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WI Stat § 134.16 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.|134.16 - Fraudulently receiving deposits.

134.16  Fraudulently receiving deposits. Any officer, director, stockholder, cashier, teller, manager, messenger, clerk or agent of any bank, banking, exchange, brokerage or deposit company, corporation or institution, or of any person, company or corporation engaged in whole or in part in banking, brokerage, exchange or deposit business in any way, or any person engaged in such business in whole or in part, who shall accept or receive, on deposit, or for safekeeping, or to loan, from any person any money, or any bills, notes or other paper circulating as money, or any notes, drafts, bills of exchange, bank checks or other commercial paper for safekeeping or for collection, when he or she knows or has good reason to know that such bank, company or corporation or that such person is unsafe or insolvent is guilty of a Class F felony.History:  1977 c. 418; 1997 a. 283; 2001 a. 109.
WI Stat § 134.17 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.|134.17 - Corporate name, recording, amendment, discontinuance, unlawful use.

134.17  Corporate name, recording, amendment, discontinuance, unlawful use. (1) Any person who engages in or advertises any mercantile or commission business under a name purporting or appearing to be a corporate name, with the intent to obtain credit, and which name does not disclose the real name of one or more of the persons engaged in the business, without first recording in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which his or her principal place of business is located, a verified statement disclosing and showing the name of all persons using the name, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than one year. (2) Any use of corporate name may be amended by recording a verified statement clearly setting forth all changes and signed by all parties concerned with the register of deeds where the original declaration was filed or recorded. (3) A discontinuance of use of corporate name signed by all interested parties and verified may be recorded with the register of deeds where the original declaration was filed or recorded. (4) For each recording, the register of deeds shall receive the fee specified for recording under s. 59.43 (2) (ag).History:  1981 c. 245; 1993 a. 301; 1995 a. 201; 2003 a. 206.
WI Stat § 134.18 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.|134.18 - Use of, evidence of obtaining credit.

134.18  Use of, evidence of obtaining credit. The adoption of and advertising of any business under any name in its form corporate and not disclosing the name of one or more persons connected with said business, shall be legal evidence that such name is or was adopted or used for the purpose of obtaining credit.
WI Stat § 134.19 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.|134.19 - Fraud on exemption laws.

134.19  Fraud on exemption laws. Any person who shall, whether as principal, agent or attorney, with intent thereby to deprive any bona fide resident of this state of the resident's rights under the statutes thereof relating to the exemption of property or earnings from sale or garnishment, send or cause to be sent out of this state any claim for debt for the purpose of having the same collected by proceedings in attachment, garnishment or other mesne process, when the creditor and debtor and the person or corporation owing the debtor the money intended to be reached by any such proceedings are within the jurisdiction of the courts of this state; or who directly or indirectly assigns or transfers any claim for debt against such a resident for the purpose of having the same collected by such proceedings or any of them out of the wages or personal earnings of the debtor or of the debtor's minor children, whose earnings contribute to the support of the debtor's family, in courts without this state, when the creditor and debtor and person or corporation owing the money intended to be reached by such proceedings are each and all within the jurisdiction of the courts of this state, shall be fined not more than $50 nor less than $10 for each offense.History:  1993 a. 482.
WI Stat § 134.20 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.|134.20 - Fraudulent issuance or use of warehouse receipts or bills of lading.

134.20  Fraudulent issuance or use of warehouse receipts or bills of lading. (1) Whoever, with intent to defraud, does any of the following is guilty of a Class H felony:(a) Issues a warehouse receipt or bill of lading covering goods which, at the time of issuance of the receipt or bill, have not been received or shipped in accordance with the purported terms and meaning of such receipt or bill.(b) Issues a warehouse receipt or bill of lading which the person knows contains a false statement.(c) Issues a duplicate or additional warehouse receipt or bill of lading, knowing that a former receipt or bill for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncanceled.(d) Issues a warehouse receipt covering goods owned by the warehouse keeper, either solely or jointly or in common with others, without disclosing such ownership in the receipt.(e) Delivers goods out of the possession of such warehouse keeper or carrier to a person who he or she knows is not entitled thereto or with knowledge that the goods are covered by a negotiable warehouse receipt or bill of lading which is outstanding and uncanceled and without obtaining possession of such receipt or bill at or before the time of delivery and either canceling it or conspicuously noting thereon any partial deliveries made.(f) In any manner removes beyond the immediate control of a warehouse keeper or carrier any goods covered by a warehouse receipt or bill of lading issued by such warehouse keeper or carrier, contrary to the terms and meaning of such receipt or bill and without the consent of the holder thereof.(g) Negotiates or transfers for value a warehouse receipt or bill of lading covering goods which he or she knows are subject to a lien or security interest, other than the warehouse keeper's or carrier's lien, or to which he or she does not have title or which he or she knows have not been received or shipped in accordance with the purported terms and meaning of the warehouse receipt or bill of lading and fails to disclose those facts to the purchaser thereof. (2) In this section:(a) “Bill of lading" means a document evidencing the receipt of goods for shipment issued by a person engaged in the business of transporting or forwarding goods, and includes an airbill. “Airbill" means a document serving for air transportation as a bill of lading does for marine or rail transportation, and includes an air consignment note or air waybill.(b) “Warehouse receipt" means a receipt issued by a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire.History:  1983 a. 500 s. 43; 1993 a. 482; 1995 a. 225; 1997 a. 283; 2001 a. 109.
WI Stat § 134.205 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.|134.205 - Warehouse keepers to keep register; liability for damages; penalty for fraud.

134.205  Warehouse keepers to keep register; liability for damages; penalty for fraud. (1) Every warehouse keeper shall keep in the office in which the business of the warehouse is transacted a register in which shall be entered with reference to each receipt issued, the facts specified in s. 407.202 (2). When the warehouse keeper ceases to be responsible for the delivery of the property described in the receipt, the fact and date of the delivery of the property and such other facts as may terminate liability on such receipt shall be entered in such register in connection with the original entry. (2) Such register shall be open to the inspection of the owner or holder of any such receipt, or of any person who presents the same at the office of the warehouse keeper. (3) The warehouse keeper shall be responsible to any person relying on such entries in good faith for any loss or damage which the person sustains through any failure to make the entries required by this section. (4) Whoever, with intent to defraud, issues a warehouse receipt without entering the same in a register as required by this section is guilty of a Class H felony.History:  1983 a. 500 s. 43; 1993 a. 482; 1997 a. 283; 2001 a. 109.
WI Stat § 134.21 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.|134.21 - Penalty for unauthorized presentation of dramatic plays, etc.

134.21  Penalty for unauthorized presentation of dramatic plays, etc. Any person who sells a copy or a substantial copy, or who causes to be publicly performed or represented for profit, any unpublished or undedicated dramatic play or musical composition, known as an opera, without the written consent of its owner or proprietor, or, who, knowing that such dramatic play or musical composition is unpublished or undedicated, and, without the written consent of its owner or proprietor, permits, aids, or takes part in such a performance or representation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than $100, or by imprisonment not exceeding 60 days.
WI Stat § 134.23 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.|134.23 - Motion picture fair practices.

134.23  Motion picture fair practices. (1) Definitions. As used in this section:(a) “Blind bidding" means offering, bidding for, negotiating for or agreeing to any term for the licensing or exhibition of a motion picture in this state prior to a trade screening of the motion picture.(b) “Distributor" means a person who rents, sells, licenses or otherwise distributes to an exhibitor a motion picture for exhibition in this state.(c) “License agreement" means a contract, agreement, understanding or condition between a distributor and an exhibitor relating to the exhibition of a motion picture in this state.(d) “Trade screening" means the showing of a motion picture by a distributor in one of the 3 largest cities in this state. (2)  Blind bidding prohibited. A person may not engage in blind bidding. (3)  Trade screening. (a) Every trade screening shall be open to any exhibitor.(b) A distributor shall provide reasonable and uniform notice to all exhibitors of all trade screenings. (4)  Guarantees prohibited. A license agreement created or renewed after May 18, 1984, which provides for a fee or other payment to a distributor based in whole or in part on the attendance at a theater or the box office receipts of a theater may not contain or be conditioned upon a guarantee of a minimum payment by an exhibitor to the distributor. (5)  Injunctive relief and damages. A person aggrieved by a violation of this section may bring a civil action to enjoin further or continuing violations or to recover actual damages sustained as a result of a violation, together with costs of the action. In an action under this subsection, the court shall award reasonable attorney fees, notwithstanding s. 814.04 (1), to a party who obtains injunctive relief or an award of damages.History:  1983 a. 454.
WI Stat § 134.245 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.|134.245 - Definitions.

134.245  Definitions. In ss. 134.25 to 134.32: (1) “Marked" means stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted upon, attached to a tag, card or label which is stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted upon, or contained in a box, package, cover or wrapper which is stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted upon. (2) “Person" means an individual, firm, corporation or association. (3) “Sells" includes making for sale, selling, offering to sell or dispose of, or possessing with intent to sell or dispose of.History:  1997 a. 254.
WI Stat § 134.25 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.|134.25 - Misbranding of gold articles.

134.25  Misbranding of gold articles. (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and subject to sub. (3), any person who sells any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of gold or any alloy of gold which that is marked in any way indicating, or designed or intended to indicate, that the gold or alloy of gold in the article is of a greater degree of fineness than the actual fineness or quality of the gold or alloy, is guilty of a misdemeanor.(b) Paragraph (a) is not violated if the actual fineness of the gold or alloy in the article meets any of the following conditions:1. The actual fineness is not less, by more than three one-thousandths parts in the case of flatware and watch cases, than the fineness actually marked on the article.2. The actual fineness is not less, by more than one-half karat, than the fineness actually marked on the article in the case of all articles not specified in subd. 1. (2) In any test to determine the fineness of the gold or its alloy in any article, according to the standards set forth in this section, the part of the gold or gold alloy taken for the test shall not contain or have attached to it any solder or alloy of inferior fineness used for brazing or uniting the parts of the article. (3) The actual fineness of the entire quantity of gold and gold alloys contained in any article mentioned in this section, except watch cases and flatware, including all solder or alloy of inferior metal used for brazing or uniting the parts of the article, shall not be less, by more than one karat, than the fineness marked on the article. In determining the quality of gold and gold alloys for purposes of this subsection, the gold, alloys and solder being tested shall be tested as one piece.History:  1997 a. 254.
WI Stat § 134.26 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.|134.26 - Misbranding of sterling silver articles.

134.26  Misbranding of sterling silver articles. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2) and s. 134.29, any person who sells any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of silver or of any alloy of silver marked with the words “sterling silver" or “sterling" or any colorable imitation of “sterling silver" or “sterling", unless nine hundred twenty-five one-thousandths of the component parts of the metal appearing or purporting to be silver are pure silver is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2) In the case of all articles that are subject to sub. (1), there shall be allowed a divergence in fineness of four one-thousandths parts from the standards under sub. (1).History:  1997 a. 254.
WI Stat § 134.27 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.|134.27 - Misbranding of coin silver articles.

134.27  Misbranding of coin silver articles. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2) and s. 134.29, any person who sells any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of silver or of any alloy of silver marked with the words “coin" or “coin silver", or any colorable imitation of “coin" or “coin silver", unless nine hundred one-thousandths of the component parts of the metal appearing or purporting to be silver are pure silver is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2) In the case of all articles that are subject to sub. (1), there shall be allowed a divergence in fineness of four one-thousandths parts from the standards under sub. (1).History:  1997 a. 254.
WI Stat § 134.28 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.|134.28 - Misbranding of base silver articles.

134.28  Misbranding of base silver articles. Except as provided in s. 134.29, any person who sells any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of silver or of any alloy of silver marked in way, other than with the word “sterling" or the word “coin", indicating, or designed or intended to indicate, that the silver or alloy of silver in the article is of a greater degree of fineness than the actual fineness or quality of the silver or alloy, unless the actual fineness of the silver or alloy of silver of which the article is composed is not less by more than four one-thousandths parts than the actual fineness, is guilty of a misdemeanor.History:  1997 a. 254.
WI Stat § 134.29 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.|134.29 - Testing of silver articles.

134.29  Testing of silver articles. (1) In any test to determine the fineness of any silver article mentioned in ss. 134.26 to 134.28, according to the standards contained in ss. 134.26 to 134.28, the part of the article taken for the test shall not contain or have attached to it any solder or alloy of inferior metal used for brazing or uniting the parts of the article. (2) Notwithstanding sub. (1) and ss. 134.26 to 134.28, the actual fineness of the entire quantity of metal purporting to be silver contained in any article mentioned in ss. 134.26 to 134.28, including all solder or alloy of inferior fineness used for brazing or uniting the parts of the article, shall not be less by more than ten one-thousandths parts than the fineness marked on the article, according to the standards contained in ss. 134.26 to 134.28. In determining the fineness of metal for purposes of this subsection, the silver, alloy or solder being tested shall be tested as one piece.History:  1997 a. 254.
WI Stat § 134.30 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.|134.30 - Misbranding of gold plated articles.

134.30  Misbranding of gold plated articles. Any person, firm, corporation or association, who or which makes for sale, or sells or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in his, her or its possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of inferior metal having deposited or plated thereon or brazed or otherwise affixed thereto a plate, plating, covering or sheet of gold or of any alloy of gold, and which article is known in the market as “rolled gold plate," “gold plate," “gold filled" or “gold electroplate," or by any similar designation, and having stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted thereon, or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which said article is encased or enclosed, any word or mark usually employed to indicate the fineness of gold, unless said word be accompanied by other words plainly indicating that such article or some part thereof is made of rolled gold plate, or gold plate, or gold electroplate, or is gold filled, as the case may be, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
WI Stat § 134.31 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.|134.31 - Misbranding of silver-plated articles.

134.31  Misbranding of silver-plated articles. Any person who sells any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of inferior metal, having deposited or plated on the inferior metal or brazed or otherwise affixed to the inferior metal, a plate, plating, covering or sheet of silver or of any alloy of silver known in the market as “silver plate" or “silver electroplate", or any similar designation, which is marked with the word “sterling" or the word “coin", either alone or in conjunction with any other words or marks, is guilty of a misdemeanor.History:  1997 a. 254.
WI Stat § 134.32 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.|134.32 - Penalty for violations of ss. 134.25 to 134.31.

134.32  Penalty for violations of ss. 134.25 to 134.31. Every person who violates any of the provisions of ss. 134.25 to 134.31, and every officer, manager, director or managing agent of any such person directly participating in or consenting to a violation of ss. 134.25 to 134.31, shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 3 months or both.History:  1997 a. 254.
WI Stat § 134.34 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.|134.34 - Duplication of vessel hulls and parts.

134.34  Duplication of vessel hulls and parts. (1) In this section:(a) “Direct molding process" means any direct molding process in which the original manufactured vessel hull or component part of a vessel is itself used as a plug for the making of the mold, which is then used to manufacture a duplicate item.(b) “Mold" means a matrix or form in which a substance or material is shaped.(c) “Plug" means a device or model used to make a mold for the purpose of exact duplication. (2) No person may use the direct molding process to duplicate for the purpose of sale a manufactured vessel hull or component part of a vessel made by another person without the written permission of that other person. (3) No person may knowingly sell a vessel hull or component part of a vessel duplicated in violation of sub. (2). (4) This section applies only to vessel hulls or component parts of vessels duplicated using a mold made after June 30, 1983. (5) A person who suffers injury or damage as the result of a violation of this section may bring an action in circuit court for an injunction prohibiting the violation. In addition, the person shall be entitled to actual damages incurred as a result of the violation, reasonable attorney fees and costs, notwithstanding s. 814.04 (1).History:  1983 a. 324.
WI Stat § 134.345 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.|134.345 - Form retention and disposal.

134.345  Form retention and disposal. (1) In this section:(a) “Customer" means any person who causes a molder to make a form or to use a form to make a product.(b) “Form" means an object in or around which material is placed to make a mold for pouring plastic or casting metal, and includes a mold, die or pattern.(c) “Molder" means any person who makes a form or who uses a form to make a product. (2) Unless a customer and a molder otherwise agree in writing a molder may, as provided in sub. (3), dispose of a form possessed by a customer if the customer does not take from the molder physical custody of the form within 3 years after the molder's last prior use of the form. (3) A molder who wishes to dispose of a form shall send written notice by registered mail with return receipt requested to the customer's last-known address and to any address set forth in the agreement under which the molder obtained physical custody of the form. The notice shall state that the molder intends to dispose of the form. The molder may dispose of the form without liability to the customer if, within 120 days after the molder receives the return receipt of the notice or within 120 days after the molder sends notice if no return receipt is received within that period, the customer does not take physical custody of the form or enter into an agreement with the molder for taking possession or physical custody of the form.History:  1987 a. 399.
WI Stat § 134.35 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.|134.35 - Time of filing endorsed on telegrams delivered.

134.35  Time of filing endorsed on telegrams delivered. (1) Every person, firm or corporation operating a telegraph line or lines in this state shall, without extra charge therefor, cause to be written, stamped or printed in a conspicuous place upon the addressee's copy of each telegram originating at and destined to a point within this state, the hour and minute of the day in which the copy of such telegram was filed or left with such person, firm or corporation for transmission and the hour and minute of the day when such telegram was received in the office of such person, firm or corporation at its destination. (2) Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.