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Wis. Stat. § 346.07 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.07
Overtaking and passing on the left.
Status: in_force

The following rules govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject to those limitations, exceptions and special rules stated in ss. 346.075 (2) and 346.08 to 346.11 :

(2) The operator of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction shall pass to the left thereof at a safe distance and shall not again drive to the right side of the roadway until safely clear of the overtaken vehicle.

(3) Except when overtaking and passing on the right is permitted, the operator of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle and shall not increase the speed of the vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.

History: 1971 c. 208 ; 1985 a. 301 s. 4 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 1997 a. 32 ; 2013 a. 365 .
Wis. Stat. § 765.16 — WI Code / Chapter 765 / Section 765.16
Marriage contract, how made; officiating person.
Status: in_force

(1m) Marriage may be validly solemnized and contracted in this state only after a marriage license has been issued therefor, and only by the mutual declarations of the 2 parties to be joined in marriage that they take each other as husband and wife, made before an authorized officiating person and in the presence of at least 2 competent adult witnesses other than the officiating person. If one of the parties is serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces, in a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces, or in the national guard, the presence of only one competent adult witness other than the officiating person is required. The following are authorized to be officiating persons:

(a) Any ordained member of the clergy of any religious denomination or society who continues to be an ordained member of the clergy.

(b) Any licentiate of a denominational body or an appointee of any bishop serving as the regular member of the clergy of any church of the denomination to which the member of the clergy belongs, if not restrained from so doing by the discipline of the church or denomination.

(c) The 2 parties themselves, by mutual declarations that they take each other as husband and wife, in accordance with the customs, rules and regulations of any religious society, denomination or sect to which either of the parties may belong.

(d) Any justice or judge or a reserve judge appointed under s. 753.075 .

(e) Any circuit court commissioner appointed under SCR 75.02 (1) or supplemental court commissioner appointed under s. 757.675 (1) .

(f) Any municipal judge.

(2m) An officiating person under sub. (1m) (a) , (b) , (d) , (e) , or (f) must be at least 18 years old.

History: 1977 c. 323 ; 1979 c. 32 ss. 48 , 92 (4) ; 1979 c. 176 , 259 ; Stats. 1979 s. 765.16; 1981 c. 20 s. 2200 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1991 a. 315 ; 1999 a. 85 ; 2001 a. 61 ; 2013 a. 372 ; 2021 a. 63 , 84 .
Wis. Stat. § 321.03 — WI Code / Chapter 321 / Section 321.03
Powers and duties of the department.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall do all of the following:

(a) Administer the national guard.

(b) Provide facilities and support for the national guard.

(c) Administer the Challenge Academy program for disadvantaged youth under 32 USC 509 . The department shall determine eligibility criteria for the Challenge Academy consistent with federal law. Annually, the department shall do all of the following:

1. Calculate the state share of the average cost per pupil attending the Challenge Academy program and report this information to the department of public instruction.

2. Notwithstanding s. 118.125 , report to each school district in which a pupil attending the program resides the pupil’s name and the name and address of the pupil’s custodial parent or guardian.

(d) Assist the department of transportation in making the determinations under s. 343.16 (2) (f) .

(e) Apply for contracts and receive and expend moneys and grants from the federal government related to homeland security.

(f)

1. In this paragraph, “substantive change” means any change that modifies the elements of a punitive article of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, creates a punitive article in the Uniform Code of Military Justice, or repeals a punitive article from the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

2. By July 1 of each year, submit to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (3) a report that summarizes any substantive changes that have been made to the Uniform Code of Military Justice during the prior federal fiscal year, compares those substantive changes to the Wisconsin Code of Military Justice, and provides recommendations to the legislature regarding whether those substantive changes to the Uniform Code of Military Justice should be incorporated into the Wisconsin Code of Military Justice. The report shall be the subject of a public hearing, conducted no less often than annually, by the appropriate standing committees of the legislature.

(g) Establish and maintain a case management system that allows the national guard to manage and track all case-related information for cases of misconduct within the national guard.

(2) The department may do any of the following:

(a) Enter into an agreement to rent to appropriate organizations or individuals state-owned lands, buildings, and facilities used by, acquired for, or erected for the national guard when not required for use by the national guard. A rental agreement under this paragraph is not effective unless in writing and approved in writing by the adjutant general or his or her designee.

(b) Upon appraisal by the state chief engineer submitted to the governor in writing and with written approval of the governor sell and convey, any state-owned property acquired or erected for state military purposes, if the property is no longer useful to the national guard.

History: 1983 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 237 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2005 a. 475 ; 2007 a. 162 ; 2007 a. 200 ss. 17 to 20m , 64 to 65 , 86 to 88 ; Stats. 2007 s. 321.03; 2013 a. 20 s. 171 ; 2023 a. 48 , 49 .
Wis. Stat. § 970.038 — WI Code / Chapter 970 / Section 970.038
Preliminary examination; hearsay exception.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding s. 908.02 , hearsay is admissible in a preliminary examination under ss. 970.03 , 970.032 , and 970.035 .

(2) A court may base its finding of probable cause under s. 970.03 (7) or (8) , 970.032 (2) , or 970.035 in whole or in part on hearsay admitted under sub. (1) .

History: 2011 a. 285 .
Wis. Stat. § 343.46 — WI Code / Chapter 343 / Section 343.46
Duty of persons renting vehicles to another.
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall rent a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer to another unless the person who is to operate such rented vehicle is duly licensed under this chapter or, in the case of a nonresident, is duly licensed under the laws of the jurisdiction of the nonresident’s residence.

(2) No person shall rent a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer to another until that person has inspected the license of the person who is to operate the vehicle and has compared and verified the signature thereon with the signature of such person written in his or her presence.

(3) Every person renting a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer to another shall keep a record of the registration number of the motor vehicle so rented or, in the case of a trailer or semitrailer, the registration number of the motor vehicle to which such trailer or semitrailer is to be attached, the name and address of the person who is to operate such rented vehicle, the number of the license of such person and the date when and place where such license was issued. Such record shall be open to inspection by any traffic officer or employee of the department.

(4) Any person violating this section may be required to forfeit not more than $100.

History: 1971 c. 278 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a) ; 1991 a. 316 .
Wis. Stat. § 403.406 — WI Code / Chapter 403 / Section 403.406
Negligence contributing to forged signature or alteration of instrument.
Status: in_force

(1) A person whose failure to exercise ordinary care substantially contributes to an alteration of an instrument or to the making of a forged signature on an instrument is precluded from asserting the alteration or the forgery against a person who, in good faith, pays the instrument or takes it for value or for collection.

(2) Under sub. (1) , if the person asserting the preclusion fails to exercise ordinary care in paying or taking the instrument and that failure substantially contributes to loss, the loss is allocated between the person precluded and the person asserting the preclusion according to the extent to which the failure of each to exercise ordinary care contributed to the loss.

(3) Under sub. (1) , the burden of proving failure to exercise ordinary care is on the person asserting the preclusion. Under sub. (2) , the burden of proving failure to exercise ordinary care is on the person precluded.

History: 1995 a. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 111.87 — WI Code / Chapter 111 / Section 111.87
Mediation.
Status: in_force

The commission may appoint any competent, impartial, disinterested person to act as mediator in any labor dispute either upon its own initiative or upon the request of one of the parties to the dispute. It is the function of such mediator to bring the parties together voluntarily under such favorable auspices as will tend to effectuate settlement of the dispute, but neither the mediator nor the commission shall have any power of compulsion in mediation proceedings.

History: 1971 c. 270 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.46 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.46
Vehicles to stop at stop signs and school crossings.
Status: in_force

(1) Except when directed to proceed by a traffic officer or traffic control signal, every operator of a vehicle approaching an official stop sign at an intersection shall cause such vehicle to stop before entering the intersection and shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles which have entered or are approaching the intersection upon a highway which is not controlled by an official stop sign or traffic signal.

(2) Stops required by sub. (1) shall be made in the following manner:

(a) If there is a clearly marked stop line, the operator shall stop the vehicle immediately before crossing such line.

(b) If there is no clearly marked stop line, the operator shall stop the vehicle immediately before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection.

(c) If there is neither a clearly marked stop line nor a marked or unmarked crosswalk at the intersection or if the operator cannot efficiently observe traffic on the intersecting roadway from the stop made at the stop line or crosswalk, the operator shall, before entering the intersection, stop the vehicle at such point as will enable the operator to efficiently observe the traffic on the intersecting roadway.

(2m) Every operator of a motor vehicle approaching a school crossing which is controlled by an adult school crossing guard appointed under s. 120.13 (31) or 349.215 shall follow the directions of the school crossing guard. If directed by the school crossing guard to stop, the operator shall stop the vehicle not less than 10 feet nor more than 30 feet from the school crossing and shall remain stopped until the school crossing guard directs the operator to proceed.

(3) Every operator of a vehicle approaching an official stop sign at a railroad crossing shall, before proceeding on or over such crossing, stop the vehicle immediately before crossing a clearly marked stop line. If there is no clearly marked stop line, the operator shall stop the vehicle not less than 15 nor more than 50 feet from the nearest rail.

(4)

(a) Every operator of a vehicle approaching an official stop sign or official temporary stop sign erected mid-block on or in the roadway by local authorities under s. 349.07 (6) shall cause such vehicle to stop not less than 10 nor more than 30 feet from such official sign except when directed to proceed by a traffic officer.

(b) As used in this subsection “mid-block” has the meaning given it in s. 346.33 (3) .

History: 1977 c. 116 s. 16 ; 1979 c. 344 ; 1985 a. 29 s. 3202 (43) ; 1987 a. 25 ; 1989 a. 359 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 2009 a. 65 .
Wis. Stat. § 941.295 — WI Code / Chapter 941 / Section 941.295
Possession of electric weapon.
Status: in_force

(1c) In this section:

(a) “Electric weapon” means any device which is designed, redesigned, used or intended to be used, offensively or defensively, to immobilize or incapacitate persons by the use of electric current.

(b) “Licensee” has the meaning given in s. 175.60 (1) (d) .

(c) “Out-of-state licensee” has the meaning given in s. 175.60 (1) (g) .

(1m) Whoever sells, transports, manufactures, possesses or goes armed with any electric weapon is guilty of a Class H felony.

(2) Subsection (1m) does not apply to any of the following:

(a) Any peace officer. Notwithstanding s. 939.22 (22) , for purposes of this paragraph, peace officer does not include a commission warden who is not a state-certified commission warden.

(b) Any armed forces or national guard personnel while on official duty.

(c) Any corrections personnel in a county or in the department of corrections while on official duty.

(d) Any manufacturer or seller of electric weapons, unless the manufacturer or seller engages in the conduct described in sub. (1m) with the intent to provide an electric weapon to someone other than one of the following:

1. A person specified in pars. (a) to (c) , a person specified in sub. (2g) (c) , a licensee, or an out-of-state licensee.

2. A person for use in his or her dwelling or place of business or on land that he or she owns, leases, or legally occupies.

(e) Any common carrier transporting electric weapons.

(2g) The prohibition in sub. (1m) on possessing or going armed with an electric weapon does not apply to any of the following:

(a) A licensee or an out-of-state licensee.

(b) An individual who goes armed with an electric weapon in his or her own dwelling or place of business or on land that he or she owns, leases, or legally occupies.

(c) An individual who has a license or permit issued under s. 440.26 , who is on official duty, and who may carry a firearm under rules promulgated under s. 440.26 (3m) .

(2r) The prohibition in sub. (1m) on transporting an electric weapon does not apply to any of the following:

(a) A licensee or an out-of-state licensee.

(b) An individual who is not a licensee or an out-of-state licensee who transports an electric weapon if the electric weapon is enclosed within a carrying case.

(3) During the first 30 days after May 7, 1982, the electric weapons may be surrendered to any peace officer. Peace officers shall forward electric weapons to the crime laboratories if the retention of those weapons is not necessary for criminal prosecution purposes.

History: 1981 c. 348 ; 1985 a. 29 s. 3200 (35) ; 1989 a. 31 , 56 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2007 a. 27 , 128 ; 2011 a. 35 ; 2019 a. 87 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.44 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.44
Zero tolerance for use of drugs or alcohol.
Status: in_force

(1) Policy. Each licensed company shall develop, implement, and make available on its Internet site a policy prohibiting any participating driver from using alcohol, or any other intoxicant that may render the participating driver incapable of safely driving, while the participating driver is engaged in transportation network services for the licensed company or is logged on to the licensed company’s digital network.

(2) Complaints.

(a) Each licensed company shall develop, implement, and make available on its Internet site, complaint procedures for reports of suspected violations of the policy under sub. (1) .

(b) Upon receipt of a complaint concerning a violation of a licensed company’s policy under sub. (1) , the licensed company shall immediately suspend the participating driver and investigate the complaint. The suspension shall continue until the complaint is resolved.

(c) Each licensed company shall maintain all records of each investigation under par. (b) , including the results of that investigation and any action taken based on that investigation, for at least 2 years after the date the complaint was received by the licensed company.

History: 2015 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.807 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.807
Operating personal delivery device on sidewalk.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in s. 346.94 (18m) (a) 2. and 349.236 (1) (b) , a personal delivery device may be operated upon any sidewalk or crosswalk.

(2) Every personal delivery device operator shall ensure that the operation of the personal delivery device upon a sidewalk or crosswalk satisfies all of the following:

(a) The personal delivery device operator shall control or monitor the navigation and operation of the device.

(b) The device may not go upon any roadway except while crossing a roadway at a crosswalk.

(c) The device shall be operated with due care.

(d) The device shall comply with each traffic signal and sign.

(e) The speed of the device may not exceed 10 miles per hour.

(f) The device shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian.

History: 2001 a. 90 ; 2017 a. 13 .
Wis. Stat. § 601.15 — WI Code / Chapter 601 / Section 601.15
Oath.
Status: in_force

The deputy commissioner shall take and file the official oath.
Wis. Stat. § 101.933 — WI Code / Chapter 101 / Section 101.933
Manufactured housing code council duties.
Status: in_force

The manufactured housing code council shall review this subchapter and rules promulgated under this subchapter and recommend a statewide manufactured housing code for promulgation by the department. The council shall consider and make recommendations to the department pertaining to rules and any other matter related to this subchapter, including recommendations with regard to licensure and professional discipline of manufacturers of manufactured homes, manufactured home dealers, manufactured home salespersons, and installers, and with regard to consumer protection applicable to consumers of manufactured homes. In making recommendations, the council shall consider the likely costs of any proposed rules to consumers in relation to the benefits that are likely to result therefrom.

History: 2005 a. 45 .
Wis. Stat. § 73.50 — WI Code / Chapter 73 / Section 73.50
Levy adjustment grants.
Status: in_force

No later than June 30 of each year, the department of revenue shall award the following grants:

(1) The amounts appropriated for that fiscal year under s. 20.566 (2) (x) to the village of Oregon.

(2) The amounts appropriated for that fiscal year under s. 20.566 (2) (y) to the town of Oregon.

(3) The amounts appropriated for that fiscal year under s. 20.566 (2) (z) to the town of Rutland.

History: 2025 a. 91 .
Wis. Stat. § 44.44 — WI Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44.44
Certification of historic preservation ordinances.
Status: in_force

(1) The state historical society shall certify a historic preservation ordinance if the ordinance does all of the following:

(a) Contains criteria for the designation, on the register of a political subdivision, of historic structures and historic districts which are substantially similar to the criteria for inclusion in the national register of historic places in Wisconsin.

(b) Provides a procedure for the designation of historic structures or historic districts which includes, at a minimum, a nomination process, public notice of nominations and an opportunity for written and oral public comment on nominations.

(c) Provides for the exercise of control by a political subdivision by ordinance, to achieve the purpose of preserving and rehabilitating historic structures and historic districts.

(d) Creates a historic preservation commission in the political subdivision.

(2) The owner of a building designated as a historic building on the register of historic property of a political subdivision shall provide any information or materials regarding the ordinance which are requested by the state historical society in determining whether to certify the ordinance.

History: 1987 a. 395 s. 32 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.0746 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.0746
Derivative proceedings; payment of expenses.
Status: in_force

(1) Authority of court. On termination of the derivative proceeding, the court may do any of the following:

(a) Notwithstanding s. 814.04 (1) , order the domestic corporation or foreign corporation to pay the plaintiff’s reasonable expenses, including attorney fees, incurred in the derivative proceeding by the members who commenced or maintained the derivative proceeding if the court finds that the derivative proceeding has resulted in a substantial benefit to the domestic corporation or foreign corporation.

(b) Order the members who commenced or maintained the derivative proceeding to pay any defendant’s reasonable expenses, including attorney fees, notwithstanding s. 814.04 (1) , incurred in defending the derivative proceeding if the court finds that the derivative proceeding was commenced or maintained without reasonable cause or for an improper purpose.

(2) Security for expenses. In any action brought in the right of any corporation by fewer than 3 percent of the members, the defendants shall be entitled, upon application to the court, to require the plaintiffs to give security for the reasonable expenses, including attorney fees. The amount of the security may be increased or decreased by the court having jurisdiction over the action upon a showing that the security has or may become inadequate or excessive.

History: 1997 a. 79 .
Wis. Stat. § 83.02 — WI Code / Chapter 83 / Section 83.02
County aid highways.
Status: in_force

(1) The system of prospective state highways heretofore selected by the county boards and approved by the highway commission are hereby validated but without prejudice to the exercise of the power to change such systems. Such systems are hereby designated as the county aid highway system.

(2) The department, on the petition of at least 100 freeholders, may, after investigation, make such alterations in the system of county aid highways as it deems necessary to serve the public interest.

(3) The county board may alter such systems as provided in s. 83.025 (1) .

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (c) ; 1977 c. 418 s. 924 (48) ; 1985 a. 223 ss. 3 , 5 .