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Wis. Stat. § 66.1005 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.1005
Reversion of title.
Status: in_force

(1) When any highway or public ground acquired or held for highway purposes is discontinued, the land where the highway or public ground is located shall belong to the owner or owners of the adjoining lands. If the highway or public ground is located between the lands of different owners, it shall be annexed to the lots to which it originally belonged if that can be ascertained. If the lots to which the land originally belonged cannot be ascertained, the land shall be equally divided between the owners of the lands on each side of the highway or public ground.

(2)

(a) Whenever any public highway or public ground acquired or held for public purposes has been vacated or discontinued, all easements and rights incidental to the easements that belong to any county, school district, town, village, city, utility, or person that relate to any underground or overground structures, improvements, or services and all rights of entrance, maintenance, construction, and repair of the structures, improvements, or services shall continue, unless one of the following applies:

1. The owner of the easements and incidental rights gives written consent to the discontinuance of the easements and rights as a part of the vacation or discontinuance proceedings and the vacation or discontinuance resolution, ordinance or order refers to the owner’s written consent.

2. The owner of the easements and incidental rights fails to use the easements and rights for a period of 4 years from the time that the public highway or public ground was vacated or discontinued.

(b) The easements and incidental rights described in par. (a) may be discontinued in vacation or discontinuance proceedings in any case where benefits or damages are to be assessed as provided in par. (c) , if one of the following applies:

1. The interested parties fail to reach an agreement permitting discontinuance of the easements and incidental rights.

2. The owner of the easements and incidental rights refuses to give written consent to their discontinuance.

(c) Damages for the discontinuance of the easements and rights described in par. (a) shall be assessed against the land benefited in the proceedings for assessment of damages or benefits upon the vacation or discontinuance of the public highway or public ground. Unless the parties agree on a different amount, the amount of the damages shall be the present value of the property to be removed or abandoned, plus the cost of removal, less the salvage value of the removed or abandoned property. The owner of the easements and incidental rights, upon application to the treasurer and upon furnishing satisfactory proof, shall be entitled to any payments of or upon the assessment of damages.

(d) Any person aggrieved by the assessment of damages under this subsection may appeal the assessment in the same time and manner as is provided for appeals from assessments of damages or benefits in vacation or discontinuance proceedings in the town, village or city.

History: 2003 a. 214 ss. 15 , 86 to 91 .
Wis. Stat. § 28.23 — WI Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28.23
Income.
Status: in_force

All income from community forests shall be paid into the treasury, but may be assigned to the support of any legally authorized activity.
Wis. Stat. § 178.0404 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.0404
Liability for contribution.
Status: in_force

(1) A person’s obligation to make a contribution to a partnership is not excused by the person’s death, disability, termination, or other inability to perform personally.

(2) If a person does not fulfill an obligation to make a contribution other than money, the person is obligated at the option of the partnership to contribute money equal to the value of the part of the contribution which has not been made.

(3) The obligation of a person to make a contribution may be compromised only by the affirmative vote or consent of all the partners. If a creditor of a limited liability partnership extends credit or otherwise acts in reliance on an obligation described in sub. (1) without knowledge or notice of a compromise under this subsection, the creditor may enforce the obligation.

History: 2015 a. 295 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.1510 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.1510
Service of process, notice, or demand on foreign corporation.
Status: in_force

(1) A foreign corporation may be served with any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law by serving its registered agent. The department may serve any written notice required or authorized under this chapter by e-mailing it to the registered agent’s e-mail address on file with the department, and such notice shall be effective as provided in s. 181.0105 (4) .

(2) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may be served in the manner provided in sub. (4) if the foreign corporation has no registered agent or its registered agent cannot, with reasonable diligence, be served.

(3) A foreign corporation formerly authorized to transact business in this state may be served in the manner provided in sub. (4) in any civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory proceeding based on a cause of action arising while it was authorized to transact business in this state, if the foreign corporation has done any of the following:

(a) Withdrawn from transacting business in this state under s. 181.1520 .

(b) Had its certificate of authority revoked under s. 181.1531 .

(4)

(a) With respect to a foreign corporation described in sub. (2) or (3) , the foreign corporation may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by similar commercial delivery service, addressed to the foreign corporation at its principal office, as shown on the records of the department on the date of sending, except as provided in par. (b) . Service is perfected under this paragraph at the earliest of the following:

1. The date the foreign corporation receives the mail or delivery by commercial delivery service.

2. The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the foreign corporation.

3. Five days after its deposit in the U.S. mail, or with the commercial delivery service, if correctly addressed and with sufficient postage or payment.

(b) If process, notice, or demand in an action cannot be served on a foreign corporation pursuant to subs. (1) to (3) , service may be made by handing a copy to the individual in charge of any regular place of business or activity of the foreign corporation if the individual served is not a plaintiff in the action. If the address of the foreign corporation’s principal office cannot be determined from the records of the department, the foreign corporation may be served by publishing a class 3 notice, under ch. 985 , in the community where the foreign corporation’s principal office or registered office, as most recently designated in the records of the department, is located.

(4m) Service of process, notice, or demand on a registered agent must be in a written record.

(5) Service of process, notice, or demand may be made by other means under law other than this chapter.

History: 1997 a. 79 ; 2011 a. 234 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 108.101 — WI Code / Chapter 108 / Section 108.101
Effect of finding, determination, decision or judgment.
Status: in_force

(1) No finding of fact or law, determination, decision or judgment made with respect to rights or liabilities under this chapter is admissible or binding in any action or administrative or judicial proceeding in law or in equity not arising under this chapter, unless the department is a party or has an interest in the action or proceeding because of the discharge of its duties under this chapter.

(2) No finding of fact or law, determination, decision or judgment made with respect to rights or liabilities under s. 108.09 is binding in an action or proceeding under s. 108.10 .

(3) No finding of fact or law, determination, decision or judgment made with respect to rights or liabilities under s. 108.10 is binding in an action or proceeding under s. 108.09 .

(4) No finding of fact or law, determination, decision or judgment in any action or administrative or judicial proceeding in law or equity not arising under this chapter made with respect to the rights or liabilities of a party to an action or proceeding under this chapter is binding in an action or proceeding under this chapter.

(5) Notwithstanding sub. (4) , a final order or judgment of conviction for a crime entered by a court is binding on the convicted person in an action or proceeding under this chapter that relates to the criminal conviction. A person convicted of a crime is precluded from denying the essential allegations of the criminal offense that is the basis for the conviction in an action or proceeding under this chapter.

History: 1989 a. 77 ; 1991 a. 89 ; 2021 a. 231 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.0305 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0305
Limited duties of limited partners.
Status: in_force

(1) A limited partner shall discharge any duties to the partnership and the other partners under the partnership agreement and exercise any rights under this chapter or the partnership agreement consistently with the contractual obligation of good faith and fair dealing.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (1) , a limited partner does not have any duty to the limited partnership or to any other partner solely by reason of acting as a limited partner.

(3) If a limited partner enters into a transaction with the limited partnership, the limited partner’s rights and obligations arising from the transaction are the same as those of a person that is not a partner.

(4m) Unless otherwise provided in the partnership agreement, any action that is to be voted on or consented to by some or all of the limited partners may be taken without a meeting of the limited partners entitled to vote or consent if all of such partners consent to the action. The consent shall be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action, signed by each of such partners, and delivered to the partnership for inclusion in the partnership records. Unless otherwise provided in the partnership agreement, if a person, whether or not then a limited partner, so consenting directs, whether through instruction to an agent or otherwise, that such consent will be effective at a future time, including a time determined upon the happening of an event, then the person shall be deemed to have consented as a partner at this future time so long as the person is then a limited partner and did not revoke the consent prior to that time. Any such consent shall be revocable prior to its becoming effective, unless the written consent provides otherwise.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 404.109 — WI Code / Chapter 404 / Section 404.109
Delays.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless otherwise instructed, a collecting bank in a good faith effort to secure payment of a specific item drawn on a payer other than a bank, and with or without the approval of any person involved, may waive, modify or extend time limits imposed or permitted by chs. 401 to 411 for a period not exceeding 2 additional banking days without discharge of drawers or endorsers or liability to its transferor or a prior party.

(2) Delay by a collecting bank or payer bank beyond time limits prescribed or permitted by chs. 401 to 411 or by instructions is excused if the delay is caused by interruption of communication or computer facilities, suspension of payments by another bank, war, emergency conditions, failure of equipment or other circumstances beyond the control of the bank and the bank exercises such diligence as the circumstances require.

History: 1979 c. 89 ; 1991 a. 148 , 304 , 315 ; 1995 a. 449 s. 31 ; Stats. 1995 s. 404.109.
Wis. Stat. § 752.13 — WI Code / Chapter 752 / Section 752.13
District I.
Status: in_force

The court chambers for the court of appeals in district I are located in Milwaukee.

History: 1977 c. 187 .
Wis. Stat. § 648.27 — WI Code / Chapter 648 / Section 648.27
Costs.
Status: in_force

(1) Costs to be paid by care management organizations. Permittees shall pay the reasonable estimate of costs of examinations under s. 648.20 , of review of applications under s. 648.05 , and of analysis and financial monitoring of care management organizations by the commissioner and the department, including overhead and fixed costs, by a system of regular annual billings.

(2) Determination of costs. Annually, the commissioner shall determine the estimated costs under sub. (1) for the commissioner and the department. The commissioner shall serve a request for payment on each permittee allocating the cost to each permittee in an amount that the commissioner determines reflects the permittee’s proportionate share of projected enrollment in the department’s annual contracting period.

(3) Payment deadline. The permittee shall pay the amount determined by the commissioner within 30 days of service of the request for payment under sub. (2) .

History: 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 146.345 — WI Code / Chapter 146 / Section 146.345
Sale of human organs prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Human organ” means a human kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, bone marrow, cornea, eye, bone or skin or any other human organ specified by the department by rule. “Human organ” does not mean human whole blood, blood plasma, a blood product or a blood derivative or human semen.

(b) “Human organ transplantation” means the medical procedure by which transfer of a human organ is made from the body of a person to the body of another person.

(c) “Valuable consideration” does not include reasonable payment associated with the removal, transportation, implantation, processing, preservation, quality control or storage of a human organ or an expense of travel, housing or lost wages incurred by a human organ donor in connection with donation of the human organ.

(2) No person may knowingly and for valuable consideration acquire, receive or otherwise transfer any human organ for use in human organ transplantation.

(3) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a Class H felony, except that, notwithstanding the maximum fine specified in s. 939.50 (3) (h) , the person may be fined not more than $50,000.

History: 1987 a. 97 ; 1997 a. 283 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 61.72 — WI Code / Chapter 61 / Section 61.72
Pest and disease prevention.
Status: in_force

When a village board shall appropriate money for the control of insect pests, weeds, or plant or animal diseases, the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection upon request of the village board shall cooperate with the village and shall provide technical assistance and direction for the expenditure of such funds.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1650m (4) .
Wis. Stat. § 402.106 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.106
Definitions: “contract”; “agreement”; “contract for sale”; “sale”; “present sale”; “conforming” to contract; “termination”; “cancellation”.
Status: in_force

In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Cancellation” occurs when either party puts an end to the contract for breach by the other and its effect is the same as that of “termination” except that the canceling party also retains any remedy for breach of the whole contract or any unperformed balance.

(2) Goods or conduct including any part of a performance are “conforming” or conform to the contract when they are in accordance with the obligations under the contract.

(3) “Contract” and “agreement” are limited to those relating to the present or future sale of goods.

(4) “Contract for sale” includes both a present sale of goods and a contract to sell goods at a future time.

(5) A “present sale” means a sale which is accomplished by the making of the contract.

(6) A “sale” consists in the passing of title from the seller to the buyer for a price (s. 402.401 ).

(7) “Termination” occurs when either party pursuant to a power created by agreement or law puts an end to the contract otherwise than for its breach. On “termination” all obligations which are still executory on both sides are discharged but any right based on prior breach or performance survives.

History: 1983 a. 189 .
Wis. Stat. § 79.02 — WI Code / Chapter 79 / Section 79.02
Shared revenue distributions.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) (b) , the department of administration, upon certification by the department of revenue, shall distribute shared revenue payments to each municipality and county on the 4th Monday in July and the 3rd Monday in November.

(2)

(a) In this subsection, “estimated payments” means the amounts in the statement provided to the county or municipality under s. 79.015 .

(b) Subject to ss. 59.605 (4) and 70.995 (14) (b) , payments in July shall equal 15 percent of the municipality’s or county’s estimated payments under ss. 79.035 , 79.036 , 79.037 , 79.038 , 79.039 , and 79.04 and 100 percent of the municipality’s estimated payments under s. 79.05 . Upon certification by the department of revenue, the estimated payment under s. 79.05 may be distributed before the 4th Monday in July.

(3) Subject to s. 59.605 (4) , payments to each municipality and county in November shall equal that municipality’s or county’s entitlement under ss. 79.035 , 79.036 , 79.037 , 79.038 , 79.039 , 79.04 , and 79.05 for the current year, minus the amount distributed to the municipality or county under sub. (2) (b) .

History: 1983 a. 27 ; 1985 a. 29 ss. 1505p , 1505t , 3202 (46) ; 1985 a. 120 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1989 a. 336 ; 1991 a. 307 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2003 a. 33 , 170 , 320 ; 2005 a. 254 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2021 a. 1 ; 2023 a. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 402.509 — WI Code / Chapter 402 / Section 402.509
Risk of loss in the absence of breach.
Status: in_force

(1) Where the contract requires or authorizes the seller to ship the goods by carrier:

(a) If it does not require the seller to deliver them at a particular destination, the risk of loss passes to the buyer when the goods are duly delivered to the carrier even though the shipment is under reservation (s. 402.505 ); but

(b) If it does require the seller to deliver them at a particular destination and the goods are there duly tendered while in the possession of the carrier, the risk of loss passes to the buyer when the goods are there duly so tendered as to enable the buyer to take delivery.

(2) Where the goods are held by a bailee to be delivered without being moved, the risk of loss passes to the buyer:

(a) On the buyer’s receipt of possession or control of a negotiable document of title covering the goods; or

(b) On acknowledgment by the bailee of the buyer’s right to possession of the goods; or

(c) After the buyer’s receipt of possession or control of a nonnegotiable document of title or other direction to deliver in a record, as provided in s. 402.503 (4) (b) .

(3) In any case not within sub. (1) or (2) , the risk of loss passes to the buyer on the buyer’s receipt of the goods if the seller is a merchant; otherwise the risk passes to the buyer on tender of delivery.

(4) The provisions of this section are subject to contrary agreement of the parties and to s. 402.327 on sale on approval and s. 402.510 on effect of breach on risk of loss.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 2009 a. 322 .
Wis. Stat. § 344.572 — WI Code / Chapter 344 / Section 344.572
Applicability to rental agreements.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , ss. 344.574 , 344.576 and 344.578 apply to all rental agreements concerning private passenger vehicles rented from locations in this state for a period of 30 consecutive days or less.

(2) Sections 344.574 , 344.576 and 344.578 do not apply to a rental agreement under which a person rents from a motor vehicle dealer licensed under ss. 218.0101 to 218.0163 a private passenger vehicle owned by the dealer if the private passenger vehicle is rented only for use while a vehicle owned or leased by the person or which the person has agreed to purchase is being serviced, repaired, manufactured or delivered.

(3) If a rental agreement is subject to ss. 344.574 , 344.576 and 344.578 , any provision of the rental agreement that violates any requirement of ss. 344.574 , 344.576 and 344.578 is void.

History: 1989 a. 328 ; 1999 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 183.0204 — WI Code / Chapter 183 / Section 183.0204
Signing and filing pursuant to judicial order.
Status: in_force

(1) If a person required by this chapter to sign a record or deliver a record to the department for filing under this chapter does not do so, any other person that is aggrieved may petition the circuit court to order any of the following:

(a) The person to sign the record.

(b) The person to deliver the record to the department for filing.

(c) The department to file the record unsigned.

(2) If a petitioner under sub. (1) is not the limited liability company or foreign limited liability company to which the record pertains, the petitioner shall make the company or foreign company a party to the action.

(3) A record filed under sub. (1) (c) is effective without being signed.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 125.19 — WI Code / Chapter 125 / Section 125.19
Alcohol beverage warehouse permit.
Status: in_force

(1) Issuance. The division shall issue an alcohol beverage warehouse permit which authorizes the permittee to store and warehouse alcohol beverages in warehouse premises covered by the permit, subject to rules adopted by the division. The permit does not authorize the sale of any alcohol beverages.

(2) Eligibility. Alcohol beverage warehouse permits may be issued only to a person who holds a valid certificate issued under s. 73.03 (50) and is qualified under s. 125.04 (5) , except a person acting as an agent for or in the employ of another. Notwithstanding s. 125.04 (5) (a) 5. , a person is not required to complete a responsible beverage server training course to be eligible for a permit under this section.

History: 1981 c. 79 ; 1993 a. 259 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2023 a. 73 .
Wis. Stat. § 321.37 — WI Code / Chapter 321 / Section 321.37
No discrimination.
Status: in_force

No person, otherwise qualified, may be denied membership in the national guard or state defense force because of sex, color, race, creed, or sexual orientation and no member of the national guard or state defense force may be segregated within the national guard or state defense force on the basis of sex, color, race, creed, or sexual orientation. Nothing in this section prohibits separate facilities for persons of different sexes with regard to dormitory accommodations, toilets, showers, saunas, and dressing rooms.

History: 1975 c. 94 ; 1981 c. 112 ; 2003 a. 69 ; 2007 a. 200 s. 97 ; Stats. 2007 s. 321.37.
Wis. Stat. § 254.176 — WI Code / Chapter 254 / Section 254.176
Section 254.176
Status: in_force

(4) The department shall maintain lists of all persons who are certified under this section and shall make the lists available to the public. The department may charge a fee for lists provided under this subsection to cover the department’s costs in providing the lists.

(5) After notice and opportunity for hearing, the department may revoke, suspend, deny or refuse to renew any certification issued under this section in accordance with the procedures set forth in ch. 227 , except that if a revocation, denial, or nonrenewal is based on tax delinquency under s. 73.0301 or unemployment insurance contribution delinquency under s. 108.227 , the only hearing rights available are those set forth in s. 73.0301 (5) or 108.227 (5) , whichever is applicable.

History: 1993 a. 450 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 6330 , 9116 (5) ; 1997 a. 191 , 237 ; 1999 a. 113 ; 2011 a. 32 , 120 , 209 ; 2013 a. 36 .
Wis. Stat. § 139.355 — WI Code / Chapter 139 / Section 139.355
Appeals.
Status: in_force

Sections 71.88 (1) (a) and (2) (a) , 71.89 and 71.90 as they apply to the taxes under ch. 71 apply to the taxes under this subchapter.

History: 1991 a. 39 .