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WI Stat § 980.105 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 980 - Sexually violent person commitments.|980.105 - Determination of county and city, village, or town of residence.

980.105  Determination of county and city, village, or town of residence. (1m) The department shall determine a person's county of residence for the purposes of this chapter by doing all of the following:(a) The department shall consider residence as the voluntary concurrence of physical presence with intent to remain in a place of fixed habitation and shall consider physical presence as prima facie evidence of intent to remain.(b) The department shall apply the criteria for consideration of residence and physical presence under par. (a) to the facts that existed on the date that the person committed the sexually violent offense that resulted in the sentence, placement, or commitment that was in effect when the petition was filed under s. 980.02. (2) If sub. (1m) is insufficient to determine the county of residence, the department shall find that the county of residence is the county in which, on the date that the person committed the sexually violent offense that resulted in the sentence, placement, or commitment that was in effect when the petition was filed under s. 980.02, the person would have been a resident for the purposes of social security disability insurance eligibility. (2m) The department shall determine a person's city, village, or town of residence for the purposes of s. 980.08 (4) (dm) 1. by doing all of the following:(a) The department shall consider residence as the voluntary concurrence of physical presence with intent to remain in a place of fixed habitation and shall consider physical presence as prima facie evidence of intent to remain.(b) The department shall apply the criteria for consideration of residence and physical presence under par. (a) to the facts that existed on the date that the person committed the sexually violent offense that resulted in the sentence, placement, or commitment that was in effect when the petition was filed under s. 980.02.History:  1995 a. 276; 2001 a. 16; 2005 a. 431; 2017 a. 184.A person's county of residence shall be determined based on the facts that existed on the date of the underlying offense. A court does not have jurisdiction merely because the defendant was in a Wisconsin prison at the time the petition was filed. State v. Burgess, 2002 WI App 264, 258 Wis. 2d 548, 654 N.W.2d 81, 00-3074. Affirmed on other grounds. 2003 WI 71, 262 WI 2d 354, 665 N.W.2d 124, 00-3074.The circuit court had jurisdiction to conduct ch. 980 proceedings involving an enrolled tribal member who committed the underlying sexual offense on an Indian reservation. State v. Burgess, 2003 WI 71, 262 Wis. 2d 354, 665 N.W.2d 124, 00-3074.
WI Stat § 980.11 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 980 - Sexually violent person commitments.|980.11 - Notice concerning supervised release or discharge.

980.11  Notice concerning supervised release or discharge. (1) In this section:(a) “Act of sexual violence" means an act or attempted act that is a basis for an allegation made in a petition under s. 980.02 (2) (a).(b) “Member of the family" means spouse, domestic partner under ch. 770, child, sibling, parent or legal guardian.(c) “Victim" means a person against whom an act of sexual violence has been committed. (2) If the court places a person on supervised release under s. 980.08 (4) or discharges a person under s. 980.09 (4), the department shall do all of the following:(am) Make a reasonable attempt to notify whichever of the following persons is appropriate, if he or she can be found, in accordance with sub. (3):1. The victim of the act of sexual violence.2. An adult member of the victim's family, if the victim died as a result of the act of sexual violence.3. The victim's parent or legal guardian, if the victim is younger than 18 years old.(bm) Notify the department of corrections. (3) The notice under sub. (2) shall inform the department of corrections and the person under sub. (2) (am) of the name of the person committed under this chapter and the date the person is placed on supervised release or discharged. The department shall send the notice, postmarked at least 7 days before the date the person committed under this chapter is placed on supervised release or discharged, to the department of corrections and to the last-known address of the person under sub. (2) (am). (4) The department shall design and prepare cards for persons specified in sub. (2) (am) to send to the department. The cards shall have space for these persons to provide their names and addresses, the name of the person committed under this chapter and any other information the department determines is necessary. The department shall provide the cards, without charge, to the department of justice and district attorneys. The department of justice and district attorneys shall provide the cards, without charge, to persons specified in sub. (2) (am). These persons may send completed cards to the department of health services. All records or portions of records of the department of health services that relate to mailing addresses of these persons are not subject to inspection or copying under s. 19.35 (1), except as needed to comply with a request by the department of corrections under s. 301.46 (3) (d).History:  1993 a. 479; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19); 1995 a. 440; 1997 a. 181; 1999 a. 9; 2005 a. 434; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a); 2009 a. 28.
WI Stat § 980.12 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 980 - Sexually violent person commitments.|980.12 - Department duties; costs.

980.12  Department duties; costs. (1) Except as provided in ss. 980.031 (3) and 980.07 (1), the department shall pay from the appropriations under s. 20.435 (2) (a) and (bm) for all costs relating to the evaluation, treatment, and care of persons evaluated or committed under this chapter. (2) By February 1, 2002, the department shall submit a report to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) concerning the extent to which pharmacological treatment using an antiandrogen or the chemical equivalent of an antiandrogen has been required as a condition of supervised release under s. 980.06, 1997 stats., or s. 980.08 and the effectiveness of the treatment in the cases in which its use has been required.History:  1993 a. 479; 1997 a. 284; 1999 a. 9; 2005 a. 434.
WI Stat § 980.13 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 980 - Sexually violent person commitments.|980.13 - Applicability.

980.13  Applicability. This chapter applies to a sexually violent person regardless of whether the person engaged in acts of sexual violence before, on or after June 2, 1994.History:  1993 a. 479.
WI Stat § 980.135 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 980 - Sexually violent person commitments.|980.135 - Local restrictions; limited exemption.

980.135  Local restrictions; limited exemption. No county, city, town, or village may enforce an ordinance or resolution that restricts or prohibits a sex offender from residing at a certain location or that restricts or prohibits a person from providing housing to a sex offender against an individual who is released under s. 980.08 or against a person who provides housing to the individual so long as the individual is subject to supervised release under this chapter, the individual is residing where he or she is ordered to reside under s. 980.08, and the individual is in compliance with all court orders issued under this chapter.History:  2015 a. 156.
WI Stat § 980.14 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 980 - Sexually violent person commitments.|980.14 - Immunity.

980.14  Immunity. (1) In this section, “agency" means the department of corrections, the department of health services, the department of justice, or a district attorney. (2) Any agency or officer, employee, or agent of an agency is immune from criminal or civil liability for any acts or omissions as the result of a good faith effort to comply with any provision of this chapter.History:  2005 a. 434 ss. 79, 129, 130; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a).
WI Stat § 985.02 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 985 - Publication of legal notices; public newspapers; fees.|985.02 - Method of notification.

985.02  Method of notification. (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, a legal notice shall be published in a newspaper likely to give notice in the area or to the person affected. Whenever the law requires publication in a newspaper published in a designated municipality or area and no newspaper that satisfies the requirements under s. 985.03 (1) (a) or (am) is published therein, publication shall be made in a newspaper likely to give notice. (2) If the governing body of a municipality elects to post under s. 985.05 (1) it shall post in the following manner:(a) The notice must be posted in at least 3 public places likely to give notice to persons affected or must be posted in at least one public place likely to give notice to persons affected and placed electronically on an Internet site maintained by the municipality. (b) The notice posted before the act or event requiring notice shall be posted and, if applicable, placed electronically, no later than the time specified for the first newspaper publication.(c) The notice posted after the act or event requiring notice shall be posted and, if applicable, placed electronically, within one week after the act or event. Actions of governing bodies posted after the act or event shall be effective upon posting. (d) The affidavit of the officer or person posting the legal notice containing the time, place and manner of the posting is presumptive evidence of the facts stated therein. (3) The newspaper that publishes a legal notice shall, in addition to newspaper publication, place an electronic copy of the legal notice at no additional charge on the publishing newspaper's Internet site and on the Wisconsin newspapers legal notices Internet site. Every newspaper that publishes legal notices shall have an Internet site and include on its home page a prominent link to the newspaper's legal notices section, the contents of which shall be available for viewing at no cost to the public. The newspaper's Internet legal notice section shall include a link to the Wisconsin newspapers legal notices Internet site, as defined in s. 985.01 (7).History:  2007 a. 20; 2011 a. 228; 2015 a. 79; 2017 a. 282; 2021 a. 32.A county with a population of less that 250,000 is not required to designate an official newspaper. A county is not required to seek bids for the publication of legal notices. Even if a county does not competitively bid the publication of its own proceedings as provided in sub. (3), it may print its own proceedings or post them on its web site. A county may not, in lieu of publication in a printed newspaper or posting on a physical bulletin board, post its legal notices on its official web site. OAG 2-08.
WI Stat § 985.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 985 - Publication of legal notices; public newspapers; fees.|985.04 - Official state newspaper.

985.04  Official state newspaper. The joint committee on legislative organization shall recommend to the legislature to designate some newspaper published in Wisconsin to be the official state newspaper, which shall publish all legal notices required to be published therein. Any such publication from any of the state agencies shall be deemed official. The joint committee may invite bids from all newspapers which meet the requirements of s. 985.03, but if it does so, it is not required to recommend the lowest bidder as the official state newspaper. The joint committee shall introduce its recommendation in the legislature in the form of a joint resolution. No designation takes effect until the joint resolution is adopted. A newspaper which is designated the official state newspaper shall continue as such until the legislature designates another newspaper to be the official state newspaper.History:  1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 34; 1981 c. 372 ss. 12, 13.Article VII, sec. 21 [Art. IV, s. 17] requires full text publication of all general laws, and publication of an abstract or synopsis of such laws would not be sufficient. Methods other than newspaper publication, under s. 985.04, may be utilized to give public notice of our general laws. 63 Atty. Gen. 346. See also s. 14.38 (10).
WI Stat § 985.05 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 985 - Publication of legal notices; public newspapers; fees.|985.05 - Official municipal newspapers.

985.05  Official municipal newspapers. (1) The governing body of every municipality not required to have an official newspaper may designate a newspaper published or having general circulation in the municipality and eligible under s. 985.03 as its official newspaper or utilize the same for specific notices. The governing body of such municipality may, in lieu of newspaper publication, direct other form of publication or posting under s. 985.02 (2). Other publication or posting, however, shall not be substituted for newspaper publication in proceedings relating to: tax redemptions or sales of land acquired by the county or city authorized to act under s. 74.87 for delinquent taxes, charges or assessments; civil annexations, detachments, consolidations or incorporations under chs. 59 to 66; or legal notices directed to specific individuals. Posting may not be substituted for publication in school board elections conducted under s. 120.06 or publication under s. 60.80 (2) of town ordinances imposing forfeitures. If an eligible newspaper is published in the municipality, other publication or posting shall not be substituted for newspaper publication under s. 61.32 or 61.50. (2) When any municipality has designated an official newspaper, all legal notices published in a newspaper by such municipality shall be published in such newspaper unless otherwise specifically required by law. (3) In lieu of the requirements of this chapter, a school board may publish or publicize under s. 120.11 (4).History:  1975 c. 138; 1983 a. 532; 1985 a. 225; 1987 a. 378.A county board may not designate more than one newspaper having a general circulation in the county as its official newspaper. However, the county board may direct that a particular legal notice also appear in one or more other county newspapers. 60 Atty. Gen. 95.A county with a population of less than 250,000 is not required to designate an official newspaper. A county is not required to seek bids for the publication of legal notices. Even if a county does not competitively bid the publication of its own proceedings as provided in sub. (3), it may print its own proceedings or post them on its web site. A county may not, in lieu of publication in a printed newspaper or posting on a physical bulletin board, post its legal notices on its official web site. OAG 2-08.
WI Stat § 985.06 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 985 - Publication of legal notices; public newspapers; fees.|985.06 - Official city newspaper.

985.06  Official city newspaper. (1) In 2nd and 3rd class cities, the clerk shall, on or before the 2nd Tuesday of April, advertise in the official city newspaper, or if there is none, in a newspaper published in the city and eligible under s. 985.03, for separate proposals to publish in English the council proceedings and the city's legal notices, respectively, for the ensuing year, inviting bids from all daily and weekly newspapers published in such city which are eligible under s. 985.03, also stating the security required with each bid, which shall be previously fixed by the council, and requiring delivery of the bids in writing, sealed, at the clerk's office by 12 noon of the first Tuesday of May. At that hour, the clerk shall, in the presence of the mayor or an alderperson, open the bids and enter them in a record kept for that purpose. No bid from other than a newspaper legally invited to bid, or for more than the legal rate for like work, shall be of any effect. The paper making the lowest effective bid for the city's legal notices shall be awarded the contract therefor. If 2 or more effective bids are for the same price, and no lower effective bid is filed, the clerk shall transmit such tie bids to the council at its next meeting and the council shall designate the successful bid. If no effective bid is received, the council may direct the clerk to readvertise as before. Each successful bidder shall execute a contract in accordance with the bid and file such bond for its performance as the council requires. No such paper shall receive more or less than the contract price nor any other compensation for the work. The paper securing the contract for the publishing of the city's legal notices shall be the official city newspaper. (2) In cities of the fourth class, the council, at its first meeting or as soon as may be, shall designate one or more newspapers eligible under s. 985.03 and published in the city, if any, otherwise published in the county and having a general circulation in the city, for publication of the council proceedings and as the official city newspaper for the publication of the city's legal notices for the ensuing year. The council shall fix the price at not to exceed the legal rate for like work. (3) The publisher, before the claim for the publication is audited, shall file with the clerk proof of publication by affidavit of the printer or foreman, attached to a copy of the matter published, stating the date or dates of publication. Such affidavit shall be conclusive evidence of publication for the purpose of audit. (4) If for any reason any city is at any time without an official city newspaper, matters required to be published shall be published in a newspaper eligible under s. 985.03, designated by the council, at not more than the legal rate for like work.History:  1993 a. 184, 491.
WI Stat § 985.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 985 - Publication of legal notices; public newspapers; fees.|985.07 - Classes and frequency of legal notices.

985.07  Classes and frequency of legal notices. There shall be 3 classes of legal notices under this chapter. The designated number of insertions is the minimum required by law, and the frequency may be increased at the discretion of the requisitioning agency. (1)  Class 1 notices. All notices designated as class 1 notices require one insertion. (2)  Class 2 notices. All notices designated as class 2 notices require 2 insertions. (3)  Class 3 notices. (a) All notices designated as class 3 notices require 3 insertions.(b) Any legal notice not otherwise designated shall be a class 3 notice unless the time permitted by law necessitates a class 2 or class 1 notice, except that any notice required by law on January 2, 1966, which is not otherwise designated, shall be a class 1 notice. (4) The classification provided herein does not apply to notices of public election or referenda or to notices governed by s. 815.31 but such notices shall be governed by the specific statutes relating thereto.History:  Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 784 (1975).
WI Stat § 985.075 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 985 - Publication of legal notices; public newspapers; fees.|985.075 - Substance of 2nd and 3rd insertions.

985.075  Substance of 2nd and 3rd insertions. (1) In this section, “summary” means a brief, precise, and plain-language description that can be easily understood. (2) Except as provided in sub. (3), when a governing body of a municipality is required by law to publish a legal notice as a class 2 notice or a class 3 notice, the governing body may, for the 2nd and 3rd insertions and in lieu of publishing the full text of the material required to be included in the first insertion of the legal notice, publish a summary of the material included in the first insertion in the same manner in which the first insertion was published. The governing body shall ensure that the summary is accompanied by a notice that the full text of the material included in the first insertion is available for viewing at all of the following locations:(a) As an electronic document on the governing body's Internet site.(b) In the newspaper in which the initial insertion was published.(c) As an electronic document on the Wisconsin newspapers legal notices Internet site.(d) In a readily accessible physical location within the municipality. (3) This section does not apply to a legal notice required to be published by a municipality by order of a court or to a legal notice related to court proceedings required to be published by a municipality.History:  2017 a. 353.
WI Stat § 985.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 985 - Publication of legal notices; public newspapers; fees.|985.09 - Computation of time, Sundays, legal holidays.

985.09  Computation of time, Sundays, legal holidays. (1) The time for publication of legal notices shall be computed so as to exclude the first day of publication and include the day on which the act or event, of which notice is given, is to happen or which completes the full period required for publication. (2) The time within which an act is to be done or proceeding had or taken, as prescribed by the rules of procedure, shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last; if the last day be Sunday or a legal holiday the party shall have the next secular day in which to do the act or take such proceeding.Cross-references:  See s. 801.15 for exception as to computation of time. Also see s. 990.001 (4).
WI Stat § 985.10 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 985 - Publication of legal notices; public newspapers; fees.|985.10 - Publication on Sunday.

985.10  Publication on Sunday. Any legal notice may be published in a newspaper printed on Sunday, and such publication is a lawful publication and a full compliance with the order of the court or officer ordering such publication; and any such notice that may, by law or the order of any court, be required to be published for any given number of weeks may be published on any day in each week of such term, and if so published as many weeks and as many times in each week as may be required by such law or order, it shall be a lawful publication thereof.
WI Stat § 985.11 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 985 - Publication of legal notices; public newspapers; fees.|985.11 - Fees and work on Sunday.

985.11  Fees and work on Sunday. (1) In any action to recover compensation for publication of legal notices, it shall be no defense that such publication was dated, printed or issued on the first day of the week. (2) In any action to recover compensation for labor performed on any newspaper, dated, published or issued on the first day of the week, it shall be no defense that such labor was performed on the first day of the week.
WI Stat § 985.12 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 985 - Publication of legal notices; public newspapers; fees.|985.12 - Proof of publication.

985.12  Proof of publication. (1) Affidavit of printing. The affidavit of the editor, publisher, printer or proprietor of any newspaper, or of his or her foreman or principal clerk, of the publication of any legal notice, annexed to a copy of the notice clipped from the newspaper in either hard copy or electronic format, and specifying the date of each insertion, and the paper in which it was published, shall be received in all cases as presumptive evidence of the publication and of the facts stated therein. (2)  Time of filing. Such affidavit may be filed with the proper officer at any time after the last day of the publication of such notice, unless the filing time is otherwise specified. (3)  Same. The affidavit of publication of any notice of a sale of real property required by law to be published may be filed, at any time within 6 months after the last day of such publication, with the register of deeds of the county in which the premises are situated. (4)  Fee. The fee for an affidavit of publication shall be $1.History:  1993 a. 486; 2019 a. 32.