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Wis. Stat. § 767.863 — WI Code / Chapter 767 / Section 767.863
First appearance.
Status: in_force

(1) Notice to parties. If the respondent is present at a hearing prior to the determination of paternity, the court shall, at least one time at one such hearing, inform the parties of the items in s. 767.813 (5g) .

(1m) Paternity allegation by male other than husband; when determination not in best interest of child. In an action to establish the paternity of a child who was born to a woman while she was married, if a male other than the woman’s husband alleges that he, not the husband, is the child’s father, a party may allege that a judicial determination that a male other than the husband is the father is not in the best interest of the child. If the court or a supplemental court commissioner under s. 757.675 (2) (g) determines that a judicial determination of whether a male other than the husband is the father is not in the best interest of the child, no genetic tests may be ordered and the action shall be dismissed.

(2) Order for tests. If at the first appearance it appears from a sufficient petition or affidavit of the child’s mother or an alleged father or from sworn testimony of the child’s mother or an alleged father that there is probable cause to believe that any of the males named has had sexual intercourse with the mother during a possible time of the child’s conception, the court may, or upon the request of any party shall, order any of the named persons to submit to genetic tests. The tests shall be conducted in accordance with s. 767.84 . The court is not required to order a person who has undergone a genetic test under s. 49.225 to submit to another genetic test under this subsection unless a party requests additional tests under s. 767.84 (2) .

(3) Orders if statement on file. At the first appearance, if a statement acknowledging paternity under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 1. or 3. that was signed and filed before April 1, 1998, is on file, the court may enter an order for child support, legal custody or physical placement and, if the respondent who filed the statement does not dispute his paternity, may enter a judgment of paternity.

History: 1979 c. 352 ; 1983 a. 447 s. 34 ; Stats. 1983 s. 767.457; 1987 a. 27 ss. 2136t , 2137d , 2137e ; Stats. 1987 s. 767.458; 1987 a. 403 , 413 ; 1993 a. 16 , 481 ; 1995 a. 100 ; 1997 a. 191 ; 2001 a. 61 ; 2005 a. 443 ss. 195 to 198 , 254 ; Stats. 2005 s. 767.863.
Wis. Stat. § 302.40 — WI Code / Chapter 302 / Section 302.40
Discipline; solitary confinement.
Status: in_force

For violating the rules of the jail, an inmate may be kept in solitary confinement, under the care and advice of a physician, but not over 10 days.

History: 1989 a. 31 s. 1664 ; Stats. 1989 s. 302.40.
Wis. Stat. § 631.17 — WI Code / Chapter 631 / Section 631.17
Written reason for coverage denial.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “disability insurance policy” has the meaning given in s. 632.895 (1) (a) .

(2) An insurer that denies coverage under an individual or group life or disability insurance policy or a certificate of group life or disability insurance shall advise the applicant or proposed insured in writing of the reasons for the denial.

History: 1999 a. 95 .
Wis. Stat. § 863.37 — WI Code / Chapter 863 / Section 863.37
Distribution of money or other property where payment or transfer is prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) If the laws, executive orders or regulations of the United States prohibit payment, conveyance, transfer, assignment or delivery of property to a legatee, devisee, ward or beneficiary of an estate or trust, or to any person on his or her behalf, the court, after notice to the person under s. 879.03 , may by judgment or decree authorize such disposition of the property as is or may be permissible under or in conformity with the laws, executive orders or regulations of the United States.

(2)

(a) Whenever payment of a legacy or a distributive share cannot be made to the person entitled to payment or it appears that the person may not receive or have the opportunity to obtain payment, the court may, on petition of a person interested or on its own motion, order that the funds be paid or delivered to the secretary of revenue for deposit as provided under subch. VIII of ch. 177 . Claims on the funds may be made under s. 863.39 within 10 years after the date of publication under s. 177.0503 . When a claimant to the funds resides outside the United States or its territories the court may require the personal appearance of the claimant before the court.

(b) Notwithstanding par. (a) , whenever moneys arising from an unclaimed legacy or unclaimed intestate property have been deposited with the state treasurer on or after April 1, 1971, but before April 30, 1980, claims may be made for the property under s. 863.39 within 10 years after April 30, 1980.

History: 1977 c. 449 ; 1979 c. 221 ; 1983 a. 408 ; 1997 a. 188 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2021 a. 87 .
Wis. Stat. § 15.675 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.675
Same; attached board.
Status: in_force

(1) Distance learning authorization board. There is created a distance learning authorization board, for higher education, that is attached to the higher educational aids board under s. 15.03 and that consists of all of the following members:

(a) The president of the University of Wisconsin System or his or her designee.

(b) The president of the technical college system as appointed under s. 38.04 (2) or his or her designee.

(c) The president of the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities or his or her designee.

(d) The secretary of safety and professional services or his or her designee.

(e) One person representing tribal colleges in this state, appointed for a 4-year term.

History: 2015 a. 208 ; 2017 a. 59 ; 2021 a. 240 s. 30 .
Wis. Stat. § 165.989 — WI Code / Chapter 165 / Section 165.989
Community-oriented policing-house grant program.
Status: in_force

The department of justice shall award grants to cities with a population of 30,000 or more to fund community-oriented policing-house programs. The department of justice shall use the following criteria in awarding grants under this section:

(1) The ability to maximize grant resources to serve the greatest number of people and the greatest number of cities.

(2) The city’s plan to integrate the community-oriented policing house into the fabric of the community and the neighborhood.

(3) The future ability to use the community-oriented policing house for multiple purposes, including building relationships between law enforcement and the community and connecting residents of the neighborhood to community supports.

(4) The ability for community organizations, government agencies, faith-based organizations, and other nonprofit entities to use the community-oriented policing house once it is established.

History: 2021 a. 51 ; 2023 a. 19 ; 2025 a. 27 s. 1m .
Wis. Stat. § 115.368 — WI Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.368
Assistance to schools for protective behaviors programs.
Status: in_force

(1) The purpose of this section is to enable and encourage public, private, and tribal schools to develop protective behaviors programs and anti-offender behavior programs designed to assist minors and their parents or guardians in recognizing, avoiding, preventing, and halting physically or psychologically intrusive or abusive situations that may be harmful to minors.

(2) The department, in conjunction with the department of health services and the department of children and families, and after consulting with established organizations providing services with a focus on children of risk, shall:

(a) Develop and conduct protective behaviors training programs for the professional staff of public, private, and tribal schools and counties under ss. 46.034 , 46.215 , 46.22 , 46.23 , 51.42 , and 51.437 . The training programs shall include information on how to assist a minor and his or her parent or guardian in recognizing, avoiding, preventing, and halting physically or psychologically intrusive or abusive situations that may be harmful to the minor, including child abuse, sexual abuse, and child enticement. The training programs shall emphasize how to help minors to develop positive psychological, emotional, and problem-solving responses to such situations, and to avoid relying on negative, fearful, or solely reactive methods of dealing with such situations. The training programs shall also include information on the detection, by other minors, their parents or guardians, and school staff, of conditions that indicate that a minor is being or has been subjected to such situations; the proper action to take when there is reason to believe that a minor is being or has been subjected to such situations; and the coordination of school protective behaviors programs and activities with programs and activities of other state and local agencies. Persons other than the professional staff of public, private, and tribal schools and counties under ss. 46.034 , 46.215 , 46.22 , 46.23 , 51.42 , and 51.437 may attend the training programs. The department may charge such persons a fee sufficient to cover the increased costs of materials, but not personnel cost, to the department of their participation in the programs. The department may not deny any resident of Wisconsin the opportunity to participate in a program if the person is unable to pay any fee.

(b) Provide consultation and technical assistance to public, private, and tribal schools for the development and implementation of protective behaviors programs and the coordination of those programs with programs of other state and local agencies.

History: 1985 a. 213 ; 1985 a. 332 ss. 153 , 253 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19) ; 2007 a. 20 ss. 2691 , 9121 (6) (a) ; 2009 a. 302 .
Wis. Stat. § 32.17 — WI Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32.17
General provisions.
Status: in_force

(1) Where power of condemnation is given to a state officer the title acquired shall be in the name of the state. Payments of the costs and expenses of such condemnation shall be paid from the appropriation covering the purposes for which the property is acquired.

(2) Any condemnation proceedings authorized under any local or special law of this state, except those applicable to cities of the 1st class, shall be conducted under the procedure provided in this subchapter.

(3) Where disbursements and costs, including expert witness fees and reasonable actual attorney fees in case of abandonment of proceedings by the condemnor are recoverable from a condemnor under this subchapter, they shall be recoverable from the state or any of its agencies when the state or such agency is the condemnor.

History: 1983 s. 236 s. 12; 1993 a. 490 .
Wis. Stat. § 185.47 — WI Code / Chapter 185 / Section 185.47
Financial books and records; penalty for refusal to produce.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) A cooperative shall keep correct and complete financial books and records, including minutes of the proceedings of meetings of its members, board, and executive committee. The cooperative shall keep at its principal office records of the names and addresses of all members and stockholders with the amount of stock held by each, and of ownership of equity interests.

(b)

1. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3. and par. (c) , and subject to par. (d) , at any reasonable time, any member or stockholder, or his or her agent or attorney, upon written notice stating the purposes thereof, delivered or sent to the cooperative at least one week in advance, may examine for a proper purpose any of the cooperative’s records pertinent to the purpose specified in the notice.

2. Except as provided in subd. 3. and par. (c) , and subject to par. (d) , at any reasonable time, any member or stockholder, or his or her agent or attorney, upon written notice stating the purposes thereof, delivered or sent to the cooperative at least one week in advance, may examine for a proper purpose any of the cooperative’s financial books covering the current or preceding 5 fiscal years and that are pertinent to the purpose specified in the notice.

3. No person is entitled to examine any financial books or records under subd. 1. or 2. if the cooperative is subject to any legal duty to preserve the confidentiality of, or protect the privacy of information contained in, the financial books or records.

(c) The board may deny a request to examine any financial books or records if the board determines that the purpose is not directly related to the requester’s interest as a member or stockholder in the business or affairs of the cooperative or is otherwise contrary to the best interests of the cooperative.

(d) The cooperative may condition examination of financial books or records on the member or stockholder reimbursing the cooperative for the reasonable costs to produce the financial books or records and make requested copies of them.

(2) In any proceedings, or upon petition for such purpose any court of record may, upon notice and after hearing at which proper cause is shown, and upon suitable terms, order any of the cooperative’s financial books or records, and any other pertinent documents in its possession, or duly authenticated copies thereof, to be brought within this state. Such documents shall be kept at such place and for such time and purposes as the order designates. Any cooperative failing to comply with the order is subject to dissolution, and its directors and officers are liable for contempt of court.

(3) Subject to all requirements and limitations specified in sub. (1) , a member or stockholder of a cooperative may examine the financial books and records of any other cooperative or other person that is a wholly owned subsidiary of the cooperative or in which the cooperative owns a controlling interest.

History: 1985 a. 30 ss. 24 , 25 , 42 ; 2017 a. 76 .
Wis. Stat. § 256.215 — WI Code / Chapter 256 / Section 256.215
Providers of community emergency medical services.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Community emergency medical services provider” means an emergency medical services provider that has approval from the department for its personnel to provide community emergency medical services under sub. (2) .

(b) “Community emergency medical services practitioner” has the meaning given under s. 256.21 (1) .

(c) “Community paramedic” has the meaning given under s. 256.205 (1) .

(d) “Emergency medical services provider” means an emergency medical services program under s. 256.12 that provides services as a nontransporting emergency medical services practitioner provider or an ambulance service provider licensed under s. 256.15 (5) .

(2) Approval. No emergency medical services provider may advertise as providing community emergency medical services or may advertise having community paramedics or community emergency medical services practitioners unless the emergency medical services provider has approval from the department under this subsection. To be eligible for approval to provide community emergency medical services, an emergency medical services provider shall satisfy all of the following criteria:

(a) The emergency medical services provider is licensed by the department at any emergency medical services level.

(b) The emergency medical services provider establishes, submits to the department, and maintains patient care protocols corresponding to the appropriate service level to be used by a community paramedic or a community emergency medical services practitioner. The emergency medical services provider may include in a patient care protocol only those services that do not require a license, certificate, or other credential under subch. II , III , IV , or VII of ch. 448 or subch. I of ch. 457 or ch. 441 , 446 , 447 , 449 , 450 , 451 , 455 , or 459 to provide.

(c) The emergency medical services provider agrees to provide to the department a list identifying each community paramedic and community emergency medical services practitioner providing community emergency medical services as a volunteer or employee of that emergency medical services provider. If the emergency medical services provider is approved under this subsection as a community emergency medical services provider, the emergency medical services provider shall provide and update its list of community paramedics and community emergency medical services practitioners.

(d) The emergency medical services provider meets other requirements as specified by the department.

History: 2017 a. 66 ; 2023 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 129.08 — WI Code / Chapter 129 / Section 129.08
Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any art dealer who violates s. 129.05 or 129.06 , is liable to the artist in an amount equal to:

(1) $50; and

(2) The actual damages, if any, including the incidental and consequential damages, sustained by the artist by reason of the violation and reasonable attorney fees.

History: 1979 c. 61 .
Wis. Stat. § 18.12 — WI Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18.12
Pledge of full faith.
Status: in_force

The full faith, credit and taxing power of this state are irrevocably pledged to the payment of the principal, interest and premium due, if any, on all public debt. There is irrevocably appropriated through s. 20.866 , as a first charge upon all revenues of this state, a sum sufficient for the payment of the installments of principal, interest and premium due, if any, on all public debt as the same falls due.
Wis. Stat. § 66.0314 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0314
State of emergency; mutual assistance.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Emergency management program” means the emergency management program of a city, village, town, or county, under s. 323.14 (1) .

(b) “Emergency medical services program” means a program established under s. 256.12 .

(c) “Fire department” means any public organization engaged in fire fighting or a private sector employer fire company or fire department organized as a nonstock, nonprofit corporation under ch. 181 or ch. 213 without the input of a municipality.

(d) “Incident command system” means a functional management system established to control, direct, and manage the roles, responsibilities, and operations of all of the agencies involved in a multi-jurisdictional or multi-agency emergency response, which may include authorities designated by a participating tribe or band.

(e) “Local health department” has the meaning given in s. 250.01 (4) , and also includes an entity designated by a participating tribe or band as a local health department.

(fe) “Tribe or band” means a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state.

(2)

(a) If the governor declares a state of emergency under s. 323.10 , upon the request of a city, village, town, or county, or a person acting under an incident command system, the personnel of any emergency management program, emergency medical services program, fire department, or local health department may assist the requester within the requester’s jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other jurisdictional provision.

(b) If a request for assistance is made under par. (a) , the governmental unit that receives the assistance is responsible for the personnel or equipment costs incurred by the responding agency to the extent that federal, state, and other 3rd-party reimbursement is available if all of the following apply:

1. The responding agency meets the personnel and equipment requirements in the state plan under s. 323.13 (1) (b) .

2. The responding agency requests payment of those costs.

History: 2003 a. 186 ; 2007 a. 130 ; 2009 a. 42 .
Wis. Stat. § 891.05 — WI Code / Chapter 891 / Section 891.05
§ 891.05. Land patents by state officers.
Status: in_force

Every patent which shall have been executed and delivered by the commissioners of school and university lands or by the commissioners of public lands, purporting to convey any land, and every deed or patent which shall have been executed and delivered by the governor, purporting to convey any lands granted to the state by the United States, shall be received as presumptive evidence of the facts therein stated and that the grantee named therein became vested thereby at the date thereof with an absolute title in fee to the lands therein described.
Wis. Stat. § 405.101 — WI Code / Chapter 405 / Section 405.101
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as uniform commercial code — letters of credit.

History: 2005 a. 213 .
Wis. Stat. § 907.06 — WI Code / Chapter 907 / Section 907.06
Court appointed experts.
Status: in_force

(1) Appointment. The judge may on the judge’s own motion or on the motion of any party enter an order to show cause why expert witnesses should not be appointed, and may request the parties to submit nominations. The judge may appoint any expert witnesses agreed upon by the parties, and may appoint witnesses of the judge’s own selection. An expert witness shall not be appointed by the judge unless the expert witness consents to act. A witness so appointed shall be informed of the witness’s duties by the judge in writing, a copy of which shall be filed with the clerk, or at a conference in which the parties shall have opportunity to participate. A witness so appointed shall advise the parties of the witness’s findings, if any; the witness’s deposition may be taken by any party; and the witness may be called to testify by the judge or any party. The witness shall be subject to cross-examination by each party, including a party calling the expert witness as a witness.

(2) Compensation. Expert witnesses so appointed are entitled to reasonable compensation in whatever sum the judge may allow. The compensation thus fixed is payable from funds which may be provided by law in criminal cases and cases involving just compensation under ch. 32 . In civil cases the compensation shall be paid by the parties in such proportion and at such time as the judge directs, and thereafter charged in like manner as other costs but without the limitation upon expert witness fees prescribed by s. 814.04 (2) .

(3) Disclosure of appointment. In the exercise of discretion, the judge may authorize disclosure to the jury of the fact that the court appointed the expert witness.

(4) Parties’ experts of own selection. Nothing in this rule limits the parties in calling expert witnesses of their own selection.

(5) Appointment in criminal cases. This section shall not apply to the appointment of experts as provided by s. 971.16 .

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R215 (1973); Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 784; 1991 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 943.014 — WI Code / Chapter 943 / Section 943.014
Demolition of historic building without authorization.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “historic building” means any building or structure that is listed on, or any building or structure within and contributing to a historic district that is listed on, the national register of historic places in Wisconsin or the state register of historic places or any building or structure that is included on a list of historic places designated by a city, village, town or county.

(2) Whoever intentionally demolishes a historic building without a permit issued by a city, village, town or county or without an order issued under s. 66.0413 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to any person if he or she acts as part of a state agency action and the state agency has complied with ss. 44.39 to 44.42 regarding the action.

History: 1995 a. 466 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 303.20 — WI Code / Chapter 303 / Section 303.20
United States convicts.
Status: in_force

A county may contract with the United States for the keeping and support, within its house of correction, of all prisoners who are sentenced to imprisonment by the courts of the United States within this state, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the county board and the officers of the United States having authority for that purpose.

History: 1989 a. 31 s. 1695 ; Stats. 1989 s. 303.20; 1993 a. 89 .