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Wis. Stat. § 786.14 — WI Code / Chapter 786 / Section 786.14
Realty of wards; will or conveyance not disregarded.
Status: in_force

No real estate or interest therein shall be sold, mortgaged or leased under the provisions of this chapter contrary to the provisions of any will by which the same was devised or of any conveyance by which the same was transferred to the minor or individual adjudicated incompetent.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 63 ; Stats. 1979 s. 786.14; 2005 a. 387 .
Wis. Stat. § 178.0107 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.0107
Partnership agreement; effect on third parties and relationship to records effective on behalf of partnership.
Status: in_force

(1) A partnership agreement may specify that its amendment requires the approval of a person that is not a party to the agreement or the satisfaction of a condition. An amendment is ineffective if its adoption does not include the required approval or satisfy the specified condition.

(2) The obligations of a partnership and its partners to a person in the person’s capacity as a transferee or person dissociated as a partner are governed by the partnership agreement. Subject only to a court order issued under s. 178.0504 (2) (b) to effectuate a charging order, all of the following apply to an amendment to the partnership agreement made after a person becomes a transferee or is dissociated as a partner:

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , the amendment is effective with regard to any debt, obligation, or other liability of the partnership or its partners to the person in the person’s capacity as a transferee or person dissociated as a partner.

(b) The amendment is not effective to the extent the amendment does any of the following:

1. Imposes a new debt, obligation, or other liability on the transferee or person dissociated as a partner.

2. Prejudices the rights under s. 178.0701 of a person that dissociated as a partner before the amendment was made.

(3) If a record delivered by a partnership to the department for filing becomes effective and contains a provision that would be ineffective under s. 178.0105 (3) or (4) (c) if contained in the partnership agreement, the provision is ineffective in the record.

(4) Subject to sub. (3) , if a record delivered by a partnership to the department for filing becomes effective and conflicts with a provision of the partnership agreement, all of the following apply:

(a) The agreement prevails as to partners, persons dissociated as partners, and transferees.

(b) The record prevails as to other persons to the extent they reasonably rely on the record.

History: 2015 a. 295 .
Wis. Stat. § 11.0107 — WI Code / Chapter 11 / Section 11.0107
Nonapplicability.
Status: in_force

Federal account committees, federal candidate committees, and national political party committees are not required to register or report under this chapter.

History: 2015 a. 117 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.1404 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.1404
Revocation of dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) When permitted. A corporation may revoke its dissolution within 120 days of its effective date.

(2) How authorized. Revocation of dissolution must be authorized in the same manner as the dissolution was authorized unless that authorization permitted revocation by action of the board alone, in which event the board may revoke the dissolution without action by the members or any other person.

(3) Filing requirements. After the revocation of dissolution is authorized, the corporation may revoke the dissolution by delivering to the department for filing articles of revocation of dissolution, together with a copy of its articles of dissolution, that include all of the following information:

(a) The name of the corporation.

(b) The effective date of the dissolution that was revoked.

(c) The date that the revocation of dissolution was authorized.

(d) If the corporation’s board or the incorporators revoked the dissolution, a statement to that effect.

(e) If the corporation’s board revoked a dissolution authorized by the members alone or in conjunction with another person, a statement that revocation was permitted by action by the board alone pursuant to that authorization.

(f) If member or 3rd-person action was required to revoke the dissolution, the information required under s. 181.1403 (1) (e) and (f) .

(4) Effective date. Revocation of dissolution is effective upon the effective date of the articles of revocation of dissolution.

(5) Effect of revocation. When the revocation of dissolution is effective, it relates back to and takes effect as of the effective date of the dissolution and the corporation resumes carrying on its activities as if dissolution had never occurred.

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 341.058 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.058
Electric scooters and electric personal assistive mobility devices.
Status: in_force

Electric scooters and electric personal assistive mobility devices, even though operated upon a highway of this state, are exempt from registration.

History: 2001 a. 90 ; 2019 a. 11 .
Wis. Stat. § 979.025 — WI Code / Chapter 979 / Section 979.025
Autopsy of correctional inmate.
Status: in_force

(1) Inmate confined to an institution in this state. If an individual dies while he or she is in the legal custody of the department and confined to a correctional facility located in this state, the coroner or medical examiner of the county where the death occurred shall perform an autopsy on the deceased individual. If the coroner or medical examiner who performs the autopsy determines that the individual’s death may have been the result of any of the situations that would permit the district attorney to order an inquest under s. 979.04 (1) , the coroner or medical examiner shall follow the procedures under s. 979.04 (2) .

(2) Inmate confined in an institution in another state. If an individual dies while he or she is in the legal custody of the department and confined to a correctional facility in another state under a contract under s. 301.07 , 301.21 , or 302.25 , the department shall have an autopsy performed by an appropriate authority in the other state or by the coroner or medical examiner of the county in which the circuit court is located that sentenced the individual to the custody of the department. If the coroner or medical examiner who performs the autopsy in this state determines that the individual’s death may have been the result of any of the situations that would permit the district attorney to order an inquest under s. 979.04 (1) , the coroner or medical examiner shall forward the results of the autopsy to the appropriate authority in the other state.

(3) Costs of an autopsy. The costs of an autopsy performed under sub. (1) or (2) shall be paid by the department.

History: 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 36.36 — WI Code / Chapter 36 / Section 36.36
Grants for study abroad.
Status: in_force

The board may award a grant of up to $2,000 to a resident undergraduate student to assist in paying the costs associated with the student’s study abroad if the student satisfies all of the following criteria:

(1) The student demonstrates financial need for the grant, as determined by the board.

(2) The student is enrolled full-time in the system in the semester preceding the student’s study abroad.

(3) The student is enrolled in a program leading to an associate or bachelor’s degree.

History: 1999 a. 9 , 152 ; 2011 a. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 183.0202 — WI Code / Chapter 183 / Section 183.0202
Amendment or restatement of articles of organization.
Status: in_force

(1) Articles of organization may be amended or restated at any time.

(2) To amend its articles of organization, a limited liability company must deliver to the department for filing an amendment stating all of the following:

(a) The name of the company.

(b) The date of filing of its initial articles of organization.

(c) The text of the amendment.

(3) To restate its articles of organization, a limited liability company must deliver to the department for filing a restatement, designated as such in its heading.

(4) If a member of a member-managed limited liability company, or a manager of a manager-managed limited liability company, knows or has notice that any information in the filed articles of organization was inaccurate when the articles were filed or has become inaccurate due to changed circumstances, the member or manager shall promptly do one of the following to correct the inaccuracy:

(a) Cause the articles to be amended.

(b) If appropriate, deliver to the department for filing a statement of change under s. 183.0116 or a statement of correction under s. 183.0209 .

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 185.82 — WI Code / Chapter 185 / Section 185.82
Procedure on filing and recording of documents.
Status: in_force

(1) If a document is required to be filed and recorded under this chapter, all of the following shall be included when the document is submitted for filing:

(a) Separate originals of the document for the department and for the register of deeds of each county in which the document is required to be recorded.

(b) A check payable to the department in the amount of the filing fee prescribed under s. 185.83 .

(c) Separate checks in the amount of the recording fee prescribed under s. 59.43 (2) (ag) payable to the register of deeds of each county in which the document is required to be recorded.

(2)

(a) Unless the document does not conform to law, the department shall endorse on each original “Filed” and the date of filing and shall file one original.

(b) The department shall forward to each register of deeds the check under sub. (1) (c) and an original document or duplicate endorsed by the department, within 5 days of filing.

(c) A register of deeds receiving a check and document forwarded under par. (b) shall record the document. If the document is not articles, the register of deeds shall note on the margin of the record of the articles the document number and, if the document is assigned a volume and page number, the volume and page where the document is recorded.

(3) Each week the department shall forward to each register of deeds a listing of all documents received during the preceding week for filing and recording as required under this chapter. For each document, the listing shall specify the type of document, the name of the cooperative, the name of the county of the cooperative’s principal office or registered agent, and the date of filing.

(4) A document required to be filed and recorded under this chapter is effective on filing with the department, except as provided in s. 185.62 . An error or omission in recording the document or a certificate under s. 185.815 (2) with a register of deeds does not affect its effectiveness.

(5) A document filed with the department under this chapter before May 7, 1982 is effective unless the records of the department show that the document was recognized as ineffective because of a recording defect and the department or the cooperative acted in reliance on the ineffectiveness of the document.

(6)

(a) The department may waive any of the following:

1. Submission of more than one original of a document.

2. An omission or defect in a document, if the department determines from the face of the document that the omission or defect is immaterial.

(b) A waiver under par. (a) occurs when the document is filed.

History: 1981 c. 337 ; 1985 a. 30 s. 42 ; 1995 a. 27 , 201 ; 2017 a. 102 ; 2025 a. 234 .
Wis. Stat. § 114.64 — WI Code / Chapter 114 / Section 114.64
Annual reports.
Status: in_force

(1) The authority shall keep an accurate account of all of its activities and of all of its receipts and expenditures, and shall annually in January make a report of its activities, receipts, expenditures, and financial condition to the governor and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) . The reports shall be in a form approved by the state auditor.

(2)

(a) Within 180 days after April 29, 2006, or within 60 days after the authority receives from any public or private source money sufficient to fund the cost of preparing a business plan, whichever is later, the authority shall submit to the department of administration the business plan specified under s. 114.63 (9) and an estimate of the costs of and funding for any planned projects of the authority described in s. 114.62 (10) .

(b) The authority shall update and resubmit the plan under par. (a) upon the request of the department of administration.

(3) For each fiscal year in which the authority receives operating revenues, the authority shall submit to the department of administration an audited financial statement, which shall include notes that explain in detail the specific sources of funding contained in the financial statement.

History: 2005 a. 335 .
Wis. Stat. § 702.202 — WI Code / Chapter 702 / Section 702.202
Nontransferability.
Status: in_force

A powerholder may not transfer a power of appointment. If a powerholder dies without exercising or releasing a power of appointment, the power lapses.

History: 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 220.13 — WI Code / Chapter 220 / Section 220.13
Copies as evidence.
Status: in_force

Copies of all records and papers held in the division and certified by the division shall be evidence in all cases equally and of like effect as the original.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 75.31 — WI Code / Chapter 75 / Section 75.31
“Possession” defined.
Status: in_force

What shall constitute a possession of lands within the meaning of ss. 75.26 to 75.30 and the extent of such possession shall be governed by the rules prescribed for determining an adverse possession by a person claiming title founded upon a written instrument.
Wis. Stat. § 92.02 — WI Code / Chapter 92 / Section 92.02
Legislative intent.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature finds that the soil resources of this state are being depleted by wind and water erosion and that the waters of this state are being polluted by nonpoint sources of pollution. The legislature further finds that these are statewide problems endangering the health and welfare of the state’s citizens, its recreational resources, agricultural productivity and industrial base.

(2) The legislature declares it to be the policy of this state to halt and reverse the depletion of the state’s soil resources and pollution of its waters.

(3) It is the intent of the legislature to implement this policy by enacting this soil and water conservation law to:

(a) Establish goals and standards for conservation of soil and water resources;

(b) Provide for cost sharing, technical assistance, educational programs and other programs to conserve soil and water resources;

(c) Encourage coordinated soil and water conservation planning and program implementation; and

(d) Enable the regulation of harmful land use and land management practices by county ordinance where necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter.

History: 1981 c. 346 ; 1983 a. 410 s. 2200 (2) ; 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (8) .
Wis. Stat. § 180.0833 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0833
Liability for unlawful distributions.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (3) , a director who votes for or assents to a distribution made in violation of s. 180.0640 or the articles of incorporation is personally liable to the corporation for the amount of the distribution that exceeds what could have been distributed without violating s. 180.0640 or the articles of incorporation, if it is established that the director’s vote or assent constitutes conduct described by s. 180.0828 (1) (a) , (b) , (c) or (d) . In any proceeding brought under this section, a director has all of the defenses ordinarily available to a director.

(2) A director who is liable under sub. (1) for an unlawful distribution is entitled to contribution from all of the following persons:

(a) Every other director who could be held liable under sub. (1) for the unlawful distribution.

(b) Each shareholder for the amount that the shareholder accepted knowing that the distribution was made in violation of s. 180.0640 or the articles of incorporation.

(3) A proceeding under this section is barred unless it is brought within 2 years after the date on which the effect of the distribution was measured under s. 180.0640 (5) .

History: 1989 a. 303 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.17 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.17
Limitations.
Status: in_force

A regional institution or regional holding company may not take any action under s. 214.165 until all of the following conditions have been met:

(1) The division finds that the statutes of the state in which the regional institution or regional holding company has its principal place of business permit all of the following:

(a) Wisconsin savings banks to acquire one or more regional institutions in the state.

(b) In-state savings bank holding companies both to acquire one or more regional institutions and to acquire and merge with one or more regional holding companies in the state.

(2) The division has not disapproved the acquisition of the savings bank or the acquisition or merger with the in-state savings bank holding company under s. 214.18 .

(3) The division publishes under ch. 985 a class 3 notice, in the official state newspaper, of the application to take an action under s. 214.165 and of the opportunity for a hearing and, if at least 25 residents of this state petition for a hearing within 30 days of the final notice or if the division on the division’s own motion calls for a hearing within 30 days of the final notice, the division holds a public hearing on the application, except that a hearing is not required if the division finds that an emergency exists and that the proposed action under s. 214.165 is necessary and appropriate to prevent the probable failure of an in-state savings bank that is closed or in danger of closing.

(4) The division is provided a copy of any application seeking approval by a federal agency of the acquisition of an in-state savings bank or acquisition of or merger with an in-state savings bank holding company and of any supplemental material or amendments filed with the application.

(5) The applicant has paid the division a fee of $1,000 together with the actual costs incurred by the division in holding any hearing on the application.

(6) If an acquired savings bank is organized on or after May 7, 1992, the savings bank has been in existence for at least 5 years before the date of its acquisition.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 32.27 — WI Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32.27
Records to be kept by condemnor.
Status: in_force

(1) Contents of records. The condemnor shall maintain records for each project requiring a relocation payment plan. The records shall contain such information as are necessary to carry out ss. 32.19 and 32.25 to 32.27 . The records shall be preserved by the condemnor for a period of not less than 3 years after conclusion of the project to which the records pertain.

(2) Costs of relocation payments and services; sharing formula.

(a) The costs of relocation payments and services shall be computed and paid by the condemnor and included as part of the total project cost.

(b) If there is a project cost-sharing agreement between the condemnor and another unit or level of government, the costs of relocation payments and services shall be shared in the same proportion as other project costs unless otherwise provided. This direct proportion formula may be changed to take advantage of federal relocation subsidies. It is intended that the payments and services described by ss. 32.19 to 32.27 are required for any project whether or not it is subject to federal regulation under P.L. 91-646 ; 84 Stat. 1894. The intent of this paragraph is to assure that condemnors take maximum advantage of federal payment or assistance for relocation, and to ensure that in no event will any displaced person receive a combined payment in excess of payments authorized or required by s. 32.19 or by federal law.

History: 1971 c. 103 ; 1977 c. 418 ; 1991 a. 189 .
Wis. Stat. § 4.001 — WI Code / Chapter 4 / Section 4.001
Legislative districts established.
Status: in_force

This state is divided into 33 senate districts, each composed of 3 assembly districts. Each senate district shall be entitled to elect one member of the senate. Each assembly district shall be entitled to elect one representative to the assembly.

History: 1983 a. 29 , 192 ; 2011 a. 43 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.0602 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0602
Revocation or amendment of revocable trust.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless the terms of a trust expressly provide that the trust is irrevocable, there is a rebuttable presumption that the settlor may revoke or amend the trust. This subsection does not apply to a trust created under an instrument executed before July 1, 2014.

(2) If a revocable trust is created or funded by more than one settlor, all of the following apply:

(a) To the extent the trust consists of marital or community property, the trust may be revoked by either spouse acting alone but may be amended only by joint action of both spouses.

(b) To the extent the trust consists of property other than marital or community property, each settlor may revoke or amend the trust with regard to the portion of the trust property attributable to that settlor’s contribution.

(c) Upon the revocation or amendment of the trust by fewer than all of the settlors, the trustee shall promptly notify the other settlors of the revocation or amendment.

(3) A settlor may revoke or amend a revocable trust by substantial compliance with a method provided in the terms of the trust, or, if the terms of the trust do not provide a method, by any of the following means:

(am) A later will or codicil that expressly refers to the trust or specifically devises property that would otherwise have passed according to the terms of the trust.

(bm) Any other method manifesting clear and convincing evidence of the settlor’s intent.

(4) Upon revocation of a revocable trust, the trustee shall transfer the trust property to the settlor or as the settlor directs. However, with respect to marital or community property, the trustee shall transfer the property to both spouses as marital or community property or as both spouses direct.

(5) A settlor’s powers with respect to revocation, amendment, or distribution of trust property may be exercised by an agent under a power of attorney only to the extent expressly authorized by the terms of the power of attorney.

(6) A guardian of the estate or a conservator of the settlor may exercise a settlor’s powers with respect to revocation, amendment, or distribution of trust property only with the approval of the court supervising the guardianship or conservatorship.

(7) A trustee who does not know that a trust has been revoked or amended is not liable for distributions made and other actions taken on the assumption that the trust had not been amended or revoked, or for distributions made pursuant to sub. (5) .

History: 2013 a. 92 ; 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.702 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.702
Savings clause.
Status: in_force

(1) Preeffective-date transactions or liens. Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, 2001 Wisconsin Act 10 applies to a transaction or lien within its scope, even if the transaction or lien was entered into or created before July 1, 2001.

(2) Continuing validity. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (3) and ss. 409.703 to 409.709 :

(a) Transactions and liens that were not governed by ch. 409 , 1999 stats., were validly entered into or created before July 1, 2001, and would be subject to 2001 Wisconsin Act 10 if they had been entered into or created on or after July 1, 2001, and the rights, duties, and interests flowing from those transactions and liens remain valid on and after July 1, 2001; and

(b) The transactions and liens may be terminated, completed, consummated, and enforced as required or permitted by 2001 Wisconsin Act 10 or by the law that otherwise would apply if this paragraph had not taken effect.

(3) Preeffective-date proceedings. 2001 Wisconsin Act 10 does not affect an action, case, or proceeding commenced before July 1, 2001.

History: 2001 a. 10 .