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Wis. Stat. § 767.56 — WI Code / Chapter 767 / Section 767.56
Maintenance.
Status: in_force

(1c) Factors to consider for granting. Upon a judgment of annulment, divorce, or legal separation, or in rendering a judgment in an action under s. 767.001 (1) (g) or (j) , the court may grant an order requiring maintenance payments to either party for a limited or indefinite length of time, subject to sub. (2c) , after considering all of the following:

(a) The length of the marriage.

(b) The age and physical and emotional health of the parties.

(c) The division of property made under s. 767.61 .

(d) The educational level of each party at the time of marriage and at the time the action is commenced.

(e) The earning capacity of the party seeking maintenance, including educational background, training, employment skills, work experience, length of absence from the job market, custodial responsibilities for children and the time and expense necessary to acquire sufficient education or training to enable the party to find appropriate employment.

(f) The feasibility that the party seeking maintenance can become self-supporting at a standard of living reasonably comparable to that enjoyed during the marriage, and, if so, the length of time necessary to achieve this goal.

(g) The tax consequences to each party.

(h) Any mutual agreement made by the parties before or during the marriage, according to the terms of which one party has made financial or service contributions to the other with the expectation of reciprocation or other compensation in the future, if the repayment has not been made, or any mutual agreement made by the parties before or during the marriage concerning any arrangement for the financial support of the parties.

(i) The contribution by one party to the education, training or increased earning power of the other.

(j) Such other factors as the court may in each individual case determine to be relevant.

(2c) Terminates at death of payee or payer. Unless already terminated for another reason, maintenance granted under this section terminates upon the death of the payee or the payer, whichever occurs first.

History: 1971 c. 220 ; 1973 c. 12 s. 37 ; 1977 c. 105 ; 1979 c. 32 ss. 50 , 92 (4) ; 1979 c. 196 ; Stats. 1979 s. 767.26; 2005 a. 443 s. 110 ; Stats. 2005 s. 767.56; 2013 a. 209 .
Wis. Stat. § 709.001 — WI Code / Chapter 709 / Section 709.001
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) “Condominium unit” or “unit” has the meaning given for “unit” in s. 703.02 (15) .

(2) “Dwelling unit” has the meaning given in s. 101.61 (1) .

(3) “Public agency” has the meaning given in s. 66.0825 (3) (h) .

(4) “Qualified 3rd party” has the meaning given in s. 452.23 (2) (b) .

(5) “Real property” means either of the following:

(a) Real property that includes 1 to 4 dwelling units, but excluding property that has not been inhabited.

(b) Real property that does not include any buildings.

(6) “Time-share property” has the meaning given in s. 707.02 (32) .

History: 2011 a. 107 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.205 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.205
Use or disposition of collateral permissible.
Status: in_force

(1) When security interest not invalid or fraudulent. A security interest is not invalid or fraudulent against creditors solely because:

(a) The debtor has the right or ability to:

1. Use, commingle, or dispose of all or part of the collateral, including returned or repossessed goods;

2. Collect, compromise, enforce, or otherwise deal with collateral;

3. Accept the return of collateral or make repossessions; or

4. Use, commingle, or dispose of proceeds; or

(b) The secured party fails to require the debtor to account for proceeds or replace collateral.

(2) Requirements of possession not relaxed. This section does not relax the requirements of possession if attachment, perfection, or enforcement of a security interest depends upon possession of the collateral by the secured party.

History: 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 459.04 — WI Code / Chapter 459 / Section 459.04
Seller’s guarantee.
Status: in_force

The seller of a hearing aid shall give to the purchaser a personal guarantee that is at least identical in its terms to the guarantee of the manufacturer of the hearing aid.
Wis. Stat. § 35.26 — WI Code / Chapter 35 / Section 35.26
Official reports.
Status: in_force

(1) Every report submitted under s. 15.04 (1) (d) shall set forth all receipts and disbursements in full and in detail. At the same time at which a report is submitted under s. 15.04 (1) (d) , it shall be presented by its author to the department as printer’s copy. No report shall contain any advertising matter nor any copying of the session laws or statutes of this state, except minor extracts explanatory of and incorporated in the text.

(2) Before filing any report its author shall carefully edit the same and strike therefrom all journals and minutes of proceedings and all correspondence, petitions, orders and other documents or writings whose substance can be briefly stated, consolidate, so far as practicable, statistical tables and strike out all matter which is not important information concerning public affairs.

(3) Sufficient copies of official reports shall be supplied by the publishing state agencies to the department for distribution in accordance with s. 35.84 .

(4) The costs of reports authorized by ss. 35.26 to 35.28 shall be charged to the requisitioning agency.

History: 1971 c. 42 ; 1977 c. 196 s. 131 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1983 a. 36 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.59 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.59
Examination and records.
Status: in_force

(1) The county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or an agency under contract with the department shall investigate the personal and family history and environment of any child transferred to its legal custody or placed under its supervision under s. 48.345 and of every expectant mother of an unborn child placed under its supervision under s. 48.347 and make any physical or mental examinations of the child or expectant mother considered necessary to determine the type of care necessary for the child or expectant mother. The county department, department or agency shall screen a child or expectant mother who is examined under this subsection to determine whether the child or expectant mother is in need of special treatment or care because of alcohol or other drug abuse, mental illness or severe emotional disturbance. The county department, department or agency shall keep a complete record of the information received from the court, the date of reception, all available data on the personal and family history of the child or expectant mother, the results of all tests and examinations given the child or expectant mother and a complete history of all placements of the child while in the legal custody or under the supervision of the county department, department or agency or of the expectant mother while under the supervision of the county department, department or agency.

(2) At the department’s request, the county department shall report to the department regarding children who are in the legal custody or under the supervision of the county department and expectant mothers of unborn children who are under the supervision of the county department.

History: 1977 c. 449 ; 1985 a. 176 ; 1993 a. 385 , 446 , 491 ; 1995 a. 77 ; 1997 a. 27 , 292 ; 2015 a. 172 .
Wis. Stat. § 655.26 — WI Code / Chapter 655 / Section 655.26
Reports on claims paid.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to any information required by the commissioner under s. 601.42 , by the 15th day of each month, each insurer that writes health care liability insurance in this state and each self-insurer approved under s. 655.23 (3) (a) shall report the following information to the medical examining board and the board of governors on each claim paid during the previous month for damages arising out of the rendering of health care services:

(a) The name and address of the policyholder or self-insured entity and the name and address of any individual on whose behalf the claim was paid.

(b) The profession of the individual or the type of facility or entity on whose behalf the claim was paid.

(c) The health care provider’s medical specialty, if the provider is a physician.

(d) A description of the injury, including its cause and severity.

(e) Whether the claim was paid as a result of a settlement, a patients compensation panel award or a court award.

(f) The amount of the payment.

(g) The number and amounts of any previous claims paid by the insurer or self-insurer for damages arising out of the rendering of health care services by the insured, the self-insurer or the employees of the insured or self-insurer. Only claims paid on or after July 20, 1985, are required to be reported under this paragraph.

(h) Any additional information requested by the medical examining board or the board of governors.

(2) By the 15th day of each month, the board of governors shall report the information specified in sub. (1) to the medical examining board for each claim paid by the fund or from the appropriation under s. 20.145 (2) (a) during the previous month for damages arising out of the rendering of health care services by a health care provider or an employee of a health care provider.

(3) If more than one payment will be made on a claim, the first report filed under sub. (1) or (2) after the first payment is made on the claim shall include the total amount of the award or settlement and the projected schedule and amounts of payments.

(4) Any person who in good faith provides information to the medical examining board or the board of governors under this section is immune from civil liability for his or her acts or omissions in providing such information.

History: 1985 a. 29 , 340 ; 1989 a. 187 ; 1991 a. 214 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.305 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.305
Annual and special meetings.
Status: in_force

The date of the annual meeting of members or stockholders shall be specified in the bylaws. Failure to hold an annual meeting may not cause a dissolution of the savings bank. Special meetings may be called by the board of directors, by stockholders of not less than 20 percent of the outstanding stock, by members constituting not less than 20 percent of the eligible votes or by any other person designated in the bylaws. The division may call a special meeting with not less than 7 days’ written or oral notice. An annual or special meeting shall be held at the home office of the savings bank or at another place within a county in which the savings bank maintains an office if specifically designated in the notice of the meeting.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 , 103 .
Wis. Stat. § 347.42 — WI Code / Chapter 347 / Section 347.42
Windshield wipers.
Status: in_force

No person may operate on a highway any motor vehicle equipped with a windshield, except a moped or motorcycle, unless the motor vehicle also is equipped with a device for cleaning rain, snow or other moisture from the windshield. The device shall be so constructed as to be controlled or operated by the operator of the vehicle and shall at all times be maintained in good working order.

History: 1979 c. 163 ; 1983 a. 243 ; 1985 a. 65 ; 2019 a. 50 .
Wis. Stat. § 128.05 — WI Code / Chapter 128 / Section 128.05
Assignee’s consent, recording copy of assignment.
Status: in_force

(1) The assignee shall endorse in writing the assignee’s acceptance of the assignment, and shall file the assignment with the clerk of circuit court in the county where the debtor has his or her residence or principal place of business. The court shall, upon the filing of the assignment, order the assignee to administer the debtor’s estate pursuant to this chapter, and the assignee shall be vested with the powers of a receiver.

(2) A certified copy of an assignment filed under sub. (1) may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of any county wherein lands are conveyed by the assignment in the same manner and with the same effect as other conveyances.

History: 1993 a. 492 ; 1997 a. 253 .
Wis. Stat. § 135.07 — WI Code / Chapter 135 / Section 135.07
Nonapplicability.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply:

(1) To a dealership to which a motor vehicle dealer or motor vehicle distributor or wholesaler as defined in s. 218.0101 is a party in such capacity.

(2) To the insurance business.

(3) Where goods or services are marketed by a dealership on a door to door basis.

History: 1973 c. 179 ; 1975 c. 371 ; 1999 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 215.24 — WI Code / Chapter 215 / Section 215.24
Minimum net worth.
Status: in_force

An association shall maintain net worth at an amount not less than the minimum amount established by the division. If an association fails to maintain the minimum net worth required under this section, the division may take appropriate action, including but not limited to ordering the association to take corrective action or to restrict payment of dividends.

History: 1973 c. 205 ; 1975 c. 359 ; 1983 a. 167 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 348.18 — WI Code / Chapter 348 / Section 348.18
Weight limitations apply to publicly-owned vehicles; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sections 348.15 to 348.17 and the penalties for violations thereof also apply to vehicles owned by the state, a county or municipality, except when such vehicles are being used for the removal, treatment or sanding of snow or ice or when such vehicles are authorized emergency vehicles.
Wis. Stat. § 948.30 — WI Code / Chapter 948 / Section 948.30
Abduction of another’s child; constructive custody.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who, for any unlawful purpose, does any of the following is guilty of a Class E felony:

(a) Takes a child who is not his or her own by birth or adoption from the child’s home or the custody of his or her parent, guardian or legal custodian.

(b) Detains a child who is not his or her own by birth or adoption when the child is away from home or the custody of his or her parent, guardian or legal custodian.

(2) Any person who, for any unlawful purpose, does any of the following is guilty of a Class C felony:

(a) By force or threat of imminent force, takes a child who is not his or her own by birth or adoption from the child’s home or the custody of his or her parent, guardian or legal custodian.

(b) By force or threat of imminent force, detains a child who is not his or her own by birth or adoption when the child is away from home or the custody of his or her parent, guardian or legal custodian.

(3) For purposes of subs. (1) (a) and (2) (a) , a child is in the custody of his or her parent, guardian or legal custodian if:

(a) The child is in the actual physical custody of the parent, guardian or legal custodian; or

(b) The child is not in the actual physical custody of his or her parent, guardian or legal custodian, but the parent, guardian or legal custodian continues to have control of the child.

History: 1987 a. 332 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 183.0603 — WI Code / Chapter 183 / Section 183.0603
Effect of dissociation.
Status: in_force

(1) If a person is dissociated as a member, all of the following apply:

(a) The person’s right to participate as a member in the management and conduct of the limited liability company’s activities and affairs terminates.

(b) The person’s duties and obligations under s. 183.0409 as a member end with regard to matters arising and events occurring after the person’s dissociation.

(c) Subject to s. 183.0504 and subch. X , any transferable interest owned by the person in the person’s capacity as a member immediately before dissociation is owned by the person solely as a transferee.

(2) A person’s dissociation as a member of a limited liability company does not of itself discharge the person from any debt, obligation, or other liability to the limited liability company or the other members which the person incurred while a member.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 254.154 — WI Code / Chapter 254 / Section 254.154
Local authority.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not prohibit any city, village, town or other political subdivision from enacting and enforcing ordinances establishing a system of lead poisoning or lead exposure control that provides the same or higher standards than those set forth in this subchapter. Nothing in this subchapter may be interpreted or applied in any manner to impair the right of any person, entity, municipality or other political subdivision to sue for damages or equitable relief. Nothing in this subchapter may be interpreted or applied in any manner to impair the right of a municipality or other political subdivision to impose a penalty for or restrain the violation of an ordinance specified in this section.

History: 1979 c. 221 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1993 a. 27 s. 436 ; Stats. 1993 s. 254.16; 1993 a. 450 s. 48 ; Stats. 1993 s. 254.154; 1999 a. 113 .
Wis. Stat. § 41.51 — WI Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41.51
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, unless the context requires otherwise, “board” means the arts board.

History: 1973 c. 90 ; 1979 c. 221 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 2011 a. 32 s. 1183 ; Stats. 2011 s. 41.51.
Wis. Stat. § 898.25 — WI Code / Chapter 898 / Section 898.25
Defense by sureties.
Status: in_force

If it shall appear, on the hearing of such motion, that the defendants have any meritorious cause of defense, which was not controverted in the action against the sheriff and which by law could not have been so controverted, the court shall enter judgment as provided in s. 898.24 and suspend proceedings thereon until a trial in such action be had; but such judgment shall remain as a security for the sheriff. If such defense be established the court shall vacate such judgment and render judgment as in other cases.
Wis. Stat. § 706.03 — WI Code / Chapter 706 / Section 706.03
Agents, officers and guardians.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Private corporation” means a corporation other than a public corporation.

(b) “Public corporation” means this state, a county, town, city or village in this state, a subunit of the state, county, town, city or village, a special purpose district in this state or any state or municipal authority or similar organization financed in whole or in part by public funds.

(1m) A conveyance signed by one purporting to act as agent for another shall be ineffective as against the purported principal unless such agent was expressly authorized, and unless the authorizing principal is identified as such in the conveyance or in the form of signature or acknowledgment. The burden of proving the authority of any such agent shall be upon the person asserting the same.

(2) Unless a different authorization is recorded under sub. (3) or is contained in the corporation’s articles of incorporation, any one officer of a private corporation is authorized to sign conveyances in the corporate name. The absence of a corporate seal shall not invalidate any corporate conveyance. Public corporations shall authorize and execute conveyances as provided by law.

(3) Any private corporation may, by resolution of its governing board, duly adopted, certified and recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which a conveyance executed by such corporation is to be recorded, authorize by name or title one or more persons, whether or not officers of such corporation, to execute conveyances, either generally or with specified limitation, in the name and on behalf of such corporation. After adoption and recording of such resolution and until recording of a resolution amending or revoking the same, conveyances may be executed on behalf of such corporation only in accordance with the terms thereof.

(3m) A nonprofit association, as defined in s. 184.01 (2) , may authorize a person to execute conveyances of estates or interests in real property by executing and filing a statement of authority under s. 184.05 .

(4) A conveyance by a minor or an individual adjudicated incompetent in this state is effective only if executed by an authorized guardian on behalf of the minor or individual adjudicated incompetent. This restriction does not apply if the individual’s adjudication of incompetency permits him or her to contract.

History: 1971 c. 228 ; 1975 c. 393 ; 1977 c. 428 ; 1989 a. 303 ; 1991 a. 16 , 173 ; 1997 a. 140 ; 2005 a. 387 .
Wis. Stat. § 887.015 — WI Code / Chapter 887 / Section 887.015
Uniform unsworn declarations act.
Status: in_force

(1) Short title. This section may be cited as the Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act.

(2) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Boundaries of the United States” means the geographic boundaries of the United States, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

(b) “Law” includes a statute, a judicial decision or order, a rule of court, an executive order, or an administrative rule, regulation, or order.

(c) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

(d) “Sign” means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, either of the following:

1. To execute or adopt a tangible symbol.

2. To attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process.

(f) “Sworn declaration” means a declaration in a signed record given under oath. “Sworn declaration” includes a sworn statement, verification, certificate, or affidavit.

(g) “Unsworn declaration” means a declaration in a signed record that is not given under oath, but is given under penalty of false swearing.

(3) Applicability. This section applies to an unsworn declaration by a declarant who at the time of making the declaration is physically located within or outside the boundaries of the United States, whether or not the location is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

(4) Validity of unsworn declarations.

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , and notwithstanding s. 906.03 , if a law of this state requires or permits use of a sworn declaration, an unsworn declaration meeting the requirements of this section has the same effect as a sworn declaration.

(b) This section does not apply to any of the following:

1. A deposition.

2. An oath of office.

3. An oath required to be given before a specified official other than a notary public.

4. A declaration to be recorded pursuant to s. 706.06 or 706.25 or ch. 140 .

5. An oath required under s. 853.04 .

(5) Required medium. If a law of this state requires that a sworn declaration be presented in a particular medium, an unsworn declaration must be presented in that medium.

(6) Form of unsworn declaration. An unsworn declaration under this section shall be in substantially the following form:

(7) Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among the states that enact it.

(8) Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , this section modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 USC 7001 , et seq.

(b) This section does not modify, limit, or supersede 15 USC 7001 (c) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in 15 USC 7003 (b).

History: 2009 a. 166 ; 2019 a. 125 ; 2023 a. 245 .