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Wis. Stat. § 703.095 — WI Code / Chapter 703 / Section 703.095
Modification and correction of recorded condominium instruments, amendments, and addenda.
Status: in_force

(1) Modifications. A recorded condominium instrument, amendment, or addendum may be modified only by recording an amendment, addendum, or correction instrument, or by removal from the provisions of this chapter under s. 703.28 (1) .

(2) Requirements. The register of deeds may record an amendment, addendum, or correction instrument only if the document complies with s. 703.065 , if applicable, and satisfies all of the following criteria:

(a) It refers to the condominium instrument, amendment, or addendum being modified or corrected, including the document number assigned to the document being modified, and if volume and page numbers are assigned to the document being modified or corrected, the volume and page where the document is recorded.

(b) It is numbered consecutively and states that it is an amendment and restatement of the condominium instrument being modified or corrected.

(c) It identifies all units in the condominium.

(d) It clearly states the changes being made to the condominium instrument, amendment, or addendum it is modifying or correcting.

(3) Correction instrument. A correction instrument may be used only to correct a scrivener error on a condominium plat, including erroneous distances, angles, directions, bearings, chords, building or unit numbers, and street names.

History: 1997 a. 333 ; 2017 a. 333 ; 2021 a. 168 ; 2025 a. 129 .
Wis. Stat. § 553.71 — WI Code / Chapter 553 / Section 553.71
Administration.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter shall be administered by the division and by the department of justice when exercising its authority under s. 553.54 .

(2) It is unlawful for the division or any of the division’s officers or employees to use for personal benefit any information which is filed with or obtained by the division and which is not generally available to the public. Nothing in this chapter authorizes the division or any of the division’s officers or employees to disclose any confidential information except among themselves or to other securities administrators or regulatory authorities or when necessary or appropriate in a proceeding or investigation under this chapter. No provision of this chapter either creates or derogates from any privilege which exists at common law or otherwise when documentary or other evidence is sought under a subpoena directed to the division or any of the division’s officers or employees.

History: 1971 c. 241 ; 1981 c. 54 s. 32 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 59.24 — WI Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59.24
Clerks of counties containing state institutions to make claims in certain cases.
Status: in_force

The clerk of any county that is entitled to reimbursement under s. 16.51 (7) shall make a certified claim against the state, without direction from the board, in all cases in which the reimbursement is directed in s. 16.51 (7) , upon forms prescribed by the department of administration. The forms shall contain information required by the clerk and shall be filed annually with the department of corrections on or before June 1. If the claims are approved by the department of corrections, they shall be certified to the department of administration and paid from the appropriation made by s. 20.410 (1) (c) , if the claim is for reimbursement of expenses involving a prisoner in a state prison named in s. 302.01 , or from the appropriation under s. 20.410 (3) (c) , if the claim is for reimbursement of expenses involving a juvenile in a juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (10p) .

History: 1989 a. 31 , 359 ; 1995 a. 27 , 77 ; 1995 a. 201 s. 265 ; Stats. 1995 s. 59.24; 1997 a. 35 ; 2005 a. 344 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1001 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1001
Authority to amend articles of incorporation.
Status: in_force

(1) A corporation may amend its articles of incorporation at any time to add or change a provision that is required or permitted to be included in the articles of incorporation or to delete a provision that is not required to be included in the articles of incorporation. Whether a provision is required or permitted to be included in the articles of incorporation is determined as of the effective date of the amendment.

(2) A shareholder of the corporation does not have a vested property right resulting from any provision in the articles of incorporation, including provisions relating to management, voting, control, capital structure, dividend entitlement or purpose or duration of the corporation.

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 854.02 — WI Code / Chapter 854 / Section 854.02
Scope.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to all statutes and governing instruments that transfer property at death.

History: 1997 a. 188 .
Wis. Stat. § 4.47 — WI Code / Chapter 4 / Section 4.47
Forty-seventh assembly district.
Status: in_force

All of the following territory in Dane County constitutes the 47th assembly district:

(1) The towns of Dunkirk, Dunn, Pleasant Springs, and Rutland.

(2) That part of the town of Albion comprising U.S. census tract 12100, blocks 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 3009, 3029, 3053, 3054, 3056, 3057, 3059, 3064, 3065, 3066, 3068, 3069, and 3074.

(3) That part of the village of Mcfarland comprising U.S. census tract 10503, blocks 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2035, 2037, 2039, 2040, 2042, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2052, 2053, 2054, and 2055; and tract 10504, blocks 2005, 2006, and 2007; and tract 10600, block 4024; and tract 12002, block 4122.

(4) The cities of Fitchburg and Stoughton.

History: 2023 a. 94 .
Wis. Stat. § 623.03 — WI Code / Chapter 623 / Section 623.03
Valuation of assets.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall promulgate rules for the valuation of assets to be reported on the statements submitted under s. 601.42 (1g) (a) as well as for other purposes. The commissioner may specify that certain classes of assets shall be valued at zero or given a nominal value, and when necessary to achieve the purposes of this section may specify different bases of valuation for different purposes.

History: 1973 c. 293 ; 1979 c. 102 s. 236 (7) ; 1987 a. 247 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1402 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1402
Dissolution by board of directors and shareholders.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) A corporation’s board of directors may propose dissolution for submission to the shareholders.

(b) The board of directors may condition its submission of the proposal for dissolution on any basis.

(2) The corporation shall notify each shareholder, whether or not entitled to vote, of the proposed shareholders’ meeting in accordance with s. 180.0705 , except the notice shall state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider and to act upon dissolving the corporation.

(3) Unless this chapter, the articles of incorporation, bylaws adopted under authority granted in the articles of incorporation or, acting under sub. (1) (b) , the board of directors requires a greater vote or a vote by voting groups, the proposal to dissolve is adopted if approved by a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the proposal. Dissolution is authorized upon adoption of the proposal.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1991 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.92 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.92
Effect of termination or resignation.
Status: in_force

The resignation, termination of employment, or separation of a person affiliated with a savings bank from the savings bank does not affect the authority of the division to issue an order under s. 214.90 , 214.91 or 214.915 if the order is issued within 6 years after the person ceases to be a person affiliated with the savings bank.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.0628 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0628
Fees imposed by a political subdivision.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Political subdivision” means a city, village, town, or county.

(b) “Reasonable relationship” means that the cost charged by a political subdivision for a service provided to a person may not exceed the political subdivision’s reasonable direct costs that are associated with any activity undertaken by the political subdivision that is related to the fee.

(2) Any fee that is imposed by a political subdivision shall bear a reasonable relationship to the service for which the fee is imposed.

(2m) A political subdivision may not impose a fee or charge related to the political subdivision enforcing an ordinance related to noxious weeds, electronic waste, or other building or property maintenance standards unless the political subdivision first notifies the person against whom the fee or charge is to be imposed that the fee or charge may be imposed. If the notice relates to a building that is not owner-occupied, the notice shall be provided to the owner by 1st class mail or electronic mail. If the owner of a property provides an electronic mail address to a political subdivision, the political subdivision may not impose a fee or charge related to the political subdivision enforcing an ordinance related to noxious weeds, electronic waste, or other building or property maintenance standards at that property unless the political subdivision first notifies the owner of the property using the electronic mail address provided. This subsection does not apply to a fee or charge related to the clearing of snow or ice from a sidewalk or to an ordinance violation that creates an immediate danger to public health, safety, or welfare.

(3) If a political subdivision enters into a contract to purchase engineering, legal, or other professional services from another person and the political subdivision passes along the cost for such professional services to another person under a separate contract between the political subdivision and that person, the rate charged that other person for the professional services may not exceed the rate customarily paid for similar services by the political subdivision.

(4)

(a) Any person aggrieved by a fee imposed by a political subdivision because the person does not believe that the fee bears a reasonable relationship to the service for which the fee is imposed may appeal the reasonableness of the fee to the tax appeals commission by filing a petition with the commission within 90 days after the fee is due and payable. The commission’s decision may be reviewed under s. 73.015 . For appeals brought under this subsection, the filing fee required under s. 73.01 (5) (a) does not apply.

(b) With regard to an appeal filed with the tax appeals commission under par. (a) , the political subdivision shall bear the burden of proof to establish that a reasonable relationship exists between the fee imposed and the services for which the fee is imposed.

History: 2003 a. 134 ; 2007 a. 44 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2013 a. 173 s. 33 ; 2017 a. 243 , 317 .
Wis. Stat. § 895.532 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.532
Civil and criminal liability exemption; xylazine testing products.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “xylazine testing product” means any materials used or intended for use in testing for the presence of xylazine or a xylazine analog in a substance.

(2) Any person who distributes a xylazine testing product is immune from civil or criminal liability for the death of or injury to an individual caused by the administration of the xylazine testing product.

(3) Any person who administers a xylazine testing product according to manufacturer instructions provided with the xylazine testing product is immune from civil or criminal liability for the act, except for civil liability for negligence in the performance of the act.

History: 2023 a. 217 .
Wis. Stat. § 42.08 — WI Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42.08
Insurance.
Status: in_force

The state fair park board may procure worker’s compensation insurance to cover its employees, business interruption insurance, fire insurance and property insurance.

History: 1989 a. 219 s. 30 ; Stats. 1989 s. 42.08; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 968.21 — WI Code / Chapter 968 / Section 968.21
Search warrant; secrecy.
Status: in_force

A search warrant shall be issued with all practicable secrecy, and the complaint, affidavit or testimony upon which it is based shall not be filed with the clerk or made public in any way until the search warrant is executed.
Wis. Stat. § 409.617 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.617
Rights of transferee of collateral.
Status: in_force

(1) Effects of disposition. A secured party’s disposition of collateral after default:

(a) Transfers to a transferee for value all of the debtor’s rights in the collateral;

(b) Discharges the security interest under which the disposition is made; and

(c) Discharges any subordinate security interest or other subordinate lien.

(2) Rights of good-faith transferee. A transferee that acts in good faith takes free of the rights and interests described in sub. (1) , even if the secured party fails to comply with this chapter or the requirements of any judicial proceeding.

(3) Rights of other transferee. If a transferee does not take free of the rights and interests described in sub. (1) , the transferee takes the collateral subject to:

(a) The debtor’s rights in the collateral;

(b) The security interest or agricultural lien under which the disposition is made; and

(c) Any other security interest or other lien.

History: 2001 a. 10 ; 2003 a. 63 .
Wis. Stat. § 943.145 — WI Code / Chapter 943 / Section 943.145
Criminal trespass to a medical facility.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “medical facility” means a hospital under s. 50.33 (2) or a clinic or office that is used by a physician licensed under ch. 448 and that is subject to rules promulgated by the medical examining board for the clinic or office that are in effect on November 20, 1985.

(2) Whoever intentionally enters a medical facility without the consent of some person lawfully upon the premises, under circumstances tending to create or provoke a breach of the peace, is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

(3) This section does not prohibit any person from participating in lawful conduct in labor disputes under s. 103.53 .

History: 1985 a. 56 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.11 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.11
Passing or meeting frightened animal.
Status: in_force

Whenever a person riding, driving or leading an animal which is frightened gives a signal of distress to the operator of a motor vehicle by a raising of the hand or otherwise, the operator of the motor vehicle shall promptly stop the vehicle unless a movement forward is necessary to avoid an accident or injury and shall, upon request, stop all motive power until such animal is under control.

History: 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 196.92 — WI Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.92
Procedure for acquiring dams.
Status: in_force

(1) If a corporation under s. 196.91 (1) desires to purchase or acquire any property under s. 196.91 , the corporation shall apply to the commission for a certificate of public convenience and necessity. The application shall state:

(a) The name of any owner of the property sought to be acquired.

(b) The business in connection with which it is desired to utilize the property.

(c) The specific public purpose for which it is proposed to use the property.

(d) The compensation or price to be paid for the property.

(e) A statement to the effect that the corporation agrees to cancel all contracts for the sale of hydroelectric power outside this state, if the commission finds that the contract interferes with adequate service and reasonable rates to the people of this state.

(f) Any other information the commission requires.

(2) If the commission receives an application under sub. (1) , the commission shall fix a convenient time and place for a public hearing on the application. The time may not be more than 8 weeks from the date of filing the application. The commission shall give notice of the time and place to the applicant. Prior to the hearing the applicant shall publish the time and place as a class 3 notice, under ch. 985 . Not less than 20 days prior to that date, the applicant shall serve notice of the hearing upon any owner of the property personally, or by registered mail, if the post-office address of the owner, by due diligence, can be ascertained. Proof of the publication and service of the notice shall be filed with the commission.

(3)

(a) At a hearing under this section or any adjournment of the hearing, the commission shall consider the application and shall receive the evidence offered by the applicant and any other person for or against the application.

(b) The commission may issue a certificate that public convenience and necessity require the utilization of the property as proposed by the applicant if the commission finds that:

1. The acquisition and use of the property in connection with the business of the applicant for the purpose or purposes and at the price or compensation set forth in the application would be a public convenience;

2. The applicant possesses the financial ability to utilize the property for its proposed purpose; and

3. Public necessity requires the proposed acquisition and use.

(c) Section 196.91 shall not apply to the acquisition of flowage rights necessary for the improvement or development of dams or dam sites previously acquired.

History: 1983 a. 53 ss. 109 to 111 , 113 .
Wis. Stat. § 70.29 — WI Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.29
Personalty, how entered.
Status: in_force

For assessments made before January 1, 2024, the assessor shall place in one distinct and continuous part of the assessment roll all the names of persons assessed for personal property, with a statement of such property in each village in the assessor’s assessment district, and foot up the valuation thereof separately; otherwise the assessor shall arrange all names of persons assessed for personal property on the roll alphabetically so far as convenient. The assessor shall also place upon the assessment roll, in a separate column and opposite the name of each person assessed for personal property, the number of the school district in which such personal property is subject to taxation.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 2023 a. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 195.285 — WI Code / Chapter 195 / Section 195.285
Exempt railroad crossings.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the petition of a railroad corporation, the department, or the governing body of any city, village, town or county asserting that the stopping of vehicles under s. 346.45 at a railroad crossing is hazardous to human life, the office shall hold a hearing on the matter as provided under s. 195.04 . Notice of petition shall be served upon the department, which shall be an interested party, and any recommendations it may file with the office regarding the hazardous effect of vehicles stopping at such crossings shall be considered as evidence in the proceedings. Upon the recommendation of the department and concurrence by the office, the petition may be dismissed without holding a hearing. If, upon the public hearing, the office determines that it would be in the public interest to exempt vehicles specified in s. 346.45 from stopping at such grade crossing, it may order the public body having jurisdiction over the highway to erect signs, signals, markings or other devices exempting such vehicles from stopping at the crossing.

(2) Signs placed upon the order of the office under this section shall exempt vehicles from stopping as required under s. 346.45 , unless a train, an engine, or railroad track equipment is occupying or approaching the crossing.

(3) The department shall establish standards for the type of signs, signals, markings or other devices for exempting vehicles from stopping as required under s. 346.45 and their location in relation to the highway and railroad track. The office may upon petition or its own motion, with or without a hearing, order the removal of a sign exempting vehicles from stopping at a crossing.

History: 1975 c. 63 ; 1977 c. 29 ss. 1654 (8) (a) , (9) (f), 1656 (43) ; 1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1) , (2); 1985 a. 29 ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 ; 2011 a. 101 .
Wis. Stat. § 786.01 — WI Code / Chapter 786 / Section 786.01
Conveyance of lands held in trust by persons under disability.
Status: in_force

Whenever any minor or individual adjudicated incompetent is seized or possessed of any lands or interest in any lands by way of mortgage or in trust only for others, the circuit court of the proper county may, upon the petition of the guardian of the minor or individual adjudicated incompetent or of any person in any way interested in the real estate, make an order authorizing or compelling the minor or individual adjudicated incompetent to convey and assure the lands or interest in the lands to any person entitled thereto, in such manner as the court directs.

History: 1977 c. 449 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 63 ; Stats. 1979 s. 786.01; 2005 a. 387 .
Wis. Stat. § 250.07 — WI Code / Chapter 250 / Section 250.07
Public health planning.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall:

(a) By January 1, 2010, and at least every 10 years thereafter, develop a public health agenda.

(b) Initiate, conduct and periodically evaluate a process for planning to use the resources of the state to meet the health needs of residents and, in conjunction with other state agencies, to implement the objectives that relate to state government in statutes or in public health rules promulgated by the department. The process shall involve representatives from public health organizations, governmental agencies and the general public.

(c) Provide technical assistance to local units of government for the development of local public health plans.

(d) Serve as the state lead agency in coordinating the activities within state government involving the collection, retrieval, analysis, reporting and publication of statistical information and other information related to health and health care.

(1m) The public health council shall monitor implementation of any document developed by the department under sub. (1) (a) and shall advise the governor, the legislature, the department, and the public on progress in implementing the document and coordination of responses to public health emergencies.

History: 1993 a. 27 ; 2003 a. 186 ; 2005 a. 198 .