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Wis. Stat. § 906.03 — WI Code / Chapter 906 / Section 906.03
Oath or affirmation.
Status: in_force

(1) Before testifying, every witness shall be required to declare that the witness will testify truthfully, by oath or affirmation administered in a form calculated to awaken the witness’s conscience and impress the witness’s mind with the witness’s duty to do so.

(2) The oath may be administered substantially in the following form: Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you shall give in this matter shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God.

(3) Every person who shall declare that the person has conscientious scruples against taking the oath, or swearing in the usual form, shall make a solemn declaration or affirmation, which may be in the following form: Do you solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm that the testimony you shall give in this matter shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth; and this you do under the pains and penalties of perjury.

(4) The assent to the oath or affirmation by the person making it may be manifested by the uplifted hand.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R161 (1973); 1991 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 133.10 — WI Code / Chapter 133 / Section 133.10
Examination of adverse party.
Status: in_force

(1) The examination of any party, or if a corporation or limited liability company be a party, of the president, secretary, other principal officer or the general managing agent thereof, or of the person who was such president, secretary, officer or agent at the time of the occurrence of the facts made the subject of the examination, or of any person acting for another or for a corporation, limited liability company or partnership, other than as a witness on a trial, may be taken by deposition at the instance of the department of justice in any such action or proceeding at any time between the commencement thereof and final judgment. Such deposition shall be taken within the state before a judge at chambers or a supplemental court commissioner on previous notice to such party and any other adverse party or the attorney thereof of at least 5 days, and may be taken without the state.

(2) The attendance of the party to be examined may be compelled by subpoena, without prepayment of witness fees, and the examination is subject to the same rules as govern that of other witnesses; but such party shall not be compelled to disclose anything not relevant to the controversy.

(3) The examination may not be compelled in any other county than that of the party’s residence except in the county of Dane; but the deposition of a defendant who is a nonresident of the state may be taken as in other cases.

History: 1979 c. 209 ; 1993 a. 112 ; 2001 a. 61 .
Wis. Stat. § 769.704 — WI Code / Chapter 769 / Section 769.704
Initiation by department of support proceeding under convention.
Status: in_force

(1) In a support proceeding under this subchapter, the department shall do all of the following:

(a) Transmit and receive applications.

(b) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.

(2) All of the following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention:

(a) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order.

(b) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state.

(c) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child.

(d) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under s. 769.708 (2) (b) , (d) , or (i) .

(e) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state.

(f) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

(3) All of the following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:

(a) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state.

(b) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state.

(c) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

(4) A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the convention.

History: 2009 a. 321 ; 2015 a. 82 s. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 198.19 — WI Code / Chapter 198 / Section 198.19
Annexation of territory.
Status: in_force

(1) Any territory, constituting one or more municipalities contiguous to a district may be annexed to and become a part of such district to all intents and purposes and with like effect as though originally included therein upon such terms and conditions as the board of directors of the district shall fix by ordinance adopted by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the directors-elect, provided that before such ordinance becomes effective the same shall be accepted and ratified by the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors entitled to vote and voting in a special election called and held for that purpose in each municipality proposed in such ordinance to be annexed to the district. Such ordinance shall be published and such election shall be noticed, held and conducted, as nearly as may be, in the manner provided by this chapter for the noticing, holding and conduct of elections upon the organization of a municipal power district, except that the returns of such election and the ballots therein shall be delivered to the clerk of the district. The results of said election shall be canvassed publicly by the directors of the district.

(2) Upon the annexation of any territory to any district, each municipality so annexed shall be attached to and become a part of the subdistrict to which it may be contiguous or proximate, as shall be determined and declared by ordinance or resolution adopted by the board of directors of the district, and shall so remain until such time as the board shall form and establish new boundaries for subdistricts.
Wis. Stat. § 77.9973 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.9973
Administration.
Status: in_force

(1) A person holding a registration under s. 77.9971 who owes tax under s. 77.9972 shall maintain records indicating the total number of kilowatt-hours of electricity delivered or placed by each Level 3 charger and by each Level 1 charger, as defined in s. 16.9565 (1) (a) , and Level 2 charger, as defined in s. 16.9565 (1) (b) , installed on or after March 22, 2024, of the person during the periods described in s. 77.9972 (3) , and shall provide those records to the department upon request.

(2) Section 77.76 (1) and (2) , as it applies to the taxes under subch. V , applies to the tax under this subchapter, except that ss. 77.52 (7) , 77.58 (3) (a) , and 77.61 (19m) (a) , as they apply to a single-owner entity that is disregarded as a separate entity under ch. 71 , do not apply to this subchapter.

(3) The department shall deposit all of the revenue that it collects under this subchapter in the transportation fund under s. 25.40 .

History: 2023 a. 121 ; 2025 a. 127 , 211 .
Wis. Stat. § 961.46 — WI Code / Chapter 961 / Section 961.46
Distribution to persons under age 18.
Status: in_force

If a person 17 years of age or over violates s. 961.41 (1) by distributing or delivering a controlled substance or a controlled substance analog to a person 17 years of age or under who is at least 3 years his or her junior, the applicable maximum term of imprisonment prescribed under s. 961.41 (1) for the offense may be increased by not more than 5 years.

History: 1971 c. 219 ; 1985 a. 328 ; 1987 a. 339 ; 1989 a. 121 ; 1993 a. 98 , 118 , 490 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 448 ss. 276 to 279 ; Stats. 1995 s. 961.46; 1999 a. 48 , 57 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.60 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.60
Contempt cases.
Status: in_force

If a person is charged with contempt under this chapter for violation of a restraining order or injunction issued by a court, the accused shall enjoy all of the following:

(1) The rights to bail that are accorded to persons accused of a crime.

(2) The right to be notified of the accusation and a reasonable time to make a defense, if the alleged contempt is not committed in the immediate view or presence of the court.

(3) Upon demand, the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the county in which the contempt was committed, except that this requirement does not apply to contempts committed in the presence of the court or so near to the court as to interfere directly with the administration of justice or to the misbehavior, misconduct or disobedience of any officer of the court in respect to the writs, orders or process of the court. All contempt proceedings brought for the alleged violation of any such restraining order or injunction are independent, original, special proceedings and shall require a unanimous finding of the jury.

(4) A substitution of judge request in this section shall be made under s. 801.58 .

History: 1977 c. 135 ; 1979 c. 257 ; 1997 a. 253 .
Wis. Stat. § 410.212 — WI Code / Chapter 410 / Section 410.212
Liability and duty of receiving bank regarding unaccepted payment order.
Status: in_force

If a receiving bank fails to accept a payment order that it is obliged by express agreement to accept, the bank is liable for breach of the agreement to the extent provided in the agreement or in this chapter, but does not otherwise have any duty to accept a payment order or, before acceptance, to take any action, or refrain from taking action, with respect to the order except as provided in this chapter or by express agreement. Liability based on acceptance arises only when acceptance occurs as stated in s. 410.209 , and liability is limited to that provided in this chapter. A receiving bank is not the agent of the sender or beneficiary of the payment order it accepts, or of any other party to the funds transfer, and the bank owes no duty to any party to the funds transfer except as provided in this chapter or by express agreement.

History: 1991 a. 304 .
Wis. Stat. § 115.82 — WI Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.82
Admission and transportation of nonresidents.
Status: in_force

(1) A cooperative educational service agency, county children with disabilities education board or school district that provides special education and related services shall admit a nonresident if the program is appropriate for the child’s disability. Refusal to admit a child does not relieve the local educational agency that is responsible for providing a free, appropriate public education to the child under this subchapter from that responsibility.

(2) In addition to the requirements of s. 121.54 (3) , when board and lodging are not furnished to a nonresident child with a disability, the school district in which the child resides shall provide transportation, except as follows:

(a) If there is a plan of transportation under s. 115.817 (8) , the county children with disabilities education board shall provide transportation.

(b) If the child is attending a public school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.51 or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4) , the nonresident school district shall provide transportation.

(c) If the child is attending a public school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.50 , the school district specified to do so in the whole grade sharing agreement shall provide transportation.

History: 1997 a. 164 ; 1999 a. 117 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 822.04 — WI Code / Chapter 822 / Section 822.04
Application to Indian tribes.
Status: in_force

(1) A child custody proceeding that pertains to an Indian child as defined in the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 USC 1901 et seq., is not subject to this chapter to the extent that it is governed by the Indian Child Welfare Act.

(2) A court of this state shall treat a tribe as if it were a state for the purpose of applying subchs. I and II .

(3) A child custody determination made by a tribe under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this chapter shall be recognized and enforced under subch. III .

History: 2005 a. 130 .
Wis. Stat. § 454.10 — WI Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.10
Apprenticeship.
Status: in_force

(1) All apprentices shall be employed under an apprentice contract under s. 106.01 and shall be governed by s. 106.01 , the apprenticeship rules of the department of workforce development, and the rules of the examining board.

(2) Apprentices shall receive at least 3,712 hours of practical training and at least 288 training hours of theoretical instruction in a school of cosmetology licensed under s. 440.62 (3) (ar) , exempted under s. 440.61 , or accredited by an accrediting agency approved by the board in order to complete the apprenticeship program and be eligible to take the examination for a cosmetologist license. Apprentices shall receive training for a total of at least 32 hours per week. The training shall be completed in not less than 2 years and not more than 4 years.

(3)

(a) No apprentice under this section may practice cosmetology except under the supervision of a licensed cosmetologist whose cosmetology license is not an inactive license and who has completed at least 2,000 hours of practice as a licensed cosmetologist.

(b) Apprentices shall be trained in all branches of practical work and in all subjects required to be taught in schools of barbering or cosmetology as prescribed by the examining board by rule.

(4) A person who has successfully completed the requirements of sub. (2) may not continue to practice as an apprentice but may apply for a temporary permit under s. 454.06 (10) (a) .

History: 1987 a. 265 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9130 (4) ; 1995 a. 231 ; 1997 a. 3 ; 2009 a. 189 , 291 ; 2011 a. 190 ; 2013 a. 356 ; 2017 a. 82 .
Wis. Stat. § 905.13 — WI Code / Chapter 905 / Section 905.13
Comment upon or inference from claim of privilege; instruction.
Status: in_force

(1) Comment or inference not permitted. The claim of a privilege, whether in the present proceeding or upon a prior occasion, is not a proper subject of comment by judge or counsel. No inference may be drawn therefrom.

(2) Claiming privilege without knowledge of jury. In jury cases, proceedings shall be conducted, to the extent practicable, so as to facilitate the making of claims of privilege without the knowledge of the jury.

(3) Jury instruction. Upon request, any party against whom the jury might draw an adverse inference from a claim of privilege is entitled to an instruction that no inference may be drawn therefrom.

(4) Application; self-incrimination. Subsections (1) to (3) do not apply in a civil case with respect to the privilege against self-incrimination.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R153 (1973); 1981 c. 390 .
Wis. Stat. § 69.61 — WI Code / Chapter 69 / Section 69.61
Annual statement of taxes.
Status: in_force

(1) Annually, on or before the 3rd Monday of December, each city, village, and town clerk shall make and file with the department of revenue a statement in detail of all taxes levied in the clerk’s city, village, or town during the year. Any clerk who fails to make the statement required under this section within the required time shall be liable to the city, village, or town for all damages caused by the delinquency.

(2) The department of revenue shall prepare and furnish to each county clerk forms and instructions for the statement required under this section. The clerk of each county shall, immediately upon receipt of the forms and instructions from the department of revenue distribute the forms and instructions to the clerk of each city, village, and town in the county, at the county’s expense.

History: 1975 c. 295 ss. 3 , 9 ; 1975 c. 421 ; Stats. 1975 s. 69.61; 2001 a. 107 .
Wis. Stat. § 254.593 — WI Code / Chapter 254 / Section 254.593
Authority of the department and local health departments.
Status: in_force

The department or a local health department may declare housing that is dilapidated, unsafe or unsanitary to be a human health hazard.

History: 1993 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 36.30 — WI Code / Chapter 36 / Section 36.30
Sick leave.
Status: in_force

Leave of absence for employees with pay, owing to sickness, shall be regulated by rules of the board, except that unused sick leave shall accumulate from year to year.

History: 1975 c. 88 ; 1981 c. 96 ss. 22 , 67 ; 1981 c. 386 ; 1997 a. 237 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2013 a. 20 ss. 2365m , 9448 .
Wis. Stat. § 779.92 — WI Code / Chapter 779 / Section 779.92
Enforceability of lien.
Status: in_force

A prepaid maintenance lien is enforceable from the time it attaches until it is discharged. Any enforcement and foreclosure of a prepaid maintenance lien shall be in one civil action and shall be against the proceeds of the escrow account.

History: 1977 c. 296 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 57 ; Stats. 1979 s. 779.92.
Wis. Stat. § 752.04 — WI Code / Chapter 752 / Section 752.04
Elections.
Status: in_force

Court of appeals judges shall be elected by district on an at-large basis for terms of 6 years. Terms shall commence on August 1 next succeeding each election and shall terminate on July 31. A court of appeals judge shall reside within the district in which he or she is elected. Only one court of appeals judge may be elected in a district in any year.

History: 1977 c. 187 .
Wis. Stat. § 938.14 — WI Code / Chapter 938 / Section 938.14
Jurisdiction over interstate compact proceedings.
Status: in_force

The court has exclusive jurisdiction over proceedings under the Interstate Compact for Juveniles under s. 938.999 .

History: 1995 a. 77 ; 2005 a. 234 ; 2015 a. 159 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.0116 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0116
Registration of name.
Status: in_force

(1) A foreign limited partnership not registered to do business in this state under subch. X may register its name, or a fictitious name adopted pursuant to s. 179.1006 (1) , if the name is distinguishable on the records of the department from the names that are not available under s. 179.0114 .

(2) To register its name or a fictitious name adopted pursuant to s. 179.1006 (1) , a foreign limited partnership must deliver to the department for filing an application stating the partnership’s name, the jurisdiction and date of its formation, and any fictitious name adopted pursuant to s. 179.1006 (1) . If the department finds that the name applied for is available, the department shall register the name for the applicant’s exclusive use.

(3) The registration of a name under this section expires annually on December 31.

(4) A foreign limited partnership whose name registration is effective may renew the registration by delivering to the department for filing, between October 31 and December 31 of each year that the registration is in effect, a renewal application that complies with this section. When filed, the renewal application renews the registration for the next year.

(5) A foreign limited partnership whose name registration is effective may register as a foreign limited partnership under the registered name or consent in a signed record to the use of that name by another person that is not an individual.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 951.01 — WI Code / Chapter 951 / Section 951.01
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) “Animal” includes every living:

(a) Warm-blooded creature, except a human being;

(b) Reptile; or

(c) Amphibian.

(1m) “Conservation warden” means a warden appointed under s. 23.10 .

(2) “Cruel” means causing unnecessary and excessive pain or suffering or unjustifiable injury or death.

(3) “Farm animal” means any warm-blooded animal normally raised on farms in the United States and used or intended for use as food or fiber.

(3e) “Humane officer” means an officer appointed under s. 173.03 .

(3f) “Fire department” includes a volunteer fire department and a department under s. 60.553 , 61.66 , or 62.13 (2e) .

(3m) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning given in s. 165.83 (1) (b) .

(4) “Law enforcement officer” has the meaning assigned under s. 967.02 (5) but does not include a conservation warden appointed under s. 23.10 .

(4s) “Search and rescue dog” means a dog that has been trained or is being trained by a state or nationally recognized search and rescue agency to locate lost or missing individuals and victims of disasters in search and rescue activities.

(5) “Service dog” means a dog that is trained for the purpose of assisting a person with a sensory, mental, or physical disability or accommodating such a disability.

History: 1973 c. 314 ; 1983 a. 189 ; 1987 a. 248 ; 1987 a. 332 s. 54 ; Stats. 1987 s. 951.01; 1989 a. 223 ; 1997 a. 27 , 192 ; 1999 a. 83 ; 2001 a. 56 ; 2005 a. 353 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2025 a. 152 .
Wis. Stat. § 254.57 — WI Code / Chapter 254 / Section 254.57
Smoke.
Status: in_force

Except as provided under s. 62.23 (7a) (am) , the common council of any city or the board of any village may regulate or prohibit the emission of dense smoke into the open air within its limits and one mile from its limits.

History: 1993 a. 27 s. 357 ; Stats. 1993 s. 254.57; 2021 a. 198 .
Wis. Stat. § 254.182 — WI Code / Chapter 254 / Section 254.182
Repayment to general fund.
Status: in_force

The secretary of administration shall transfer from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (gm) to the general fund the amount of $735,000 when the secretary of administration determines that program revenues from fees imposed under ss. 254.176 (3) (e) and (4) , 254.178 (2) (d) and 254.181 are sufficient to make the transfer.

History: 1999 a. 113 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0402 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0402
Reservation of name.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may reserve the exclusive use of a corporate name, including a fictitious name for a foreign corporation whose corporate name is not available, by delivering an application to the department for filing. The application shall include the name and address of the applicant and the name proposed to be reserved. If the department finds that the corporate name applied for under this subsection is available, the department shall reserve the name for the applicant’s exclusive use for a 120-day period, which may be renewed by the applicant or a transferee under sub. (2) from time to time.

(2) A person who has the right to exclusive use of a reserved corporate name under sub. (1) may transfer the reservation to another person by delivering to the department a signed notice in a record of the transfer that states the name and address of the person to which the reservation is being transferred.

History: 1997 a. 79 ; 2001 a. 44 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 402.614 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.614
Substituted performance.
Status: in_force

(1) Where without fault of either party the agreed berthing, loading, or unloading facilities fail or an agreed type of carrier becomes unavailable or the agreed manner of delivery otherwise becomes commercially impracticable but a commercially reasonable substitute is available, such substitute performance must be tendered and accepted.

(2) If the agreed means or manner of payment fails because of domestic or foreign governmental regulation, the seller may withhold or stop delivery unless the buyer provides a means or manner of payment which is commercially a substantial equivalent. If delivery has already been taken, payment by the means or in the manner provided by the regulation discharges the buyer’s obligation unless the regulation is discriminatory, oppressive or predatory.