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Wis. Stat. § 862.11 — WI Code / Chapter 862 / Section 862.11
Copy of account to be given to persons interested.
Status: in_force

At the time that the personal representative gives notice of hearing of allowance of any account or secures waivers of notice of hearing, the personal representative shall mail or deliver a copy of the account to every person interested whose distribution from the estate is affected by the information, other than death tax information, contained in the account. If any person interested is represented by a guardian or guardian ad litem, a copy of the account shall be mailed or delivered to the guardian or guardian ad litem but not to the person interested. If the person interested is in the military service and is represented by an attorney or an attorney-in-fact, a copy of the account shall be mailed to both the attorney or the attorney-in-fact and the person interested. Failure of the personal representative to comply with this section does not affect the jurisdiction of the court as to persons interested.

History: 1987 a. 27 s. 3200 (47) ; 1991 a. 220 , 315 .
Wis. Stat. § 703.21 — WI Code / Chapter 703 / Section 703.21
Separate taxation.
Status: in_force

(1) Every unit and its percentage of undivided interest in the common elements shall be deemed to be a parcel and shall be subject to separate assessments and taxation by each assessing unit and special district for all types of taxes authorized by law including, but not limited to, special levies based on the value of property and special assessments. Neither the building, the property nor any of the common elements shall be deemed to be a parcel separate from the unit.

(2) The rights, duties and obligations of unit owners under this chapter shall inure to and be binding upon grantees under tax deeds and persons acquiring title by foreclosure of tax liens and their successors in interest.

History: 1977 c. 407 ; 1979 c. 110 .
Wis. Stat. § 343.075 — WI Code / Chapter 343 / Section 343.075
Instructional permits for applicants for special restricted operators’ licenses.
Status: in_force

The department may require an applicant for a special restricted operator’s license under s. 343.135 to first obtain an instructional permit if the department deems it advisable. The department shall determine the requirements for issuance of an instructional permit under this section and the restrictions, if any, on such permits.

History: 1979 c. 345 .
Wis. Stat. § 341.142 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.142
Veterans honorary medal decals.
Status: in_force

If any person who is registering or has registered a vehicle specified in s. 341.14 (6r) (b) 1. submits a statement from the U.S. department of veterans affairs certifying to the department that the person has been awarded a medal authorized under an act of congress relating to that person’s service in the U.S. armed forces, as defined in s. 40.02 (57m) , the department shall, free of charge, procure, issue and deliver to that veteran one decal, similar in appearance to the medal awarded to that veteran, for each motor vehicle registered in the name of that veteran. Notwithstanding s. 341.61 (3) , a decal issued under this section shall be displayed in the manner directed by the department on the rear registration plate of the vehicle registered in the name of the veteran to whom the decal was issued. The department shall specify one combination of colors and design for each medal authorized under an act of congress for which a statement has been received by the department under this section, except that the department may not specify the colors or design unless the colors and design are approved in writing by the state department of veterans affairs. Not more than one decal may be issued under this section for each motor vehicle registered in the name of a veteran.

History: 1995 a. 445 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.717 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.717
Trespass on riparian land.
Status: in_force

In an action against a person for damages sustained from trespassing on lands bordering streams stocked by the consent of the owner of the lands, with fish received from a state hatchery, where the damage exceeds $2, the trespasser is liable for double the amount of the damage and all of the taxable costs; and where the damage is $2 or less the trespasser shall be liable for the amount of the damage and costs not to exceed the amount of the damage.

History: 1997 a. 248 s. 682 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.717.
Wis. Stat. § 215.18 — WI Code / Chapter 215 / Section 215.18
Closing of savings accounts.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (3) , an association may close a savings account by delivering notice of the closing to the saver or mailing notice to the last-known address of the saver.

(2) On the date the notice required under sub. (1) is delivered or mailed, all rights of the saver in the savings account terminate except the right to receive the withdrawal value of the account calculated as of the date of delivery or mailing of the notice. A saver remains a member until the withdrawal value of the savings account is paid.

(3) An association may agree in writing not to close a savings account. The division may promulgate rules restricting the authority of an association to close savings accounts.

History: 1975 c. 359 ; 1983 a. 167 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 301.09 — WI Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.09
Grants for pilot programs or demonstration projects.
Status: in_force

Whenever the department provides a grant after August 15, 1991, for a pilot program or demonstration project, the department shall do all of the following:

(1) State on the grant application that the funding for the program or project will be provided by the department once or for a limited period of time, whichever is applicable.

(2) Require the applicant to provide, as part of the grant application, a plan that describes:

(a) How activities funded by the grant will be phased out or how the program or project will be eliminated; or

(b) What other funding sources will be available to support the program or project when state funding is eliminated.

History: 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.1421 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.1421
Procedure for and effect of administrative dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) Notice of determination. If the department determines that one or more grounds exist under s. 181.1420 for dissolving a corporation, the department may give the corporation notice of the determination. The notice shall be in writing and addressed to the agent of the corporation.

(2) Secondary notices.

(a) If a notice under sub. (1) is returned to the department as undeliverable, the department shall again give the corporation notice by first-class mail, addressed to the principal office of the corporation, as most recently designated in the records of the department.

(b) If the notice under par. (a) is returned to the department as undeliverable or if the corporation’s principal office cannot be determined from the records of the department, the department shall give the notice by posting the notice on the department’s Internet site.

(3) Effective date of notice. A notice of determination made under sub. (1) or (2) is effective upon the earliest of the following:

(a) The date on which the corporation or its registered agent receives the notice.

(b) Five days after the notice is deposited in the U.S. mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.

(c) If the notice is sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, and if the return receipt is signed on behalf of the corporation, the date shown on the return receipt.

(d) If the notice is posted on the department’s Internet site, the date of posting.

(4) Cure.

(a) Within 60 days after the notice takes effect under sub. (3) , the corporation shall, with respect to each ground for dissolution, either correct such ground or demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the department that such ground determined by the department does not exist.

(b) If the corporation fails to satisfy par. (a) , the department may administratively dissolve the corporation by entering a notation in the department’s records to reflect each ground for dissolution and the effective date of such dissolution. The department shall give the corporation notice of each ground for dissolution and the effective date of dissolution. The notice shall be in writing and addressed to the agent of the corporation.

(5) Effect of administrative dissolution. Sections 181.1405 (1) and (2) , 181.1406 and 181.1407 apply to a corporation that is administratively dissolved.

(6) Termination of right to exclusive use of name. The corporation’s right to the exclusive use of its corporate name terminates on the effective date of its administrative dissolution.

(7) Effect of dissolution on agent. The administrative dissolution of a corporation does not terminate the authority of its registered agent.

History: 1997 a. 79 ; 2001 a. 44 ; 2011 a. 234 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 87.14 — WI Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87.14
Operation and maintenance.
Status: in_force

The flood control board is authorized to sell, lease, or lease with power to purchase, any reservoir proposed to be constructed, in the process of construction or completed, to a duly organized river improvement company as defined by s. 182.016 , on such terms and conditions as are approved by the department of natural resources as hereinafter provided. Unless so leased or sold it shall be the duty of the flood control board to maintain and operate said improvement. The cost of operation and maintenance during the period intervening between the completion of said improvement and the date when funds provided under this section become available shall be paid from the funds provided for maintenance pursuant to the estimate made by the department as provided in s. 87.07 (3) . Prior to the first day of November in each year the flood control board shall certify to the clerk of each town, village and city in which lands to be benefited by the improvement are located an estimated budget, detailed as far as practicable, of the cost of operation and maintenance of said improvement for the succeeding calendar year, together with the amount due upon any judgments outstanding against the board, except those judgments from which the board has appealed or intends to appeal, and shall certify at the same time the portion of such cost to be borne by each such town, village and city. This shall be determined in the same manner and according to the same proportions as provided in s. 87.10 (1) (c) . It shall thereupon become the duty of each such town, village and city to include in its next succeeding tax levy the amount so certified and to forward such amount, on or before March 15 following, to the flood control board.
Wis. Stat. § 447.035 — WI Code / Chapter 447 / Section 447.035
Certification; expanded function dental auxiliaries.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “auxiliary” means an expanded function dental auxiliary.

(2) Notwithstanding s. 447.03 (1) and (2) , a certification to practice as an auxiliary granted under s. 447.04 (3) shall permit the holder to perform all of the following as delegated and supervised by a dentist:

(a) Placement and finishing of restoration material after the dentist prepares a tooth for restoration.

(b) Application of sealants.

(c) Coronal polishing.

(d) Impressions.

(e) Temporizations.

(f) Packing cord.

(g) Removal of cement from crowns.

(h) Adjustment of dentures and other removable oral appliances.

(i) Removal of sutures and dressings.

(k) Application of topical fluoride, fluoride varnish, or similar dental topical agent.

(3)

(a) The examining board shall, subject to pars. (b) and (c) , promulgate rules for the certification and practice of auxiliaries.

(b) The rules promulgated under par. (a) shall do all of the following:

1. Require an applicant to the accredited instructional program described in subd. 2. to demonstrate in his or her application that the individual satisfies one of the following criteria in order to be permitted to enroll in the instructional program:

a. Has completed at least 1,000 hours practicing as a dental assistant and holds the certified dental assistant credential issued by the Dental Assisting National Board, Inc., or its successor.

b. Has completed at least 2,000 hours practicing as a dental assistant, as verified by the supervising licensed dentist.

2. Require an applicant for certification under s. 447.04 (3) to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the examining board that the applicant has successfully completed an accredited instructional program that provides training in practice as an auxiliary and requires no fewer than 70 hours of classroom instruction.

3. Require a dentist who delegates a procedure to an auxiliary certified under s. 447.04 (3) to remain on the premises where the auxiliary is performing the procedure until the procedure is complete and the dentist has verified that the procedure has been performed successfully.

4. Require each auxiliary to maintain current proficiency in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, including the use of an automated external defibrillator achieved through instruction provided by an individual, organization, or institution of higher education approved under s. 46.03 (38) to provide such instruction.

(c) The rules promulgated under par. (a) may not permit an auxiliary to perform any of the following:

1. Cutting of hard or soft tissue.

2. Diagnosis.

3. Treatment planning.

History: 2021 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 60.64 — WI Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.64
Historic preservation.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to subs. (2) and (2m) , the town board, in the exercise of its zoning and police powers for the purpose of promoting the health, safety and general welfare of the community and of the state, may regulate any place, structure or object with a special character, historic interest, aesthetic interest or other significant value for the purpose of preserving the place, structure or object and its significant characteristics. Subject to subs. (2) , (2m) , and (3) , the town board may create a landmarks commission to designate historic landmarks and establish historic districts. Subject to subs. (2) and (2m) , the board may regulate all historic landmarks and all property within each historic district to preserve the historic landmarks and property within the district and the character of the district.

(2) Before the town board designates a historic landmark or establishes a historic district, the town board shall hold a public hearing. If the town board proposes to designate a place, structure, or object as a historic landmark or establish a historic district that includes a place, structure, or object, the town board shall, by 1st class mail, notify the owner of the place, structure, or object of the determination and of the time and place of the public hearing on the determination.

(2m) In the repair or replacement of a property that is designated as a historic landmark or included within a historic district or neighborhood conservation district under this section, the town board shall allow an owner to use materials that are similar in design, color, scale, architectural appearance, and other visual qualities.

(3) An owner of property that is affected by a decision of a town landmarks commission may appeal the decision to the town board. The town board may overturn a decision of the commission by a majority vote of the town board.

History: 1983 a. 532 ; 2015 a. 176 ; 2017 a. 317 .
Wis. Stat. § 63.23 — WI Code / Chapter 63 / Section 63.23
Classification of offices.
Status: in_force

(1) The city service commission shall classify all offices and positions in the city service, excepting those subject to the exemptions of s. 63.27 and those subject to an exclusion under s. 119.33 (2) (e) 1. or 119.9002 (5) (a) , according to the duties and responsibilities of each position. Classification shall be so arranged that all positions which in the judgment of the commission are substantially the same with respect to authority, responsibility and character of work are included in the same class. From time to time the commission may reclassify positions upon a proper showing that the position belongs to a different class.

(2) The city service commission may, if it sees fit, receive any expert study or recommendation of the classification, allocation and compensation of offices and positions in the service of the city and transmit the same, with or without the commission’s recommendations, to the common council. Any such report shall become effective when approved by the common council.

History: 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 86.02 — WI Code / Chapter 86 / Section 86.02
Injury to highway.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall injure any highway by obstructing or diverting any creek or watercourse or sluiceway, or by dragging logs or timber thereon, or by any other act, shall be liable in treble damages, to be recovered by the political division chargeable with the maintenance of highway injured, and the amount recovered shall be credited to the highway maintenance fund.
Wis. Stat. § 943.14 — WI Code / Chapter 943 / Section 943.14
Criminal trespass to dwellings.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “dwelling” means a structure or part of a structure that is used or intended to be used as a home or residence by one or more persons to the exclusion of all others. For the purposes of this section, a dwelling meets that definition regardless of whether the dwelling is currently occupied by a resident.

(2) Whoever intentionally enters or remains in the dwelling of another without the consent of some person lawfully upon the premises or, if no person is lawfully upon the premises, without the consent of the owner of the property that includes the dwelling, under circumstances tending to create or provoke a breach of the peace, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

History: 1977 c. 173 ; 2015 a. 176 .
Wis. Stat. § 165.065 — WI Code / Chapter 165 / Section 165.065
Assistant attorneys general; antitrust.
Status: in_force

(1) At least one assistant attorney general shall be assigned to the investigation and prosecution of violations arising under ch. 133 and shall carry out the duties imposed on the attorney general by ch. 133 . All apparent violations of ch. 133 which come to the attention of any officer or agency of state government shall be reported to one of such assistant attorneys general. All officers and agencies shall cooperate with and assist the department of justice in the investigation and prosecution of such apparent violations.

(2) The assistant attorney general in charge of antitrust investigations and prosecutions is to cooperate actively with the antitrust division of the U.S. department of justice in everything that concerns monopolistic practices in Wisconsin, and also to cooperate actively with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection in the work which this agency is carrying on under s. 100.20 of the marketing law with regard to monopolistic practices in the field of agriculture and with the federal trade commission on matters arising in or affecting Wisconsin which pertain to its jurisdiction.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1650m (4) ; 1977 c. 260 ; 2025 a. 129 .
Wis. Stat. § 990.02 — WI Code / Chapter 990 / Section 990.02
Construing statutes of 1898.
Status: in_force

(1) All references to chapters or sections in the statutes of 1898 are to the chapters and sections of those statutes.

(2) If the provisions of different chapters of the statutes of 1898 conflict with or contravene each other the provisions of each chapter shall prevail as to all matters and questions growing out of the subject matter of such chapter.

(3) If conflicting provisions are found in different sections of the same chapter of the statutes of 1898 the provisions of the section which is last in numerical order shall prevail unless such construction is inconsistent with the meaning of such chapter.

History: 1979 c. 89 .
Wis. Stat. § 459.30 — WI Code / Chapter 459 / Section 459.30
Practice.
Status: in_force

(1) Practice under compact.

(a) Audiology. An individual who holds a valid audiologist compact privilege may, subject to s. 459.71 (3) , do any of the following:

1. Practice audiology in this state, subject to s. 459.70 (4) .

2. Practice audiology in this state via telehealth, as defined in s. 459.70 (2) (y) , subject to s. 459.70 (5) .

(b) Speech-language pathology. An individual who holds a valid speech-language pathologist compact privilege may, subject to s. 459.71 (3) , do any of the following:

1. Practice speech-language pathology in this state, subject to s. 459.70 (4) .

2. Practice speech-language pathology in this state via telehealth, as defined in s. 459.70 (2) (y) , subject to s. 459.70 (5) .

(2) Fitting and sale of hearing aids. An audiologist licensed under this subchapter, an audiologist who holds a valid compact privilege, or an individual granted a permit to practice audiology under this subchapter who engages in the practice of ordering, fitting, and dealing in hearing aids shall do all of the following:

(a) Except as provided in sub. (3r) , deliver to each person supplied with a hearing aid a receipt. The receipt shall contain the signature and show the business address, license or permit title, and number of the licensee, compact privilege holder, or permittee, together with specifications as to the make and model of the hearing aid and full terms of sale clearly stated. If a hearing aid that is not new is sold, the receipt and the container must be clearly marked as “used” or “reconditioned”, whichever is applicable. The terms of the guarantee, if there is any given, shall be set out in not less than 8-point type.

(b) Give to a purchaser of a hearing aid a personal guarantee that is at least identical in its terms to the guarantee given by the manufacturer of the hearing aid.

(3r) Delivery of receipt. An audiologist is not required to deliver a receipt to a person supplied with a hearing aid if the supplied hearing aid is an over-the-counter hearing aid, as defined in 21 USC 360j (q).

History: 2023 a. 56 ss. 24 , 25 ; 2023 a. 179 ; 2025 a. 130 .
Wis. Stat. § 167.21 — WI Code / Chapter 167 / Section 167.21
Movable soccer goals.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Commission” means the federal consumer product safety commission.

(b) “Department” means the department of safety and professional services.

(c) “Movable soccer goal” means a freestanding structure that consists of at least 2 upright posts, a crossbar, and support bars and that is designed to be used as a soccer goal and to be movable to different locations.

(2) The department shall promulgate rules that establish safety standards for anchoring and securing, and using counterweights on, movable soccer goals. The standards shall be consistent with guidelines for movable soccer goal safety published by the commission in January 1995.

(3) No person may erect a movable soccer goal on public land unless the person erects the goal in the manner required by the rules promulgated under sub. (2) .

(4) A person who violates sub. (3) is subject to a forfeiture of not more than $500.

History: 2009 a. 390 ; 2011 a. 32 .