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Wis. Stat. § 181.1405 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.1405
Effect of dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) Powers of dissolved corporation. A dissolved corporation continues its corporate existence but may not carry on any activities except those appropriate to wind up and liquidate its affairs, including any of the following:

(a) Preserving and protecting its assets and minimizing its liabilities.

(b) Discharging or making provision for discharging its liabilities and obligations.

(c) Disposing of its properties that will not be distributed in kind.

(d) Returning, transferring or conveying assets held by the corporation upon a condition requiring return, transfer or conveyance, which condition occurs by reason of the dissolution, in accordance with the condition.

(e) Transferring, subject to any contractual or legal requirements, its assets as provided in or authorized by its articles of incorporation or bylaws.

(g) If no provision has been made in the corporation’s articles of incorporation or bylaws for distribution of assets on dissolution, transferring its assets to its members or, if it has no members, to those persons whom the corporation holds itself out as benefiting or serving.

(h) Doing every other act necessary to wind up and liquidate its assets and affairs.

(2) Matters not affected by dissolution. Dissolution of a corporation does not do any of the following:

(a) Transfer title to the corporation’s property.

(b) Subject its directors or officers to standards of conduct different from those under subch. VIII .

(c) Change quorum or voting requirements for its board or members; change provisions for selection, resignation, or removal of its directors or officers or both; or change provisions for amending its bylaws.

(d) Prevent commencement of a proceeding by or against the corporation in its corporate name.

(e) Abate or suspend a proceeding pending by or against the corporation on the effective date of dissolution.

(f) Terminate the authority of the registered agent.

(3) Retention of exclusive use of name. Except as provided in s. 181.1421 (6) and unless a dissolved corporation registers its corporate name under s. 181.0403 (2) , the dissolved corporation retains the exclusive use of its corporate name for 120 days after the effective date of its articles of dissolution or for a shorter period if specified in its articles of dissolution under s. 181.1403 (1) (g) .

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 345.24 — WI Code / Chapter 345 / Section 345.24
Officer’s action after arrest for driving under influence of intoxicant.
Status: in_force

(1) A person arrested under s. 346.63 (1) or (5) or an ordinance in conformity therewith or s. 346.63 (2) or (6) or 940.25 , or s. 940.09 where the offense involved the use of a vehicle, may not be released until 12 hours have elapsed from the time of his or her arrest or unless a chemical test administered under s. 343.305 shows that the person has an alcohol concentration of less than 0.04, but the person may be released to his or her attorney, spouse, relative or other responsible adult at any time after arrest.

(2) If the person was issued an out-of-service order under s. 343.305 (7) (b) , the person may be released as provided under sub. (1) .

History: 1971 c. 278 ; 1977 c. 193 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1985 a. 337 ; 1987 a. 3 ; 1989 a. 105 ; 1995 a. 436 ; 2009 a. 103 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.313 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.313
Renewal.
Status: in_force

(1) The renewal date for licenses granted under this subchapter is specified in s. 440.08 (2) (a) . Renewal applications shall be submitted to the department on a form provided by the department and shall include the renewal fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) .

(2) A behavior analyst shall, at the time that he or she applies for renewal of a license under sub. (1) , submit proof satisfactory to the department that he or she is, at the time he or she applies for renewal, certified by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc., or its successor organization.

History: 2009 a. 282 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.297 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.297
Motions before trial.
Status: in_force

(1) Any motion which is capable of determination without trial of the general issue may be made before trial.

(2) Defenses and objections based on defects in the institution of proceedings, lack of probable cause on the face of the petition, insufficiency of the petition or invalidity in whole or in part of the statute on which the petition is founded shall be raised not later than 10 days after the plea hearing or be deemed waived. Other motions capable of determination without trial may be brought any time before trial.

(3) Motions to suppress evidence as having been illegally seized or statements as having been illegally obtained shall be made before fact-finding on the issues. The court may entertain the motion at the fact-finding hearing if it appears that a party is surprised by the attempt to introduce such evidence and that party waives jeopardy.

(4) Although the taking of a child or an expectant mother of an unborn child into custody is not an arrest, that taking into custody shall be considered an arrest for the purpose of deciding motions which require a decision about the propriety of taking into custody, including motions to suppress evidence as illegally seized, motions to suppress statements as illegally obtained and motions challenging the lawfulness of the taking into custody.

(5) If the child or the expectant mother of an unborn child is in custody and the court grants a motion to dismiss based on a defect in the petition or in the institution of the proceedings, the court may order the child or expectant mother to be continued in custody for not more than 48 hours pending the filing of a new petition.

(6) A motion required to be served on a child may be served on his or her attorney of record.

(7) Oral argument permitted on motions under this section may be heard by telephone under s. 807.13 (1) .

History: 1977 c. 354 ; 1979 c. 300 , 331 , 359 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 141 Wis. 2d xiii (1987); 1995 a. 77 ; 1997 a. 35 , 292 ; 2013 a. 170 .
Wis. Stat. § 19.451 — WI Code / Chapter 19 / Section 19.451
Discounts at certain stadiums.
Status: in_force

No person serving in a national, state or local office, as defined in s. 5.02 , may accept any discount on the price of admission or parking charged to members of the general public, including any discount on the use of a sky box or private luxury box, at a stadium that is exempt from general property taxes under s. 70.11 (36) .

History: 1991 a. 37 .
Wis. Stat. § 146.343 — WI Code / Chapter 146 / Section 146.343
Donation of newborn umbilical cord blood.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “hospital” has the meaning given in s. 50.33 (2) .

(2) Notwithstanding s. 146.33 , the principal prenatal health care provider of a woman who is known to be pregnant shall, before the woman’s 35th week of pregnancy, offer her information on options to donate, to an accepting and accredited cord blood bank, blood bank, blood center, or plasma center, blood extracted from the umbilical cord of her newborn child, if the donation may be made without monetary expense for the collection or storage to the woman, to any 3rd-party payor of health care coverage for the woman, or to the hospital in which delivery occurs.

(4) No person may be held civilly liable for failure to comply, or for complying, with sub. (2) .

History: 2005 a. 56 ; 2021 a. 239 .
Wis. Stat. § 407.101 — WI Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.101
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as uniform commercial code — documents of title.

History: 2009 a. 322 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.0701 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0701
Accepting or declining trusteeship.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (3) , a person designated as trustee accepts the trusteeship by doing any of the following:

(a) Substantially complying with a method of acceptance provided in the terms of the trust.

(b) If the terms of the trust do not provide a method or the method provided in the terms is not expressly made exclusive, by accepting delivery of the trust property, exercising powers or performing duties as trustee, or otherwise indicating acceptance of the trusteeship.

(2) A person designated as trustee who has not yet accepted the trusteeship may decline the trusteeship. A designated trustee who does not accept the trusteeship within a reasonable time after knowing of the designation is considered to have rejected the trusteeship.

(3) A person designated as trustee, without accepting the trusteeship, may do any of the following:

(a) Act to preserve the trust property if, within a reasonable time after acting, the person sends a declination of the trusteeship in writing to the settlor or, if the settlor is dead or incapacitated, to the designated cotrustee, or, if none, to the successor trustee, or, if none, to a distributee or a permissible distributee of the trust.

(b) Inspect or investigate trust property to determine potential liability under environmental or other law or for any other purpose.

History: 2013 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 620.12 — WI Code / Chapter 620 / Section 620.12
Disposal of prohibited assets.
Status: in_force

(1) Investments becoming illegal. The commissioner shall allow a reasonable time not longer than 10 years for disposal of any investment legally held on April 30, 1972, or of any investment legal when made but subsequently becoming illegal.

(2) Hardship cases. A reasonable time shall be allowed for disposal of assets if the investment was made by mistake or if forced sale of the asset would be contrary to the interests of insureds, creditors or the public of this state.

History: 1971 c. 260 .
Wis. Stat. § 175.095 — WI Code / Chapter 175 / Section 175.095
Daylight saving time.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding s. 175.09 (1) , the standard of time shall be as provided in sub. (2) during the period stated therein.

(2) From 2 a.m. on the 2nd Sunday in March until 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November of each year, the standard of time in this state shall be one hour in advance of that prescribed in s. 175.09 (1) .

History: 1987 a. 8 ; 2007 a. 3 .
Wis. Stat. § 423.401 — WI Code / Chapter 423 / Section 423.401
Credit card identification information.
Status: in_force

(1) Limitation. Except as provided in sub. (2) , a merchant may not record a customer’s address, telephone number or any other identification information as a condition for accepting a credit card as payment for a consumer credit transaction.

(2) Exceptions. A merchant may record a customer’s address or telephone number if any of the following conditions exists:

(a) The credit card issuer does not require the merchant to obtain from the issuer prior authorization as to the availability of credit in order to complete the credit card transaction.

(b) The merchant requires the information for shipping, delivery, service orders or installation purposes or to notify the customer of a special order.

(3) Remedies. Whoever violates this section is subject to the remedies and penalties under s. 425.303 .

History: 1991 a. 158 .
Wis. Stat. § 178.1001 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.1001
Governing law.
Status: in_force

(1) The governing law of a foreign limited liability partnership governs all of the following:

(a) The internal affairs of the partnership.

(b) The liability of a partner as partner for a debt, obligation, or other liability of the foreign partnership.

(2) A foreign limited liability partnership is not precluded from registering to do business in this state because of any difference between its governing law and the law of this state.

(3) Registration of a foreign limited liability partnership to do business in this state does not authorize the foreign partnership to engage in any business or exercise any power that a limited liability partnership may not engage in or exercise in this state.

History: 2015 a. 295 .
Wis. Stat. § 193.523 — WI Code / Chapter 193 / Section 193.523
Electronic notice.
Status: in_force

(1) Effective date of electronic notice. Any notice given by a cooperative to members in electronic format takes effect as follows:

(a) If by facsimile communication, when directed to a telephone number at which the member has consented to receive notice.

(b) If by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the member has consented to receive notice.

(c) If by a posting on an electronic network on which the member has consented to receive notice, upon the later to occur of the posting and the giving of a separate notice to the member of the specific posting.

(d) If by any other means to which the member has consented, when directed to the member pursuant to that means.

(2) Affidavit. An affidavit of the secretary of the board, other authorized officer, or authorized agent of the cooperative, indicating that a notice has been given in electronic format under sub. (1) is, in the absence of fraud, prima facie evidence that the notice was so given.

(3) Consent. If a member consents to the receipt of notice in electronic format, the member shall deliver a statement to that effect in writing to the cooperative. A statement under this subsection is effective until it is revoked by the member. A revocation under this subsection does not affect the validity of any notice given before receipt by the cooperative of the revocation.

History: 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 943.207 — WI Code / Chapter 943 / Section 943.207
Section 943.207
Status: in_force

(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a Class H felony under any of the following circumstances:

1. If the person transfers sounds into or onto at least 1,000 recordings or advertises, offers for sale or rent, sells, rents, possesses or transports at least 1,000 recordings in violation of sub. (1) during a 180-day period.

2. If the person transfers sounds on or to the Internet in violation of sub. (1) and the transferred sounds are replayed by others from the Internet at least 1,000 times during a 180-day period.

3. If the violation occurs after the person has been convicted under this section.

(4) This section does not apply to:

(a) The transfer by a cable television operator or radio or television broadcaster of any recorded sounds, other than from the sound track of a motion picture, intended for, or in connection with, broadcast or other transmission or related uses, or for archival purposes.

(b) The transfer of any video tape or nonvideo audio tape intended for possible use in a civil or criminal action or special proceeding in a court of record.

History: 1975 c. 300 ; 1977 c. 173 ; 1999 a. 51 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 818.13 — WI Code / Chapter 818 / Section 818.13
Bail after deposit.
Status: in_force

If money be deposited as provided in s. 818.11 bail may be given and justified upon notice as prescribed in s. 818.16 any time before judgment, and thereupon the judge before whom the justification is had shall direct, in the order of allowance, that the money be refunded to the defendant.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 758, 777 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 809.13; Sup. Ct. Order, 83 Wis. 2d xiiiv (1978); Stats. 1977 s. 818.13.
Wis. Stat. § 454.02 — WI Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.02
Limitations and exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) A license to practice cosmetology does not confer the right to diagnose, prescribe for, or treat diseases or conditions except as indicated in the definition of cosmetology in s. 454.01 (7m) or under the direction of a licensed and practicing physician.

(2) Cosmetology, aesthetics, electrology, and manicuring do not include any of the following:

(a) Services performed by a person licensed, certified or registered under the laws of this state as a physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, physical therapist, nurse or funeral director if those services are within the scope of the license, certificate or registration.

(b) Personal care services performed in correctional institutions, hospitals and licensed nursing homes under the supervision of a person responsible for inmate or patient care.

(3) Cosmetology, aesthetics, and manicuring do not include any of the following:

(a) Services performed by masseurs or masseuses.

(b) A service performed preparatory to a live public performance or appearance, whether in-person or through broadcast media, including the Internet.

(bm) A service performed in the course of the production of any digital, analog, or other recording of a moving or still image intended for public release or broadcast, including through the Internet.

(c) Aesthetics, if performed on the face to demonstrate a product without compensation from a patron other than the sale of the product.

History: 1987 a. 265 ; 1993 a. 105 ; 2011 a. 190 ; 2013 a. 356 .
Wis. Stat. § 480.22 — WI Code / Chapter 480 / Section 480.22
Auction consumer protection fund.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “consumer” means a person who has purchased or intends to purchase goods or real estate at an auction.

(2) If the department determines that the establishment of a consumer protection fund is necessary to protect consumers and reimburse consumers who claim losses resulting from the illegal, unprofessional or unethical conduct of auctioneers or auction companies, the department shall prepare a report that includes relevant data related to consumers and a recommendation to establish a consumer protection fund that is similar to the cemetery consumer protection fund described in s. 440.92 (8) , 1991 stats., and shall submit the report to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) .

History: 1993 a. 102 , 491 .
Wis. Stat. § 618.28 — WI Code / Chapter 618 / Section 618.28
Exemptions from Wisconsin law.
Status: in_force

(1) Exemptions. Any nondomestic insurer authorized to do business in this state may apply for and the commissioner may make an order exempting it from any requirement otherwise applicable to it, if the commissioner finds after a hearing:

(a) That in the absence of the statutory requirement in this state the requirement would not be imposed on the insurer or on a similar Wisconsin insurer by the law of the insurer’s domicile;

(b) That exemption from the requirement will not endanger the interests of insureds, creditors or the public in this state; and

(c) That the exemption will not give the insurer an unfair competitive advantage over domestic insurers.

(2) Notice and hearing. The hearing may not be held until at least 30 days after notice has been given to competing insurers authorized to do business in this state by publication in the administrative register or otherwise in a manner considered adequate by the commissioner. Any such insurer may appear in the hearing and state its position on sub. (1) (c) .

History: 1971 c. 260 ; 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 601.955 — WI Code / Chapter 601 / Section 601.955
Confidentiality.
Status: in_force

(1) All of the following apply to documents, materials, and other information in the possession or control of the commissioner that are obtained by, created by, or disclosed to the commissioner or any other person under this subchapter:

(a) The documents, materials, and other information are considered proprietary and contain trade secrets.

(b) The documents, materials, and other information are confidential and privileged, and the privilege may not be constructively waived.

(c) The documents, materials, and other information are not open to inspection or copying under s. 19.35 (1) .

(d) The documents, materials, and other information are not subject to subpoena or discovery and are not admissible as evidence in a private civil action.

(e) The commissioner may use the documents, materials, and other information in the furtherance of any regulatory or legal action brought as a part of the commissioner’s official duties.

(f) The commissioner may not make the documents, materials, or other information public without first obtaining the written consent of the licensee.

(g) Neither the commissioner nor any person who received the documents, materials, or other information may testify or be required to testify in any private civil action regarding the documents, materials, or other information.

(2) Notwithstanding sub. (1) , the commissioner may share, upon request, the documents, materials, or other information with other state, federal, and international financial regulatory agencies if the recipient agrees in writing to maintain the confidentiality and privileged status of the documents, materials, or other information and has verified that it has the legal authority to maintain confidentiality. The commissioner may receive documents, materials, or other information related to this subchapter from other state, federal, and international financial regulatory agencies and shall maintain as confidential or privileged any documents, materials, or other information that is treated as confidential or privileged under the laws of the jurisdiction that is the source of the documents, materials, or other information. The sharing of documents under this subsection does not constitute a delegation of regulatory authority and does not act as a waiver of privilege.

(3) Notwithstanding sub. (1) , the commissioner may share the documents, materials, or other information under this section with a 3rd-party consultant or vendor if the consultant or vendor agrees in writing to maintain the confidentiality and privileged status of the documents, materials, and other information shared under this section.

(4) Nothing in this subchapter prohibits the commissioner from releasing final, adjudicated actions that are open to public inspection to a database or other clearinghouse service maintained by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, its affiliates, or subsidiaries.

History: 2021 a. 73 ; 2021 a. 240 s. 30 .
Wis. Stat. § 341.409 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.409
Reciprocal registration exemption agreements for federally recognized Indian tribes or bands.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary with the approval of the joint committee on finance may enter into a reciprocal registration exemption agreement with the governing body of any federally recognized Indian tribe or band. The reciprocal agreement may exempt designated classes of vehicles registered by the Indian tribe or band from the registration requirements of this state if:

(a) The vehicle carries a registration plate showing valid registration by the Indian tribe or band.

(b) The Indian tribe or band registering the vehicle allows reciprocal privileges to similar classes of vehicles registered in this state under conditions substantially as favorable to this state as to the Indian tribe or band.

(2) The reciprocal agreement may include restrictions, conditions and terms of reciprocal privileges relating to registration, including any proportional registration taxes or fees deemed advisable by the department.

(3) The department may adopt rules to implement this section.

History: 1983 a. 50 .
Wis. Stat. § 700.10 — WI Code / Chapter 700 / Section 700.10
Remainder to heirs of owner of life interest; abolition of rule in Shelley’s case.
Status: in_force

If an instrument purports to transfer an interest for life to one person and a remainder to that person’s heirs or the heirs of that person’s body, a remainder is created in that person’s heirs or heirs of that person’s body.

History: 1991 a. 316 .