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Wis. Stat. § 701.0411 — WI Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0411
Modification or termination of noncharitable irrevocable trust by consent.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (1m) , a noncharitable irrevocable trust may be modified or terminated, with or without court approval, upon consent of the settlor and all beneficiaries, even if the modification or termination is inconsistent with a material purpose of the trust. A settlor’s power to consent to a trust’s modification or termination may be exercised by a representative under s. 701.0303 only if the representative is specifically authorized to consent to a trust’s modification or termination under a power of attorney, the terms of the trust, or by a court under a guardianship or conservatorship.

(1m) A trust described in 42 USC 1396p (d) (4) may be terminated or modified under sub. (1) only with consent of the trustee, and is not considered revocable because it lacks ascertainable remainder beneficiaries.

(2) With the approval of the court, any of the following may occur:

(a) A noncharitable irrevocable trust may be terminated upon consent of all of the beneficiaries if continuance of the trust is not necessary to achieve any material purpose of the trust.

(b) A noncharitable irrevocable trust may be modified upon consent of all of the beneficiaries if the modification is not inconsistent with a material purpose of the trust.

(3) A spendthrift provision in the terms of the trust is not presumed to constitute a material purpose of the trust.

(4) A court may not compel a beneficiary to consent to a modification or termination to satisfy a creditor of the beneficiary.

(5) Upon termination of a trust under sub. (1) or (2) , the trustee shall distribute the trust property as agreed by the beneficiaries.

(6) If not all of the beneficiaries consent to a proposed modification or termination of the trust under sub. (1) or (2) , the modification or termination may be approved by the court if the court is satisfied that all of the following apply:

(a) If all of the beneficiaries had consented, the trust could have been modified or terminated under this section.

(b) The interests of a beneficiary who does not consent will be adequately protected.

(7) A party proposing to modify or terminate a trust under sub. (1) , (2) , or (6) shall give notice of the proposed modification or termination to the settlor, if living, the trustee, each trust protector, each directing party, and each beneficiary at least 30 days before the proposed effective date of the modification or termination.

History: 2013 a. 92 ; 2023 a. 127 .
Wis. Stat. § 178.09032 — WI Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.09032
Procedure for and effect of administrative revocation.
Status: in_force

(1) If the department determines that one or more grounds exist under s. 178.09031 for revoking a limited liability partnership’s statement of qualification, the department may give the partnership notice of the determination. The notice shall be in writing and addressed to the registered office of the partnership.

(2)

(a) Within 60 days after the notice under sub. (1) takes effect under s. 178.0103 (6) , the partnership shall, with respect to each ground for revocation, either correct it or demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the department that it does not exist.

(b) If the partnership fails to satisfy par. (a) , the department may revoke the partnership’s statement of qualification. The department shall enter a notation in its records to reflect each ground for revocation and the effective date of revocation and shall give the partnership notice of those facts. The notice shall be in writing and addressed to the registered office of the partnership.

(3)

(a) If a notice under sub. (1) or (2) (b) is returned to the department as undeliverable, the department shall again give notice to the partnership. Except as provided under par. (b) , this notice shall be in writing and addressed to the principal office of the partnership.

(b) If the notice under par. (a) is returned to the department as undeliverable or if the partnership’s principal office cannot be determined from the records of the department, the department shall give the notice by posting the notice on the department’s Internet site.

(4) A revocation under sub. (2) (b) affects only the partnership’s status as a limited liability partnership and is not an event of dissolution of the partnership.

(5) The partnership’s right to the exclusive use of its partnership name terminates on the effective date of the revocation of its statement of qualification under sub. (2) (b) .

(6) The administrative revocation of a statement of qualification of a limited liability partnership does not terminate the authority of its registered agent.

History: 2015 a. 295 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 186.091 — WI Code / Chapter 186 / Section 186.091
Insurance.
Status: in_force

A credit union may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an individual who is an employee, agent, director or officer of the credit union against liability asserted against and incurred by the individual in his or her capacity as an employee, agent, director or officer, or arising from his or her status as an employee, agent, director or officer, regardless of whether the credit union is required or authorized to indemnify or allow expenses to the individual against the same liability under ss. 186.083 , 186.085 , 186.087 and 186.089 .

History: 1987 a. 13 .
Wis. Stat. § 800.115 — WI Code / Chapter 800 / Section 800.115
Relief from judgment.
Status: in_force

(1) A defendant may within 6 months after the judgment is entered move for relief from the judgment because of mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect.

(2) Any party, including the court on its own motion, may at any time move to reopen the judgment under s. 806.07 (1) (c) , (d) , (g) , or (h) .

(3) Nothing in this section shall prevent the parties from stipulating and the court approving the reopening of a judgment for any other reason justifying relief from operation of the judgment.

(4) The court may impose costs on the motion as allowed under s. 814.07 , except that any costs shall be based on the expense associated with the motion and the court shall consider the defendant’s ability to pay the costs using the factors in s. 814.29 (1) (d) 1. to 3. No costs may be imposed as a requirement of filing the motion.

(5) Upon making a motion under this section, the court shall provide notice to all parties and schedule a hearing on the motion. Upon receiving a motion under this section, the court may enter an order denying the motion for failure to state grounds upon which relief may be granted, schedule a hearing on the motion, or enter an order based on written submissions from the parties.

History: 1987 a. 389 ; 2009 a. 402 ; 2019 a. 70 .
Wis. Stat. § 214.53 — WI Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.53
Effect of unauthorized investments.
Status: in_force

(1) If a savings bank makes a loan or other investment that is not authorized under this subchapter, it shall be due and payable according to its terms and the obligation of the loan is not impaired.

(2) A director or officer of a savings bank may not knowingly participate in or assent to, or knowingly permit an officer, employee or agent of the savings bank to make, an investment that is not authorized by this subchapter.

(3) The division may require a director or officer of a savings bank who knowingly participates in or assents to, or who knowingly permits an officer, employee or agent of the savings bank to make, an investment that is not authorized by this subchapter to obtain an indemnity bond, insurance, or collateral sufficient to indemnify the savings bank against damages that the savings bank may sustain as a result of the investment. If an unauthorized investment, the amount considered sufficient to indemnify the savings bank shall be the difference between the book value and the market value of the investment at the time the division determines that the investment is unauthorized. If an unauthorized loan, the amount considered sufficient to indemnify the savings bank shall be the difference between the book value of the loan and the amount of the loan that could have been made under this subchapter. If an unauthorized investment is sold or disposed of without recourse, the division shall release all or part of the indemnity after deducting any loss. If the balance of an unauthorized loan is reduced to an amount that would permit the loan to be made under this subchapter, the indemnity shall be released. In making a determination under this subsection, the division may order an independent appraisal at the savings bank’s expense.

History: 1991 a. 221 ; 1995 a. 27 .
Wis. Stat. § 78.13 — WI Code / Chapter 78 / Section 78.13
Notice by licensee of discontinuance, sale or transfer of business; final report.
Status: in_force

(1) Notice required. Whenever any licensee doing business under this subchapter ceases to do business, that licensee shall notify the department in writing immediately. That notice shall specify the date when the licensee ceases doing business and, in the event of the sale or transfer of the business, the name and address of the purchaser or transferee thereof.

(2) Final reports. Every licensee shall, upon the cessation of business or upon the cancellation or revocation of a license, make a report as required under s. 78.12 and pay all motor vehicle fuel taxes, interest and penalties due the state. Such payment shall be made under s. 78.12 (5) .

History: 1973 c. 333 ; 1975 c. 180 , 421 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1987 a. 399 ; 1991 a. 189 ; 1993 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 409.807 — WI Code / Chapter 409 / Section 409.807
Amendment of preeffective-date financing statement.
Status: in_force

(1) Preeffective-date financing statement. In this section, “preeffective-date financing statement” means a financing statement filed before July 1, 2013.

(2) Applicable law. On or after July 1, 2013, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or otherwise amend the information provided in, a preeffective-date financing statement only in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in this chapter, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 206 . However, the effectiveness of a preeffective-date financing statement also may be terminated in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction in which the financing statement is filed.

(3) Method of amending: general rule. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (4) , if the law of this state governs perfection of a security interest, the information in a preeffective-date financing statement may be amended on or after July 1, 2013, only if:

(a) The preeffective-date financing statement and an amendment are filed in the office specified in s. 409.501 ;

(b) An amendment is filed in the office specified in s. 409.501 concurrently with, or after the filing in that office of, an initial financing statement that satisfies s. 409.806 (3) ; or

(c) An initial financing statement that provides the information as amended and satisfies s. 409.806 (3) is filed in the office specified in s. 409.501 .

(4) Method of amending: continuation. If the law of this state governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a preeffective-date financing statement may be continued only under s. 409.805 (3) and (5) or 409.806 .

(5) Method of amending: additional termination rule. Whether or not the law of this state governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a preeffective-date financing statement filed in this state may be terminated on or after July 1, 2013, by filing a termination statement in the office in which the preeffective-date financing statement is filed, unless an initial financing statement that satisfies s. 409.806 (3) has been filed in the office specified by the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in this chapter, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 206 , as the office in which to file a financing statement.

History: 2011 a. 206 .
Wis. Stat. § 322.047 — WI Code / Chapter 322 / Section 322.047
Article 47 — Refusal to appear or testify.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person not subject to this code may be punished by the military court in the same manner as a court of the state, if all of the following apply:

(a) The person has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness or to produce books and records before a court-martial or court of inquiry, or before any military or civil officer designated to take a deposition to be read in evidence before a court.

(b) The person has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness at the rates allowed to witnesses attending a court of the state.

(c) The person willfully neglects or refuses to appear, or refuses to qualify as a witness or to testify or to produce any evidence which that person may have been legally subpoenaed to produce.

(2) The fees and mileage of witnesses shall be advanced or paid out of the appropriations for the compensation of witnesses.

History: 2007 a. 200 ; 2009 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 814.02 — WI Code / Chapter 814 / Section 814.02
Costs limited, discretionary.
Status: in_force

(1) When several actions are brought against parties who might have been joined as defendants and the actions are consolidated under s. 805.05 (1) no costs, other than disbursements, shall be allowed to the plaintiff in excess of what the plaintiff would be entitled to had the plaintiff brought but one action.

(2) In equitable actions and special proceedings costs may be allowed or not to any party, in whole or in part, in the discretion of the court, and in any such case the court may award to the successful party such costs (exclusive of disbursements) not exceeding $100, as the court deems reasonable and just, in view of the nature of the case and the work involved. This subsection refers only to such costs and fees as may be taxed by the authority of the statutes, independent of any contract of the parties upon the subject, which contract shall apply unless the court finds that the provisions thereof are inequitable or unjust.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 761, 780 (1975); Stats. 1975 s. 814.02; 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 29.312 — WI Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.312
Rules regulating the sighting of a firearm.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “immediate family” means persons who are related as spouses, as siblings, or as parent and child.

(2) The department may not promulgate or enforce a rule that prohibits a person from sighting a firearm or airgun on land owned or leased by that person or a member of that person’s immediate family during the 24-hour period prior to the opening date for hunting deer with firearms in any area where there is an open season for hunting deer with firearms.

History: 2003 a. 244 ; 2023 a. 115 .
Wis. Stat. § 190.001 — WI Code / Chapter 190 / Section 190.001
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) “Office” means the office of the commissioner of railroads.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 1981 c. 347 ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 .
Wis. Stat. § 991.09 — WI Code / Chapter 991 / Section 991.09
§ 991.09. In force in cities and villages.
Status: in_force

All the laws contained in these revised statutes shall apply to and be in force in each and every city and village in the state as far as the same are applicable and not inconsistent with the charter of any such city or village; but when the provisions of any such charters are at variance with the provisions of these revised statutes the provisions of such charters shall prevail unless a different intention be plainly manifested.
Wis. Stat. § 901.055 — WI Code / Chapter 901 / Section 901.055
Admissibility of results of dust testing for the presence of lead.
Status: in_force

The results of a test for the presence of lead in dust are not admissible during the course of a civil or criminal action or proceeding or an administrative proceeding unless the test was conducted by a person certified for this purpose by the department of health services.

History: 1999 a. 113 ; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a) .
Wis. Stat. § 622.13 — WI Code / Chapter 622 / Section 622.13
Contents of summary report.
Status: in_force

(1) Preparation. The summary report shall be prepared consistently with the guidance manual. Documentation and supporting information shall be maintained and made available upon examination or upon request of the commissioner.

(2) Review. The commissioner’s review of the summary report, and any additional requests for information, shall be made using similar procedures used in the analysis and examination of multistate or global insurers and insurance holding company systems.

History: 2013 a. 279 .
Wis. Stat. § 24.56 — WI Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24.56
Not to buy lands.
Status: in_force

The board, and all persons employed by it or about any of its respective offices, are prohibited from purchasing any of the public lands, directly or indirectly, either in their own name or in the name of any other person in trust for them or either of them; and for every tract or parcel of land purchased in violation hereof each such person offending shall forfeit not more than $250.

History: 1975 c. 365 ; 1979 c. 34 s. 699g ; Stats. 1979 s. 24.56; 1993 a. 16 .
Wis. Stat. § 422.417 — WI Code / Chapter 422 / Section 422.417
Restrictions on security interests.
Status: in_force

(1) With respect to a consumer credit sale a seller may take a security interest only in:

(a) The property sold;

(b) Goods upon which the property sold is installed or to which it is annexed, or goods upon which the services sold are performed, if the obligation secured is $500 or more;

(c) Real property to which the property sold is affixed, or which is maintained, repaired or improved as a result of the sale of the property or services, if the obligation secured is $1,000 or more; and

(d) Goods of the consumer which were the subject of a prior transaction with the seller which is consolidated (s. 422.206 ) with the consumer credit sale, or if the consumer credit sale is made pursuant to an open-end credit plan, goods previously purchased by the consumer pursuant to the plan, subject however to s. 422.418 .

(2) With respect to a consumer lease, except as otherwise provided in s. 429.205 with respect to a motor vehicle consumer lease, a lessor may not take a security interest in any property owned or leased by the customer other than the leased goods to secure the lessor’s obligations under the lease. This subsection does not prohibit a security interest in a cash security deposit for a consumer lease of motor vehicles.

(3) With respect to a consumer loan, in addition to the limitations on security interests required by 12 CFR 227.13 (d) , 12 CFR 535.2 (a) (4) or 16 CFR 444.2 (a) 4, if any, a lender may not take a security interest, other than a purchase money security interest, in:

(a) Clothing of the customer and the customer’s dependents and the following, if they are not fixtures: dining table and chairs, refrigerator, heating stove, cooking stove, radio, beds and bedding, couch and chairs, cooking utensils and kitchenware; or

(b) Real property if the obligation secured is less than $1,000.

(4) A violation of this section is subject to s. 425.304 .

History: 1971 c. 239 ; 1973 c. 3 ; 1975 c. 406 , 407 , 421 ; 1981 c. 20 , 391 ; 1985 a. 256 ; 1989 a. 359 ; 1991 a. 316 ; 1995 a. 329 ; 1997 a. 302 .
Wis. Stat. § 877.32 — WI Code / Chapter 877 / Section 877.32
Judgment, how collected.
Status: in_force

If any real estate that descended or was devised to any defendant is not aliened by the defendant before the filing of a notice of the pendency of an action, the court shall adjudge that the debt owing to the plaintiff, or the portion of the debt that the plaintiff is entitled to recover against the defendant, shall be levied only out of the real estate so descended or devised.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 55 ; 1979 c. 176 ; Stats. 1979 s. 877.32; 2001 a. 102 s. 120 ; Stats. 2001 s. 877.32.
Wis. Stat. § 553.73 — WI Code / Chapter 553 / Section 553.73
Service of process.
Status: in_force

When any person, including any nonresident of this state, engages in conduct prohibited or made actionable by this chapter or any rule or order under this chapter, whether or not the person has filed a consent to service of process under s. 553.27 (10) , and personal jurisdiction over the person cannot otherwise be obtained in this state, that conduct shall be considered equivalent to the person’s appointment of the division to be the person’s attorney to receive service of any lawful process in any noncriminal suit, action, or proceeding against the person or the person’s successor or personal representative that grows out of that conduct and that is brought under this law or any rule or order under this chapter, with the same force and validity as if served on the person personally. Service may be made by leaving a copy of the process at the office of the division, but it is not effective unless the plaintiff, who may be the division in a suit, action, or proceeding instituted by the division, immediately sends notice of the service and a copy of the process by registered or certified mail to the defendant or respondent at his or her last-known address or takes other steps that are reasonably calculated to give actual notice, and the plaintiff’s affidavit of compliance with this section is filed in the case on or before the return day of the process, if any, or within any further time that the court allows.

History: 1971 c. 241 ; 1981 c. 54 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2001 a. 102 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1420 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1420
Grounds for administrative dissolution.
Status: in_force

The department may bring a proceeding under s. 180.1421 to administratively dissolve a corporation if any of the following occurs:

(1) The corporation does not pay, within one year after they are due, any fees or penalties due the department under this chapter.

(2) The corporation does not have on file its annual report with the department within one year after it is due.

(3) The corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for at least one year.

(4) The corporation does not notify the department within one year that its registered agent or registered office has been changed, that its registered agent has resigned or that its registered office has been discontinued.

(5) The corporation’s period of duration stated in its articles of incorporation expires.

(6) The corporation violates s. 940.302 (2) or 948.051 (2) .

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1991 a. 16 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2007 a. 116 .
Wis. Stat. § 103.38 — WI Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.38
Eight-hour work day; applicability.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to sub. (2) , in all engagements to labor in any manufacturing or mechanical business if there is no express contract to the contrary, a day’s work shall consist of 8 hours and all engagements or contracts for labor in a manufacturing or mechanical business shall be so construed.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any contract for labor by the week, month or year.

History: 1997 a. 253 .
Wis. Stat. § 49.157 — WI Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.157
Wisconsin works; transportation assistance.
Status: in_force

A Wisconsin works agency may provide transportation assistance in the manner prescribed by the department. The Wisconsin works agency shall limit any financial assistance granted under this subsection to financial assistance for public transportation if a form of public transportation that meets the needs of the participant is available.

History: 1995 a. 289 .