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Wis. Stat. § 344.36 — WI Code / Chapter 344 / Section 344.36
Bond as proof.
Status: in_force

(1) Proof of financial responsibility may be evidenced by the bond of a surety company duly authorized to transact business within this state or a bond with at least 2 individual sureties each owning real estate within this state and together having equities equal in value to at least twice the amount of the bond, which real estate shall be scheduled in the bond approved by a judge of a court of record. Such bond shall be conditioned for the payment of the amounts specified in s. 344.01 (2) (d) . The bond shall be filed with the secretary and shall not be cancelable except after 10 days’ written notice to the secretary.

(2) The bond constitutes a lien in favor of the state upon any surety’s real estate which is scheduled in the bond and which is not exempt by law from execution. Such lien is effective as of the time when the secretary records the bond in the office of the register of deeds of the county wherein such real estate is located, as provided in s. 706.05 (1) . Such lien exists in favor of any holder of a final judgment against the person who filed such bond, for damages resulting from the ownership, maintenance, use or operation of a motor vehicle after such bond was recorded, including damages for care and for loss of services because of bodily injury to or death of any person and damages because of injury to or destruction of property and the consequent loss of use thereof.

(3) If the judgment rendered against the principal on the bond is not satisfied within 60 days after it has become final, the judgment creditor may, for his or her own use and benefit and at the judgment creditor’s sole expense, bring an action in the name of the state against the company or persons executing the bond, including an action or proceeding to foreclose any lien that may exist upon the real estate of a person who has executed such bond. In the foreclosure of such lien, ch. 846 on the foreclosure of real estate mortgages shall apply as far as possible.

History: 1973 c. 189 s. 20 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 776 (1975); 1975 c. 218 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (c) .
Wis. Stat. § 150.951 — WI Code / Chapter 150 / Section 150.951
Exceptions.
Status: in_force

Section 150.95 does not apply to any of the following:

(1) A transfer of psychiatric or chemical dependency beds from a public hospital that is operated by a county with a population of 750,000 or more and that is not an inpatient facility to a private hospital or to a public hospital that is an inpatient facility, if the resulting combined total of licensed psychiatric or chemical dependency beds in the affected hospitals does not increase.

(2) A transfer of psychiatric or chemical dependency beds from a hospital to a private hospital in the same county that has an existing psychiatric or chemical dependency unit or to a public hospital that is operated by the same county, if the resulting combined total of licensed psychiatric or chemical dependency beds in the affected hospitals decreases from the number that is specified in s. 150.95 .

History: 1995 a. 27 , 417 ; 2017 a. 207 s. 5 .
Wis. Stat. § 39.465 — WI Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39.465
Dentistry scholarship program.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Actual practice total” is the total number of months that a student upon graduation practices dentistry in a dental health shortage area in this state. For purposes of this paragraph, a fraction of a month is counted as one month.

(b) “Dental health shortage area” has the meaning given in s. 36.60 (1) (ad) , except that “dental health shortage area” does not include an area in the county of Brown, Dane, Kenosha, Milwaukee, or Waukesha.

(c) “Repayment liability percentage” means the percentage that results from dividing the difference between a student’s required practice total and the student’s actual practice total by the student’s required practice total.

(d) “Required practice total” means the total number of months a student upon graduation is required under sub. (3) to practice dentistry in a dental health shortage area in this state.

(e) “School” means the Marquette University School of Dentistry.

(2) Scholarships. In consultation with the department of health services, the board shall establish a program for awarding to no more than 15 students at the school an annual scholarship, including a stipend, equal to $30,000 for each year of a student’s enrollment but not exceeding 4 years. The board shall pay the scholarships from the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (dg) . From the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (dg) , the board shall also provide the school $350,000 annually for the development and operation of programs to support the recruitment and training of students in rural dentistry.

(3) Eligibility; agreements.

(a) A student is not eligible for a scholarship under the program established under sub. (2) unless he or she is a resident of the state and enters into an agreement with the board in which he or she agrees upon graduation to practice dentistry in a dental health shortage area in this state for a period equal to 18 months multiplied by the number of annual scholarships the board awards to the student under the program.

(b) An agreement under par. (a) shall specify that if a student fails to practice dentistry in a dental health shortage area in this state for the period required under par. (a) , he or she is liable to the state for an amount equal to the total dollar amount of annual scholarships awarded to the student multiplied by the student’s repayment liability percentage.

(4) Geographic diversity. In cooperation with the school, the board shall make every effort to ensure that students who are awarded scholarships under the program established under sub. (2) practice dentistry upon graduation in geographically diverse dental health shortage areas in this state.

History: 2019 a. 9 ; 2023 a. 90 .
Wis. Stat. § 442.115 — WI Code / Chapter 442 / Section 442.115
Enforcement actions for violations of this chapter.
Status: in_force

(1) If it appears upon complaint to the examining board by any person, or it is known to the examining board, that any person has violated this chapter, the examining board may investigate, subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) . The district attorney of the county in which violations of this chapter are known or alleged to have occurred shall promptly investigate complaints, from any source, of violations of this chapter and prosecute if the facts warrant. Upon request from the examining board, and when the facts warrant, the appropriate district attorney shall promptly seek an injunction against any person who is violating this chapter.

(2) If the district attorney fails or refuses to act within a time that the examining board considers reasonable, the examining board may request the attorney general to institute a prosecution or to seek an injunction for violation of this chapter.

(3) If a person has engaged, or is about to engage, in an act or practice that constitutes, or will constitute, a violation of this chapter, the examining board in its own right or on behalf of an individual complainant may apply to the appropriate court for an order enjoining the act or practice. Upon a showing by the examining board or the complainant that the person has engaged, or is about to engage, in any act or practice in violation of this chapter, the court may grant an injunction, restraining order or other appropriate order without bond.

History: 1999 a. 85 ss. 95 , 96 .
Wis. Stat. § 134.30 — WI Code / Chapter 134 / Section 134.30
Misbranding of gold plated articles.
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, corporation or association, who or which makes for sale, or sells or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in his, her or its possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of inferior metal having deposited or plated thereon or brazed or otherwise affixed thereto a plate, plating, covering or sheet of gold or of any alloy of gold, and which article is known in the market as “rolled gold plate,” “gold plate,” “gold filled” or “gold electroplate,” or by any similar designation, and having stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted thereon, or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which said article is encased or enclosed, any word or mark usually employed to indicate the fineness of gold, unless said word be accompanied by other words plainly indicating that such article or some part thereof is made of rolled gold plate, or gold plate, or gold electroplate, or is gold filled, as the case may be, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Wis. Stat. § 134.205 — WI Code / Chapter 134 / Section 134.205
Warehouse keepers to keep register; liability for damages; penalty for fraud.
Status: in_force

(1) Every warehouse keeper shall keep in the office in which the business of the warehouse is transacted a register in which shall be entered with reference to each receipt issued, the facts specified in s. 407.202 (2) . When the warehouse keeper ceases to be responsible for the delivery of the property described in the receipt, the fact and date of the delivery of the property and such other facts as may terminate liability on such receipt shall be entered in such register in connection with the original entry.

(2) Such register shall be open to the inspection of the owner or holder of any such receipt, or of any person who presents the same at the office of the warehouse keeper.

(3) The warehouse keeper shall be responsible to any person relying on such entries in good faith for any loss or damage which the person sustains through any failure to make the entries required by this section.

(4) Whoever, with intent to defraud, issues a warehouse receipt without entering the same in a register as required by this section is guilty of a Class H felony.

History: 1983 a. 500 s. 43 ; 1993 a. 482 ; 1997 a. 283 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.56 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.56
Child welfare services in counties having populations of less than 750,000.
Status: in_force

(1) Each county having a population of less than 750,000 shall provide child welfare services through its county department.

(2) Each county department shall employ personnel who devote all or part of their time to child welfare services. Whenever possible, these personnel shall be social workers, as defined in s. 457.01 (10) .

(3) This section shall not apply to those counties which had child welfare services administered by the staff of the juvenile court prior to January 1, 1955.

History: 1975 c. 307 ; 1977 c. 271 ; 1985 a. 176 ; 1991 a. 160 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2023 a. 55 ; 2025 a. 232 .
Wis. Stat. § 30.99 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.99
Parties to a violation.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever is concerned in the commission of a violation of this chapter for which a forfeiture is imposed is a principal and may be charged with and convicted of the violation although he or she did not directly commit it and although the person who directly committed it has not been convicted of the violation.

(2) A person is concerned in the commission of the violation if the person:

(a) Directly commits the violation;

(b) Aids and abets the commission of it; or

(c) Is a party to a conspiracy with another to commit it or advises, hires or counsels or otherwise procures another to commit it.

History: 1975 c. 365 .
Wis. Stat. § 895.57 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.57
Damages and immunity; unauthorized release of animals.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(ag) “Animal” means all vertebrate and invertebrate species, including mammals, birds, fish and shellfish but excluding humans.

(am) “Humane officer” means an officer appointed under s. 173.03 .

(b) “Local health officer” has the meaning given in s. 250.01 (5) .

(c) “Peace officer” has the meaning given in s. 939.22 (22) .

(2) A person who intentionally releases an animal that is lawfully confined for scientific, farming, companionship or protection of persons or property, recreation, restocking, research, exhibition, commercial or educational purposes, acting without the consent of the owner or custodian of the animal, is liable to the owner or custodian of the animal for damages, punitive damages, attorney fees and interest on the amount of the damages incurred at the rate of 12 percent per year from the date of the intentional release. The damages awarded shall include the costs of restoring the animal to confinement.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to any humane officer, local health officer, peace officer, employee of the department of natural resources while on any land licensed under s. 169.15 , 169.18 , or 169.19 , subject to certification under s. 90.21 , or designated as a wildlife refuge under s. 29.621 (1) or employee of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection if the officer’s or employee’s acts are in good faith and in an apparently authorized and reasonable fulfillment of his or her duties.

(4)

(a) In this subsection, “security device” includes any of the following:

1. Any fence enumerated under s. 90.02 .

2. A theft alarm signal device, a burglar alarm or any other security alarm system or device.

3. A dog.

(b) Subject to par. (d) , an owner or custodian of a confined animal is immune from civil liability for any damages to a person who suffers the damages while violating or attempting to violate s. 943.75 (2) or (2m) .

(c) An owner or custodian of an animal that is released in violation of s. 943.75 (2) or (2m) is immune from liability for any damages caused by that released animal.

(d) The immunity provided to an owner or custodian of a confined animal under par. (b) does not apply if the injury was caused by a security device that is intended or likely to cause death or great bodily harm, as defined in s. 939.22 (14) .

History: 1991 a. 20 , 269 ; 1993 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 79 ; 1997 a. 27 , 192 , 248 ; 1999 a. 45 ; 2001 a. 56 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.65 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.65
General standards for employment of minors.
Status: in_force

(1) A minor shall not be employed or permitted to work at any employment or in any place of employment dangerous or prejudicial to the life, health, safety, or welfare of the minor or where the employment of the minor may be dangerous or prejudicial to the life, health, safety or welfare of other employees or frequenters.

(2) No minor under 16 years of age may be employed or permitted to work at any employment for such hours of the day or week, for such days of the week, or at such periods of the day as may be dangerous or prejudicial to the life, health, safety, or welfare of the minor.

History: 1971 c. 271 ; 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 46.548 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.548
Regional tertiary care center.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “eligible hospital” means a hospital that meets all of the following criteria:

(a) The hospital is located in Waukesha County.

(b) The hospital is certified under s. 50.35 .

(c) The hospital has 300 or more licensed acute care beds.

(d) The hospital is privately owned and operated as a nonprofit.

(e) The hospital is a regional tertiary care center.

(f) The hospital provides specialized services in at least 3 of the following areas:

1. Cardiology.

2. Oncology.

3. Orthopedic surgery.

4. Obstetrics with neonatal intensive care.

5. Behavioral health.

(2) State supplemental payment. Beginning in fiscal year 2025-26 and annually thereafter, the department shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (be) , make a payment in the amount appropriated under s. 20.435 (1) (be) for the fiscal year in which the payment is made to each eligible hospital under this section.

(3) Use of funds. A hospital receiving a payment under this section may use the funds for any of the following expenses:

(a) Staffing and equipment for specialty services with high regional demand.

(b) Capital upgrades that expand access to intensive or specialty care.

(c) Support for complex patient discharge planning and community care coordination.

(d) Programs that improve outcomes for patients with dementia, chronic disease, or behavioral health conditions.

(4) Reporting requirements. Each hospital receiving a payment under this section shall submit an annual report to the department that includes a summary of how funds were used.

History: 2025 a. 15 .
Wis. Stat. § 45.55 — WI Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45.55
Notes and mortgages of minor veterans.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any other law to the contrary, any minor who served in the active U.S. armed forces at any time after August 27, 1940, and the husband or wife of such a minor may execute, in his or her own right, notes or mortgages, as defined in s. 851.15 , the payment of which is guaranteed or insured by the U.S. department of veterans affairs or the federal housing administrator under the servicemen’s readjustment act of 1944, the national housing act, or any acts supplementing or amending these acts. In connection with these transactions, the minors may sell, release or convey the mortgaged property and litigate or settle controversies arising therefrom, including the execution of releases, deeds, and other necessary papers or instruments. The notes, mortgages, releases, deeds and other necessary papers or instruments when so executed are not subject to avoidance by the minor or the husband or wife of the minor upon either or both of them attaining the age of 18 because of the minority of either or both of them at the time of the execution thereof.

History: 1971 c. 41 s. 8 ; 1971 c. 228 s. 36 ; Stats. 1971 s. 880.32; 1989 a. 56 ; 1997 a. 188 ; 2005 a. 387 s. 457 ; Stats. 2005 s. 45.55; 2025 a. 138 .
Wis. Stat. § 973.18 — WI Code / Chapter 973 / Section 973.18
Notice of rights to appeal and representation.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “postconviction relief” and “sentencing” have the meanings ascribed in s. 809.30 (1) .

(2) The trial judge shall personally inform the defendant at the time of sentencing of the right to seek postconviction relief and, if indigent, the right to the assistance of the state public defender.

(3) Before adjourning the sentencing proceeding, the judge shall direct the defendant and defendant’s trial counsel to sign a form to be entered in the record, indicating that the lawyer has counseled the defendant regarding the decision to seek postconviction relief, and that the defendant understands that a notice of intent to pursue postconviction relief must be filed in the trial court within 20 days after sentencing for that right to be preserved.

(4) The judge shall direct the defendant’s counsel to confer with the defendant before signing the form, during the proceeding or as soon thereafter as practicable, and may make appropriate orders to allow the defendant to confer with counsel before being transferred to the state prison. The defendant shall be given a copy of the form.

(5) If the defendant desires to pursue postconviction relief, the defendant’s trial counsel shall file the notice required by s. 809.30 (2) (b) .

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 123 Wis. 2d xi (1985).
Wis. Stat. § 66.0107 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0107
Power of municipalities to prohibit criminal conduct.
Status: in_force

(1) The board or council of any town, village or city may:

(a) Prohibit all forms of gambling and fraudulent devices and practices.

(b) Seize anything devised solely for gambling or found in actual use for gambling and destroy the device after a judicial determination that it was used solely for gambling or found in actual use for gambling.

(bm) Enact and enforce an ordinance to prohibit the possession of marijuana, as defined in s. 961.01 (14) , subject to the exceptions in s. 961.41 (3g) (intro.) , and provide a forfeiture for a violation of the ordinance; except that if a complaint is issued regarding an allegation of possession of more than 25 grams of marijuana, or possession of any amount of marijuana following a conviction in this state for possession of marijuana, the subject of the complaint may not be prosecuted under this paragraph for the same action that is the subject of the complaint unless the charges are dismissed or the district attorney declines to prosecute the case.

(bn) Enact and enforce an ordinance to prohibit the possession of a controlled substance specified in s. 961.14 (4) (tb) and provide a forfeiture for a violation of the ordinance, except that if a complaint is issued regarding an allegation of possession of a controlled substance specified in s. 961.14 (4) (tb) following a conviction in this state for possession of a controlled substance, the subject of the complaint may not be prosecuted under this paragraph for the same action that is the subject of the complaint unless the charges are dismissed or the district attorney declines to prosecute the case.

(bp) Enact and enforce an ordinance to prohibit conduct that is the same as that prohibited by s. 961.573 (1) or (2) , 961.574 (1) or (2) , or 961.575 (1) or (2) and provide a forfeiture for violation of the ordinance.

(2) Except as provided in sub. (3) , nothing in this section may be construed to preclude cities, villages and towns from prohibiting conduct which is the same as or similar to that prohibited by chs. 941 to 948 .

(3) The board or council of a city, village or town may not, by ordinance, prohibit conduct which is the same as or similar to conduct prohibited by s. 944.21 .

History: 1973 c. 198 ; 1979 c. 131 s. 4 ; 1987 a. 332 s. 64 ; 1987 a. 416 ; 1989 a. 121 , 276 ; 1993 a. 246 ; 1995 a. 353 , 448 ; 1999 a. 150 ss. 151 , 153 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0107; 2005 a. 116 , ss. 2 to 4 ; 2011 a. 31 ; 2013 a. 293 , 351 ; 2015 a. 195 .
Wis. Stat. § 351.03 — WI Code / Chapter 351 / Section 351.03
Secretary to certify copy of conviction record.
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of the copy of the petition under s. 351.027 , the secretary shall certify the record of conviction of any person whose record brings him or her within the definition of a habitual traffic offender or repeat habitual traffic offender to the court and to the district attorney of the county in which the person resides or to the attorney general if the person is not a resident of this state. The certified record shall be prima facie evidence that the person named therein was duly convicted by the court wherein the conviction or finding was made, of each offense shown by the record. If the person denies any of the facts as stated in the record, he or she shall have the burden of proving that the fact is false.

History: 1979 c. 333 ; 1983 a. 525 ; 1985 a. 71 .
Wis. Stat. § 121.41 — WI Code / Chapter 121 / Section 121.41
Driver education programs.
Status: in_force

A school board or the technical college system board may establish and collect reasonable fees for any driver education program or part of a program which is neither required for nor credited toward graduation. The school board or the technical college system board may waive any fee established under this subsection for any indigent pupil.

History: 1971 c. 125 s. 522 (1) ; 1971 c. 154 , 211 ; 1973 c. 89 , 90 , 309 , 336 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1096 ; Stats. 1977 s. 121.41; 1983 a. 22 ; 1983 a. 27 s. 2202 (42) ; 1985 a. 29 , 218 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1993 a. 399 , 455 , 491 ; 1997 a. 27 , 164 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2003 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 704.02 — WI Code / Chapter 704 / Section 704.02
Severability of rental agreement provisions.
Status: in_force

The provisions of a rental agreement are severable. If any provision of a rental agreement is rendered void or unenforceable by reason of any statute, rule, regulation, or judicial order, the invalidity or unenforceability of that provision does not affect other provisions of the rental agreement that can be given effect without the invalid provision.

History: 2011 a. 143 .