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Wis. Stat. § 409.502 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.502
Contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as financing statement; time of filing financing statement.
Status: in_force

(1) Sufficiency of financing statement. Subject to sub. (2) , a financing statement is sufficient only if it:

(a) Provides the name of the debtor;

(b) Provides the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured party; and

(c) Indicates the collateral covered by the financing statement.

(2) Real-property-related financing statements. Except as otherwise provided in s. 409.501 (2) , to be sufficient, a financing statement that covers as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, or which is filed as a fixture filing and covers goods that are or are to become fixtures, must satisfy sub. (1) and also:

(a) Indicate that it covers this type of collateral;

(b) Indicate that it is to be filed for record in the real property records;

(c) Provide a description of the real property to which the collateral is related sufficient to give constructive notice of a mortgage under the law of this state if the description were contained in a record of the mortgage of the real property; and

(d) If the debtor does not have an interest of record in the real property, provide the name of a record owner.

(3) Record of mortgage as financing statement. A record of a mortgage is effective, from the date of recording, as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut only if:

(a) The record indicates the goods or accounts that it covers;

(b) The goods are or are to become fixtures related to the real property described in the record or the collateral is related to the real property described in the record and is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut;

(c) The record satisfies the requirements for a financing statement in this section, but:

1. The record need not indicate that it is to be filed in the real property records; and

2. The record sufficiently provides the name of a debtor who is an individual if it provides the individual name of the debtor or the surname and first personal name of the debtor, even if the debtor is an individual to whom s. 409.503 (1) (dm) applies; and

(d) The record is duly recorded.

(4) Filing before security agreement or attachment. A financing statement may be filed before a security agreement is made or a security interest otherwise attaches.

History: 2001 a. 10 ; 2011 a. 206 .
Wis. Stat. § 178.1142 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.1142
Plan of conversion.
Status: in_force

(1) A plan of conversion must be in a record and contain all of the following:

(a) The name, type of entity, and governing law of the converting entity.

(b) The name, type of entity, and governing law of the converted entity.

(c) The terms and conditions of the conversion.

(d) The manner and basis of converting the interests in the converting entity into interests, securities, or obligations of the surviving entity, rights to acquire such interests or securities, money, other property, or any combination of the foregoing.

(e) The organizational documents of the converted entity that are to be in a record immediately after the conversion becomes effective.

(f) Any other matters required by the governing law of the converting or converted entity.

(2) In addition to the requirements of sub. (1) , a plan of conversion may contain any other provision relating to the conversion and not prohibited by law.

History: 2015 a. 295 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 411.219 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.219
Risk of loss.
Status: in_force

(1) Except in the case of a finance lease, risk of loss is retained by the lessor and does not pass to the lessee. In the case of a finance lease, risk of loss passes to the lessee.

(2) Subject to s. 411.220 , if risk of loss is to pass to the lessee and the time of passage is not stated, all of the following apply:

(a) If the lease contract requires or authorizes the goods to be shipped by carrier and the lease contract does not require delivery at a particular destination, the risk of loss passes to the lessee when the goods are delivered to the carrier; but if the lease contract does require delivery at a particular destination and the goods are tendered while in the possession of the carrier, the risk of loss passes to the lessee when the goods are so tendered as to enable the lessee to take delivery.

(b) If the goods are held by a bailee to be delivered without being moved, the risk of loss passes to the lessee on acknowledgment by the bailee of the lessee’s right to possession of the goods.

(c) In any case not within par. (a) or (b) , the risk of loss passes to the lessee on the lessee’s receipt of the goods if the lessor, or, in the case of a finance lease, the supplier, is a merchant; otherwise the risk passes to the lessee on tender of delivery.

History: 1991 a. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 215.512 — WI Code / Chapter 215 / Section 215.512
Definitions applicable to indemnification and insurance provisions.
Status: in_force

In ss. 215.512 to 215.521 :

(1) “Director or officer” means any of the following:

(a) A natural person who is or was a director or officer of a mutual association.

(b) A natural person who, while a director or officer of a mutual association, is or was serving at the mutual association’s request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, member of any governing or decision-making committee, manager, employee or agent of another mutual association or foreign association, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.

(c) A natural person who, while a director or officer of a mutual association, is or was serving an employee benefit plan because his or her duties to the mutual association also imposed duties on, or otherwise involved services by, the person to the plan or to participants in or beneficiaries of the plan.

(d) Unless the context requires otherwise, the estate or personal representative of a director or officer.

(2) “Expenses” include fees, costs, charges, disbursements, attorney fees and any other expenses incurred in connection with a proceeding.

(3) “Liability” includes the obligation to pay a judgment, settlement, forfeiture, or fine, including any excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan, plus costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814 , and reasonable expenses.

(4) “Mutual association” means a mutual savings and loan association organized under this subchapter and any domestic or foreign predecessor of the mutual association where the predecessor mutual association’s existence ceased upon the consummation of a merger or other transaction.

(5) “Party” means a natural person who was or is, or who is threatened to be made, a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding.

(6) “Proceeding” means any threatened, pending or completed civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit, arbitration or other proceeding, whether formal or informal, which involves foreign, federal, state or local law and which is brought by or in the right of the mutual association or by any other person.

History: 1987 a. 13 ; 1993 a. 112 , 491 ; 2003 a. 139 .
Wis. Stat. § 24.70 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.70
Collection from borrowers other than school districts.
Status: in_force

(1) Applicability. This section applies to all outstanding state trust fund loans to borrowers other than school districts, drainage districts created under ch. 88 , local professional baseball park districts created under subch. III of ch. 229 , and federated public library systems.

(2) Certified statement. If a borrower other than a school district has a state trust fund loan, the board shall transmit to the clerk of the jurisdiction, or the person signing the application on behalf of the borrower in the case of a cooperative educational service agency, a certified statement of the amount due on or before October 1 of each year until the loan is repaid. The board shall submit a copy of each certified statement to the secretary of administration. A cooperative educational service agency shall transmit a copy of the statement to the clerk of each school district on behalf of which the agency has obtained a loan.

(3) Amount added to municipal levy. Upon receipt of a certified statement by a municipal clerk, the municipal clerk shall then cause the amount to be added to the municipal levy and collected in the same manner as the municipal tax except the amount for the state trust fund loan shall be separately designated. Upon receipt of a certified statement by a school district clerk from a cooperative educational service agency, the clerk shall cause the amount for which the district is responsible under s. 24.61 (7) to be added to the school district levy and collected in the same manner as the school district tax, except that the amount for the loan shall be separately stated. This subsection does not apply to revenue obligation trust fund loans.

(4) Payment to board. The treasurer of each municipality shall remit to the board on its order the full amount due for state trust fund loans within 15 days after March 15. Each cooperative educational service agency shall similarly remit the annual amount owed on any state trust fund loan made to the agency by that date. Any payment not made by March 30 is delinquent and is subject to a penalty of one percent per month to be paid to the board with the delinquent payment.

(6) Failure to make payments. If any municipality fails to remit the amount due by the date specified under sub. (4) , the board shall file a certified statement of the delinquent amount with the department of administration. The secretary of administration shall collect the amount due, including any penalty, by deducting that amount from any state payments due the municipality, shall notify the treasurer and the board of that action, and shall immediately remit to the board any amounts deducted from any state payments due to the municipality.

History: 1979 c. 221 ; 1981 c. 169 ; Stats. 1981 s. 24.70; 1987 a. 185 , 378 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2009 a. 2 , 28 ; 2011 a. 71 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.12 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.12
Local regulation of employment benefits; statewide concern; uniformity.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature finds that each employer in this state should be allowed to determine the employment benefits the employer provides to its employees without interference by local governments. The legislature finds that the absence of such local regulations is a matter of statewide concern and that the enactment of an ordinance by a city, village, town, or county regulating the employment benefits an employer provides to its employees would be logically inconsistent with, would defeat the purpose of, and would go against the spirit of the legislature’s intent to allow each employer to determine the employment benefits the employer provides to its employees. Therefore, this section shall be construed as an enactment of statewide concern for the purpose of providing uniform regulation throughout the state regarding the employment benefits an employer may be required to provide to its employees.

(2) In this section, “employment benefit” means anything of value, other than wages and salary, that an employer makes available to an employee, including a retirement, pension, profit sharing, insurance, or leave benefit.

(3)

(a) Except as provided in ss. 103.10 (1m) (d) and 103.11 (2) (d) , no city, village, town, or county may enact or enforce an ordinance requiring an employer to provide certain employment benefits to its employees, to provide a minimum level of employment benefits to its employees, or to prescribe the terms or conditions of employment benefits provided to its employees.

(b) Except as provided in ss. 103.10 (1m) (d) and 103.11 (2) (d) , if a city, village, town, or county has in effect on April 18, 2018, an ordinance requiring an employer to provide certain employment benefits or to provide a minimum level of employment benefits to its employees, the ordinance does not apply and may not be enforced.

History: 2017 a. 327 .
Wis. Stat. § 169.21 — WI Code / Chapter 169 / Section 169.21
Dog trial licenses.
Status: in_force

(1) Bird dog trial license.

(a) The department shall issue a bird dog trial license to any person who files a proper application and who pays the applicable fee.

(b) A bird dog trial license authorizes the holder of the license to purchase, possess, release into the wild, and hunt any live captive wild bird for any organized competitive field event that involves sporting dog breeds and that is sanctioned, licensed, or recognized by a local, state, regional, or national dog organization.

(2) Hound dog trial license.

(a) The department shall issue a hound dog trial license to any person who files a proper application and who pays the applicable fee.

(b) A hound dog trial license authorizes the holder of the license to purchase, possess, release into the wild, and hunt live captive raccoon, live captive rabbit, live captive fox, live captive coyote, live captive bobcat, and live captive bear of the species Ursus americanus for any organized competitive field event that involves sporting dog breeds and that is sanctioned, licensed, or recognized by a local, state, regional, or national dog organization.

(3) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to establish additional standards, limitations, and requirements for licenses issued under this section. The rules may include standards that provide adequate protection for the wild animals that are authorized under a dog trial license. The department shall issue a license to an applicant based on the rules in effect under this subsection on the date of the application and may not delay the issuance of a license pending promulgation of additional, modified, or new rules.

History: 2001 a. 56 ; 2003 a. 239 .
Wis. Stat. § 704.01 — WI Code / Chapter 704 / Section 704.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise:

(1) “Lease” means an agreement, whether oral or written, for transfer of possession of real property, or both real and personal property, for a definite period of time. A lease is for a definite period of time if it has a fixed commencement date and a fixed expiration date or if the commencement and expiration can be ascertained by reference to some event, such as completion of a building. A lease is included within this chapter even though it may also be treated as a conveyance under ch. 706 . An agreement for transfer of possession of only personal property is not a lease.

(2) “Periodic tenant” means a tenant who holds possession without a valid lease and pays rent on a periodic basis. It includes a tenant from day-to-day, week-to-week, month-to-month, year-to-year or other recurring interval of time, the period being determined by the intent of the parties under the circumstances, with the interval between rent-paying dates normally evidencing that intent.

(3) “Premises” mean the property covered by the lease, including not only the realty and fixtures, but also any personal property furnished with the realty.

(3m) “Rental agreement” means an oral or written agreement between a landlord and tenant, for the rental or lease of a specific dwelling unit or premises, in which the landlord and tenant agree on the essential terms of the tenancy, such as rent. “Rental agreement” includes a lease. “Rental agreement” does not include an agreement to enter into a rental agreement in the future.

(4) “Tenancy” includes a tenancy under a lease, a periodic tenancy or a tenancy at will.

(5) “Tenant at will” means any tenant holding with the permission of the tenant’s landlord without a valid lease and under circumstances not involving periodic payment of rent; but a person holding possession of real property under a contract of purchase or an employment contract is not a tenant under this chapter.

History: 1983 a. 189 ; 1993 a. 486 ; 2007 a. 184 .
Wis. Stat. § 808.01 — WI Code / Chapter 808 / Section 808.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) “Appeal” means a review in an appellate court by appeal or writ of error authorized by law of a judgment or order of a circuit court.

(2) “Appellate court” means the supreme court under ch. 751 or the court of appeals under ch. 752 .

History: 1977 c. 187 ; 1991 a. 189 .
Wis. Stat. § 302.185 — WI Code / Chapter 302 / Section 302.185
Transfer to foreign countries under treaty.
Status: in_force

If a treaty is in effect between the United States and a foreign country, allowing a convicted person who is a citizen or national of the foreign country to transfer to the foreign country, the governor may commence a transfer of the person if the person requests.

History: 1981 c. 29 ; 1989 a. 31 s. 1637 ; Stats. 1989 s. 302.185.
Wis. Stat. § 701.1105 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.1105
Notice to beneficiaries of proposed action.
Status: in_force

(1) A trustee may, but is not required to, obtain approval of a proposed action under s. 701.1104 (1) by providing a written notice that complies with all of the following:

(a) Is given at least 30 days before the proposed effective date of the proposed action.

(b) Is given in the manner provided in s. 701.0109 .

(c) Is given to all qualified beneficiaries.

(d) States that it is given in accordance with this section and discloses the following information:

1. The identification of the trustee.

2. A description of the proposed action.

3. The time within which a beneficiary may object to the proposed action, which shall be at least 30 days after the giving of the notice.

4. The effective date of the proposed action if no objection is received from any beneficiary within the time specified in subd. 3.

(2) If a trustee gives notice of a proposed action under this section, the trustee is not required to give notice to a qualified beneficiary who consents to the proposed action in writing at any time before or after the proposed action is taken.

(3) A qualified beneficiary may object to the proposed action by giving a written objection to the trustee within the time specified in the notice under sub. (1) (d) 3.

(4) A trustee may decide not to take a proposed action after the trustee receives a written objection to the proposed action or at any other time for any other reason. In that case, the trustee shall give written notice to the qualified beneficiaries of the decision not to take the proposed action.

(5) If a trustee receives a written objection to a proposed action within the time specified in the notice under sub. (1) (d) 3. , either the trustee or the qualified beneficiary making the written objection may petition the court to have the proposed action approved, modified, or prohibited. In the court proceeding, the qualified beneficiary objecting to the proposed action has the burden of proving that the proposed action should be modified or prohibited. A qualified beneficiary who did not make the written objection may oppose the proposed action in the court proceeding.

(6) For purposes of this section, a proposed action under s. 701.1104 includes a course of action or a decision not to take action under s. 701.1104 .

History: 2013 a. 92 ss. 219 to 223 , 225 to 230 ; 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.967 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.967
Duties of council on migrant labor.
Status: in_force

The council on migrant labor shall:

(1) Advise the department and other state officials on any matter affecting migrant workers.

(2) Ascertain the conditions under which migrant workers are recruited, employed, housed and protected.

(3) Review in July of every odd-numbered year the minimum hours guaranteed under s. 103.915 (4) (b) and recommend to the legislature any changes the council finds necessary.

(4) Study the coordination of federal and state statutes and rules designed to assist, serve or protect migrant workers and recommend to the department, legislature and other appropriate state agencies any changes in statutes or rules necessary to achieve uniformity insofar as possible between such state and federal statutes and rules.

(5) Review rules submitted by the department under s. 103.968 .

History: 1977 c. 17 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.0102 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0102
Scope.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to express, charitable or noncharitable, and testamentary or living trusts, and any trust created pursuant to a statute, judgment, or decree that requires the trust to be administered in the manner of an express trust. This chapter does not apply to any of the following:

(1) A constructive or resulting trust.

(2) A guardianship.

(3) A conservatorship.

(4) A custodial arrangement made pursuant to the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act under ss. 54.854 to 54.898 or the Uniform Custodial Trust Act under ss. 54.950 to 54.988 .

(5) A common trust or a collective investment fund.

(6) A trust created by a depository agreement with a financial institution.

(7) A trust made in connection with a business transaction, including a trust created under a bond indenture or collateral trust agreement or in connection with a structured finance transaction, a common law trust under s. 226.14 , or a business trust.

(8) A voting trust.

(9) A fund maintained pursuant to court order in conjunction with a bankruptcy proceeding, business liquidation, or class action lawsuit.

(10) A trust that is part of an employee benefit arrangement or an individual retirement account.

(11) A trust established under a qualified tuition savings program or education savings account.

(12) A trust account maintained on behalf of a client or customer by a licensed service professional, including a trust account maintained by an attorney or by a real estate broker.

(12m) An account that is part of a qualified ABLE program under section 529A (b) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(13) Any other arrangement under which a person is a nominee or escrowee for another.

History: 2013 a. 92 ; 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 114.35 — WI Code / Chapter 114 / Section 114.35
Federal aid; state and local funds.
Status: in_force

(1) It is declared to be the policy of the state to promote the development of an airport system in this state and to promote the development of joint airports in this state and in adjoining states which mutually benefit citizens of this state and those of adjoining states. The secretary may use the funds provided by the state to assist sponsors in matching the federal aid that may become available to the state or available for specific projects or joint projects within this state or in an adjoining state.

(2) The secretary may also use the funds provided by the state independent of the availability of federal funds to aid sponsors in the development of approved projects on the state system or joint projects; for air marking and air navigation facilities; and for the purposes of 1991 Wisconsin Act 269 , section 9155 (1x) .

History: 1971 c. 125 , 192 , 228 ; 1973 c. 148 ; 1977 c. 418 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 39 , 269 .
Wis. Stat. § 448.959 — WI Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.959
Penalties.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates this subchapter or any rule promulgated under this subchapter may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.

History: 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 891.08 — WI Code / Chapter 891 / Section 891.08
§ 891.08. Records showing revenue stamps.
Status: in_force

Whenever the record, in the office of a register of deeds, of any conveyance or of any instrument whatever, upon which revenue stamps may have been at any time required to be affixed by any act of congress, shall show such stamps or any of them, more or less, to have been affixed, it shall be presumptive evidence that such conveyance or instrument had properly affixed to it the number and denomination of stamps required by law.