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Wis. Stat. § 877.05 — WI Code / Chapter 877 / Section 877.05
Judgment not to bind realty.
Status: in_force

A decedent’s real estate shall not be bound or in any way affected by, or liable to be sold by virtue of any execution issued upon, any judgment against the decedent’s personal representative except as provided in s. 811.25 .

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 775 (1975); 1975 c. 218 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 55 ; Stats. 1979 s. 777.05; 2001 a. 102 s. 102 ; Stats. 2001 s. 877.05.
Wis. Stat. § 865.03 — WI Code / Chapter 865 / Section 865.03
Formal proceedings: nature; effect.
Status: in_force

(1) A formal proceeding in this chapter is a judicial proceeding before the court involving the administration of the estate of a decedent, including a court proceeding concerning the use or availability of this chapter. It is distinguished from an administrative proceeding before the probate registrar. Formal proceedings, either as to a particular issue or as to the entire subsequent administration of the estate, may be initiated by the personal representative or by any interested person at any time by a written demand therefor. Formal proceedings may be demanded by a guardian or guardian ad litem on behalf of an interested person who is a minor or is an individual adjudicated incompetent.

(2) A demand for formal proceedings shall be served on the personal representative, if any, and filed with the court. Service of a demand on the personal representative or, if none is appointed, filing of a demand with the court shall suspend informal administration as to the issues or matters referred to therein and shall suspend the powers of the personal representative in respect thereto until the same are reinstated by the court.

History: 1973 c. 39 ; 2005 a. 387 .
Wis. Stat. § 95.185 — WI Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95.185
Voluntary individual animal identification.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “RFID tag” means a radio frequency identification tag, regardless of whether it uses low or high frequency technology.

(2) Voluntary individual animal identification. The department shall create and administer a voluntary program under which a person who has obtained a livestock premises registration under s. 95.51 may obtain RFID tags for individual bovine animals, goats, sheep, swine, or farm-raised deer. An RFID tag must include a 15-digit individual animal identification number that is connected to the livestock premises identification code for the animal’s premises of origin. As part of the program under this section, the department shall maintain on its Internet site a link to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s list of authorized manufacturers of animal identification number devices. The department may contract with an agent to collect and maintain individual animal identification records, which may include submitting the information to an existing state or federal database. Individual animal identification records held by the department or by an agent with whom the department has contracted are not subject to copying or inspection under s. 19.35 (1) and, unless an exemption provided under s. 95.51 (5) (b) or (c) applies, the department or the agent may not disclose such records. The department may promulgate rules to implement this section. The department may amend any rules promulgated under this section as necessary to adapt to future advances in animal identification technology, including to substitute RFID tags with another technology if RFID technology becomes obsolete.

History: 2019 a. 178 .
Wis. Stat. § 859.03 — WI Code / Chapter 859 / Section 859.03
Continuance of separate action.
Status: in_force

If an action is pending against a decedent at the time of his or her death and the action survives, the plaintiff in that action may serve a notice of substitution of party defendant on the personal representative and file proof of service of notice in the court. Filing of proof of service on or before the deadline for filing a claim under s. 859.01 gives the plaintiff the same rights against the estate as the filing of a claim. A judgment in any such action constitutes an adjudication for or against the estate.

History: 1977 c. 449 ; 1989 a. 96 .
Wis. Stat. § 840.03 — WI Code / Chapter 840 / Section 840.03
Real property remedies.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person having an interest in real property may bring an action relating to that interest, in which the person may demand the following remedies singly, or in any combination, or in combination with other remedies not listed, unless the use of a remedy is denied in a specified situation:

(a) Declaration of interest.

(b) Extinguishment or foreclosure of interest of another.

(c) Partition of interest.

(d) Enforcement of interest.

(e) Judicial rescission of contract.

(f) Specific performance of contract or covenant.

(g) Judicial sale of property and allocation of proceeds.

(h) Restitution.

(i) Judicial conveyance of interest.

(j) Possession.

(k) Immediate physical possession.

(L) Restraint of another’s use of, or activities on, or encroachment upon land in which plaintiff has an interest.

(m) Restraint of another’s use of, activities on, or disposition of land in which plaintiff has no interest; but the use, activity or disposition affect plaintiff’s interest.

(n) Restraint of interference with rights in, on or to land.

(o) Damages.

(2) The indication of the form and kind of judgment in a chapter dealing with a particular remedy shall not limit the availability of any other remedies appropriate to a particular situation.

History: 1973 c. 189 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 767 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 840.03; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 938.125 — WI Code / Chapter 938 / Section 938.125
Jurisdiction over juveniles alleged to have violated civil laws or ordinances.
Status: in_force

The court has exclusive jurisdiction over a juvenile alleged to have violated a law punishable by forfeiture or a county, town, or other municipal ordinance, except as follows:

(1) As provided under s. 938.17 .

(2) The court has exclusive jurisdiction over a juvenile alleged to have violated an ordinance enacted under s. 118.163 (2) only if evidence is provided by the school attendance officer that the activities under s. 118.16 (5) have been completed or were not required to be completed as provided in s. 118.16 (5m) .

History: 1995 a. 77 ; 1997 a. 35 , 239 ; 2005 a. 344 .
Wis. Stat. § 856.17 — WI Code / Chapter 856 / Section 856.17
Missing will, how proved.
Status: in_force

If any will is lost, destroyed by accident, destroyed without the testator’s consent, unavailable but revived under s. 853.11 (6) , or otherwise missing, the court has power to take proof of the execution and validity of the will and to establish the same. The petition for the probate of the will shall set forth the provisions of the will.

History: 1977 c. 449 ; 2005 a. 216 .
Wis. Stat. § 895.45 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.45
Service representatives for adult abusive conduct complainants.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Abusive conduct” means domestic abuse, as defined under s. 49.165 (1) (a) , 813.12 (1) (am) , or 968.075 (1) (a) , harassment, as defined under s. 813.125 (1) (am) 4. , sexual exploitation by a therapist under s. 940.22 , sexual assault under s. 940.225 , child abuse, as defined under s. 813.122 (1) (a) , or child abuse under ss. 948.02 to 948.11 .

(b) “Complainant” means an adult who alleges that he or she was the subject of abusive conduct or who alleges that a crime has been committed against him or her.

(c) “Service representative” means an individual member of an organization or victim assistance program who provides counseling or support services to complainants or petitioners and charges no fee for services provided to a complainant under sub. (2) or to a petitioner under s. 813.122 .

(2) Right to be present. A complainant has the right to select a service representative to attend, with the complainant, hearings, depositions and court proceedings, whether criminal or civil, and all interviews and meetings related to those hearings, depositions and court proceedings, if abusive conduct is alleged to have occurred against the complainant or if a crime is alleged to have been committed against the complainant and if the abusive conduct or the crime is a factor under s. 767.41 or is a factor in the complainant’s ability to represent his or her interest at the hearing, deposition or court proceeding. The complainant shall notify the court orally, or in writing, of that selection. A service representative selected by a complainant has the right to be present at every hearing, deposition and court proceeding and all interviews and meetings related to those hearings, depositions and court proceedings that the complainant is required or authorized to attend. The service representative selected by the complainant has the right to sit adjacent to the complainant and confer orally and in writing with the complainant in a reasonable manner during every hearing, deposition or court proceeding and related interviews and meetings, except when the complainant is testifying or is represented by private counsel. The service representative may not sit at counsel table during a jury trial. The service representative may address the court if permitted to do so by the court.

(3) Failure to exercise right not grounds for appeal. The failure of a complainant to exercise a right under this section is not a ground for an appeal of a judgment of conviction or for any court to reverse or modify a judgment of conviction.

History: 1991 a. 276 ; 1995 a. 220 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2005 a. 155 s. 64 ; Stats. 2005 s. 895.45; 2005 a. 443 s. 265 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 253 ; 2021 a. 76 .
Wis. Stat. § 407.304 — WI Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.304
Tangible bills of lading in a set.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as customary in international transportation, a tangible bill of lading may not be issued in a set of parts. The issuer is liable for damages caused by violation of this subsection.

(2) If a tangible bill of lading is lawfully issued in a set of parts, each of which contains an identification code and is expressed to be valid only if the goods have not been delivered against any other part, the whole of the parts constitutes one bill.

(3) If a tangible negotiable bill of lading is lawfully issued in a set of parts and different parts are negotiated to different persons, the title of the holder to which the first due negotiation is made prevails as to both the document of title and the goods even if any later holder may have received the goods from the carrier in good faith and discharged the carrier’s obligation by surrendering its part.

(4) A person that negotiates or transfers a single part of a tangible bill of lading issued in a set is liable to holders of that part as if it were the whole set.

(5) The bailee is obliged to deliver in accordance with subch. IV against the first presented part of a tangible bill of lading lawfully issued in a set. Delivery in this manner discharges the bailee’s obligation on the whole bill.

History: 2009 a. 322 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.0806 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0806
Staggered terms of directors.
Status: in_force

The articles of incorporation or the bylaws, if the articles of incorporation so provide, may provide for staggering the terms of the directors by dividing the total number of directors into 2 or 3 groups. In that event, the terms of directors in the first group expire at the first annual shareholders’ meeting after their election, the terms of the 2nd group expire at the 2nd annual shareholders’ meeting after their election, and the terms of the 3rd group, if any, expire at the 3rd annual shareholders’ meeting after their election. At each annual shareholders’ meeting held thereafter, the number of directors equal to the number of the group whose term expires at the time of the meeting shall be chosen for a term of 2 years, if there are 2 groups, or a term of 3 years, if there are 3 groups.

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 612.12 — WI Code / Chapter 612 / Section 612.12
Voting rights of members.
Status: in_force

(1) Matters subject to vote. Members of town mutuals shall have the right to vote on the following matters:

(a) Election of directors;

(b) Amendment of articles;

(c) Merger, transfer of business under s. 612.24 , conversion and voluntary dissolution;

(d) Any decision by the town mutual to transact insurance for which reinsurance is required under s. 612.33 (2) , unless such insurance is totally reinsured; and

(e) Other matters specified in the articles or bylaws.

(2) Special notices and majorities. No resolution on any of the matters specified in sub. (1) (c) or (d) is effective unless notice of the matter has been given as required for a special meeting under s. 612.11 (2) (b) ; nor unless it is approved by at least 25 members and by two-thirds of the members voting on the resolution.

(3) Nominating procedures. The articles or bylaws may provide for nominating committees, and for their procedures. Nominations from the floor may not be excluded.

(4) Voting procedures.

(a) Allocation of votes. Except under s. 612.10 (1) , each member is entitled to one vote. No person may have more than one vote regardless of the number of policies issued to that person.

(b) Proxies. No member may vote by proxy.

(c) Mail voting. The articles or bylaws may provide that votes may be cast by mail, and may prescribe the voting procedure. If voting by mail is authorized, a ballot shall be sent to each member at least 30 days before the meeting at which the decision is to be made, setting out the exact question to be voted upon. A vote signed by a member and delivered before the meeting in accordance with the prescribed voting procedure is equivalent to a vote at the meeting. No question on which there is voting by mail may be amended in any way at the meeting.

History: 1973 c. 22 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 23.169 — WI Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.169
Economic development assistance coordination and reporting.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall coordinate any economic development assistance with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

(2) Annually, no later than October 1, the department shall submit to the joint legislative audit committee and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a comprehensive report assessing economic development programs, as defined in s. 23.167 (1) , administered by the department. The report shall include all of the information required under s. 238.07 (2) . The department shall collaborate with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to make readily accessible to the public on an Internet-based system the information required under this section.

History: 2007 a. 125 ; 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 905.015 — WI Code / Chapter 905 / Section 905.015
Interpreters for persons with language difficulties, limited English proficiency, or hearing or speaking impairments.
Status: in_force

(1) If an interpreter for a person with a language difficulty, limited English proficiency, as defined in s. 885.38 (1) (b) , or a hearing or speaking impairment interprets as an aid to a communication which is privileged by statute, rules adopted by the supreme court, or the U.S. or state constitution, the interpreter may be prevented from disclosing the communication by any person who has a right to claim the privilege. The interpreter may claim the privilege but only on behalf of the person who has the right. The authority of the interpreter to do so is presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary.

(2) In addition to the privilege under sub. (1) , a person who is licensed as an interpreter under s. 440.032 (3) may not disclose any aspect of a confidential communication facilitated by the interpreter unless one of the following conditions applies:

(a) All parties to the confidential communication consent to the disclosure.

(b) A court determines that the disclosure is necessary for the proper administration of justice.

History: 1979 c. 137 ; 1985 a. 266 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2009 a. 360 .
Wis. Stat. § 88.91 — WI Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.91
Penalty for placing obstruction in ditches.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as authorized by s. 88.93 , no person shall place any kind of obstruction to the free flow of water, including any soil willfully deposited, in any drainage ditch, constructed under any drainage law of this state or lawfully constructed by any other person, without first obtaining the written consent of the drainage board or other person or authority in charge of such ditch.

(2) Any person violating this section may be fined not more than $100 and in addition is liable to the drainage district and to all persons whose ditches or lands are injured by such obstruction for all damages caused by the obstruction.

History: 1975 c. 108 .
Wis. Stat. § 75.20 — WI Code / Chapter 75 / Section 75.20
Limitations on certificates and issue of deeds; life of tax certificate liens.
Status: in_force

(1) Tax certificates; when void. Tax certificates shall be void after 11 years following December 31 of the year in which such certificates were dated.

(2) County treasurer to cancel all outlawed taxes. No deed shall be issued or action commenced on any tax certificate whatever after it shall have become void by virtue of the statute of limitations provided in this section. The interest in the land represented by such certificate shall terminate upon the last date upon which a deed could have been issued thereon, or an action could have been commenced thereon if no summons and complaint was served and filed prior to such date. The county treasurer shall cancel all tax certificates which have become void by limitation and shall make an entry in the treasurer’s record of unredeemed property subject to a tax certificate evidencing such cancellation.

(3) Certification of cancellation to local treasurer. Whenever the county treasurer shall cancel a tax certificate which has become void by virtue of any statutes of limitation the county treasurer shall within 30 days thereafter in writing certify such cancellation to the proper town, city or village treasurer who shall make entry thereof in his or her records. Such cancellation need not be so certified in cases where the county has settled in full with the town, city or village.

(4) Stay by injunction not part of limitation. When the issuing of a deed on a tax certificate or certificates or the commencement of an action thereon shall be stayed by injunction, the time of the continuance of such injunction shall not be a part of the time hereinabove limited in this section as the life of a tax certificate.

History: 1975 c. 198 ; 1981 c. 390 s. 252 ; 1983 a. 189 ; 1987 a. 378 .
Wis. Stat. § 779.30 — WI Code / Chapter 779 / Section 779.30
Undertaking by intervenor; procedure.
Status: in_force

The filing of an affidavit under s. 779.29 shall not stay execution unless the intervenor files an undertaking, with 2 or more sureties, who shall each justify in a sum equal to double the amount of the judgment, conditioned that if the plaintiff establishes the right to a lien on the property they will pay the amount of judgment in the plaintiff’s favor with costs; the undertaking shall be approved by the judge of the court; and upon filing it all proceedings upon the judgment shall be stayed during the pendency of the proceedings. If execution has been previously issued the same shall, upon presenting to the officer in whose custody it may be a certified copy of the affidavit and undertaking, be returned, and all property in which the intervenor claims an interest that may have been levied upon shall be released from the levy. If upon the trial the plaintiff recovers judgment of lien upon this property the judgment may be entered against the intervenor and sureties; but if the plaintiff does not establish the right to a lien the intervenor shall recover judgment for costs.

History: 1979 c. 32 ss. 57 , 92 (9) ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 779.30; 1983 a. 219 .
Wis. Stat. § 851.11 — WI Code / Chapter 851 / Section 851.11
Intestate succession.
Status: in_force

“Intestate succession” means succession to title to property of a decedent by reason of ch. 852 , without regard to whether the property descends or is distributed.
Wis. Stat. § 345.07 — WI Code / Chapter 345 / Section 345.07
Civil actions by secretary.
Status: in_force

In addition to all existing remedies afforded by civil and criminal law, the secretary is authorized to bring civil actions for the recovery of all fees, taxes, interest and penalties to which the state may be entitled by reason of the operation by any person of a motor vehicle upon the highways of this state.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (c) .
Wis. Stat. § 194.33 — WI Code / Chapter 194 / Section 194.33
Municipal consent.
Status: in_force

No common motor carrier of property or of passengers shall operate any motor vehicle within or through any municipality except in compliance with action taken by the municipality in relation to streets, roads and routes in the municipality. No action by any municipality under this section shall be subject to review by the department.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a) ; 1993 a. 246 .
Wis. Stat. § 51.025 — WI Code / Chapter 51 / Section 51.025
Office of children’s mental health.
Status: in_force

(1) The office of children’s mental health shall study and recommend ways, and coordinate initiatives, to improve the integration across state agencies of mental health services provided to children and monitor the performance of programs that provide those services.

(2) By January 1, 2015, and by January 1 of each year thereafter, the office of children’s mental health shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) that includes all of the following:

(a) A summary of the activities of that office in the previous year, including actions the office has taken to improve the coordination of mental health services provided to children by state agencies.

(b) A summary of data collected by that office that relate to the outcomes of children who receive mental health services provided by state agencies.

(c) A discussion of areas in which the state’s delivery of mental health services for children could be improved.

History: 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 34.03 — WI Code / Chapter 34 / Section 34.03
Powers of the division of banking.
Status: in_force

The division of banking may do any of the following:

(1) Make and enforce rules necessary for the implementation of this chapter.

(2) Require any public depository or the trustees of segregated trusts created by banks for the benefit of public depositors to furnish information upon request. Any public depository which refuses or neglects to give any information so requested shall be excluded from the right to receive public deposits. Information obtained under this subsection may not be disclosed by the division of banking unless disclosed as provided in s. 220.06 .

(3) Take such action as the division deems necessary or appropriate for the protection, collection, compromise or settlement of any claim against or in favor of the appropriation under s. 20.144 (1) (a) .

(4) Exercise all powers reasonably necessary and proper to the full and complete performance of the division’s functions under this chapter, including but not limited to ordinary powers granted corporations.

History: 1985 a. 25 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 15.18 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.18
Department of financial institutions.
Status: in_force

There is created a department of financial institutions under the direction and supervision of the secretary of financial institutions.

History: 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0703 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0703
Cancellation of charter of merged bank.
Status: in_force

If a bank has merged or consolidated with or been absorbed by another bank, the division shall cancel the charter of the bank.

History: 1995 a. 336 .