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Wis. Stat. § 409.623 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.623
Right to redeem collateral.
Status: in_force

(1) Persons that may redeem. A debtor, any secondary obligor, or any other secured party or lienholder may redeem collateral.

(2) Requirements for redemption. To redeem collateral, a person shall tender:

(a) Fulfillment of all obligations secured by the collateral; and

(b) The reasonable expenses and attorney fees described in s. 409.615 (1) (a) .

(3) When redemption may occur. A redemption may occur at any time before a secured party:

(a) Has collected collateral under s. 409.607 ;

(b) Has disposed of collateral or entered into a contract for its disposition under s. 409.610 ; or

(c) Has accepted collateral in full or partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures under s. 409.622 .

History: 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 50.098 — WI Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50.098
Appeals of transfers or discharges.
Status: in_force

The department shall promulgate rules establishing a fair mechanism for hearing appeals on transfers and discharges of residents from nursing homes.

History: 1989 a. 31 .
Wis. Stat. § 111.53 — WI Code / Chapter 111 / Section 111.53
Appointment of conciliators and arbitrators.
Status: in_force

Within 30 days after July 25, 1947, the commission shall appoint a panel of persons to serve as conciliators or arbitrators under this subchapter. No person shall serve as a conciliator and arbitrator in the same dispute. Each person appointed to said panels shall be a resident of this state, possessing, in the judgment of the commission, the requisite experience and judgment to qualify such person capably and fairly to deal with labor dispute problems. All such appointments shall be made without a consideration of the political affiliations of the appointee. Each appointee shall take an oath to perform honestly and to the best of the appointee’s ability the duties of conciliator or arbitrator, as the case may be. Any appointee may be removed by the commission at any time or may resign his or her position at any time by notice in writing to the commission. Any vacancy in the panels shall be filled by the commission within 30 days after such vacancy occurs. Such conciliators and arbitrators shall be paid reasonable compensation for services and for necessary expenses, in an amount to be fixed by the commission, such compensation and expenses to be paid out of the appropriation made to the commission by s. 20.425 upon such authorizations as the commission may prescribe.

History: 1993 a. 492 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.45 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.45
Time checks; penalty.
Status: in_force

All persons paying wages in time checks or paper, other than legal money, shall make those time checks or that paper payable in some designated place of business in the county in which the work was performed or at the office of the person paying the wages if within this state, or at any bank within this state. Any person failing to comply with this section shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100.

History: 1997 a. 253 .
Wis. Stat. § 13.05 — WI Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13.05
Logrolling prohibited.
Status: in_force

Any member of the legislature who gives, offers or promises to give his or her vote or influence in favor of or against any measure or proposition pending or proposed to be introduced in the legislature in consideration or upon condition that any other person elected to the same legislature will give or will promise or agree to give his or her vote or influence in favor of or against any other measure or proposition pending or proposed to be introduced in such legislature, or who gives, offers or promises to give his or her vote or influence for or against any measure on condition that any other member will give his or her vote or influence in favor of any change in any other bill pending or proposed to be introduced in the legislature, is guilty of a Class I felony.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 1997 a. 283 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 422.303 — WI Code / Chapter 422 / Section 422.303
Form requirements other than open-end or discount.
Status: in_force

(1) In a consumer credit sale other than one pursuant to an open-end credit plan or a credit sale in which the only finance charge is a prompt payment discount as described in s. 422.201 (8) , the customer’s obligation to pay the total of payments shall be evidenced by a single instrument, which shall include, in addition to the other disclosures required by this subchapter, the signature of the seller, the signature of the customer, the date on which it was signed and a description of any property the customer transfers to the seller as a trade-in.

(2) The terms of such instrument evidencing a consumer credit sale shall be set forth in not less than 8-point standard type, or such similar type as is prescribed in rules adopted by the administrator, to the extent that larger type is not specifically required by chs. 421 to 427 .

(3) Except as provided in sub. (4) , every writing evidencing the customer’s obligation to pay under a consumer credit transaction other than one pursuant to an open-end credit plan or a motor vehicle consumer lease, shall contain immediately above or adjacent to the place for the signature of the customer, a clear, conspicuous, printed or typewritten notice in substantially the following language:

(4) The notice described in sub. (3) (a) is not required when no terms appear on the reverse side of the writing. The notice described in sub. (3) (d) is not required with respect to a consumer credit transaction secured by a first lien mortgage or equivalent security interest on real property, the original term of which is 10 years or more.

(5) The creditor shall retain a copy of such writing evidencing a consumer credit transaction, other than one pursuant to an open-end credit plan, and of any proposal for a consumer credit transaction which the merchant has required or requested the customer to sign and which the customer has signed during contract negotiations, for a period of one year after the last payment scheduled under the transaction, or one year after the transaction has been repaid in full, whichever is sooner. The creditor shall supply the customer with copies of such documents upon any demand of the customer made within such period; one copy shall be furnished at no charge; and subsequent copies shall be furnished on the condition that the customer pay the creditor’s reasonable costs of preparing and forwarding the copy. Copies supplied under this subsection are in addition to those copies required by s. 422.302 .

(6) A violation of this section is subject to s. 425.304 .

History: 1971 c. 239 ; 1973 c. 3 ; 1975 c. 407 ; 1979 c. 10 , 89 ; 1995 a. 329 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.1134 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.1134
Filings required for interest exchange; effective date.
Status: in_force

(1) After an interest exchange has been approved with respect to the acquiring and acquired entity in accordance with their governing laws, the acquiring entity shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the department for filing articles of interest exchange setting forth all of the following:

(a) The name, type of entity, and governing law of the acquired entity.

(b) The name, type of entity, and governing law of the acquiring entity.

(c) A statement that the plan of interest exchange has been approved by the acquired and acquiring entities in accordance with their respective governing laws.

(d) Any amendments to the organizational documents of the acquired or acquiring entity that are to be in a public record under their respective governing laws or, if there are no such amendments, a statement to that effect.

(e) A statement that the plan of interest exchange is on file at the principal office of the acquiring entity.

(f) A statement that upon request the acquiring entity will provide a copy of the plan of interest exchange to any interest holder of the acquired entity.

(2) In addition to the requirements of sub. (1) , articles of interest exchange may contain any other provisions relating to the interest exchange, as determined by the acquiring entity in accordance with the plan of interest exchange.

(3) An interest exchange takes effect at the effective date and time of the articles of interest exchange.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 769.208 — WI Code / Chapter 769 / Section 769.208
Child support orders for 2 or more obligees.
Status: in_force

In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of 2 or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of this state shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a tribunal of this state.

History: 1993 a. 326 ; 2009 a. 321 ; 2015 a. 82 s. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 195.35 — WI Code / Chapter 195 / Section 195.35
Treble damages.
Status: in_force

(1) If any director, officer, employee or agent of a railroad or water carrier, in the course of the discharge of his or her duties, willfully, wantonly or recklessly causes to be done or permits to be done any matter, act or thing in this chapter prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or willfully, wantonly or recklessly fails to do any act, matter or thing required to be done by this chapter, the railroad or water carrier shall be liable to the person injured thereby in treble the amount of damages sustained in consequence of the violation. No recovery as in this section provided shall affect a recovery by the state of the penalty prescribed for such violation.

(2) The burden of proof in an action under sub. (1) rests with the person injured to prove the case by clear and convincing evidence.

History: 1979 c. 89 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 2005 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.0109 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0109
Methods of notice; waiver.
Status: in_force

(1) Notice to a person under this chapter or the sending of a document to a person under this chapter shall be accomplished in a manner reasonably suitable under the circumstances and likely to result in receipt of the notice or document. Permissible methods of notice or for sending a document include 1st class mail, personal delivery, delivery to the person’s last known place of residence or place of business, or a properly directed electronic message.

(2) Notice otherwise required under this chapter or a document otherwise required to be sent under this chapter does not need to be provided to a person whose identity or location is unknown to and not reasonably ascertainable by a trustee.

(3) Notice, the sending of a document, or the right to object granted under this chapter may be waived by the person to be notified, sent the document, or who has the right to object.

(4) Notice of a judicial proceeding shall be given as provided in s. 701.0205 .

(5) If notice is given to a trustee and more than one person is serving as trustee, notice given to any trustee is considered to be given to all persons serving as trustee, except that if a corporate trustee or an attorney licensed to practice in this state is serving as a trustee, notice must be given to all such corporate trustees and attorney trustees.

History: 2013 a. 92 ; 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 70.17 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.17
Lands, to whom assessed; buildings on exempt lands.
Status: in_force

(1) Real property shall be entered in the name of the owner, if known to the assessor, otherwise to the occupant thereof if ascertainable, and otherwise without any name. The person holding the contract or certificate of sale of any real property contracted to be sold by the state, but not conveyed, shall be deemed the owner for such purpose. The undivided real estate of any deceased person may be entered to the heirs of such person without designating them by name. The real estate of an incorporated company shall be entered in the same manner as that of an individual.

(2) All lands which have been or may be contracted for sale by any county shall be assessed and taxed to the parties contracting therefor.

(3) Beginning with the property tax assessments as of January 1, 2024, manufactured and mobile homes, not otherwise exempt from taxation under s. 66.0435 (3) or 70.11 (49) , buildings, improvements, and fixtures on leased lands, buildings, improvements, and fixtures on exempt lands, buildings, improvements, and fixtures on forest croplands, and buildings, improvements, and fixtures on managed forest lands shall be assessed as real property. If buildings, improvements, and fixtures, but not the underlying land, are leased to a person other than the landowner or if the buildings, improvements, and fixtures are owned by a person other than the landowner, the assessor may create a separate tax parcel for the buildings, improvements, and fixtures and assess the buildings, improvements, and fixtures as real property to the owner of the buildings, improvements, and fixtures. The assessor may also create a tax parcel, as provided under s. 70.27 , for buildings, improvements, and fixtures on exempt lands, buildings, improvements, and fixtures on forest croplands, and buildings, improvements, and fixtures on managed forest lands and assess the buildings, improvements, and fixtures as real property to the owner of the buildings, improvements, and fixtures. For purposes of this subsection, “buildings, improvements, and fixtures” does not include any property defined in s. 70.04 .

History: 2023 a. 12 ; 2025 a. 117 , 129 .
Wis. Stat. § 35.51 — WI Code / Chapter 35 / Section 35.51
Proofs; where received.
Status: in_force

Contract printers shall submit proof sheets of all public printing done by them and when requested, revised proof sheets thereof, to the department, regardless of the format to be used for reproduction. When requested by the chief clerk of either house proof sheets of printing of the first class shall be delivered to them.

History: 2005 a. 25 .
Wis. Stat. § 107.35 — WI Code / Chapter 107 / Section 107.35
Application to current mining operations.
Status: in_force

(1) If a person incurs a mining-related injury and the mining waste or mine excavation was present, in whole or in part, prior to May 22, 1980 and the waste or excavation was from the prospecting, mining or other practice of a mining company that is actively engaged in mining or prospecting in this state on May 22, 1980, then s. 107.31 applies only if:

(a) The person has fully pursued all other judicial or administrative remedies against the mining company to recover damages for the mining-related injury and the person or any party subrogated to the person’s rights has not received compensation for the mining-related injury as a result of pursuing the other judicial or administrative remedies; or

(b) The person chooses to pursue, as his or her sole remedy, compensation from the mining damage appropriation. If a person chooses to pursue a claim under this paragraph, he or she may not pursue any other remedy for the mining-related injury.

(2) If a person makes a claim against the mining damage appropriation under the circumstances described in sub. (1) (a) :

(a) The claimant may introduce into evidence any relevant findings of fact made in any prior administrative or judicial proceeding.

(b) The state is not subrogated under s. 107.31 (6) to the rights of the claimant and, in any case, shall be bound by any decision regarding elements of liability other than causation and injury-in-fact made in any prior administrative or judicial proceeding involving the claimant.

(3) If a person makes a claim against the mining damage appropriation under sub. (1) (b) , the state may recover under s. 107.31 (6) any payment received by the claimant from the mining damage appropriation only if, in addition to other elements of liability, the state proves that the mining-related injury was from mine excavations or mining wastes created after May 22, 1980. The state’s burden of persuasion with regard to the latter element of liability may not be shifted to the mining company.

History: 1979 c. 353 .
Wis. Stat. § 190.10 — WI Code / Chapter 190 / Section 190.10
Railroad fixtures, after-acquired property, lien on.
Status: in_force

All rolling stock, locomotives, cars, automotive and motor vehicles, machinery, tools, equipment, fuel, supplies, materials, and other personal property of any railroad corporation used and employed in connection with the maintenance or operation of its railroad, for all purposes of this section and s. 190.11 , are hereby defined and declared to be appurtenant to such railroad as real property; and all such property and all additional rights-of-way, depot grounds and other real property acquired subsequently to the execution of any trust deed or mortgage which shall have been described or provided for therein shall be subject to the lien thereof to the same extent as the real property therein described which the corporation owned at the time of its execution.

History: 1993 a. 490 .
Wis. Stat. § 454.24 — WI Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.24
Examinations.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall, in accordance with s. 440.07 (2) , conduct examinations for barber licenses at least 8 times annually, at times and places determined by the department.

(2) The examination for a license under s. 454.23 (2) shall consist of written tests and practical demonstrations requiring applicants to demonstrate minimum competency in services and subjects substantially related to the practice of a barber and public health and safety.

(4) An applicant for a license under s. 454.23 (2) shall file an application for examination in the office of the department at least 3 weeks before the examination. If an applicant fails to file the application within the required time, the department may postpone the applicant’s examination to the date of the next available regular examination. The department may require an applicant who fails to appear for or to complete an examination to reapply for examination. An applicant who fails an examination may request reexamination and shall pay a fee for reexamination, according to the procedures and fees established under s. 440.06 .

History: 2011 a. 190 ; 2013 a. 114 ; 2017 a. 82 .
Wis. Stat. § 60.726 — WI Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.726
Property with private on-site wastewater treatment system included.
Status: in_force

(1) Property that is excluded from a town sanitary district under s. 60.725 (1) , 1995 stats., or, subject to sub. (2) , property that is excluded from a town sanitary district under s. 60.725 (2) , 1995 stats., shall be included in the town sanitary district, retroactive to April 19, 1990, and shall be subject to all property taxes, special assessments, special charges or other charges imposed or assessed by the town sanitary district on or after April 19, 1990.

(2) If a property owner installed on his or her property a private on-site wastewater treatment system that conforms with the state plumbing code, before a town sanitary district that encompasses that property came into existence, that property shall be included in the town sanitary district. If the private on-site wastewater treatment system was installed on or after 10 years before May 14, 1992, and if the property owner provides the town sanitary district with any information about the cost of the private on-site wastewater treatment system required by the district, the town sanitary district, when the district issues any assessment or charges or imposes property taxes to construct a sewage service system, shall pay or credit the property owner an amount equal to 10 percent of the cost of the private on-site wastewater treatment system, less any grants or aids received by the property owner for construction of the private on-site wastewater treatment system, multiplied by the number of years of remaining life of the private on-site wastewater treatment system. The number of years of remaining life of the private on-site wastewater treatment system is equal to 10 minus the number of years that the private on-site wastewater treatment system has been in operation.

History: 1991 a. 270 ; 1993 a. 213 ; 1997 a. 252 ; 2011 a. 146 .
Wis. Stat. § 281.81 — WI Code / Chapter 281 / Section 281.81
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “International joint commission” has the meaning given in s. 281.35 (1) (h) .

(2) “Remedial action plan” means a comprehensive plan to clean up and restore the environment in a contaminated area that is in or adjacent to Lake Michigan or Lake Superior or a tributary of Lake Michigan or Lake Superior and that is identified as an area of concern by the international joint commission under the Great Lakes water quality agreement.

History: 1995 a. 227 s. 412 .
Wis. Stat. § 961.443 — WI Code / Chapter 961 / Section 961.443
Immunity from criminal prosecution; possession.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section, “aider” means a person who does any of the following:

(a) Brings another person to an emergency room, hospital, fire station, or other health care facility and makes contact with an individual who staffs the emergency room, hospital, fire station, or other health care facility if the other person is, or if a reasonable person would believe him or her to be, suffering from an overdose of, or other adverse reaction to, any controlled substance or controlled substance analog.

(b) Summons and makes contact with a law enforcement officer, ambulance, emergency medical services practitioner, as defined in s. 256.01 (5) , or other health care provider, in order to assist another person if the other person is, or if a reasonable person would believe him or her to be, suffering from an overdose of, or other adverse reaction to, any controlled substance or controlled substance analog.

(c) Calls the telephone number “911” or, in an area in which the telephone number “911” is not available, the number for an emergency medical service provider, and makes contact with an individual answering the number with the intent to obtain assistance for another person if the other person is, or if a reasonable person would believe him or her to be, suffering from an overdose of, or other adverse reaction to, any controlled substance or controlled substance analog.

(2) Immunity from criminal prosecution. An aider is immune from prosecution under s. 961.573 for the possession of drug paraphernalia, under s. 961.41 (3g) for the possession of a controlled substance or a controlled substance analog, and under s. 961.69 (2) for possession of a masking agent under the circumstances surrounding or leading to his or her commission of an act described in sub. (1) .

History: 2013 a. 194 ; 2015 a. 264 ; 2017 a. 12 , 33 , 59 , 364 .