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Wis. Stat. § 451.16 — WI Code / Chapter 451 / Section 451.16
Penalties.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates this chapter or any rule promulgated under this chapter may be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 90 days or both.

History: 1989 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 938.28 — WI Code / Chapter 938 / Section 938.28
Failure to obey summons; capias.
Status: in_force

If any person summoned under this chapter fails without reasonable cause to appear, he or she may be proceeded against for contempt of court under ch. 785 . If the summons cannot be served, if the parties served fail to respond to the summons, or if it appears to the court that the service will be ineffectual, a capias may be issued for the parent, guardian, and legal custodian or for the juvenile. Subchapter IV governs the taking and holding of a juvenile in custody.

History: 1995 a. 77 ; 1997 a. 35 ; 2005 a. 344 .
Wis. Stat. § 25.185 — WI Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25.185
Section 25.185
Status: in_force

(2)

(a) The board shall attempt to ensure that 5 percent of the total funds expended for financial and investment analysis and for common stock and convertible bond brokerage commissions in each fiscal year is expended for the services of minority financial advisers or minority investment firms.

(b) The board shall attempt to ensure that at least 1 percent of the total funds expended for financial and investment analysis and for common stock and convertible bond brokerage commissions in each fiscal year is expended for the services of disabled veteran-owned financial advisers or disabled veteran-owned investment firms.

(3) The board shall annually report to the department of administration the total amount of moneys expended under sub. (2) for common stock and convertible bond brokerage commissions, the services of minority and disabled veteran-owned financial advisers, and the services of minority and disabled veteran-owned investment firms during the preceding fiscal year.

History: 1987 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9116 (5) ; 1999 a. 83 ; 2009 a. 299 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2011 a. 260 s. 80 ; 2013 a. 192 .
Wis. Stat. § 177.0209 — WI Code / Chapter 177 / Section 177.0209
Proceeds from sale of property in self-service storage facility.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision under this chapter, the proceeds of a sale under s. 704.90 (6) of personal property stored in a leased facility located within a self-service storage facility is presumed abandoned immediately after satisfaction of the operator’s lien under s. 704.90 (3) (a) .

History: 1987 a. 23 ; 2021 a. 87 s. 155 ; Stats. 2021 s. 177.0209.
Wis. Stat. § 25.77 — WI Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25.77
Medical assistance trust fund.
Status: in_force

There is created a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the medical assistance trust fund, consisting of all of the following:

(1) All federal moneys received, including moneys that the department of health services may transfer from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (o) , that are related to payments under s. 49.45 and are based on public funds that are transferred or certified under 42 CFR 433.51 (b) and used as the nonfederal share of Medical Assistance funding.

(2) All public funds that are related to payments under s. 49.45 and that are transferred or certified under 42 CFR 433.51 (b) and used as the nonfederal and federal share of Medical Assistance funding, except funds that are deposited into the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (kx) or (ky) .

(3) All moneys received under s. 50.14 (2g) from assessments on licensed beds of facilities in each fiscal year.

(6) All moneys transferred under 2003 Wisconsin Act 129 , section 5 (1) .

(7) All moneys transferred under 2005 Wisconsin Act 15 , section 9221 (2) .

(8) All moneys transferred from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (gb) .

(9) All moneys transferred from the permanent endowment fund.

(10) All moneys transferred under 2007 Wisconsin Act 20 , section 9225 (2) .

(11) All moneys transferred under s. 50.38 (8) .

(12) All moneys recouped and deposited under s. 50.38 (6) (a) 4.

History: 2001 a. 13 , 16 ; 2003 a. 33 , 129 , 318 ; 2005 a. 15 , 25 ; 2007 a. 20 ss. 697d to 697p , 9121 (6) (a) ; 2007 a. 95 ; 2009 a. 2 , 28 , 190 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2015 a. 55 ; 2017 a. 59 ; 2025 a. 15 .
Wis. Stat. § 342.18 — WI Code / Chapter 342 / Section 342.18
When department to issue a new certificate.
Status: in_force

(1) The department, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate of title, with an application for a new certificate of title, the required fee and any other transfer documents required by law, to support the transfer, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner.

(2) The department, upon receipt of an application for a new certificate of title by a transferee other than by voluntary transfer, with proof of the transfer, the required fee and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner. If the transfer constituted a termination of the owner’s interest or a sale under a security agreement by a secured party named in the certificate, under s. 342.17 (2) , the new certificate shall be issued free of the names and addresses of the secured party who terminated the owner’s interest and of all secured parties subordinate under s. 342.19 to such secured party. If the outstanding certificate of title is not delivered to it, the department shall make demand therefor from the holder of such certificate.

(3) The department shall retain for 5 years a record of every surrendered certificate of title, the record to be maintained so as to permit the tracing of title of the vehicle designated therein.

(4) Under each of the following circumstances only, the department shall issue a certificate of title for a transferred vehicle without requiring registration of the vehicle:

(a) Whenever application therefor accompanied by the required fee is made by a finance company licensed under ss. 138.09 or 218.0101 to 218.0163 , a bank organized under the laws of this state, or a national bank located in this state, and the vehicle in question is a used vehicle for which the department had issued a certificate of title to the previous owner or a vehicle previously registered in another jurisdiction or is a recreational vehicle.

(b) Whenever application therefor accompanied by the required fee is made by any other person and the vehicle in question is a vehicle for which the department had issued a certificate of title to the previous owner or is a vehicle previously registered in another jurisdiction or is a recreational vehicle and the department is satisfied that the present owner has not operated or consented to the operation of the vehicle since it was transferred to that owner and that he or she understands that the certificate of title merely is evidence of ownership of the vehicle and does not authorize operation of the vehicle on the highways of this state.

(c) Whenever application therefor accompanied by the required fee is made by a dealer or wholesaler to comply with the requirements of s. 342.16 (1) (d) .

History: 1973 c. 116 s. 6 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a) ; 1977 c. 273 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1993 a. 159 ; 1999 a. 9 , 31 , 186 .
Wis. Stat. § 769.801 — WI Code / Chapter 769 / Section 769.801
Grounds for rendition.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this subchapter, “governor” includes an individual performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this chapter.

(2) The governor of this state may do any of the following:

(a) Demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual found in the other state who is charged criminally in this state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee.

(b) On the demand by the governor of another state, surrender an individual found in this state who is charged criminally in the other state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee.

(3) A provision for extradition of individuals not inconsistent with this chapter applies to the demand even if the individual whose surrender is demanded was not in the demanding state when the crime was allegedly committed and has not fled from that state.

History: 1993 a. 326 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.354 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.354
Possession of game birds and animals.
Status: in_force

(1) Approval necessary. No person may possess or have under his or her control any game bird or game animal or the carcass of any game bird or game animal unless the person has a valid hunting license, sports license, conservation patron license, taxidermist permit, or scientific collector permit. This subsection does not apply to a person who takes possession of a bear, deer, or wild turkey under s. 29.349 (2) (a) and who complies with the requirements under s. 29.349 (2) (b) or (bm) , as applicable.

(2) Nests and eggs.

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , no person may take, needlessly destroy or possess or have under his or her control the nest or eggs of any wild bird for which a closed season is prescribed under this chapter.

(b) A person who has a valid scientific collector permit may take or possess or have under his or her control the nest of a wild bird and may destroy the nest if necessary for a scientific purpose.

(3) Mounted collections. This section does not permit seizure of or prohibit possession or sale of lawfully obtained wild birds and animals which are mounted or in the process of being mounted for a private collection.

(5) Captive wild animals. This section does not apply to farm-raised deer, farm-raised fish, fish produced in a municipal fish hatchery, farm-raised game birds, or wild animals that are subject to regulation under ch. 169 .

History: 1973 c. 214 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1995 a. 79 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 248 ss. 509 to 511 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.354; 2001 a. 56 ; 2011 a. 251 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 178.10101 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.10101
Grounds for revocation.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , the department may bring a proceeding under s. 178.10102 to revoke the statement of foreign registration of a foreign limited liability partnership authorized to do business in this state if any of the following applies:

(a) The foreign limited liability partnership fails to file its annual report with the department within 4 months after it is due.

(b) The foreign limited liability partnership does not pay, within 4 months after they are due, any fees or penalties due the department under this chapter.

(c) The foreign limited liability partnership is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for at least 6 months.

(d) The foreign limited liability partnership does not inform the department under s. 178.0909 , 178.0910 , or 178.1004 that its registered agent or registered office has changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued, within 6 months of the change, resignation, or discontinuance.

(e) The foreign limited liability partnership’s statement of foreign registration contains fraudulent or materially false information.

(f) The department receives a duly authenticated certificate from the secretary of state or other official having custody of partnership records in the jurisdiction of the foreign limited liability partnership’s governing law stating that it has been dissolved or disappeared as the result of a merger or other event.

(g) The foreign limited liability partnership violates s. 940.302 (2) or 948.051 (2) .

(2) If the department receives a certificate under sub. (1) (f) and a statement by the foreign limited liability partnership that the certificate is submitted to terminate its authority to do business in this state, the department shall revoke the foreign limited liability partnership’s foreign registration statement under s. 178.10102 (2) (b) .

(3) A court may revoke under s. 946.87 the statement of foreign registration of a foreign limited liability partnership authorized to transact business in this state. The court shall notify the department of the action, and the department shall revoke the foreign limited liability partnership’s statement of foreign registration under s. 178.10102 .

History: 2015 a. 295 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 443.09 — WI Code / Chapter 443 / Section 443.09
Examinations and experience requirements for architect, landscape architect and engineer applicants.
Status: in_force

(1) In considering the qualifications of an applicant as an architect, landscape architect or professional engineer, responsible charge of architectural, landscape architectural or engineering teaching may be construed as experience.

(2) Subject to ss. 111.321 , 111.322 and 111.335 , no person who has an arrest or conviction record is eligible for registration as an architect, a landscape architect or a professional engineer, or certification as an engineer-in-training.

(3) Written examinations shall be required of every applicant for certification as engineer-in-training.

(4) Written or written and oral examinations shall be required of every applicant for registration as an architect or a professional engineer. Only one form of examination may be required for all applicants. The examination shall be reasonably related to the skills likely to be needed by an applicant practicing the profession at the time of examination and seek to determine the applicant’s preparedness to exercise such skills.

(4m) No person may be registered as a landscape architect under this chapter unless he or she passes a written examination or written and oral examinations conducted or approved by the landscape architect section of the examining board under sub. (5) .

(5) Written or written and oral examinations shall be held at such time and place as the landscape architect section of the examining board determines. The scope of the examinations and the methods of procedure shall be prescribed by the landscape architect section with special reference to the applicant’s ability to design and supervise architectural, landscape architectural, or engineering work, which shall promote the public welfare and ensure the safety of life, health, and property. A candidate failing an examination may, upon application and payment of the required reexamination fee, be examined again by the landscape architect section. No restrictions may be placed on the number of times an unsuccessful candidate may be reexamined, except that after failure of 3 reexaminations, the landscape architect section may require a one-year waiting period before further reexamination.

History: 1979 c. 167 ; 1981 c. 380 ; 1981 c. 391 s. 211 ; 1983 a. 328 ; 1993 a. 463 , 465 , 491 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 6606 , 9116 (5) ; 1997 a. 300 ; 2009 a. 350 ; 2011 a. 146 .
Wis. Stat. § 422.301 — WI Code / Chapter 422 / Section 422.301
Requirements of federal act.
Status: in_force

In addition to the disclosures required by the federal consumer credit protection act, if any, the creditor shall disclose to the customer to whom credit is extended the information required by this subchapter. With respect to every consumer credit sale payable in installments (s. 421.301 (30) ) upon which no separate finance charge is stated or imposed (s. 421.301 (20) ) the creditor shall make disclosures in accordance with the federal consumer credit protection act, to the extent applicable, whether or not such act requires such disclosures to be made.

History: 1971 c. 239 ; 1979 c. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 443.13 — WI Code / Chapter 443 / Section 443.13
Disciplinary proceedings against designers of engineering systems.
Status: in_force

(1) The designers’ section of the examining board may limit, suspend, or revoke a permit or reprimand the permittee if the permittee is guilty of any of the following:

(a) Fraud or deceit in obtaining the permit.

(b) Gross negligence, incompetency, or misconduct in practice.

(c) Signing documents not prepared by the permittee or under the permittee’s control.

(d) Knowingly aiding or abetting unauthorized designing of engineering systems as stated in s. 443.07 (3) by persons not granted permits under this chapter.

(e) Conviction of a felony, subject to ss. 111.321 , 111.322 , and 111.335 , or adjudication of mental incompetency by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) If, after a hearing conducted under the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) before the designers’ section of the examining board, two-thirds of the members of the section vote in favor of sustaining the charges, the designers’ section of the examining board shall reprimand the permittee or limit, suspend, or revoke the permit. The action of the designers’ section of the examining board under this section is subject to review under ch. 227 .
Wis. Stat. § 157.129 — WI Code / Chapter 157 / Section 157.129
Minimum acreage of cemeteries; local ordinance.
Status: in_force

A city, village or town may enact and enforce an ordinance that does any of the following:

(1) Allows a cemetery consisting of less than the minimum acreage specified in s. 157.128 (1) to be dedicated, as defined in s. 157.061 (4) , in that city, village or town.

(2) Allows a person to establish and use a public mausoleum in a cemetery consisting of less than the minimum acreage specified in s. 157.12 (2) (c) .

History: 1991 a. 269 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 157 ; Stats. s. 157.129.
Wis. Stat. § 40.71 — WI Code / Chapter 40 / Section 40.71
Death benefit eligibility.
Status: in_force

The following described persons are entitled to death benefits from the Wisconsin retirement system, in the form and at the times specified:

(1) The beneficiary of any participant or of any annuitant on the date of death of the participant or annuitant. For purposes of this subsection:

(a) A participant is deemed a participating employee on the date of death even though the participant is then an applicant for a retirement or disability annuity, except as provided by s. 40.63 (8) (h) , if the participant’s application was received by the board within 30 days after the participant ceased to be a participating employee and the participant would have been entitled to the annuity had the participant lived.

(b) If the date of death is less than one year after the last day for which earnings were paid, a participant is deemed a participating employee on leave of absence, notwithstanding the fact that no formal leave of absence is in effect, if the participating employer for which the participant last performed services as a participating employee has not filed notice of the termination of employment prior to the employee’s death.

(c) If the death of a participating employee on leave of absence, other than a leave for purposes of military service, arises from employment by any employer other than a participating employer, employment is deemed to have terminated and the participant shall not be considered a participating employee on the date of his or her death.

(d) Every participant is deemed an annuitant immediately upon the effective date of the participant’s annuity, or the date the application is received by the department if the participant is living on that date, whichever is later.

(e) Any annuitant whose annuity is terminated shall cease to be an annuitant as of the last day of the month preceding the last day on which the annuity is payable.

(2) Any death benefit may be paid as a beneficiary annuity, subject to s. 40.73 (3) , or as a single cash sum as specified by the beneficiary in the application for the death benefit unless the participant prohibited payment of a single cash sum in a written notice received by the department prior to the participant’s death. A prohibition on payment of a single cash sum shall not be effective if the monthly amount of the annuity would be less than the amount determined under s. 40.25 (1) (a) or if the beneficiary is the participant’s estate or a trust in which the beneficiary has a beneficial interest.

(3) Whenever any death benefit is payable in a single cash sum, it shall be paid only after receipt by the department of the following:

(a) A copy of the death certificate of the participant or annuitant;

(b) A written application of the beneficiary for the benefit; and

(c) Any additional evidence deemed necessary or desirable by the department.

History: 1981 c. 96 ; 1987 a. 309 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.076 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.076
Article 76 — Finality of proceedings, findings, and sentences.
Status: in_force

The appellate review of records of trial provided by this code, the proceedings, findings, and sentences of courts-martial as approved, reviewed, or affirmed as required by this code, and all dismissals and discharges carried into execution under sentences by courts-martial following approval, review, or affirmation as required by this code, are final and conclusive. Orders publishing the proceedings of courts-martial and all action taken subject to those proceedings are binding upon all departments, courts, agencies, and officers of the United States and the several states, subject only to action upon a petition for a new trial as provided in s. 322.073 and to action under s. 322.074 .

History: 2007 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.0205 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0205
Organization of corporation.
Status: in_force

(1) After incorporation, if initial directors are named in the articles of incorporation, the initial directors shall hold an organizational meeting, at the call of a majority of the directors, to complete the organization of the corporation by appointing officers and carrying on any other business brought before the meeting.

(2)

(a) After incorporation, if initial directors are not named in the articles of incorporation, the incorporator or incorporators shall hold an organizational meeting, at the call of a majority of the incorporators, to do any of the following:

1. Elect directors and complete the organization of the corporation.

2. Elect directors who will complete the organization of the corporation.

(b) Action required or permitted by this chapter by incorporators at an organizational meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action taken is evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken and signed by each incorporator.

(3) An organizational meeting may be held in or outside this state.

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 75.40 — WI Code / Chapter 75 / Section 75.40
Action, where and how brought.
Status: in_force

Such action must be brought in the circuit court of the county in which the lands or some parcel of them, the title of which is sought to be barred by such action, are situated. The county, as plaintiff in such action, may include in its complaint all the lands described in such conveyance, or any separate parcel, or as many separate parcels thereof as it sees fit. The county shall make defendants of all persons who were the former owners of the several parcels of land included in the complaint or those claiming under them or claiming any interest therein.

History: 1987 a. 378 .
Wis. Stat. § 806.18 — WI Code / Chapter 806 / Section 806.18
Assignment of judgment.
Status: in_force

(1) When a duly acknowledged assignment of a judgment is filed, the clerk of circuit court shall enter the assignment on the judgment and lien docket.

(2) An assignment may be made by an entry on the judgment and lien docket thus: “I assign this judgment to A.B.”, signed by the owner, with the date affixed and witnessed by the clerk of circuit court.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 734 (1975); 1975 c. 218 ; 1995 a. 224 .
Wis. Stat. § 801.53 — WI Code / Chapter 801 / Section 801.53
Determination of motion for change of venue.
Status: in_force

Motions under ss. 801.51 and 801.52 shall be determined on the basis of proofs submitted by the parties unless the court orders a hearing or oral argument. Oral argument shall be heard by telephonic conference unless the court otherwise orders for cause shown.

History: 1983 a. 228 .