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Wis. Stat. § 30.291 — WI Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.291
Inspections for certain exemptions and permitted activities.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of determining whether an exemption is appropriate under s. 30.12 (1k) , (2m) or (2r) , 30.123 (6m) or (6r) , or 30.20 (1m) or (1r) , whether a general permit is appropriate under s. 30.206 (3) , or whether authorization to proceed under a general permit is appropriate under s. 30.206 (3r) , any employee or other representative of the department, upon presenting his or her credentials, may enter the site and inspect any property on the site.

(3) The department shall provide reasonable advance notice, before entering the site and inspecting the property.

(4) If the owner of the site refuses to give consent for an entry and inspection to determine whether authorization to proceed under a general permit is appropriate under s. 30.206 (3r) , the department shall deny authorization to proceed under the general permit and shall allow an application to be submitted for an individual permit for the activity.

History: 2003 a. 118 ; 2007 a. 204 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1530 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1530
Grounds for revocation.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in sub. (1m) , the department may bring a proceeding under s. 180.1531 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state if any of the following applies:

(a) The foreign corporation does not have on file its annual report with the department within 4 months after it is due.

(b) The foreign corporation does not pay, within 4 months after they are due, any fees or penalties due the department under this chapter.

(c) The foreign corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for at least 6 months.

(d) The foreign corporation does not notify the department under s. 180.1508 or 180.1509 within 6 months that its registered agent or registered office has changed, that its registered agent has resigned or that its registered office has been discontinued.

(e) The foreign corporation obtained its certificate of authority through fraud or its application for certificate of authority contains fraudulent or materially false information.

(f) The department receives a duly authenticated certificate from the secretary of state or other official having custody of corporate records in the state or country under whose law the foreign corporation is incorporated stating that it has been dissolved or disappeared as the result of a merger or other event.

(g) The foreign corporation violates s. 940.302 (2) or 948.051 (2) .

(1m) If the department receives a certificate under sub. (1) (f) and a statement by the foreign corporation that the certificate is submitted by the foreign corporation to terminate its authority to transact business in this state, the department shall revoke the foreign corporation’s certificate of authority under s. 180.1531 (2) (b) .

(2) A court may revoke under s. 946.87 the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state. The court shall notify the department of the action, and the department shall revoke the foreign corporation’s certificate of authority under s. 180.1531 (2) (b) .

History: 1989 a. 303 , 359 ; 1993 a. 35 , 214 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2001 a. 44 ; 2007 a. 116 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 779.89 — WI Code / Chapter 779 / Section 779.89
Attachment and preservation.
Status: in_force

All prepaid maintenance liens attach at the time of the first prepayment and shall be preserved from the time the lien attaches. It is not necessary to file or record any notice of the lien in order to preserve or perfect the lien although a customer may file this lien in the manner prescribed for perfecting liens under subch. III of ch. 409 regarding debtors who are located in this state.

History: 1977 c. 296 ; 1979 c. 32 s. 57 ; Stats. 1979 s. 779.89; 2001 a. 10 .
Wis. Stat. § 801.08 — WI Code / Chapter 801 / Section 801.08
Objection to personal jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

(1) All issues of fact and law raised by an objection to the court’s jurisdiction over the person or property as provided by s. 802.06 (2) shall be heard by the court without a jury in advance of any issue going to the merits of the case. If, after such a hearing on the objection, the court decides that it has jurisdiction, the case may proceed on the merits; if the court decides that it lacks jurisdiction, the defendant shall be given the relief required by such decision.

(2) Factual determinations made by the court in determining the question of personal jurisdiction over the defendant shall not be binding on the parties in the trial of the action on the merits.

(3) No guardian or guardian ad litem may, except as provided in this subsection, waive objection to jurisdiction over the person of the ward. If no objection to the jurisdiction of the court over the person of the ward is raised pursuant to s. 802.06 (2) , the service of an answer or motion by a guardian or guardian ad litem followed by a hearing or trial shall be equivalent to an appearance and waiver of the defense of lack of jurisdiction over the person of the ward.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 598 (1975); 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (7) ; Sup. Ct. Order, 101 Wis. 2d xi.
Wis. Stat. § 891.38 — WI Code / Chapter 891 / Section 891.38
Officer’s certificate as evidence.
Status: in_force

The certificate of the sheriff or other proper officer endorsed upon the summons, stating the time when he or she received the same for service, shall be presumptive evidence that he or she did receive the summons for service on the day in such certificate named.

History: 1993 a. 486 .
Wis. Stat. § 53.29 — WI Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53.29
Proceedings in more than one state.
Status: in_force

Except for a petition for the appointment of a temporary guardian or issuance of an order limited to property located in this state under s. 53.24 (1) (a) or (b) , if a petition for the appointment of a guardian of the person or issuance of an order appointing a guardian of the estate is filed in this state and in another state and neither petition has been dismissed or withdrawn, all of the following rules apply:

(1) If the court in this state has jurisdiction under s. 53.23 , it may proceed with the case unless a court in another state acquires jurisdiction under provisions similar to s. 53.23 before the appointment or issuance of the order.

(2) If the court in this state does not have jurisdiction under s. 53.23 , whether at the time the petition is filed or at any time before the appointment or issuance of the order, the court shall stay the proceeding and communicate with the court in the other state. If the court in the other state has jurisdiction, the court in this state shall dismiss the petition unless the court in the other state determines that the court in this state is a more appropriate forum.

History: 2017 a. 187 .
Wis. Stat. § 967.10 — WI Code / Chapter 967 / Section 967.10
Waiting area for victims and witnesses.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Victim” has the meaning given in s. 950.02 (4) .

(b) “Witness” has the meaning given in s. 950.02 (5) .

(2) If an area is available and use of the area is practical, a county shall provide a waiting area for a victim or witness to use during court proceedings that is separate from any area used by the defendant, the defendant’s relatives and defense witnesses. If a separate waiting area is not available or its use is not practical, a county shall provide other means to minimize the contact between the victim or witness and the defendant, the defendant’s relatives and defense witnesses during court proceedings.

History: 1997 a. 181 .
Wis. Stat. § 181.1101 — WI Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.1101
Merger authorized.
Status: in_force

(1) One or more domestic corporations may merge with or into one or more other constituent entities pursuant to ss. 181.1101 to 181.11055 and a plan of merger if the plan of merger is approved as provided in s. 181.1103 and if the merger is permitted under the governing law of each other constituent entity and each constituent entity approves the plan of merger in the manner required by its governing law.

(2m) One or more other domestic or foreign entities may merge with or into a domestic corporation pursuant to ss. 181.1101 to 181.11055 and a plan of merger if the merger is permitted under the governing law of each constituent entity and each constituent entity approves the plan of merger in the manner required by its governing law.

History: 1997 a. 79 ; 2001 a. 44 ; 2021 a. 258 .
Wis. Stat. § 86.075 — WI Code / Chapter 86 / Section 86.075
Highway authorities to notify drainage board of highway construction.
Status: in_force

Whenever a highway crossing any draining ditch of a drainage district governed by ch. 88 is being constructed or reconstructed or a culvert in any such ditch is being replaced, the highway authority in charge of such work shall consult with the drainage board having jurisdiction of such district for the purpose of determining the depth at which such drainage ditch was laid out. If any culvert or similar opening in a highway is installed at a grade higher than the depth at which such drainage ditch was laid out, the expenses involved in any future lowering of the culvert pursuant to s. 88.68 (4) shall be borne by the unit of government in charge of maintenance of the highway unless the highway authority in charge of the installation was misled by the drainage board as to the proper grade at which to install the culvert. This section applies only to work done after January 1, 1965.
Wis. Stat. § 254.365 — WI Code / Chapter 254 / Section 254.365
Licensing of radioactive material.
Status: in_force

(1) License required. No person may possess, use, manufacture, transport, store, transfer or dispose of radioactive material or a device or item of equipment that uses radioactive material or may operate a site that uses radioactive material that is not under the authority of the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission unless one of the following applies:

(a) The person has a specific license issued by the department.

(b) The person meets general license requirements.

(c) The person possesses a license issued by another state or by the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission that is reciprocally recognized by the department.

(d) The person is exempted from licensure under sub. (7) .

(2) Application. Application for a license under sub. (1) (a) or for reciprocal recognition under sub. (1) (c) shall be made on forms provided by the department.

(3) Modification or termination of license. Within 30 days after any change to the information on a license issued under this section, the licensee shall inform the department of the change and the department shall record the changed information. Within 30 days after termination of an activity licensed under this section, the person in control of the activity shall notify the department. The department may require that the person in control submit to the department for approval a plan for decommissioning the activity.

(4) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules for all of the following:

(a) The issuance, modification, suspension, termination and revocation of specific licenses under sub. (1) (a) under the standards specified in s. 254.34 (1) (a) .

(b) The requirements for a general license under sub. (1) (b) .

(5) Fees and charges.

(a) The department may assess fees, the amounts of which are prescribed by the department by rule, for any of the following:

1. Issuance of an initial or renewal specific license under sub. (1) (a) .

2. Annual license maintenance.

3. Issuance of a license amendment.

4. Termination of a license.

5. Issuance of reciprocal recognition of a license for radioactive materials of another state or the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission.

(b) The department may assess a late payment charge of 25 percent of the specific license renewal fee, in addition to the fee under par. (a) for renewal of a specific license, if payment for renewal of a specific license is not made within 30 days after the license expiration date.

(6) Denial, suspension or revocation of licensure. The department may, after a hearing under ch. 227 , refuse to issue a license or suspend or revoke a license for failure by the licensee to comply with this subchapter, rules promulgated by the department under this subchapter or any condition of the license.

(7) Exemption. The department may exempt from licensing requirements of this section radioactive material that the department finds is without undue radiation hazard.

History: 1999 a. 9 .
Wis. Stat. § 940.61 — WI Code / Chapter 940 / Section 940.61
Battery; bodily harm caused by certain persons.
Status: in_force

(1) Battery by persons subject to certain injunctions. A person who causes bodily harm to another by an act done with intent to cause bodily harm to that person or another without the consent of the person so harmed is guilty of a Class I felony if the person who causes the bodily harm is subject to an injunction under s. 813.12 or 813.125 or a tribal injunction filed under s. 813.128 (3g) and causes the bodily harm to the petitioner who sought the injunction.

(2) Battery by prisoners or certain detained or committed persons. A person who causes bodily harm to another by an act done with intent to cause bodily harm to that person or another without the consent of the person so harmed is guilty of a Class H felony if any of the following applies:

(a) Battery by prisoners. The person who causes the bodily harm is a prisoner confined to a state prison, a jail, or any other state, county, or municipal detention facility and intentionally causes the bodily harm or a soft tissue injury to an officer, employee, visitor, or another inmate of such prison or institution.

(b) Battery by certain detained or committed persons. The person who causes the bodily harm is placed in a facility under s. 980.04 or 980.065 and intentionally causes the bodily harm to an officer, employee, agent, visitor, or other resident of the facility.

History: 2025 a. 24 ss. 15 to 18 , 85 ; Stats. 2025 s. 940.61.
Wis. Stat. § 346.177 — WI Code / Chapter 346 / Section 346.177
Railroad crossing improvement surcharge for vehicles illegally passing at railroad crossings.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever a court imposes a forfeiture under s. 346.17 (2m) for a violation of s. 346.10 (1) , the court shall also impose a railroad crossing improvement surcharge under ch. 814 equal to 50 percent of the amount of the forfeiture.

(2) If a forfeiture is suspended in whole or in part, the railroad crossing improvement surcharge shall be reduced in proportion to the suspension.

(3) If any deposit is made for an offense to which this section applies, the person making the deposit shall also deposit a sufficient amount to include the railroad crossing improvement surcharge under this section. If the deposit is forfeited, the amount of the railroad crossing improvement surcharge shall be transmitted to the secretary of administration under sub. (4) . If the deposit is returned, the amount of the railroad crossing improvement surcharge shall also be returned.

(4) The clerk of the circuit court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer the railroad crossing improvement surcharge as required under s. 59.40 (2) (m) . The county treasurer shall then pay the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. The secretary of administration shall deposit all amounts received under this subsection in the transportation fund to be appropriated under s. 20.395 (2) (gj) .

History: 1997 a. 237 ; 2003 a. 33 , 139 , 326 .
Wis. Stat. § 126.06 — WI Code / Chapter 126 / Section 126.06
Contingent financial backing.
Status: in_force

(1) Department may acquire. Using moneys appropriated under s. 20.115 (1) (v) , the department may acquire contingent financial backing to secure payment under s. 126.72 (2) of claims against contributing contractors, as defined in s. 126.68 (1) . The contingent financial backing may be in one or more of the following forms:

(a) A surety bond.

(b) A contract to provide a cash loan to the fund whenever the department requests a loan payable as provided in sub. (3) .

(c) Trade credit insurance.

(d) Any other form that the department determines is appropriate.

(2) Amount.

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , the department may determine the amount of any contingent financial backing that it obtains under sub. (1) , up to the amount that, in the department’s judgment, is sufficient to meet reasonably foreseeable needs under s. 126.72 (2) . In making this determination, the department shall consider acquisition costs and repayment liabilities.

(b) The department may not acquire contingent financial backing in an amount that exceeds $17,000,000, unless the department establishes a different maximum amount by rule.

(3) Repayment. The department shall pay principal and interest costs of any loan provided under sub. (1) (b) only from the appropriation from the agricultural producer security fund under s. 20.115 (1) (wc) .

History: 2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 38 ; 2009 a. 296 .
Wis. Stat. § 410.209 — WI Code / Chapter 410 / Section 410.209
Acceptance of payment order.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to sub. (4) , a receiving bank other than the beneficiary’s bank accepts a payment order when it executes the order.

(2) Subject to subs. (3) and (4) , a beneficiary’s bank accepts a payment order at the earliest of the following times:

(a) When the bank pays the beneficiary as stated in s. 410.405 (1) or (2) or notifies the beneficiary of receipt of the order or that the account of the beneficiary has been credited with respect to the order unless the notice indicates that the bank is rejecting the order or that funds with respect to the order may not be withdrawn or used until receipt of payment from the sender of the order.

(b) When the bank receives payment of the entire amount of the sender’s order pursuant to s. 410.403 (1) (a) or (b) .

(c) The opening of the next funds-transfer business day of the bank following the payment date of the order if, at that time, the amount of the sender’s order is fully covered by a withdrawable credit balance in an authorized account of the sender or the bank has otherwise received full payment from the sender, unless the order was rejected before that time or is rejected within one hour after that time, or within one hour after the opening of the next business day of the sender following the payment date if that time is later. If notice of rejection is received by the sender after the payment date and the authorized account of the sender does not bear interest, the bank is obliged to pay interest to the sender on the amount of the order for the number of days elapsing after the payment date to the day the sender receives notice or learns that the order was not accepted, counting that day as an elapsed day. If the withdrawable credit balance during that period falls below the amount of the order, the amount of interest payable is reduced accordingly.

(3) Acceptance of a payment order cannot occur before the order is received by the receiving bank. Acceptance does not occur under sub. (2) (b) or (c) if the beneficiary of the payment order does not have an account with the receiving bank, the account has been closed, or the receiving bank is not permitted by law to receive credits for the beneficiary’s account.

(4) A payment order issued to the originator’s bank cannot be accepted until the payment date if the bank is the beneficiary’s bank, or the execution date if the bank is not the beneficiary’s bank. If the originator’s bank executes the originator’s payment order before the execution date or pays the beneficiary of the originator’s payment order before the payment date and the payment order is subsequently canceled pursuant to s. 410.211 (2) , the bank may recover from the beneficiary any payment received to the extent allowed by the law governing mistake and restitution.

History: 1991 a. 304 .
Wis. Stat. § 15.78 — WI Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15.78
Public defender board.
Status: in_force

There is created a public defender board consisting of 9 members appointed for staggered 3-year terms. No member may be, or be employed on the staff of, a judicial or law enforcement officer, district attorney, corporation counsel, or the state public defender. At least 5 members shall be members of the State Bar of Wisconsin.

History: 1977 c. 29 ; 2001 a. 103 .
Wis. Stat. § 180.1143 — WI Code / Chapter 180 / Section 180.1143
Exclusions from business combination restrictions.
Status: in_force

Sections 180.1140 to 180.1144 do not apply to any of the following:

(1) Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a business combination of a resident domestic corporation with an interested stockholder if the resident domestic corporation did not have a class of voting stock registered or traded on a national securities exchange or registered under section 12 (g) of the exchange act on the interested stockholder’s stock acquisition date.

(2) Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a business combination with an interested stockholder who was an interested stockholder immediately before September 10, 1987, unless subsequently the interested stockholder increased its beneficial ownership of the voting power of the outstanding voting stock of the resident domestic corporation to a proportion in excess of the proportion of voting power that the interested stockholder beneficially owned immediately before September 10, 1987, excluding an increase approved by the board of directors of the resident domestic corporation before the increase occurred.

(3) A business combination of a resident domestic corporation with an interested stockholder which became an interested stockholder inadvertently, if the interested stockholder satisfies all of the following:

(a) As soon as practicable divests itself of a sufficient amount of the voting stock of the resident domestic corporation so that the interested stockholder is no longer the beneficial owner of at least 10 percent of the voting power of the outstanding voting stock of the resident domestic corporation, or a subsidiary of that resident domestic corporation.

(b) Would not at any time within the 3 years before the announcement date with respect to the business combination in question have been an interested stockholder except for the inadvertent acquisition.

(4) A business combination of a resident domestic corporation with an interested stockholder which was an interested stockholder immediately before September 10, 1987, and inadvertently increased its beneficial ownership of the voting power of the outstanding voting stock of the resident domestic corporation to a proportion in excess of the proportion of voting power that the interested stockholder beneficially owned immediately before September 10, 1987, if the interested stockholder divests itself of a sufficient amount of voting stock so that the interested stockholder is no longer the beneficial owner of a proportion of the voting power in excess of the proportion of voting power that the interested stockholder held immediately before September 10, 1987.

History: 1989 a. 303 ; 1991 a. 39 .