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Wis. Stat. § 29.405 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.405
Fishing with bow and arrow or crossbow.
Status: in_force

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

(a) Take rough fish or catfish with a bow and arrow or take rough fish or catfish with a bolt from a crossbow unless the arrow or bolt is equipped with a metal barbed tip and is attached to the bow or crossbow with a tethered line that allows for the retrieval of the arrow or bolt and the fish.

(b) Release or return any rough fish or catfish taken with a bow and arrow or crossbow, whether dead or alive, to the waters of this state.

(c) Leave any rough fish or catfish taken with a bow and arrow or crossbow, whether dead or alive, on the ice or banks of any waters of this state.

(2) Any person who takes rough fish or catfish with a bow and arrow or crossbow in any waters of this state shall remove the fish from those waters and use or dispose of the fish in an appropriate manner as determined by the department.

(3) If the department establishes an open season for taking rough fish or catfish with a bow and arrow or crossbow on a particular body of water, the department shall allow the taking of rough fish or catfish with a bow and arrow or crossbow on that body of water from sunset to sunrise during that open season.

(4) If the department establishes an open season for taking rough fish or catfish with a bow and arrow on a particular body of water, the department shall also allow the use of a crossbow to take rough fish or catfish on that body of water under the same conditions that apply to the use of a bow and arrow to take rough fish or catfish on that body of water.

(5) The department may not promulgate or enforce a rule that prohibits a person from taking rough fish or catfish with a bow and arrow or a crossbow. This subsection does not prohibit the department from promulgating or enforcing a rule that establishes bag or length limits, season dates, zones, or any other limitations applicable to rough fish or catfish if the rule is consistent with the purposes of this chapter.

History: 2005 a. 291 ; 2007 a. 97 ; 2011 a. 180 ; 2017 a. 297 .
Wis. Stat. § 755.02 — WI Code / Chapter 755 / Section 755.02
Term.
Status: in_force

The judges shall be elected at large for a term of 4 years unless a different term, not exceeding 4 years nor less than 2 years, is provided by charter ordinance enacted under s. 66.0101 . The term shall commence on May 1 of the year of the judge’s election.

History: 1977 c. 187 s. 94 ; 1977 c. 273 , 305 , 447 ; Stats. 1977 s. 755.02; 2009 a. 402 .
Wis. Stat. § 428.202 — WI Code / Chapter 428 / Section 428.202
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Bridge loan” means a loan with a maturity of less than 18 months which requires only payments of interest until the time that the unpaid balance is due.

(1m) “Business day” has the meaning that is specified under 12 CFR 226.2 (a) (6) for purposes of 12 CFR 226.31 .

(2) “Covered loan” means a consumer credit mortgage loan transaction other than an open-end credit plan or reverse mortgage in which all of the following apply:

(a) The customer is a natural person.

(b) The debt is incurred by the customer primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.

(c) The loan is secured by a mortgage on, or an equivalent security interest in, residential real property, and the residential real property is or will be occupied by the customer as the customer’s principal dwelling.

(d) The terms of the loan provide any of the following:

1. That the loan transaction, at the time that the loan is consummated, is considered a mortgage under 15 USC 1602 (bb) and regulations adopted thereunder, including 12 CFR 226.32 .

2. That total points and fees payable by the customer at or before the loan closing exceed 6 percent of the total loan amount. For purposes of this subdivision, “total points and fees” does not include reasonable fees paid to affiliates or nonaffiliates of the lender for bona fide services listed in 12 CFR 226.4 (c) (7) .

(3) “Customer” means an individual to whom a covered loan is offered or made. “Customer” does not include a surety, guarantor, cosigner, or endorser.

(4) “Department” means the department of financial institutions.

(5) “Lender” means any person who originates a covered loan and to whom the covered loan is initially payable, except that “lender” does not include an assignee of a covered loan or any person who, for at least 12 consecutive months, has failed to originate any covered loans.

(5m) “Licensed lender” means a person licensed under s. 138.09 .

(6m) “Local governmental unit” has the meaning given in s. 16.97 (7) .

(7) “Mortgage banker” has the meaning given in s. 224.71 (3) .

(8) “Mortgage broker” has the meaning given in s. 224.71 (4) .

(9) “Mortgage loan originator” has the meaning given in s. 224.71 (6) .

(10) “Servicer” has the meaning given in 12 USC 2605 (i) (2).

History: 2003 a. 257 ; 2009 a. 2 ; 2023 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 968.36 — WI Code / Chapter 968 / Section 968.36
Issuance of an order for a pen register or a trap and trace device.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon an application made under s. 968.35 , the court shall enter an ex parte order authorizing the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device within the jurisdiction of the court if the court finds that the applicant has certified to the court that the information likely to be obtained by the installation and use is relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation.

(2) An order issued under this section shall do all of the following:

(a) Specify the identity, if known, of the person to whom is leased or in whose name is listed the telephone line to which the pen register or trap and trace device is to be attached.

(b) Specify the identity, if known, of the person who is the subject of the criminal investigation.

(c) Specify the number and, if known, the physical location of the telephone line to which the pen register or trap and trace device is to be attached and, in the case of a trap and trace device, the geographic limits of the trap and trace order.

(d) Provide a statement of the offense to which the information likely to be obtained by the pen register or trap and trace device relates.

(e) Direct, upon the request of the applicant, the furnishing of information, facilities and technical assistance necessary to accomplish the installation of the pen register or trap and trace device under s. 968.37 .

(3) An order issued under this section shall authorize the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device for a period not to exceed 60 days.

(4) Extensions of the order may be granted, but only upon an application for an order under s. 968.35 and upon the judicial finding required by sub. (1) . The period of extension shall be for a period not to exceed 60 days.

(5) An order authorizing or approving the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device shall direct that:

(a) The order be sealed until otherwise ordered by the court; and

(b) The person owning or leasing the line to which the pen register or a trap and trace device is attached, or who has been ordered by the court to provide assistance to the applicant, not disclose the existence of the pen register or trap and trace device or the existence of the investigation to the listed subscriber, or to any other person, unless or until otherwise ordered by the court.

History: 1987 a. 399 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.043 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.043
Interstate comity.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever any other state confers upon the officers of this state reciprocal powers, any officer of the other state, who is authorized to enforce the laws of that state relating to the protection of wild animals, is designated an agent of that state within this state. The officer may follow any wild animal or carcass unlawfully shipped or taken from the officer’s state into this state, and seize and convey it back to the officer’s state. The laws of the state concerning the wild animal or carcass from which the wild animal or carcass was brought into this state are adopted as the laws of this state. Transportation companies shall deliver to the officer, upon submission of proper proof of the officer’s official capacity, any wild animal or carcass that is seized by the officer. The officer may dispose of a wild animal or carcass within this state, in accordance with the laws of the officer’s state, under the supervision of the department. Expenses for the department’s assistance shall be a lien upon the wild animal or carcass, or proceeds of the sale.

(2) Except as provided in sub. (1) , the department may seize, hold and dispose, according to the laws of this state, of any wild animal or carcass brought or shipped into or through this state, or attempted to be carried through this state, in violation of the laws of any other state.

(3) The officers of every other state charged with enforcing the laws of another state relating to wild animals are designated agents of this state for the taking possession, seizing, holding and disposing, within the other state, of any wild animal or carcass protected by the laws of this state.

(4) If any other state confers upon the officers of this state reciprocal powers, the department may appoint persons who are charged with enforcing the laws of the other state relating to wild animals to act as wardens of this state, but without compensation from this state.

History: 1971 c. 164 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 1997 a. 248 s. 117 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.043.
Wis. Stat. § 612.51 — WI Code / Chapter 612 / Section 612.51
Contract forms.
Status: in_force

(2) Rules. The commissioner may by rule prescribe forms to be used for policies, applications or for particular clauses.

(3) Articles and bylaws. The articles and bylaws shall be attached to or clearly incorporated by reference in every policy issued by a town mutual. They may be incorporated by reference only if each new member is supplied a copy of them and each policy specifies how additional copies may be obtained.

(4) Limited coverage. Recovery as to any or all items of personal property insured under a policy may be limited to a percentage of the value at the time of the loss, by a clearly expressed statement to that effect in that policy.

History: 1973 c. 22 ; 1975 c. 375 ; 1979 c. 102 s. 236 (5) ; 2007 a. 168 .
Wis. Stat. § 459.26 — WI Code / Chapter 459 / Section 459.26
Examination.
Status: in_force

(1) The examining board shall conduct examinations for speech-language pathologist and audiologist licensure at least semiannually and at times and places determined by the examining board. The examining board shall provide public notice of each examination at least 60 days before the date of the examination.

(2)

(a) Examinations for speech-language pathologists shall consist of the examinations required for certification as a speech-language pathologist by the American speech-language-hearing association or may consist of other written tests that require applicants to demonstrate minimum competency in services and subjects substantially related to the practice of speech-language pathology and that are substantially equivalent to the examinations required for such certification.

(am) The examining board shall by rule select and approve examinations for audiology.

(b) An applicant for an audiologist license shall also complete an examination administered by the examining board that consists of practical tests of proficiency in techniques that pertain to the fitting of hearing aids, including the following:

1. Pure tone audiometry, including air conduction testing and bone conduction testing.

2. Live voice or recorded voice speech audiometry including speech reception threshold testing and most comfortable loudness measurements and measurements of tolerance thresholds.

3. Masking when indicated.

4. Recording and evaluation of audiograms and speech audiometry to determine proper selection and adaptation of a hearing aid.

5. Taking ear mold impressions.

(c) The examining board may waive the requirement to complete the examination specified in par. (b) if it determines that an applicant for an audiologist license has completed education or training that is substantially equivalent to completing the examination.

(3) An individual is not eligible for examination unless he or she, at least 30 days before the date of examination, submits an application for examination to the department on a form provided by the department and pays the fee specified in s. 440.05 (1) .

History: 1989 a. 316 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1997 a. 49 ; 2009 a. 356 ; 2013 a. 114 .
Wis. Stat. § 969.001 — WI Code / Chapter 969 / Section 969.001
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) “Bail” means monetary conditions of release.

(2m) “Serious harm” means any of the following:

(a) Personal physical pain or injury, illness, any impairment of physical condition, or death, including mental anguish or emotional harm attendant to the personal physical pain or injury, illness, or death.

(b) Damage to property over $2,500 in value.

(c) Economic loss over $2,500 in value.

(3) “Violent crime” means any of the following:

(a) A crime specified under s. 940.01 , 940.02 , 940.03 , 940.05 , 940.06 , 940.07 , 940.08 , 940.09 (1) , 940.10 , 940.11 , 940.12 , 940.21 , 940.225 (1) , (2) , or (3) , 940.23 , 940.235 , 940.24 , 940.25 , 940.285 , 940.29 , 940.30 , 940.302 (2) , 940.305 , 940.31 , 940.32 , 940.43 , 940.45 , 940.60 , 940.61 , 940.62 , 940.65 , 940.66 (2) or (3) , 941.20 , 941.21 , 941.28 , 941.2905 , 941.292 , 941.30 , 941.327 , 941.38 (2) or (3) , 941.39 , 943.01 (2) (c) , 943.011 , 943.013 , 943.02 , 943.04 , 943.06 , 943.10 , 943.231 (1) or (2) , 943.30 , 943.32 , 943.87 , 946.43 , 947.013 , 947.015 , 947.016 , 948.02 (1) or (2) , 948.025 , 948.03 (2) , (3) , or (5) , 948.04 , 948.05 , 948.051 , 948.055 , 948.06 , 948.07 , 948.072 , 948.08 , 948.085 , 948.095 , 948.30 (2) , 948.55 , 951.02 , 951.08 , or 951.09 or s. 940.19 (1) , 2023 stats., s. 940.19 (2) , 2023 stats., s. 940.19 (4) , 2023 stats., s. 940.19 (5) , 2023 stats., s. 940.19 (6) , 2023 stats., s. 940.195 (1) , 2023 stats., s. 940.195 (2) , 2023 stats., s. 940.195 (4) , 2023 stats., s. 940.195 (5) , 2023 stats., s. 940.195 (6) , 2023 stats., s. 940.198 (2) , 2023 stats., s. 940.198 (3) , 2023 stats., s. 940.20 , 2023 stats., s. 940.201 (2) , 2023 stats., s. 940.203 (2) , 2023 stats., s. 940.204 , 2023 stats., s. 940.205 (2) , 2023 stats., s. 940.207 (2) , 2023 stats., or s. 940.208 , 2023 stats.

(b) A felony violation of s. 941.26 .

(c) A violation of s. 813.12 , 813.122 , or 813.125 .

(d) The solicitation, conspiracy, or attempt, under s. 939.30 , 939.31 , or 939.32 , to commit a Class A felony.

(e) A violation to which a penalty enhancer specified in s. 939.621 or 939.63 (1) may be applied.

History: 1981 c. 183 ; 1987 a. 399 ; 2023 a. 3 , 10 ; 2025 a. 24 s. 93 ; 2025 a. 88 .
Wis. Stat. § 765.035 — WI Code / Chapter 765 / Section 765.035
Validity of marriages of epileptics.
Status: in_force

All marriages, otherwise valid and legal, contracted prior to April 24, 1953, to which either party was an epileptic person are hereby validated and legalized in all respects as though such marriages had been duly and legally contracted in the first instance.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 48 ; Stats. 1979 s. 765.035.
Wis. Stat. § 177.1503 — WI Code / Chapter 177 / Section 177.1503
Escheat of property to municipalities.
Status: in_force

If any statute provides for the escheat of abandoned or unclaimed property to a county, city, village or town, this chapter does not apply.

History: 1983 a. 408 ; 2021 a. 87 s. 188 ; Stats. 2021 s. 177.1503.
Wis. Stat. § 323.41 — WI Code / Chapter 323 / Section 323.41
Liability of state or local unit of government.
Status: in_force

(1) Employee of local unit of government. An employee of a local unit of government’s emergency management program is an employee of that local unit of government under ss. 893.80 , 895.35 , and 895.46 for purposes of any claim, unless the responsibility related to a claim under ss. 893.80 , 895.35 , and 895.46 is assigned as provided under s. 66.0313 or under an agreement between the local unit of government and the state or another local unit of government.

(2) State agency volunteers. Except as provided in s. 323.45 , a volunteer who registers with a state agency to assist the agency without compensation, other than reimbursement for travel, lodging, or meals, during a disaster, an imminent threat of a disaster, or a related training exercise is considered an employee of the agency under ss. 893.82 and 895.46 , for purposes of any claim related to the assistance provided.

(3) Local unit of government volunteers.

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , an individual who registers in writing with a local unit of government’s emergency management program to provide his or her own labor without compensation, other than reimbursement for travel, lodging, or meals, during a disaster, an imminent threat of a disaster, or a related training exercise is considered an employee of the local unit of government under ss. 893.80 , 895.35 , and 895.46 for purposes of any claim relating to the labor provided.

(b) This subsection does not apply to an individual’s provision of services if s. 257.03 or 323.45 applies.

(4) Exceptions. This section does not apply if the person’s act or omission involves reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.

History: 2009 a. 42 .
Wis. Stat. § 6.84 — WI Code / Chapter 6 / Section 6.84
Construction.
Status: in_force

(1) Legislative policy. The legislature finds that voting is a constitutional right, the vigorous exercise of which should be strongly encouraged. In contrast, voting by absentee ballot is a privilege exercised wholly outside the traditional safeguards of the polling place. The legislature finds that the privilege of voting by absentee ballot must be carefully regulated to prevent the potential for fraud or abuse; to prevent overzealous solicitation of absent electors who may prefer not to participate in an election; to prevent undue influence on an absent elector to vote for or against a candidate or to cast a particular vote in a referendum; or other similar abuses.

(2) Interpretation. Notwithstanding s. 5.01 (1) , with respect to matters relating to the absentee ballot process, ss. 6.86 , 6.87 (3) to (7) and 9.01 (1) (b) 2. and 4. shall be construed as mandatory. Ballots cast in contravention of the procedures specified in those provisions may not be counted. Ballots counted in contravention of the procedures specified in those provisions may not be included in the certified result of any election.

History: 1985 a. 304 ; 1987 a. 391 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.71 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.71
Conditions for issuance of permits.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in s. 103.78 , a permit shall not be issued authorizing any minor to be employed during the hours that the minor is required to attend school under s. 118.15 .

(2) No permit may be issued authorizing the employment of any minor under 14 years of age at any time, except that a permit may be issued authorizing the employment of a minor under 14 years of age as follows to the extent permitted under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 USC 201 to 219 :

(a) The employment of minors 11 to 13 years of age as ball monitors at high school football games as provided in s. 103.67 (2) (i) .

(b) The employment of minors 12 years of age and over:

1. In school lunch programs under s. 103.67 (2) (a) .

2. In street trades as provided in ss. 103.21 to 103.31 .

3. As caddies on golf courses as provided in s. 103.67 (2) (d) .

5. As a sideline official at a high school football game as provided in s. 103.67 (2) (h) .

6. As officials for athletic events as provided in s. 103.67 (2) (hm) .

History: 1971 c. 271 ; 1973 c. 59 , 183 , 336 ; 1975 c. 94 ; 1979 c. 234 ; 1987 a. 187 ; 1989 a. 126 ; 1993 a. 492 ; 1999 a. 164 ; 2009 a. 302 ; 2017 a. 11 , 168 .
Wis. Stat. § 71.195 — WI Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71.195
Definition.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, “partnership” includes limited liability companies and other entities that are treated as partnerships under the Internal Revenue Code, and “partnership” does not include publicly traded partnerships treated as corporations under s. 71.22 (1k) .

History: 1997 a. 27 ; 2005 a. 25 .
Wis. Stat. § 220.30 — WI Code / Chapter 220 / Section 220.30
Closing in emergencies.
Status: in_force

No liability shall be incurred by a bank because the bank is closed during an emergency. If a bank closes during an emergency, the closing shall be noted in the minutes of the next meeting of the bank’s board of directors. A bank may not declare in default for nonpayment any obligation which became due while the bank was closed during the emergency if timely payment on the obligation was tendered but not accepted because the bank was closed.

History: 1971 c. 120 ; 1987 a. 252 .
Wis. Stat. § 33.15 — WI Code / Chapter 33 / Section 33.15
Implementation.
Status: in_force

(1) No plan developed under this subchapter which involves financial assistance under s. 33.16 may be formally adopted for implementation by the district until the department approves the plans or whatever modifications it finds appropriate. If the department modifies an application by order, it shall clearly explain reasons why the modifications are being made.

(2) Following receipt of the department’s order, the district may adopt the approved plan by resolution, in which case it shall forward a copy of the resolution and plan to the department.

(3) The district may then carry out the adopted plan of implementation.

(4) Implementation work may consist of any work in the lake or its watershed which will protect or enhance the opportunities for public enjoyment of the lake.

History: 1973 c. 301 ; 1975 c. 197 ; 1981 c. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 857.01 — WI Code / Chapter 857 / Section 857.01
Ownership in personal representative; management and control.
Status: in_force

Upon his or her letters being issued by the court, the personal representative succeeds to the interest of the decedent in all property of the decedent. The personal representative or surviving spouse may petition the court for an order determining the classification of property under ch. 766 , and for other equitable relief necessary for management and control of the marital property during the administration of the estate. The court may make any decree under ch. 766 , including a decree that the property be titled in accordance with its classification, to assist the personal representative or surviving spouse in managing and controlling the marital property and the decedent’s property other than marital property during administration of the estate. During administration, the management and control rules under s. 766.51 apply to the property of a decedent spouse which is subject to administration and to the property of the surviving spouse. With regard to property subject to the election of the surviving spouse under s. 861.02 , the personal representative may manage and control the property while the property is subject to administration. The personal representative shall determine when, during administration, property shall be distributed to satisfy an election under s. 861.02 .

History: 1983 a. 186 ; 1985 a. 37 ; 1987 a. 393 s. 53 ; 1997 a. 188 .
Wis. Stat. § 13.71 — WI Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13.71
Lobbyists restricted during daily sessions.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person lobbying to go onto the floor of the chamber of either house of the legislature during the daily sessions, except upon the invitation of such house.