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Wis. Stat. § 48.257 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.257
Petition to initiate a procedure to waive parental consent prior to a minor’s abortion.
Status: in_force

(1) A petition to initiate a proceeding under s. 48.375 (7) shall be entitled, “In the interest of ‘Jane Doe’, a person under the age of 18”, and shall set forth with specificity:

(a) The name “Jane Doe” and the minor’s date of birth.

(b) A statement that the minor is pregnant and the estimated gestational age of the fetus at the time that the petition is filed, and a statement that the minor is seeking an abortion.

(c) The name and address of the person who intends to perform or induce the abortion, if known. If that person is not known, the name and address of the clinic or other medical facility that intends to perform or induce the abortion, if known.

(d) A request for waiver of the parental consent requirement under s. 48.375 (4) .

(e) A statement alleging that the minor is mature and well-informed enough to make her own decision on whether or not to have an abortion and facts sufficient to establish that the minor is mature enough and well-informed enough to make her own decision.

(f) A statement alleging that, if the circuit court does not find that the minor is mature enough and well-informed enough to make her own decision, the circuit court should find that having an abortion is in the minor’s best interest and facts sufficient to establish that an abortion is in the minor’s best interest.

(g) A statement acknowledging that the minor has been fully informed of the risks and consequences of abortion and the risks and consequences of carrying the pregnancy to term.

(h) If the minor is not represented by counsel, the place where and the manner in which the minor wishes to be notified of proceedings under s. 48.375 (7) until appointment of counsel under s. 48.375 (7) (a) 1. If the petition is filed by a member of the clergy on behalf of the minor, the place where and manner in which the member of the clergy wishes to be notified of proceedings under s. 48.375 (7) .

(2) The director of state courts shall provide simplified forms for use in filing a petition under this section to the clerk of circuit court in each county.

(3) The minor who is seeking the abortion shall sign the name “Jane Doe” on the petition to initiate a proceeding under s. 48.375 (7) . No other person may be required to sign the petition.

(4) The clerk of circuit court shall give a copy of the petition to the minor or to the member of the clergy who files a petition on behalf of the minor, if any.

(5) The minor, or the intake worker under s. 48.067 (7m) , shall file the completed petition under this section with the clerk of circuit court.

(6) No filing fee may be charged for a petition under this section.

History: 1991 a. 263 , 315 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.93 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.93
Intoxicants in vehicle; underage persons.
Status: in_force

(1) No underage person, as defined under s. 125.02 (20m) , may knowingly possess, transport, or have under his or her control any alcohol beverage in any motor vehicle unless the person is employed by a brewer, brewpub, alcohol beverage licensee, wholesaler, retailer, distributor, manufacturer, or rectifier and is possessing, transporting, or having such beverage in a motor vehicle under his or her control during his or her working hours and in the course of employment, as provided under s. 125.07 (4) (bm) .

(2) In addition to any other penalty prescribed by law, any violation of this section by an underage person driving or operating or on duty time with respect to a commercial motor vehicle shall be punished under s. 346.65 (2u) .

(2f) Except as provided in sub. (2g) , any person violating this section may have his or her operating privilege suspended under s. 343.30 (6) (b) 1.

(2g) Any person violating this section may be required to forfeit not less than $20 nor more than $400 and shall have his or her operating privilege:

(a) For a violation committed within 12 months of one previous violation, suspended under s. 343.30 (6) (b) 2.

(b) For a violation committed within 12 months of 2 or more previous violations, suspended under s. 343.30 (6) (b) 3.

History: 1971 c. 213 s. 5 ; 1983 a. 74 ; 1985 a. 28 ; 1989 a. 105 ; 1999 a. 109 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 968.28 — WI Code / Chapter 968 / Section 968.28
Application for court order to intercept communications.
Status: in_force

The attorney general together with the district attorney of any county may approve a request of an investigative or law enforcement officer to apply to the chief judge of the judicial administrative district for the county where the interception is to take place for an order authorizing or approving the interception of wire, electronic or oral communications. The chief judge may under s. 968.30 grant an order authorizing or approving the interception of wire, electronic or oral communications by investigative or law enforcement officers having responsibility for the investigation of the offense for which the application is made. The authorization shall be permitted only if the interception may provide or has provided evidence of the commission of the offense of homicide, felony murder, kidnapping, commercial gambling, bribery, extortion, dealing in controlled substances or controlled substance analogs, a computer crime that is a felony under s. 943.70 , sexual exploitation of a child under s. 948.05 , trafficking of a child under s. 948.051 , child enticement under s. 948.07 , grooming of a child for sexual activity under s. 948.072 , use of a computer to facilitate a child sex crime under s. 948.075 , or soliciting a child for prostitution under s. 948.08 , or any conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing offenses.

History: 1971 c. 219 ; 1977 c. 449 ; 1983 a. 438 ; 1987 a. 399 ; 1995 a. 448 ; 2011 a. 271 ; 2025 a. 88 .
Wis. Stat. § 769.708 — WI Code / Chapter 769 / Section 769.708
Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (2) , a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a registered convention support order.

(2) The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of a registered convention support order:

(a) Recognition and enforcement of the order is manifestly incompatible with public policy, including the failure of the issuing tribunal to observe minimum standards of due process, which include notice and an opportunity to be heard.

(b) The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction consistent with s. 769.201 .

(c) The order in not enforceable in the issuing country.

(d) The order was obtained by fraud in connection with a matter of procedure.

(e) A record transmitted in accordance with s. 769.706 lacks authenticity or integrity.

(f) A proceeding between the same parties and having the same purpose is pending before a tribunal of this state and that proceeding was the first to be filed.

(g) The order is incompatible with a more recent support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose, if the more recent support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this chapter in this state.

(h) Payment, to the extent alleged arrears have been paid in whole or in part.

(i) In a case in which the respondent neither appeared nor was represented in the proceeding in the issuing foreign country, if either of the following applies:

1. If the law of that country provides for prior notice of proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard.

2. If the law of that country does not provide for prior notice of the proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal.

(j) The order was made in violation of s. 769.711 .

(3) If a tribunal of this state does not recognize a convention support order under sub. (2) (b) , (d) , or (i) , both of the following apply:

(a) The tribunal may not dismiss the proceeding without allowing a reasonable time for a party to request the establishment of a new convention support order.

(b) The department shall take all appropriate measures to request a child support order for the obligee if the application for recognition and enforcement was received under s. 769.704 .

History: 2009 a. 321 ; 2015 a. 82 ss. 10 , 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 402.713 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.713
Buyer’s damages for nondelivery or repudiation.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to s. 402.723 with respect to proof of market price, the measure of damages for nondelivery or repudiation by the seller is the difference between the market price at the time when the buyer learned of the breach and the contract price together with any incidental and consequential damages provided in s. 402.715 , but less expenses saved in consequence of the seller’s breach.

(2) Market price is to be determined as of the place for tender or, in cases of rejection after arrival or revocation of acceptance, as of the place of arrival.
Wis. Stat. § 46.016 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.016
Cooperation with federal government.
Status: in_force

The department may cooperate with the federal government in carrying out federal acts concerning public assistance, social security, mental hygiene, services for the blind, and in other matters of mutual concern pertaining to public welfare.

History: 1989 a. 31 , 107 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0219 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0219
Conversion of a credit union to a state bank.
Status: in_force

A credit union under ch. 186 may become a state bank under this chapter by doing all of the following:

(1) Applying to the division of banking for authority to organize as a bank under this chapter and satisfying all requirements under this chapter for organizing as a bank.

(2) Satisfying all requirements under s. 186.314 (2m) for conversion to a state bank.

(3) Recording the bank’s articles of incorporation in the county in which its home office is located.

History: 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 454.287 — WI Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.287
Advisory committee.
Status: in_force

The secretary shall appoint an advisory committee under s. 440.042 to advise the department on matters relating to the regulation of barbers and barbering establishments under this subchapter and the rules required under s. 440.62 (5) (b) 2.

History: 2011 a. 190 ; 2017 a. 82 .
Wis. Stat. § 946.44 — WI Code / Chapter 946 / Section 946.44
Assisting or permitting escape.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever does the following is guilty of a Class H felony:

(a) Any officer or employee of an institution where prisoners are detained who intentionally permits a prisoner in the officer’s or employee’s custody to escape; or

(b) Whoever with intent to aid any prisoner to escape from custody introduces into the institution where the prisoner is detained or transfers to the prisoner anything adapted or useful in making an escape.

(1g) Any public officer or public employee who violates sub. (1) (a) or (b) is guilty of a Class F felony.

(1m) Whoever intentionally introduces into an institution where prisoners are detained or transfers to a prisoner any firearm, whether loaded or unloaded, or any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead another person to believe it is a firearm, is guilty of a Class F felony.

(2) In this section:

(a) “Custody” has the meaning designated in s. 946.42 (1) (a) .

(b) “Escape” has the meaning designated in s. 946.42 (1) (b) .

(c) “Institution” includes a juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (10p) , a secured residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g) , and a Type 2 residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 938.02 (19r) .

(d) “Prisoner” includes a person who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.34 (4h) , who is placed in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth under s. 938.183 , 938.34 (4m) , or 938.357 (4) or (5) (e) , or who is placed in a Type 2 residential care center for children and youth under s. 938.34 (4d) .

History: 1977 c. 173 ; 1985 a. 320 ; 1987 a. 27 , 236 , 238 , 403 ; 1989 a. 31 , 107 ; 1993 a. 16 , 377 , 385 , 486 , 491 ; 1995 a. 27 , 77 , 352 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2005 a. 344 ; 2013 a. 334 .
Wis. Stat. § 167.30 — WI Code / Chapter 167 / Section 167.30
Use of firearms, etc., near park, etc.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who shall discharge or cause the discharge of any missile from any firearm, slung shot, bow and arrow or other weapon, within 40 rods of any public park, square or enclosure owned or controlled by any municipality within this state and resorted to for recreation or pleasure, when such park, square or enclosure is wholly situated without the limits of such municipality, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 60 days or by fine of not more than $25 nor less than one dollar.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the discharge of a firearm if the actor’s conduct is justified or, had it been subject to a criminal penalty, would have been subject to a defense described in s. 939.45 .

History: 2011 a. 35 .
Wis. Stat. § 450.05 — WI Code / Chapter 450 / Section 450.05
Pharmacist licensed in other state; licensure.
Status: in_force

The board may, upon application and payment of the fee specified in s. 440.05 (2) , license as a pharmacist any person who is licensed in another state if the person produces satisfactory evidence of having met requirements comparable to those that existed in this state at the time the person became licensed in the other state. The board may deny a license as a pharmacist under this section to any person whose license to practice pharmacy in another state has been voluntarily surrendered, limited, suspended, or revoked. The board may require an applicant under this section to pass an equivalency examination administered by the board. If the board requires an equivalency examination, any person licensed as a pharmacist in another state who is engaged in the active practice of pharmacy may only be required to pass an examination on state and federal laws, rules, and regulations.

History: 1985 a. 146 ; 2013 a. 124 .
Wis. Stat. § 810.02 — WI Code / Chapter 810 / Section 810.02
Order directing return of property.
Status: in_force

An order directing the return of property to the plaintiff at any time before final judgment in a replevin action shall be issued only by a judge or other judicial officer on the affidavit of the plaintiff made after summons is issued. The affidavit or verified complaint shall set forth specific factual allegations to show the following:

(1) That the plaintiff is entitled to the possession of the property claimed, particularly describing it;

(2) That the property is wrongfully detained by the defendant;

(3) The alleged cause of detention according to the plaintiff’s best knowledge, information and belief;

(4) That the property has not been taken for a tax, assessment or fine or seized under any execution or attachment against the property of the plaintiff, or that if so seized that it is exempt from the seizure;

(5) The value of the property; and

(6) The location of the property claimed by the plaintiff with sufficient specific factual allegations for the judge or judicial officer to determine that there is reason to believe that the property is in the location described or in the possession of the defendant or any person acting on behalf of, subject to or in concert with the defendant.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 758 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 810.02; 1977 c. 308 ; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 157.067 — WI Code / Chapter 157 / Section 157.067
Connection with funeral establishment prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “funeral establishment” has the meaning given in s. 445.01 (6) , except that “funeral establishment” does not include a building or part of a building that is erected under s. 157.11 (1) for holding or conducting funeral services if dead human bodies are not embalmed, cared for, or prepared for burial or transportation, in the building.

(2) No cemetery authority may permit a funeral establishment to be located in the cemetery. No cemetery authority may have or permit an employee or agent of the cemetery to have any ownership, operation or other financial interest in a funeral establishment. Except as provided in sub. (2m) , no cemetery authority or employee or agent of a cemetery may, directly or indirectly, receive or accept any commission, fee, remuneration or benefit of any kind from a funeral establishment or from an owner, employee or agent of a funeral establishment.

(2m) A cemetery authority may accept a fee or remuneration from a funeral establishment or from an owner, employee or agent of a funeral establishment if all of the following requirements are satisfied:

(a) The fee or remuneration is a payment to the cemetery authority for a burial in the cemetery authority’s cemetery.

(b) The fee or remuneration payment is made on behalf of the person who is responsible for paying for the funeral establishment’s services.

(c) The funeral establishment will be reimbursed for the fee or remuneration by charging the person who is responsible for paying the funeral expenses an amount that is identical to the amount of the fee or remuneration paid by the funeral establishment to the cemetery authority.

History: 1993 a. 100 , 386 ; 2005 a. 266 .
Wis. Stat. § 904.05 — WI Code / Chapter 904 / Section 904.05
Methods of proving character.
Status: in_force

(1) Reputation or opinion. In all cases in which evidence of character or a trait of character of a person is admissible, proof may be made by testimony as to reputation or by testimony in the form of an opinion. On cross-examination, inquiry is allowable into relevant specific instances of conduct.

(2) Specific instances of conduct. In cases in which character or a trait of character of a person is an essential element of a charge, claim, or defense, proof may also be made of specific instances of the person’s conduct.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R80 (1973); 1991 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 23.14 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.14
Approval required before new lands acquired.
Status: in_force

Prior to the initial acquisition of any lands by the department after July 1, 1977, for any new facility or project, the proposed initial acquisition shall be submitted to the governor for his or her approval. New facilities or projects include, without limitation because of enumeration, state parks, state forests, recreation areas, public shooting, trapping or fishing grounds or waters, fish hatcheries, game farms, forest nurseries, experimental stations, endangered species preservation areas, picnic and camping grounds, hiking trails, cross-country ski trails, bridle trails, nature trails, bicycle trails, snowmobile trails, youth camps, land in the lower Wisconsin state riverway as defined in s. 30.40 (15) , natural areas and wild rivers.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1987 a. 98 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 2001 a. 16 , 106 .
Wis. Stat. § 941.235 — WI Code / Chapter 941 / Section 941.235
Carrying firearm in public building.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who goes armed with a firearm in any building owned or leased by the state or any political subdivision of the state is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(2) This section does not apply to any of the following:

(a) Peace officers or armed forces or military personnel who go armed in the line of duty or to any person duly authorized by the chief of police of any city, village or town, the chief of the capitol police, or the sheriff of any county to possess a firearm in any building under sub. (1) . Notwithstanding s. 939.22 (22) , for purposes of this paragraph, peace officer does not include a commission warden who is not a state-certified commission warden.

(c) A qualified out-of-state law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 941.23 (1) (g) , to whom s. 941.23 (2) (b) 1. to 3. applies.

(d) A former officer, as defined in s. 941.23 (1) (c) , to whom s. 941.23 (2) (c) 1. to 7. applies.

(e) A licensee, as defined in s. 175.60 (1) (d) , or an out-of-state licensee, as defined in s. 175.60 (1) (g) .

History: 1979 c. 221 ; 1991 a. 172 ; 1993 a. 246 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2007 a. 27 ; 2011 a. 35 .
Wis. Stat. § 76.81 — WI Code / Chapter 76 / Section 76.81
Imposition.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , there is imposed a tax on the real property of, and the tangible personal property of, every telephone company, excluding property that is exempt from the property tax under s. 70.11 (39) , (39m) , and (48) , motor vehicles that are exempt under s. 70.112 (5) , property that is used less than 50 percent in the operation of a telephone company, as provided under s. 70.112 (4) (b) , treatment plant and pollution abatement equipment that is exempt under s. 70.11 (21) , and qualified broadband service property. Except as provided in s. 76.815 , the rate for the tax imposed on each description of real property and on each item of tangible personal property is the net rate for the prior year for the tax under ch. 70 in the taxing jurisdictions where the description or item is located. The real and tangible personal property of a telephone company shall be assessed as provided under s. 70.112 (4) (b) .

(2) Beginning with the assessments as of January 1, 2027, the tangible personal property of a telephone company is exempt from taxation under this subchapter.

History: 1995 a. 351 ; 1997 a. 237 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2007 a. 19 ; 2019 a. 128 ; 2023 a. 140 ; 2025 a. 15 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0622 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0622
Purchase of memberships.
Status: in_force

A corporation may purchase the membership of a member who resigns or whose membership is terminated for the amount and pursuant to the conditions set forth in or authorized by its articles of incorporation or bylaws. A corporation may not make a payment under this section that violates s. 181.1302 (1) .

History: 1997 a. 79 .