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Wis. Stat. § 178.0402 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.0402
Becoming partner.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon formation of a partnership, a person becomes a partner under s. 178.0202 (1) .

(2) After formation of a partnership, a person becomes a partner in any of the following ways:

(a) As provided in a partnership agreement.

(b) As a result of a transaction effective under subch. XI .

(c) With the affirmative vote or consent of all the partners.

(3) A person may become a partner without doing any of the following:

(a) Acquiring a transferable interest.

(b) Making or being obligated to make a contribution to the partnership.

History: 2015 a. 295 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 948.06 — WI Code / Chapter 948 / Section 948.06
Incest with a child.
Status: in_force

Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class C felony:

(1) Marries or has sexual intercourse or sexual contact with a child he or she knows is related, either by blood or adoption, and the child is related in a degree of kinship closer than 2nd cousin.

(1m) Has sexual contact or sexual intercourse with a child if the actor is the child’s stepparent.

(2) Is a person responsible for the child’s welfare and:

(a) Has knowledge that another person who is related to the child by blood or adoption in a degree of kinship closer than 2nd cousin or who is a child’s stepparent has had or intends to have sexual intercourse or sexual contact with the child;

(b) Is physically and emotionally capable of taking action that will prevent the intercourse or contact from occurring or being repeated;

(c) Fails to take that action; and

(d) The failure to act exposes the child to an unreasonable risk that intercourse or contact may occur between the child and the other person or facilitates the intercourse or contact that does occur between the child and the other person.

History: 1987 a. 332 ; 1995 a. 69 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2005 a. 277 .
Wis. Stat. § 342.156 — WI Code / Chapter 342 / Section 342.156
Transfers of leased motor vehicles.
Status: in_force

(1) Prior to transferring ownership of any leased motor vehicle, the lessor shall notify in writing the lessee of the vehicle that the lessee is required to provide the lessor with a written disclosure specifying the leased vehicle’s mileage. The written notification shall include the mileage disclosure requirements applicable to the lessee under 49 CFR 580.7 and rules of the department and the penalties for failure to comply with those requirements.

(2) Upon termination of the lease after written notification from the lessor under sub. (1) , the lessee shall disclose the vehicle’s mileage in writing to the lessor. The mileage disclosure record under this section shall be signed by the lessee and include the information required under sub. (1) and rules of the department.

(3) The lessor shall retain and make available for inspection any mileage disclosure record required to be made by a lessee with respect to a leased motor vehicle.

(4) If a lessor transfers ownership of a leased motor vehicle without obtaining possession of the vehicle from the lessee, the lessor may, in making the mileage disclosure statement required under s. 342.155 , indicate on the certificate of title or on a supplemental mileage disclosure statement approved by the department, the mileage disclosed by the lessee under this section unless the lessor has reason to believe that the lessee’s mileage disclosure does not reflect the actual mileage of the vehicle.

(5) The department shall promulgate rules to do all of the following:

(a) Specify the information to be included in the lessee’s mileage disclosure to the lessor.

(b) Establish the manner in which and the period of time for which mileage disclosure records under this section shall be retained and made available for inspection.

(6)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , any person who violates this section may be required to forfeit not more than $1,000.

(b) Any person who violates this section with intent to defraud is guilty of a Class H felony.

History: 1993 a. 159 ; 1997 a. 283 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 786.02 — WI Code / Chapter 786 / Section 786.02
Specific performance of contract of individual adjudicated incompetent.
Status: in_force

A circuit court may authorize or compel the specific performance of any contract made by any individual who is adjudicated incompetent before performance of the contract, on the complaint or petition of the guardian of the individual adjudicated incompetent or of any other person interested in the contract.

History: 1977 c. 449 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 63 ; Stats. 1979 s. 786.02; 2005 a. 387 .
Wis. Stat. § 230.213 — WI Code / Chapter 230 / Section 230.213
Affirmative action procedures for corrections positions.
Status: in_force

The director may, to meet affirmative action objectives, establish such recruitment and certification procedures for positions in the department of corrections as will enable the department of corrections to increase the number of employees of a specified gender or a specified racial or ethnic group in those positions. The director shall design the procedures to obtain a work force in the department of corrections that reflects the relevant labor pool. The director may determine the relevant labor pool from the population of the state or of a particular geographic area of the state, whichever is more appropriate for achieving the affirmative action objective.

History: 1991 a. 39 ; 1995 a. 27 , 225 ; 2015 a. 55 , 150 .
Wis. Stat. § 133.04 — WI Code / Chapter 133 / Section 133.04
Price discrimination; intent to destroy competition.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may discriminate, either directly or indirectly, in price between different purchasers of commodities of like grade and quality, for the purpose or intent of injuring or destroying competition in any level of competition or any person engaged therein.

(2) Any person violating this section may be fined not more than $25,000 or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than one year or both.

(3) As an alternative to the criminal penalty for violation of this section, the department of justice or district attorney may bring an action for a civil forfeiture. In an action for a civil forfeiture under this subsection a person who violates this section may be required to forfeit not more than $25,000.

(4) The provisions of this section as they relate to the business of insurance are superseded by the provisions of chs. 611 , 613 and 628 .

History: 1979 c. 209 ; 1979 c. 355 ss. 131 , 132 ; 1983 a. 215 s. 17 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.0607 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.0607
Liability of person dissociated as general partner to other persons.
Status: in_force

(1) A person’s dissociation as a general partner does not of itself discharge the person’s liability as a general partner for a debt, obligation, or other liability of the limited partnership incurred before dissociation. Except as otherwise provided in subs. (2) and (3) , the person is not liable for a partnership obligation incurred after dissociation.

(2) A person whose dissociation as a general partner results in a dissolution and winding up of the limited partnership’s activities and affairs is liable on an obligation incurred by the partnership under s. 179.0804 to the same extent as a general partner under s. 179.0404 .

(3) A person that is dissociated as a general partner without the dissociation resulting in a dissolution and winding up of the limited partnership’s activities and affairs is liable to a party on a transaction entered into by the partnership after the dissociation only if all of the following apply:

(a) A general partner would be liable on the transaction.

(b) At the time the other party enters into the transaction, less than 2 years has passed since the dissociation.

(c) At the time the other party enters into the transaction, the other party does not have knowledge or notice of the dissociation and reasonably believes that the person is a general partner.

(4) By agreement with a creditor of a limited partnership and the partnership, a person dissociated as a general partner may be released from liability for a debt, obligation, or other liability of the partnership to the creditor.

(5) A person dissociated as a general partner is released from liability for a debt, obligation, or other liability of the limited partnership if the partnership’s creditor, with knowledge or notice of the person’s dissociation as a general partner but without the person’s consent, agrees to a material alteration in the nature or time of payment of the debt, obligation, or other liability.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 178.0801 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.0801
Events causing dissolution.
Status: in_force

A partnership is dissolved, and its business must be wound up, upon the occurrence of any of the following:

(1) In a partnership at will, any of the following:

(a) The partnership knows or has notice of a person’s express will to withdraw as a partner, other than a partner that has dissociated under s. 178.0601 (2) to (10) , but, if the person has specified a withdrawal date later than the date the partnership knew or had notice, on the later date.

(b) The affirmative vote or consent of all the partners to wind up the partnership business.

(2) In a partnership for a definite term or particular undertaking, any of the following:

(a) Within 90 days after a person’s dissociation by death or otherwise under s. 178.0601 (6) to (10) or wrongful dissociation under s. 178.0602 (2) , the affirmative vote or consent of at least half of the remaining partners to wind up the partnership business, for which purpose a person’s rightful dissociation pursuant to s. 178.0602 (2) (b) 1. constitutes that partner’s consent to wind up the partnership business.

(b) The affirmative vote or consent of all the partners to wind up the partnership business.

(c) The expiration of the term or the completion of the undertaking.

(3) An event or circumstance that the partnership agreement states causes dissolution.

(4) On application by a partner, the entry by the circuit court of an order dissolving the partnership on any of the following grounds:

(a) That the conduct of all or substantially all the partnership’s business is unlawful.

(b) That the economic purpose of the partnership is likely to be unreasonably frustrated.

(c) That another partner has engaged in conduct relating to the partnership business which makes it not reasonably practicable to carry on the business in partnership with that partner.

(d) That it is otherwise not reasonably practicable to carry on the partnership business in conformity with the partnership agreement.

(5) On application by a transferee, the entry by the circuit court of an order dissolving the partnership on the ground that it is equitable to wind up the partnership business under any of the following circumstances:

(a) After the expiration of the term or completion of the undertaking, if the partnership was for a definite term or particular undertaking at the time of the transfer or entry of the charging order that gave rise to the transfer.

(b) At any time, if the partnership was a partnership at will at the time of the transfer or entry of the charging order that gave rise to the transfer.

(6) The passage of 90 consecutive days during which the partnership does not have at least 2 partners.

History: 2015 a. 295 .
Wis. Stat. § 563.925 — WI Code / Chapter 563 / Section 563.925
Liability.
Status: in_force

(1) With respect to a raffle conducted under a Class A license, the department shall not be held responsible or liable in any dispute regarding the ownership or sale of a share of a ticket under s. 563.93 (3i) .

(2) The department and the organization conducting a raffle under a Class B license shall not be held responsible or liable in any dispute regarding the ownership of a ticket if the purchaser of the ticket gives the ticket to another person to claim a prize on behalf of the purchaser under s. 563.935 (6) (c) .

History: 2015 a. 6 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.1101 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.1101
Bank service corporations.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this subchapter:

(a) “Bank service corporation” means a corporation organized to perform bank services for 2 or more banks, each of which owns part of the capital stock of the corporation.

(b) “Bank services” means check and deposit sorting and posting, computation and posting of interest and other credits and charges, preparation and mailing of checks, statements, notices and similar items, other clerical, bookkeeping, accounting, statistical, auditing, compliance, loan documentation, administrative, technology, or other similar functions performed for a bank, or any other service established under sub. (6) .

(c) “Invest” includes any advance of funds to a bank service corporation, whether by purchase of stock, the making of a loan, or otherwise, except a payment for rent earned, goods sold and delivered, or services rendered prior to the making of the payment.

(2) Investments in bank service corporations.

(a) Two or more banks may invest not more than 10 percent of the capital of each of the banks in a bank service corporation.

(b) If stock in a bank service corporation is held by 2 banks, and one of the banks ceases to utilize the services of the corporation and ceases to hold stock in it, and leaves the other as the sole stock holding bank, the corporation may nevertheless continue to function as a bank service corporation and the other bank may continue to hold stock in it.

(4) Permitted activities of bank service corporations. A bank service corporation may not engage in any activity other than the performance of bank services for banks.

(5) Contracting for bank services. A bank may cause to be performed, by contract or otherwise, any bank service for itself, whether on or off its premises, if the bank and the party performing the service provide the division with assurances, satisfactory to the division, that the performance of the service will be subject to regulation and examination by the division to the same extent as if the service was being performed by the bank itself on its own premises.

(6) Additional bank services.

(a) The division may establish additional services as bank services under sub. (1) (b) if the services are related to the routine daily operations of banks.

(b) A bank may file a written request with the division to exercise its authority under par. (a) and may include, along with the request, a description of any proposed bank service and an explanation of how that service is related to the routine daily operations of banks. Within 60 days after receiving a request under this paragraph, the division shall approve or disapprove the request.

History: 1995 a. 336 ; 2013 a. 22 .
Wis. Stat. § 943.82 — WI Code / Chapter 943 / Section 943.82
Fraud against a financial institution.
Status: in_force

(1) Whoever obtains money, funds, credits, assets, securities, or other property owned by or under the custody or control of a financial institution by means of false pretenses, representations, or promises, or by use of any fraudulent device, scheme, artifice, or monetary instrument may be penalized as provided in s. 943.91 .

(2) Whoever falsely represents that he or she is a financial institution or a representative of a financial institution for the purpose of obtaining money, goods, or services from any person or for the purpose of obtaining or recording a person’s personal identifying information, as defined in s. 943.201 (1) (b) , is guilty of Class H felony.

History: 2005 a. 212 .
Wis. Stat. § 216.05 — WI Code / Chapter 216 / Section 216.05
Participation in federal legislation; conversion into federal associations.
Status: in_force

Any investment association organized under this chapter may be eligible for and participate in the benefits of any federal legislation made available to savings and loan associations. Any such investment association may convert itself into a federal savings and loan association in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as savings and loan associations under s. 215.57 which section, so far as applicable, shall apply to investment associations.

History: 1975 c. 359 s. 51 .
Wis. Stat. § 815.57 — WI Code / Chapter 815 / Section 815.57
Sheriff’s deed, recovery of purchase price on eviction.
Status: in_force

If the purchaser of real estate sold on execution, the purchaser’s heirs or assigns shall be evicted from such real estate, or if in an action for the recovery thereof judgment shall be rendered against the purchaser or the purchaser’s heirs or assigns in consequence of any irregularity in such sale, or of the judgment upon which such execution issued being vacated or reversed, the purchaser or the purchaser’s heirs or assigns may recover of the party for whose benefit such real estate was sold the amount paid on the purchase thereof, with interest.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 815.57; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 301.105 — WI Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.105
Telephone company commissions.
Status: in_force

The department shall collect moneys for commissions from telephone companies for contracts to provide telephone services to inmates. The department shall transmit those moneys to the secretary of administration. The secretary of administration shall do all of the following:

(1) Deposit two-thirds of all moneys collected under this section in the general fund as general purpose revenue-earned.

(2) Credit one-third of all moneys collected under this section to the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (1) (gt) .

History: 1993 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 33 .
Wis. Stat. § 54.48 — WI Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54.48
Protective placement and protective services.
Status: in_force

A finding of incompetency and appointment of a guardian under this chapter is not grounds for involuntary protective placement or the provision of protective services. A protective placement and the provision of protective services may be made only in accordance with ch. 55 .

History: 2005 a. 264 s. 212 ; 2005 a. 387 s. 472 ; 2007 a. 45 .
Wis. Stat. § 629.12 — WI Code / Chapter 629 / Section 629.12
Reporting of administrative and criminal actions.
Status: in_force

(1) A public adjuster shall report to the commissioner any administrative action related to the business of insurance that is taken against the public adjuster by a governmental agency or regulatory body. The report shall be made no later than 30 days after the final disposition of the matter and shall include a copy of the order, consent to order, or similar document.

(2) A public adjuster shall report to the commissioner any criminal prosecution taken against the public adjuster in any jurisdiction. The report shall be made no later then 30 days after the date of the initial pretrial hearing and shall include a copy of the complaint, the order from the hearing, and any other information required by the commissioner.

History: 2019 a. 129 .
Wis. Stat. § 823.065 — WI Code / Chapter 823 / Section 823.065
Repeated violations of a municipal ordinance a public nuisance.
Status: in_force

Repeated or continuous violation of a municipal ordinance relating to naphtha, benzol, gasoline, kerosene or any other inflammable liquid or combustible material is declared a public nuisance, and an action may be maintained by the municipality to abate such nuisance and enjoin such violation.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 762 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 823.065; 1993 a. 246 .
Wis. Stat. § 24.36 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.36
Lost certificates and patents.
Status: in_force

Whenever any duplicate certificate of sale has been lost or destroyed before the patent has been issued, or whenever any patent has been lost or destroyed, the board, upon satisfactory proof of the fact, established by affidavit filed with the board, may issue a certified copy of the original certificate of sale or of the record in the board’s office of the patent, or a quitclaim deed in place of the missing patent, to the person entitled to the copy of the certificate or record of the patent, or quitclaim deed, which shall have the same force and effect as the original duplicate certificate or patent. The board’s certificate to the copy and quitclaim deed shall recite the loss or destruction of the original.

History: 2005 a. 149 .
Wis. Stat. § 39.39 — WI Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39.39
Nursing student stipend loans.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) There is established, to be administered by the board, a stipend loan program for resident students, including registered nurses, who are:

1. Enrolled in the 2nd year in a program leading to an associate degree in nursing in a technical college.

2. Enrolled as juniors in a program leading to a bachelor’s degree in nursing in this state.

3. Enrolled as 3rd year students in a program leading to a diploma in nursing in this state.

4. Enrolled as seniors in a program leading to a bachelor’s degree in nursing in this state.

5. Enrolled in a program leading to a master’s degree in nursing in this state and who intend to teach nursing at an institution of higher education located in this state.

(2) The board shall:

(a) Make stipend loans from the appropriations under s. 20.235 (1) (cg) and (gg) .

(b) Promulgate rules to administer this section, including rules establishing loan amounts and the criteria and procedures for loan forgiveness and for selecting loan recipients. Loan recipients shall be selected on the basis of financial need, as determined by the board, using the need analysis methodology used under s. 39.435 .

(3) Beginning in the 1991-92 fiscal year, $15,000 annually shall be awarded under sub. (1) (a) 5. for stipend loans.

(4) The board may not make any original stipend loans under this section.

History: 1987 a. 399 ; 1989 a. 56 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 399 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2023 a. 80 .
Wis. Stat. § 50.57 — WI Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50.57
Fees permitted for a workshop or seminar.
Status: in_force

If the department develops and provides a workshop or seminar relating to the provision of services by rural medical centers under this subchapter, the department may establish a fee for each workshop or seminar and impose the fee on registrants for the workshop or seminar. A fee so established and imposed shall be in an amount sufficient to reimburse the department for the costs directly associated with developing and providing the workshop or seminar.

History: 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 95.13 — WI Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95.13
Misrepresenting breed of domestic animal.
Status: in_force

No person shall sell or barter or cause to be sold or bartered any domestic animal and represent, or cause to be represented that such domestic animal is a pure bred domestic animal, when in fact such domestic animal is not registered, or entitled to registry, in any pure breed registry maintained for such domestic animals; nor shall any person knowingly utter, pass or deliver to any person as true, any false, or altered pedigree; nor shall any person refuse to deliver proper certificate of registry for any domestic animal sold or transferred by the person, having represented at the time of sale or transfer, and as an inducement thereto, that such domestic animal was registered and that the person possessed and would deliver a certificate of registry as evidence thereof, or that such domestic animal was entitled to registry and that the person would secure such certificate and deliver the same.

History: 1993 a. 492 ; 2001 a. 56 .