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Wis. Stat. § 107.01 — WI Code / Chapter 107 / Section 107.01
Rules governing mining rights.
Status: in_force

Where there is no contract between the parties or terms established by the landlord to the contrary the following rules and regulations shall be applied to mining contracts and leases for the digging of nonferrous metallic minerals:

(1) No license or lease, verbal or written, made to a miner shall be revocable by the maker thereof after a valuable discovery or prospect has been struck unless the miner shall forfeit the miner’s right by negligence such as establishes a forfeiture according to mining usages.

(2) The discovery of a crevice or range containing nonferrous metallic minerals shall entitle the discoverer to the nonferrous metallic minerals pertaining thereto, subject to the rent due the discoverer’s landlord, before as well as after the nonferrous metallic minerals are separated from the freehold; but such miner shall not be entitled to recover any nonferrous metallic minerals or the value thereof from the person digging on the miner’s range in good faith and known to be mining thereon until the miner shall have given notice of the miner’s claim; and the miner shall be entitled to the nonferrous metallic minerals dug after such notice.

(3) Usages and customs among miners may be proved in explanation of mining contracts to the same extent as usage may be proved in other branches of business.

History: 1975 c. 41 s. 51 ; 1993 a. 492 ; 2013 a. 1 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.527 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.527
Duty to report.
Status: in_force

The department of financial institutions shall include in its report under s. 15.04 (1) (d) a report on the operation of the filing office. The report must contain a statement of the extent to which:

(1) Harmonization of rules: filing offices in other jurisdictions. The filing-office rules are not in harmony with the rules of filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this subchapter and the reasons for these variations; and

(2) Harmonization of rules: model rules. The filing-office rules are not in harmony with the most recent version of the Model Rules promulgated by the International Association of Corporate Administrators, or any successor organization, and the reasons for these variations.

History: 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0711 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0711
Duty to demand payment.
Status: in_force

(1) Manner of demanding payment. A shareholder or beneficial shareholder who is sent a dissenters’ notice described in s. 221.0710 , or a beneficial shareholder whose shares are held by a nominee who is sent a dissenters’ notice described in s. 221.0710 , must demand payment in writing and certify whether he or she acquired beneficial ownership of the shares before the date specified in the dissenters’ notice under s. 221.0710 (2) (c) . A shareholder or beneficial shareholder with certificated shares must also deposit his or her certificates in accordance with the terms of the notice.

(2) Effect of demand on holders of certificated shares. A shareholder or beneficial shareholder with certificated shares who demands payment and deposits his or her share certificates under sub. (1) retains all other rights of a shareholder or beneficial shareholder until these rights are canceled or modified by the effectuation of the corporate action.

(3) Effect of failure to demand. A shareholder or beneficial shareholder with certificated or uncertificated shares who does not demand payment by the date set in the dissenters’ notice, or a shareholder or beneficial shareholder with certificated shares who does not deposit his or her share certificates where required and by the date set in the dissenters’ notice, is not entitled to payment for his or her shares under ss. 221.0701 to 221.0718 .

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 609.98 — WI Code / Chapter 609 / Section 609.98
Special deposit.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section, “premiums” has the meaning given under s. 646.51 (1c) (c) .

(2) Duty; amount.

(a) Before April 1, 1990, and before April 1 of each following year, a health maintenance organization insurer shall deposit under s. 601.13 an amount that is at least equal to the lesser of the following:

1. An amount necessary to establish or maintain a deposit equaling 1 percent of premiums written in this state by the health maintenance organization insurer in the preceding calendar year.

2. With respect to the amount due before April 1, 1990, 0.5 percent of premiums written in this state by the health maintenance organization insurer in the preceding calendar year, unless otherwise provided by rule or order under par. (b) .

3. With respect to the amount due in the years after 1990, one-third of 1 percent of the premiums written in this state by the health maintenance organization insurer in the preceding calendar year, unless otherwise provided by rule or order under par. (b) .

(b) The commissioner may, by rule or order, require that the deposit under par. (a) be in an amount greater than that provided under par. (a) 2. or 3. , but the commissioner may not require an amount exceeding the amount provided under par. (a) 1.

(3) Status of deposit. A deposit under this section is in addition to any deposit otherwise required or permitted by law or the commissioner. An amount deposited under this section is not available for the purpose of determining permanent capital or surplus, compulsory surplus or the financial condition, including insolvency, of the health maintenance organization insurer.

(4) Release of deposit. A deposit under this section may be released only with the approval of the commissioner under s. 601.13 (10) and only in any of the following circumstances:

(a) To pay an assessment under s. 646.51 (3) (am) .

(b) To the extent that the amount on deposit exceeds 1 percent of premiums written in this state by the health maintenance organization insurer in the preceding calendar year and the deposit is not necessary to pay an assessment under s. 646.51 (3) (am) .

(c) To pay claimants and creditors as provided by s. 601.13 (2) .

(5) Family care program; deposit required.

(a) In this subsection, “family care program” means the program under ss. 46.2805 to 46.2895 that provides the family care benefit, as defined in s. 46.2805 (4) .

(b) A health maintenance organization participating in the family care program is subject to s. 648.75 .

History: 1989 a. 23 ; 2003 a. 261 ; 2023 a. 212 .
Wis. Stat. § 943.10 — WI Code / Chapter 943 / Section 943.10
Burglary.
Status: in_force

(1g) In this section:

(a) “Boat” means any ship or vessel that has sleeping quarters.

(b) “Motor home” has the meaning given in s. 340.01 (33m) .

(1m) Whoever intentionally enters any of the following places without the consent of the person in lawful possession and with intent to steal or commit a felony or a violation of s. 940.60 (1) or 940.65 (1) in such place is guilty of a Class F felony:

(a) Any building or dwelling; or

(b) An enclosed railroad car; or

(c) An enclosed portion of any ship or vessel; or

(d) A locked enclosed cargo portion of a truck or trailer; or

(e) A motor home or other motorized type of home or a trailer home, whether or not any person is living in any such home; or

(f) A room within any of the above.

(2) Whoever violates sub. (1m) under any of the following circumstances is guilty of a Class E felony:

(a) The person is armed with a dangerous weapon or a device or container described under s. 941.26 (4) (a) .

(b) The person is unarmed, but arms himself with a dangerous weapon or a device or container described under s. 941.26 (4) (a) while still in the burglarized enclosure.

(c) While the person is in the burglarized enclosure, he or she opens, or attempts to open, any depository by use of an explosive.

(d) While the person is in the burglarized enclosure, he or she commits a battery upon a person lawfully therein.

(e) The burglarized enclosure is a dwelling, boat, or motor home and another person is lawfully present in the dwelling, boat, or motor home at the time of the violation.

(3) For the purpose of this section, entry into a place during the time when it is open to the general public is with consent.

History: 1977 c. 173 , 332 ; 1995 a. 288 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2003 a. 189 ; 2025 a. 44 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.63 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.63
Merger; certificate.
Status: in_force

The executed merger agreement, together, in the case of a stock financial institution, with a certified copy of the minutes of the meeting of stockholders of each merging stock financial institution approving the merger agreement, shall be filed with the division. The division shall issue to the resulting savings bank a certificate of merger, setting forth the name of each merging financial institution, the name of the resulting savings bank and the date on which the division approves the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the resulting savings bank. The merger takes effect on the date of the recording of the certificate or a later date if the certificate provides for a different date. Recording shall be completed in the same manner as required for savings bank articles of incorporation, in each county in which the home office of any of the merging financial institutions was located and in the county in which the home office of the resulting savings bank is located. The certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the merger and of the correctness of the merger proceedings except against this state.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 , 103 .
Wis. Stat. § 708.11 — WI Code / Chapter 708 / Section 708.11
Assignments of rents, leases and profits.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “assignment” means any assignment, pledge, transfer or any other conveyance of an interest in rents, leases or profits, whether contained in a mortgage, security agreement or other document executed by the assignor.

(2) When any debt or other obligation is secured by an assignment, the assignment shall be effective as to the assignor upon the execution and delivery of the assignment to the assignee. The assignment shall be perfected as to all subsequent purchasers, mortgagees, lien creditors, and all other 3rd parties for all purposes from the time and date of recording the assignment in the register of deeds office of the county in which the real property affected by the assignment is located. The assignment shall be governed by ch. 706 and shall be considered a conveyance for the purposes of ch. 706 . An assignee who enforces an assignment in accordance with its terms shall not be considered to be a mortgagee in possession with attendant liability.

(3)

(a) Unless otherwise agreed upon in writing, the assignee shall be entitled to enforce the assignment without the necessity of any of the following:

1. Furnishing notice to the assignor or any lessee.

2. Obtaining possession of the real property.

3. Impounding the rents.

4. Securing the appointment of a receiver.

5. Taking any other affirmative action.

(b) Unless otherwise agreed upon in writing, the assignee may not exercise any right to collect rents or profits created under an assignment until the assignor is in default on the obligation to the assignee. Enforcement of the assignment shall not be considered a cure of an event of default not withstanding the collection of rents or profits in excess of any delinquent amounts due the assignee.

(4) Any tenant or lessee who, upon notice from an assignee, makes rent payments to the assignee in accordance with the terms of the assignment shall be given credit for the payment as if the payment had been made to the assignor, but nothing in this section shall affect the other rights and obligations of the assignor or the tenant or lessee as to one another.

(5) This section does not invalidate assignments of leases, rents or profits that were perfected by other means before May 9, 1996.

History: 1995 a. 283 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.21 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.21
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) “Conveyance” includes deeds and other instruments for the passage of ownership interests in real estate, including contracts and assignments of a vendee’s interest therein, including instruments that are evidence of a sale of time-share property, as defined in s. 707.02 (32) , and including leases for at least 99 years but excluding leases for less than 99 years, easements and wills.

(1e) “Mergers of entities” means the merger or combination of 2 or more corporations, nonstock corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, or other entities, or any combination thereof, under a plan of merger or a plan of consolidation permitted by the laws that govern the entities.

(1k) “Partition” means the division among several persons of real property, including noncontiguous real property, that belongs to them as co-owners.

(1m) “Real estate” includes, but is not limited to, fixtures; roots, vines and trees of perennial crops; stock in a cooperative building; improvements on leased land; timber; and minerals.

(2) “Register” means the register of deeds for the county in which particular real estate is located.

(3) “Value” means:

(a) In the case of any conveyance not a gift, the amount of the full actual consideration paid therefor or to be paid, including the amount of any lien or liens thereon; and

(b) In case of a gift, or any deed of nominal consideration or any exchange of properties, the estimated price the property would bring in an open market and under the then prevailing market conditions in a sale between a willing seller and a willing buyer, both conversant with the property and at prevailing general price levels.

History: 1971 c. 150 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 112 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 44 ; 2015 a. 295 .
Wis. Stat. § 786.07 — WI Code / Chapter 786 / Section 786.07
Realty of wards or individuals adjudicated incompetent; application for sale or encumbrance.
Status: in_force

The application for the disposition must be made to the circuit court of the county in which the real estate or some part thereof is situated or to the circuit court of the county in which the guardian for the minor or individual adjudicated incompetent has been appointed, by petition of the guardian of the minor or of the individual or by any relative or other person in behalf of either. The petition must be verified and must set forth the facts which would authorize the selling, mortgaging or leasing of the real estate or some part of the real estate for one or more of the reasons set forth in s. 786.06 . If the real estate sold or some part of the real estate is situated in a county other than that in which the proceeding is taken, a certified copy of the order confirming the sale containing the name of the purchaser, the selling price and a description of the property sold shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the real estate or any part of the real estate is situated. When the minor or individual adjudicated incompetent has a guardian and the application is to any court other than the court in which the guardian was appointed, notice of hearing of the application shall be given by mailing a copy of the notice to the judge of the court that appointed the guardian, and also to the guardian, unless he or she is the petitioner, at least 10 days before the date of the hearing.

History: 1977 c. 449 ; 1979 c. 32 ss. 63 , 92 (14) ; Stats. 1979 s. 786.07; 2005 a. 387 .
Wis. Stat. § 146.904 — WI Code / Chapter 146 / Section 146.904
Section 146.904
Status: in_force

(b) In promulgating and enforcing a rule under par. (a) , the department shall not substantively deviate from the version of 45 CFR 180.60 as it existed upon its full repeal. The department shall monitor each hospital’s compliance with a rule promulgated and enforced under par. (a) using any of the following methods:

1. Evaluating complaints made to the department regarding noncompliance.

2. Reviewing any analysis prepared regarding noncompliance.

3. Auditing the websites of hospitals for noncompliance.

(c) The department shall create and maintain on its website a publicly available list of any hospital that has been found to have been in violation of any rule promulgated under par. (a) , including the dates that the hospital was not in compliance, that has been issued a penalty relating to a violation of a rule promulgated under par. (a) , or that has been sent, as the communication relates to a rule promulgated under par. (a) , a warning notice, request for a corrective action plan, or any other written communication from the department.

(4) Annually, the department shall review federal enforcement of the federal hospital price transparency regulations. If the department determines that the federal agency responsible for enforcing the federal hospital price transparency regulations is not enforcing the federal hospital price transparency regulations, the department shall prepare a report of its findings to be distributed to the legislature in the manner provided in s. 13.172 (2) .

History: 2025 a. 115 .
Wis. Stat. § 985.06 — WI Code / Chapter 985 / Section 985.06
Official city newspaper.
Status: in_force

(1) In 2nd and 3rd class cities, the clerk shall, on or before the 2nd Tuesday of April, advertise in the official city newspaper, or if there is none, in a newspaper published in the city and eligible under s. 985.03 , for separate proposals to publish in English the council proceedings and the city’s legal notices, respectively, for the ensuing year, inviting bids from all daily and weekly newspapers published in such city which are eligible under s. 985.03 , also stating the security required with each bid, which shall be previously fixed by the council, and requiring delivery of the bids in writing, sealed, at the clerk’s office by 12 noon of the first Tuesday of May. At that hour, the clerk shall, in the presence of the mayor or an alderperson, open the bids and enter them in a record kept for that purpose. No bid from other than a newspaper legally invited to bid, or for more than the legal rate for like work, shall be of any effect. The paper making the lowest effective bid for the city’s legal notices shall be awarded the contract therefor. If 2 or more effective bids are for the same price, and no lower effective bid is filed, the clerk shall transmit such tie bids to the council at its next meeting and the council shall designate the successful bid. If no effective bid is received, the council may direct the clerk to readvertise as before. Each successful bidder shall execute a contract in accordance with the bid and file such bond for its performance as the council requires. No such paper shall receive more or less than the contract price nor any other compensation for the work. The paper securing the contract for the publishing of the city’s legal notices shall be the official city newspaper.

(2) In cities of the fourth class, the council, at its first meeting or as soon as may be, shall designate one or more newspapers eligible under s. 985.03 and published in the city, if any, otherwise published in the county and having a general circulation in the city, for publication of the council proceedings and as the official city newspaper for the publication of the city’s legal notices for the ensuing year. The council shall fix the price at not to exceed the legal rate for like work.

(3) The publisher, before the claim for the publication is audited, shall file with the clerk proof of publication by affidavit of the printer or foreman, attached to a copy of the matter published, stating the date or dates of publication. Such affidavit shall be conclusive evidence of publication for the purpose of audit.

(4) If for any reason any city is at any time without an official city newspaper, matters required to be published shall be published in a newspaper eligible under s. 985.03 , designated by the council, at not more than the legal rate for like work.

History: 1993 a. 184 , 491 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.1010 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.1010
Limitation on personal liability of trustee.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in the contract, a trustee is not personally liable on a contract properly entered into in the trustee’s fiduciary capacity in the course of administering the trust if the trustee in the contract disclosed the fiduciary capacity.

(2) A trustee is personally liable for torts committed in the course of administering a trust, or for obligations arising from ownership or control of trust property, including liability for violation of environmental law, only if the trustee is personally at fault.

History: 2013 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 767.44 — WI Code / Chapter 767 / Section 767.44
Prohibiting visitation or physical placement if a parent kills other parent.
Status: in_force

(1) When prohibited. Notwithstanding ss. 767.225 (1) (am) , 767.41 (1) , (4) , and (5) , 767.804 (3) (a) , 767.805 (4) (a) , and 767.89 (3) and except as provided in sub. (2) , in an action under this chapter that affects a minor child, a court may not grant to the child’s parent visitation or physical placement rights with the child if the parent has been convicted under s. 940.01 of the first-degree intentional homicide, or under s. 940.05 of the 2nd-degree intentional homicide, of the child’s other parent, and the conviction has not been reversed, set aside, or vacated.

(2) When not applicable. Subsection (1) does not apply if the court determines by clear and convincing evidence that the visitation or periods of physical placement would be in the best interests of the child. The court shall consider the wishes of the child in making the determination.

History: 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 61 ; 2005 a. 443 s. 102 ; Stats. 2005 s. 767.44; 2019 a. 95 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.032 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.032
Section 440.032
Status: in_force

(8) Disciplinary proceedings and actions. Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) , the department may make investigations and conduct hearings to determine whether a violation of this section or any rule promulgated under this section has occurred and may reprimand a person who is licensed under sub. (3) or may deny, limit, suspend, or revoke a license granted under sub. (3) if it finds that the applicant or licensee has violated this section or any rule promulgated under this section.

(9) Penalty. A person who violates this section or any rule promulgated under this section may be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both.

History: 2009 a. 360 ; 2019 a. 17 ; 2021 a. 239 ss. 63 , 64 , 74 .