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Wis. Stat. § 343.22 — WI Code / Chapter 343 / Section 343.22
Notice of change of address or name.
Status: in_force

(2) Whenever any person, after applying for or receiving a license under this chapter, or an identification card under s. 343.50 , moves from the address named in the application or in the license or identification card issued to him or her or is notified by the local authorities or by the postal authorities that the address so named has been changed, the person shall, within 30 days thereafter, do one of the following:

(a) Apply for a duplicate license or identification card showing on the application the correct full legal name and address. The licensee or identification card holder shall return the current license or identification card to the department along with the application for duplicate.

(b) In lieu of applying for a duplicate license or identification card, notify the department in writing of his or her change of address. This paragraph does not apply to persons issued a commercial driver license.

(2m) Whenever any person, after applying for or receiving a license under this chapter, or an identification card under s. 343.50 , is notified by the local authorities or by the postal authorities that the address named in the application or in the license or identification card issued to him or her has been changed and the person applies for a duplicate license or identification card under sub. (2) , no fees shall be charged under s. 343.21 (1) (L) and (n) or 343.50 (5m) and (7) for the duplicate license or identification card.

(3) When the name of a licensee or identification card holder is changed, such person shall, within 30 days thereafter, apply for a duplicate license or identification card showing the correct full legal name and address. The licensee or identification card holder shall return the current license or identification card to the department along with the application for a duplicate. If the licensee holds more than one type of license under this chapter, the licensee shall return all such licenses to the department along with one application and fees for a duplicate license for which the licensee may be issued a duplicate of each such license.

(4) Any person who fails to comply with any of the requirements of this section may be required to forfeit not more than $50.

History: 1973 c. 129 , 218 , 336 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a) ; 1977 c. 273 , 360 , 447 ; 1979 c. 306 ; 1981 c. 20 s. 1848r ; 1985 a. 14 ; 1989 a. 105 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.141 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.141
Article 141 — Payment of fees, costs, and expenses.
Status: in_force

The fees and authorized travel expenses of all witnesses, experts, victims, court reporters, and interpreters, fees for the service of process, the costs of collection, apprehension, detention and confinement, and all other necessary expenses of prosecution and the administration of military justice, not otherwise payable by any other source, shall be paid by the Wisconsin national guard.

History: 2007 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 4.69 — WI Code / Chapter 4 / Section 4.69
Sixty-ninth assembly district.
Status: in_force

All of the following territory constitutes the 69th assembly district:

(1) Whole county. Clark.

(2) Chippewa County. That part of Chippewa County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The town of Delmar.

(b) The village of Boyd.

(c) That part of the city of Stanley located in the county.

(3) Marathon County. That part of Marathon County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The towns of Bern, Brighton, Frankfort, Halsey, Hamburg, Holton, Hull, Johnson, and Rietbrock.

(b) The village of Athens.

(c) That part of the village of Dorchester located in the county.

(d) That part of the village of Unity located in the county.

(e) That part of the city of Abbotsford located in the county.

(f) That part of the city of Colby located in the county.

(4) Taylor County. That part of Taylor County consisting of all of the following:

(a) The towns of Browning, Deer Creek, Goodrich, Little Black, and Medford.

(b) The village of Stetsonville.

(c) The city of Medford.

History: 2023 a. 94 .
Wis. Stat. § 610.001 — WI Code / Chapter 610 / Section 610.001
Purposes.
Status: in_force

The purposes of chs. 611 to 616 are:

(1) To provide an orderly procedure by which insurers may be created, governed and dissolved;

(2) To provide for procedures to merge, consolidate or convert various kinds of insurers;

(3) To provide for structure and management that will maximize democratic participation in the operation of insurers; and

(4) To prevent or control self-dealing by management in order to protect the interests of shareholders, policyholders, members, subscribers and the public.

History: 1971 c. 260 ; 1979 c. 102 s. 237 ; 1979 c. 261 .
Wis. Stat. § 157.112 — WI Code / Chapter 157 / Section 157.112
Reburial of human remains by a cemetery authority.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “rebury” means to disentomb, disinurn or disinter human remains that are buried in a cemetery and reentomb, reinurn or reinter the human remains in another grave, mausoleum space or other place used or intended to be used for the burial of human remains that is located in the same cemetery.

(2) A cemetery authority may rebury human remains that are buried in a cemetery owned or operated by the cemetery authority for the purpose of correcting an error made by the cemetery authority in the burial of those human remains.

(3) A cemetery authority may rebury human remains under sub. (2) without first obtaining an authorization under s. 69.18 (4) , but the cemetery authority shall do all of the following:

(a) No later than 30 days after reburying human remains under sub. (2) , provide written notice of the reburial to the coroner or medical examiner of the county in which the reburial occurs.

(b) Notify one of the following by registered mail of the reburial:

1. The decedent’s spouse.

2. If the person specified in subd. 1. is not available, an adult son or daughter of the decedent.

3. If the persons specified in subds. 1. and 2. are not available, either parent of the decedent.

4. If the persons specified in subds. 1. , 2. and 3. are not available, an adult brother or sister of the decedent.

(3m) If none of the persons specified in sub. (3) (b) 1. to 4. are available for notification under sub. (3) (b) , the cemetery authority shall maintain a record of its attempt to provide notification under sub. (3) (b) as a part of the cemetery authority’s permanent records.

(4)

(a) A cemetery authority is immune from civil liability for an error that is corrected by a reburial of human remains under sub. (2) .

(b) The immunity under par. (a) does not apply if the error was the result of reckless, wanton or intentional misconduct.

History: 1995 a. 357 ; 2015 a. 237 .
Wis. Stat. § 60.07 — WI Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.07
Delivery of papers to clerk of new town.
Status: in_force

If a new town is organized, the town clerk of the town from which the new town was organized shall deliver, if removable, all of his or her official papers and files pertaining to the new town and a certified copy of all relevant official records, papers and files not removable to the office of the clerk of the new town. Any record, paper or file delivered to the office of the clerk of a new town under this section shall have the same effect as if originally filed there.

History: 1983 a. 532 .
Wis. Stat. § 805.05 — WI Code / Chapter 805 / Section 805.05
Consolidation; separate trials.
Status: in_force

(1) Consolidation.

(a) When actions which might have been brought as a single action under s. 803.04 are pending before the court, it may order a joint hearing or trial of any or all of the claims in the actions; it may order all the actions consolidated; and it may make such orders concerning proceedings therein as may tend to avoid unnecessary costs or delay.

(b) When actions which might have been brought as a single action under s. 803.04 are pending before different courts, any such action may be transferred upon motion of any party or of the court to another court where the related action is pending. A conference involving both judges and all counsel may be convened on the record as prescribed by s. 807.13 (3) . Transfer under this paragraph shall be made only by the joint written order of the transferring court and the court to which the action is transferred.

(2) Separate trials. The court, in furtherance of convenience or to avoid prejudice, or when separate trials will be conducive to expedition or economy, or pursuant to s. 803.04 (2) (b) , may order a separate trial of any claim, cross claim, counterclaim, or 3rd-party claim, or of any number of claims, always preserving inviolate the right of trial in the mode to which the parties are entitled.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 692 (1975); Sup. Ct. Order, 141 Wis. 2d xiii (1987); 2005 a. 253 ; 2007 a. 97 .
Wis. Stat. § 858.07 — WI Code / Chapter 858 / Section 858.07
Contents of inventory.
Status: in_force

The personal representative shall include in the inventory all property subject to administration. The personal representative shall include a statement of any encumbrance, lien or other charge upon each item.

History: 1975 c. 331 , 421 ; 1997 a. 83 .
Wis. Stat. § 703.27 — WI Code / Chapter 703 / Section 703.27
Zoning and building regulations.
Status: in_force

(1) A zoning or other land use ordinance or regulations may not prohibit the condominium form of ownership or impose any requirements upon a condominium that it would not impose if the development were under a different form of ownership. No provision of a state or local building code may be applied differently to a building in a condominium than it would be applied if the building were under a different form of ownership unless the different application is expressly permitted in that provision and the different application is reasonably related to the nature of condominium ownership. No subdivision ordinance may apply to any condominium unless the ordinance is, by its express terms, applicable to condominiums and the application is reasonably related to the nature of condominium ownership.

(2) No county, city, or other jurisdiction may enact any law, ordinance, or regulation that would impose a greater burden or restriction on a condominium or provide a lower level of services to a condominium than would be imposed or provided if the condominium were under a different form of ownership.

History: 1977 c. 407 ; 2003 a. 283 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.0408 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0408
Trust for care of animal.
Status: in_force

(1) An animal trust may be created to provide for the care of an animal alive during the settlor’s lifetime. The animal trust terminates upon the death of the animal or, if the animal trust was created to provide for the care of more than one animal alive during the settlor’s lifetime, upon the death of the last surviving animal.

(2) An animal trust authorized by this section may be enforced by an animal protector. A person having an interest in the welfare of the animal may request the court to appoint an animal protector.

(3) Property of an animal trust authorized by this section may be applied only to its intended use, except to the extent the court determines that the value of the animal trust property exceeds the amount required for the intended use. Property not required for the intended use must be distributed to the settlor, if then living, otherwise to the settlor’s successors in interest.

History: 2013 a. 92 ; 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 228.05 — WI Code / Chapter 228 / Section 228.05
Marginal references.
Status: in_force

The register of deeds of any county having a population of 750,000 or more who has copied a document by microphotography, microfilm, optical imaging, or electronic formatting that is accepted by him or her for recording or filing shall also, as a substitute for marginal references required, prepare an index for documents of ancillary nature for which marginal references are required. The register of deeds shall prepare and maintain the index for ancillary documents to show the document number and, if given, the volume and page of the original recording or filing plus a record of any recordings or filings affecting or pertinent to the original recording or filing requiring marginal references subsequent to the date on which the county begins recording or recopying by microphotography, microfilm, optical imaging, or electronic formatting.

History: 1991 a. 39 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2017 a. 102 ; 2017 a. 207 s. 5 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.135 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.135
Article 135 — Courts of inquiry.
Status: in_force

(1) Courts of inquiry to investigate any matter of concern to the state military forces may be convened by any person authorized to convene a general court-martial, whether or not the persons involved have requested an inquiry.

(2) A court of inquiry consists of 3 or more commissioned officers. For each court of inquiry, the convening authority shall also appoint counsel for the court.

(3) Any person whose conduct is subject to inquiry shall be designated as a party. Any person subject to this code who has a direct interest in the subject of inquiry has the right to be designated as a party upon request to the court. Any person designated as a party shall be given due notice and has the right to be present, to be represented by counsel, to cross-examine witnesses, and to introduce evidence.

(4) Members of a court of inquiry may be challenged by a party, but only for cause stated to the court.

(5) The members, counsel, the reporter, and interpreters of courts of inquiry shall take an oath to faithfully perform their duties.

(6) Witnesses may be summoned to appear and testify and be examined before courts of inquiry, as provided for courts-martial.

(7) Courts of inquiry shall make findings of fact but may not express opinions or make recommendations unless required to do so by the convening authority.

(8) Each court of inquiry shall keep a record of its proceedings, which shall be authenticated by the signatures of the president and counsel for the court and forwarded to the convening authority. If the record cannot be authenticated by the president, it shall be signed by a member in lieu of the president. If the record cannot be authenticated by the counsel for the court, it shall be signed by a member in lieu of the counsel.

History: 2007 a. 200 ; 2009 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1440 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1440
Delivery to secretary of revenue.
Status: in_force

Assets of a dissolved corporation that should be transferred to a creditor, claimant or shareholder of the corporation and are unclaimed shall be reduced to cash and shall be reported and delivered to the secretary of revenue as provided under ch. 177 .

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.985 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.985
Section 440.985
Status: in_force

(3) A protocol for medical emergencies, including transportation to a hospital, particular to each client.

(4) Any other information required by department rule.

History: 2005 a. 292 .
Wis. Stat. § 16.846 — WI Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16.846
Rules relating to use, care and preservation of property under department control.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) The department shall promulgate under ch. 227 , and shall enforce or have enforced, rules of conduct for property leased or managed by the department. Unless the rule specifies a penalty as provided under par. (b) , a person found guilty of violating a rule promulgated under this subsection shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days or both.

(b) A rule promulgated under par. (a) may provide that a person who violates the rule is subject to one of the following:

1. A lesser criminal penalty than the criminal penalty specified in par. (a) .

2. A forfeiture of not more than $500.

(2) A forfeiture under sub. (1) (b) 2. may be sued for and collected in the name of the department before any court having jurisdiction of such action. An action for a forfeiture under sub. (1) (b) 2. may be brought by the department, by the department of justice at the request of the department, or by a district attorney.

(3) All fines imposed and collected under this section shall be transmitted to the county treasurer for disposition in accordance with s. 59.25 (3) (f) and (j) . All forfeitures, including forfeitures of posted bail, if any, imposed and collected under this section shall be transmitted to the county treasurer for disposition in accordance with ss. 778.13 and 778.17 .

History: 1995 a. 174 ; 1997 a. 35 .
Wis. Stat. § 885.04 — WI Code / Chapter 885 / Section 885.04
Municipal judge; subpoena served in state.
Status: in_force

A subpoena to require attendance before a municipal judge may be served anywhere in the state if authorized by the municipal judge and shall require the attendance of any witness so served. A subpoena to require the attendance of the defendant, whether the defendant is within or without the state, may be served by mailing it to the defendant at the address on file with the court.

History: 1977 c. 305 ; 2019 a. 70 ; 2021 a. 240 s. 30 .
Wis. Stat. § 51.65 — WI Code / Chapter 51 / Section 51.65
Segregation of tuberculosis patients.
Status: in_force

The department shall make provision for the segregation of tuberculosis patients in the state-operated and community-operated facilities, and for that purpose may set apart facilities and equip facilities for the care and treatment of such patients.

History: 1975 c. 430 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.34 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.34
Turning movements and required signals on turning and stopping.
Status: in_force

(1) Turning.

(a) No person may:

1. Turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in proper position upon the roadway as required in s. 346.31 .

2. Turn a vehicle to enter a private road or driveway unless the vehicle is in proper position on the roadway as required in s. 346.32 .

3. Turn a vehicle from a direct course or move right or left upon a roadway unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety.

(b) In the event any other traffic may be affected by the movement, no person may turn any vehicle without giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided in s. 346.35 . A person making a U-turn shall use the same signal used to indicate a left turn. When given by the operator of a vehicle other than a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device, the signal shall be given continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled by the vehicle before turning. The operator of a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device shall give the signal continuously during not less than the last 50 feet traveled before turning. A signal by the hand and arm need not be given continuously if the hand is needed in the control or operation of the bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device.

(2) Stopping. No person may stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided in s. 346.35 to the operator of any vehicle immediately to the rear when there is opportunity to give such signal. This subsection does not apply to the operator of a bicycle approaching an official stop sign or traffic control signal.

History: 1973 c. 182 ; 1995 a. 138 ; 2001 a. 90 ; 2009 a. 97 ; 2019 a. 11 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.075 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.075
Hunting, trapping and fishing by American Indians.
Status: in_force

American Indians hunting, trapping or fishing off Indian reservation lands are subject to this chapter.

History: 1983 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 248 s. 92 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.075.
Wis. Stat. § 13.67 — WI Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13.67
Identification of legislative and administrative proposals and topics.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as authorized under s. 13.621 , no person may engage in lobbying as a lobbyist on behalf of a principal and no principal may authorize a lobbyist to engage in lobbying on its behalf unless the principal reports to the commission, in such manner as the commission may prescribe, each legislative proposal, budget bill subject and proposed administrative rule number in connection with which the principal has made or intends to make a lobbying communication or, if the lobbying does not relate to a legislative proposal or proposed administrative rule that has been numbered or a budget bill subject, each topic of a lobbying communication made or intended to be made by the principal. A principal shall describe any topic of a lobbying communication with reasonable specificity, sufficient to identify the subject matter of the lobbying communication and whether the communication is an attempt to influence legislative or administrative action, or both. The principal shall file the report no later than the end of the 15th day after the date on which the principal makes a lobbying communication with respect to a legislative proposal, proposed administrative rule, budget bill subject or other topic not previously reported by the principal under this section during the biennial period for which the principal is registered. The report shall be made by a person who is identified by the principal under s. 13.64 (1) (e) .

(2) Any person who is not a principal may, upon payment of the fee prescribed under s. 13.75 (1g) (e) , register with the commission an interest in any legislative proposal, proposed administrative rule, budget bill subject or other topic.

History: 1997 a. 186 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2015 a. 118 s. 266 (10) ; 2017 a. 366 .
Wis. Stat. § 84.1035 — WI Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.1035
Peace Memorial Highway.
Status: in_force

The department shall designate and mark USH 53 commencing at La Crosse and proceeding northerly to Superior as the “Peace Memorial Highway” to commemorate the contributions and devotion of the citizens of this state to international peace and greater understanding among nations. The department shall erect markers at regular intervals along the route, including at appropriate areas historical markers, to clearly identify to motorists the designation of the highway as a memorial to international peace.

History: 1989 a. 343 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.595 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.595
Savings promotion prize programs.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Nonqualifying account” means a deposit account, other than a demand account, that is not a qualifying account.

(b) “Qualifying account” means a deposit account, other than a demand account, through which a savings bank’s depositors may obtain chances to win prizes in a savings promotion.

(c) “Savings promotion” means a contest or promotion to encourage savings deposits that is sponsored by one or more savings banks, or by a banking trade association or its subsidiary in conjunction with one or more savings banks, and in which savings bank depositors are offered a chance to win designated prizes.

(2) A savings bank may sponsor, or participate in, a savings promotion if all of the following requirements are satisfied:

(a) Savings bank depositors are not required to pay any fee or otherwise provide any consideration in order to enter the savings promotion.

(b) All fees charged by a savings bank in connection with a qualifying account are comparable with all fees charged in connection with comparable nonqualifying accounts offered by the savings bank.

(c) Each entry in the savings promotion has an equal chance of winning.

(d) Participants in the savings promotion are not required to be present at a prize drawing in order to win.

(3) For purposes of sub. (2) (a) , a depositor’s deposit of at least a specified amount of money for at least a specified time in a qualifying account, which is required in order to enter the savings promotion, is not consideration if the interest rate associated with the qualifying account is not reduced, as compared to comparable nonqualifying accounts offered by the savings bank, to account for the possibility of winning a prize.

History: 2017 a. 72 .