchapter.

History: 1995 a. 351 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.98 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.98
Federal resource acquisition.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall engage in such activities as the secretary deems necessary to ensure the maximum utilization of federal resources by state agencies and institutions and other eligible organizations and units of government, including community development corporations as defined in s. 234.94 (2) . The department shall acquire excess and surplus real and personal property and shall charge fees to recipients for costs of transportation, packing, crating, handling and program overhead, except that the department may transfer any excess or surplus personal property to the department of tourism, upon request of the department of tourism, at no cost, subject to any limitation or restriction imposed by federal law.

(2) The department may, in accordance with federal law, operate warehouses and otherwise provide for the temporary storage of property being transferred.

(3) All proceeds from the sale of land, buildings, supplies and equipment received under this section shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (im) or (ka) . Such proceeds may be used for the purchase of lands and buildings or for construction or improvement of buildings for the purpose of storing and handling excess and surplus property.

(4) From the appropriations under s. 20.505 (1) (fo) and (kg) , the department may provide grants to any organization with which the department contracts to operate the program under sub. (1) .

History: 1971 c. 215 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 34 s. 2102 (1) (b) , (c); 1983 a. 106 ; 1987 a. 27 , 399 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 980.095 — WI Code / Chapter 980 / Section 980.095
Procedures for discharge hearings.
Status: in_force

(1) Use of juries.

(a) The district attorney or the department of justice, whichever filed the original petition, or the person who filed the petition for discharge or his or her attorney may request that a trial under s. 980.09 (3) be to a jury of 6. A jury trial is deemed waived unless it is demanded within 10 days of the determination by the court that a court or jury would likely conclude under s. 980.09 (1) that the person’s condition has sufficiently changed.

(b) Juries shall be selected and treated in the same manner as they are selected and treated in civil actions in circuit court. The number of jurors prescribed in par. (a) , plus the number of peremptory challenges available to all of the parties, shall be called initially and maintained in the jury box by calling others to replace jurors excused for cause until all jurors have been examined. The parties shall exercise in their order, the state beginning, the peremptory challenges available to them, and if any party declines to challenge, the challenge shall be made by the clerk by lot.

(c) No verdict shall be valid or received unless at least 5 of the jurors agree to it.

(2) Post verdict motions. Motions after verdict may be made without further notice upon receipt of the verdict.

(3) Appeals. Any party may appeal an order under this subsection as a final order under chs. 808 and 809 .

History: 2005 a. 434 ; 2013 a. 84 .
Wis. Stat. § 145.23 — WI Code / Chapter 145 / Section 145.23
Rules.
Status: in_force

The department may make and enforce rules relating to lot size and lot elevation necessary for proper sanitary conditions in the development and maintenance of subdivisions not served by a public sewer, where provision for such service has not been made.

History: 1979 c. 221 ss. 607 , 649 .
Wis. Stat. § 865.031 — WI Code / Chapter 865 / Section 865.031
Effect of fraud and evasion.
Status: in_force

Whenever fraud has been perpetrated in connection with any proceeding or in any statement filed under this chapter, or if fraud is used to avoid or circumvent the provisions or purposes of this chapter, any person injured thereby may obtain appropriate relief against the perpetrator of the fraud, including restitution from any person, other than a bona fide purchaser, benefiting from the fraud, whether innocent or not. Any proceeding must be commenced within 2 years after the discovery of the fraud, but no proceeding may be brought against one not a perpetrator of the fraud later than 5 years after the time of commission of the fraud. This section has no bearing on remedies relating to fraud practiced on a decedent during the decedent’s lifetime which affects the succession of the decedent’s estate.

History: 1973 c. 39 ; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.185 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.185
Venue.
Status: in_force

(1) Proceedings generally. Subject to subs. (2) to (5) , venue for any proceeding under s. 48.13 , 48.133 , 48.135 , or 48.14 (1) to (9) may be in any of the following:

(a) The county where the child or the expectant mother of the unborn child resides.

(b) The county where the child or expectant mother is present.

(2) Guardianship and termination of parental rights proceedings. In an action under s. 48.41 , venue shall be in the county where the birth parent or child resides at the time that the petition is filed. Subject to sub. (5) , venue for any proceeding under s. 48.977 or any proceeding under subch. VIII when the child has been placed outside the home pursuant to a dispositional order under s. 48.345 or 48.347 , shall be in the county where the dispositional order was issued, unless the child’s county of residence has changed or the parent of the child has resided in a different county of this state for 6 months. In either case, the court may, upon a motion and for good cause shown, transfer the case, along with all appropriate records, to the county of residence of the child or parent.

(3) Transition-to-independent-living proceedings. Venue for a proceeding under s. 48.366 (3) (am) shall be in the county where the most recent order specified in s. 48.366 (1) (a) or (b) was issued.

(4) Child or unborn child subject to a dispositional order. Venue for any proceeding under s. 48.357 , 48.363 , or 48.365 shall be in the county where the dispositional order was issued, unless prior to the proceeding the court of that county determined that the proper venue for the proceeding lies in another county and transferred the case, along with all appropriate records, to that other county.

(5) Changes in placement; successor guardians; posttermination of parental rights. Venue for a proceeding under s. 48.437 shall be in the county where the termination of parental rights order was issued.

(6) Restraining order and injunction proceedings. Venue for a proceeding under s. 48.14 (10) is as provided in s. 801.50 (5s) .

History: 1977 c. 354 ; Stats. 1977 s. 48.185; 1979 c. 330 ; 1989 a. 161 ; 1993 a. 98 , 318 , 491 ; 1995 a. 77 , 275 ; 1997 a. 80 , 292 ; 2015 a. 55 , 373 ; 2017 a. 365 .