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Wis. Stat. § 779.06 — WI Code / Chapter 779 / Section 779.06
Filing claim and beginning action; notice required before filing; contents of claim document.
Status: in_force

(1) No lien under s. 779.01 shall exist and no action to enforce a lien under s. 779.01 shall be maintained unless within 6 months from the date the lien claimant performed, furnished, or procured the last labor, services, materials, plans, or specifications, a claim for the lien is filed in the office of the clerk of circuit court of the county in which the lands affected by the lien lie, and unless within 2 years from the date of filing a claim for lien an action is brought and summons and complaint filed. A lien claimant shall serve a copy of the claim for lien on the owner of the property on which the lien is placed within 30 days after filing the claim. A claim for a lien may be filed and entered in the judgment and lien docket, and action brought, notwithstanding the death of the owner of the property affected by the action or of the person with whom the original contract was made, with like effect as if he or she were then living.

(2) No lien claim may be filed or action brought thereon unless, at least 30 days before timely filing of the lien claim, the lien claimant serves on the owner a written notice of intent to file a lien claim. The notice is required to be given whether or not the claimant has been required to and has given a previous notice pursuant to s. 779.02 . Such notice shall briefly describe the nature of the claim, its amount and the land and improvement to which it relates.

(3) Such a claim for lien shall have attached thereto a copy of any notice given in compliance with s. 779.02 and a copy of the notice given in compliance with sub. (2) , and shall contain a statement of the contract or demand upon which it is founded, the name of the person against whom the demand is claimed, the name of the claimant and any assignee, the last date of performing, furnishing, or procuring any labor, services, materials, plans, or specifications, a legal description of the property against which the lien is claimed, a statement of the amount claimed and all other material facts in relation thereto. Such claim document shall be signed by the claimant or attorney, need not be verified, and in case of action brought, may be amended, as pleadings are.

History: 1979 c. 32 ss. 57 , 92 (9) ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 779.06; 1995 a. 224 ; 2005 a. 204 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.334 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.334
Hunting and trapping; treatment of wild animals.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who hunts or traps any game animal or fur-bearing animal shall kill the animal when it is taken and make it part of the daily bag or shall release the game animal or fur-bearing animal.

(2) A person who violates sub. (1) shall forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $1,000.

(3) This section does not apply to farm-raised deer, farm-raised game birds, or wild animals that are subject to regulation under ch. 169 .

History: 1997 a. 248 s. 513 ; 1999 a. 32 ; 2001 a. 56 ss. 38 to 40 , 69 ; 2015 a. 196 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.568 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.568
Allocation of federal funds for children and family aids and child welfare.
Status: in_force

Subject to s. 48.563 (1) (b) and (c) , if the department receives unanticipated federal foster care and adoption assistance payments under 42 USC 670 to 679a and it proposes to allocate the unanticipated funds so that an allocation limit in s. 48.563 is exceeded, the department shall submit a plan for the proposed allocation to the secretary of administration. If the secretary of administration approves the plan, he or she shall submit it to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary of administration that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan within 14 working days after the date of his or her submittal, the department may implement the plan, notwithstanding any allocation limits under s. 48.563 . If within 14 working days after the date of the submittal by the secretary of administration the cochairpersons of the committee notify him or her that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the department may implement the plan, notwithstanding s. 48.563 , only with the approval of the committee.

History: 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 183.0208 — WI Code / Chapter 183 / Section 183.0208
Withdrawal of filed record before effectiveness.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in ss. 183.1023 (2) , 183.1033 (2) , 183.1043 (2) , and 183.1053 (2) , a record delivered to the department for filing may be withdrawn before it takes effect by delivering to the department for filing a statement of withdrawal.

(2) A statement of withdrawal must satisfy all of the following:

(a) It must be signed by each person that signed the record being withdrawn, except as otherwise agreed by those persons.

(b) It must identify the record to be withdrawn.

(c) If signed by fewer than all the persons that signed the record being withdrawn, it must state that the record is withdrawn in accordance with the agreement of all the persons that signed the record.

(3) On filing by the department of a statement of withdrawal, the action or transaction evidenced by the original record does not take effect.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 444.10 — WI Code / Chapter 444 / Section 444.10
Physician to examine professional boxing contestants.
Status: in_force

Prior to entering the ring, each contestant in a professional boxing contest must be examined by a physician who has been licensed to practice in Wisconsin not less than 5 years and who is appointed by the department and certifies in writing, over his or her signature, as to the contestant’s physical and mental fitness to engage in such contest.

History: 1979 c. 162 s. 38 (1) ; 1979 c. 221 s. 2200 (45) ; 1991 a. 316 ; 2003 a. 285 ; 2009 a. 111 .
Wis. Stat. § 426.202 — WI Code / Chapter 426 / Section 426.202
Fees.
Status: in_force

(1m) Amount of registration fee.

(a) Definitions. In this subsection:

2. “Reporting period” means, for any registration statement, the last full calendar year preceding the date on which the registration statement is due.

3. “Year-end balance” means, for any reporting period, the outstanding balance of all consumer credit transactions that a person has entered into or has obtained by assignment, and that originated in this state, as of December 31 preceding the annual registration filing date under s. 426.201 (2m) (a) .

(b) Registration fee requirement. Any person required to register under s. 426.201 shall pay a registration fee to the administrator when the person files the registration statement required under s. 426.201 .

(c) Amount of registration fee. The amount of the registration fee shall be determined in accordance with rates set by the administrator. In setting these rates, the administrator shall consider the costs of administering chs. 421 to 427 and 429 , including the costs of enforcement, education and seeking voluntary compliance with chs. 421 to 427 and 429 . The registration fee for a person shall be based on the person’s year-end balance for the reporting period.

(4) Submission of data for calculating the amount of fee. A person required to register under s. 426.201 shall submit such financial and other data as the administrator may require which will support the computation of the amount of the fee.

(5) Recovery of fees. The administrator shall bring an action in any court of record to recover any fees that the administrator determines are due and owing under this section.

History: 1971 c. 239 ; 1973 c. 116 s. 6 ; 1975 c. 407 ; 1979 c. 168 s. 21 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 1995 a. 27 , 329 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 447.065 — WI Code / Chapter 447 / Section 447.065
Delegation of remediable procedures and dental practices.
Status: in_force

(1) A dentist or dental therapist may delegate to an individual who is not licensed under this subchapter only the performance of remediable procedures, and only if all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The unlicensed individual performs the remediable procedures in accordance with a treatment plan approved by the dentist or dental therapist.

(b) The dentist or dental therapist is on the premises when the unlicensed individual performs the remediable procedures.

(c) The unlicensed individual’s performance of the remediable procedures is subject to inspection by the dentist or dental therapist.

(2) Subject to the requirements under s. 447.06 (2) , a dentist or dental therapist may delegate to a dental hygienist the performance of remediable procedures and the administration of oral systemic premedications, local anesthesia, nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia, and subgingival sustained release chemotherapeutic agents, to the extent the dentist or dental therapist has the authority to perform the activity personally.

(3) A dentist or dental therapist who delegates to another individual the performance of any practice or remediable procedure is responsible for that individual’s performance of that delegated practice or procedure.

History: 1989 a. 349 ; 1997 a. 96 ; 2013 a. 354 ; 2023 a. 87 , 88 ; 2025 a. 128 .
Wis. Stat. § 18.56 — WI Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18.56
Revenue obligations.
Status: in_force

The commission may authorize, for any of the purposes described in s. 18.53 (3) , the issuance of revenue obligations. The revenue obligations shall mature at any time not exceeding 50 years from the date thereof as the commission shall determine. The revenue obligations shall be payable only out of the redemption fund provided under s. 18.561 (5) or 18.562 (3) and each revenue obligation shall contain on its face a statement to that effect. A revenue obligation may contain a provision authorizing redemption, in whole or in part, at stipulated prices, at the option of the commission and shall provide the method of redeeming the revenue obligations.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 34 , 155 ; 1989 a. 31 , 46 ; 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 563.66 — WI Code / Chapter 563 / Section 563.66
Financial report to membership.
Status: in_force

(1) At least once a year, each licensed organization shall report the following information in writing to its membership regarding the bingo occasions which it has conducted:

(a) The number of bingo occasions conducted.

(b) The gross receipts.

(c) The amount of prizes paid.

(d) The net profit or loss.

(e) The disposition of profits.

(f) Any interest earned on profits deposited in interest-bearing accounts.

(g) A summary of expenses incurred.

(2) The information reported under sub. (1) shall be incorporated into the minutes or records of each licensed organization. If a licensed organization is an auxiliary or affiliate of a parent organization, a copy of the written report shall be filed with the executive officer of the parent organization and incorporated into its minutes.

History: 1973 c. 156 ; 1989 a. 147 ; 1991 a. 269 s. 782jh ; Stats. 1991 s. 563.66.
Wis. Stat. § 767.301 — WI Code / Chapter 767 / Section 767.301
Residence requirements.
Status: in_force

No action to affirm marriage or for annulment under s. 767.001 (1) (a) or (b) may be brought unless at least one of the parties has been a bona fide resident of the county in which the action is brought for not less than 30 days next preceding the commencement of the action, or unless the marriage has been contracted within this state within one year prior to the commencement of the action. No action for divorce or legal separation under s. 767.001 (1) (c) or (d) may be brought unless at least one of the parties has been a bona fide resident of the county in which the action is brought for not less than 30 days next preceding the commencement of the action. No action for divorce under s. 767.001 (1) (c) may be brought unless at least one of the parties has been a bona fide resident of this state for not less than 6 months next preceding the commencement of the action.

History: 2005 a. 443 s. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 631.37 — WI Code / Chapter 631 / Section 631.37
Special cancellation provisions.
Status: in_force

The following cancellation provisions apply to the policies specified, whether or not s. 631.36 is also applicable to them.

(1) Cancellation upon request of premium finance company. Section 138.12 (12) applies to cancellation on request of a premium finance company.

(2) Cancellation upon request of creditor. Section 424.303 applies to cancellation upon request of a creditor.

(3) Worker’s compensation insurance. Sections 102.31 (2) and 102.315 (10) apply to the termination of worker’s compensation insurance.

(3m) Health care liability insurance. Section 655.24 (2) (b) , (3) and (4) applies to the termination of a health care liability insurance policy.

(4) Special limitations on cancellation.

(a) School bus insurance. Section 121.53 (4) applies to school bus insurance.

(b) Insurance on common carriers. Section 194.41 (2) applies to insurance on common carriers.

(c) Driver education motor vehicles. Section 341.267 (6) applies to motor vehicles used for driver education.

(d) Insurance of juveniles. Section 343.15 (4) (a) applies to motor vehicle policies covering juveniles as described therein.

(e) Motor vehicle liability policy. Section 344.34 applies to motor vehicle liability policies certified under s. 344.31 .

(f) Health care liability policy. Section 655.25 applies to insurance issued by the mandatory health care liability risk-sharing plan established under s. 619.04 .

(g) Warranty reimbursement insurance policy. Section 632.185 (2) (e) applies to warranty reimbursement insurance policies.

History: 1979 c. 102 ss. 165 , 166 ; 1985 a. 83 ; 1989 a. 187 ; 1991 a. 315 ; 1993 a. 363 ; 2003 a. 302 ; 2007 a. 185 ; 2009 a. 245 .
Wis. Stat. § 280.97 — WI Code / Chapter 280 / Section 280.97
Penalties.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in s. 280.98 (3) , any person who violates any provision of this chapter, shall be fined not less than $10 or more than $100 or imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both. Each day during which a violation continues constitutes a separate offense that may be punished separately.

History: 1993 a. 482 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 943 ; Stats. 1995 s. 280.97; 1997 a. 27 ; 2005 a. 360 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.41 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.41
Display of unauthorized signs and signals prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway or at or in view of any railroad crossing any unauthorized sign, light, reflector, signal, pavement marking, or device which:

(a) Purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles or may be mistaken for an official traffic sign or signal or railroad sign or signal; or

(b) Attempts to direct the movement of traffic; or

(c) Hides from view or by its color, location, brilliance or manner of operation interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic sign or signal or railroad sign or signal.

(2) No person may place or maintain, and no public authority may permit upon any highway, any traffic control device bearing any advertising, except that a federal or fluorescent yellow flag, not less than 20 inches nor more than 24 inches square and bearing either the words “Safety Patrol” or “School,” attached to a light weight pole 8 feet or less in length may be used by members of school safety patrols standing adjacent to but off the roadway to warn traffic that children are about to cross the roadway.

(3) No person shall place or maintain, or allow to be displayed any red or amber reflector within the limits of the highway boundaries at or near the entrance to a private road or driveway. The use of blue reflectors is permitted provided there is no disapproval by the highway authority in charge of maintenance of the highway.

History: 1981 c. 42 ; 2009 a. 88 ; 2015 a. 124 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0725 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0725
Cumulative voting for directors.
Status: in_force

(1) In general. If the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide for cumulative voting by members, members may so vote, by multiplying the number of votes the members are entitled to cast by the number of directors for whom they are entitled to vote, and cast the product for a single candidate or distribute the product among 2 or more candidates.

(2) When not authorized. Cumulative voting is not authorized at a particular meeting unless any of the following occurs:

(a) The meeting notice or statement accompanying the notice states that cumulative voting will take place.

(b) A member gives notice during the meeting and before the vote is taken of the member’s intent to cumulate votes, and if one member gives this notice all other members participating in the election are entitled to cumulate their votes without giving further notice.

(3) Removal of directors. A director elected by cumulative voting may be removed by the members without cause if the requirements of s. 181.0808 are met unless the votes cast against removal, or not consenting in writing to such removal, would be sufficient to elect such director if voted cumulatively at an election at which the same total number of votes were cast, or, if such action is taken by written ballot, all memberships entitled to vote were voted, and the entire number of directors authorized at the time of the director’s most recent election were then being elected.

(4) Identical membership and directors. Members may not cumulatively vote if the directors and members are identical.

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 215.17 — WI Code / Chapter 215 / Section 215.17
Withdrawal of savings accounts.
Status: in_force

(1) When permitted. The association may pay, on request, withdrawals on its savings accounts to the owners of such savings accounts. The association may require advance notice of withdrawal.

(2) Withdrawal requests of savers. In a mutual association a saver who has made a withdrawal request does not become a creditor of the association by reason of the withdrawal request.

History: 1975 c. 359 ss. 25 to 27 , 51 ; 1975 c. 421 ; 1979 c. 175 s. 53 ; 1983 a. 167 .
Wis. Stat. § 898.13 — WI Code / Chapter 898 / Section 898.13
Discharge by plaintiff.
Status: in_force

The plaintiff in the action may, at any time, order the prisoner to be discharged, and the prisoner shall not thereafter be liable to imprisonment for the same cause.

History: 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 788.10 — WI Code / Chapter 788 / Section 788.10
Vacation of award, rehearing by arbitrators.
Status: in_force

(1) In either of the following cases the court in and for the county wherein the award was made must make an order vacating the award upon the application of any party to the arbitration:

(a) Where the award was procured by corruption, fraud or undue means;

(b) Where there was evident partiality or corruption on the part of the arbitrators, or either of them;

(c) Where the arbitrators were guilty of misconduct in refusing to postpone the hearing, upon sufficient cause shown, or in refusing to hear evidence pertinent and material to the controversy; or of any other misbehavior by which the rights of any party have been prejudiced;

(d) Where the arbitrators exceeded their powers, or so imperfectly executed them that a mutual, final and definite award upon the subject matter submitted was not made.

(2) Where an award is vacated and the time within which the agreement required the award to be made has not expired, the court may, in its discretion, direct a rehearing by the arbitrators.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 64 ; Stats. 1979 s. 788.10.
Wis. Stat. § 25.45 — WI Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25.45
Waste management fund.
Status: in_force

There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the waste management fund, to consist of the tonnage fees imposed under s. 144.441 (3) , 1989 stats., except for tonnage fees paid by a nonapproved facility, as defined in s. 289.01 (24) ; waste management base fees imposed under s. 144.441 (5) , 1989 stats.; and all moneys received or recovered under s. 289.41 (11) (a) 1. , 3. or 4. and (am) 1. , 3. and 4. Moneys in the waste management fund shall be used for the purposes specified under s. 289.68 (3) to (6) .

History: 1977 c. 377 ; 1979 c. 221 s. 2202 (39) ; 1981 c. 374 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1983 a. 410 s. 2202 (38) ; 1987 a. 384 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1995 a. 227 .
Wis. Stat. § 92.12 — WI Code / Chapter 92 / Section 92.12
Intergovernmental cooperation.
Status: in_force

Counties, cities, villages, towns and public agencies with natural resource responsibilities in the same or different counties may cooperate in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. If a problem of soil or water conservation is defined in part by drainage basin boundaries beyond a single county’s borders or otherwise transcends these borders, the respective counties, cities, villages, towns and public agencies with natural resource responsibilities may enter into mutually binding agreements and contracts containing, but not limited to, provisions for mutually enforced and administered regulatory ordinances and cost-sharing distribution arrangements.

History: 1981 c. 346 ; 1983 a. 410 s. 2200 (2) ; 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (8) .
Wis. Stat. § 24.12 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.12
Forfeit for failure to pay.
Status: in_force

Every purchaser of any lot or tract at any sale under s. 24.11 shall pay the amount of the purchase money required by the terms of sale to be paid as provided in s. 24.11 (1) . If the purchaser refuses or neglects to so pay, the lot or tract bid off by the purchaser shall again be offered for sale. The purchaser shall, for refusing or neglecting to pay, forfeit $25 for each lot or tract bid off by the purchaser, which the board shall, in the name of the state, cause to be immediately sued for and collected, and, when collected, paid into the school fund.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 2005 a. 149 .
Wis. Stat. § 457.24 — WI Code / Chapter 457 / Section 457.24
Professional liability insurance.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , a clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, or professional counselor may not practice clinical social work, marriage and family therapy, or professional counseling unless he or she has in effect professional liability insurance. The examining board shall promulgate rules establishing the minimum amount of insurance required under this subsection.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person practicing clinical social work, marriage and family therapy, or professional counseling as an employee of a federal, state, or local governmental agency, if the practice is part of the duties for which he or she is employed and is solely within the confines of or under the jurisdiction of the agency by which he or she is employed.

History: 2001 a. 80 ; 2023 a. 55 ; 2025 a. 232 .
Wis. Stat. § 443.16 — WI Code / Chapter 443 / Section 443.16
Change of name.
Status: in_force

No person may practice architecture, landscape architecture, professional engineering, or interior design in this state under any other given name or any other surname than that under which the person was originally licensed or registered to practice in this or any other state, in any instance in which the examining board, after a hearing, finds that practicing under the changed name operates to unfairly compete with another practitioner or to mislead the public as to identity or to otherwise result in detriment to the profession or the public. This section does not apply to a change of name resulting from marriage or divorce.

History: 1979 c. 98 s. 1 ; 1979 c. 167 s. 20 ; 1979 c. 337 s. 15 ; 1979 c. 355 ; 1993 a. 463 , 465 , 491 ; 1997 a. 300 ; 2009 a. 123 ; 2021 a. 195 .