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Wis. Stat. § 778.015 — WI Code / Chapter 778 / Section 778.015
Applicability in circuit court.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to actions in circuit court. The procedure in ss. 778.14 , 778.15 and 778.18 and ch. 800 applies to actions in municipal court.

History: 1977 c. 305 ; 1977 c. 449 s. 497 ; 1979 c. 32 ss. 56 , 92 (8) , (17); Stats. 1979 s. 778.015.
Wis. Stat. § 853.18 — WI Code / Chapter 853 / Section 853.18
Designation of beneficiary, payee or owner.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in s. 853.15 or 853.17 (1) or ch. 766 , none of the following is subject to or defeated or impaired by any statute or rule of law governing the transfer of property by will, gift, or intestacy, even though the designation or assignment is revocable or the rights of the beneficiary, payee, owner, or assignee are otherwise subject to defeasance:

(a) A written designation in accordance with the terms of any insurance, annuity, or endowment contract.

(b) Any agreement issued or entered into by an insurance company supplemental to or in settlement of any insurance, annuity, or endowment contract.

(c) Any written designation made under a contract, plan, system, or trust providing for pension, retirement, deferred compensation, stock bonus, profit-sharing, or death benefits, or an employment or commission contract, of any person to be a beneficiary, payee, or owner of any right, title, or interest thereunder upon the death of another, or any assignment of rights under any of the foregoing.

(d) Directions provided in an online tool, as defined in s. 711.03 (18) .

(2) This section applies to such designations or assignments made either before or after June 25, 1969, by persons who die on or after that date. This section creates no implication of invalidity as to any designation or assignment, of the nature described in sub. (1) , made by any person who dies before that date or as to any declaration, agreement or contract for the payment of money or other transfer of property at death not specified under sub. (1) .

History: 1983 a. 186 ; 2005 a. 216 ; 2015 a. 300 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.0223 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0223
Annexation of territory owned by a city or village.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to other methods provided by law and subject to sub. (2) and ss. 66.0301 (6) (d) and 66.0307 (7) , territory owned by and lying near but not necessarily contiguous to a village or city may be annexed to a village or city by ordinance enacted by the board of trustees of the village or the common council of the city, provided that in the case of noncontiguous territory the use of the territory by the city or village is not contrary to any town or county zoning regulation. The ordinance shall contain the exact description of the territory annexed and the names of the towns from which detached, and attaches the territory to the village or city upon the filing of 7 certified copies of the ordinance with the secretary of administration, together with 7 copies of a plat showing the boundaries of the territory attached. The city or village shall also file with the county clerk or board of election commissioners the report required by s. 5.15 (4) (b) . Two copies of the ordinance and plat shall be forwarded by the secretary of administration to the department of transportation, one copy to the department of administration, one copy to the department of natural resources, one copy to the department of revenue and one copy to the department of public instruction. Within 10 days of filing the certified copies, a copy of the ordinance and plat shall be mailed or delivered to the clerk of the county in which the annexed territory is located. Sections 66.0203 (8) (c) and 66.0217 (11) apply to annexations under this section.

(2) No territory may be annexed by a city or village under this section if no part of the city or village is located in the same county as the territory that is subject to the proposed annexation unless all of the following occur:

(a) The town board adopts a resolution approving the proposed annexation.

(b) The county board of the county in which the territory is located adopts a resolution approving the proposed annexation.

(c) The city or village, and the town, enter into a boundary agreement under s. 66.0225 , 66.0301 , or 66.0307 .

History: 1973 c. 90 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (c) ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1993 a. 329 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1) ; 1995 a. 201 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 69 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0223; 2003 a. 171 , 317 , 327 ; 2007 a. 43 ; 2013 a. 80 ; 2015 a. 55 ; 2017 a. 360 .
Wis. Stat. § 840.04 — WI Code / Chapter 840 / Section 840.04
Possession.
Status: in_force

No remedy shall be denied on the ground that the plaintiff is not in possession unless a statute specifically requires possession.

History: 1973 c. 189 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 767 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 840.04.
Wis. Stat. § 70.81 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.81
Statement of expenses.
Status: in_force

Upon completion of the review of such reassessment, each person entitled to compensation for services in respect thereto as provided in s. 70.80 shall make out a statement of the person’s claim therefor against the state of Wisconsin and execute a voucher for the payment thereof upon blank forms to be furnished by the department of revenue. Such statement shall show the number of days for which compensation is claimed, the rate per day, the character of the service, the total amount claimed, the address of the claimant, and, in case of witnesses, the number of miles traveled, which statement shall be verified by the affidavit of the claimant or of some person having knowledge of the facts. Each such claim shall be approved, if correct, by a member of such board and by the supervisor of equalization. A memorandum of all such claims, showing the number of days and character of service and amount due to each person, shall be entered at the foot of the record of the proceedings of such board.

History: 1983 a. 275 s. 15 (3) ; 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 402.709 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.709
Action for the price.
Status: in_force

(1) When the buyer fails to pay the price as it becomes due the seller may recover, together with any incidental damages under s. 402.710 , the price:

(a) Of goods accepted or of conforming goods lost or damaged within a commercially reasonable time after risk of their loss has passed to the buyer; and

(b) Of goods identified to the contract if the seller is unable after reasonable effort to resell them at a reasonable price or the circumstances reasonably indicate that such effort will be unavailing.

(2) Where the seller sues for the price the seller must hold for the buyer any goods which have been identified to the contract and are still in the seller’s control except that if resale becomes possible the seller may resell them at any time prior to the collection of the judgment. The net proceeds of any such resale must be credited to the buyer and payment of the judgment entitles the buyer to any goods not resold.

(3) After the buyer has wrongfully rejected or revoked acceptance of the goods or has failed to make a payment due or has repudiated (s. 402.610 ), a seller who is held not entitled to the price under this section shall nevertheless be awarded damages for nonacceptance under s. 402.708 .

History: 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 23.12 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.12
Bylaws.
Status: in_force

Said natural resources board may make and establish such rules and bylaws, not inconsistent with law, as it deems useful to itself and its subordinates in the conduct of the business entrusted to it.
Wis. Stat. § 12.09 — WI Code / Chapter 12 / Section 12.09
Election threats.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may personally or through an agent make use of or threaten to make use of force, violence, or restraint in order to induce or compel any person to vote or refrain from voting at an election.

(2) No person may personally or through an agent, by abduction, duress, or any fraudulent device or contrivance, impede or prevent the free exercise of the franchise at an election.

(3) No person may personally or through an agent, by any act compel, induce, or prevail upon an elector either to vote or refrain from voting at any election for or against a particular candidate or referendum.

History: 1973 c. 334 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 2005 a. 451 .
Wis. Stat. § 885.42 — WI Code / Chapter 885 / Section 885.42
When available.
Status: in_force

(1) Depositions. Any deposition may be recorded by audiovisual videotape without a stenographic transcript. Any party to the action may arrange at the party’s expense to have a simultaneous stenographic record made. Except as provided by ss. 885.40 to 885.47 , ch. 804 governing the practice and procedure in depositions and discovery shall apply.

(2) Other evidence. Such other evidence as is appropriate may be recorded by videotape and be presented at a trial. The court may direct a party or the court reporter to prepare a transcript of an audio or audiovisual recording presented under this subsection in accordance with SCR 71.01 (2) (e).

(3) Entire trial testimony and evidence. All trial proceedings, including evidence in its entirety, may be presented at a trial by videotape upon the approval of all parties and the trial judge. In determining whether to approve a videotape trial, the trial judge, after consultation with counsel, shall consider the cost involved, the nature of the action, and the nature and amount of testimony. The trial judge shall fix a date prior to the date of trial when all recorded testimony must be filed with the clerk of court.

(4) Trial record. At trial, videotape depositions shall be reported unless accompanied with a certified transcript submitted in accordance with SCR 71.01 (2) (d).

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, xii (1975); 1975 c. 218 ; 1987 a. 403 ; Sup. Ct. Order No. 10-06 , 2010 WI 128, 329 Wis. 2d xxvii.
Wis. Stat. § 135.02 — WI Code / Chapter 135 / Section 135.02
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) “Community of interest” means a continuing financial interest between the grantor and grantee in either the operation of the dealership business or the marketing of such goods or services.

(2) “Dealer” means a person who is a grantee of a dealership situated in this state.

(3) “Dealership” means any of the following:

(a) A contract or agreement, either expressed or implied, whether oral or written, between 2 or more persons, by which a person is granted the right to sell or distribute goods or services, or use a trade name, trademark, service mark, logotype, advertising or other commercial symbol, in which there is a community of interest in the business of offering, selling or distributing goods or services at wholesale, retail, by lease, agreement or otherwise.

(b) A contract or agreement, either expressed or implied, whether oral or written, between 2 or more persons by which a wholesaler, as defined in s. 125.02 (21) , is granted the right to sell or distribute intoxicating liquor or use a trade name, trademark, service mark, logotype, advertising or other commercial symbol related to intoxicating liquor. This paragraph does not apply to dealerships described in s. 135.066 (5) (a) and (b) .

(4) “Good cause” means:

(a) Failure by a dealer to comply substantially with essential and reasonable requirements imposed upon the dealer by the grantor, or sought to be imposed by the grantor, which requirements are not discriminatory as compared with requirements imposed on other similarly situated dealers either by their terms or in the manner of their enforcement; or

(b) Bad faith by the dealer in carrying out the terms of the dealership.

(5) “Grantor” means a person who grants a dealership.

(6) “Person” means a natural person, partnership, joint venture, corporation or other entity.

History: 1973 c. 179 ; 1977 c. 171 ; 1983 a. 189 ; 1993 a. 482 ; 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 448.87 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.87
Disciplinary proceedings and actions.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) , the affiliated credentialing board may make investigations and conduct hearings to determine whether a violation of this subchapter or any rule promulgated under this subchapter has occurred.

(2) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) , the affiliated credentialing board may reprimand a certified dietitian or deny, limit, suspend or revoke a certificate granted under this subchapter or a compact privilege if it finds that the applicant or certified dietitian has done any of the following:

(a) Made a material misstatement in an application for a certificate or a compact privilege or for renewal of a certificate.

(b) Subject to ss. 111.321 , 111.322 and 111.335 , been convicted of an offense the circumstances of which substantially relate to the practice of dietetics.

(c) Advertised in a manner that is false, deceptive or misleading.

(d) Advertised, practiced or attempted to practice under another’s name.

(e) Subject to ss. 111.321 , 111.322 and 111.34 , practiced dietetics while his or her ability to practice was impaired by alcohol or other drugs.

(f) Engaged in unprofessional or unethical conduct in violation of the code of ethics established in the rules promulgated under s. 448.74 (2) .

(g) Engaged in conduct while practicing dietetics which evidences a lack of knowledge or ability to apply professional principles or skills.

(h) Violated this subchapter or any rule promulgated under this subchapter.

History: 1993 a. 443 ; 1999 a. 180 s. 55 ; 2025 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 402.209 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.209
Modification, rescission and waiver.
Status: in_force

(1) An agreement modifying a contract within this chapter needs no consideration to be binding.

(2) A signed agreement which excludes modification or rescission except by a signed writing cannot be otherwise modified or rescinded, but except as between merchants such a requirement on a form supplied by the merchant must be separately signed by the other party.

(3) The requirements of s. 402.201 must be satisfied if the contract as modified is within its provisions.

(4) Although an attempt at modification or rescission does not satisfy the requirements of sub. (2) or (3) it can operate as a waiver.

(5) A party who has made a waiver affecting an executory portion of the contract may retract the waiver by reasonable notification received by the other party that strict performance will be required of any term waived, unless the retraction would be unjust in view of a material change of position in reliance on the waiver.
Wis. Stat. § 632.88 — WI Code / Chapter 632 / Section 632.88
Policy extension for handicapped children.
Status: in_force

(1) Termination of coverage. Every hospital or medical expense insurance policy or contract that provides that coverage of a dependent child of a person insured under the policy shall terminate upon attainment of a limiting age for dependent children specified in the policy shall also provide that the age limitation may not operate to terminate the coverage of a dependent child while the child is and continues to be both:

(a) Incapable of self-sustaining employment because of intellectual disability or physical handicap; and

(b) Chiefly dependent upon the person insured under the policy for support and maintenance.

(2) Proof of incapacity. The insurer may require that proof of the incapacity and dependency be furnished by the person insured under the policy within 31 days of the date the child attains the limiting age, and at any time thereafter except that the insurer may not require proof more frequently than annually after the 2-year period immediately following attainment of the limiting age by the child.

History: 1975 c. 375 ; 2011 a. 126 .
Wis. Stat. § 405.106 — WI Code / Chapter 405 / Section 405.106
Issuance, amendment, cancellation, and duration.
Status: in_force

(1) A letter of credit is issued and becomes enforceable according to its terms against the issuer when the issuer sends or otherwise transmits it to the person requested to advise or to the beneficiary. A letter of credit is revocable only if it so provides.

(2) After a letter of credit is issued, rights and obligations of a beneficiary, applicant, confirmer, and issuer are not affected by an amendment or cancellation to which that person has not consented except to the extent the letter of credit provides that it is revocable or that the issuer may amend or cancel the letter of credit without that consent.

(3) If there is no stated expiration date or other provision that determines its duration, a letter of credit expires one year after its stated date of issuance or, if none is stated, after the date on which it is issued.

(4) A letter of credit that states that it is perpetual expires 5 years after its stated date of issuance, or if none is stated, after the date on which it is issued.

History: 2005 a. 213 .
Wis. Stat. § 769.602 — WI Code / Chapter 769 / Section 769.602
Procedure to register order for enforcement.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in s. 769.706 , a support order or income-withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this state by sending all of the following records to the appropriate tribunal in this state:

(a) A letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration and enforcement.

(b) Two copies, including one certified copy, of all orders to be registered, including any modification of an order.

(c) A sworn statement by the person requesting registration or a certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the amount of any arrearage.

(d) The name of the obligor and any of the following that are known:

1. The obligor’s address and social security number.

2. The name and address of the obligor’s employer and any other source of income of the obligor.

3. A description and the location of property of the obligor in this state not exempt from execution.

(e) Except as provided in s. 769.312 , the name and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the agency or person to whom support payments are to be remitted.

(2) On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal shall cause the order to be filed as an order of another state or a foreign country, together with one copy of the documents and information, regardless of their form.

(3) A petition or comparable pleading seeking a remedy that must be affirmatively sought under other law of this state may be filed at the same time as the request for registration or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for the remedy sought.

(4) If 2 or more orders are in effect, the person requesting registration must do all of the following:

(a) Furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support order that is asserted to be in effect in addition to the documents specified in this section.

(b) Specify the order that is alleged to be the controlling order, if any.

(c) Specify the amount of the consolidated arrears, if any.

(5) A request for a determination of which is the controlling order may be filed separately or with a request for registration and enforcement or for registration and modification. The person requesting registration shall give notice of the request to each party whose rights may be affected by the determination.

History: 1993 a. 326 ; 2009 a. 321 ; 2015 a. 82 s. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 228.02 — WI Code / Chapter 228 / Section 228.02
Certification of records.
Status: in_force

In counties having a population of 750,000 or more, in any case where an original document, court order, plat, paper, written instrument, writings, record or book of record previously filed or of record in the office of such officer is, whether because of the worn or injured condition thereof or for any other reason, copied and replaced by such process under s. 228.01 , and where such officer is required by law to certify in or on the paper or book replacing the original so copied that the replacement is a true and correct copy of the original, a copy of such certification by such officer, similarly made and produced and included at the end of the replacement, shall be sufficient compliance with such law.

History: 2017 a. 207 s. 5 .
Wis. Stat. § 625.01 — WI Code / Chapter 625 / Section 625.01
Construction and purposes.
Status: in_force

(1) Construction. This chapter shall be liberally construed to achieve the purposes stated in sub. (2) , which shall constitute an aid and guide to interpretation but not an independent source of power.

(2) Purposes. The purposes of this chapter are:

(a) To protect policyholders and the public against the adverse effects of excessive, inadequate or unfairly discriminatory rates;

(b) To encourage, as the most effective way to produce rates that conform to the standards of par. (a) , independent action by and reasonable price competition among insurers;

(c) To provide formal regulatory controls for use if independent action and price competition fail;

(d) To authorize cooperative action among insurers in the rate-making process, and to regulate such cooperation in order to prevent practices that tend to bring about monopoly or to lessen or destroy competition;

(e) To encourage the most efficient and economic marketing practices; and

(f) To regulate the business of insurance in a manner that will preclude application of federal antitrust laws.
Wis. Stat. § 765.03 — WI Code / Chapter 765 / Section 765.03
Who shall not marry; divorced persons.
Status: in_force

(1) No marriage shall be contracted while either of the parties has a husband or wife living, nor between persons who are nearer of kin than 2nd cousins except that marriage may be contracted between first cousins where the female has attained the age of 55 years or where either party, at the time of application for a marriage license, submits an affidavit signed by a physician stating that either party is permanently sterile. Relationship under this section shall be computed by the rule of the civil law, whether the parties to the marriage are of the half or of the whole blood. A marriage may not be contracted if either party has such want of understanding as renders him or her incapable of assenting to marriage.

(2) It is unlawful for any person, who is or has been a party to an action for divorce in any court in this state, or elsewhere, to marry again until 6 months after judgment of divorce is granted, and the marriage of any such person solemnized before the expiration of 6 months from the date of the granting of judgment of divorce shall be void.

History: 1971 c. 220 ; 1977 c. 8 , 83 , 203 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 48 ; Stats. 1979 s. 765.03.