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Wis. Stat. § 946.75 — WI Code / Chapter 946 / Section 946.75
Denial of right of counsel.
Status: in_force

Whoever, while holding another person in custody and if that person requests a named attorney, denies that other person the right to consult and be advised by an attorney at law at personal expense, whether or not such person is charged with a crime, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

History: 1977 c. 173 .
Wis. Stat. § 150.21 — WI Code / Chapter 150 / Section 150.21
Applicability.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in s. 150.46 , this subchapter applies to any person who intends to engage in any of the following activities:

(1) The construction of a new nursing home.

(2) An increase in the bed capacity of a nursing home.

(3) A capital expenditure, other than a renovation or replacement, that exceeds $1,000,000 by or on behalf of a nursing home.

(4) An expenditure, other than a renovation or replacement, that exceeds $600,000 for clinical equipment by or on behalf of a nursing home.

(5) The partial or total conversion of a nursing home to a facility primarily serving the developmentally disabled or of a facility primarily serving the developmentally disabled to a nursing home.

History: 1983 a. 27 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1991 a. 120 ; 1993 a. 290 ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 940.66 — WI Code / Chapter 940 / Section 940.66
Battery to an elder person or an adult at risk.
Status: in_force

(1) Recklessness. Notwithstanding s. 939.24 , in this section, “recklessly” means conduct that creates a situation of unreasonable risk of harm to and demonstrates a conscious disregard for the safety of the person.

(2) Intentional causation of bodily harm.

(a) Whoever intentionally causes great bodily harm to an elder person or an adult at risk is guilty of a Class C felony.

(b) Whoever intentionally causes bodily harm to an elder person or an adult at risk is guilty of a Class H felony.

(c) Whoever intentionally causes bodily harm to an elder person or an adult at risk under circumstances or conditions that are likely to produce great bodily harm is guilty of a Class F felony.

(3) Reckless causation of bodily harm.

(a) Whoever recklessly causes great bodily harm to an elder person or an adult at risk is guilty of a Class E felony.

(b) Whoever recklessly causes bodily harm to an elder person or an adult at risk is guilty of a Class I felony.

(c) Whoever recklessly causes bodily harm to an elder person or an adult at risk under circumstances or conditions that are likely to produce great bodily harm is guilty of a Class H felony.

(4) Knowledge.

(a) This section applies to a crime involving an elder person victim irrespective of whether the defendant had actual knowledge of the victim’s age. A mistake regarding the victim’s age is not a defense to a prosecution under this section.

(b) This section applies to a crime involving an adult-at-risk victim only if the defendant had actual knowledge that the victim is an adult at risk.

History: 2021 a. 76 ; 2025 a. 24 ss. 9 , 12 , 13 ; Stats. 2025 s. 940.66; 2025 a. 149 ; s. 35.17 correction in (4) (b).
Wis. Stat. § 60.82 — WI Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.82
Regional planning programs.
Status: in_force

The town board may act jointly with other municipalities in the area to establish and maintain a regional planning program to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the town as part of the region. The board may make payments out of the general fund for the town’s share of the cost of the program.

History: 1983 a. 532 .
Wis. Stat. § 422.501 — WI Code / Chapter 422 / Section 422.501
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Buyer” means a natural person or customer who is solicited to purchase or who purchases the services of a credit services organization.

(1m) “Consumer reporting agency” has the meaning given in 15 USC 1681a (f).

(2)

(a) “Credit services organization” means a person or merchant who, with respect to the extension of credit by others, sells, provides or performs, or represents that the person will sell, provide or perform, any of the following services in return for the payment of money or for other valuable consideration:

1. Improving a buyer’s credit record, credit history or credit rating.

2. Arranging for or obtaining an extension of credit for a buyer.

3. Providing advice or assistance to a buyer with regard to subd. 1. or 2.

(b) “Credit services organization” does not include any of the following:

1. A person organized, chartered or holding a license or authorization certificate to make loans or extensions of credit pursuant to the laws of this state or the United States and who is subject to regulation and supervision by an official or agency of this state or the United States.

2. A bank or savings and loan association whose deposits or accounts are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation, or a credit union whose deposits or accounts are insured by the national credit union administration.

3. A nonprofit organization described under section 501 (c) (3) of the internal revenue code and exempt from taxation under section 501 (a) of the internal revenue code.

4. A person licensed as an adjustment service company under s. 218.02 if the person is acting within the course and scope of that license.

5. A person licensed as a real estate broker or salesperson under ch. 452 if the person is acting within the course and scope of that license.

6. A person licensed to practice law in this state if the person is rendering services within the course and scope of his or her practice as an attorney at law.

7. A broker-dealer or agent registered under s. 551.406 if the broker-dealer or agent is acting within the course and scope of that license.

8. A person licensed as a mortgage banker, mortgage loan originator, or mortgage broker under s. 224.72 or 224.725 if the person is acting within the course and scope of the license.

9. A consumer reporting agency, if the consumer reporting agency is acting within the scope of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports, as defined in 15 USC 1681a (d), to 3rd parties.

(3) “Extension of credit” means the right to defer payment of debt or to incur debt and defer its payment, that is offered or granted for debt that is incurred primarily for personal, family or household purposes.

History: 1991 a. 244 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 145 , 302 ; 2007 a. 196 ; 2009 a. 2 .
Wis. Stat. § 347.19 — WI Code / Chapter 347 / Section 347.19
Visibility of clearance lamps and reflectors.
Status: in_force

(1) Every reflector required by s. 347.16 to be displayed upon a vehicle shall be of such size and characteristics and so maintained as to be readily visible during the hours of darkness from all distances within 500 feet to 50 feet from the vehicle when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps.

(2) Front and rear clearance lamps when lighted shall be capable of being seen and distinguished under normal atmospheric conditions during hours of darkness at a distance of 500 feet from the front and rear, respectively, of the vehicle.
Wis. Stat. § 979.22 — WI Code / Chapter 979 / Section 979.22
Autopsies and toxicological services by medical examiners.
Status: in_force

A medical examiner may perform autopsies and toxicological services not required under this chapter and may charge a fee established by the county board for such autopsies and services. The fee may not exceed an amount reasonably related to the actual and necessary cost of providing the service.

History: 1983 a. 146 ; 1985 a. 93 ; 1987 a. 403 s. 256 ; 1989 a. 298 .
Wis. Stat. § 100.14 — WI Code / Chapter 100 / Section 100.14
Uniform labels and trademarks.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may adopt uniform labels and trademarks for brands of Wisconsin products and shall, upon request, permit the use of such labels and trademarks by any person engaged in the production or distribution of products who complies with regulations issued by the department for the use of such labels or trademarks.

(2) The department of financial institutions shall, upon application of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, record any such label or trademark under ss. 132.01 to 132.11 . The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall be entitled to protect such label or trademark under said sections and in any other manner authorized by law.

History: 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.320 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.320
Buyer of goods.
Status: in_force

(1) Buyer in ordinary course of business. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (5) , a buyer in ordinary course of business, other than a person buying farm products from a person engaged in farming operations, takes free of a security interest created by the buyer’s seller, even if the security interest is perfected and the buyer knows of its existence.

(2) Buyer of consumer goods. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (5) , a buyer of goods from a person who used or bought the goods for use primarily for personal, family, or household purposes takes free of a security interest, even if perfected, if the buyer buys:

(a) Without knowledge of the security interest;

(b) For value;

(c) Primarily for the buyer’s personal, family, or household purposes; and

(d) Before the filing of a financing statement covering the goods.

(3) Effectiveness of filing for sub. (2). To the extent that it affects the priority of a security interest over a buyer of goods under sub. (2) , the period of effectiveness of a filing made in the jurisdiction in which the seller is located is governed by s. 409.316 (1) and (2) .

(4) Buyer in ordinary course of business at wellhead or minehead. A buyer in ordinary course of business buying oil, gas, or other minerals at the wellhead or minehead or after extraction takes free of an interest arising out of an encumbrance.

(5) Possessory security interest not affected. Subsections (1) and (2) do not affect a security interest in goods in the possession of the secured party under s. 409.313 .

History: 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 632.64 — WI Code / Chapter 632 / Section 632.64
Certification of disability.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of insurance policies that they issue, insurers doing a life insurance business in this state shall afford equal weight to a certification of disability signed by a physician with respect to matters within the scope of the physician’s professional license, to a certification of disability signed by a chiropractor with respect to matters within the scope of the chiropractor’s professional license, and to a certification of disability signed by a podiatrist with respect to matters within the scope of the podiatrist’s professional license. This section does not require an insurer to treat a certificate of disability as conclusive evidence of disability.

History: 1981 c. 55 ; 2009 a. 113 .
Wis. Stat. § 279.18 — WI Code / Chapter 279 / Section 279.18
Rights of bondholders.
Status: in_force

Any holder of bonds issued under this chapter or trustee under a trust agreement, trust indenture, or deed of trust entered into under this chapter may, by any suitable form of legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of this state or granted by the bond resolution, except to the extent that the rights of the bondholder or trustee are restricted by the bond resolution. These rights include the right to compel the performance of all duties of the authority required by this chapter or the bond resolution; to enjoin unlawful activities; and in the event of default with respect to the payment of any principal of and the premium, if any, and interest on any bond or in the performance of any covenant or agreement on the part of the authority in the bond resolution, to apply to a court to appoint a receiver with full power to pay, and to provide for payment of, principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the bonds, and with the powers, subject to the direction of the court, as are permitted by law and are accorded receivers, excluding any power to pledge additional revenues of the authority to the payment of the principal, premium, and interest.

History: 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 61.54 — WI Code / Chapter 61 / Section 61.54
Public works.
Status: in_force

All contracts for public construction shall be let by a village board in accordance with s. 62.15 . The village board, or a person or body designated by the village board, shall exercise the powers and duties of the board of public works under s. 62.15 . Section 62.15 applies to a village in the same manner as to a city.

History: 2009 a. 173 ; 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.08 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.08
Registration.
Status: in_force

A savings bank holding company and each subsidiary of a savings bank holding company shall register with the division within 180 days after May 7, 1992, or within 90 days after becoming a savings bank holding company or subsidiary, whichever is later. A savings bank holding company and each subsidiary of a savings bank holding company shall register on forms prescribed by the division. A registration form shall include information with respect to the financial condition, ownership, management, and intercompany relations of the holding company and its subsidiaries and such related matters as the division considers necessary.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 201.10 — WI Code / Chapter 201 / Section 201.10
Fees for authority to issue securities, expenses.
Status: in_force

(2) The provisions of sub. (3) shall apply to the issuance, renewal or assumption by a public service corporation which is a public utility as defined in the federal power act, of evidences of indebtedness maturing not more than one year after the date of issue, renewal or assumption thereof.

(3) Whenever the commission deems it necessary to make an investigation of the books, accounts and practices or to make an appraisal of the property of any public service corporation which has filed an application for authority to issue any securities to which this chapter is applicable, such public service corporation shall pay all expenses reasonably attributable to such special investigation, or to such an appraisal of the property. For the purpose of calculating investigative and appraisal expenses of the commission, 90 percent of the costs determined shall be costs of the commission and 10 percent of the costs determined shall be costs of state government operations. The procedure set up by s. 195.60 or 196.85 , whichever is appropriate, for the rendering and collection of bills shall be in all ways applicable to the rendering and collection of bills under this section. Ninety percent of the amounts paid to the public service commission under authority of this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (1) (g) .

History: 1971 c. 125 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 , 1997 a. 140 s. 13 ; Stats. 1997 s. 200.10; 1999 a. 150 s. 656 ; Stats. 1999 s. 201.10; 2017 a. 136 .
Wis. Stat. § 20.540 — WI Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20.540
Office of the lieutenant governor.
Status: in_force

There is appropriated to the lieutenant governor for the following programs:

(1) Executive coordination.

(a) General program operations. The amounts in the schedule for the salaries and general operation of the office of the lieutenant governor.

(g) Gifts, grants and proceeds. All moneys received from gifts, grants, bequests or devises to carry out the purposes for which received, and all proceeds from conferences conducted or publications or promotional materials sold to finance the cost thereof.

(k) Grants from state agencies. All moneys received from grants to the lieutenant governor made by state agencies, to be used for the purposes for which received.

(m) Federal aid. All moneys received from the federal government as authorized by the governor under s. 16.54 to carry out the purposes for which received.

History: 1987 a. 27 ss. 438 to 442 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1995 a. 27 , 216 ; 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 44.04 — WI Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44.04
School services.
Status: in_force

(1) The historical society, as part of its program as an educational institution, shall offer to the schools and teachers in this state all of the following:

(a) Materials as the society shall prepare or make available to facilitate instruction in the history and civil government of Wisconsin, including curricula, lesson plans, classroom projects, facsimiles of historical materials and other instructional materials for the teaching of state and local history.

(b) Seminars for teachers, including continuing education programs, in-service training and programs at teacher conventions.

(2) To accomplish its duties under sub. (1) , the historical society shall do all of the following:

(a) Prepare, publish, issue, loan or circulate such magazines, books, aids, guides and other publications, such visual aids, special exhibits, and other teaching materials and aids as it, in consultation with the department of public instruction, deems advisable.

(b) Provide information to schools and teachers regarding the materials and services available from the historical society to assist in the teaching of history.

(c) Promote cooperation between schools and historical organizations.

(3) The historical society may charge such fees as its board of curators shall establish as just and proper to defray in part the costs of this program.

History: 1983 a. 412 ; 1991 a. 161 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2021 a. 249 .
Wis. Stat. § 851.21 — WI Code / Chapter 851 / Section 851.21
Person interested.
Status: in_force

(1) Who are “persons interested”. The following are “persons interested”:

(a) An heir of the decedent.

(b) Except as provided in s. 853.32 (2) (e) , a beneficiary named in any document offered for probate as the will of the decedent and includes a person named or acting as a trustee of any trust, inter vivos or testamentary, named as a beneficiary.

(c) A beneficiary of a trust created under any document offered for probate as the will of the decedent.

(d) A person named as personal representative in any document offered for probate as the will of the decedent.

(e) Additional persons as the court by order includes as “interested persons”.

(2) Who cease to be “persons interested”. The following cease to be “persons interested”:

(a) An heir of the decedent who is not a beneficiary under the will of the decedent, upon admission of the will to probate under ch. 856 or entry of a statement of informal administration under ch. 865 .

(b) A beneficiary named in documents offered for probate as the will of the decedent who is not an heir of the decedent, upon denial of probate to such documents.

(c) A person named as personal representative or testamentary trustee in the will of the decedent, upon the person’s failure to be appointed, the denial of letters by the court, or upon the person’s discharge.

(d) A beneficiary under the will of a decedent, upon full distribution to the beneficiary.

(e) A beneficiary of a trust created under documents offered for probate as the will of the decedent upon the admission of the decedent’s will to probate and the court’s appointment of the trustee.

(f) A parent who is barred from inheriting from his or her child’s intestate estate under s. 852.14 (3) .

(3) Additional persons interested. In any proceedings in which the interest of a trustee of an inter vivos or testamentary trust, including a trust under documents offered for probate, conflicts with the trustee’s duty as a personal representative, or in which the trustee or competent beneficiary of the trust cannot represent the interest of the beneficiary under the doctrine of virtual representation, the beneficiary is a person interested in the proceedings.

History: 1973 c. 39 ; 1993 a. 486 ; 2005 a. 216 ; 2015 a. 224 ; 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 816.04 — WI Code / Chapter 816 / Section 816.04
Appointment of receiver.
Status: in_force

A receiver may be appointed but before appointing a receiver the court or judge shall ascertain, if practicable, whether any other supplementary proceedings are pending against the judgment debtor, and if there be any, the plaintiff therein shall have notice to appear and shall have notice of all subsequent proceedings in relation to such receivership. There shall be but one receivership at any time.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 816.04.
Wis. Stat. § 148.05 — WI Code / Chapter 148 / Section 148.05
Mandatory indemnification.
Status: in_force

(1) A medical society shall indemnify a director or officer, to the extent he or she has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of a proceeding, for all reasonable expenses incurred in the proceeding if the director or officer was a party because he or she is a director or officer of the medical society.

(2)

(a) In cases not included under sub. (1) , a medical society shall indemnify a director or officer against liability incurred by the director or officer in a proceeding to which the director or officer was a party because he or she is a director or officer of the medical society, unless liability was incurred because the director or officer breached or failed to perform a duty he or she owes to the medical society and the breach or failure to perform constitutes any of the following:

1. A willful failure to deal fairly with the medical society or its members in connection with a matter in which the director or officer has a material conflict of interest.

2. A violation of criminal law, unless the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

3. A transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal profit.

4. Willful misconduct.

(b) Determination of whether indemnification is required under this subsection shall be made under s. 148.06 .

(c) The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of no contest or an equivalent plea, does not, by itself, create a presumption that indemnification of the director or officer is not required under this subsection.

(3) A director or officer who seeks indemnification shall make a written request to the medical society.

(4)

(a) Indemnification under this section is not required to the extent limited by the medical society’s constitution or bylaws under s. 148.09 .

(b) Indemnification under this section is not required if the director or officer has previously received indemnification or allowance of expenses from any person, including the medical society, in connection with the same proceeding.

History: 1987 a. 13 .