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Wis. Stat. § 786.27 — WI Code / Chapter 786 / Section 786.27
Future estates, application for sale.
Status: in_force

The application for the disposition may be made to the circuit court for the county in which the real estate or some part or interest therein is situated, by the verified petition of any one or more of the parties having any title to or interest in the land. If any petitioners are minors, the petition shall be signed by their general guardian. The petition must set forth facts which would authorize the selling, mortgaging, leasing or otherwise disposing of the real estate or some part thereof, or interest therein, for one or more of the reasons set forth in s. 786.06 . The lands or interests therein shall be sold, mortgaged, leased or otherwise disposed of in such manner as will best promote the interests of those concerned, whether in being or not, and whether their interests are present or contingent. Notice of the application shall be given to all parties having any title to or interest in the lands, who are living at the time of the petition, except those who have joined in the petition at least 10 days prior to the date of the hearing of the application, by service of the same as provided in ch. 801 for the service of the summons in a civil action.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 775 (1975); 1977 c. 449 ; 1979 c. 32 ss. 63 , 92 (14) ; Stats. 1979 s. 786.27.
Wis. Stat. § 967.08 — WI Code / Chapter 967 / Section 967.08
Telephone or live audiovisual proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) The court may, upon the motion of any party or upon its own motion, conduct proceedings referred to in this section by telephone or live audiovisual means, if available. A party may petition the court to conduct a proceeding by telephone or live audiovisual means. If the proceeding is required to be reported under SCR 71.01 (2), the proceeding shall be reported by a court reporter who is in simultaneous voice communication with all parties to the proceeding. Regardless of the physical location of any party to a proceeding conducted by telephone or live audiovisual means, any plea, waiver, stipulation, motion, objection, decision, order or other action taken by the court or any party shall have the same effect as if made in open court. With the exceptions of scheduling conferences, pretrial conferences, and, during hours the court is not in session, setting, review, modification of bail and other conditions of release under ch. 969 , the proceeding shall be conducted in a courtroom or other place reasonably accessible to the public. Simultaneous access to the proceeding shall be provided to persons entitled to attend by means of a loudspeaker, live audiovisual means, or, upon request to the court, by allowing a person entitled to attend to listen to or view the proceedings without charge.

(2) The court may permit any criminal proceeding under chs. 968 to 973 to be conducted by telephone or live audiovisual means if both parties consent to do so.

(4) If any party objects to the use of telephone or live audiovisual means for a critical stage of the proceedings, the court shall sustain the objection.

(5) For any other objections to the use of telephone or live audiovisual means, the court shall consider the factors outlined in s. 885.56 in determining whether to sustain or overrule the objection.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 141 Wis. 2d xiii (1987); 1987 a. 403 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 158 Wis. 2d xvii (1990); 1995 a. 27 , 387 ; 1997 a. 252 ; 2021 a. 141 .
Wis. Stat. § 183.0601 — WI Code / Chapter 183 / Section 183.0601
Power to dissociate as member; wrongful dissociation.
Status: in_force

(1) A person has the power to dissociate as a member at any time, rightfully or wrongfully, by withdrawing as a member by express will under s. 183.0602 (1) .

(2) A person’s dissociation as a member is wrongful only if any of the following applies:

(a) The dissociation is in breach of an express provision of a written operating agreement.

(b) The dissociation occurs before completion of the winding up of the limited liability company and any of the following applies:

1. The person is expelled as a member by judicial order under s. 183.0602 (6) .

2. The person is dissociated under s. 183.0602 (8) .

(3) A person that wrongfully dissociates as a member is liable to the limited liability company and, subject to s. 183.0801 , to the other members for damages caused by the dissociation. The liability is in addition to any debt, obligation, or other liability of the member to the company or the other members.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.317 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.317
Taking homing pigeons.
Status: in_force

Any person who takes, catches, kills or impedes the progress or otherwise interferes with any homing pigeon shall forfeit not more than $50.

History: 1975 c. 365 ; 1997 a. 248 s. 440 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.317.
Wis. Stat. § 98.07 — WI Code / Chapter 98 / Section 98.07
Declaration of quantity.
Status: in_force

(1) No commodity which is marked, tagged or labeled, or for which a sign is displayed, with a selling price, shall be sold unless the weight, measure or count of the commodity is conspicuously declared on the commodity or its tag, label or sign, but a declaration of count is not required if the selling price is for a single unit, or a set or combination of commodities customarily sold to and understood by consumers as a single unit, or if the commodity is packaged prior to sale and the package contains 6 units or less which can be easily counted without opening the package.

(2) No commodity shall be wrapped or its container made, formed or filled so as to mislead the purchaser; nor shall the qualifying term “when packed”, or the terms “jumbo”, “giant” or “full”, or words of similar import that tend to mislead the purchaser as to the amount of the commodity, be used in connection with a declaration of quantity.

(3) With respect to commodities packaged prior to sale, the department shall issue rules permitting reasonable variations from declared quantity which unavoidably occur in good packaging and distribution practices.

(4) In order to prevent consumer deception, the department shall prescribe, by rule, standards for determining and declaring weight, measure or count, including the conspicuousness of quantity declarations.

History: 1975 c. 308 .
Wis. Stat. § 182.104 — WI Code / Chapter 182 / Section 182.104
Title to property after dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever any domestic corporation shall have been dissolved, owning any real property in this state, the resolution of dissolution required by s. 182.103 , 1953 stats., to be recorded with the register of deeds of the county in which such corporation is located, or in the case of any corporation which was dissolved prior to June 29, 1945, owning any interest in real estate, the affidavit of the person who was the president or the secretary of such corporation at the date of its dissolution stating the names of the persons holding stock in said corporation and the number of shares or proportional interest of said persons in the corporate property at such date, when recorded with the register of deeds of the county in which such corporation was located, shall be prima facie evidence of the title of said persons in said corporate property.

(2) This section shall not affect the rights of creditors of the corporation, and shall not apply where any court has made disposition of the property, or where the property has been conveyed by the corporation, or distributed among the stockholders, and the conveyance is of record in the office of the register of deeds.

History: 1983 a. 192 s. 304 .
Wis. Stat. § 15.46 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.46
Department of transportation; creation.
Status: in_force

There is created a department of transportation under the direction and supervision of the secretary of transportation.
Wis. Stat. § 323.15 — WI Code / Chapter 323 / Section 323.15
Heads of emergency management; duties and powers.
Status: in_force

(1) Ongoing duties.

(a) The head of emergency management for each local unit of government shall implement the plan adopted under s. 323.14 (1) (a) 1. or (b) 1. , whichever is applicable, and perform such other duties related to emergency management as are required by the governing body and the emergency management committee of the governing body when applicable. The emergency management plans shall require the use of the incident command system by all emergency response agencies, including local health departments, during a state of emergency declared under s. 323.10 or 323.11 .

(b) The head of emergency management for each county shall coordinate and assist in developing city, village, and town emergency management plans within the county, integrate the plans with the county plan, advise the department of military affairs of all emergency management planning in the county and submit to the adjutant general the reports that he or she requires, direct and coordinate emergency management activities throughout the county during a state of emergency, and direct countywide emergency management training programs and exercises.

(c) The head of emergency management in each city, village and town shall do all of the following:

1. Direct local emergency management training programs and exercises.

2. Direct participation in emergency management programs and exercises that are ordered by the adjutant general or the county head of emergency management.

3. Advise the county head of emergency management on local emergency management programs.

4. Submit to the county head of emergency management any reports he or she requires.

(4) Powers during an emergency. During a state of emergency declared by the governor, the head of emergency management for each local unit of government, on behalf of his or her respective local unit of government, may contract with any person to provide equipment and services on a cost basis to be used to respond to a disaster, or the imminent threat of a disaster.

History: 2009 a. 42 ss. 104 to 107 , 300 , 301 ; Stats. 2009 s. 323.15.
Wis. Stat. § 48.743 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.743
Community living arrangements for children.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “community living arrangement for children” means a residential care center for children and youth or a group home.

(2) Community living arrangements for children shall be subject to the same building and housing ordinances, codes, and regulations of the municipality or county as similar residences located in the area in which the facility is located.

(3) The department shall designate a subunit to keep records and supply information on community living arrangements for children under ss. 59.69 (15) (f) , 60.63 (7) , and 62.23 (7) (i) 6. The subunit shall be responsible for receiving all complaints regarding community living arrangements for children and for coordinating all necessary investigatory and disciplinary actions under the laws of this state and under the rules of the department relating to the licensing of community living arrangements for children.

(4) A community living arrangement for children with a capacity for 8 or fewer persons shall be a permissible use for purposes of any deed covenant which limits use of property to single-family or 2-family residences. A community living arrangement for children with a capacity for 15 or fewer persons shall be a permissible use for purposes of any deed covenant which limits use of property to more than 2-family residences. Covenants in deeds which expressly prohibit use of property for community living arrangements for children are void as against public policy.

(5) If a community living arrangement for children is required to obtain special zoning permission, as defined in s. 59.69 (15) (g) , the department shall, at the request of the unit of government responsible for granting the special zoning permission, inspect the proposed facility and review the program proposed for the facility. After such inspection and review, the department shall transmit to the unit of government responsible for granting the special zoning permission a statement that the proposed facility and its proposed program have been examined and are either approved or disapproved by the department.

History: 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 342.34 — WI Code / Chapter 342 / Section 342.34
Department to be notified of destruction or junking of vehicle.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person owning or possessing a junk vehicle shall, within 10 days after determining that the vehicle is a junk vehicle do all of the following:

(a) Notify the department of the junk condition of the vehicle.

(b) Return the certificate of title to the department.

(c) If the vehicle is a motorcycle or an automobile registered under s. 341.27 or a motor home or a motor truck, dual purpose motor home or dual purpose farm truck which has a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds or a farm truck which has a gross weight of not more than 12,000 pounds, the owner shall remove the registration plates and retain and preserve them for use on any other vehicle of the same type which may subsequently be registered in his or her name. If the vehicle is not a motorcycle or an automobile registered under s. 341.27 , or a motor home or a motor truck, dual purpose motor home or dual purpose farm truck which has a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds or a farm truck which has a gross weight of not more than 12,000 pounds, he or she shall remove and destroy the plates.

(2) Any person owning or possessing a vehicle which has been junked or destroyed shall, within 10 days after the destruction or junking occurred do all of the following:

(a) Notify the department of the destruction or junking.

(b) Return the certificate of title to the department.

(c) Remove and either retain or destroy the registration plates for the vehicle as provided in sub. (1) (c) .

(3) No certificate of title may be issued for a junk vehicle or for a vehicle which has been junked or destroyed.

(3m) In determining whether a vehicle meets the definition of a junk vehicle for purposes of this section or s. 342.15 (1) (a) , the department may promulgate rules specifying the conditions under which a vehicle shall be considered incapable of operation or use upon a highway.

(4)

(a) Any person violating sub. (1) or (2) may be required to forfeit not more than $200.

(b) Any person who with intent to defraud violates sub. (1) or (2) may be required to forfeit not more than $1,000.

History: 1971 c. 278 ; 1977 c. 29 ss. 1455 , 1654 (7) (a) ; 1977 c. 129 , 418 ; 1983 a. 126 , 227 , 270 , 538 ; 1987 a. 349 ; 1993 a. 63 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 80 .
Wis. Stat. § 859.39 — WI Code / Chapter 859 / Section 859.39
Delay of payment of claims when funds are insufficient.
Status: in_force

If it appears at any time that an estate is or may be insolvent, that there are insufficient funds on hand for payment of claims in full or that there is other good cause for delaying payment, the personal representative may report that fact to the court and apply for any order that the personal representative deems necessary.

History: 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 403.505 — WI Code / Chapter 403 / Section 403.505
Evidence of dishonor.
Status: in_force

(1) The following are admissible as evidence and create a presumption of dishonor and of any notice of dishonor stated:

(a) A document regular in form as provided in sub. (2) which purports to be a protest.

(b) A purported stamp or writing of the drawee, payer bank or presenting bank on or accompanying the instrument stating that acceptance or payment has been refused unless reasons for the refusal are stated and the reasons are not consistent with dishonor.

(c) A book or record of the drawee, payer bank or collecting bank kept in the usual course of business which shows dishonor, even if there is no evidence of who made the entry.

(2) A protest is a certificate of dishonor made by a U.S. consul or vice consul, or a notary public or other person authorized to administer oaths by the law of the place where dishonor occurs. A protest may be made upon information satisfactory to that person. The protest shall identify the instrument and certify either that presentment has been made or, if not made, the reason why it was not made, and that the instrument has been dishonored by nonacceptance or nonpayment. The protest may also certify that notice of dishonor has been given to some or all parties.

History: 1995 a. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 859.02 — WI Code / Chapter 859 / Section 859.02
Limitation on claims.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) and s. 859.03 , all claims against a decedent’s estate including claims of the state and any subdivision thereof, whether due or to become due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, are barred against the estate, the personal representative and the heirs and beneficiaries of the decedent unless filed on or before the date set under s. 859.01 .

(2) A claim against a decedent’s estate that is not filed on or before the date set under s. 859.01 is not barred if:

(a) It is a claim based on tort, on a marital property agreement that is subject to the time limitations under s. 766.58 (13) (b) or (c) , on Wisconsin income, franchise, sales, withholding, gift, or death taxes, or on unemployment insurance contributions due or benefits overpaid; a claim for funeral or administrative expenses; a claim of this state under s. 46.27 (7g) , 2017 stats., or s. 49.496 , 49.682 , or 49.849 ; or a claim of the United States; or

(b) All of the following circumstances exist:

1. On or before the date set under s. 859.01 , the personal representative knew, or in the exercise of reasonable diligence should have known, of the existence of the potential claim and of the identity and mailing address of the potential claimant.

2. At least 30 days prior to the date set under s. 859.01 , the personal representative had not given notice to the potential claimant of the final day for filing his or her claim and the court in which the estate proceeding was pending.

3. At least 30 days prior to the date set under s. 859.01 , the claimant did not have actual knowledge that the estate proceeding was pending and of the court in which that proceeding was pending.

(2m)

(a) A claim based on a tort is subject to s. 859.45 .

(b) A claim of a creditor without notice is subject to s. 859.48 .

(3) Failure of a claimant timely to file a claim against a decedent’s estate does not bar the claimant from satisfying the claim not otherwise barred from property other than the decedent’s estate.

History: 1989 a. 96 ; 1991 a. 39 , 89 , 301 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 39 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2005 a. 216 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2019 a. 9 ; 2021 a. 239 s. 74 ; 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 88.67 — WI Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.67
Construction and repair of drains crossing utility installations; laying utility installations across drains.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the construction, reconstruction, clean out or repair of a drain makes necessary the removal or raising of a utility installation in order to permit the passage of a dredge or other machinery or whenever the lowering of an underground utility installation is necessary in order to provide effective drainage, the owner of the utility installation, upon being given 30 days’ written notice stating the place where such dredge or machinery will pass or that lowering is necessary to provide effective drainage, shall remove, raise or lower the utility installation as requested by the board. Except as provided in sub. (3) , the expenses involved in such removal, raising or lowering shall be borne by the drainage district or as provided by mutual agreement between the drainage board and the owner of the utility installation.

(2) If after the 30 days’ notice specified in sub. (1) the owner of the utility installation fails to remove, raise or lower the same, the board may do so and may recover from the owner of the installation the cost of the removal, raising or lowering.

(3) Whenever an underground utility installation is being laid or relaid across a drainage district’s drain, the owner of the utility installation shall consult with the drainage board having jurisdiction of such district for the purpose of determining the grade at which such drain was laid out. If an underground utility installation is laid at a grade higher than the grade at which the drain was laid out, the expenses involved in any future lowering of the utility installation shall be borne by the owner of the utility installation unless the owner was misled by the drainage board as to the proper grade at which to lay the utility installation. This subsection applies only to work done after June 13, 1964.

(4) In this section “utility installation” includes any sluice or pipe carrying any gas or liquid, or any wire, conduit or cable used for conducting electricity or for any other purpose, whether or not such installation is owned by a public utility.
Wis. Stat. § 648.30 — WI Code / Chapter 648 / Section 648.30
Nondisclosure of information.
Status: in_force

(1) Types of information. The office may refuse to disclose and may prevent any other person from disclosing any of the following:

(a) Testimony, reports, records, and information that are obtained, produced, or created in the course of an inquiry under s. 648.15 .

(b) Testimony, reports, records, and information that are obtained, produced, or created in the course of an examination under s. 648.20 .

(c) Testimony, reports, records, communications, and information that are obtained by the office from, or provided by the office to, any of the following, under a pledge of confidentiality or for the purpose of assisting or participating in monitoring activities or in the conduct of any inquiry, investigation, or examination:

1. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

2. An agent or employee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

3. The insurance commissioner of another state.

4. An agent or employee of the insurance commissioner of another state.

5. An international, federal, state, or local regulatory or law enforcement agency, including the department.

6. An agent or employee of an agency described in subd. 5.

(2) Waiver and applicability of the privilege. Section 601.465 (2m) (a) to (d) applies to the privilege under sub. (1) .

History: 2009 a. 28 .