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Wis. Stat. § 948.055 — WI Code / Chapter 948 / Section 948.055
Causing a child to view or listen to sexual activity.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever intentionally causes a child who has not attained 18 years of age, or an individual who the actor believes or has reason to believe has not attained 18 years of age, to view or listen to sexually explicit conduct may be penalized as provided in sub. (2) if the viewing or listening is for the purpose of sexually arousing or gratifying the actor or humiliating or degrading the child or individual.

(2) Whoever violates sub. (1) is guilty of:

(a) A Class F felony if any of the following applies:

1. The child has not attained the age of 13 years.

2. The actor believes or has reason to believe that the child has not attained the age of 13 years.

(b) A Class H felony if any of the following applies:

1. The child has attained the age of 13 years but has not attained the age of 18 years.

2. The actor believes or has reason to believe that the child has attained the age of 13 years but has not attained the age of 18 years.

History: 1987 a. 334 ; 1989 a. 359 ; 1993 a. 218 ss. 6 , 7 ; Stats. 1993 s. 948.055; 1995 a. 67 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2011 a. 284 .
Wis. Stat. § 70.58 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.58
Forestation state tax.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3) , there is levied an annual tax of two-tenths of one mill for each dollar of the assessed valuation of the property of the state as determined by the department of revenue under s. 70.57 , for the purpose of acquiring, preserving and developing the forests of the state and for the purpose of forest crop law and county forest law administration and aid payments, for grants to forestry cooperatives under s. 36.56 , and for the acquisition, purchase and development of forests described under s. 25.29 (7) (a) and (b) , the proceeds of the tax to be paid into the conservation fund. The tax shall not be levied in any year in which general funds are appropriated for the purposes specified in this section, equal to or in excess of the amount which the tax would produce and no tax shall be levied under this section beginning with the property tax assessments as of January 1, 2017.

(2) In each of 3 years beginning with the property tax assessments as of January 1, 2005, the department of revenue shall adjust the rate of the tax imposed under this section so that the percentage increase from the previous year in the total amount levied under this section does not exceed 2.6 percent. The rate determined by the department of revenue for the property tax assessment as of January 1, 2007, shall be the rate of the tax imposed under this section for all subsequent years, ending with the property tax assessments as of January 1, 2017.

(3) In fiscal year 2017-18, and in each fiscal year thereafter, an amount equal to 0.1697 mills for each dollar of the assessed valuation of the property of the state as determined by the department of revenue under s. 70.57 shall be transferred from the general fund to the conservation fund for the purposes described under sub. (1) .

History: 1975 c. 39 s. 734 ; 1977 c. 29 , 418 ; 1979 c. 34 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 359 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2005 a. 25 ; 2017 a. 59 .
Wis. Stat. § 38.02 — WI Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38.02
Establishment.
Status: in_force

There is established under this chapter a system of technical colleges to foster and maintain instruction in courses approved by the board in part-time and full-time day or evening classes.

History: 1971 c. 154 ; 1989 a. 359 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 399 .
Wis. Stat. § 349.132 — WI Code / Chapter 349 / Section 349.132
Authority to require vehicle registration.
Status: in_force

The governing body of any town, city, village, or county may enact an ordinance requiring that no vehicle that has been impounded or towed may be released unless the motor vehicle is registered under ch. 341 or exempt from registration under s. 341.05 .

History: 2015 a. 60 .
Wis. Stat. § 84.10425 — WI Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.10425
Eisenhower Bridge of Valor.
Status: in_force

The department shall designate and mark the bridge on USH 63 across the Mississippi River in Pierce County as the “Eisenhower Bridge of Valor.”

History: 2023 a. 268 .
Wis. Stat. § 708.02 — WI Code / Chapter 708 / Section 708.02
§ 708.02. Foreclosure; effect in lease.
Status: in_force

If property subject to lien created by mortgage or land contract is leased after the lien has attached, the lease is subject to termination at the time the interest of the lienor is terminated.
Wis. Stat. § 347.03 — WI Code / Chapter 347 / Section 347.03
Sale of prohibited equipment unlawful.
Status: in_force

No person shall sell for highway use any device, appliance, accessory or replacement part the use of which on a motor vehicle is unlawful.
Wis. Stat. § 455.11 — WI Code / Chapter 455 / Section 455.11
Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates this subchapter may be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned not exceeding 6 months or both.

History: 2021 a. 131 .
Wis. Stat. § 806.12 — WI Code / Chapter 806 / Section 806.12
Transcript of municipal judge’s judgment.
Status: in_force

(1) The clerk of circuit court shall, upon the production of a duly certified transcript of a judgment for more than $10, exclusive of costs, rendered by any municipal judge in the county, enter the judgment in the judgment and lien docket of the court in the manner prescribed in s. 806.10 . When the transcript shows that execution was stayed in the municipal court, with the name of the surety thereof, the clerk of circuit court shall enter the judgment against the surety as well as the judgment debtor, and the surety shall be bound thereby as a judgment debtor and the surety’s property shall be subject to lien and be liable on the lien to the same extent as the surety’s principal.

(2) Every judgment entered in the judgment and lien docket under sub. (1) , from the time of the filing of the transcript of the judgment, shall be considered the judgment of the circuit court. The judgment shall be equally under the control of the circuit court and municipal court. The judgment shall be carried into execution, both as to the principal judgment debtor and the debtor’s surety, if any, in the same manner and with like effect as judgments of the circuit court, except that no action can be brought upon the judgment as a judgment of the circuit court nor execution issued on that judgment after the expiration of the period of the lien of the judgment on real estate provided by s. 806.15 .

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 731 (1975); 1975 c. 218 ; 1977 c. 305 s. 64 ; 1995 a. 224 .
Wis. Stat. § 757.81 — WI Code / Chapter 757 / Section 757.81
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In ss. 757.81 to 757.99 :

(1) “Commission” means the judicial commission created by s. 757.83 .

(3) “Judge” means a judge of any court established by or pursuant to article VII, section 2 or 14 , of the constitution, or a supreme court justice.

(4) “Misconduct” includes any of the following:

(a) Willful violation of a rule of the code of judicial ethics.

(b) Willful or persistent failure to perform official duties.

(c) Habitual intemperance, due to consumption of intoxicating beverages or use of dangerous drugs, which interferes with the proper performance of judicial duties.

(d) Conviction of a felony.

(5) “Panel” means a judicial conduct and disability panel constituted under s. 757.87 .

(6) “Permanent disability” means a physical or mental incapacity which impairs the ability of a judge or circuit or supplemental court commissioner to substantially perform the duties of his or her judicial office and which is or is likely to be of a permanent or continuing nature.

History: 1977 c. 449 ; 1983 a. 378 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1995 a. 77 ; 2001 a. 61 .
Wis. Stat. § 101.9216 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.9216
Release of security interest.
Status: in_force

(1) Within one month, or within 10 days following written demand by the debtor, after there is no outstanding obligation and no commitment to make advances, incur obligations or otherwise give value, secured by the security interest in a manufactured home under any security agreement between the owner and the secured party, the secured party shall execute and deliver to the owner, as the department prescribes, a release of the security interest in the form and manner prescribed by the department and a notice to the owner stating in no less than 10-point boldface type the owner’s obligation under sub. (2) . If the secured party fails to execute and deliver the release and notice of the owner’s obligation as required by this subsection, the secured party is liable to the owner for $25 and for any loss caused to the owner by the failure.

(2) The owner, other than a manufactured home dealer holding the manufactured home for resale, upon receipt of the release and notice of obligation shall promptly cause the certificate and release to be mailed or delivered to the department, which shall release the secured party’s rights on the certificate and issue a new certificate.

(3) The department may remove information pertaining to a security interest perfected under s. 101.9213 from its records when 20 years after the original perfection has elapsed unless the security interest is renewed in the same manner as provided in s. 101.9213 (2) for perfection of a security interest.

(4) Removal of information pertaining to a security interest from the records of the department under sub. (3) does not affect any security agreement between the owner of a manufactured home and the holder of security interest in the manufactured home.

History: 1999 a. 9 , 53 , 185 .
Wis. Stat. § 218.0137 — WI Code / Chapter 218 / Section 218.0137
Arbitration of disputes between licensees.
Status: in_force

A manufacturer, importer or distributor and a dealer may agree to submit a dispute arising under a franchise agreement or under ss. 218.0101 to 218.0163 to binding arbitration. Unless agreed otherwise in an agreement that complies with ss. 218.0114 (9) (b) and 218.0116 (1) (qm) 4. , any arbitration proceeding shall be voluntary, initiated by serving a written demand for arbitration on the other party, and shall be conducted under the provisions of the state of Wisconsin arbitration plan administered by representatives of the licensees.

History: 1999 a. 31 s. 279 .
Wis. Stat. § 50.037 — WI Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50.037
Community-based residential facility licensing fees.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “total monthly charges” means the total amount paid per month, including the basic monthly rate plus any additional fees, for care, treatment and services provided to a resident of a community-based residential facility by a community-based residential facility.

(2) Fees.

(a)

1. Except as provided in subd. 2. , the biennial fee for a community-based residential facility is $389, plus a biennial fee of $50.25 per resident, based on the number of residents that the facility is licensed to serve.

2. The department may, by rule, increase the amount of the fee under subd. 1.

(b) Fees specified under par. (a) shall be paid to the department by the community-based residential facility before the department may issue a license under s. 50.03 (4) (a) 1. b. A licensed community-based residential facility shall pay the fee under par. (a) by the date established by the department. A newly licensed community-based residential facility shall pay the fee under this subsection no later than 30 days before the opening of the facility.

(c) A community-based residential facility that fails to submit the biennial fee prior to the date established by the department, or a new community-based residential facility subject to this section that fails to submit the biennial fee by 30 days prior to the opening of the new community-based residential facility, shall pay an additional fee of $10 per day for every day after the deadline that the facility does not pay the fee.

(3) Exemption. Community-based residential facilities where the total monthly charges for each resident do not exceed the monthly state supplemental payment rate under s. 49.77 (3s) that is in effect at the time the fee under sub. (2) is assessed are exempt from this section.

History: 1973 c. 90 , 243 , 333 ; 1975 c. 413 s. 18 ; 1975 c. 430 ss. 73 , 80 ; 1977 c. 26 , 418 ; 1979 c. 221 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1987 a. 161 s. 13m ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1993 a. 27 ss. 253 to 256 ; Stats. 1993 s. 50.037; 1993 a. 183 , 375 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 818.28 — WI Code / Chapter 818 / Section 818.28
Vacation of order of arrest, etc.
Status: in_force

A defendant arrested may, at any time before the justification of bail, apply, on motion, to vacate the order of arrest or to reduce the amount of bail.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 758 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 809.28; Sup. Ct. Order, 83 Wis. 2d xiiiv (1978); Stats. 1977 s. 818.28.
Wis. Stat. § 405.109 — WI Code / Chapter 405 / Section 405.109
Fraud and forgery.
Status: in_force

(1) If a presentation is made that appears on its face strictly to comply with the terms and conditions of the letter of credit, but a required document is forged or materially fraudulent, or honor of the presentation would facilitate a material fraud by the beneficiary on the issuer or applicant:

(a) The issuer shall honor the presentation, if honor is demanded by any of the following:

1. A nominated person that has given value in good faith and without notice of forgery or material fraud.

2. A confirmer that has honored its confirmation in good faith.

3. A holder in due course of a draft drawn under the letter of credit that was taken after acceptance by the issuer or nominated person.

4. An assignee of the issuer’s or nominated person’s deferred obligation that was taken for value and without notice of forgery or material fraud after the obligation was incurred by the issuer or nominated person.

(b) The issuer, acting in good faith, may honor or dishonor the presentation in any case not described under par. (a) .

(2) If an applicant claims that a required document is forged or materially fraudulent or that honor of the presentation would facilitate a material fraud by the beneficiary on the issuer or applicant, a court of competent jurisdiction may temporarily or permanently enjoin the issuer from honoring a presentation or grant similar relief against the issuer or other persons only if the court finds that all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The relief is not prohibited under the law applicable to an accepted draft or deferred obligation incurred by the issuer.

(b) A beneficiary, issuer, or nominated person who may be adversely affected is adequately protected against loss that it may suffer because the relief is granted.

(c) All of the conditions to entitle a person to the relief under the law of this state have been met.

(d) On the basis of the information submitted to the court, the applicant is more likely than not to succeed under its claim of forgery or material fraud and the person demanding honor does not qualify for protection under sub. (1) (a) .

History: 2005 a. 213 .
Wis. Stat. § 175.47 — WI Code / Chapter 175 / Section 175.47
Review of deaths involving officers.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning given in s. 165.83 (1) (b) .

(b) “Law enforcement officer” has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (c) .

(c) “Officer-involved death” means a death of an individual that results directly from an action or an omission of a law enforcement officer while the law enforcement officer is on duty or while the law enforcement officer is off duty but performing activities that are within the scope of his or her law enforcement duties.

(2) Each law enforcement agency shall have a written policy regarding the investigation of officer-involved deaths that involve a law enforcement officer employed by the law enforcement agency.

(3)

(a) Each policy under sub. (2) must require an investigation conducted by at least 2 investigators, one of whom is the lead investigator and neither of whom is employed by a law enforcement agency that employs a law enforcement officer involved in the officer-involved death.

(b) If the officer-involved death being investigated is traffic-related, the policy under sub. (2) must require the investigation to use a crash reconstruction unit from a law enforcement agency that does not employ a law enforcement officer involved in the officer-involved death being investigated, except that a policy for a state law enforcement agency may allow an investigation involving a law enforcement officer employed by that state law enforcement agency to use a crash reconstruction unit from the same state law enforcement agency.

(c) Each policy under sub. (2) may allow an internal investigation into the officer-involved death if the internal investigation does not interfere with the investigation conducted under par. (a) .

(4) Compensation for participation in an investigation under sub. (3) (a) may be determined in a manner consistent with mutual aid agreements.

(5)

(a) The investigators conducting the investigation under sub. (3) (a) shall, in an expeditious manner, provide a complete report to the district attorney of the county in which the officer-involved death occurred.

(b) If the district attorney determines there is no basis to prosecute the law enforcement officer involved in the officer-involved death, the investigators conducting the investigation under sub. (3) (a) shall release the report, except that the investigators shall, before releasing the report, delete any information that would not be subject to disclosure pursuant to a request under s. 19.35 (1) (a) .

History: 2013 a. 348 ; 2015 a. 55 ; 2021 a. 238 s. 45 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0504 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0504
Number of shareholders.
Status: in_force

(1) Method of counting. For purposes of this chapter, any of the following constitutes one shareholder if identified as a shareholder in a bank’s current record of shareholders:

(a) Three or fewer co-owners.

(b) An entity.

(c) The trustees, guardians, custodians or other fiduciaries of a single trust, estate or account.

(2) Substantially similar names. For purposes of this chapter, shareholdings registered in substantially similar names constitute one shareholder if it is reasonable to believe that the names represent the same person.

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.415 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.415
Action to collect support.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “action” means any proceeding brought before a court, whether commenced by a petition, motion, order to show cause, or other pleading.

(2) An action to collect child or family support owed under a judgment or order entered under ch. 767 , or to collect child support owed under a judgment or order entered under s. 48.355 (2) (b) 4. or (4g) (a) , 48.357 (5m) (a) , 48.363 (2) , 938.183 (4) , 938.355 (2) (b) 4. or (4g) (a) , 938.357 (5m) (a) , 938.363 (2) , or 948.22 (7) , shall be commenced within 20 years after the youngest child for whom the support was ordered under the judgment or order reaches the age of 18 or, if the child is enrolled full-time in high school or its equivalent, reaches the age of 19.

(3) An action under this section is commenced when the petition, motion, order to show cause, or other pleading commencing the action is filed with the court, except that an action under this section is not commenced if proper notice of the action, as required by law or by the court, has not been provided to the respondent in the action within 90 days after the petition, motion, order to show cause, or other pleading is filed.

History: 2003 a. 287 ; 2015 a. 373 .
Wis. Stat. § 114.316 — WI Code / Chapter 114 / Section 114.316
Use of department airplanes for transportation.
Status: in_force

Acting upon its own discretion, the department may, either in the interest of furthering aeronautics or for other reasons, use airplanes owned or rented by it to transport persons and property of state institutions, departments or officials. In such instance the department may make charges therefor to such institutions or departments.

History: 1971 c. 125 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (5) .
Wis. Stat. § 23.0913 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.0913
Report on land acquisitions.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “land” has the meaning given in s. 23.0917 (1) (d) .

(2) On or before November 15 of each odd-numbered year, the department of natural resources shall submit to the joint committee on finance and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3) a report regarding the total number of acres of land that the department plans to acquire for any of the purposes specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d) .

History: 2011 a. 32 ; 2013 a. 166 s. 77 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.0707 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0707
Delivery of property by former trustee.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless a cotrustee remains in office or the court otherwise orders, and until the trust property is delivered to a successor trustee or other person entitled to it, a trustee who has resigned or been removed has the duties of a trustee and the powers necessary to protect the trust property.

(2) A trustee who has resigned or been removed shall proceed within a reasonable time to deliver the trust property within the trustee’s possession to the cotrustee, successor trustee, or other person entitled to it, subject to the right of the trustee to retain a reasonable reserve for the payment of debts, expenses, and taxes.

History: 2013 a. 92 ; 2023 a. 127 .