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Wis. Stat. § 66.0119 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0119
Special inspection warrants.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) “Inspection purposes” includes such purposes as building, housing, electrical, plumbing, heating, gas, fire, health, safety, environmental pollution, water quality, waterways, use of water, food, zoning, property assessment, meter and obtaining data required to be submitted in an initial site report or feasibility report under subch. III of ch. 289 or s. 291.23 , 291.25 , 291.29 or 291.31 or an environmental impact statement related to one of those reports. “Inspection purposes” also includes purposes for obtaining information specified in s. 196.02 (5m) by or on behalf of the public service commission.

(b) “Peace officer” means a state, county, city, village, town, town sanitary district or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district officer, agent or employee charged under statute or municipal ordinance with powers or duties involving inspection of real or personal property, including buildings, building premises and building contents, and means a local health officer, as defined in s. 250.01 (5) , or his or her designee.

(c) “Public building” has the meaning given in s. 101.01 (12) .

(2) A peace officer may apply for, obtain and execute a special inspection warrant issued under this section. Except in cases of emergency where no special inspection warrant is required, special inspection warrants shall be issued for inspection of personal or real properties which are not public buildings or for inspection of portions of public buildings which are not open to the public only upon showing that consent to entry for inspection purposes has been refused.

(3) The following forms for use under this section are illustrative and not mandatory:

History: 1971 c. 185 s. 7 ; 1981 c. 374 ; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (4) ; 1989 a. 159 ; 1995 a. 27 , 227 ; 1999 a. 150 ss. 30 , 287 to 292 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0119; 2003 a. 89 ; 2007 a. 130 .
Wis. Stat. § 905.14 — WI Code / Chapter 905 / Section 905.14
Privilege in crime victim compensation proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , no privilege under this chapter exists regarding communications or records relevant to an issue of the physical, mental or emotional condition of the claimant or victim in a proceeding under ch. 949 in which that condition is an element.

(2) The lawyer-client privilege applies in a proceeding under ch. 949 .

History: 1979 c. 189 .
Wis. Stat. § 69.63 — WI Code / Chapter 69 / Section 69.63
Department of revenue, duties.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the department of revenue to collect from time to time statistics of recorded sales of real estate in each county and of the assessed valuation of the lands included in such sales. In collecting such statistics, sales appearing to be made for a nominal consideration or as to which the true consideration is not stated and cannot be readily ascertained, and those in which the description of lands does not substantially correspond or cannot be identified with descriptions upon the assessment roll, shall be omitted; and the department may also exclude from such statistics any other sales where for any reason the data appear to be unreliable or not serviceable.

History: 1975 c. 295 ; Stats. 1975 s. 69.63.
Wis. Stat. § 782.31 — WI Code / Chapter 782 / Section 782.31
Nonliability of officers.
Status: in_force

No officer shall be liable for obeying any final order discharging or directing the discharge of any prisoner.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 59 ; Stats. 1979 s. 782.31.
Wis. Stat. § 39.48 — WI Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39.48
Armed forces.
Status: in_force

If a student who is a member of a national guard or a member of a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces withdraws from a private nonprofit college or university located in this state, or from a school approved by the department of safety and professional services under s. 440.52 or the educational approval board under s. 38.50 , 2015 stats., or authorized by the distance learning authorization board under s. 39.86 , after September 11, 2001, because he or she is called into state active duty or into active service with the U.S. armed forces, the college, university, or school shall do all of the following:

(1) Reenroll the student beginning in the semester in which he or she is discharged, demobilized, or deactivated from active duty or the next succeeding semester, whichever the student prefers.

(1m) Give the student the same priority in registering for courses that the student would have had if he or she had registered for courses at the beginning of the registration period.

(2m) At the student’s request, do one of the following for all courses from which the student had to withdraw:

(a) Reimburse the student all tuition and fees paid for all the courses and a prorated portion of room and board payments.

(b) Grant the student an incomplete in all of the courses from which the student had to withdraw and permit the student to complete the courses, within 6 months after leaving state service or active service, without paying additional tuition or fees.

(3) Ensure that the student is provided a reasonable opportunity to complete final projects and final examinations for all courses in which the scheduled end date of the course is not more than 30 days after the date of the order calling the student into active duty or service unless such an accommodation cannot be reasonably made.

History: 2001 a. 22 ; 2003 a. 69 ; 2005 a. 324 , 470 ; 2019 a. 75 .
Wis. Stat. § 631.65 — WI Code / Chapter 631 / Section 631.65
Assessable policies.
Status: in_force

Every assessable policy shall conspicuously display on the first page, separately from any other provision and in type at least as large as any used in the body of the policy, the words “This policy is assessable”.

History: 1975 c. 375 ; 1981 c. 218 .
Wis. Stat. § 767.73 — WI Code / Chapter 767 / Section 767.73
Delinquent child or family support; suspension of operating privilege.
Status: in_force

(1) Authority to suspend.

(a) In this subsection, “support payment” means a payment ordered for support under s. 767.521 , support under s. 767.501 , child support or family support under s. 767.225 , family support under s. 767.531 , 2019 stats., revised child or family support under s. 767.59 , or child support under s. 767.511 , 767.804 (3) , 767.805 (4) , 767.85 , 767.863 (3) , 767.89 , or 948.22 (7) or ch. 769 .

(b) If a person fails to pay a support payment that is 90 or more days past due and the court finds that the person has the ability to pay the amount ordered, the court may suspend the person’s operating privilege, as defined in s. 340.01 (40) , until the person pays all arrearages in full or makes payment arrangements that are satisfactory to the court, except that the suspension period may not exceed 2 years. If otherwise eligible, the person is eligible for an occupational license under s. 343.10 at any time.

(2) Notice of suspension to department of transportation. If a court orders suspension of a person’s operating privilege under sub. (1) (b) , the court shall notify the department of transportation, in the form and manner prescribed by the department. The notice to the department shall include the name and last-known address of the person against whom the support order was entered, certification by the court that the person has been notified of the entry of the support order and that there are arrearages in support payments that are 90 or more days past due, and the place where the arrearages may be paid. The notice shall also state that the person’s operating privilege remains suspended until the person pays all arrearages in full or makes payment arrangements that are satisfactory to the court, except that the suspension period may not exceed 2 years.

(3) Notice of payment to department. If the person subsequently pays the full amount of the arrearages or makes payment arrangements that are satisfactory to the court, the court shall immediately notify the department of transportation of the payment in the form and manner prescribed by the department.

(4) Application to past arrearages. This section applies to support arrearages existing on or after October 1, 1996, regardless of when the arrearages accrued or when the order or judgment requiring the payment of support was entered.

(5) Relationship to other remedies. The remedy permitted under this section is in addition to any other remedies authorized by law.

History: 1995 a. 401 ; 1997 a. 84 , 191 ; 1999 a. 9 , 32 ; 2005 a. 443 ss. 139 , 140 , 141 , 236 ; Stats. 2005 s. 767.73; 2019 a. 95 ; 2021 a. 35 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0609 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0609
Vacancy on board.
Status: in_force

(1) How filled. Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, and except as provided in sub. (2) , if a vacancy occurs on the board of directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors, the vacancy may be filled by any of the following:

(a) A vote of the shareholders.

(b) A vote of the board of directors, except that if the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board, the directors may fill a vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all directors remaining in office.

(2) Voting groups. If the vacant office was held by a director elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the holders of shares of that voting group may vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the shareholders, and only the remaining directors elected by that voting group may vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the directors.

(3) Vacancies at a later date. A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date, because of a resignation effective at a later date under s. 221.0607 (2) or otherwise, may be filled before the vacancy occurs, but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

History: 1995 a. 336 ; 1997 a. 146 .
Wis. Stat. § 946.67 — WI Code / Chapter 946 / Section 946.67
Compounding crime.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever receives any property in return for a promise, express or implied, to refrain from prosecuting a crime or to refrain from giving information bearing on the probable success of a criminal prosecution is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the act upon which the actual or supposed crime is based has caused a loss for which a civil action will lie and the person who has sustained such loss reasonably believes that he or she is legally entitled to the property received.

(3) No promise mentioned in this section shall justify the promisor in refusing to testify or to produce evidence against the alleged criminal when subpoenaed to do so.

History: 1977 c. 173 ; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 843.16 — WI Code / Chapter 843 / Section 843.16
Possession unaffected by vacating judgment.
Status: in_force

If the plaintiff has taken possession by virtue of the plaintiff’s judgment, such possession shall not be affected by the vacation of the judgment on the ground that the defaulting defendant was incapacitated at the time of rendition of the judgment; but if the defendant thereafter recovers judgment, the defendant is entitled to judgment for immediate physical possession.

History: 1973 c. 189 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 767 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 843.16; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 895.33 — WI Code / Chapter 895 / Section 895.33
Limitation of surety’s liability.
Status: in_force

Any person may limit the amount of liability as a surety upon any bond or other obligation required by law or ordered by any court, judge, municipal judge or public official for any purpose. The amount of the limited liability may be recited in the body of the bond or stated in the justification of the surety. In an action brought upon the bond, no judgment may be recovered against the surety for a sum larger than the amount of the liability stated, together with the proportional share of the costs of the action. In an action brought on the bond, a surety may deposit in court the amount of the liability, whereupon the surety shall be discharged and released from any further liability under the bond.

History: 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (11) ; 1985 a. 332 .
Wis. Stat. § 645.74 — WI Code / Chapter 645 / Section 645.74
Termination of proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) Liquidator’s application. When all assets justifying the expense of collection and distribution have been collected and distributed under this chapter, the liquidator shall apply to the court for discharge. The court may grant the discharge and make any other orders deemed appropriate, including an order to transfer to the state treasury for the common school fund any remaining funds that are uneconomic to distribute.

(2) Application by others. Any other person may apply to the court at any time for an order under sub. (1) . If the application is denied, the applicant shall pay the costs and expenses of the liquidator in resisting the application, including a reasonable attorney’s fee.
Wis. Stat. § 180.0202 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.0202
Articles of incorporation.
Status: in_force

(1) The articles of incorporation shall include all of the following information:

(a) A statement that the corporation is incorporated under this chapter.

(b) A corporate name that satisfies s. 180.0401 .

(c) The number of authorized shares, except that an investment company may declare an indefinite number of authorized shares.

(d) If more than one class of shares is authorized, all of the following:

1. The distinguishing designation of each class.

2. The number of shares of each class that the corporation is authorized to issue, except that an investment company may declare that each class has an indefinite number of authorized shares.

3. Before the issuance of shares of a class, a description of the preferences, limitations and relative rights of that class.

(e) If one or more series of shares are created within a class of shares, all of the following before the issuance of shares of a series:

1. The distinguishing designation of each series within a class.

2. The number of shares of each series that the corporation is authorized to issue, except that an investment company may declare that each series has an indefinite number of authorized shares.

3. The preferences, limitations and relative rights of that series.

(f) Any provision authorizing the board of directors to act under s. 180.0602 (1) .

(g) Any provision granting or limiting preemptive rights.

(h) The street address of the corporation’s initial registered office and the name and e-mail address of its initial registered agent at that office.

(i) The name and address of each incorporator.

(2) The articles of incorporation may set forth other information, including but not limited to any of the following:

(a) The names and addresses of the natural persons who will serve as the initial directors.

(b) Provisions not inconsistent with law regarding:

1. The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized.

2. Managing the business and regulating the affairs of the corporation.

3. Defining, limiting and regulating the powers of the corporation, its board of directors and its shareholders.

4. A par value for authorized shares or classes or series of shares.

(c) Any provision that, under this chapter, is required or permitted to be set forth in the bylaws.

(3) The articles of incorporation need not set forth any of the corporate powers enumerated in this chapter.

(4) If a provision of the articles of incorporation is inconsistent with a bylaw, the provision of the articles of incorporation controls.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1991 a. 173 ; 1995 a. 271 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 780.01 — WI Code / Chapter 780 / Section 780.01
Liens against vessels.
Status: in_force

Every ship, boat or vessel used in navigating the waters of this state shall be liable for and the claims or demands hereinafter mentioned shall constitute a lien on such ship, boat or vessel, which shall take precedence of all other claims or liens thereon:

(1) For all debts contracted by the master, owner, agent or consignee thereof on account of supplies furnished for the use of such ship, boat or vessel, or on account of work done or services rendered on board of such ship, boat or vessel, or on account of labor done or materials furnished by mechanics, tradesmen or others in and for building, repairing, fitting out, furnishing or equipping such ship, boat or vessel, or on account of any indebtedness for insurance effected upon such ship, boat or vessel, the engines, machinery, sails, rigging, tackle, apparel or furniture thereof, against any fire or marine risk.

(2) For all sums due for wharfage, towage or anchorage of such ship, boat or vessel within this state.

(3) For all demands or damages accruing from the nonperformance or malperformance of any contract of affreightment or any contract touching the transportation of persons or property entered into by the master, agent, owner or consignee of the ship, boat or vessel on which such contract is to be performed.

(4) For all damages arising from injuries done to persons or property by such ship, boat or vessel; but no person employed as master, or otherwise, on board of any such ship, boat or vessel to collect or receive freights or passage money shall have any lien as provided in this chapter or be entitled to an action in accordance with its provisions. Such lien may be enforced by proceedings in admiralty or in the cases herein mentioned as prescribed in this chapter.

(5) For all arrearages owed by the owner in child support ordered under s. 48.355 (2) (b) 4. or (4g) (a) , 48.357 (5m) (a) , 48.363 (2) , 938.183 (4) , 938.355 (2) (b) 4. or (4g) (a) , 938.357 (5m) (a) , 938.363 (2) , or 948.22 (7) or ch. 767 or 769 or in family support ordered under ch. 767 .

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 58 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 780.01; 1995 a. 287 ; 1999 a. 103 ; 2015 a. 373 .
Wis. Stat. § 644.27 — WI Code / Chapter 644 / Section 644.27
Merger and consolidation of mutual holding companies.
Status: in_force

Section 611.73 applies to mutual holding companies.

History: 1997 a. 227 .
Wis. Stat. § 77.125 — WI Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.125
Signatures.
Status: in_force

(1) The signature of an official or an employee of the department of natural resources may be stamped, printed, or otherwise reproduced on an order under ss. 77.01 to 77.14 after the official or employee adopts the stamped, printed, or otherwise reproduced signature as his or her facsimile signature.

(2) The signature or the facsimile signature under sub. (1) of an official or an employee of the department of natural resources meets the requirement under s. 706.05 (2) (a) .

(3) The requirement of s. 706.05 (2) (b) does not apply to orders issued under this subchapter.

History: 2009 a. 365 .
Wis. Stat. § 13.02 — WI Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13.02
Regular sessions.
Status: in_force

The legislature shall meet annually.

(1) The legislature shall convene in the capitol on the first Monday of January in each odd-numbered year, at 2 p.m., to take the oath of office, select officers, and do all other things necessary to organize itself for the conduct of its business, but if the first Monday of January falls on January 1 or 2, the actions here required shall be taken on January 3.

(2) The regular session of the legislature shall commence at 2 p.m. on the first Tuesday after the 8th day of January in each year unless otherwise provided under sub. (3) .

(3) Early in each biennial session period, the joint committee on legislative organization shall meet and develop a work schedule for the legislative session, which shall include at least one meeting in January of each year, to be submitted to the legislature as a joint resolution.

(4) Any measures introduced in the regular annual session of the odd-numbered year which do not receive final action shall carry over to the regular annual session held in the even-numbered year.

History: 1971 c. 15 ; 1973 c. 24 , 333 ; 1987 a. 4 .
Wis. Stat. § 973.135 — WI Code / Chapter 973 / Section 973.135
Courts to report convictions to the state superintendent of public instruction.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Educational agency” has the meaning given in s. 115.31 (1) (b) .

(b) “State superintendent” means the state superintendent of public instruction.

(2) If a court determines that a person convicted of a crime specified in ch. 948 , including a crime specified in s. 948.015 , a felony for which the maximum term of imprisonment is at least 5 years, 4th degree sexual assault under s. 940.225 (3m) or a crime in which the victim was a child, is employed by an educational agency, the clerk of the court in which such conviction occurred shall promptly forward to the state superintendent the record of conviction.

(3) If a conviction under sub. (2) is reversed, set aside or vacated, the clerk of the court shall promptly forward to the state superintendent a certificate stating that the conviction has been reversed, set aside or vacated.

History: 1991 a. 42 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 , 35 .
Wis. Stat. § 808.02 — WI Code / Chapter 808 / Section 808.02
Writ of error.
Status: in_force

A writ of error may be sought in the court of appeals.

History: 1977 c. 187 .
Wis. Stat. § 126.50 — WI Code / Chapter 126 / Section 126.50
Milk contractors; prohibited practices.
Status: in_force

No milk contractor, or officer, employee, or agent of a milk contractor, may do any of the following:

(1) Falsify any record or account, or conspire with any other person to falsify a record or account.

(2) Make any false or misleading representation to the department.

(3) If the milk contractor is licensed under s. 126.41 (1) , engage in any activity that is inconsistent with representations made in the milk contractor’s annual license application.

(4) Make any false or misleading representation to a milk producer or producer agent related to matters regulated under this chapter.

(5) Fail to file the full amount of security required under s. 126.47 (6) by the date that the department specifies.

(6) Assault, threaten, intimidate, or otherwise interfere with an officer, employee, or agent of the department in the performance of his or her duties.

History: 2001 a. 16 ; 2009 a. 296 .
Wis. Stat. § 404.402 — WI Code / Chapter 404 / Section 404.402
Bank’s liability to customer for wrongful dishonor; time of determining insufficiency of account.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a payer bank wrongfully dishonors an item if it dishonors an item that is properly payable, but a bank may dishonor an item that would create an overdraft unless it has agreed to pay the overdraft.

(2) A payer bank is liable to its customer for damages proximately caused by the wrongful dishonor of an item. Liability is limited to actual damages proved and may include damages for an arrest or prosecution of the customer or other consequential damages. Whether any consequential damages are proximately caused by the wrongful dishonor is a question of fact to be determined in each case.

(3) A payer bank’s determination of the customer’s account balance on which a decision to dishonor for insufficiency of available funds is based may be made at any time between the time the item is received by the payer bank and the time that the payer bank returns the item or gives notice in lieu of return, and no more than one determination need be made. If, at the election of the payer bank, a subsequent balance determination is made for the purpose of reevaluating the bank’s decision to dishonor the item, the account balance at that time is determinative of whether a dishonor for insufficiency of available funds is wrongful.

History: 1995 a. 449 .