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Wis. Stat. § 30.547 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.547
Alterations and falsifications prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may intentionally falsify an application for a certificate of title or a certificate of title issued under s. 30.537 (1) or 30.541 (4) .

(2) No person may intentionally falsify an application for a certificate of number or registration issued under s. 30.52 .

(3) No person may intentionally alter, remove or change any number or other character in an engine serial number.

(4) No person may do any of the following:

(a) Intentionally alter, remove or change any number or other character in a hull identification number.

(b) Manufacture a hull identification number that the person knows to be false to be placed on a boat that is manufactured after November 1, 1972.

(c) Place a hull identification number that the person knows to be false on a boat that is manufactured after November 1, 1972.

History: 1987 a. 397 ; 1997 a. 198 ; 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 786.33 — WI Code / Chapter 786 / Section 786.33
Proceeds deemed real estate.
Status: in_force

No sale, mortgage, lease or other conveyance made as aforesaid of the real estate or any interest therein of any person, whether in being or not, shall give to such person any other or greater interest or estate in the proceeds of such sale, mortgaging or other disposition of said lands or interest therein than the person had in the estate so sold or disposed of but the said proceeds shall be deemed real estate of the same nature as the property sold.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 63 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 786.33.
Wis. Stat. § 813.026 — WI Code / Chapter 813 / Section 813.026
Remedy against heirs and legatees; temporary injunction; receivership; judgment.
Status: in_force

In an action, in a court of record, for damages founded upon contract or upon a judgment, when it appears that the defendant is interested, as heir, legatee, or devisee, in the estate of a decedent and that the defendant’s property that is liable to execution is probably insufficient to satisfy the plaintiff’s claim for damages, the defendant may be enjoined by the court, pending the action, from assigning or otherwise disposing of the defendant’s interest in the estate, and a receiver for the defendant’s interest may be appointed. The judgment may compel the defendant to transfer sufficient of the defendant’s interest to satisfy the judgment or may adjudge the transfer. The remedy given by this section is in addition to that given by proceedings supplementary to execution under ch. 816 . If a receiver is appointed, he or she shall give prompt notice of the appointment to the personal representative.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 760 (1975), 779; Stats. 1975 s. 813.026; 1993 a. 486 ; 2001 a. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 49.1475 — WI Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.1475
Follow-up services.
Status: in_force

Following any follow-up period required by the contract entered into under s. 49.143 , a Wisconsin works agency may provide case management services for an individual who moves from a Wisconsin works employment position to unsubsidized employment to help the individual retain the unsubsidized employment. Case management services may include the provision of employment skills training; English as a 2nd language classes, if the Wisconsin works agency determines that the course will facilitate the individual’s efforts to retain employment; a course of study meeting the standards established under s. 115.29 (4) for the granting of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation; or other remedial education courses. The Wisconsin works agency may provide case management services regardless of the individual’s income and asset levels.

History: 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 168.13 — WI Code / Chapter 168 / Section 168.13
Required records.
Status: in_force

Every person receiving petroleum products in this state shall keep books and records of all petroleum products so received, together with bills of lading, waybills and other pertinent documents. Such books and records and other papers and documents shall, at all times during business hours of the day, be subject to inspection by the department and its inspectors, and are subject to inspection by the department of revenue in regard to the fee under s. 168.12 (1) . Such books, records and other papers and documents shall be preserved for not less than 4 years, unless the department, in writing, authorizes their destruction or disposal at an earlier date.

History: 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 233.41 — WI Code / Chapter 233 / Section 233.41
Soldiers preferred patients.
Status: in_force

In admitting patients to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, preference shall be given to honorably discharged veterans of any of the wars of the United States or who is otherwise eligible for benefits from the department of veterans affairs. Preference is hereby defined to mean that whenever the chief executive officer of the authority is notified that the applicant is such a veteran, such veteran shall be the next person so admitted to the hospital, except in case of an emergency.

History: 1995 a. 27 s. 4202 ; Stats. 1995 s. 233.41.
Wis. Stat. § 193.625 — WI Code / Chapter 193 / Section 193.625
Replacement certificates.
Status: in_force

(1) Issuance. A cooperative may issue a replacement certificate of membership interest under s. 193.621 using the procedure specified in s. 408.405 (1) , if the owner of the membership interest represented in a certificate claims that the certificate has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken.

(2) Not an overissue. The issuance of a replacement certificate under sub. (1) is not an overissue of the membership interest it represents.

History: 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 182.50 — WI Code / Chapter 182 / Section 182.50
Establishment of foreign trade zones.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. As used in this section:

(a) “Act of congress” means the act of congress, entitled “An act to provide for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for other purposes” ( 19 USC 81 et. seq.).

(b) “Private corporation” means any corporation organized under ch. 180 for the purpose of establishing, operating and maintaining foreign trade zones under this section.

(c) “Public corporation” means the state, or any county, town, city or village within the state, or any state or municipal authority or similar organization financed in whole or in part by public funds.

(2) Establishment, operation and maintenance. Any public or private corporation may make application for the privilege of establishing, operating and maintaining a foreign trade zone under the act of congress. Any public or private corporation, whose application is granted under the act of congress, may establish, operate and maintain a foreign trade zone subject to the conditions and restrictions of the act of congress and any amendments thereto, and under such rules and regulations and for the period of time that may be prescribed by the board established by the act of congress to carry out the provisions of such act.

History: 1977 c. 110 ; 1983 a. 189 .
Wis. Stat. § 806.03 — WI Code / Chapter 806 / Section 806.03
Judgment on admitted claim; order to satisfy.
Status: in_force

In an action on an express contract for the recovery of a liquidated sum of money only, if the answer admits any part of the plaintiff’s claim or if the answer sets up a counterclaim for an amount less than the plaintiff’s claim and contains no other defense to the action, the clerk, on motion of the plaintiff, shall render and enter judgment for the amount so admitted or for the amount claimed in the complaint less the amount of the defendant’s counterclaim. When the defendant admits part of the plaintiff’s claim to be just, the court, on motion, may order the defendant to satisfy that part of the claim and may enforce the order as it enforces a judgment or provisional remedy.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 718 (1975); Sup. Ct. Order, 73 Wis. 2d xxxi (1976).
Wis. Stat. § 196.496 — WI Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.496
Distributed generation facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “distributed generation facility” means a facility for the generation of electricity with a capacity of no more than 15 megawatts that is located near the point where the electricity will be used or is in a location that will support the functioning of the electric power distribution grid.

(2) Rules. The commission shall promulgate rules establishing standards for the connection of distributed generation facilities to electric distribution facilities. To the extent technically feasible and cost effective, the standards shall be uniform and shall promote the development of distributed generation facilities. The standards shall address engineering, electric reliability, and safety concerns and the methods for determining charges for interconnection.

History: 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 707.59 — WI Code / Chapter 707 / Section 707.59
Time-share units not within state.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , if time shares in a time-share unit located outside of this state are offered or sold in this state, the laws of the state where the time-share unit is located which relate to a general matter covered by this chapter apply to the offer or sale of those time shares in this state. If the state in which the time-share unit is located has no laws relating to a general matter covered by this chapter, the provision in this chapter relating to that matter applies to the offer or sale of those time shares in this state.

(2) Section 707.55 applies to any offer or sale of a time share in a time-share unit, whether the time-share unit is located in this state or outside this state.

History: 1987 a. 399 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.0403 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0403
Trusts created in other jurisdictions.
Status: in_force

A trust not created by will is validly created if its creation complies with the law of the jurisdiction in which the trust instrument was executed, or the law of the jurisdiction in which, at the time of creation, any of the following was satisfied:

(1) The settlor was domiciled, had a place of abode, or was a national.

(2) A trustee was domiciled or had a place of business.

(3) Any trust property was located.

History: 2013 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 889.14 — WI Code / Chapter 889 / Section 889.14
Proof of unrecorded proceedings before municipal judge.
Status: in_force

The proceedings in any cause had before a municipal judge, not reduced to writing by the municipal judge, nor being the contents of any paper or document produced before the municipal judge, and the contents of any such paper or document as shall have been lost or destroyed, may be proved by the oath of the municipal judge.

History: 1985 a. 332 .
Wis. Stat. § 6.925 — WI Code / Chapter 6 / Section 6.925
Elector making challenge in person.
Status: in_force

Any elector may challenge for cause any person offering to vote whom the elector knows or suspects is not a qualified elector. If a person is challenged as unqualified by an elector, one of the inspectors may administer the oath or affirmation to the challenged elector under s. 6.92 and ask the challenged elector the questions under that section which are appropriate to test the elector’s qualifications. In addition, one of the inspectors shall administer the following oath or affirmation to the challenging elector: “You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will fully and truly answer all questions put to you regarding the challenged person’s place of residence and qualifications as an elector of this election”; and shall then ask questions which are appropriate as determined by the commission, by rule, to test the qualifications of the challenged elector.

History: 1975 c. 85 , 199 ; 1977 c. 394 ; 1985 a. 304 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2015 a. 118 s. 266 (10) .
Wis. Stat. § 198.165 — WI Code / Chapter 198 / Section 198.165
District clerk, treasurer, attorney, duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The principal duties of the clerk of the district shall be to act as clerk of the board of directors and to record and sign all minutes of meetings of the board, including all resolutions and ordinances adopted by the board, to safely and systematically keep all records, files and papers of the board, to safely keep the corporate seal of the district and to affix the same on behalf of the board and to all certificates by the clerk made as clerk of the district, to sign, execute or acknowledge with the chairperson of the board all contracts, deeds, leases or other instruments authorized by the board to be executed by or on behalf of the district and, if authorized, to deliver the same, and to perform such other duties as may be imposed upon the clerk by law or by vote, resolution or ordinance adopted by the board.

(2) The principal duties of the treasurer of the district shall be to demand, receive, keep and account for all moneys and credits of the district and to pay to the persons entitled thereto the amounts called for in the orders or warrants drawn upon the treasurer by the clerk of the district and to take and keep receipts, vouchers or other suitable evidences of payment therefor, to keep accurate account of all moneys received and disbursed by the treasurer and to render such accounts, statements and inventories of moneys and credits received and disbursed and on hand and generally of all matters pertaining to the treasurer’s office as the board of directors may require and to perform such other duties as may be imposed upon the treasurer by law or by vote, resolution or ordinance adopted by the board.

(3) The principal duties of the general counsel of the district shall be to appear for the district and prosecute or defend all actions or proceedings in which the district is interested or a party, to prepare and draft resolutions, ordinances, contracts and other instruments when and as required by the board and to render to the board and to any officer of the district counsel, advice and opinions on all legal matters and to perform such other duties as may be imposed upon the general counsel by law or by vote, resolution or ordinance adopted by the board of directors.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 1993 a. 184 .
Wis. Stat. § 609.805 — WI Code / Chapter 609 / Section 609.805
Coverage of contraceptives.
Status: in_force

Defined network plans are subject to s. 632.895 (17) .

History: 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 711.04 — WI Code / Chapter 711 / Section 711.04
Priorities; user directions for disclosure of digital property.
Status: in_force

(1) A user may use an online tool to direct the custodian to disclose or not disclose to a designated recipient some or all of the user’s digital property, including the content of electronic communications. If the online tool allows the user to modify or delete a direction at all times, a direction regarding disclosure using an online tool overrides a contrary direction by the user in any of the following:

(a) A will, trust, or any other governing instrument.

(b) A power of attorney.

(c) A consent instrument.

(d) Any other record.

(2) If a user has not used an online tool to give direction under sub. (1) , or if the custodian has not provided an online tool, the user may allow or prohibit disclosure to a fiduciary of some or all of the user’s digital property, including the content of electronic communications sent or received by the user, in a will, trust, any other governing instrument, power of attorney, or consent instrument.

(3) A user’s direction under sub. (1) or (2) overrides a contrary provision in a terms of service agreement that does not require the user to act affirmatively and distinctly from the user’s assent to the terms of service.

History: 2015 a. 300 ; 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 895.43 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.43
Intentional killing by beneficiary of contract.
Status: in_force

The rights of a beneficiary of a contractual arrangement who kills the principal obligee under the contractual arrangement are governed by s. 854.14 .

History: 1981 c. 228 ; 1987 a. 222 ; 1997 a. 188 .
Wis. Stat. § 324.35 — WI Code / Chapter 324 / Section 324.35
Grant of physical placement to nonparent.
Status: in_force

(1) On the motion of a deploying parent and in accordance with the law of this state other than this chapter, if it is in the best interest of the child, a court may grant physical placement to a nonparent who is an adult family member of the child or an adult who has maintained a relationship similar to a parent-child relationship with the child.

(2) Unless a grant of physical placement to a nonparent under sub. (1) is agreed to by the other parent, the grant is limited to an amount of time not greater than either of the following:

(a) The amount of time granted to the deploying parent under a permanent legal custody or physical placement order, but the court may add unusual travel time necessary to transport the child.

(b) In the absence of a permanent legal custody or physical placement order that is currently in effect, the amount of time that the deploying parent habitually cared for the child before being notified of deployment, but the court may add unusual travel time necessary to transport the child.

History: 2021 a. 161 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.0204 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0204
Venue.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , venue for a judicial proceeding involving a trust may be in the county of this state in which the trust’s principal place of administration is or will be located or, if the trust is a testamentary trust and the decedent’s estate is not yet closed, in the county of this state in which the decedent’s estate is being administered.

(2) If a trust has no trustee, venue for a judicial proceeding for the appointment of a trustee is in any of the following:

(a) A county of this state in which a beneficiary resides.

(b) A county of this state in which any trust property is located.

(c) A county of this state in which the holder of trust property maintains an office.

(d) If the trust is a testamentary trust and the decedent’s estate is not yet closed, in the county of this state in which the decedent’s estate is being administered.

(3) Venue for a judicial proceeding involving a trust is also governed by ss. 801.50 to 801.62 , as applicable, and the proceeding is regarded as a civil action for that purpose.

History: 2013 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0720 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0720
Members’ list for meeting.
Status: in_force

(1) List of members. After fixing a record date for a notice of a meeting, a corporation shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all of its members who are entitled to notice of the meeting. The list must show the address and number of votes each member is entitled to vote at the meeting. The corporation shall prepare on a current basis through the time of the membership meeting a list of members, if any, who are entitled to vote at the meeting, but not entitled to notice of the meeting. This list shall be prepared on the same basis as and be part of the list of members.

(2) Inspection before meeting. The list of members must be available for inspection by any member for the purpose of communication with other members concerning the meeting, beginning 2 business days after notice is given of the meeting for which the list was prepared and continuing through the meeting, at the corporation’s principal office or at a reasonable place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held. A member, a member’s agent or a member’s attorney is entitled on written demand to inspect and, subject to ss. 181.1602 (3) and 181.1605 , to copy the list, at a reasonable time and at the member’s expense, during the period it is available for inspection.

(3) Inspection at meeting. The corporation shall make the list of members available at the meeting, and any member, a member’s agent or a member’s attorney is entitled to inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment.

(4) Refusal to allow inspection. If the corporation refuses to allow a member, a member’s agent or a member’s attorney to inspect the list of members before or at the meeting or to copy the list as permitted under sub. (2) , the circuit court for the county where a corporation’s principal office, or if none in this state, its registered office, is located, on application of the member, may summarily order the inspection or copying at the corporation’s expense and may postpone the meeting for which the list was prepared until the inspection or copying is complete and may order the corporation to pay the member’s costs, including reasonable attorney fees, incurred to obtain the order.

(5) Effect of noncompliance. Refusal or failure to prepare or make available the list of members does not affect the validity of action taken at the meeting.

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 885.285 — WI Code / Chapter 885 / Section 885.285
Settlement and advance payment of claim for damages.
Status: in_force

(1) No admission of liability shall be inferred from the following:

(a) A settlement with or any payment made to an injured person, or to another on behalf of any injured person, or any person entitled to recover damages on account of injury or death of such person; or

(b) A settlement with or any payment made to a person or on the person’s behalf to another for injury to or destruction of property.

(2) Any settlement or payment under sub. (1) is not admissible in any legal action unless pleaded as a defense.

(3) Any settlement or advance payment under sub. (1) shall be credited against any final settlement or judgment between the parties. Upon motion to the court in the absence of the jury and on submission of proper proof prior to entry of judgment on a verdict, the court shall apply the provisions of s. 895.045 and then shall reduce the amount of the damages so determined by the amount of the payments made. Any rights of contribution between joint tort-feasors shall be determined on the amount of the verdict prior to reduction because of a settlement or advance payment.

(4) The period fixed for the limitation for the commencement of actions shall be as provided by s. 893.12 .

History: 1975 c. 327 , 421 ; 1979 c. 323 .
Wis. Stat. § 450.16 — WI Code / Chapter 450 / Section 450.16
Sale of contraceptives prohibited in certain areas.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “vending machine” has the meaning given under s. 450.155 (1) (L) .

(2) No person may have in the person’s possession or under the person’s control, any vending machine that is located in a public school, as specified under s. 115.01 (1) .

(3) Any person violating this section may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.

History: 1985 a. 146 ; 2017 a. 366 .
Wis. Stat. § 943.91 — WI Code / Chapter 943 / Section 943.91
Penalties.
Status: in_force

Whoever violates s. 943.81 , 943.82 (1) , 943.83 , or 943.84 is guilty of the following:

(1) If the value of the money, funds, credits, securities, assets, property, proceeds from sale, or loan does not exceed $500, a Class A misdemeanor.

(2) If the value of the money, funds, credits, securities, assets, property, proceeds from sale, or loan does not exceed $500, and the person has previously been convicted of an misdemeanor or felony under s. 943.10 , 943.12 , 943.20 to 943.75 , or 943.81 to 943.90 , a Class I felony.

(3) If the value of the money, funds, credits, securities, assets, property, proceeds from sale, or loan exceeds $500 but does not exceed $10,000, a Class H felony.

(4) If the value of the money, funds, credits, securities, assets, property, proceeds from sale, or loan exceeds $10,000 but does not exceed $100,000, a Class G felony.

(5) If the value of the money, funds, credits, securities, assets, property, proceeds from sale, or loan exceeds $100,000, a Class E felony.

History: 2005 a. 212 .