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Wis. Stat. § 707.55 — WI Code / Chapter 707 / Section 707.55
Prohibited advertising and sales practices.
Status: in_force

In connection with the offer or sale of a time share, no person may engage in any of the following practices:

(1) False or misleading statements. Making any assertion, representation or statement of material fact that is false, deceptive or misleading.

(2) Incentives. Making any assertion, representation or statement that any incentives, including discounts, special prices, merchandise awards, types of memberships or other financial benefits, are only available to a prospective purchaser for the remainder of the day on which the assertion, representation or statement is made, except that the person may state that the incentives are not guaranteed in the future and that they may be subject to negotiation in the future.

(2m) Value of incentives. Making any assertion, representation or statement that an incentive or inducement to purchase has a specified price or value unless the incentive or inducement is customarily sold apart from the sale of a time share.

(3) Resale value. Misrepresenting the resale value of a time share.

(4) Financial investment. Representing a time share as a financial investment.

(5) Salespersons. Misrepresenting the identity, function, or authority of a salesperson or team of salespersons.

(6) Contradictory statements. Making any assertion, representation or statement of material fact which is inconsistent with or contradictory to the terms or provisions of the purchase contract or material provided with the purchase contract.

(7) Length of sales presentation. Misrepresenting the reasonably estimated length of any sales presentation by a salesperson or team of salespersons.

(8) Seller’s identity. Failing to clearly disclose the seller’s identity and that time shares are being offered for sale at the beginning of an initial contact with a prospective purchaser, if the contact is initiated by or on behalf of a seller.

(9) Purpose of advertising material. Failing to include the following disclosure, in boldface type, on any printed advertising material, including any lodging certificate, gift, award, prize, premium or discount: THIS ADVERTISING MATERIAL IS BEING USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SOLICITING THE SALE OF TIME-SHARE PROPERTY OR INTERESTS IN TIME-SHARE PROPERTY.

(10) Gifts and prizes. A mail or coupon promotion sent to residents of this state that offers any award, gift or prize for visiting a development or attending any sales presentation shall comply with the requirements of s. 100.171 .

(11) Waiver. Entering into or requesting a person to enter into any agreement or stipulation that binds the person to waive compliance with this section or that requests the person to certify the absence of any misrepresentation or other violation of this section.

History: 1987 a. 399 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1997 a. 111 ; 2007 a. 18 ; 2015 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 186.60 — WI Code / Chapter 186 / Section 186.60
Venue.
Status: in_force

An action brought by a credit union to enjoin the office of credit unions in the discharge of the office’s duties shall be brought in the county in which the credit union is located.

History: 1995 a. 151 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.144 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.144
Article 144 — Immunity for action of military courts.
Status: in_force

All persons acting under the provisions of this code, whether as a member of the military or as a civilian, shall be immune from any personal liability for any of the acts or omissions that they did or failed to do as part of their duties under this code.

History: 2007 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.042 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.042
Article 42 — Oaths or affirmations.
Status: in_force

(1) Before performing their respective duties, military judges, general and special courts-martial members, trial counsel, defense counsel, reporters, and interpreters shall take an oath or affirmation in the presence of the accused to perform their duties faithfully. The form of the oath or affirmation, the time and place of the taking, the manner of recording the same, and whether the oath or affirmation shall be taken for all cases in which these duties are to be performed or for a particular case, shall be as prescribed in regulation or as provided by law. These regulations may provide that an oath or affirmation to perform faithfully the duties as a military judge, trial counsel, or defense counsel may be taken at any time by any judge advocate or other person certified or designated to be qualified or competent for the duty, and if an oath or affirmation is taken, it need not again be taken at the time the judge advocate or other person is detailed to that duty.

(2) Each witness before a court-martial shall be examined under oath or affirmation.

History: 2007 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 402.611 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.611
Retraction of anticipatory repudiation.
Status: in_force

(1) Until the repudiating party’s next performance is due the repudiating party can retract the repudiation unless the aggrieved party has since the repudiation canceled or materially changed position or otherwise indicated that the aggrieved party considers the repudiation final.

(2) Retraction may be by any method which clearly indicates to the aggrieved party that the repudiating party intends to perform, but must include any assurance justifiably demanded under s. 402.609 .

(3) Retraction reinstates the repudiating party’s rights under the contract with due excuse and allowance to the aggrieved party for any delay occasioned by the repudiation.

History: 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 177.1205 — WI Code / Chapter 177 / Section 177.1205
Waiver of penalties.
Status: in_force

The administrator may waive, in whole or in part, the penalties imposed under ss. 177.1204 and 177.12045 (1) .

History: 2021 a. 87 ; 2025 a. 112 .
Wis. Stat. § 971.108 — WI Code / Chapter 971 / Section 971.108
Elder person victims and witnesses; duty to preserve testimony.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “elder person” means any individual who is 60 years of age or older.

(2) In all criminal and delinquency cases and juvenile dispositional hearings involving a crime victim or witness who is an elder person, the district attorney may file a motion to preserve the testimony of the crime victim or witness. If the court finds good cause to do so, the court shall conduct a hearing within 60 days of the date the motion was filed to preserve the testimony of the crime victim or witness. The hearing shall be before the court. The defendant shall be present at the hearing. The crime victim or witness shall be sworn as a witness and shall be subject to cross-examination and rebuttal if not unduly repetitious. The witness may testify in person, or, upon a showing by the proponent of good cause under s. 807.13 (2) (c) , testimony may be received into the record of the hearing by telephone or live audiovisual means. The hearing shall be recorded, and the recorded testimony of the witness shall be admissible in evidence in any court proceeding in the case.

History: 2023 a. 231 .
Wis. Stat. § 61.50 — WI Code / Chapter 61 / Section 61.50
Ordinances; contracts; other instruments; how executed.
Status: in_force

(1) Publication of notice of ordinances. Every contract, conveyance, commission, license or other written instrument shall be executed on the part of the village by the president and clerk, unless otherwise provided by resolution or ordinance, sealed with corporate seal, and in pursuance only of authority therefor from the village board. All ordinances and bylaws shall be signed by the president and countersigned by the clerk; and, if any penalty or forfeiture is thereby imposed, the ordinance or bylaw shall be published either in its entirety, as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985 , or as a notice, as described under sub. (3) (b) , and shall take effect on the day after the publication or a later date if expressly prescribed. If there is no newspaper published in the village, the village board may in lieu of newspaper publication have copies of the ordinances and bylaws posted in at least 3 public places in said village, and proof thereof filed and recorded by the village clerk, and the same shall take effect the day after the proof of posting has been filed and recorded, or at a later date if expressly provided in the ordinance or bylaw.

(1m) Indeterminate publication. When any village ordinance is required by law to be published without express designation therein as to class of notice, the ordinance shall be published either in its entirety, as a class 1 notice under ch. 985 , or as a notice, as described under sub. (3) (b) .

(2) Entitling of ordinance. All ordinances shall be suitably entitled and in this style: “The village board of .... do ordain as follows”. All authorized ordinances and bylaws shall have the force of law and remain in force until repealed.

(3) Requirements for notice.

(a) In this subsection, “summary” has the meaning given in s. 59.14 (1m) (a) .

(b) A notice of an ordinance or bylaw that may be published under this subsection shall be published as a class 1 notice under ch. 985 and shall contain at least all of the following:

1. The number and title of the ordinance or bylaw.

2. The date of enactment.

3. A summary of the subject matter and main points of the ordinance or bylaw.

4. Information as to where the full text of the ordinance or bylaw may be obtained, including the phone number of the village clerk, a street address where the full text of the ordinance or bylaw may be viewed, and a website, if any, at which the ordinance or bylaw may be accessed.

History: 2007 a. 72 ; 2009 a. 173 ; 2017 a. 365 s. 112 .
Wis. Stat. § 891.20 — WI Code / Chapter 891 / Section 891.20
Articles of incorporation, presumptions.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in s. 180.0203 (2) , any charter or patent of incorporation which shall have been issued by the governor, secretary of state or department of financial institutions, or by any combination, to any corporation under any law of the state; any certificate of organization or association of any corporation or joint stock company; the articles of organization of a limited liability company; the articles of association or organization of any corporation, or a certified copy thereof, which shall have been filed or recorded in the office of the secretary of state or with the department of financial institutions, or recorded in the office of any register of deeds or filed or recorded in the office of any clerk of the circuit court under any law of the state; any certificate or resolution for the purpose of amendment, and every amendment in any form, of the charter, patent, certificate or articles of association or organization or of the name, corporate powers or purposes of any corporation or limited liability company, filed or recorded in any of the departments or offices and a certified copy of any such document so filed or recorded shall be received as conclusive evidence of the existence of the corporation, limited liability company or joint stock company mentioned therein, or of the due amendment of the charter, patent, certificate or articles of association or organization thereof in all cases where such facts are only collaterally involved; and as presumptive evidence thereof and of the facts therein stated in all other cases.

History: 1993 a. 112 , 301 , 491 ; 1995 a. 27 , 400 .
Wis. Stat. § 707.54 — WI Code / Chapter 707 / Section 707.54
Labeling of promotional material.
Status: in_force

If any improvement in the time-share property is not required to be built, no promotional material may be displayed or delivered to prospective purchasers which describes or portrays that improvement unless the description or portrayal of the improvement is conspicuously labeled or identified as “NEED NOT BE BUILT”.

History: 1987 a. 399 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.44 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.44
Jurisdiction over persons 17 or older.
Status: in_force

The court has jurisdiction over persons 17 years of age or older as provided under ss. 48.133 , 48.355 (4) , 48.357 (6) , 48.365 (5) , and 48.45 and as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter.

History: 1971 c. 213 s. 5 ; 1975 c. 39 ; 1977 c. 354 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 121 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 35 , 292 ; 2013 a. 334 .
Wis. Stat. § 939.31 — WI Code / Chapter 939 / Section 939.31
Conspiracy.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in ss. 940.43 (4) , 940.45 (4) and 961.41 (1x) , whoever, with intent that a crime be committed, agrees or combines with another for the purpose of committing that crime may, if one or more of the parties to the conspiracy does an act to effect its object, be fined or imprisoned or both not to exceed the maximum provided for the completed crime; except that for a conspiracy to commit a crime for which the penalty is life imprisonment, the actor is guilty of a Class B felony.

History: 1977 c. 173 ; 1981 c. 118 ; 1985 a. 328 ; 1995 a. 448 .
Wis. Stat. § 76.126 — WI Code / Chapter 76 / Section 76.126
Average net rate of taxation.
Status: in_force

The department shall compute the average net rate of taxation by subtracting the aggregate state property tax credits paid under s. 79.10 from the aggregate tax determined under s. 76.11 and dividing that result by the state assessment of the general property of the state upon which those taxes were levied. The department shall enter that rate upon the department’s records.

History: 1987 a. 399 .
Wis. Stat. § 854.12 — WI Code / Chapter 854 / Section 854.12
Debt to transferor.
Status: in_force

(1) Heir under intestacy.

(a) If an heir owes a debt to the decedent, the amount of the indebtedness shall be offset against the intestate share of the debtor heir.

(b) In contesting an offset under par. (a) , the debtor heir shall have the benefit of any defense that would be available to the debtor heir in a direct proceeding by the personal representative for the recovery of the debt, except that the debtor heir may not defend on the basis that the debt was discharged in bankruptcy or on the basis that the relevant statute of limitations has expired. If the debtor fails to survive the decedent, the court may not include the debt in computing any intestate shares of the debtor’s issue.

(2) Transferee under revocable governing instrument.

(a) Subject to par. (c) , if a transferee under a revocable governing instrument survives the transferor and is indebted to the transferor, the amount of the indebtedness shall be treated as an offset against the property to which the debtor transferee is entitled. If multiple revocable governing instruments transfer property to the debtor, the debt shall be equitably allocated against the various instruments.

(b) Subject to par. (c) , in contesting an offset under par. (a) , the debtor shall have the benefit of any defense that would be available to the transferee in a direct proceeding for the recovery of the debt, except that the transferee may not defend on the basis that the debt was discharged in bankruptcy, unless that discharge occurred before the execution of the governing instrument, or on the basis that the relevant statute of limitations has expired. If the transferee fails to survive the decedent, the debt may not be included in computing the entitlement of alternate beneficiaries.

(c) If the person who executed the governing instrument had an intent contrary to any provision in this subsection, then that provision is not applicable to the transfer. Extrinsic evidence may be used to construe the intent.

(3) Property not distributed because of offset. The property not distributed to the debtor becomes part of the residue of the entity that holds the debt. If the debt is not held by an entity, then the property not distributed to the debtor becomes part of the residue of the decedent’s probate estate.

History: 2005 a. 216 .
Wis. Stat. § 948.015 — WI Code / Chapter 948 / Section 948.015
Other offenses against children.
Status: in_force

In addition to the offenses under this chapter, offenses against children include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Sections 103.21 to 103.31 and 103.64 to 103.82 , relating to the employment of minors.

(2) Section 118.13 , relating to pupil discrimination.

(3) Section 125.07 , relating to furnishing alcohol beverages to underage persons.

(4) Section 253.11 , relating to infant blindness.

(5) Section 254.12 , relating to applying lead-bearing paints or selling or transferring a fixture or other object containing a lead-bearing paint.

(6) Sections 961.01 (6) and (9) and 961.49 , relating to delivering and distributing controlled substances or controlled substance analogs to children.

(7) Section 444.09 (4) , relating to boxing.

(8) Section 961.573 (3) (b) 2. , relating to the use or possession of methamphetamine-related drug paraphernalia in the presence of a child who is 14 years of age or younger.

(9) A crime that involves an act of domestic abuse, as defined in s. 968.075 (1) (a) , if the court includes in its reasoning under s. 973.017 (10m) for its sentencing decision the aggravating factor under s. 973.017 (6m) .

(10) Section 942.09 (4) (a) , relating to solicitation of an intimate or private representation of a child.

(11) Section 944.18 (2) (h) , (i) , (j) , and (k) , relating to sexual contact with an animal.

History: 1987 a. 332 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1993 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 448 ; 2005 a. 263 ; 2011 a. 273 ; 2017 a. 11 , 129 ; 2019 a. 162 .
Wis. Stat. § 125.315 — WI Code / Chapter 125 / Section 125.315
Evading provisions of law by giving away fermented malt beverages.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may give away any fermented malt beverages or use any other means to evade any law of this state relating to the sale of fermented malt beverages.

(2) A person who violates sub. (1) may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.

History: 1989 a. 253 .
Wis. Stat. § 613.40 — WI Code / Chapter 613 / Section 613.40
Members and meetings.
Status: in_force

In a service insurance corporation that has members:

(1) Meetings of members. Sections 181.0160 , 181.0701 , 181.0702 and 181.0705 apply to service insurance corporations.

(2) Voting and quorum. Sections 181.0721 , 181.0723 and 181.0724 apply to service insurance corporations and s. 181.0722 applies to service insurance corporations except as modified by ss. 613.72 (4) and 613.75 (2) .

(3) Delegates. Section 181.0640 applies to service insurance corporations.

History: 1975 c. 223 ; 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.245 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.245
Content of application to organize.
Status: in_force

The incorporators shall file an application for a certificate to organize a savings bank on forms prescribed by the division. The application shall include any information the division considers necessary but shall include at least all of the following:

(1) The name, address, social security number, date of birth, place of birth, business address, home address and occupation of each incorporator.

(3) The name of the proposed savings bank.

(4) The address of the home office and branch offices, if known, of the proposed savings bank. The application shall include information about any real estate interests of an incorporator if that real estate may be involved with any of these locations.

(5) The anticipated duration of the proposed savings bank, which may be perpetual.

(6) An audited financial statement of each incorporator.

(7) The proposed articles of incorporation and bylaws.

(8) The number of shares of capital stock; the number of shares and classes of preferred stock, if any; the number of shares to be sold; and the per share initial offering price of each share.

(9) The total amount and number of the initial deposit accounts.

(10) The names and addresses of the initial directors.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0705 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0705
Notice of meeting.
Status: in_force

(1) When required. A corporation shall give notice of meetings of members as provided in its bylaws or, if the bylaws are silent, in a manner that is fair and reasonable.

(2) In general. Any notice that conforms to the requirements of sub. (3) is fair and reasonable. Except for matters referred to in sub. (3) (b) , other means of giving notice may also be fair and reasonable when all of the circumstances are considered. Sections 181.0105 (4) and 181.0141 apply to notices provided under this section.

(3) Notice safe harbor. Notice is fair and reasonable if all of the following conditions exist:

(a) The corporation notifies its members of the place, date and time of each annual, regular and special meeting of members not more than 60 days and not less than 10 days, or, if notice is mailed by other than first class or registered mail, 30 days, before the meeting date.

(b) Notice of an annual or regular meeting includes a description of any matter or matters that must be approved by the members under s. 181.0723 (2) , 181.0831 , 181.0873 (4) , 181.1003 , 181.1021 , 181.1103 , 181.1133 , 181.1163 , 181.1173 , 181.1202 or 181.1401 .

(c) Notice of a special meeting includes a description of the matter or matters for which the meeting is called.

(4) Adjourned meetings. Unless the bylaws require otherwise, if an annual, regular or special meeting of members is adjourned to a different date, time or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time or place, if the new date, time or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment. If a new record date for the adjourned meeting is or must be fixed under s. 181.0707 , notice of the adjourned meeting must be given under this section to the members of record as of the new record date.

(5) Notice of issues raised by members. When giving notice of an annual, regular or special meeting of members, a corporation shall give notice of a matter that a member intends to raise at the meeting if requested in writing to do so by a person entitled to call a special meeting and the request is received by the secretary or president of the corporation at least 10 days before the corporation gives notice of the meeting.

History: 1997 a. 79 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 449.25 — WI Code / Chapter 449 / Section 449.25
Informed consent.
Status: in_force

(1) Any optometrist who treats a patient shall inform the patient about the availability of reasonable alternate modes of treatment and about the benefits and risks of these treatments. The reasonable optometrist standard is the standard for informing a patient under this section. The reasonable optometrist standard requires disclosure only of information that a reasonable optometrist would know and disclose under the circumstances. The optometrist’s duty to inform the patient under this section does not require disclosure of any of the following:

(a) Detailed technical information that in all probability a patient would not understand.

(b) Risks apparent or known to the patient.

(c) Extremely remote possibilities that might falsely or detrimentally alarm the patient.

(d) Information in emergencies where failure to provide treatment would be more harmful to the patient than treatment.

(e) Information in cases where the patient is incapable of consenting.

(f) Information about alternate modes of treatment for any condition the optometrist has not included in his or her diagnosis at the time the optometrist informs the patient.

(2) The examining board shall promulgate rules implementing sub. (1) .

History: 2013 a. 345 .