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Wis. Stat. § 66.0504 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0504
Address confidentiality program.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Actual address” has the meaning given in s. 165.68 (1) (b) .

(b) “Local clerk” means an individual, and an individual’s deputy or assistant, who serves as one of the following:

1. A county clerk under s. 59.23 .

2. A clerk of court under s. 59.40 .

3. A municipal clerk as defined in s. 5.02 (10) .

4. A register of deeds under s. 59.43 .

(c) “Program participant” has the meaning given in s. 165.68 (1) (g) .

(2) Identity protection.

(a) If a program participant submits a written request to a local clerk that he or she keep the program participant’s actual address private, the local clerk may not disclose any record in his or her possession that would reveal the program participant’s actual address, except pursuant to a court order.

(b) The provisions of s. 165.68 (3) (b) 4. a. , to the extent that they apply under s. 165.68 , apply to a program participant’s written request under par. (a) .

History: 2015 a. 356 ; 2017 a. 365 .
Wis. Stat. § 853.27 — WI Code / Chapter 853 / Section 853.27
Lapse.
Status: in_force

The rights under a will of a beneficiary who predeceases the testator are governed by s. 854.06 .

History: 1993 a. 486 ; 1997 a. 188 .
Wis. Stat. § 279.04 — WI Code / Chapter 279 / Section 279.04
Expenses.
Status: in_force

(1) All expenses of the authority are payable solely from funds obtained under the authority of this chapter, and no liability may be incurred by the authority beyond the extent to which moneys are obtained under this chapter. For the purposes of meeting the necessary expenses of initial organization and operation of the authority until the authority derives moneys from funds provided to it under the authority of this chapter, other than this section, the authority may use the funds appropriated under s. 20.375 (1) (a) .

(2) The authority shall apportion among and assess to consenting landowners, in an equitable manner, an amount equal to the amount expended from the appropriation under s. 20.375 (1) (a) and pay that amount to the department of administration for deposit in the general fund.

History: 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 341.135 — WI Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.135
Rebasing registration plates.
Status: in_force

(1) Design. At intervals determined by the department, the department shall establish new designs of registration plates to be issued under ss. 341.14 (1) , (1a) , (1m) , (1q) , (2) , (2m) , (6m) , and (6r) , 341.25 (1) (a) , (c) , (h) , and (j) and (2) (a) , (b) , and (c) , and 341.26 (2) and (3) (a) 1. and (am) . Any design for registration plates issued for automobiles and for vehicles registered on the basis of gross weight shall comply with the applicable design requirements of ss. 341.12 (3) , 341.13 , and 341.14 (6r) (c) . The designs for registration plates specified in this subsection shall be as similar in appearance as practicable during each design interval. Except as provided in ss. 341.13 (2r) and 341.14 (1) , each registration plate issued under s. 341.14 (1) , (1a) , (1m) , (1q) , (2) , (2m) , (6m) , or (6r) , 341.25 (1) (a) , (c) , (h) , or (j) or (2) (a) , (b) , or (c) , or 341.26 (2) or (3) (a) 1. or (am) during each design interval shall be of the design established under this subsection. The department may not redesign registration plates for the special groups under s. 341.14 (6r) (f) 53. , 54. , or 55. until July 1, 2010.

(2) Issuance.

(a) Notwithstanding s. 341.13 (3) and subject to par. (b) , beginning with registrations initially effective July 1, 2022, upon receipt of a completed application to renew the registration of a vehicle under s. 341.25 (1) (a) or (c) or (2) (a) , (b) , or (c) for which a registration plate has not been issued during the previous 10 years, the department shall issue and deliver prepaid to the applicant 2 new registration plates of the design established under sub. (1) .

(b) The department may issue new registration plates under par. (a) in a time frame determined by the department, but the department shall complete the issuance of new registration plates under par. (a) no later than July 1, 2032.

(2m) Fees. Beginning with registration plates issued on October 1, 2025, the department shall assess a fee of $6 per plate for the issuance of new registration plates that are not replacement plates for which a fee is collected under s. 341.16 . The fee under this subsection is an addition to any other fee required for the registration of a vehicle.

(3) Applicability. This section does not apply to special group plates under s. 341.14 (6r) (f) 19m. , 33m. , or 48m.

History: 1997 a. 237 ; 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 71 ; 2005 a. 25 , 260 , 472 ; 2007 a. 97 ; 2009 a. 28 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2021 a. 163 ; 2025 a. 15 , 181 .
Wis. Stat. § 17.015 — WI Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17.015
Municipal judge: multiple resignations.
Status: in_force

If a municipal judge is elected under s. 755.01 (4) , the judge shall submit resignations to each applicable officer or board under s. 17.01 .

History: 1985 a. 89 .
Wis. Stat. § 145.11 — WI Code / Chapter 145 / Section 145.11
Advertising restrictions.
Status: in_force

(1) No person offering plumbing services may do any of the following, unless the person is a licensed master plumber or employs a licensed master plumber:

(a) Advertise as a plumbing contractor, master plumber or plumber.

(b) Append his or her name to, or in connection with, the title “plumbing contractor”, “master plumber” or “plumber”.

(c) Append his or her name to any other title or words that may tend to represent the person as a plumbing contractor, master plumber or plumber.

(2) No person other than a licensed master plumber shall use or display the title “Master Plumber” or append his or her name to or in connection with such title or any other title or words which represent or may tend to represent him or her as a licensed master plumber. Every holder of a master plumber’s license shall promptly notify the department of any change of his or her business address.

(3) Any person who advertises as a master plumber through the use of printed material designed for public distribution shall include in the advertisement the number of his or her license as a master plumber. Any person who advertises as a plumbing contractor through the use of printed material designed for public distribution shall include in the advertisement the license number of the master plumber employed by the plumbing contractor.

(4) Subsection (1) does not apply to any person who advertises as providing services for which no license is required under s. 145.06 , unless the person holds himself or herself out as providing services for which a license is required.

History: 1983 a. 125 ; 1993 a. 482 .
Wis. Stat. § 411.213 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.213
Implied warranty of fitness for particular purpose.
Status: in_force

Except in a finance lease, if the lessor when the lease contract is made has reason to know of any particular purpose for which the goods are required and that the lessee is relying on the lessor’s skill or judgment to select or furnish suitable goods, there is in the lease contract an implied warranty that the goods will be fit for that purpose.

History: 1991 a. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 229.15 — WI Code / Chapter 229 / Section 229.15
Museum funds; expenditures.
Status: in_force

(1) Public museum funds appropriated to the museum by the common council shall not be used or appropriated, directly or indirectly, for any purpose other than the maintenance and increase, payment of the salaries of the employees, purchase of fuel, supplies, furniture and fixtures, or incidental repairs of the museum.

(2) All moneys appropriated for the purposes of said institutions shall be paid over to the city treasurer and credited to said funds, respectively. Each board of trustees shall provide for all necessary expenditures from each said fund, and all disbursements shall be made on orders of the president and secretary of the board, countersigned by the city comptroller; but, except as expressly provided otherwise, the board shall not in any one year expend or incur any liability for any sum in excess of the amount allocated to each such fund by the common council.

History: 1971 c. 152 s. 27 ; Stats. 1971 s. 229.15; 1985 a. 177 .
Wis. Stat. § 193.911 — WI Code / Chapter 193 / Section 193.911
Revocation of dissolution proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) Authority to revoke. Dissolution proceedings under s. 193.905 may be revoked before the articles of dissolution are filed with the department as required under s. 193.905 (5) .

(2) Revocation by members. The chairperson may call a members’ meeting to submit to the members the question of revoking dissolution proceedings under s. 193.905 . The dissolution proceedings are revoked if the proposed revocation is approved at the members’ meeting by a majority of the votes cast or, for a cooperative with articles or bylaws requiring more than majority approval or other conditions for approval, by a sufficient vote as required under the articles or bylaws or by satisfying the other conditions for approval.

(3) Filing with the department. The chairperson of the board or the records officer shall file with the department a notice of revocation promptly after the revocation is approved as provided under sub. (2) . The revocation is effective upon filing of the notice under this subsection.

History: 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 809.83 — WI Code / Chapter 809 / Section 809.83
Rule (Penalties for delay or noncompliance with rules).
Status: in_force

(1) Delay; extra costs and damages.

(a) If the court finds that an appeal was taken for the purpose of delay, it may award any of the following:

1. Double costs.

2. A penalty in addition to interest not exceeding 10 percent on the amount of the judgment affirmed.

3. Damages occasioned by the delay.

4. Reasonable attorney fees.

(b) A motion for costs, penalties, damages and fees under this subsection shall be filed no later than the filing of the respondent’s brief or, if a cross-appeal is filed, the cross-respondent’s brief.

(2) Noncompliance with rules. Failure of a person to comply with a court order or with a requirement of these rules, other than the timely filing of a notice of appeal or cross-appeal, does not affect the jurisdiction of the court over the appeal but is grounds for dismissal of the appeal, summary reversal, striking of a paper, imposition of a penalty or costs on a party or counsel, or other action as the court considers appropriate.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 83 Wis. 2d xiii (1978); Sup. Ct. Order, 151 Wis. 2d xvii (1989); 1995 a. 225 ; Sup. Ct. Order No. 00-02 , 2001 WI 39, 242 Wis. 2d xxvii.
Wis. Stat. § 947.02 — WI Code / Chapter 947 / Section 947.02
Vagrancy.
Status: in_force

Any of the following are vagrants and are guilty of a Class C misdemeanor:

(1) A person, with the physical ability to work, who is without lawful means of support and does not seek employment; or

(3) A prostitute who loiters on the streets or in a place where intoxicating liquors are sold, or a person who, in public, solicits another to commit a crime against sexual morality; or

(4) A person known to be a professional gambler or known as a frequenter of gambling places or who derives part of his or her support from begging or as a fortune teller or similar impostor.

History: 1977 c. 173 ; 1993 a. 486 ; 1999 a. 83 .
Wis. Stat. § 705.27 — WI Code / Chapter 705 / Section 705.27
Ownership on death of owner.
Status: in_force

Subject to the rights of the registering entity under s. 705.28 (2m) , on the death of a sole owner or the last to die of multiple owners, ownership of securities registered in beneficiary form passes to the beneficiary or beneficiaries who survive all owners and to any predeceased beneficiary’s issue who would take under s. 854.06 (3) . On proof of death of all owners and compliance with any applicable requirements of the registering entity, a security registered in beneficiary form may be reregistered in the name of the successors to the ownership interest. Until division of the security after the death of all owners, multiple successors to the ownership interest hold their interests as tenants in common. If no beneficiary or predeceased beneficiary’s issue who would take under s. 854.06 (3) survives the death of all owners, the security belongs to the estate of the deceased sole owner or the estate of the last to die of multiple owners.

History: 1989 a. 331 ; 2005 a. 216 .
Wis. Stat. § 457.033 — WI Code / Chapter 457 / Section 457.033
Psychometric testing.
Status: in_force

The marriage and family therapy, professional counseling, and social work examining board and the psychology examining board shall jointly promulgate rules that specify the different levels of psychometric testing that a credential holder, or an individual who is exercising a multistate authorization to practice, is qualified to perform. Such rules shall be consistent with the guidelines of the American Psychological Association, or other nationally recognized guidelines, for performing psychometric testing. A credential holder or individual who is exercising a multistate authorization to practice may not engage in psychometric testing except as provided under the rules promulgated under this section.

History: 2001 a. 80 ; 2023 a. 55 ; 2025 a. 232 .
Wis. Stat. § 403.302 — WI Code / Chapter 403 / Section 403.302
Holder in due course.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to sub. (3) and s. 403.106 (4) , “holder in due course” means the holder of an instrument if all of the following apply:

(a) The instrument when issued or negotiated to the holder does not bear such apparent evidence of forgery or alteration or is not otherwise so irregular or incomplete as to call into question its authenticity.

(b) The holder took the instrument:

1. For value;

2. In good faith;

3. Without notice that the instrument is overdue or has been dishonored or that there is an uncured default with respect to payment of another instrument issued as part of the same series;

4. Without notice that the instrument contains an unauthorized signature or has been altered;

5. Without notice of any claim to the instrument described in s. 403.306 ; and

6. Without notice that any party has a defense or claim in recoupment described in s. 403.305 (1) .

(2) Notice of discharge of a party, other than discharge in an insolvency proceeding, is not notice of a defense under sub. (1) , but discharge is effective against a person who became a holder in due course with notice of the discharge. Public filing or recording of a document does not of itself constitute notice of a defense, claim in recoupment or claim to the instrument.

(3) Except to the extent that a transferor or predecessor in interest has rights as a holder in due course, a person does not acquire rights of a holder in due course of an instrument taken in any of the following ways:

(a) By legal process or by purchase in an execution, bankruptcy or creditor’s sale or similar proceeding.

(b) By purchase as part of a bulk transaction not in ordinary course of business of the transferor.

(c) As the successor in interest to an estate or other organization.

(4) If under s. 403.303 (1) (a) the promise of performance that is the consideration for an instrument has been partially performed, the holder may assert rights as a holder in due course of the instrument only to the fraction of the amount payable under the instrument equal to the value of the partial performance divided by the value of the promised performance.

(5) If the person entitled to enforce an instrument has only a security interest in the instrument and the person obliged to pay the instrument has a defense, claim in recoupment or claim to the instrument that may be asserted against the person who granted the security interest, the person entitled to enforce the instrument may assert rights as a holder in due course only to an amount payable under the instrument which, at the time of enforcement of the instrument, does not exceed the amount of the unpaid obligation secured.

(6) To be effective, notice shall be received at a time and in a manner that gives a reasonable opportunity to act on it.

(7) This section is subject to any law limiting status as a holder in due course in particular classes of transactions.

History: 1995 a. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 632.22 — WI Code / Chapter 632 / Section 632.22
Required provisions of liability insurance policies.
Status: in_force

Every liability insurance policy shall provide that the bankruptcy or insolvency of the insured shall not diminish any liability of the insurer to 3rd parties and that if execution against the insured is returned unsatisfied, an action may be maintained against the insurer to the extent that the liability is covered by the policy.

History: 1975 c. 375 .
Wis. Stat. § 50.35 — WI Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50.35
Application and approval.
Status: in_force

Application for approval to maintain a hospital shall be made to the department on forms provided by the department. On receipt of an application, the department shall, except as provided in s. 50.498 , issue a certificate of approval if the applicant and hospital facilities meet the requirements for hospitals. The department shall issue a single certificate of approval for the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority that applies to all of the Authority’s inpatient and outpatient hospital facilities that meet the requirements for hospitals and for which the Authority requests approval. For a free-standing pediatric teaching hospital, the department shall issue a single certificate of approval that applies to all of the hospital’s inpatient and outpatient hospital facilities that meet the requirements for hospitals and for which the hospital requests approval. Except as provided in s. 50.498 , this approval shall be in effect until, for just cause and in the manner herein prescribed, it is suspended or revoked. The certificate of approval may be issued only for the premises and persons or governmental unit named in the application and is not transferable or assignable. The department shall withhold, suspend, or revoke approval for a failure to comply with s. 165.40 (6) (a) 1. or 2. , but, except as provided in s. 50.498 , otherwise may not withhold, suspend, or revoke approval unless for a substantial failure to comply with the requirements for hospitals after giving a reasonable notice, a fair hearing, and a reasonable opportunity to comply. Failure by a hospital to comply with s. 50.36 (3m) shall be considered to be a substantial failure to comply under this section.

History: 1975 c. 413 ss. 4 , 18 ; Stats. 1975 s. 50.35; 1989 a. 37 ; 1997 a. 93 , 237 ; 2009 a. 2 , 28 ; 2013 a. 236 .
Wis. Stat. § 24.25 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.25
Issuance and record of patent.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever full payment is made for any lands described in a certificate of sale issued under s. 24.17 , as required by law, and the purchaser, or the purchaser’s legal representatives, produces to the board the duplicate certificate of sale, with the receipt of the secretary of administration endorsed on the duplicate certificate, showing that the whole amount of the principal and interest due on the purchase of the land described in the certificate has been paid and that the holder of the duplicate certificate is entitled to a patent for the lands described in the certificate, the original and duplicate certificates shall be canceled, and the board shall immediately execute and deliver a patent to the person entitled to the patent for the land described in the certificate.

(2) All patents issued by the board shall be recorded in the board’s office. The board’s record of patents issued by it constitutes a legal record.

(3) Purchasers may, at any time before payment is due, pay any part or the whole of the purchase money for the land and the interest owing on the purchase money.

(4) If a patent is issued to a person who dies before the date of the patent, the title to the land described inures to and vests in the decedent’s heirs, devisees, or assignees to the same extent as if the patent had issued to the decedent during the decedent’s lifetime.

History: 1991 a. 316 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2005 a. 149 .
Wis. Stat. § 15.94 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.94
Technical college system board; creation.
Status: in_force

There is created a technical college system board consisting of 13 members. No person may serve as president of the board for more than 2 successive annual terms. The board shall be composed of:

(1m) The state superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent’s designee.

(2) The secretary of workforce development or the secretary’s designee.

(2m) The president, or by his or her designation another member, of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

(3) One employer of labor, one employee who does not have employing or discharging power, one person whose principal occupation is farming and who is actually engaged in the operation of farms and 6 additional members appointed for 6-year terms.

(4) One student enrolled at least half-time and in good academic standing at a technical college who is at least 18 years old and a resident of this state, for a 2-year term. The governor may not appoint a student member from the same technical college in any 2 consecutive terms. If the student member loses the status upon which the appointment was based, other than through graduation, he or she shall cease to be a member of the board.

History: 1971 c. 100 ; 1977 c. 29 ; 1979 c. 32 ; 1981 c. 269 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1991 a. 29 , 68 ; 1993 a. 399 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 222 , 9130 (4) ; 1995 a. 78 ; 1997 a. 3 , 161 .
Wis. Stat. § 229.43 — WI Code / Chapter 229 / Section 229.43
Jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

A district’s jurisdiction is the sponsoring municipality’s geographical area, except that, if the sponsoring municipality is a 1st class city, the district’s jurisdiction is that city and each city and village that is wholly or partly contained within the most populous county in which that city is located and except that no territory may be included within the jurisdiction of more than one district.

History: 1993 a. 263 .
Wis. Stat. § 221.0304 — WI Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.0304
Safe deposits.
Status: in_force

A bank may take and receive personal property from any person for safekeeping and storage and may rent out the use of safes or other receptacles upon its premises upon such compensation as may be agreed upon. The bank has a lien for its charges on any property taken or received by it for safekeeping. If the lien is not paid within 2 years after the date the charges accrue, or if the property taken or received by the bank is not called for within 2 years after the date the charges accrue, the bank may sell the property at public auction. The bank shall provide such notice as is required for the sale of personal property on execution. After retaining from the proceeds of such sale all the liens and charges due the bank and the reasonable expenses of the sale, the bank shall pay the balance to the person who deposited the property, or to the person’s legal representatives or assignees.

History: 1995 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 346.36 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.36
Penalty for violating sections 346.31 to 346.35.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3) , any person violating ss. 346.31 to 346.35 may be required to forfeit not less than $20 nor more than $40 for the first offense and not less than $50 nor more than $100 for the 2nd or subsequent conviction within a year.

(2) Any operator of a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device violating ss. 346.31 to 346.35 may be required to forfeit not more than $20.

(3)

(a) If a person violates s. 346.31 and the violation results in great bodily harm, as defined in s. 939.22 (14) , to another, the person shall forfeit $500.

(b) If a person violates s. 346.31 and the violation results in death to another, the person shall forfeit $1,000.

History: 1971 c. 278 ; 1977 c. 208 ; 2001 a. 90 ; 2017 a. 105 ; 2019 a. 11 .