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Wis. Stat. § 304.063 — WI Code / Chapter 304 / Section 304.063
Notification prior to release on extended supervision or parole.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Member of the family” means spouse, child, sibling, parent or legal guardian.

(b) “Victim” means a person against whom a crime has been committed.

(2) Before a prisoner is released on parole under s. 302.11 , 304.02 or 304.06 or on extended supervision under s. 302.113 or 302.114 , if applicable, for a violation of s. 940.01 , 940.03 , 940.05 , 940.225 (1) or (2) , 948.02 (1) or (2) , 948.025 , 948.06 , 948.07 , 948.072 , or 948.085 , the department shall make a reasonable attempt to notify all of the following persons, if they can be found, in accordance with sub. (3) and after receiving a completed card under sub. (4) :

(a) The victim of the crime committed by the prisoner or, if the victim died as a result of the crime, an adult member of the victim’s family and any member of the victim’s family who was younger than 18 years old at the time the crime was committed but is now 18 years old or older or, if the victim is younger than 18 years old, the victim’s parent or legal guardian.

(b) Any witness who testified against the prisoner in any court proceeding involving the offense.

(3) The department shall make a reasonable attempt to send the notice, postmarked at least 30 days before a prisoner is released on parole or extended supervision, to the last-known address of the persons under sub. (2) .

(4) The department shall design and prepare cards for any person specified in sub. (2) to send to the department. The cards shall have space for any such person to provide his or her name and address, the name of the applicable prisoner and any other information the department determines is necessary. The department shall provide the cards, without charge, to district attorneys. District attorneys shall provide the cards, without charge, to persons specified in sub. (2) . These persons may send completed cards to the department. All department records or portions of records that relate to mailing addresses of these persons are not subject to inspection or copying under s. 19.35 (1) .

History: 1993 a. 97 , 227 , 479 , 491 ; 1997 a. 181 , 283 ; 2005 a. 277 ; 2023 a. 31 , 230 ; 2025 a. 88 .
Wis. Stat. § 452.25 — WI Code / Chapter 452 / Section 452.25
Criminal convictions and disclosures.
Status: in_force

(1) Felony convictions.

(a) Notwithstanding ss. 111.321 , 111.322 , and 111.335 , and except as provided in pars. (b) to (e) , no applicant who is an individual may be issued an initial broker’s or salesperson’s license if the applicant has been convicted of a felony.

(b) If an applicant has been convicted of a felony described under par. (a) ; the applicant has completed the confinement portion of his or her sentence, if the applicant is serving a bifurcated sentence, or has been released from prison to parole or released upon the completion of his or her sentence; and 3 years have elapsed since the date on which the confinement portion was completed or the applicant was released, the applicant may apply to the board for a determination as to whether the applicant is suitable to be granted a license.

(c) If an applicant applies for a determination under par. (b) , the board may require the applicant to provide any information that is necessary for the investigation and shall make a determination by doing all of the following:

1. Reviewing any information relating to the felony.

2. Reviewing any supplemental information provided by the applicant bearing upon his or her suitability for licensure as a broker or salesperson.

3. Considering all of the following factors:

a. The severity and nature of the felony.

b. The amount of time that has elapsed.

c. The number or pattern of felonies or other similar incidents that gave rise to the felony conviction.

d. The circumstances surrounding the felony that may have a bearing on whether the applicant might repeat the behavior that was the subject of the felony.

e. The relationship of the felony to real estate practice.

f. The applicant’s activities since the felony, including employment, education, participation in treatment, payment of restitution, and any other factor that may be evidence of rehabilitation.

(d) With respect to a determination under par. (c) , the applicant bears the burden of demonstrating his or her suitability for licensure.

(e) If the board makes a determination under par. (c) to allow an applicant to be granted a broker’s or salesperson’s license, the applicant shall be granted the license if the applicant satisfies all other requirements for granting the license.

(f) This subsection does not apply to the renewal of a license.

(2) False affirmations.

(a) No person may intentionally submit any false information on a form created by the board under s. 111.335 (4) (f) 5. or 452.05 (1) (i) .

(b) No applicant may be issued an initial broker’s or salesperson’s license, and no applicant may renew such a license, if the applicant has violated par. (a) and failed to pay any forfeiture assessed by the board under s. 452.14 (4r) for that violation.

History: 2013 a. 288 ; 2015 a. 258 ; 2017 a. 110 , 278 .
Wis. Stat. § 809.103 — WI Code / Chapter 809 / Section 809.103
Appeals in proceedings related to prisoners.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section, “prisoner” has the meaning given in s. 801.02 (7) (a) 2.

(2) The appellate court shall notify the department of justice by a procedure developed by the director of state courts in cooperation with the department of justice when the appellate court rules that an appeal or supervisory writ proceeding brought by a prisoner meets any of the following conditions:

(a) Is frivolous, as determined under s. 802.05 (2) or 895.044 .

(b) Is used for any improper purpose, such as to harass, to cause unnecessary delay or to needlessly increase the cost of litigation.

(c) Seeks review of a denial of monetary damages from a defendant who is immune from such relief.

(d) There is no ground upon which relief may be granted.

(3) A prisoner is not relieved from paying the full filing fee related to an appeal or supervisory writ proceeding if the appellate court dismisses the appeal or supervisory writ proceeding for one of the reasons listed in sub. (2) .

History: 1997 a. 133 ; Sup. Ct. Order No. 03-06A , 2005 WI 86, 280 Wis. 2d xiii; 2011 a. 2 .
Wis. Stat. § 425.111 — WI Code / Chapter 425 / Section 425.111
Levy before judgment.
Status: in_force

(1) Prior to entry of judgment in an action subject to this subchapter, no process, other than a restraining order to protect collateral (s. 425.207 ), shall issue with respect to amounts that are owing or are claimed to be owing or may be owing to the customer by any 3rd person, whether by way of attachment, garnishment or other process.

(2) With respect to property of the customer other than that described in sub. (1) , process may issue in accordance with ch. 811 to establish a lien, except that such process shall not be effective to take, or to divest the customer of possession of, the property until final judgment is entered.

(3) If the court finds that the creditor probably will recover on the action, and that the customer is acting, or is about to act, with respect to property of the customer upon which a lien has been established under sub. (2) , in a manner which substantially impairs the creditor’s prospects for satisfying the judgment against such property (s. 811.03 ), the court may issue an order restraining the customer from so acting with respect to that property until final judgment is entered.

History: 1971 c. 239 ; 1973 c. 2 ; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 776 (1975).
Wis. Stat. § 944.32 — WI Code / Chapter 944 / Section 944.32
Soliciting prostitutes.
Status: in_force

Except as provided under s. 948.08 , whoever intentionally solicits or causes any person to practice prostitution or establishes any person in a place of prostitution is guilty of a Class H felony.

History: 1977 c. 173 ; 1987 a. 332 ; 2001 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 885.035 — WI Code / Chapter 885 / Section 885.035
Service of subpoena to a law enforcement officer or public officer or employee.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Law enforcement officer” has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (c) .

(b) “Public officer” and “public employee” have the meaning given in s. 939.22 (30) .

(c) “Tribal law enforcement officer” has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (g) .

(d) “Work address” means the street address of the primary location of the employer where an individual who is subject to subpoena under sub. (2) is or was employed at the time of the events or actions that are subject to subpoena.

(2) Notwithstanding s. 885.03 , a subpoena to be served upon a law enforcement officer, tribal law enforcement officer, public officer, or public employee whose testimony will be regarding events or actions taken in the individual’s official capacity or within the scope of the individual’s employment as a law enforcement officer, tribal law enforcement officer, public officer, or public employee may be served only at the individual’s work address. The subpoena may be served by exhibiting and reading it to the individual, by giving the individual a copy thereof, or by leaving a copy at the individual’s work address with an employee authorized to receive the subpoena.

History: 2025 a. 150 .
Wis. Stat. § 769.316 — WI Code / Chapter 769 / Section 769.316
Special rules of evidence and procedure.
Status: in_force

(1) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement, or modification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment determining parentage of a child.

(2) An affidavit, a document substantially complying with federally mandated forms, or a document incorporated by reference in any of them, that would not be excluded under the hearsay rule if given in person, is admissible in evidence if given under penalty of perjury by a party or witness residing outside this state.

(3) A copy of the record of child support payments certified as a true copy of the original by the custodian of the record may be forwarded to a responding tribunal. The copy is evidence of facts asserted in it and is admissible to show whether payments were made.

(4) Copies of bills for testing for parentage of a child, or for prenatal and postnatal health care of the mother and child, or copies of reports of medical assistance payments under subch. IV of ch. 49 for such testing or prenatal and postnatal health care, furnished to the adverse party at least 10 days before trial, are admissible in evidence to prove the amount of the charges billed or the amount of the medical assistance paid and that the charges or payments were reasonable, necessary, and customary.

(5) Documentary evidence transmitted from outside this state to a tribunal of this state by telephone, telecopier, or other electronic means that do not provide an original record may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission.

(6) In a proceeding under this chapter, a tribunal of this state shall permit a party or witness residing outside this state to be deposed or to testify under penalty of perjury by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means at a designated tribunal or other location. A tribunal of this state shall cooperate with other tribunals in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.

(7) If a party called to testify at a civil hearing refuses to answer on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the trier of fact may draw an adverse inference from the refusal.

(8) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses does not apply in a proceeding under this chapter.

(9) The defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under this chapter.

(10) A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, certified as a true copy, is admissible to establish parentage of the child.

History: 1993 a. 326 ; 1995 a. 27 ; 2009 a. 321 ; 2015 a. 82 s. 12 .
Wis. Stat. § 102.45 — WI Code / Chapter 102 / Section 102.45
Benefits payable to minors; how paid.
Status: in_force

Compensation and death benefit payable to an employee or dependent who was a minor when the employee’s or dependent’s right began to accrue, may, in the discretion of the department, be ordered paid to a bank, trust company, trustee, parent or guardian, for the use of such employee or dependent as may be found best calculated to conserve the employee’s or dependent’s interests. Such employee or dependent shall be entitled to receive payments, in the aggregate, at a rate not less than that applicable to payments of primary compensation for total disability or death benefit as accruing from the employee’s or dependent’s 18th birthday.

History: 1973 c. 150 ; 1993 a. 492 .
Wis. Stat. § 169.39 — WI Code / Chapter 169 / Section 169.39
Humane care and housing.
Status: in_force

(1) Compliance with rules. No license may be issued under this chapter unless the department determines that the applicant will comply with all of the rules promulgated under subs. (2) and (3) .

(2) Rules; general. The department shall promulgate and enforce rules for the housing, care, treatment, enrichment, feeding, and sanitation of wild animals subject to regulation under this chapter to ensure all of the following:

(a) That the wild animals receive humane treatment and enrichment.

(b) That the wild animals are held under sanitary conditions.

(c) That the wild animals receive adequate housing, care, and food.

(d) That the public is protected from injury by the wild animals.

(3) Rules; housing. The rules for housing under sub. (2) shall include requirements for the size and location of permanent enclosures and of temporary enclosures at locations other than those where the wild animals are permanently housed. The rules regulating the location of enclosures shall include the distance required between 2 enclosures. The rules for housing shall include specifications for enclosures for each species of harmful wild animal that the department designates under s. 169.11 (1) .

(4) Orders. The department may issue an order requiring any person holding a license under this chapter to comply with the rules promulgated under sub. (2) .

History: 2001 a. 56 .
Wis. Stat. § 231.28 — WI Code / Chapter 231 / Section 231.28
Minority business participation.
Status: in_force

The authority shall ensure that, in any project that is financed under this chapter after January 8, 2004, and that relates to an educational facility, other than a postsecondary educational institution, all minority business participation requirements that apply to the project under state statute or administrative rule are complied with.

History: 2003 a. 109 .
Wis. Stat. § 224.05 — WI Code / Chapter 224 / Section 224.05
Municipality not preferred creditor.
Status: in_force

If any bank, banking institution or trust company, being indebted to the state of Wisconsin, or indebted to any county, city, town or other municipality therein, for deposits made or indebtedness incurred after April 23, 1899, becomes insolvent or bankrupt, except as provided in s. 34.07 , the state, county, city, town or other municipality shall not be a preferred creditor and shall have no preference or priority of claim whatever over any other creditor or creditors thereof; but a just and fair distribution of the property of such bank, banking institution or trust company, and of the proceeds thereof, shall be made among the creditors thereof proportionally, according to the amount of their respective claims. Nothing herein contained shall in any manner affect the provisions of law as they existed on said date providing for the payment of unpaid taxes and assessments, laborer’s claims, expenses of assignment and execution of the trust.

History: 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (12) ; 1985 a. 257 .
Wis. Stat. § 285.78 — WI Code / Chapter 285 / Section 285.78
Registration of early emission reductions.
Status: in_force

(1) In this section:

(a) “Carbon reserve” means any system that takes in and stores more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases to the atmosphere.

(b) “Fine particulate matter” means solid or liquid particles with a diameter less than or equal to 2.5 micrometers or emissions that are precursors to solid or liquid particles with a diameter less than or equal to 2.5 micrometers.

(c) “Greenhouse gas” means carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride or any other gas that traps heat in the atmosphere.

(2)

(a) The department shall establish and operate a system under which the department registers reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases if the reductions are made before the reductions are required by law. Under the system, the department may register carbon sequestration from the creation or preservation of carbon reserves and may register avoided emissions resulting from energy efficiency measures and from the use of renewable energy sources. Under the system, the department may not register a reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases if the reduction was made before January 1, 1991.

(b) The department may establish and operate systems under which the department registers reductions in emissions of fine particulate matter, mercury or other air contaminants identified by the department if the reductions are made before the reductions are required by law.

(c) The department may verify and quantify, or require the verification and quantification of, emission reductions that a person seeks to register under par. (a) or (b) .

(d) Registration of emission reductions under this section is voluntary.

(3)

(a) The department shall promulgate rules for the system under sub. (2) (a) . In promulgating the rules, the department shall make the system as consistent as possible with other state, federal and international programs designed to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.

(b) The department shall promulgate rules for any system that the department establishes under sub. (2) (b) . In promulgating the rules, the department shall make the system as consistent as possible with other state, federal and international programs designed to reduce emissions of the substances covered by the system.

History: 1999 a. 195 .
Wis. Stat. § 408.116 — WI Code / Chapter 408 / Section 408.116
Securities intermediary as purchaser for value.
Status: in_force

A securities intermediary that receives a financial asset and establishes a security entitlement to the financial asset in favor of an entitlement holder is a purchaser for value of the financial asset. A securities intermediary that acquires a security entitlement to a financial asset from another securities intermediary acquires the security entitlement for value if the securities intermediary acquiring the security entitlement establishes a security entitlement to the financial asset in favor of an entitlement holder.

History: 1997 a. 297 .
Wis. Stat. § 84.1027 — WI Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.1027
Wisconsin Fire Fighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Highway.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall designate and, subject to sub. (2) , mark the route of STH 54, commencing at Algoma in Kewaunee County and proceeding westerly to the Wisconsin-Minnesota border, as the “Wisconsin Fire Fighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Highway” to recognize and honor all fire fighters and emergency medical technicians of this state for their dedicated service to the public in protecting life, health, and property.

(2) Upon receipt of sufficient contributions from interested parties, including any county, city, village, or town, to cover the costs of erecting and maintaining markers along the route specified in sub. (1) to clearly identify to motorists the designation of the route as the “Wisconsin Fire Fighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Highway,” the department shall erect and maintain the markers. No state funds, other than from the receipt of contributions under this subsection, may be expended for the erection or maintenance of the markers.

History: 2003 a. 218 .
Wis. Stat. § 195.34 — WI Code / Chapter 195 / Section 195.34
Reports of accidents, investigation.
Status: in_force

Every water carrier shall report to the office all accidents resulting in injury to persons arising from its operation. The office may issue rules concerning the reporting of accidents by water carriers and may also, if public interests require, cause an investigation of any accident. Every railroad shall submit to the office a copy of any accident or injury report provided by the railroad to the applicable federal authority for all collisions, derailments or other accidents resulting in injury to persons, equipment, or roadway arising from its operation. The office may issue rules concerning the submission of copies of federal reports under this section and may also, to the extent permitted by federal law, participate in any accident investigation.

History: 1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1) ; 1993 a. 16 , 123 ; 2005 a. 179 .
Wis. Stat. § 48.435 — WI Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48.435
Custody of children.
Status: in_force

The mother of a nonmarital child has legal custody of the child unless the court grants legal custody to another person or transfers legal custody to an agency.

History: 1979 c. 330 ; 1983 a. 447 .
Wis. Stat. § 280.11 — WI Code / Chapter 280 / Section 280.11
Pure drinking water; powers of department.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall, after a public hearing, prescribe, publish and enforce minimum reasonable standards and rules and regulations for methods to be pursued in the obtaining of pure drinking water for human consumption and the establishing of all safeguards deemed necessary in protecting the public health against the hazards of polluted sources of impure water supplies intended or used for human consumption, including minimum reasonable standards for the construction of well pits. It shall have general supervision and control of all methods of obtaining groundwater for human consumption including sanitary conditions surrounding the same, the construction or reconstruction of wells and generally to prescribe, amend, modify or repeal any rule or regulation theretofore prescribed and shall do and perform any act deemed necessary for the safeguarding of public health.

(2) In the conduct of any public hearing on the establishing, amending or repealing of any such standards or rules, any employee designated by the department may act for the department in holding such public hearing.

History: 1975 c. 39 ; 1995 a. 227 s. 937 ; Stats. 1995 s. 280.11.
Wis. Stat. § 440.51 — WI Code / Chapter 440 / Section 440.51
Statewide peddler’s licenses for ex-soldiers.
Status: in_force

Any ex-soldier of the United States in any war, who has a 25 percent disability or more or has a cardiac disability recognized by the U.S. department of veterans affairs, and any person disabled to the extent of the loss of one arm or one leg or more or who has been declared blind as defined under Title XVI of the social security act, shall, upon presenting the department proof of these conditions, be granted a special statewide peddler’s license without payment of any fee. The person must have been a bona fide resident of this state for at least 5 years preceding the application. While engaged in such business the person shall physically carry the license and the proof required for its issuance. A blind person shall also carry an identification photograph which is not more than 3 years old. A license issued under this section shall not entitle a blind person to peddle for hire for another person. A license issued under this section is permanent unless suspended or revoked by the department.

History: 1977 c. 399 ; 1989 a. 56 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 2017 a. 59 .