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Wis. Stat. § 407.102 — WI Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.102
Definitions and index of definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) “Bailee” means a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them.

(b) “Carrier” means a person that issues a bill of lading.

(c) “Consignee” means a person named in a bill of lading to which or to whose order the bill promises delivery.

(d) “Consignor” means a person named in a bill of lading as the person from which the goods have been received for shipment.

(e) “Delivery order” means a record that contains an order to deliver goods directed to a warehouse, carrier, or other person that in the ordinary course of business issues warehouse receipts or bills of lading.

(f) “Good faith” means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing.

(g) “Goods” means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation.

(h) “Issuer” means a bailee that issues a document of title or, in the case of an unaccepted delivery order, the person that orders the possessor of goods to deliver. The term includes a person for which an agent or employee purports to act in issuing a document if the agent or employee has real or apparent authority to issue documents, even if the issuer did not receive any goods, the goods were misdescribed, or in any other respect the agent or employee violated the issuer’s instructions.

(i) “Person entitled under the document” means the holder, in the case of a negotiable document of title, or the person to which delivery of the goods is to be made by the terms of, or pursuant to instructions in a record under, a nonnegotiable document of title.

(j) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

(k) “Shipper” means a person that enters into a contract of transportation with a carrier.

(L) “Sign” means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, any of the following:

1. To execute or adopt a tangible symbol.

2. To attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic sound, symbol, or process.

(m) “Warehouse” means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire.

(2) Definitions in other chapters applying to this chapter and the sections in which they appear are:

(a) “Contract for sale,” s. 402.106 .

(b) “Lessee in ordinary course of business,” s. 411.103 .

(c) “Receipt” of goods, s. 402.103 .

(3) In addition, ch. 401 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this chapter.

History: 2009 a. 322 .
Wis. Stat. § 25.425 — WI Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25.425
Election administration fund.
Status: in_force

There is established a separate nonlapsible trust fund, designated the election administration fund, consisting of all moneys received from the federal government under P.L. 107-252 and all moneys transferred to the fund from other funds.

History: 2003 a. 35 , 266 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2021 a. 58 .
Wis. Stat. § 31.11 — WI Code / Chapter 31 / Section 31.11
Certificate of terms and forfeiture of permits.
Status: in_force

The department shall issue to every grantee of a permit a certificate evidencing a grant of the permit allowed by law. Every permit, and every franchise heretofore granted by the legislature, to construct, maintain and operate a dam shall become null and void, unless the dam thereby authorized be completed within 5 years from the time when the permit or the franchise was granted; but the department, for good cause, may extend such time for a period not exceeding 2 years.
Wis. Stat. § 631.09 — WI Code / Chapter 631 / Section 631.09
Knowledge and acts of agents.
Status: in_force

(1) Imputation of knowledge. An insurer is deemed to know any fact material to the risk or which breaches a condition of the policy, if the agent who bound the insurer or issued the policy or transmitted the application to the insurer knew it at the time the agent acted, or if thereafter any of the insurer’s agents with whom the policyholder is then dealing as agent of the insurer learns it in the course of the agent’s dealing with the policyholder, and knows that it pertains to a policy written by the insurer.

(2) Acts of agent. A failure by any policyholder or insured to perform an act required to perfect his or her rights under the policy, or failure to perform the act in the time and manner prescribed, does not affect the insurer’s obligations under the policy if the failure was caused by an act, statement or representation or omission to perform a duty by an agent of the insurer who has apparent authority, whether or not the agent was within the actual scope of the agent’s authority.

(3) Effect of notice to agent. Notice given by or on behalf of the policyholder or insured to any authorized agent of the insurer with particulars sufficient to identify the policy is notice to the insurer.

(4) Collusion. Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply if the agent and the policyholder or insured acted in collusion to deceive or defraud the insurer, or if the policyholder or insured knew the agent was acting beyond the scope of the agent’s authority.

(5) Group policyholder not agent. No person is an agent of an insurer merely because the person is a policyholder of a group insurance policy.

(6) Liability under common law. This section does not diminish any liability of the insurer that would exist under common law.

History: 1975 c. 375 , 421 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.197 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.197
Waivers of certain approvals.
Status: in_force

(1) Definition. In this section “recreational activity” means hunting, fishing or trapping for sport.

(2) Waiver. For a special event or program that involves a recreational activity and that is sponsored or approved by the department, the department may waive the requirement that persons have approvals required under this chapter, and pay the applicable fees, for the recreational activity if the department finds that all of the following apply:

(a) The special event or program will provide education in or appreciation of the recreational activity.

(b) The waiver of the approval requirement will not result in a substantial loss of revenue to the department as determined by rule by the department.

(3) Weekend events. In addition to any special event or program sponsored under sub. (2) , the department shall, by rule, designate 2 special event weekends per year during which it shall waive the requirement that persons be issued fishing licenses and pay the applicable fees in order to fish in the waters of this state. The department shall designate the full weekend prior to the 3rd Monday in January as one of the special event weekends. The department shall, by rule, designate to which inland or outlying waters these waivers shall apply.

(4) Publicizing. The department shall, in cooperation with and with the assistance of the department of tourism, publicize the special events and programs sponsored or approved under this section.

(5) Conditions; limitations. For a recreational activity that is the subject of the special event or program under this section, the department may waive conditions, limitations or restrictions required under this chapter or may establish reasonable conditions, limitations or restrictions that are in addition to those required under this chapter.

(6) Limitations on participants.

(a) Persons who fish, hunt or trap in events or programs under this section may not sell, trade or barter the wild animals taken during the event or program. These persons are subject to all other conditions, limitations and restrictions required under this chapter except those waived.

(b) Persons who help or assist in conducting a special event or program, who are not employees of the department, and who are engaged in the recreational activity, are not exempt from possessing the approvals required under this chapter for the recreational activity.

(7) Exclusion. No person who holds a commercial fishing license issued under s. 29.519 may fish in an event or program under this section.

(8) Requests for waivers. Any person conducting a special event or program that involves a recreational activity for which an approval is required under this chapter may request a waiver of the approval requirement from the department. A denial of a waiver request is not subject to review under ch. 227 .

History: 1985 a. 326 ; 1993 a. 182 , 217 , 491 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 195 ; 1997 a. 248 ss. 368 to 374 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.197; 1999 a. 32 ; 2011 a. 168 ; 2023 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 62.05 — WI Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62.05
Classes of cities.
Status: in_force

(1) Cities shall be divided into 4 classes for administration and the exercise of corporate powers as follows:

(a) Cities of 150,000 population and over shall constitute 1st class cities.

(b) Cities of 39,000 and less than 150,000 population shall constitute 2nd class cities.

(c) Cities of 10,000 and less than 39,000 population shall constitute 3rd class cities.

(d) Cities of less than 10,000 population shall constitute 4th class cities.

(2) Population of cities shall be determined by the last federal census, including a special federal census taken of such city, except in newly incorporated cities when a census is taken as provided by law. Cities shall pass from one class to another when such census shows that the change in population so requires, when provisions for any necessary changes in government are duly made, and when a proclamation of the mayor, declaring the fact, is published according to law.

History: 1995 a. 225 ; 1997 a. 35 .
Wis. Stat. § 7.54 — WI Code / Chapter 7 / Section 7.54
Contested elections.
Status: in_force

In all contested election cases, the contesting parties have the right to have the ballots opened and to have all errors of the inspectors, either in counting or refusing to count any ballot, corrected by the board of canvassers or court deciding the contest. The ballots and related materials may be opened only in open session of the board of canvassers or in open court and in the presence of the official having custody of them.

History: 1983 a. 484 .
Wis. Stat. § 898.04 — WI Code / Chapter 898 / Section 898.04
Prisoner to be examined.
Status: in_force

At the time and place specified in the notice the person shall be taken, under the custody of the jailer, the sheriff or the sheriff’s deputy, before the circuit judge or circuit court commissioner, who shall examine the prisoner on oath concerning his or her estate and effects and the disposal thereof and the prisoner’s ability to pay the judgment for which he or she is committed; and who shall also hear any other legal and pertinent evidence that may be produced by the debtor or the creditor.

History: 1977 c. 449 ; 2001 a. 61 .
Wis. Stat. § 285.75 — WI Code / Chapter 285 / Section 285.75
County program.
Status: in_force

Instead of state review of plans and specifications, the department may authorize counties which are administering approved air pollution control programs to review and approve plans, specifications and permits of air contaminant sources being constructed, modified or operated within the jurisdiction of these counties.

History: 1979 c. 34 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 501 ; Stats. 1995 s. 285.75.
Wis. Stat. § 51.95 — WI Code / Chapter 51 / Section 51.95
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the “State Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Act”.

History: 1975 c. 430 s. 59 ; Stats. 1975 s. 51.95; 1985 a. 264 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.25 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.25
Permits and identification cards.
Status: in_force

(1) A minor under 16 years of age shall not be employed or permitted to work at any street trade unless the minor’s employer first obtains from the department or a permit officer a street trade permit and the minor first obtains an identification card, both issued in accordance with this section.

(2) If upon investigation, the department determines that there are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships in carrying out sub. (1) , the department may by general or special order make reasonable exceptions or modifications with due regard for the life, health, safety and welfare of minors employed in street trades. The investigation and orders shall be made as provided under s. 103.005 . These orders are subject to review as provided in ch. 227 .

(3) The form and requisites of street trade permits shall be the same as those specified for permits authorizing the employment of minors under s. 103.73 , except as provided in sub. (3m) and except that the permits may be issued on special street trade permit forms, in a form determined by the department. Each minor for whom a street trade permit is issued shall be provided by the department or the permit officer issuing the permit with a street trade identification card, in a form determined by the department. The minor shall carry the identification card while engaged in street trade employment and may not transfer it to any other person.

(3m)

(a) In addition to the information required for a street trade permit under sub. (3) , a street trade permit obtained by a house-to-house employer shall contain the minor’s permanent home address and social security number.

(b) A house-to-house employer shall have a copy of the street trade permit issued for the minor stamped or endorsed by the clerk of any municipality where the minor conducts a street trade from house to house.

(c) This subsection does not apply to employment of a minor by a newspaper publisher or in a fund-raising sale for a nonprofit organization, a public school, a private school, or a tribal school.

(4) In relation to employment in street trades a permit issued under this section has the same force and effect as a permit issued under ss. 103.64 to 103.82 ; and the failure to obtain a permit when required under this section subjects the employer to the same penalties and liabilities as failure to obtain a permit when required under ss. 103.64 to 103.82 .

(5) This section does not apply to employment of a minor in a fund-raising sale for a nonprofit organization, a public school, a private school, or a tribal school.

History: 1971 c. 228 s. 43 ; 1971 c. 271 , 307 ; 1973 c. 183 ; 1985 a. 1 ; 1987 a. 187 ; 1989 a. 113 ; 1993 a. 492 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2001 a. 107 ; 2009 a. 302 ; 2017 a. 11 .
Wis. Stat. § 440.043 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.043
Behavioral health review committee.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary shall appoint an advisory committee under s. 440.042 to provide advice concerning behavioral health. The advisory committee shall semiannually conduct a review of the requirements for obtaining a credential under s. 440.88 or subch. I of ch. 457 or for other credentials related to behavioral health.

(2) The advisory committee shall accept comments from the public related to its review under sub. (1) . Before conducting a review under sub. (1) , the department shall publish a class 1 notice under ch. 985 and shall publish notice on its Internet site announcing the opportunity for public comment.

(3) The advisory committee established under sub. (1) may propose changes in statutes and rules to the department; the marriage and family therapy, professional counseling, and social work examining board; or other appropriate credentialing board.

History: 2017 a. 262 ; 2023 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 345.21 — WI Code / Chapter 345 / Section 345.21
Authority to arrest with a warrant.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may be arrested for the violation of a traffic regulation with a warrant that substantially complies with ch. 968 . Except as provided in sub. (2) , the person arrested shall be brought without unreasonable delay before a court having jurisdiction to try the action or a judge.

(2) In traffic regulation actions, the judge or municipal judge who issues a warrant under sub. (1) may endorse upon the warrant the amount of the deposit. If no endorsement is made the deposit schedule under s. 345.26 (2) shall apply unless the court directs that the person be brought before the court.

History: 1971 c. 278 ; 1973 c. 218 ; 1977 c. 305 s. 64 .
Wis. Stat. § 350.102 — WI Code / Chapter 350 / Section 350.102
Preliminary screening test.
Status: in_force

(1) Requirement. A person shall provide a sample of his or her breath or oral fluids, or both, for a preliminary screening test if a law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that the person is violating or has violated the intoxicated snowmobiling law and if, prior to an arrest, the law enforcement officer requested the person to provide this sample.

(2) Use of test results. A law enforcement officer may use the results of a preliminary screening test for the purpose of deciding whether or not to arrest a person for a violation of the intoxicated snowmobiling law or for the purpose of deciding whether or not to request a chemical test under s. 350.104 . Following the preliminary screening test, chemical tests may be required of the person under s. 350.104 .

(3) Admissibility. The result of a preliminary screening test is not admissible in any action or proceeding except to show probable cause for an arrest, if the arrest is challenged, or to show that a chemical test was properly required of a person under s. 350.104 .

(4) Refusal. There is no penalty for a violation of sub. (1) . Section 350.11 (1) and the general penalty provision under s. 939.61 do not apply to that violation.

(5) Use of oral fluids sample. A law enforcement officer may collect and retain a sample of a person’s oral fluids only to the extent necessary to perform a preliminary screening test under this section and shall destroy the sample, or return the sample to the person, after conducting the preliminary screening test. A law enforcement officer may not collect or retain a sample of a person’s oral fluids under this section for any purpose other than a preliminary screening test.

History: 1987 a. 399 ; 2025 a. 99 .
Wis. Stat. § 707.45 — WI Code / Chapter 707 / Section 707.45
Amendments to statement.
Status: in_force

A developer shall promptly amend all of the following:

(1) The time-share disclosure statement to report any material change in the information required by s. 707.41 or 707.44 .

(2) The time-share disclosure statement or any supplement to the statement to report any material change known to the developer in the information required by s. 707.42 , except that:

(a) The developer shall report to purchasers any significant change in information required by s. 707.42 (2) (b) , (c) and (k) that adversely affects purchasers’ interests within 30 days after the change occurs, and if the developer reports the change as required, the developer is not liable to purchasers for any harm resulting because purchasers were not informed earlier of the change.

(b) The information required by s. 707.42 (2) (m) to (o) shall be calculated, at a minimum, from the records of the exchange company, as defined in s. 707.42 (1) (a) , for each calendar year and shall be available no later than July 1 of the succeeding year.

(3) The time-share disclosure statement or any supplement to the statement to report any material change in the information required by s. 707.43 , except that the information required by s. 707.43 (2) (d) to (f) shall be calculated, at a minimum, from the records of the multilocation developer, as defined in s. 707.43 (1) , for the preceding calendar year and shall be available no later than July 1 of the succeeding year.

History: 1987 a. 399 .
Wis. Stat. § 66.0211 — WI Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.0211
Incorporation referendum procedure.
Status: in_force

(1) Order. The circuit court’s order for an incorporation referendum shall specify the voting place and the date of the referendum, which shall be not less than 6 weeks from the date of the order, and name 3 inspectors of election. If the order is for a city incorporation referendum the order shall further specify that 7 alderpersons shall be elected at large from the proposed city. The city council at its first meeting shall determine the number and boundaries of wards in compliance with s. 5.15 (1) and (2) , and the combination of wards into aldermanic districts. The number of alderpersons per aldermanic district shall be determined by charter ordinance.

(2) Notice of referendum. Notice of the referendum shall be given by publication of the order of the circuit court in a newspaper having general circulation in the territory. Publication shall be once a week for 4 successive weeks. The first publication may not be more than 4 weeks before the referendum.

(3) Return. An incorporation referendum shall be conducted in the same manner as an annexation referendum under s. 66.0217 (7) to the extent applicable except that the ballot shall contain the words “For a city [village]” and “Against a city [village]”. The inspectors shall make a return to the circuit court.

(4) Costs. If the referendum is against incorporation, the costs of the election shall be borne by the towns involved in the proportion that the number of electors of each town within the territory proposed to be incorporated, voting in the referendum, bears to the total number of electors in the territory voting in the referendum. If the referendum is for a village or city, the costs shall be charged against the municipality in the apportionment of town assets.

(5) Certification of incorporation. If a majority of the votes in an incorporation referendum are cast in favor of a village or city, the clerk of the circuit court shall certify the fact to the secretary of administration and supply the secretary of administration with a copy of a description of the legal boundaries of the village or city and the associated population and a copy of a plat of the village or city. Within 10 days of receipt of the description and plat, the secretary of administration shall forward 2 copies to the department of transportation and one copy each to the department of administration and the department of revenue. The secretary of administration shall issue a certificate of incorporation and record the certificate.

History: 1971 c. 304 ; 1973 c. 37 , 90 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (c) ; 1977 c. 273 ; 1979 c. 361 s. 112 ; 1981 c. 4 s. 19 ; 1981 c. 377 ; 1993 a. 184 ; 1995 a. 27 , s. 9116 (5) ; 1999 a. 150 s. 40 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0211; 2011 a. 32 ; 2015 a. 55 .
Wis. Stat. § 403.116 — WI Code / Chapter 403 / Section 403.116
Joint and several liability; contribution.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in the instrument, 2 or more persons who have the same liability on an instrument as makers, drawers, acceptors, endorsers who endorse as joint payees or anomalous endorsers are jointly and severally liable in the capacity in which they sign.

(2) Except as provided in s. 403.419 (5) or by agreement of the affected parties, a party having joint and several liability who pays the instrument is entitled to receive from any party having the same joint and several liability contribution in accordance with applicable law.

(3) Discharge of one party having joint and several liability by a person entitled to enforce the instrument does not affect the right under sub. (2) of a party having the same joint and several liability to receive contribution from the party discharged.

History: 1995 a. 449 .
Wis. Stat. § 20.360 — WI Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20.360
Lower Wisconsin state riverway board.
Status: in_force

There is appropriated to the lower Wisconsin state riverway board for the following program:

(1) Control of land development and use in the lower Wisconsin state riverway.

(g) Gifts and grants. All moneys received from gifts, grants or bequests for the lower Wisconsin state riverway board, to carry out the purposes for which received.

(q) General program operations — conservation fund. From the conservation fund, the amounts in the schedule for general program operations.

History: 1989 a. 31 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1999 a. 9 .