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Wis. Stat. § 77.98 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.98
Imposition.
Status: in_force

(1) A local exposition district under subch. II of ch. 229 may impose a tax on the retail sale, except sales for resale, within the district’s jurisdiction under s. 229.43 of all of the following:

(a) Alcoholic beverages, as defined in s. 77.51 (1b) , if the alcoholic beverages are for consumption on the seller’s premises.

(b) Candy, as defined in s. 77.51 (1fm) .

(c) Prepared food, as defined in s. 77.51 (10m) .

(d) Soft drinks, as defined in s. 77.51 (17w) .

(2) The items described under sub. (1) (a) to (d) are not subject to tax if they qualify for an exemption from the sales tax under s. 77.54 (1) , (4) , (7) (a) , (7m) , (9) , (9a) , (20n) (b) or (c) , or (20r) .

(3) For purposes of sub. (1) (a) , “premises” shall be broadly construed and shall include the lobby, aisles, and auditorium of a theater or the seating, aisles, and parking area of an arena, a rink, or a stadium, or the parking area of a drive-in or an outdoor theater. The premises of a caterer with respect to catered meals or beverages shall be the place where served.

(4)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , the tax imposed under this section shall not be imposed on the sale of alcoholic beverages, candy, prepared food, or soft drinks sold by a person primarily engaged, as determined by the department, in the retail trade as a food and beverage store, as classified under sector 44-45, subsector 445, of the North American Industry Classification System, 2017 edition, published by the U.S. office of management and budget, beginning on the first day of the calendar quarter that is at least 120 days after the date on which the bonds issued by the district under subch. II of ch. 229 during the first 60 months after April 26, 1994, and any debt issued to fund or refund those bonds, are retired. The district shall notify the department of revenue, in the manner prescribed by the department, when such bonds and debt are retired.

(b) Notwithstanding par. (a) , the district board may, by a majority vote of its members, reimpose the tax under this section on a person engaged in a retail trade, as described under par. (a) .

History: 1993 a. 263 ; 2009 a. 2 , 330 ; 2015 a. 60 ; 2017 a. 17 .
Wis. Stat. § 898.07 — WI Code / Chapter 898 / Section 898.07
Certificate to sheriff.
Status: in_force

(1) After administering the oath the officer before whom such examination shall be held shall make a certificate under the officer’s hand as follows:

(2) The sheriff, or jailer, upon receiving such certificate, shall forthwith discharge the prisoner, if the prisoner be imprisoned for no other cause.

History: 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.1161 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.1161
Conversion authorized.
Status: in_force

(1m) A domestic corporation may convert to another type of domestic entity, or to any type of foreign entity, pursuant to ss. 181.1161 to 181.1165 and a plan of conversion if the conversion is permitted under the governing law of the converting entity and the governing law that is to apply to the converted entity.

(2m) A foreign or domestic entity, other than a domestic corporation, may convert to a domestic corporation pursuant to ss. 181.1161 to 181.1165 and a plan of conversion if the conversion is permitted under the governing law of the converting entity and the converted entity will satisfy the definition of a corporation under this chapter immediately after the conversion.

History: 2001 a. 44 ; 2005 a. 476 ; 2015 a. 295 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 70.015 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.015
Sunset.
Status: in_force

Beginning with the property tax assessments as of January 1, 2024, no tax shall be levied under this chapter on personal property.

History: 2023 a. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.30 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.30
Presumption from legal title.
Status: in_force

In every action to recover or for the possession of real property, and in every defense based on legal title, the person establishing a legal title to the premises is presumed to have been in possession of the premises within the time required by law, and the occupation of such premises by another person shall be deemed to have been under and in subordination to the legal title unless it appears that such premises have been held and possessed adversely to the legal title for 7 years under s. 893.27 , 10 years under s. 893.26 or 20 years under s. 893.25 , before the commencement of the action.

History: 1979 c. 323 .
Wis. Stat. § 422.403 — WI Code / Chapter 422 / Section 422.403
Maximum periods of repayment.
Status: in_force

(1) With respect to a consumer credit transaction other than one pursuant to an open-end credit plan or one pursuant to s. 138.09 , no merchant shall initially schedule payments to be paid in full:

(a) Over a period of more than 25 months if the total of payments is $700 or less;

(b) Over a period of more than 37 months if the total of payments is more than $700, but does not exceed $1,400; or

(c) Over a period of more than 49 months if the total of payments is more than $1,400, but does not exceed $2,000, unless the transaction is for the acquisition of or substantial improvement to real property in which case such period shall not exceed 61 months.

(2) With respect to a consumer credit transaction other than one pursuant to an open-end credit plan or one pursuant to s. 138.09 , which is for the purpose of an improvement to real property and in which the annual percentage rate disclosed under subch. III is 15 percent or less, no merchant may initially schedule payments to be paid in full:

(a) Over a period of more than 25 months if the total of payments is $300 or less;

(b) Over a period of more than 48 months if the total of payments is more than $300, but does not exceed $1,000; or

(c) Over a period of more than 60 months if the total of payments is more than $1,000, but does not exceed $2,000.

(3) The periods specified in subs. (1) and (2) shall commence with the date of first payment or when the finance charge begins to accrue, whichever is earlier.

(4) This section shall not apply to loans made, guaranteed or funded by federal or state agencies and loans made, guaranteed or funded by nonprofit educational institutions or foundations qualifying under section 501 (c) (3) of the internal revenue code, for purposes of post-high school education.

(4m) This section does not apply to loans made by an administrative agency within the executive branch established under ch. 15 .

(5) Taking or arranging for the customer to sign an instrument in violation of this section is subject to s. 425.304 .

History: 1971 c. 239 ; 1973 c. 3 , 4 , 243 ; 1981 c. 20 , 391 .
Wis. Stat. § 70.04 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.04
Definition of personal property.
Status: in_force

In chs. 70 to 79 , “personal property” includes all of the following:

(1g) All goods, wares, merchandise, chattels, and effects, of any nature or description, having any real or marketable value, and not included in the term “real property,” as defined in s. 70.03 .

(1r) Saw logs, timber, and lumber, either upon land or afloat; steamboats, ships, and other vessels, whether at home or abroad; ferry boats, including the franchise for running the same; ice cut and stored for use, sale, or shipment; and manufacturing machinery and equipment, as defined in s. 70.11 (27) .

(2) Irrigation implements used by a farmer, including pumps, power units to drive the pumps, transmission units, sprinkler devices, and sectional piping.

(3) An off-premises advertising sign. In this subsection, “off-premises advertising sign” means a sign that does not advertise the business or activity that occurs at the site where the sign is located.

History: 1973 c. 90 ; 1973 c. 336 s. 36 ; 1979 c. 89 ; 1983 a. 27 s. 2202 (45) ; 1995 a. 225 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 196 ; 2023 a. 12 ; 2025 a. 129 .
Wis. Stat. § 46.19 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.19
Officers and employees of county institutions.
Status: in_force

(1) The trustees shall appoint a superintendent of each institution and may remove the superintendent for cause, as defined in s. 17.001 , on due notice in writing and hearing of the charges against the superintendent.

(2) The trustees shall prescribe the duties of the superintendent. The superintendent shall execute and file an official bond with sureties approved by the trustees.

(3) Subject to the approval of the trustees, the superintendent shall appoint and prescribe the duties of necessary additional officers and employees of the institution, and may remove them at the superintendent’s discretion, subject to the county civil service law.

(4) The salaries of the superintendent, visiting physician and all necessary additional officers and employees shall be fixed by the county board. In Milwaukee County, the salaries of any superintendent of a mental health institution and the salaries of any visiting physician and necessary additional officers and employees whose duties are related to mental health shall be fixed by the county executive.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 2001 a. 103 ; 2013 a. 203 .
Wis. Stat. § 766.605 — WI Code / Chapter 766 / Section 766.605
Classification of homestead.
Status: in_force

A homestead acquired after the determination date which, when acquired, is held exclusively between spouses with no 3rd party is survivorship marital property if no intent to the contrary is expressed on the instrument of transfer or in a marital property agreement. A homestead may be reclassified under s. 766.31 (10) .

History: 1983 a. 186 ; 1987 a. 393 ; 1991 a. 301 .
Wis. Stat. § 155.80 — WI Code / Chapter 155 / Section 155.80
Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever directly or indirectly coerces, threatens or intimidates an individual so as to cause the individual to execute a power of attorney for health care instrument shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days or both.

(2) Whoever intentionally conceals, cancels, defaces, obliterates, damages or destroys a power of attorney for health care instrument without the consent of the principal for that instrument may be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days or both.

(3) Whoever knowingly conceals, falsifies or forges a power of attorney for health care instrument with intent to create the false impression that a person other than the health care agent has been so designated shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.

(4) Whoever intentionally withholds actual knowledge of the revocation of a power of attorney for health care or of the falsification or forgery of a power of attorney for health care instrument shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.

(5) Whoever acts or attempts to act as a health care agent based on a power of attorney for health care that the individual knows has been executed without the voluntary consent of the principal, that the individual knows has been forged or substantially altered without the authorization of the principal, or that the individual knows has been revoked, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.

History: 1989 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 842.13 — WI Code / Chapter 842 / Section 842.13
Report may be set aside.
Status: in_force

On good cause shown the court may set aside the report and refer the case to a new referee, who shall proceed as hereinbefore directed.

History: 1973 c. 189 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 767 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 842.13.
Wis. Stat. § 632.62 — WI Code / Chapter 632 / Section 632.62
Participating and nonparticipating policies.
Status: in_force

(1) Authorization.

(a) Stock insurers. A stock insurer may issue both participating and nonparticipating life insurance policies and annuity contracts, subject to this section.

(b) Fraternals and mutual insurers. A fraternal or mutual insurer issuing life insurance policies may issue only participating policies, except for the following situations in which it may issue nonparticipating policies:

1. Paid-up, temporary, pure endowment insurance and annuity settlements provided in exchange for lapsed, surrendered or matured policies.

2. Annuities beginning within one year of the making of the contract.

3. Such term insurance policies as the commissioner may exempt by rule.

4. Funding agreements authorized under s. 632.66 .

(2) Participation. Every participating policy shall by its terms make its holder eligible to share annually in the part of the surplus to be distributed as provided in sub. (4) (b) .

(3) Accounting. Every insurer issuing both participating and nonparticipating policies shall separately account for the 2 classes of business and no part of the surplus allocated to the participating class may be voluntarily transferred to the nonparticipating class.

(4) Dividend payments.

(a) Deferred dividends. No life insurance policy or certificate may be issued in which the distribution of dividends, if any, is deferred for a period longer than one year.

(b) Payment. Every insurer doing a participating business shall annually ascertain the surplus over required reserves and other liabilities. After setting aside such amounts as may be lawful and considered necessary by the insurer’s board of directors for providing for the growth of the company and for protecting the ability to meet ongoing and future claims and other obligations and needs under both normal and stressed environments, and after making provision for the payment of reasonable dividends upon capital stock as determined by the insurer’s board of directors and such sums as are required by prior contracts to be held on account of deferred dividend policies, an insurer shall distribute as dividends the remaining surplus, if any, attributable to participating life insurance and annuity policies in such amounts, including zero, and in such allocations among the participating life insurance and annuity policies as its board of directors determines to be reasonably proportioned to its calculation of the life insurance and annuity policies’ contribution to the distributable surplus. A dividend may be conditioned on the payment of the succeeding year’s premium only on the first and second anniversaries of the policy.

History: 1975 c. 373 , 375 , 422 ; 1979 c. 102 ; 2015 a. 90 ; 2021 a. 114 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1406 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1406
Known claims against dissolved corporation.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (4) , a dissolved corporation may dispose of the known claims against it by following the procedure described in this section.

(2) A dissolved corporation may deliver written notice of the dissolution to known claimants at any time after the effective date of the dissolution. The written notice is subject to s. 180.0141 (5) and shall include all of the following:

(a) A description of the information that must be included in a claim.

(b) The mailing address where a claim may be sent.

(c) The deadline, which may not be fewer than 120 days after the written notice is effective under s. 180.0141 (5) , by which the dissolved corporation must receive the claim.

(d) A statement that the claim is barred if not received by the deadline.

(3) If a claimant is notified as provided by sub. (2) , the claimant’s claim against the dissolved corporation is barred, except as provided in sub. (4) , if any of the following applies:

(a) The claimant fails to deliver the claim to the dissolved corporation by the deadline specified in the notice.

(b) The dissolved corporation rejects the claim and the claimant does not bring a proceeding to enforce the claim within 90 days after written notice of the rejection is effective under s. 180.0141 (5) .

(4) This section does not apply to any of the following:

(a) A claim based on a contingent liability or an event occurring after the effective date of the dissolution.

(b) The liability of a corporation for an additional assessment under s. 71.74 or for sales and use taxes determined as owing under s. 77.59 .

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 906.06 — WI Code / Chapter 906 / Section 906.06
Competency of juror as witness.
Status: in_force

(1) At the trial. A member of the jury may not testify as a witness before that jury in the trial of the case in which the member is sitting as a juror. If the juror is called so to testify, the opposing party shall be afforded an opportunity to object out of the presence of the jury.

(2) Inquiry into validity of verdict or indictment. Upon an inquiry into the validity of a verdict or indictment, a juror may not testify as to any matter or statement occurring during the course of the jury’s deliberations or to the effect of anything upon the juror’s or any other juror’s mind or emotions as influencing the juror to assent to or dissent from the verdict or indictment or concerning the juror’s mental processes in connection therewith, except that a juror may testify on the question whether extraneous prejudicial information was improperly brought to the jury’s attention or whether any outside influence was improperly brought to bear upon any juror. Nor may the juror’s affidavit or evidence of any statement by the juror concerning a matter about which the juror would be precluded from testifying be received.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R165 (1973); 1991 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 867.17 — WI Code / Chapter 867 / Section 867.17
Powers, duties and liabilities of special administrator.
Status: in_force

A special administrator who is appointed without notice of hearing shall have only those powers and duties that are specifically granted to the special administrator by order of the court. The court may, following a hearing on notice to or waiver of notice by all interested parties, grant the special administrator by general order the same powers, duties and liabilities as a personal representative, except as expressly limited by the order of the court. By order the court may expressly grant the special administrator powers and impose duties in addition to those granted by statute to personal representatives as may be necessary to accomplish the purpose for which the special administrator is appointed.

History: 1971 c. 40 ; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 941.231 — WI Code / Chapter 941 / Section 941.231
Carrying a concealed knife.
Status: in_force

Any person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm under s. 941.29 who goes armed with a concealed knife that is a dangerous weapon is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

History: 2015 a. 149 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.0408 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0408
Reimbursement; indemnification; advancement; and insurance.
Status: in_force

(1) A limited partnership shall reimburse a general partner for any payment made by the general partner in the course of the general partner’s activities on behalf of the partnership, if the general partner complied with ss. 179.0406 , 179.0409 , and 179.0504 in making the payment.

(2) A limited partnership shall indemnify and hold harmless a person with respect to any claim or demand against the person and any debt, obligation, or other liability incurred by the person by reason of the person’s former or present capacity as a general partner, if the claim, demand, debt, obligation, or other liability does not arise from the person’s breach of s. 179.0406 , 179.0409 , or 179.0504 .

(3) In the ordinary course of its activities and affairs, a limited partnership may advance reasonable expenses, including attorney fees and costs, incurred by a person in connection with a claim or demand against the person by reason of the person’s former or present capacity as a general partner, if the person promises to repay the partnership if the person ultimately is determined not to be entitled to be indemnified under sub. (2) .

(4) A limited partnership may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a general partner against liability asserted against or incurred by the general partner in that capacity or arising from that status even if, under s. 179.0105 (3) (h) , the partnership agreement could not eliminate or limit the person’s liability to the partnership for the conduct giving rise to the liability.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 53.04 — WI Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53.04
Communication between courts.
Status: in_force

(1) A court of this state may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under this chapter. The court may allow the parties to participate in the communication. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (2) , the court shall make a record of the communication. The record may be limited to the fact that the communication occurred.

(2) Courts may communicate concerning schedules, calendars, court records, and other administrative matters without making a record.

History: 2017 a. 187 .
Wis. Stat. § 25.405 — WI Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25.405
Transportation infrastructure loan fund.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “fund” means the transportation infrastructure loan fund.

(2) Creation. There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the transportation infrastructure loan fund, to consist of:

(a)

1. All moneys received from the federal government under P.L. 104-59 , section 350, designated for transit projects.

2. All moneys received from the federal government under P.L. 104-59 , section 350, designated for highway projects.

(b) All moneys transferred to the fund to meet the requirements for state deposits under P.L. 104-59 , section 350.

(c) All repayments of principal and payments of interest on loans made under s. 85.52 (3) .

(d) All moneys received by the fund from the proceeds of the issuance of revenue obligations under ch. 18 for the purpose of s. 85.52 .

(e) All gifts, grants and bequests to the fund.

(3) Separate accounts.

(a) There is established in the fund a transit account consisting of all moneys received under sub. (2) (a) 1. , moneys received under sub. (2) (b) designated by the department of transportation for transit projects and moneys received under sub. (2) (e) designated by the department of transportation for transit projects, revenue obligation proceeds under sub. (2) (d) designated for transit projects and all transit account loan repayments under sub. (2) (c) .

(b) There is established in the fund a highway account consisting of all moneys received under sub. (2) (a) 2. , moneys received under sub. (2) (b) designated by the department of transportation for highway projects and moneys received under sub. (2) (e) designated for highway projects, revenue obligation proceeds under sub. (2) (d) designated for highway projects and all highway account loan repayments under sub. (2) (c) .

(c) The department of administration may establish additional accounts in the fund and, except for the accounts under pars. (a) and (b) , may change accounts in the fund. The department of administration shall consult the department of transportation before establishing or changing an account under this paragraph.

History: 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 93.68 — WI Code / Chapter 93 / Section 93.68
Grants for meat processing facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “meat processing facility” means a plant or premises where animals are slaughtered for human consumption, or where meat or meat products are processed, but does not include rendering plants.

(2) Grants. The department may award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (4) (f) to meat processing facilities for the purpose of promoting the growth of the meat industry in this state.

History: 2021 a. 58 .
Wis. Stat. § 811.11 — WI Code / Chapter 811 / Section 811.11
Attachment of real estate.
Status: in_force

To attach real estate the sheriff shall record in the office of the register of deeds the writ with his or her certificate that by virtue of that writ he or she has attached all the interest of the named defendant in such real estate, describing the same.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 758 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 811.11; 1993 a. 301 .