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Wis. Stat. § 48.385 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.385
Plan for transition to independent living.
Status: in_force

During the 90 days immediately before a child who is placed in a foster home, group home, or residential care center for children and youth, in the home of a relative other than a parent, in the home of like-kin, or in a supervised independent living arrangement attains 18 years of age or, if the child is placed in such a placement under an order under s. 48.355 , 48.357 , or 48.365 that terminates under s. 48.355 (4) (b) after the child attains 18 years of age or under a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement under s. 48.366 (3) that terminates under s. 48.366 (3) (a) after the child attains 18 years of age, during the 90 days immediately before the termination of the order or agreement, the agency primarily responsible for providing services to the child under the order or agreement shall do all of the following:

(1) Transition plan. Provide the child with assistance and support in developing a plan for making the transition from out-of-home care to independent living. The transition plan shall be personalized at the direction of the child, shall be as detailed as the child directs, and shall include specific options for obtaining housing, health care, education, mentoring and continuing support services, and workforce support and employment services.

(2) Identification documents and other information. Except as provided in this subsection, ensure that the child is in possession of a certified copy of the child’s birth record, a social security card issued by the federal social security administration, information on maintaining health care coverage, a copy of the child’s health care records, and either an operator’s license issued under ch. 343 or an identification card issued under s. 343.50 . If the child is not in possession of any of those documents or that information, the agency shall assist the child in obtaining any missing document or information. This subsection does not apply to a child who has been placed in out-of-home care for less than 6 months.

History: 2009 a. 79 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2013 a. 334 ; 2015 a. 55 , 128 ; 2017 a. 334 ; 2023 a. 119 .
Wis. Stat. § 401.307 — WI Code / Chapter 401 / Section 401.307
Prima facie evidence by 3rd-party documents.
Status: in_force

A document in due form purporting to be a bill of lading, policy or certificate of insurance, official weigher’s or inspector’s certificate, consular invoice, or any other document authorized or required by the contract to be issued by a 3rd party shall be prima facie evidence of its own authenticity and genuineness and of the facts stated in the document by the 3rd party.

History: 2009 a. 320 .
Wis. Stat. § 562.01 — WI Code / Chapter 562 / Section 562.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in s. 562.124 , in this chapter:

(1) “Administrator” means the administrator of the division of gaming.

(1m) “Animal” means a horse or dog.

(3) “Breakage” means the odd cents by which the amount payable on each dollar wagered on a race exceeds a multiple of 10 cents.

(3m) “Business day” means a business day, as defined in s. 421.301 (6) , that is not a legal holiday under s. 995.20 or a federal legal holiday.

(4) “Department” means the department of administration.

(4m) “Division of gaming” means the division of gaming in the department.

(5) “Fair” means any fair conducted by a county or an agricultural society, association or board receiving aid under s. 93.23 .

(5e) “Host track” means a racetrack that conducts a race on which intertrack wagering is conducted.

(5m) “Intertrack wager” means a wager that is placed or accepted at a racetrack on a race that is conducted at, and simultaneously televised to the racetrack from, another racetrack.

(5s) “Intertrack wagering licensee” means a person who is licensed under s. 562.05 (1) (e) .

(6) “License” means a license issued under s. 562.05 .

(7) “Licensee” means any person holding a license.

(8) “Multiple pools” means any pool of wagers on one or more races other than a pool of wagers in which each wager represents a wager to win, place or show.

(8g) “Out-of-state legal wagering entity” means a person who owns or operates a place located outside this state at which wagering on a race that is conducted in this state is authorized under the laws of the state or country in which the place is located.

(8m) “Out-of-state racetrack” means a place outside this state at which a race is authorized by law to be held and at which pari-mutuel wagering on the race is authorized by law to be conducted.

(9) “Pari-mutuel” means a wagering system in which all persons who wager on any animal which finishes in any position for which wagers are taken in a race share the total amount wagered on the race minus any deductions from the wagers on that race required under s. 562.065 .

(10) “Race” means any animal race licensed under s. 562.05 (1) .

(11) “Race day” means any day on which a race is conducted.

(11g) “Race meeting” means the period during a calendar year for which a person has been issued a license under s. 562.05 (1) (b) .

(11r) “Race performance” means a schedule of races of either a matinee or night program that are conducted on a race day.

(12) “Racetrack” means any racetrack licensed under s. 562.05 (1) .

(13) “Racing” means the conduct of a race.

(14) “Steward” means any person appointed, contracted for or approved by the department under s. 562.02 (1) (fm) .

History: 1987 a. 354 ; 1989 a. 31 , 314 ; 1991 a. 39 , 269 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9123 (6pp) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2005 a. 155 .
Wis. Stat. § 341.01 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.01
Words and phrases defined.
Status: in_force

(1) Words and phrases defined in s. 340.01 are used in the same sense in this chapter unless a different definition is specifically provided.

(2) In this chapter:

(af) “Former military vehicle” means a vehicle, including a trailer but excluding a tracked vehicle, that was manufactured for use in any country’s military forces.

(b) Notwithstanding s. 340.01 (42) , “owner” means, with respect to a vehicle that is leased to a lessee for a period of one year or more, the lessee of the vehicle for purposes of vehicle registration under this chapter.

History: 1989 a. 105 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2013 a. 103 , 377 .
Wis. Stat. § 24.10 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.10
Procedure at sale.
Status: in_force

(1) If the sale is to be by public auction, at the time and place specified in the notice under s. 24.09 (1) (d) , the board shall commence the sale of the lands described in the notice and thereafter continue the same from day to day, Sundays excepted, between 9 a.m. and the setting of the sun, until all lands described in the notice have been offered. The order of the sale shall be to begin at the lowest number of the sections, townships, and ranges in each county and proceed regularly to the highest, until all then to be sold are offered for sale. Except for lands withheld from sale under s. 24.09 (2) , each lot, tract of lands, or collection of tracts of lands to be sold shall be offered at the minimum price fixed by law and shall be cried at public auction long enough to enable every one present to bid. If the minimum price or more is bid, the lot or tract shall be struck off to the highest bidder, but if the minimum price is not bid the tract shall be set down unsold.

(2) If the sale is to be by sealed bid, the highest bid for any lot, tract of lands, or collection of tracts of lands shall be accepted, unless the highest bid is below the minimum price fixed by law. If the highest bid is below the minimum price fixed by law, then all bids may be rejected. If all bids are rejected or if no bid is received, the board may readvertise the sale, adjourn the sale to a definite date, or withhold the lands from sale pursuant to s. 24.09 (2) .

History: 1999 a. 83 ; 2005 a. 352 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.084 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.084
Article 84 — Unlawful enlistment, appointment, or separation.
Status: in_force

Any person who effects an enlistment or appointment in or a separation from the state military forces of any person who is known to him or her to be ineligible for that enlistment, appointment, or separation because it is prohibited by law, regulation, or order shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

History: 2007 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 45.437 — WI Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45.437
Veterans employment and entrepreneurship grant program.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “disabled veteran” means a veteran who is verified by the department to have a service-connected disability rating of at least 50 percent under 38 USC 1114 or 1134 .

(2) Grants.

(a) From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (qm) , the department may award up to $500,000 annually in grants to veterans, employers, and nonprofit organizations under this section.

(b) The department may not award a grant under par. (a) unless the department determines that the grant is likely to improve employment outcomes for veterans in this state. Subject to that limitation, the department may award grants to assist veteran entrepreneurs, to give employers in this state incentives to hire veterans, especially disabled veterans, to help fund employment training for veterans, especially disabled veterans, and for other programs or purposes as determined by the department by rule.

(3) Annual report. Annually, the department shall submit a report to the governor and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) that includes all of the following:

(a) The number of grants awarded under this section.

(b) The amount of each grant awarded under this section.

(c) The purpose of each grant awarded under this section.

(d) The outcomes attributable to each grant awarded under this section.

(4) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules implementing this section. The rules promulgated under this subsection shall include rules establishing the specific goals grant recipients must meet and requiring that those goals be met before any grant moneys are disbursed.

History: 2015 a. 385 .
Wis. Stat. § 968.25 — WI Code / Chapter 968 / Section 968.25
Search during temporary questioning.
Status: in_force

When a law enforcement officer has stopped a person for temporary questioning pursuant to s. 968.24 and reasonably suspects that he or she or another is in danger of physical injury, the law enforcement officer may search such person for weapons or any instrument or article or substance readily capable of causing physical injury and of a sort not ordinarily carried in public places by law abiding persons. If the law enforcement officer finds such a weapon or instrument, or any other property possession of which the law enforcement officer reasonably believes may constitute the commission of a crime, or which may constitute a threat to his or her safety, the law enforcement officer may take it and keep it until the completion of the questioning, at which time the law enforcement officer shall either return it, if lawfully possessed, or arrest the person so questioned.

History: 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 655.003 — WI Code / Chapter 655 / Section 655.003
Exemptions for public employees and facilities and volunteers.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in s. 655.002 (1) (c) , this chapter does not apply to a health care provider that is any of the following:

(1) A physician or an advanced practice registered nurse who is a state, county or municipal employee, or federal employee or contractor covered under the federal tort claims act, as amended, and who is acting within the scope of his or her employment or contractual duties.

(2) A facility that is exempt under s. 50.39 (3) or operated by any governmental agency.

(3) Except for a physician or advanced practice registered nurse who meets the criteria under s. 146.89 (5) (a) , a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse who provides professional services under the conditions described in s. 146.89 , with respect to those professional services provided by the physician or advanced practice registered nurse for which he or she is covered by s. 165.25 and considered an agent of the department, as provided in s. 165.25 (6) (b) .

History: 1989 a. 187 , 206 ; 1991 a. 214 ; 2013 a. 241 ; 2025 a. 17 .
Wis. Stat. § 183.0905 — WI Code / Chapter 183 / Section 183.0905
Activities not constituting doing business.
Status: in_force

(1) Activities of a foreign limited liability company which do not constitute doing business in this state under this subchapter include all of the following:

(a) Maintaining, defending, mediating, arbitrating, or settling an action or proceeding.

(b) Carrying on any activity concerning its internal affairs, including holding meetings of its members or managers.

(c) Maintaining accounts in financial institutions.

(d) Maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange, and registration of securities of the company or maintaining trustees or depositaries with respect to those securities.

(e) Selling through independent contractors.

(f) Soliciting or obtaining orders by any means if the orders require acceptance outside this state before they become contracts.

(g) Creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages, or security interests in property.

(h) Securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages or security interests in property securing the debts and holding, protecting, or maintaining property.

(i) Conducting an isolated transaction that is not in the course of similar transactions.

(j) Owning, without more, property.

(k) Doing business in interstate commerce.

(2) A person does not do business in this state solely by being a member or manager of a foreign limited liability company that does business in this state.

(3) This section does not apply in determining the contacts or activities that may subject a foreign limited liability company to service of process, taxation, or regulation under law of this state other than this chapter.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 5.37 — WI Code / Chapter 5 / Section 5.37
Voting machine requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) Voting machines shall give every elector a reasonable opportunity to vote for any person for any office and on any proposition the elector is entitled to vote on, assure privacy to the elector so no one will know how the elector is voting or has voted, preclude the electors from voting for persons or propositions upon which they are not entitled to vote and from voting more than once for the same office or on the same proposition. Voting machines shall be constructed to lock so they cannot be manipulated, tampered with, or show the number of votes registered for any candidate or proposition while voting is in progress. The machines shall permit voting a split ticket and shall record each vote cast.

(2) When 2 or more wards or aldermanic districts are joined to use a voting machine, under s. 5.15 (6) (b) , the machine shall be constructed to allow the electors to vote for all nominated candidates and issues for their aldermanic district or ward, but for no other.

(3) For presidential electors one device shall be provided to vote for all of one party’s electoral candidates at the same time. The device shall be opposite or adjacent to the names of the party’s candidates for president and vice president.

(4) Voting machines may be used at primary elections when they comply with subs. (1) and (2) and the following provisions: All candidates’ names entitled to appear on the ballots at the primary shall appear on the machine; the elector cannot vote for candidates of more than one party, whenever the restriction applies; the elector may secretly select the party for which he or she wishes to vote; the elector may vote for as many candidates for each office as he or she is lawfully entitled to vote for, but no more.

(5) Polling places may have more than one voting machine.

History: 1971 c. 304 s. 29 (1) , (2); 1977 c. 107 , 427 ; 1981 c. 314 ; 1983 a. 484 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 1999 a. 182 ; 2011 a. 23 , 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 611.94 — WI Code / Chapter 611 / Section 611.94
Trustee of proceeds.
Status: in_force

Section 632.42 applies to insurers doing a life insurance business.

History: 1979 c. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.315 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.315
Quorum for annual or special meetings.
Status: in_force

The articles of incorporation may specify a quorum requirement, but that requirement may not be less than one-third of the total number of votes entitled to vote at a meeting. A meeting, including one at which a quorum is not present, may be adjourned to a specified date without future notice.

History: 1991 a. 221 .
Wis. Stat. § 350.03 — WI Code / Chapter 350 / Section 350.03
Right-of-way.
Status: in_force

(1) The operator of a snowmobile shall slow the vehicle to a speed not to exceed 10 miles per hour and yield the right-of-way when traveling within 100 feet of a person who is not in or on a snowmobile except as provided in ch. 346 where applicable.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following:

(a) The operator of a snowmobile on a privately owned raceway facility.

(b) The operator of a snowmobile in a sanctioned race or derby on public land, a highway or a snowmobile trail if the sponsor of the sanctioned race or derby marks the race or derby route or track to warn spectators from entering the route or track. In this paragraph, “public land” does not include the frozen surface of public waters.

History: 1971 c. 277 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 1997 a. 267 .
Wis. Stat. § 767.217 — WI Code / Chapter 767 / Section 767.217
Notice to Child Support Program.
Status: in_force

(1) Notice of pleading or motion. In an action affecting the family in which either party is a recipient of benefits under ss. 49.141 to 49.161 or aid under s. 48.645 , 49.19 , or 49.45 , each party shall, either within 20 days after serving the opposite party with a motion or pleading requesting the court to order or to modify a previous order relating to child support, maintenance, or family support, or before filing the motion or pleading in court, serve a copy of the motion or pleading on the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) of the county in which the action is begun.

(2) Notice of appeal. In an appeal of an action affecting the family in which support or maintenance of a child of any party is at issue, the person who initiates the appeal shall notify the department of the appeal by sending a copy of the notice of appeal to the department.

(3) Noncompliance. A judgment in an action affecting the family may not be granted unless this section is complied with or a court orders otherwise.

History: 1977 c. 418 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 50 ; 1979 c. 196 ; 1979 c. 352 s. 39 ; Stats. 1979 s. 767.15; 1983 a. 27 ; 1987 a. 413 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19) ; 1995 a. 201 , 289 , 404 ; 1997 a. 27 , 35 ; 2001 a. 61 ; 2005 a. 443 s. 72 ; Stats. 2005 s. 767.217; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 711.16 — WI Code / Chapter 711 / Section 711.16
Applicability.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter applies to all of the following:

(a) A fiduciary acting under a will or power of attorney executed before, on, or after April 1, 2016.

(b) A personal representative acting for a decedent who died before, on, or after April 1, 2016.

(c) A guardianship or conservatorship proceeding, whether pending in a court or commenced before, on, or after April 1, 2016.

(d) A trustee acting under a trust created before, on, or after April 1, 2016.

(2) This chapter applies to a custodian only if the user resides in this state or resided in this state at the time of the user’s death.

(3) This chapter does not apply to digital property of an employer used by an employee in the ordinary course of the employer’s business.

History: 2015 a. 300 .
Wis. Stat. § 19.62 — WI Code / Chapter 19 / Section 19.62
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Authority” has the meaning specified in s. 19.32 (1) .

(2) “Internet protocol address” means an identifier for a computer or device on a transmission control protocol-Internet protocol network.

(3) “Matching program” means the computerized comparison of information in one records series to information in another records series for use by an authority or a federal agency to establish or verify an individual’s eligibility for any right, privilege or benefit or to recoup payments or delinquent debts under programs of an authority or federal agency.

(5) “Personally identifiable information” means information that can be associated with a particular individual through one or more identifiers or other information or circumstances.

(6) “Record” has the meaning specified in s. 19.32 (2) .

(7) “Records series” means records that are arranged under a manual or automated filing system, or are kept together as a unit, because they relate to a particular subject, result from the same activity or have a particular form.

(8) “State authority” means an authority that is a state elected official, agency, board, commission, committee, council, department or public body corporate and politic created by constitution, statute, rule or order; a state governmental or quasi-governmental corporation; the supreme court or court of appeals; or the assembly or senate.

History: 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 215 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 79 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.513 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.513
Termination statement.
Status: in_force

(1) Consumer goods. A secured party shall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement to file a termination statement for the financing statement if the financing statement covers consumer goods and:

(a) There is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise give value; or

(b) The debtor did not authorize the filing of the initial financing statement.

(2) Time for compliance with sub. (1). To comply with sub. (1) , a secured party shall cause the secured party of record to file the termination statement:

(a) Within one month after there is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise give value; or

(b) If earlier, within 20 days after the secured party receives an authenticated demand from a debtor.

(3) Other collateral. In cases not governed by sub. (1) , within 20 days after a secured party receives an authenticated demand from a debtor, the secured party shall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement to send to the debtor a termination statement for the financing statement or file the termination statement in the filing office if:

(a) Except in the case of a financing statement covering accounts or chattel paper that has been sold or goods that are the subject of a consignment, there is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise give value;

(b) The financing statement covers accounts or chattel paper that has been sold but as to which the account debtor or other person obligated has discharged its obligation;

(c) The financing statement covers goods that were the subject of a consignment to the debtor but are not in the debtor’s possession; or

(d) The debtor did not authorize the filing of the initial financing statement.

(4) Effect of filing termination statement. Except as otherwise provided in s. 409.510 , upon the filing of a termination statement with the filing office, the financing statement to which the termination statement relates ceases to be effective. Except as otherwise provided in s. 409.510 , for the purposes of ss. 409.519 (7) , 409.522 (1) , and 409.523 (3) , the filing with the filing office of a termination statement relating to a financing statement that indicates that the debtor is a transmitting utility also causes the effectiveness of the financing statement to lapse.

History: 2001 a. 10 .