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Wis. Stat. § 707.03 — WI Code / Chapter 707 / Section 707.03
Status of time-share estates.
Status: in_force

(1) A grant of an estate in a unit conferring the right of possession during a potentially infinite number of separated periods creates a fee simple absolute interest, and a grant of an estate in a unit conferring the right of possession during 4 or more separated periods over a finite number of years equal to at least 4, including renewal options, creates an interest for years.

(2) Each time-share estate constitutes for all purposes a separate estate in real property.

History: 1987 a. 399 .
Wis. Stat. § 33.42 — WI Code / Chapter 33 / Section 33.42
Creation.
Status: in_force

There is created a Dane County Lakes and Watershed Commission as part of county government. The board of commissioners shall govern the commission.

History: 1989 a. 324 .
Wis. Stat. § 905.05 — WI Code / Chapter 905 / Section 905.05
Husband-wife and domestic partner privilege.
Status: in_force

(1) General rule of privilege. A person has a privilege to prevent the person’s spouse or former spouse or domestic partner or former domestic partner from testifying against the person as to any private communication by one to the other made during their marriage or domestic partnership. As used in this section, “domestic partner” means a domestic partner under ch. 770 .

(2) Who may claim the privilege. The privilege may be claimed by the person or by the spouse or domestic partner on the person’s behalf. The authority of the spouse or domestic partner to do so is presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary.

(3) Exceptions. There is no privilege under this rule:

(a) If both spouses or former spouses or domestic partners or former domestic partners are parties to the action.

(b) In proceedings in which one spouse or former spouse or domestic partner or former domestic partner is charged with a crime against the person or property of the other or of a child of either, or with a crime against the person or property of a 3rd person committed in the course of committing a crime against the other.

(c) In proceedings in which a spouse or former spouse or domestic partner or former domestic partner is charged with a crime of pandering or prostitution.

(d) If one spouse or former spouse or domestic partner or former domestic partner has acted as the agent of the other and the private communication relates to matters within the scope of the agency.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R130 (1973); 1991 a. 32 ; 2009 a. 28 .
Wis. Stat. § 98.146 — WI Code / Chapter 98 / Section 98.146
Licensing milk weighers and samplers.
Status: in_force

(1) All persons except licensed cheesemakers and buttermakers taking weights and samples of milk in bulk tanks or measuring milk in bulk tanks to determine weight, on the farm premises where such milk is produced, shall be licensed by the department under this section or by an equivalent regulatory agency in another state, and no person who is not so licensed shall engage in such activities.

(2)

(a) Each application for a license under this section or license renewal shall be made on forms provided by the department and shall be accompanied by the license fee required under sub. (4) , except that an individual who is eligible for the veterans fee waiver program under s. 45.44 is not required to pay the fee. The license shall expire biennially on September 30 of the 2nd year commencing after the date of issuance or renewal. The applicant shall not have an arrest or conviction record, subject to ss. 111.321 , 111.322 and 111.335 , and shall give proof of ability to engage in such weighing and sampling to the satisfaction of the department by satisfactorily passing a written examination pertaining to such activities.

(b) If the department conducts a reinspection of any measurement by a person authorized to take weights and samples or to measure under sub. (1) due to any violation of any federal or state law which the department determines in a regularly scheduled inspection of that measurement, the department shall charge the person the reinspection fee required under sub. (4) for that reinspection.

(3) No dairy plant shall receive any milk required to be weighed and sampled by a person authorized to take weights and samples under sub. (1) unless it has been so weighed and sampled.

(4) The department may establish by rule the amount of license or reinspection fees required under sub. (2) . Unless otherwise established by department rule, a license fee under sub. (2) is $40 and a reinspection fee under sub. (2) is $40.

History: 1977 c. 216 ; 1981 c. 380 ; 1981 c. 391 s. 211 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 2011 a. 209 ; 2019 a. 152 .
Wis. Stat. § 601.20 — WI Code / Chapter 601 / Section 601.20
Advisory councils and committees.
Status: in_force

(1) Authorization to form councils and committees. The commissioner may create advisory councils and committees under s. 15.04 (1) (c) to assist in dealing with regulatory problems. The commissioner may appoint members and may provide by rule for the creation, governance, duties and termination of any council or committee the commissioner establishes.

History: 1975 c. 372 , 375 , 421 ; 1977 c. 196 s. 131 ; 1979 c. 102 , 221 .
Wis. Stat. § 411.106 — WI Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.106
Limitation on power of parties to consumer lease to choose applicable law and judicial forum.
Status: in_force

(1) If the law chosen by the parties to a consumer lease is that of a jurisdiction other than a jurisdiction in which the lessee resides when the lease agreement becomes enforceable or within 30 days thereafter or in which the goods are to be used, the choice is not enforceable.

(2) If the judicial forum chosen by the parties to a consumer lease is a forum that would not otherwise have jurisdiction over the lessee, the choice is not enforceable.

History: 1991 a. 148 .
Wis. Stat. § 786.50 — WI Code / Chapter 786 / Section 786.50
Limitation of action to recover estate sold.
Status: in_force

An action for the recovery of any estate sold by a guardian on a cause of action which accrues prior to July 1, 1980 may not be maintained by the ward or by any person claiming under the ward unless it is commenced within 5 years after the termination of the guardianship. Minors and others under legal disability at the time when the cause of action subject to this section accrues may commence their action at any time within 5 years after the removal of the disability.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 63 ; 1979 c. 176 ; 1979 c. 323 s. 24 ; Stats. 1979 s. 786.50.
Wis. Stat. § 192.73 — WI Code / Chapter 192 / Section 192.73
Sale of abandoned rail property after release by state.
Status: in_force

(1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Abandoned rail property” means rail property that is determined to be abandoned as provided in s. 85.09 (3) .

(b) “Condemnation commission” means the office of the commissioner of condemnation under s. 32.08 for the county in which abandoned rail property is located.

(c) “Lessee” means a person occupying abandoned rail property under a lease.

(d) “Owner” means a person that owns abandoned rail property but “owner” does not include any of the following:

1. A railroad operating as a common carrier in this state on May 11, 1990.

2. A railroad corporation that owns a controlling interest on May 11, 1990, in a railroad operating as a common carrier in this state.

3. A railroad corporation that is under common control on May 11, 1990, with a railroad operating as a common carrier in this state.

(e) “Rail property” has the meaning given in s. 85.01 (3) .

(2) Right of lessee to acquire.

(a) If the department determines not to acquire abandoned rail property under s. 85.09 (4) and issues a release of its first right to acquire the property under s. 85.09 (2) , an owner may not sell or offer to sell abandoned rail property to a person other than the lessee of the abandoned rail property unless the owner first offers to sell that property to the lessee under this subsection.

(b) The owner shall send by certified mail a written offer to sell abandoned rail property at a fair market price to the lessee of that property. The lessee relinquishes the right to acquire abandoned rail property under this section if it does not respond to the offer by certified mail within 60 days after receipt of the offer to sell.

(c) If the owner and the lessee do not agree on a purchase price within 60 days after the lessee’s response, the lessee or the owner may request that the condemnation commission determine the fair market value for the abandoned rail property. The condemnation commission shall determine the fair market value for the abandoned rail property on the basis of 3 independent appraisals. The owner and the lessee shall each select one appraiser and shall pay the cost of that appraisal. The condemnation commission shall select one appraiser and shall divide the cost of the appraisal equally between the owner and the lessee. The condemnation commission shall inform the owner and lessee by certified mail of its determination of the fair market value for the abandoned rail property.

(d) Within 30 days after receipt of the determination, the lessee shall notify the owner if the lessee agrees to purchase the abandoned rail property at its fair market value. If the lessee agrees to purchase, the owner shall sell the abandoned rail property to the lessee at its fair market value.

History: 1989 a. 336 .
Wis. Stat. § 62.01 — WI Code / Chapter 62 / Section 62.01
Saving clause.
Status: in_force

That no inconvenience may arise by reason of change of government of cities from special charter to general charter, or by reason of the revision of the general charter law, it is declared that:

(1) All vested rights, pending actions and prosecutions, and existing judgments, claims, and contracts, both as to individuals and bodies corporate, shall continue as though no change had taken place.

(3) Ordinances in force, so far as not inconsistent herewith, shall continue in force until altered or repealed.

(5) Nothing herein shall change the time for paying taxes as provided in any special city charter until the council shall by ordinance change the same to conform to general law.
Wis. Stat. § 238.12 — WI Code / Chapter 238 / Section 238.12
Repayment of grants, loans, and tax benefits.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “tax benefits” means the credits under ss. 71.07 (2dm) , (2dx) , (3g) , (3t) , and (3wm) , 71.28 (1dm) , (1dx) , (3g) , (3t) , and (3wm) , 71.47 (1dm) , (1dx) , (3g) , and (3t) , and 76.636 .

(2) The corporation may not award a grant or loan under this chapter to a person or certify a person to receive tax benefits unless the corporation enters into an agreement with the person that requires the person to repay the grant, loan, or tax benefits if, within 5 years after receiving the grant or loan or being certified to receive tax benefits, the person ceases to conduct in this state the economic activity for which the person received the grant or loan or for which the person was certified to receive tax benefits and commences substantially the same economic activity outside this state.

History: 2005 a. 25 , 259 ; 2011 a. 32 s. 3327 ; Stats. 2011 s. 238.12; 2015 a. 55 ; 2017 a. 58 ; 2025 a. 118 .
Wis. Stat. § 946.78 — WI Code / Chapter 946 / Section 946.78
False statement regarding military service.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Military” means the U.S. armed forces, the state defense force, the national guard of any state, or any other reserve component of the U.S. armed forces.

(b) “Tangible benefit” includes financial remuneration, an effect on the outcome of a criminal or civil court proceeding, an effect on an election, and any benefit relating to service in the military that is provided by a federal, state, or local governmental unit or agency.

(2) Except as provided in sub. (3) , whoever knowingly and with the intent to receive a tangible benefit falsely claims any of the following is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor:

(a) That he or she is or was a service member in the military.

(b) That he or she has been awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor, a Distinguished Service Cross, a Navy Cross, an Air Force Cross, a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart, a Combat Infantryman’s Badge, a Combat Action Badge, a Combat Medical Badge, a Combat Action Ribbon, a Combat Action Medal, or a Special Operations Identifier or Special Qualification or Skill Identifier, as authorized by Congress or pursuant to federal law for the U.S. armed forces.

(3) Any person violating sub. (2) with the intent to commit or aid or abet the commission of a crime other than a crime under this section is guilty of a Class H felony.

History: 2015 a. 30 .
Wis. Stat. § 410.204 — WI Code / Chapter 410 / Section 410.204
Refund of payment and duty of customer to report with respect to unauthorized payment order.
Status: in_force

(1) If a receiving bank accepts a payment order issued in the name of its customer as sender that is not authorized and not effective as the order of the customer under s. 410.202 , or that is not enforceable, in whole or in part, against the customer under s. 410.203 , the bank shall refund any payment of the payment order received from the customer to the extent the bank is not entitled to enforce payment and shall pay interest on the refundable amount calculated from the date the bank received payment to the date of the refund. However, the customer is not entitled to interest from the bank on the amount to be refunded if the customer fails to exercise ordinary care to determine that the order was not authorized by the customer and to notify the bank of the relevant facts within a reasonable time not exceeding 90 days after the date the customer received notification from the bank that the order was accepted or that the customer’s account was debited with respect to the order. The bank is not entitled to any recovery from the customer on account of a failure by the customer to give notification as stated in this section.

(2) Reasonable time under sub. (1) may be fixed by agreement as stated in s. 401.302 (1) , but the obligation of a receiving bank to refund payment as stated in sub. (1) may not otherwise be varied by agreement.

History: 1991 a. 304 ; 2009 a. 320 .
Wis. Stat. § 203.02 — WI Code / Chapter 203 / Section 203.02
Powers of the division.
Status: in_force

(1) The division may issue any general or special order in execution of or supplementary to this chapter.

(2) The division may promulgate such rules as it considers necessary for the administration of this chapter.

(3) The division has the same power to conduct hearings, take testimony, and secure evidence as is provided in s. 217.11 .

(4) The division for the purpose of discovering violations of this chapter may investigate the business of a licensee that is transacted under this chapter and shall investigate convictions reported to the division by any district attorney for violation by a provider of this chapter. The place of business, if any, books of account, papers, records, safes, and vaults of a licensee shall be open to inspection and examination by the division for the purpose of such investigation, and the division may examine under oath all persons whose testimony the division may require relative to such investigation.

(5) The cost of any investigation, examination, or hearing, including witness fees or any other expenses, conducted by the division under this chapter involving a provider shall be paid by the provider within 30 days after demand therefor by the division, and the state may maintain an action for the recovery of such costs and expenses.

(6) Actual costs incurred by the division to examine books and records maintained outside this state shall be paid by the provider.

History: 2023 a. 131 ; 2025 a. 133 .
Wis. Stat. § 229.25 — WI Code / Chapter 229 / Section 229.25
Annual report.
Status: in_force

The auditorium board shall report annually to the common council all receipts into and disbursements from the auditorium fund, and the balance on hand.

History: 1971 c. 152 s. 29 ; Stats. 1971 s. 229.25.
Wis. Stat. § 19.83 — WI Code / Chapter 19 / Section 19.83
Meetings of governmental bodies.
Status: in_force

(1) Every meeting of a governmental body shall be preceded by public notice as provided in s. 19.84 , and shall be held in open session. At any meeting of a governmental body, all discussion shall be held and all action of any kind, formal or informal, shall be initiated, deliberated upon and acted upon only in open session except as provided in s. 19.85 .

(2) During a period of public comment under s. 19.84 (2) , a governmental body may discuss any matter raised by the public.

History: 1975 c. 426 ; 1997 a. 123 .
Wis. Stat. § 893.85 — WI Code / Chapter 893 / Section 893.85
Action concerning old-age assistance lien.
Status: in_force

(1) An action to collect an old-age assistance lien filed under s. 49.26 , 1971 stats., prior to August 5, 1973, must be commenced within 10 years after the date of filing of the required certificate under s. 49.26 (4) , 1971 stats.

(2) No claim under s. 49.25 , 1971 stats., may be presented more than 10 years after the date of the most recent old-age assistance payment covered by the claim.

History: 1977 c. 385 ; 1979 c. 323 .
Wis. Stat. § 700.20 — WI Code / Chapter 700 / Section 700.20
Extent of undivided interests in tenancy in common.
Status: in_force

The extent of the undivided interests of tenants in common for the duration of the tenancy is determined by the intent expressed in the document of title, instrument of transfer or bill of sale; if no intent is expressed in the document, instrument or bill of sale, tenants in common are presumed to own equal undivided interests for the duration of the tenancy.

History: 1971 c. 66 .
Wis. Stat. § 822.29 — WI Code / Chapter 822 / Section 822.29
Information to be submitted to court.
Status: in_force

(1) In a child custody proceeding, each party, in its first pleading or in an attached affidavit, shall give information, if reasonably ascertainable, under oath as to the child’s present address or whereabouts, the places where the child has lived during the last 5 years, and the names and present addresses of the persons with whom the child has lived during that period. The pleading or affidavit shall state whether the party:

(a) Has participated, as a party or witness or in any other capacity, in any other proceeding concerning the custody of or physical placement or visitation with the child and, if so, shall identify the court, the case number, and the date of the child custody determination, if any.

(b) Knows of any proceeding that could affect the current proceeding, including proceedings for enforcement and proceedings relating to domestic violence, protective orders, termination of parental rights, and adoptions and, if so, shall identify the court, the case number, and the nature of the proceeding.

(c) Knows the names and addresses of any person not a party to the proceeding who has physical custody of the child or claims rights of legal custody or physical custody of, or visitation with, the child and, if so, the names and addresses of those persons.

(2) If the information required by sub. (1) is not furnished, the court, upon motion of a party or its own motion, may stay the proceeding until the information is furnished.

(3) If the declaration as to any of the items described in sub. (1) (a) to (c) is in the affirmative, the declarant shall give additional information under oath as required by the court. The court may examine the parties under oath as to details of the information furnished and other matters pertinent to the court’s jurisdiction and the disposition of the case.

(4) Each party has a continuing duty to inform the court of any proceeding in this or any other state that could affect the current proceeding.

(5) If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of identifying information, the information shall be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the public unless the court orders the disclosure to be made after a hearing in which the court takes into consideration the health, safety, or liberty of the party or child and determines that the disclosure is in the interest of justice.

History: 2005 a. 130 .
Wis. Stat. § 779.50 — WI Code / Chapter 779 / Section 779.50
Lien for threshing, husking, baling; enforcement.
Status: in_force

(1)

(a) Every person who threshes grain, cuts, shreds, husks or shells corn or bales hay or straw by machine for another shall have a lien upon the grain, corn, hay or straw for the value of the services to the extent that the person contracting for the services has an interest in the grain, corn, hay or straw, from the date of the commencement of the service.

(b) The lien given under par. (a) may be foreclosed at any time within 6 months from the date of the last charge for the services described in par. (a) as long as the charges remain unpaid. For the purpose of foreclosing the lien, the lien claimant may take possession of so much of the grain, corn, hay or straw as shall be necessary to pay for the services and the expenses of enforcing the lien, for the services, and sell the grain, corn, hay or straw at public auction. The auction shall be held upon notice of not less than 10 nor more than 15 days from the date of the seizure of the grain, corn, hay or straw under this paragraph.

(2) Notice of such sale shall be given personally and by posting in at least three public places in the town where the debtor resides, and also in the town where such sale is to be made; and if such debtor is a nonresident of the state, in the town where such grain, corn, hay or straw, or some part thereof, was threshed, cut, husked, shelled or baled, and apply the proceeds of such sale to the payment of such service, together with the expenses of such seizure and sale, returning the residue to the party entitled thereto.

(3) The lien created by this section shall be preferred to all other liens and encumbrances, but does not apply to an innocent purchaser for value unless such lien is recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the services were performed within 15 days from the date of the completion of such service.

(4) The costs and expenses of seizure and sale under this section shall be as follows:

(a) For seizing grain, corn, hay or straw, 50 cents.

(b) For posting each notice, 12 cents.

(c) For serving each notice of sale, 25 cents.

(d) For every copy of a notice of sale delivered on request, 12 cents.

(e) For each mile actually traveled, going and returning to serve any notice; or to give or post notices of sale, 10 cents.

(f) For conducting the sale of the grain, corn, hay or straw, 50 cents.

(g) For collecting and paying over all sums upon the sale, 5 percent of the sums collected or $10, whichever is less.

(h) All necessary expenses incurred in taking possession of and preserving any grain, corn, hay or straw.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 57 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 779.50; 1993 a. 301 ; 1997 a. 254 ; 2007 a. 96 .
Wis. Stat. § 69.66 — WI Code / Chapter 69 / Section 69.66
Agricultural statistics.
Status: in_force

The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection may collect statistics in relation to principal farm products and agricultural resources as may be necessary through the use of mail surveys and other appropriate means.

History: 1975 c. 295 ; Stats. 1975 s. 69.66; 1977 c. 29 ss. 1647 (8) , 1650m (4) ; 1981 c. 166 .
Wis. Stat. § 851.27 — WI Code / Chapter 851 / Section 851.27
Property.
Status: in_force

“Property” means any interest, legal or equitable, in real or personal property, without distinction as to kind, including money, rights of a beneficiary under a contractual arrangement, choses in action, digital property, as defined in s. 711.03 (10) , and anything else that may be the subject of ownership.

History: 1997 a. 188 ; 2015 a. 300 .