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Wis. Stat. § 402.715 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.715
Buyer’s incidental and consequential damages.
Status: in_force

(1) Incidental damages resulting from the seller’s breach include expenses reasonably incurred in inspection, receipt, transportation and care and custody of goods rightfully rejected, any commercially reasonable charges, expenses or commissions in connection with effecting cover and any other reasonable expense incident to the delay or other breach.

(2) Consequential damages resulting from the seller’s breach include:

(a) Any loss resulting from general or particular requirements and needs of which the seller at the time of contracting had reason to know and which could not reasonably be prevented by cover or otherwise; and

(b) Injury to person or property proximately resulting from any breach of warranty.
Wis. Stat. § 842.17 — WI Code / Chapter 842 / Section 842.17
Interlocutory judgment of sale.
Status: in_force

(1) If the court finds that the land or any portion thereof is so situated that partition cannot be made without prejudice to the owners, and there are no tenants or lienholders, it may order the sheriff to sell the premises so situated at public auction.

(2) If a lienholder or tenant consents to sale of the lienholder’s or tenant’s interest or is unknown, the value of the lienholder’s or tenant’s interest shall be paid to the lienholder or tenant or set aside for the lienholder or tenant from the proceeds of the sale before any distribution is made to the partitioning cotenants.

(3) If there are tenants or lienholders who do not consent to sale, the court may order such sale subject to the lien or tenant’s interest.

(4) If a nonconsenting tenant derived his or her interest from less than all of the cotenant owners, a sale may be ordered without the nonconsenting tenant’s consent, and the nonconsenting tenant’s interest sold; the value of the nonconsenting tenant’s interest shall be paid to the nonconsenting tenant from the proceeds of sale owing to the nonconsenting tenant’s lessor.

History: 1973 c. 189 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 767 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 842.17; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 604.04 — WI Code / Chapter 604 / Section 604.04
Administration.
Status: in_force

(1) Manager. Each fund under chs. 605 to 607 shall be administered by a manager who shall be the commissioner. In chs. 604 to 607 , “manager” means the commissioner in his or her capacity as manager.

(2) Other personnel. The manager of a fund may employ such personnel as are necessary for proper administration. To the extent practicable, the manager shall manage the funds, issue policies and prepare reports in the same way that as commissioner he or she requires other insurers to do, except that periodic annual audits may not be required. The manager may make such reasonable rules for the administration of the funds as are necessary to implement the enabling statutes.

(3) Expenses. No full-time state officer or employee may receive additional compensation for services under chs. 604 to 607 . Appropriate portions of the salaries of such persons who do work for the funds or supervise them, and other expenses including reasonable charges for state-owned or state-rented office space and the use of state-owned or state-rented office equipment shall be charged against each fund. Each fund shall pay to the commissioner amounts charged for organizational support services, which shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.145 (1) (g) 2. Each fund shall also be charged a sum equivalent to the state premium tax that would be paid by a domestic mutual insurer organized or operating under ch. 611 and doing the same kind of insurance business, except that no such charge shall be made for the insurance of governmental units.

(4) Payment procedure. Any charges against a fund under sub. (3) shall be certified by the commissioner, audited by the department of administration under s. 16.53 , and paid by the secretary of administration out of the appropriate fund in accordance with procedures of the department of administration.

(5) Advisory organization membership. The manager of a fund may have the fund join or subscribe to rate service organizations or other advisory organizations useful for the efficient operation of the fund.

(6) Reinsurance. The manager may procure such reinsurance for the fund as he or she considers necessary for its sound operation.

(7) Inspections. The manager may obtain such inspections and reports on risks insured in the fund as sound insurance practice requires.

(8) Nondisclosure of personal information. The manager may refuse to disclose, and may prevent any other person from disclosing, any personally identifiable information, as defined in s. 19.62 (5) , that is obtained by the manager in the course of administering a fund under chs. 605 to 607 .

History: 1973 c. 117 ; 1979 c. 102 ss. 84 , 236 (5) , (13); 1981 c. 20 ss. 1759m , 2202 (26) (c) ; 2001 a. 65 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 95.195 — WI Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95.195
Diseases; implied warranty in sale of animals.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “covered disease” means a disease that the department specifies under sub. (4) (a) is covered by this section.

(2) Warranty. Except as provided in sub. (3) , in every contract for the sale of an animal of a type specified by the department under sub. (4) (b) , there is an implied warranty that the animal is not infected with a covered disease unless the seller discloses to the buyer in writing, prior to sale, all of the following:

(a) The management classification of the animal’s herd with respect to the covered disease.

(b) If the animal is a reactor with respect to the covered disease, that the animal is a reactor.

(3) Exception. The warranty under sub. (2) does not apply to an animal sold directly to slaughter.

(4) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules that do all of the following:

(a) Specify covered diseases.

(b) Specify types of animals to which this section applies.

(c) Prescribe a system for determining management classifications of herds with respect to covered diseases.

History: 1989 a. 277 ; 1999 a. 160 .
Wis. Stat. § 423.203 — WI Code / Chapter 423 / Section 423.203
Notice to customer.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever a customer has the right to cancel a consumer approval transaction, the merchant shall give 2 copies of a typed or printed notice of that fact to the customer. The notice must:

(a) Be printed in capital and lowercase letters of not less than 12-point boldface type;

(b) Appear under the conspicuous caption: “CUSTOMER’S RIGHT TO CANCEL”;

(c) Read as follows: You may cancel this agreement by mailing a written notice to ( insert name and mailing address of seller ) before midnight of the third business day after you signed this agreement. If you wish, you may use this page as that notice by writing “I hereby cancel” and adding your name and address. A duplicate of this page is provided by the seller for your records.

(2) A merchant who in the ordinary course of business regularly uses a language other than English in any advertising or other solicitation of customers or in any printed forms for use by customers or in any face-to-face negotiations with the merchant’s customers shall give the notice described in this section to a customer whose principal language is such other language both in English and in the other language.

(3) The notice required under this section must be delivered either after all the credit cost disclosures have been made to the customer as required by the federal consumer credit protection act and the customer has signed the writing evidencing the transaction, or contemporaneously therewith, but not before.

(3m) Compliance with requirements of federal statutes, rules or regulations governing form of notice of right of cancellation, in consumer approval transactions otherwise subject to this chapter, shall be deemed to satisfy the notice requirements of this chapter.

(4) A violation of this section is subject to s. 425.304 .

History: 1971 c. 239 ; 1973 c. 3 ; 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 846.01 — WI Code / Chapter 846 / Section 846.01
Foreclosure judgment.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , in actions for the foreclosure of mortgages upon real estate, if the plaintiff recover, the court shall render judgment of foreclosure and sale, as provided in this chapter, of the mortgaged premises or so much of the premises as may be sufficient to pay the amount adjudged to be due upon the mortgage and obligation secured by the mortgage, with costs.

(2) A judgment of foreclosure and sale shall not be entered until 20 days after the lis pendens has been filed.

History: 1973 c. 189 s. 7 ; Stats. 1973 s. 816.01; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 768 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 846.01; 1997 a. 254 .
Wis. Stat. § 55.09 — WI Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55.09
Notice of petition and hearing for protective services or placement.
Status: in_force

(1) Notice to individual. Notice of a petition for protective placement or protective services shall be served upon the individual sought to be protected, by personal service, at least 10 days before the time set for a hearing. The person serving the notice shall inform the individual sought to be protected of the complete contents of the notice and shall return a certificate to the circuit judge verifying that the petition has been delivered and notice given. The notice shall include the names of all petitioners.

(2) Other notice required. In addition to the notice required under sub. (1) , notice shall be served, personally or by mail, at least 10 days before the time set for a hearing, upon all of the following:

(a) The guardian ad litem, legal counsel, and guardian, if any, of the individual sought to be protected.

(b) The agent under an activated power of attorney for health care, if any, of the individual sought to be protected.

(c) The presumptive adult heirs, if any, of the individual sought to be protected.

(d) Other persons who have physical custody of the individual sought to be protected whose names and addresses are known to the petitioner or can with reasonable diligence be ascertained.

(e) The county department.

(f) Any governmental or private body or group from whom the individual sought to be protected is known to be receiving aid.

(g) Any other persons or entities that the court may require.

(h) The department, if the individual sought to be protected may be placed in a center for the developmentally disabled.

(i) The county department that is participating in the program under s. 46.278 of the county of residence of the individual sought to be protected, if the individual has a developmental disability and may be placed in an intermediate facility or a nursing facility, except that, for an individual sought to be protected to whom s. 46.279 (4m) applies, this notice shall instead be served on the department.

(3) Notice of petition for involuntary administration of psychotropic medication. Notice of a petition under s. 55.14 shall be served personally or by mail upon the corporation counsel and county department.

History: 2005 a. 264 ss. 127 , 159 ; 2005 a. 387 s. 115 ; 2007 a. 45 .
Wis. Stat. § 324.22 — WI Code / Chapter 324 / Section 324.22
Nature of authority created by agreement.
Status: in_force

(1) An agreement under this subchapter is temporary and does not create an independent, continuing right to physical placement, legal custody, or visitation for an individual to whom custodial responsibility is given. The temporary agreement terminates according to one of the following:

(a) If deployment is for less than 6 months, the temporary agreement terminates immediately after the deploying parent returns.

(b) If deployment is for 6 months or more, the temporary agreement terminates 30 days after the deploying parent returns.

(c) The temporary agreement terminates on a date that has been stipulated by all of the parties to the agreement or by modification under s. 324.23 .

(d) The temporary agreement terminates on a date ordered by the court.

(2) A nonparent who has physical placement, legal custody, or visitation by an agreement under this subchapter has standing to enforce the agreement until it has been terminated.

History: 2021 a. 161 .
Wis. Stat. § 806.10 — WI Code / Chapter 806 / Section 806.10
Judgment and lien docket.
Status: in_force

(1) At the time of entry of a judgment directing in whole or in part the payment of money, or a judgment naming a spouse under s. 806.15 (4) , and upon payment of the exact amount of the fee prescribed in s. 814.61 (5) (am) 2. , the clerk of circuit court shall enter the judgment in the judgment and lien docket, arranged alphabetically, including all of the following:

(a) The full name and place of residence of each judgment debtor and of the spouse or former spouse of the judgment debtor if the spouse is named in a judgment described under s. 806.15 (4) . If the judgment or judgment and lien docket fails to give the place of residence of the judgment debtor or the judgment debtor’s spouse or former spouse, the validity of the judgment is not affected thereby, but the judgment creditor may at any time file with the clerk of circuit court an affidavit stating, on knowledge or information and belief, the information. The clerk of circuit court shall thereupon enter the facts according to the affidavit in the judgment and lien docket, noting the date and time of the entry.

(b) The name of the judgment creditor, in like manner.

(c) The name of the attorney for the judgment creditor, if stated in the record.

(d) The date of the entry of the judgment.

(e) The day and time of entry.

(f) The amount of the debt, damages or other sum of money recovered, with the costs.

(1m) If a judgment is against several persons, the clerk of circuit court shall enter the judgment, in accordance with the procedure under sub. (1) in the judgment and lien docket under the name of each person against whom the judgment was rendered.

(2) Whenever any judgment entered in the judgment and lien docket is reversed and the remittitur filed, the clerk of circuit court shall enter “reversed on appeal” on the judgment and lien docket.

(3) Every clerk of circuit court who enters a judgment or decree and enters upon the judgment and lien docket a date or time other than that of its actual entry or neglects to enter the same at the proper time shall be liable to the party injured.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 729 (1975); 1975 c. 218 ; 1983 a. 303 ; 1987 a. 151 , 393 ; 1991 a. 134 ; 1995 a. 224 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2019 a. 70 .
Wis. Stat. § 946.68 — WI Code / Chapter 946 / Section 946.68
Simulating legal process.
Status: in_force

(1g) In this section, “legal process” includes a subpoena, summons, complaint, warrant, injunction, writ, notice, pleading, order or other document that directs a person to perform or refrain from performing a specified act and compliance with which is enforceable by a court or governmental agency.

(1r)

(a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c) , whoever sends or delivers to another any document which simulates legal process is guilty of a Class I felony.

(b) If the document under par. (a) is sent or delivered with intent to induce payment of a claim, the person is guilty of a Class H felony.

(c) If the document under par. (a) simulates any criminal process, the person is guilty of a Class H felony.

(2) Proof that a document specified under sub. (1r) was mailed or was delivered to any person with intent that it be forwarded to the intended recipient is sufficient proof of sending.

(3) This section applies even though the simulating document contains a statement to the effect that it is not legal process.

(4) Violation of this section may be prosecuted in either the county where the document was sent or the county in which it was delivered.

History: 1977 c. 173 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 134.73 — WI Code / Chapter 134 / Section 134.73
Identification of prisoner making telephone solicitation.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Contribution” has the meaning given in s. 202.11 (5) .

(b) “Prisoner” means a prisoner of any public or private correctional or detention facility that is located within or outside this state.

(c) “Solicit” has the meaning given in s. 202.11 (8) .

(d) “Telephone solicitation” means the unsolicited initiation of a telephone conversation for any of the following purposes:

1. To encourage a person to purchase property, goods, or services.

2. To solicit a contribution from a person.

3. To conduct an opinion poll or survey.

(2) Requirements. A prisoner who makes a telephone solicitation shall do all of the following immediately after the person called answers the telephone:

(a) Identify himself or herself by name.

(b) State that he or she is a prisoner.

(c) Inform the person called of the name of the correctional or detention facility in which he or she is a prisoner and the city and state in which the facility is located.

(3) Territorial application.

(a) Intrastate. This section applies to any intrastate telephone solicitation.

(b) Interstate. This section applies to any interstate telephone solicitation received by a person in this state.

(4) Penalties.

(a) A prisoner who violates this section may be required to forfeit not more than $500.

(b) If a person who employs a prisoner to engage in telephone solicitation is concerned in the commission of a violation of this section as provided under s. 134.99 , the person may be required to forfeit not more than $10,000.

History: 2001 a. 16 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.137 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.137
Tolling of statute of limitations for certain time-share actions.
Status: in_force

Any statute of limitations affecting the right of an association organized under s. 707.30 (2) or a time-share owner, as defined in s. 707.02 (31) , against a developer, as defined in s. 707.02 (11) , is tolled as provided in s. 707.34 (1) (bm) .

History: 1987 a. 399 .
Wis. Stat. § 813.24 — WI Code / Chapter 813 / Section 813.24
Notice.
Status: in_force

All notices required under ss. 813.22 to 813.34 shall be served upon all parties ordered by the court to be served as prescribed by statutes or rules, except that in addition thereto service on the absentee shall be by a class 3 notice, under ch. 985 , in the county of the absentee’s domicile, the last insertion to be not less than 10 nor more than 20 days prior to the time set for any hearing. The original notice prescribed in s. 813.23 (1) shall require each person claiming an interest in the property of the absentee to file in court within a time fixed by the court a statement of the nature and extent of such interest. In relation to a person in military service similar notice shall be given; except that where it appears to the court that such person was not domiciled in this state immediately prior to such service, publication of the notice may be made in the county where property of such person is situated.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 760, 779 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 813.24.
Wis. Stat. § 137.19 — WI Code / Chapter 137 / Section 137.19
Notarization and acknowledgement.
Status: in_force

If a law requires a signature or record to be notarized, acknowledged, verified, or made under oath, the requirement is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to administer the oath or to make the notarization, acknowledgment, or verification, together with all other information required to be included by other applicable law, is attached to or logically associated with the signature or record.

History: 2003 a. 294 .
Wis. Stat. § 88.33 — WI Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.33
Drainage project may be stopped prior to organization of district.
Status: in_force

(1) At any time prior to the entry of the order organizing a drainage district, the owners who represent a majority of the lands described in the petition for drainage or who represent a majority of the lands contained in the report of the drainage board may file with the court a petition requesting that no further proceeding be had and that no further expense chargeable to the proposed drainage district be incurred.

(2) Upon receipt of the petition the court shall fix a time and place of the hearing on the petition and shall cause notice of the hearing to be given as provided in s. 88.05 (1) (b) to the persons specified in s. 88.05 (4) (b) . If on the hearing the court finds that the petition is signed by the required number of owners, that notice of the hearing was properly given, and that the conditions of sub. (3) have been met, it shall enter an order directing that the proceedings to organize the district cease.

(3) As a condition of issuing the order under sub. (2) , the court shall require those petitioners under this section who also were petitioners under s. 88.27 to pay the expenses of the hearing under this section and all expenses incurred to date in connection with the proceedings to organize the district.

History: 1993 a. 456 .
Wis. Stat. § 59.535 — WI Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59.535
Veterans affairs.
Status: in_force

(1) Certifications and filings for veterans; no charge.

(a) In this subsection, “veteran” has the meaning given in s. 45.01 (12) , and includes a person under s. 45.51 (2) (a) 2.

(b) No fee shall be charged by any register of deeds, clerk of circuit court or any other public officer, either state, county or local, having custody of statistical records, for the making and certifying of copies, or examining proofs of any public record or instrument, required for or in connection with, the filing of any claim or application with the U.S. department of veterans affairs or any other federal agency, or to any state agency, or to the regularly established agency of any state, for benefits under federal or state laws, by a veteran or by any dependent of a veteran, when certified proof is required in connection with any claim or application for benefits, under federal or state laws, to which such veteran, or a dependent of a veteran, either living or dead, may be required to file, except, that in the counties where the register of deeds or clerk of circuit court is under the fee system and not a fixed salary, the usual fee for such service shall be paid by the county to the proper officer. The provisions of this subsection shall supersede any provision of law in conflict therewith.

(2) Grave markers; veterans.

(a) The board may furnish upon the petition of 5 residents of any municipality in their county an appropriate metal marker for the grave of each soldier, sailor or marine who served with honor in the U.S. armed forces, buried within the municipality.

(b) The petitioners shall state in the petition the names of the soldiers, sailors or marines buried in the municipality.

(3) War records. The board may appropriate money for the collection, publication or distribution of war records.

(4) Service officer and commission. The board may appropriate funds for the execution of the duties of the county veterans service officer and the county veterans service commission.

History: 1995 a. 201 ss. 123 , 135 , 141 , 365 , 385 ; 2005 a. 22 .