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Wis. Stat. § 140.147 — WI Code / Chapter 140 / Section 140.147
Section 140.147
Status: in_force

(6) If a supervising attorney is required to complete an affidavit in order to execute an estate planning document pursuant to another provision of law, the information required in that affidavit may be combined with the information required in the affidavit of compliance into a single affidavit.

(7) For a notarial act performed under this section, the certificate of notarial act required under s. 140.15 may be in the following short form, if completed with the information required by s. 140.15 (1) and (2) :

History: 2023 a. 130 .
Wis. Stat. § 224.92 — WI Code / Chapter 224 / Section 224.92
License required.
Status: in_force

No person may engage in business as a nondepository lender in this state without a license issued under this subchapter.

History: 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 949.38 — WI Code / Chapter 949 / Section 949.38
Report by the department.
Status: in_force

The department’s biennial report under s. 15.04 (1) (d) shall include a report of its activities under this subchapter including all of the following:

(1) An explanation of the procedures for filing and processing claims under this subchapter.

(2) A description of the programs and policies instituted to promote awareness about the awards under this subchapter.

(3) An analysis of future needs and suggested program improvements.

(4) A copy of the forms used under this subchapter.

(5) A complete statistical analysis of the cases handled under this subchapter, including all of the following:

(a) The number of claims filed.

(b) The number of claims approved and the amount of each award.

(c) The number of claims denied and the reasons for rejection.

(d) A breakdown of claims by geographic area and month.

History: 2007 a. 20 .
Wis. Stat. § 179.04025 — WI Code / Chapter 179 / Section 179.04025
Statement of denial.
Status: in_force

A person named in a filed statement of authority granting that person authority may deliver to the department for filing a statement of denial that does all of the following:

(1) Provides the name of the limited partnership and the caption of the statement of authority to which the statement of denial pertains.

(2) Denies the grant of authority.

History: 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 799.01 — WI Code / Chapter 799 / Section 799.01
Applicability of chapter.
Status: in_force

(1) Exclusive use of small claims procedure. Except as provided in ss. 799.02 (1) and 799.21 (4) and except as provided under sub. (2) , the procedure in this chapter is the exclusive procedure to be used in circuit court in the following actions:

(a) Eviction actions. Actions for eviction as defined in s. 799.40 regardless of the amount of rent claimed therein.

(am) Return of earnest money. Actions for the return of earnest money tendered pursuant to a contract for purchase of real property, including a condominium unit, as defined in s. 703.02 (15) , and time-share property, as defined in s. 707.02 (32) , that includes 1 to 4 dwelling units, as defined in s. 101.61 (1) , by sale, exchange or land contract unless the transfer is exempt from the real estate transfer fee under s. 77.25 regardless of the amount claimed.

(b) Forfeitures. Actions to recover forfeitures except as a different procedure is prescribed in chs. 23 , 66 , 345 and 778 , or elsewhere, and such different procedures shall apply equally to the state, a county or a municipality regardless of any limitation contained therein.

(c) Replevins. Actions for replevin under ss. 810.01 to 810.13 where the value of the property claimed does not exceed $15,000.

(cm) Arbitration. Actions for the confirmation, vacation, modification or correction of an arbitration award where arbitration was in settlement of a controversy arising out of a transaction for the purchase of real property, including a condominium unit, as defined in s. 703.02 (15) , and time-share property, as defined in s. 707.02 (32) , that includes 1 to 4 dwelling units, as defined in s. 101.61 (1) , by sale, exchange or land contract regardless of the amount of that award.

(cr) Third-party complaints, personal injury claims, and tort claims. Third-party complaints, personal injury claims, and actions based in tort, where the amount claimed is $5,000 or less.

(d) Other civil actions. Other civil actions where the amount claimed is $15,000 or less, if the actions or proceedings are:

1. For money judgments only except for cognovit judgments which shall be taken pursuant to s. 806.25 ; or

2. For attachment under ch. 811 and garnishment under subch. I of ch. 812 , except that s. 811.09 does not apply to proceedings under this chapter; or

3. To enforce a lien upon personalty.

(2) Permissive use of small claims procedure. A taxing authority may use the procedure in this chapter in an action to recover a tax from a person liable for that tax where the amount claimed, including interest and penalties, is $10,000 or less. This chapter is not the exclusive procedure for those actions.
Wis. Stat. § 64.34 — WI Code / Chapter 64 / Section 64.34
City comptroller; financial statement; publication; annual examination.
Status: in_force

(1) The city comptroller shall each month prepare and present to the council a summary statement of the revenues and expenses of the city for the preceding month, detailed as to appropriations and funds, and arranged in standard form, together with a balance sheet statement of the current assets and current liabilities of such city at the close of such month. These summaries shall be accompanied by such detailed schedules as the council may by ordinance require. The full detailed acts and proceedings of the council at every general or special meeting thereof, including the full text of all reports filed and presented at such meeting, shall be published as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985 , subsequent to the day of each such council meeting; and in the months of January, April, July and October the council shall cause to be published as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985 , detailed schedules of the receipts and disbursements of moneys for the 3 calendar months next preceding the month of such publication. The compensation to be paid for such publications shall not exceed the rate provided by law for the publication of legal notices.

(2) At the end of each year the council shall cause a full and complete examination of all of the books and accounts of the city to be made by competent certified public accountants licensed or certified under ch. 442 , who shall report in full thereon to the council. Copies of such reports shall be furnished by the council to all newspapers of the city and to all persons who shall apply therefor.

History: 2001 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 443.02 — WI Code / Chapter 443 / Section 443.02
Practice requirements and registration: general provisions.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person practicing or offering to practice architecture or professional engineering in this state shall comply with this chapter.

(2) No person may practice architecture, landscape architecture, or professional engineering in this state unless the person has been duly registered, is exempt under s. 443.14 or has in effect a permit under s. 443.10 (1) (d) .

(3) Except as provided under s. 443.015 (1m) (c) , no person may offer to practice architecture, landscape architecture, or professional engineering or use in connection with the person’s name or otherwise assume, use or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that he or she is an architect, landscape architect, or professional engineer or advertise to furnish architectural, landscape architectural, or professional engineering services unless the person has been duly registered or has in effect a permit under s. 443.10 (1) (d) .

(4) Except as provided under s. 443.015 (1m) (c) , no person may engage in or offer to engage in the practice of professional land surveying in this state or use or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that the person is a professional land surveyor unless the person has been granted a license under this chapter to engage in the practice of professional land surveying.

(5) No person may use the title “Wisconsin registered interior designer,” use any title or description that implies that he or she is a Wisconsin registered interior designer, or represent himself or herself to be a Wisconsin registered interior designer unless the person is registered as a Wisconsin registered interior designer under this chapter.

History: 1971 c. 164 s. 88 ; 1971 c. 215 ; 1975 c. 39 ; 1977 c. 29 , 418 ; 1979 c. 34 , 167 , 355 ; 1993 a. 463 , 465 ; 1997 a. 300 ; 1999 a. 85 ; 2009 a. 123 ; 2013 a. 358 ; 2019 a. 94 ; 2021 a. 195 .
Wis. Stat. § 799.09 — WI Code / Chapter 799 / Section 799.09
Public information.
Status: in_force

Information regarding the existence, location and hours of the circuit court’s small claims system shall be disseminated and publicized throughout the county by the clerk of court. Each county shall produce and make available to all litigants in small claims actions publications explaining the procedures to be followed by litigants in small claims actions.

History: 1977 c. 345 , 449 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 66 ; Stats. 1979 s. 799.09; 1987 a. 208 .
Wis. Stat. § 78.21 — WI Code / Chapter 78 / Section 78.21
Seizure and sale.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may seize, the department of transportation may seize and the department of transportation may request any police officer to seize, any motor vehicle fuel and the vehicle or other means of transporting it if the person who possesses the motor vehicle fuel does any of the following:

(a) Imports, sells, uses, delivers or stores in this state motor vehicle fuel if the tax on the motor vehicle fuel has not been paid, dye has been added to the motor vehicle fuel or liability for the tax has not been incurred by the holder of an unrevoked supplier license, unless a supplier possesses the motor vehicle fuel and the motor vehicle fuel is manufactured in this state or imported by pipeline or barge and stored in this state and unless an alcohol supplier possesses the motor vehicle fuel and has imported it by barge, railcar or transport truck into a terminal in this state or unless an agricultural user possesses the motor vehicle fuel and that motor vehicle fuel is dyed.

(b) Exports motor vehicle fuel unless the person has an export license or a supplier’s license or has paid the motor vehicle fuel tax of the destination state to the supplier and has a bill of lading that proves the export.

(c) Operates or maintains a motor vehicle on any highway in this state with dyed fuel, unless the vehicle is a truck that is used principally for agricultural purposes and is marked with an agricultural use plate or tag or unless the motor vehicle is a truck that has received the fuel in a jurisdiction that permits the introduction of dyed fuel of that color and type into the motor vehicle fuel tank of highway vehicles.

(d) Engages in a business for which a license is required under s. 78.09 and does not have that license.

(e) Operates a transport truck to ship diesel fuel on the highways of the state, destined for delivery in this state, as shown on the shipping papers and does not have on board a shipping paper that sets out on its face a notation that the load is exempt if it is exempt or taxable if it is taxable.

(2) The department of transportation may promulgate rules to interpret sub. (1) .

History: 1993 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 807.06 — WI Code / Chapter 807 / Section 807.06
Copy of paper may be used, when.
Status: in_force

(1) If any original paper or pleading be lost or withheld by any person the court may authorize a copy thereof to be filed and used instead of the original.

(2) The clerk of circuit court may electronically scan any paper or pleading, as permitted under SCR 72.05 , and may discard the original paper or pleading pursuant to SCR 72.03 (3). If the original is discarded, the electronically scanned document constitutes the official court record.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 744 (1975); Sup. Ct. Order No. 12-05 , 2012 WI 112, 344 Wis. 2d xxxiii.
Wis. Stat. § 322.028 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.028
Article 28 — Detail or employment of reporters and interpreters.
Status: in_force

Under regulations as may be prescribed, the convening authority of a general or special court-martial or court of inquiry shall detail or employ qualified court reporters, who shall record the proceedings of and testimony taken before that court and may detail or employ interpreters who shall interpret for the court.

History: 2007 a. 200 .
Wis. Stat. § 801.095 — WI Code / Chapter 801 / Section 801.095
Section 801.095
Status: in_force

(4) No personal service; complaint not served at the same time.

History: 1983 a. 323 ; Sup Ct. Order, 171 Wis. 2d xix (1992); 1997 a. 187 , 250 ; 1999 a. 32 , 186 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2005 a. 442 .
Wis. Stat. § 193.631 — WI Code / Chapter 193 / Section 193.631
Restriction on transfer or registration of membership interests.
Status: in_force

(1) How imposed. A restriction on the transfer, including registration, of a membership interest may be imposed in the articles, in the bylaws, in a member control agreement, by a resolution adopted by the members, or by an agreement among or other written action by members or among them and the cooperative. A restriction imposed by a member control agreement or other written action of members is effective only against the parties to the agreement or written action or the members who assent pursuant to a member resolution. A restriction is not binding with respect to membership interests issued prior to the adoption of the restriction, unless the holders of those membership interests are parties to the agreement or voted in favor of the restriction.

(2) Restrictions permitted.

(a) A restriction under sub. (1) is enforceable only if the restriction is not manifestly unreasonable under the circumstances and any of the following apply:

1. The restriction is noted conspicuously on a certificate of membership interest representing the membership interest or the existence of the restriction is noted on the certificate and reference is made to a separate document creating or describing the restriction.

2. The restriction is imposed under this chapter or is included in the articles or bylaws.

3. The restriction relates to an uncertificated membership interest and is included in information sent to the holders of such a membership interest.

(b) A restriction that is enforceable under par. (a) may be enforced against the holder of the restricted membership interest or a successor or transferee of the holder, including a pledgee or a legal representative.

History: 2005 a. 441 .
Wis. Stat. § 13.21 — WI Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13.21
State departments to cooperate in providing legislative help.
Status: in_force

(1) Because of the difficulty in securing necessary help to fill legislative positions in regular sessions of the legislature, due to the manpower shortage, each department and agency of the state government and the employees thereof shall cooperate with the legislature to the fullest extent in the transfer to the legislature of such employees as are necessary to fill all legislative positions.

(2) All employees so transferred shall receive such compensation as is prescribed by law for such legislative positions. Such employees shall continue their civil service rating, sick leave, vacation and other rights under ch. 230 and after termination of their employment in such legislative positions shall be returned to the respective departments and agencies from which they were transferred for resumption of their regular employment.

History: 1977 c. 196 s. 131 .
Wis. Stat. § 229.64 — WI Code / Chapter 229 / Section 229.64
Legislative declaration.
Status: in_force

The legislature determines that the provision of assistance by state agencies to a district under this subchapter and any appropriation or grant of funds to a district serve a statewide public purpose by assisting the development, construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of baseball park facilities in the state for providing recreation, by encouraging economic development and tourism, by preserving business activities within the state, by generating additional tax revenues that would not exist without the baseball park facilities, by reducing unemployment, and by bringing needed capital into the state for the benefit and welfare of people throughout the state.

History: 1995 a. 56 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2023 a. 40 .
Wis. Stat. § 102.46 — WI Code / Chapter 102 / Section 102.46
Death benefit.
Status: in_force

Where death proximately results from the injury and the deceased leaves a person wholly dependent upon him or her for support, the death benefit shall equal 4 times his or her average annual earnings, but when added to the disability indemnity paid and due at the time of death, shall not exceed two-thirds of weekly wage for the number of weeks set out in s. 102.44 (3) .

History: 1979 c. 278 ; 1981 c. 92 .
Wis. Stat. § 755.09 — WI Code / Chapter 755 / Section 755.09
Office, where kept.
Status: in_force

(1) The governing body of the city, village, or town shall provide the judge with an office or appropriate work space other than at a place prohibited under sub. (2) .

(2) No judge may keep his or her office or hold court in any tavern, or in any room in which intoxicating liquors are sold, or in any room connecting with a tavern or room in which intoxicating liquors are sold.

History: 1977 c. 187 s. 94 ; 1977 c. 305 s. 64 ; Stats. 1977 s. 755.09; 1997 a. 27 ; 2009 a. 402 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.512 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.512
Amendment of financing statement.
Status: in_force

(1) Amendment of information in financing statement. Subject to s. 409.509 , a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or, subject to sub. (5) , otherwise amend the information provided in, a financing statement by filing an amendment that:

(a) Identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which the amendment relates; and

(b) If the amendment relates to an initial financing statement filed or recorded in a filing office described in s. 409.501 (1) (a) , provides the date on which the initial financing statement was filed or recorded and the information specified in s. 409.502 (2) .

(2) Period of effectiveness not affected. Except as otherwise provided in s. 409.515 , the filing of an amendment does not extend the period of effectiveness of the financing statement.

(3) Effectiveness of amendment adding collateral. A financing statement that is amended by an amendment that adds collateral is effective as to the added collateral only from the date of the filing of the amendment.

(4) Effectiveness of amendment adding debtor. A financing statement that is amended by an amendment that adds a debtor is effective as to the added debtor only from the date of the filing of the amendment.

(5) Certain amendments ineffective. An amendment is ineffective to the extent that it:

(a) Purports to delete all debtors and fails to provide the name of a debtor to be covered by the financing statement; or

(b) Purports to delete all secured parties of record and fails to provide the name of a new secured party of record.

History: 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 39.76 — WI Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39.76
Compact commission delegation.
Status: in_force

(1) State representation on the education commission of the states. There is created a 7-member delegation to represent the state of Wisconsin on the education commission of the states. The delegation shall consist of the governor, the state superintendent of public instruction, one senator and one representative to the assembly selected as are the members of standing committees in their respective houses, and 3 members appointed by the governor in compliance with s. 39.75 (3) (a) who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The chairperson of the delegation shall be designated by the governor from among its members. Members of the delegation shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties from the appropriation in s. 20.505 (1) (ka) . Annual commission membership dues shall be paid from the appropriation in s. 20.505 (1) (ka) .

(2) Administration service. The department of administration shall provide administrative and staff services for the delegation to the education commission of the states.

(3) Reports; bylaws. Under s. 39.75 (3) (j) , the education commission of the states shall file a copy of its bylaws and any amendments thereto with the secretary of state and the office of the governor on or before January 15 of each odd-numbered year. The delegation or the education commission of the states shall submit to the governor and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) , a report of the activities of the delegation and the commission.

(4) Cooperation of state agencies. Any existing state department or board in the field of public education shall within existing appropriations cooperate with the education compact delegation in the execution of its functions.

History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1649 ; 1977 c. 325 ; 1981 c. 20 s. 2202 (1) (b) ; 1981 c. 390 ; 1987 a. 186 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2005 a. 25 .
Wis. Stat. § 39.35 — WI Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39.35
Repayment of scholarships for teachers in educationally disadvantaged areas.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding s. 39.35 , 1969 stats., and s. 39.35 , 1991 stats., the board shall terminate on August 12, 1993, any obligation to repay a student aid award made under this section.

History: 1975 c. 189 , 422 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 59.365 — WI Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59.365
Moratorium on fee increases.
Status: in_force

(1) From July 14, 2015, to April 17, 2017, the board may not charge an amount that exceeds the amount that was actually charged on April 17, 2015, for any of the following fees:

(a) Fees for services rendered by a coroner or medical examiner.

(b) Fees assessed for the signing of a death record by a coroner or medical examiner.

(c) Fees assessed related to coroner or medical examiner transportation services.

(2) If on or after April 18, 2017, the board increases the amount of any of the fees specified in sub. (1) (a) to (c) , any such increase may not exceed the annual percentage change in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined by the U.S. department of labor, for the 12 months ending on December 31 of the year before the increase.

(3)

(a) Notwithstanding sub. (2) , if a board that had been providing coroner or lay medical examiner services begins providing physician medical examiner services after December 1, 2024, the board may one time set the fee assessed for the signing of a death record at an amount exceeding the amount that was in effect on April 17, 2015, by not more than $100 and may one time set the fee assessed for the issuance of a cremation permit at an amount exceeding the amount that was in effect on April 17, 2015, by not more than $100. Fees under this paragraph may be established without regard to any change in the U.S. consumer price index.

(b) This subsection does not apply to a county with a population of more than 300,000.

History: 2015 a. 55 , 336 ; 2017 a. 334 ; 2025 a. 62 .