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Wis. Stat. § 893.53 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.53
Action for injury to character or other rights.
Status: in_force

An action to recover damages for an injury to the character or rights of another, not arising on contract, shall be commenced within 3 years after the cause of action accrues, except where a different period is expressly prescribed, or be barred.

History: 1979 c. 323 ; 2017 a. 235 .
Wis. Stat. § 229.18 — WI Code / Chapter 229 / Section 229.18
Accountability; reports.
Status: in_force

(1) Within 10 days after the appointment of a director or custodian or other salaried employees, the board of trustees of the museum shall report to and file with the city comptroller a certified list of the persons so appointed, stating the salary allowed to each and the time or times fixed for the payment thereof.

(2) Immediately after any meeting of the board at which accounts and bills are allowed, the board shall furnish such comptroller with a list of all accounts and bills allowed at said meeting, stating the character of the materials or services for which the same were rendered.

(3) On or before the first day of March in each year, the board shall make a report to the common council, for the year ending with the December 31 next prior thereto, containing a statement of the condition of the museum, the articles added to the museum, and such other information and suggestions as the board deems important, including also an account of the moneys credited to the museum fund, and the expenditures therefrom during the year.

History: 1971 c. 152 s. 27 ; Stats. 1971 s. 229.18; 1985 a. 177 , 332 .
Wis. Stat. § 818.03 — WI Code / Chapter 818 / Section 818.03
Order of arrest, by whom made.
Status: in_force

An order for the arrest of the defendant must be obtained from the court in which the action is brought or a judge.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 758 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 809.03; Sup. Ct. Order, 83 Wis. 2d xiiiv (1978); Stats. 1977 s. 818.03.
Wis. Stat. § 645.51 — WI Code / Chapter 645 / Section 645.51
Collection and list of assets.
Status: in_force

(1) List of assets required. As soon as practicable after the liquidation order, the liquidator shall prepare in duplicate a list of the insurer’s assets. The list shall be amended or supplemented as the court requires. One copy shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court having jurisdiction over the liquidation proceedings and one copy shall be retained for the liquidator’s files. All amendments and supplements shall be similarly filed.

(2) Liquidation of assets. The liquidator shall reduce the assets to a degree of liquidity that is consistent with the effective execution of the liquidation as rapidly and economically as he or she can.

History: 1979 c. 102 s. 236 (5) .
Wis. Stat. § 32.69 — WI Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32.69
Alternative financing by general obligation bonds, taxation or anticipation notes.
Status: in_force

(1) Funding. The city may finance any improvement under this subchapter by issuing general obligation bonds, levying a tax or by borrowing on anticipation notes. The city may collect assessments on property that finances bonds under s. 32.67 and apply the assessments to pay the principal and interest of general obligation bonds, or to reduce general taxes if the city levies a tax to finance an improvement. If the city issues no bonds under s. 32.67 , the city shall apply all assessments collected to pay the principal and interest of general obligation bonds or to reduce taxes if the city levies a tax to finance an improvement.

(2) General obligation bonding. The common council may adopt an initial resolution to issue general obligation bonds to pay the cost of laying out or improving any alley or street, as defined in s. 340.01 (2) and (64) , without submitting the initial resolution to the electors of the city unless a number of electors equal to or greater than 10 percent of the votes cast for governor in the city at the last general election file a petition conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40 with the city clerk requesting submission. The city shall conduct any referendum for approval of the initial resolution as provided in s. 67.05 (5) .

(3) Anticipation notes. The common council may authorize borrowing on notes signed by the mayor and city comptroller in anticipation of the incoming assessments to pay the cost of any improvement authorized under this subchapter. The city shall pay the notes out of the assessments received in the year of issuance. The city shall pay the notes not later than April 1 following the date of issuance. The city may pay any deficit due to delinquencies in the collection of assessments out of the tax delinquent fund under s. 32.68 .

History: 1983 a. 236 ; 1989 a. 192 .
Wis. Stat. § 76.17 — WI Code / Chapter 76 / Section 76.17
Immaterial irregularities.
Status: in_force

No tax assessed upon any of the general property of the state and no average rate determined by said department as herein required, shall be held invalid on account of any assessment or tax roll not having been made or proceedings had within the time required by law, or on account of the property having been assessed without the name of the owner, or in the name of any corporation or person other than the owner, or on account of any other irregularity, informality or omission, if the method and manner of ascertaining and determining the average rate of taxation on property in this state is in substantial accordance with law.
Wis. Stat. § 409.704 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.704
Security interest unperfected before effective date.
Status: in_force

A security interest that is enforceable immediately before July 1, 2001, but which would be subordinate to the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor at that time:

(1) Remains an enforceable security interest for one year after July 1, 2001;

(2) Remains enforceable on and after one year after July 1, 2001, if the security interest becomes enforceable under s. 409.203 on July 1, 2001, or within one year thereafter; and

(3) Becomes perfected:

(a) Without further action, on July 1, 2001, if the applicable requirements for perfection under 2001 Wisconsin Act 10 are satisfied before or at that time; or

(b) When the applicable requirements for perfection are satisfied if the requirements are satisfied after that time.

History: 2001 a. 10 , 104 .
Wis. Stat. § 786.19 — WI Code / Chapter 786 / Section 786.19
Ward’s particular estate, disposition.
Status: in_force

Where the interest of the minor or individual adjudicated incompetent in real estate consists of an estate for life or for years the court or presiding judge may, by order, authorize the guardian to join with the individual holding the reversionary estate in a conveyance of the property to which such interest attaches, so as to fully convey the particular estate, on receiving from the proceeds of the sale a gross sum in satisfaction of such estate or such proceeds or the proper portion thereof to be invested, and the interest thereon paid to the individual having the estate until the termination thereof; in either case the amount to be ascertained as prescribed in s. 786.18 . When the proceeds or a proportionate part of such proceeds is received by the guardian for investment, the order of the court or presiding judge must provide for the investment thereof until termination of the particular estate, and then for the payment thereof to the individual entitled thereto.

History: 1979 c. 32 ss. 63 , 92 (14) ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 786.19; 2005 a. 387 .
Wis. Stat. § 46.056 — WI Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.056
Wisconsin Resource Center.
Status: in_force

The department shall establish the Wisconsin Resource Center on the grounds of the Winnebago Mental Health Institute near Oshkosh. Notwithstanding s. 301.03 , the department shall have responsibility for administering the center as a correctional institution that provides psychological evaluations, specialized learning programs, training and supervision for inmates whose behavior presents a serious problem to themselves or others in state prisons and whose mental health needs can be met at the center.

History: 1981 c. 20 ; 1989 a. 31 , 107 ; 2023 a. 19 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0726 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0726
Other methods of electing directors.
Status: in_force

A corporation may provide in its articles of incorporation or bylaws for election of directors by members or delegates on the basis of chapter or other organizational unit; by region or other geographic unit; by preferential voting; or by any other reasonable method.

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 422.101 — WI Code / Chapter 422 / Section 422.101
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as Wisconsin consumer act — consumer credit transactions.

History: 1971 c. 239 .
Wis. Stat. § 806.42 — WI Code / Chapter 806 / Section 806.42
Supplementary general principles of law.
Status: in_force

Unless displaced by ss. 806.30 to 806.44 , the principles of law and equity, including the law relative to the capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy or other validating or invalidating causes supplement the provisions under ss. 806.30 to 806.44 .

History: 1991 a. 236 .
Wis. Stat. § 23.32 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.32
Wetlands mapping.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section “wetland” means an area where water is at, near, or above the land surface long enough to be capable of supporting aquatic or hydrophytic vegetation and which has soils indicative of wet conditions.

(2)

(a) For the purpose of advancing the conservation of wetland resources the department shall prepare or cause to be prepared maps that, at a minimum, identify as accurately as is practicable the individual wetlands in the state which have an area of 5 acres or more.

(b) Mapping priorities, technical methods and standards to be used in delineating wetlands and a long-term schedule which will result in completion of the mapping effort at the earliest possible date shall be developed by the department in cooperation with those other state agencies having mapping, aerial photography and comprehensive planning responsibilities.

(c) Wetland maps shall be prepared utilizing the best methods practicable with the funds available for that purpose and shall be based upon data such as soil surveys, aerial photographs and existing wetland surveys and may be supplemented by on-site surveys and other studies.

(d) The department shall cooperate with the department of administration under s. 16.967 in conducting wetland mapping activities or any related land information collection activities.

(3)

(a) The department may sell, and may enter into contracts to sell, wetland maps. The fees for the maps shall be as follows:

1. For each paper map, $5.

2. For each aerial photograph, $10.

3. For each copy of a digital wetland database covering one township, $15.

(b) The department, by rule, may increase any fee specified in par. (a) . Any increased fee must at least equal the amount necessary to cover the costs of preparing, producing and selling the wetland maps.

History: 1977 c. 374 ; 1979 c. 221 ; 1983 a. 27 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ss. 774am , 775am , 9456 (3m) ; 1999 a. 147 , 185 ; 2003 a. 33 s. 2811 ; 2003 a. 48 ss. 10 , 11 ; 2003 a. 206 s. 23 ; 2005 a. 25 ss. 497 , 2493 .
Wis. Stat. § 425.2065 — WI Code / Chapter 425 / Section 425.2065
Notice to law enforcement.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “law enforcement agency” means the police department, combined protective services department under s. 60.553 , 61.66 , or 62.13 (2e) , or sheriff, that has primary responsibility for providing police protection services in the city, village, or town in which a repossession is expected to occur.

(2) A merchant who repossesses motor vehicle collateral or goods subject to a motor vehicle consumer lease under s. 425.206 (1) (d) , or a person who repossess such collateral or goods on behalf of the merchant, shall notify, verbally or in writing, the law enforcement agency about the repossession. The notification shall include the names of the customer, merchant, and, if applicable, the person who repossesses the collateral or goods on behalf of the merchant. The notification shall also include a description of the collateral or goods. Notification under this subsection shall be made before the repossession occurs.

(3) Failure to comply with this subsection does not constitute a failure to comply with s. 425.206 (1) (d) .

History: 2005 a. 255 ; 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 565.12 — WI Code / Chapter 565 / Section 565.12
Retailer contract termination or suspension.
Status: in_force

(1) A lottery retailer contract entered into under s. 565.10 may be terminated or suspended for a specified period if the department finds that the retailer has done any of the following:

(a) Violated this chapter or any rule promulgated under this chapter.

(b) Failed to meet any of the qualifications for being a retailer under s. 565.10 or rules promulgated under s. 565.02 (3) (b) or as specified by contract.

(c) Endangered the security of the lottery.

(d) Engaged in fraud, deceit, misrepresentation or other conduct prejudicial to public confidence in the lottery.

(e) Failed to account accurately for lottery tickets, revenues or prizes or lottery shares, as required by the department, or is delinquent in remitting lottery ticket or lottery share revenues.

(f) Performed any action constituting a reason for termination or suspension as specified in the contract, which shall include the following:

1. The intentional sale of lottery tickets or lottery shares to any person under the age of 18.

2. A violation of this chapter or any rule promulgated under this chapter.

(2) If the administrator determines that the immediate suspension or termination of a lottery retailer contract entered into under s. 565.10 is necessary to protect the public interest or the security, integrity or fiscal responsibility of the lottery, the administrator may, without prior notice or hearing, suspend for a specified period or terminate the lottery retailer contract by mailing to the retailer a notice of suspension or termination that includes a statement of the facts or conduct that warrant the suspension or termination and a notice that the retailer may, within 30 days after the date on which the notice of suspension or termination is mailed, have the suspension or termination reconsidered by the administrator. If, upon reconsideration, the administrator affirms the determination to suspend or terminate the lottery retailer contract, the retailer shall be afforded an opportunity for a hearing before the department to review the determination of the administrator.

(3) The department shall render the final decisions under s. 227.47 for all terminations and suspensions under subs. (1) and (2) .

History: 1987 a. 119 ; 1991 a. 39 , 269 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 454.20 — WI Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.20
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Barber” means a person who practices barbering.

(2) “Barbering” means, for compensation, arranging, styling, dressing, shampooing, cleansing, curling, dyeing, tinting, coloring, bleaching, waxing, waving, straightening, cutting, shaving, trimming, relaxing, singeing, or performing similar work upon the hair of the head, neck, or face of any person by any means. “Barbering” does not include the removal of a person’s hair at the root, natural hair braiding, or the application of temporary or permanent eyelash extensions to the eyelashes of a person.

(5) “Cosmetology” has the meaning given in s. 454.01 (7m) .

(6) “Establishment” has the meaning given in s. 454.01 (10) .

(7) “Licensed barber” means a person licensed by the department under s. 454.23 (2) whose license is not an inactive license under s. 454.23 (6) .

(8) “Licensed barbering establishment” means an establishment licensed by the department under s. 454.25 (2) .

(10) “Licensed cosmetologist” means a person licensed by the cosmetology examining board under s. 454.06 (2) whose license is not an inactive license under s. 454.06 (8m) .

(11) “Licensed cosmetology establishment” means an establishment licensed by the cosmetology examining board under s. 454.08 (2) (a) .

(11m) “Mechanical device” means a clip, comb, crochet hook, curler, curling iron, hairpin, roller, scissors, needle, thread, or hair binder.

(12m)

(a) “Natural hair braiding” means twisting, wrapping, weaving, extending, locking, crocheting, or braiding hair by hand or with a mechanical device. “Natural hair braiding” includes all of the following:

1. Using natural or synthetic hair extensions, natural or synthetic hair or fibers, decorative beads, and other hair accessories.

2. Trimming of natural hair or hair extensions incidental to twisting, wrapping, weaving, extending, locking, crocheting, or braiding hair.

3. Making wigs from natural hair, natural fibers, synthetic fibers, or hair extensions.

4. Using topical agents such as conditioners, gels, moisturizers, oils, pomades, and shampoos in conjunction with an activity described in this paragraph.

(b) “Natural hair braiding” does not include any of the following:

1. The application of dyes, reactive chemicals, or other preparations to alter the color of the hair or to straighten, curl, or alter the structure of the hair.

2. Using chemical hair joining agents such as synthetic tape, keratin bonds, or fusion bonds.

(13) “Student” has the meaning given in s. 454.01 (15) .

(14) “Training hour” has the meaning given in s. 454.01 (16) .

History: 2011 a. 190 ; 2013 a. 205 ; 2017 a. 82 ; 2021 a. 60 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.373 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.373
Medical authorization.
Status: in_force

(1) The court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938 may authorize medical services including surgical procedures when needed if the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938 determines that reasonable cause exists for the services and that the minor is within the jurisdiction of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938 and consents.

(2) Section 48.375 (7) applies if the medical service authorized under sub. (1) is an abortion.

(3) In a proceeding under s. 48.375 (7) , a circuit court exercising jurisdiction under s. 48.16 may not authorize any medical services other than the performance or inducement of an abortion.

History: 1971 c. 105 ; 1977 c. 354 s. 64 ; 1977 c. 449 ; Stats. 1977 s. 48.373; 1991 a. 263 ; 1993 a. 32 ; 1995 a. 77 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.63 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.63
Collection compensation.
Status: in_force

The following persons may retain a portion of sales and use taxes collected on retail sales under this subchapter and subch. V in an amount determined by the department and by contracts that the department enters into jointly with other states as a member state of the streamlined sales tax governing board pursuant to the agreement, as defined in s. 77.65 (2) (a) :

(1) A certified service provider.

(2) A seller that uses a certified automated system, as defined in s. 77.524 (1) (am) .

(3) A seller that sells tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b) , (c) , or (d) , or taxable services in at least 5 states that are signatories to the agreement, as defined in s. 77.65 (2) (a) ; that has total annual sales revenue of at least $500,000,000; that has a proprietary system that calculates the amount of tax owed to each taxing jurisdiction in which the seller sells tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b) , (c) , or (d) , or taxable services; and that has entered into a performance agreement with the states that are signatories to the agreement, as defined in s. 77.65 (2) (a) . For purposes of this subsection, “seller” includes an affiliated group of sellers using the same proprietary system to calculate the amount of tax owed in each taxing jurisdiction in which the sellers sell tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b) , (c) , or (d) , or taxable services.

History: 2009 a. 2 .
Wis. Stat. § 49.1515 — WI Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.1515
Determining nonparticipation.
Status: in_force

(1) Guidelines by rule. The department shall by rule specify guidelines for determining when a participant, or individual in the participant’s Wisconsin Works group, who engages in a behavior specified in s. 49.151 (1m) (a) , (b) , (c) , (d) , (e) , or (f) is demonstrating a refusal to participate.

(4) Emergency rules prohibited. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 , the department may not promulgate any rules under this section as emergency rules using the procedure under s. 227.24 .

History: 2009 a. 28 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 132.25 — WI Code / Chapter 132 / Section 132.25
Common law rights.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter affects any right in a mark which is acquired under common law.

History: 1985 a. 181 .
Wis. Stat. § 408.112 — WI Code / Chapter 408 / Section 408.112
Creditor’s legal process.
Status: in_force

(1) The interest of a debtor in a certificated security may be reached by a creditor only by actual seizure of the security certificate by the officer making the attachment or levy, except as otherwise provided in sub. (4) . However, a certificated security for which the certificate has been surrendered to the issuer may be reached by a creditor by legal process upon the issuer.

(2) The interest of a debtor in an uncertificated security may be reached by a creditor only by legal process upon the issuer at its chief executive office in the United States, except as otherwise provided in sub. (4) .

(3) The interest of a debtor in a security entitlement may be reached by a creditor only by legal process upon the securities intermediary with whom the debtor’s securities account is maintained, except as otherwise provided in sub. (4) .

(4) The interest of a debtor in a certificated security for which the certificate is in the possession of a secured party, or in an uncertificated security registered in the name of a secured party, or a security entitlement maintained in the name of a secured party, may be reached by a creditor by legal process upon the secured party.

(5) A creditor whose debtor is the owner of a certificated security, uncertificated security or security entitlement is entitled to aid from a court of competent jurisdiction, by injunction or otherwise, in reaching the certificated security, uncertificated security or security entitlement or in satisfying the claim by means allowed at law or in equity in regard to property that cannot readily be reached by other legal process.

History: 1997 a. 297 .
Wis. Stat. § 93.02 — WI Code / Chapter 93 / Section 93.02
Staff.
Status: in_force

The secretary shall appoint all staff necessary for the carrying out of the duties of the department, all of whom shall be under the classified service except the deputy secretary, the assistant deputy secretary, and, subject to s. 230.08 (4) (a) , the administrators of divisions. Each such deputy secretary, assistant deputy secretary, or administrator shall be appointed by the secretary with the approval of the board.

History: 1977 c. 418 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 215.16 — WI Code / Chapter 215 / Section 215.16
Savings account earnings.
Status: in_force

Subject to the rules of the division, the board of directors of an association may:

(1) Declare or contractually fix one or more rates of earnings on savings accounts.

(2) Prescribe the methods for computing, and the time and manner of crediting or paying, earnings on savings accounts.

History: 1971 c. 229 ; 1973 c. 205 ; 1975 c. 359 ; 1983 a. 167 ; 1995 a. 27 .