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Wis. Stat. § 184.13 — WI Code / Chapter 184 / Section 184.13
Summons and complaint; service on whom.
Status: in_force

In an action or proceeding against a nonprofit association, a summons and complaint must be served on an agent who is authorized by appointment to receive service of process, an officer, managing or general agent, or a person who is authorized to participate in the management of its affairs. If none of them can be served, service may be made on a member.

History: 1997 a. 140 .
Wis. Stat. § 822.32 — WI Code / Chapter 822 / Section 822.32
Enforcement under Hague Convention.
Status: in_force

Under this subchapter, a court of this state may enforce an order for the return of the child made under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction as if it were a child custody determination.

History: 2005 a. 130 .
Wis. Stat. § 940.06 — WI Code / Chapter 940 / Section 940.06
Second-degree reckless homicide.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever recklessly causes the death of another human being is guilty of a Class D felony.

(2) Whoever recklessly causes the death of an unborn child is guilty of a Class D felony.

History: 1987 a. 399 ; 1997 a. 295 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 97.28 — WI Code / Chapter 97 / Section 97.28
Direct sale of eggs.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Candling” means carefully examining, in a dark place, the interior and exterior of a whole egg that is placed in front of a strong light source.

(b) “Egg” means the shell egg of the domestic chicken, Gallus gallus domesticus, and of turkey, duck, goose, guinea, or other avian species whose eggs are used for human consumption.

(c) “Egg producer” means a person who sells eggs laid only by a bird or a flock of birds owned by that person.

(d) “Egg sales route” means one or more residences inhabited by consumers who regularly buy eggs from an egg producer who travels to the residences.

(e) “Farmer’s market” means a building, structure, or place where 2 or more individuals gather on a regular, recurring basis to sell, directly to the consumer, any of the following:

1. Raw agricultural commodities that are grown, harvested, or collected by the individual.

2. Food that is prepared by the individual.

(f) “Nest-run egg” means an egg that is not washed, graded, or subject to candling before sale.

(2) An egg producer who satisfies all of the following need not obtain a license under s. 97.29 to sell eggs, including nest-run eggs:

(a) The number of egg-laying birds in the egg producer’s flock does not exceed 150.

(b) The egg producer sells the eggs directly to a consumer through one of the following venues:

1. At the premises where the eggs were laid.

2. At a farmers’ market located in this state.

3. On an egg sales route.

(c) The egg producer packages the eggs in a carton that is labeled only with the following information:

1. The egg producer’s name and address.

2. The date on which the egg producer packed the eggs into the carton.

3. A date that falls no more than 30 days after the date on which the eggs were packed by which the eggs must be sold.

4. A statement indicating that the eggs in the package are ungraded and uninspected.

(d) The egg producer keeps the eggs, packaged as provided under par. (c) and held, as packaged, for sale at a venue identified under par. (b) , at an ambient temperature of 41 degrees Fahrenheit or below at all times.

History: 2013 a. 245 .
Wis. Stat. § 562.11 — WI Code / Chapter 562 / Section 562.11
Prohibited wagering activities.
Status: in_force

No person may:

(1) Place any wager on a race at any location except at a racetrack.

(2) Facilitate off-track wagers or conduct an operation through which off-track wagers are transmitted to a racetrack. The acceptance of an intertrack wager at a racetrack that does not meet the criteria specified under s. 562.05 (6m) (b) 2. is considered to be the acceptance of an off-track wager and the facilitation of an off-track wager.

(3) Possess a counterfeit, altered or fraudulent wagering ticket on a race with intent to defraud.

(4) Counterfeit, alter or forge a wagering ticket on any race or pass such a ticket with intent to defraud.

History: 1987 a. 354 ; 1989 a. 31 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 2005 a. 245 .
Wis. Stat. § 812.32 — WI Code / Chapter 812 / Section 812.32
Earnings garnishment generally.
Status: in_force

Earnings garnishment is an action to collect an unsatisfied civil judgment for money damages plus statutory interest and costs, from earnings payable by the garnishee to the debtor.

History: 1993 a. 80 .
Wis. Stat. § 12.035 — WI Code / Chapter 12 / Section 12.035
Posting and distribution of election-related material.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “election-related material” means any written matter which describes, or purports to describe, the rights or responsibilities of individuals voting or registering to vote at a polling place or voting an absentee ballot at the office of the municipal clerk or an alternate site under s. 6.855 .

(2) The legislature finds that posting or distributing election-related material at the polling place, at locations where absentee ballots may be cast, or near the entrance to such locations when voting is taking place may mislead and confuse electors about their rights and responsibilities regarding the exercise of the franchise and tends to disrupt the flow of voting activities at such locations. The legislature finds that the restrictions imposed by this section on the posting or distribution of election-related material are necessary to protect the compelling governmental interest in orderly and fair elections.

(3)

(a) No person may post or distribute any election-related material during polling hours on election day at a polling place.

(b) No person may post or distribute any election-related material during polling hours on any public property on election day within 100 feet of an entrance to a building containing a polling place.

(c) No person may post or distribute any election-related material at the office of the municipal clerk or at an alternate site under s. 6.855 during hours that absentee ballots may be cast.

(d) No person may post or distribute election-related material during the hours that absentee ballots may be cast on any public property within 100 feet of an entrance to a building containing the office of the municipal clerk or an alternate site under s. 6.855 .

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to any of the following:

(a) The posting or distribution of election-related material posted or distributed by the municipal clerk or other election officials.

(b) The placement of any material on the bumper of a motor vehicle located on public property.

(5) A municipal clerk, election inspector, or law enforcement officer may remove election-related material posted in violation of sub. (3) and may confiscate election-related material distributed in violation of sub. (3) .

History: 2005 a. 451 .
Wis. Stat. § 770.17 — WI Code / Chapter 770 / Section 770.17
Fees to county clerk.
Status: in_force

Each county clerk shall receive as a fee for each declaration of domestic partnership issued and for each certificate of termination of domestic partnership issued the same amount that the clerk receives for issuing a marriage license under s. 765.15 . Of the amount that the clerk receives under this section, the clerk shall pay into the state treasury the same amount that the clerk pays into the state treasury from the fee collected for issuing a marriage license. The remainder shall become a part of the funds of the county.

History: 2009 a. 28 ; 2013 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 645.52 — WI Code / Chapter 645 / Section 645.52
Fraudulent transfers prior to petition.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition and effect. Every transfer made or suffered and every obligation incurred by an insurer within one year prior to the filing of a successful petition for rehabilitation or liquidation under this chapter is fraudulent as to then existing and future creditors if made or incurred without fair consideration, or with actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud either existing or future creditors. A transfer made or an obligation incurred by an insurer ordered to be rehabilitated or liquidated under this chapter, which is fraudulent under this section, may be avoided by the receiver, except as to a person who in good faith is a purchaser, lienor or obligee for a present fair equivalent value; and except that any purchaser, lienor or obligee, who in good faith has given a consideration less than fair for such transfer, lien or obligation, may retain the property, lien or obligation as security for repayment. The court may, on due notice, order any such transfer or obligation to be preserved for the benefit of the estate, and in that event the receiver shall succeed to and may enforce the rights of the purchaser, lienor or obligee.

(2) Perfection of transfers.

(a) Personal property. A transfer of property other than real property shall be deemed to be made or suffered when it becomes so far perfected that no subsequent lien obtainable by legal or equitable proceedings on a simple contract could become superior to the rights of the transferee under s. 645.54 (3) .

(b) Real property. A transfer of real property shall be deemed to be made or suffered when it becomes so far perfected that no subsequent bona fide purchaser from the insurer could obtain rights superior to the rights of the transferee.

(c) Equitable liens. A transfer which creates an equitable lien shall not be deemed to be perfected if there are available means by which a legal lien could be created.

(d) Transfer not perfected prior to petition. Any transfer not perfected prior to the filing of a petition for liquidation shall be deemed to be made immediately before the filing of the successful petition.

(e) Actual creditors unnecessary. This subsection applies whether or not there are or were creditors who might have obtained any liens or persons who might have become bona fide purchasers.

(3) Fraudulent reinsurance transactions. Any transaction of the insurer with a reinsurer shall be deemed fraudulent and may be avoided by the receiver under sub. (1) if:

(a) The transaction consists of the termination, adjustment or settlement of a reinsurance contract in which the reinsurer is released from any part of its duty to pay the originally specified share of losses that had occurred prior to the time of the transaction, unless the reinsurer gives a present fair equivalent value for the release; and

(b) Any part of the transaction took place within one year prior to the date of filing of the petition through which the receivership was commenced.
Wis. Stat. § 103.01 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.01
Hours of labor; definitions.
Status: in_force

In ss. 103.01 to 103.03 :

(1)

(a) “Employer” means every person having control or custody of any employment or place of employment.

(b) “Employer” includes the state, its political subdivisions and any office, department, independent agency, authority, institution, association, society or other body in state or local government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, including the legislature and the courts.

(2) “Employment” means any trade, occupation or process of manufacture, or any method of carrying on such trade or occupation in which any person may be engaged, or for any place of employment.

(3) “Place of employment” means any manufactory, mechanical or mercantile establishment, beauty parlor, laundry, restaurant, confectionary store, or telegraph or telecommunications office or exchange, any express or transportation establishment or any hotel.

History: 1971 c. 228 s. 44 ; 1975 c. 94 ; 1983 a. 189 ; 1985 a. 297 s. 76 ; 1989 a. 225 .
Wis. Stat. § 177.0602 — WI Code / Chapter 177 / Section 177.0602
Dormancy charge.
Status: in_force

(1) A holder may deduct a dormancy charge from property required to be paid or delivered to the administrator if all of the following apply:

(a) A valid written contract between the holder and the apparent owner authorizes imposition of the charge for the apparent owner’s failure to claim the property within a specified time.

(b) The holder regularly imposes the charge and regularly does not reverse or otherwise cancel or not collect the charge.

(2) The amount of the deduction under sub. (1) is limited to an amount that is not unconscionable considering all relevant factors, including the marginal transactional costs incurred by the holder in maintaining the apparent owner’s property and any services received by the apparent owner.

History: 2021 a. 87 .
Wis. Stat. § 341.297 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.297
Biennial registration.
Status: in_force

The following vehicles shall be registered on a biennial basis:

(1) A motorcycle, moped, or low-speed vehicle, as specified in s. 341.25 (1) (b) .

(2) A farm truck having a gross weight of 12,000 pounds or less, as specified in s. 341.26 (3) (a) 1.

History: 1989 a. 31 ; 1999 a. 142 ; 2007 a. 33 ; 2009 a. 311 .
Wis. Stat. § 44.11 — WI Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44.11
Central depository library.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “board” means the board of curators of the historical society.

(2) The board may participate in the formation and maintenance of a nonprofit-sharing corporation sponsored by participating colleges, universities, and libraries for the purpose of providing and operating a central library depository at a location in a midwestern state for the storage of little used books and other library and research materials of participating institutions, and which corporation may also perform any other functions for the benefit of participating institutions, including correlating library catalogs of the participating institutions, coordinating and planning the purchasing by each institution of costly or infrequently used books and research materials in order to avoid unnecessary duplication, and facilitating the loaning of library books and other library and research materials between participating institutions. The board shall possess all powers necessary or convenient to accomplish the foregoing, including the authority to designate representatives or members of such corporation in accordance with its articles and bylaws.

(3) The board may make use of and pay for the use of the facilities and services of such nonprofit-sharing corporation, but the board shall retain title to all books and materials deposited with such corporation for storage or loaned to other participating institutions and the authority of the board to expend funds for the purchase of land, the construction of buildings and additions to buildings and the purchase of equipment for the purpose of providing such facilities shall be limited to funds appropriated under s. 20.245 .

History: 1971 c. 100 s. 23 ; 1973 c. 335 s. 13 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 895.01 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.01
What actions survive; actions not to abate.
Status: in_force

(1)

(am) In addition to the causes of action that survive at common law, all of the following also survive:

1. Causes of action to determine paternity.

2. Causes of action for the recovery of personal property or the unlawful withholding or conversion of personal property.

3. Causes of action for the recovery of the possession of real estate and for the unlawful withholding of the possession of real estate.

4. Causes of action for assault and battery.

5. Causes of action for false imprisonment.

6. Causes of action for invasion of privacy.

7. Causes of action for a violation of s. 968.31 (2m) or other damage to the person.

8. Causes of action for all damage done to the property rights or interests of another.

9. Causes of action for goods taken and carried away.

10. Causes of action for damages done to real or personal estate.

11. Equitable actions to set aside conveyances of real estate.

12. Equitable actions to compel a reconveyance of real estate.

13. Equitable actions to quiet the title to real estate.

14. Equitable actions for specific performance of contracts relating to real estate.

(bm) Causes of action for wrongful death shall survive the death of the wrongdoer whether or not the death of the wrongdoer occurred before or after the death of the injured person.

(2) An action does not abate by the occurrence of any event if the cause of action survives or continues.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 760 (1975), 771; 1977 c. 176 ; 1987 a. 399 ; 1993 a. 481 ; 1999 a. 85 ; 2007 a. 101 .
Wis. Stat. § 35.52 — WI Code / Chapter 35 / Section 35.52
Authority for printing; increase, and diminution of editions and pages.
Status: in_force

The department may not order any printing not authorized by law nor any quantity in excess of the legal limitation thereof. If experience demonstrates that the number of copies specified in this chapter for the editions of the Blue Book or Laws of Wisconsin exceeds the actual lawful demand therefor, the number of volumes or pages thereafter to be printed shall be reduced to such number as will supply such demand and no more. In like manner, any specification as to quantity in any requisition for printing which is required to be distributed shall be reduced to the actual probable demand therefor, as determined from previous experience in such distribution.

History: 1991 a. 39 .
Wis. Stat. § 701.0406 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0406
Creation of trust induced by fraud, duress, or undue influence.
Status: in_force

A trust is void to the extent its creation was induced by fraud, duress, or undue influence.

History: 2013 a. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 134.38 — WI Code / Chapter 134 / Section 134.38
Companies to post copies of s. 134.37.
Status: in_force

All telegraph or messenger companies whose employees are affected by s. 134.37 are hereby required to post, in their offices in this state, a copy of s. 134.37 , under a penalty of $10 and costs for each and every offense.

History: 1979 c. 89 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.1433 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.1433
Decree of dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) Entering decree. If after a hearing the court determines that one or more grounds for judicial dissolution under s. 181.1430 exist, it may enter a decree dissolving the corporation and specifying the effective date of the dissolution, and the clerk of the court shall deliver a certified copy of the decree to the department, who shall file it.

(2) Effect of decree. After entering the decree of dissolution, the court shall direct the winding up and liquidation of the corporation’s affairs in accordance with s. 181.1405 and the notification of its claimants in accordance with ss. 181.1406 and 181.1407 .

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 238.125 — WI Code / Chapter 238 / Section 238.125
Notification of position openings; compliance.
Status: in_force

The corporation shall monitor compliance with the position-opening notification requirements under ss. 66.1103 (6m) and 106.16 .

History: 1987 a. 27 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 ; 2011 a. 32 s. 3333 ; Stats. 2011 s. 238.125.
Wis. Stat. § 938.368 — WI Code / Chapter 938 / Section 938.368
Continuation of dispositional orders.
Status: in_force

(1) Termination of parental rights proceedings. If a petition for termination of parental rights is filed under s. 48.41 or 48.415 or an appeal from a judgment terminating or denying termination of parental rights is filed during the year in which a dispositional order under s. 938.355 or an extension order under s. 938.365 is in effect, the dispositional or extension order shall remain in effect until all proceedings related to the filing of the petition or an appeal are concluded.

(2) Placement with guardian. If a juvenile’s placement with a guardian appointed under s. 48.977 (2) is designated by the court under s. 48.977 (3) as a permanent foster placement for the juvenile while a dispositional order under s. 938.345 , a revision order under s. 938.363 , or an extension order under s. 938.365 is in effect with respect to the juvenile, the dispositional order, revision order, or extension order shall remain in effect until the earliest of the following:

(a) Thirty days after the guardianship terminates under s. 48.977 (7) .

(b) A court enters a change in placement order under s. 938.357 .

(c) A court order terminates such dispositional order, revision order or extension order.

(d) The juvenile attains the age of 18 years.

History: 1995 a. 77 ; 1997 a. 80 ; 2005 a. 344 .
Wis. Stat. § 60.13 — WI Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.13
Presiding officer.
Status: in_force

(1) Who presides.

(a) If present, the town board chairperson shall chair the town meeting. If the town board chairperson is absent, another town board supervisor shall chair the town meeting. If no town board supervisor is present, the town meeting shall elect the chairperson of the meeting.

(b) If the annual town meeting is held in a year when the office of town board chairperson is filled by election, the person holding the office on the day prior to the date of the election to fill the office shall preside at the annual town meeting and is entitled to receive the per diem which is ordinarily paid to the presiding officer. If such person is absent or refuses to serve as the presiding officer, the presiding officer shall be chosen under par. (a) .

(2) Duties. The town meeting chairperson shall conduct the meeting’s proceedings in accordance with accepted parliamentary procedure.

(3) Enforcement authority. The town meeting chairperson shall maintain order and decorum, and may order any person to leave a town meeting if the person has conducted himself or herself in a disorderly manner and persisted in such conduct after being directed by the chairperson to cease the conduct. If the person refuses the chairperson’s order to withdraw, the town meeting chairperson may order a constable or other law enforcement officer to take the person into custody until the meeting is adjourned.

History: 1983 a. 532 .
Wis. Stat. § 184.08 — WI Code / Chapter 184 / Section 184.08
Effect of judgment or order.
Status: in_force

A judgment or order against a nonprofit association is not by itself a judgment or order against a member.

History: 1997 a. 140 .
Wis. Stat. § 425.401 — WI Code / Chapter 425 / Section 425.401
Willful violations: misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , a person who willfully and knowingly engages in any conduct or practice in violation of chs. 421 to 427 may be fined not more than $2,000.

(2) A person who intentionally violates s. 425.2065 (2) may be fined not more than $500.

History: 1971 c. 239 ; 1979 c. 89 ; 2005 a. 255 .
Wis. Stat. § 291.93 — WI Code / Chapter 291 / Section 291.93
Orders.
Status: in_force

The department may issue orders to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and enforce those orders by all appropriate administrative and judicial proceedings.

History: 1995 a. 227 s. 672 .
Wis. Stat. § 971.13 — WI Code / Chapter 971 / Section 971.13
Competency.
Status: in_force

(1) No person who lacks substantial mental capacity to understand the proceedings or assist in his or her own defense may be tried, convicted or sentenced for the commission of an offense so long as the incapacity endures.

(2) A defendant shall not be determined incompetent to proceed solely because medication has been or is being administered to restore or maintain competency.

(3) The fact that a defendant is not competent to proceed does not preclude any legal objection to the prosecution under s. 971.31 which is susceptible of fair determination prior to trial and without the personal participation of the defendant.

(4) The fact that a defendant is not competent to proceed does not preclude a hearing under s. 968.38 (4) or (5) unless the probable cause finding required to be made at the hearing cannot be fairly made without the personal participation of the defendant.

History: 1981 c. 367 ; 1997 a. 182 ; 1999 a. 188 .