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WI Stat § 179.91 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 179 - Uniform limited partnership act.|179.91 - Right to bring derivative action.

179.91  Right to bring derivative action. Subject to s. 179.92, a limited partner may bring an action on behalf of a limited partnership to recover a judgment in its favor if general partners with authority to do so have refused to bring the action or if an effort to cause those general partners to bring the action is not likely to succeed.History:  1983 a. 173, 538.
WI Stat § 179.92 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 179 - Uniform limited partnership act.|179.92 - Proper plaintiff.

179.92  Proper plaintiff. In a derivative action, the plaintiff must be a partner at the time of bringing the action and must satisfy any of the following conditions: (1) Have been a partner at the time of the transaction which is the subject of the complaint. (2) Derive his or her status as a partner by operation of law or pursuant to the terms of the partnership agreement from a person who was a partner at the time of the transaction.History:  1983 a. 173; 1989 a. 232.
WI Stat § 179.93 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 179 - Uniform limited partnership act.|179.93 - Pleading.

179.93  Pleading. In a derivative action, the complaint shall set forth with particularity the effort of the plaintiff to secure initiation of the action by a general partner or the reasons for not making the effort.History:  1983 a. 173.
WI Stat § 179.94 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 179 - Uniform limited partnership act.|179.94 - Expenses.

179.94  Expenses. If a derivative action is successful, in whole or in part, or if anything is received by the plaintiff as a result of a judgment, compromise or settlement of an action or claim, the court may award the plaintiff reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, and shall direct the plaintiff to remit to the limited partnership the remainder of the proceeds.History:  1983 a. 173.
WI Stat § 180.0101 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 180 - Business corporations.|180.0101 - Title.

180.0101  Title. This chapter may be cited as the “Wisconsin business corporation law".History:  1989 a. 303.Wisconsin's Business Corporation Law. Williams & Berry. Wis. Law. June 1990.Chapter 180 Trailer Bill. DeGuire, Ware, & Williams. Wis. Law. July 1991.LLC and Corporation Law Revisions. Boucher & Sosnowski. Wis. Law. Oct. 1996.
WI Stat § 180.0120 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 180 - Business corporations.|180.0120 - Filing requirements.

180.0120  Filing requirements. (1) Except as provided in sub. (4), a document required or permitted to be filed under this chapter with the department must satisfy all of the following requirements to be filed under s. 180.0125 (2) (a):(a) Contain the information required by this chapter, although it may also contain other information.(c) Be in the English language, except that:1. A corporate name need not be in English if it is written in English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals.2. The certificate of status, or similar document, required of a foreign corporation need not be in English if accompanied by a reasonably authenticated English translation.(d) Contain the name of the drafter, if required by s. 182.01 (3).(e) Be executed in accordance with sub. (3).(f) Be on the form prescribed by the department if the document is described in s. 180.0121 (1).(g) Be delivered to the department for filing and be accompanied by one exact or conformed copy and the filing fee required by s. 180.0122. (2) The department shall file photocopies or other reproduced copies of typewritten or printed documents if the copies are manually signed and satisfy this section. (3) (a) Any of the following persons may execute a document described in s. 180.0122 (1) (a), (b), (h) to (j), (Lg), (m) to (r) and (u) to (ym):1. An officer of the domestic corporation or foreign corporation.2. If directors have not been selected or the corporation has not been formed, an incorporator.3. If the domestic corporation or foreign corporation is in the hands of a receiver, trustee or other court-appointed fiduciary, the fiduciary.(c) The person executing a document shall sign it and, beneath or opposite the signature, state his or her name and the capacity in which he or she signs. The document may but need not contain any of the following:1. The corporate seal.2. An attestation by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the domestic corporation or foreign corporation.3. An acknowledgment, verification or proof. (4) The department may waive any of the requirements of subs. (1) to (3) if it appears from the face of the document that the document's failure to satisfy the requirement is immaterial.History:  1989 a. 303; 1991 a. 16; 1993 a. 323; 1995 a. 27.
WI Stat § 180.0121 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 180 - Business corporations.|180.0121 - Forms.

180.0121  Forms. (1) (a) The department shall prescribe and furnish on request forms for all of the following documents:1. A foreign corporation's application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state under s. 180.1503.2. A foreign corporation's application for a certificate of withdrawal under s. 180.1520.3. A domestic corporation's or foreign corporation's annual report under s. 180.1622 and a service corporation's annual report under s. 180.1921.4. An application for a certificate of conversion under s. 180.1161 (5).(b) The forms prescribed by the department under par. (a) 1., 2. and 3. shall require disclosure of only the information required under ss. 180.1503, 180.1520, 180.1622 and 180.1921, respectively.(c) Use of a form prescribed under par. (a) is mandatory. (2) The department may prescribe and furnish on request forms for other documents required or permitted to be filed by this chapter, but use of these forms is not mandatory.History:  1989 a. 303; 1995 a. 27; 2001 a. 44; 2005 a. 476; 2015 a. 295.
WI Stat § 180.0123 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 180 - Business corporations.|180.0123 - Effective date and time of document.

180.0123  Effective date and time of document. (1) (a) Except as provided in sub. (2) or s. 180.0124 (3), 180.1622 (5) or 180.1921 (4), a document filed by the department under this chapter is effective on the date that it is received by the department for filing and at any of the following times on that date:1. The time of day specified in the document as its effective time.2. If no effective time is specified, at the close of business.(b) The date that a document is received by the department is determined by the department's endorsement on the original document under s. 180.0125 (1). (2) A document may specify a delayed effective date and time, except the effective date may not be more than 90 days after the date that it is received for filing. If a document specifies a delayed effective date and time in accordance with this subsection, the document is effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date but no time is specified, the document is effective at the close of business on that date.History:  1989 a. 303; 1991 a. 16, 269; 1995 a. 27.
WI Stat § 180.0124 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 180 - Business corporations.|180.0124 - Correcting filed document.

180.0124  Correcting filed document. (1) A domestic corporation or foreign corporation may correct a document that is filed by the department before, on or after January 1, 1991, if the document contains a statement that was incorrect at the time of filing or was defectively executed, including defects in any attestation, seal, verification or acknowledgment. (2) To correct a document under sub. (1), a domestic corporation or foreign corporation shall prepare and deliver to the department for filing articles of correction that satisfy all of the following:(a) Describe the document, including its filing date, or include a copy of the document.(b) Specify the incorrect statement and the reason that it is incorrect, or specify the manner in which the execution was defective, whichever is applicable.(c) Correct the incorrect statement or defective execution. (3) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), articles of correction are effective on the effective date of the document that they correct.(b) With respect to persons relying on the uncorrected document and adversely affected by the correction, the articles of correction are effective when filed.History:  1989 a. 303; 1995 a. 27.
WI Stat § 180.0125 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 180 - Business corporations.|180.0125 - Filing duty of department of financial institutions.

180.0125  Filing duty of department of financial institutions. (1) Upon receipt of a document by the department for filing, the department shall stamp or otherwise endorse the date of receipt on the original, the document copy and, upon request, any additional document copy received. The department shall return any additional document copy to the person delivering it, as confirmation of the date of receipt. (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), if a document satisfies s. 180.0120 and the terms of the document satisfy, if applicable, s. 180.0401 (1) and (2) or 180.1506 (1) and (2), the department shall file the document by stamping or otherwise endorsing “Filed", together with the department name, on both the original and the document copy. After filing a document, the department shall deliver the document copy to the domestic corporation or foreign corporation, or its representative.(b) If a domestic corporation or foreign corporation is in default in the payment of any fee required under s. 180.0122 (1) (a) to (j) or (m) to (yr), the department shall refuse to file any document relating to the domestic corporation or foreign corporation until all delinquent fees are paid by the domestic corporation or foreign corporation. (3) (a) If the department refuses to file a document, the department shall return it to the domestic corporation or foreign corporation, or its representative, within 5 business days after the document was received by the department for filing, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for the refusal.(b) The department's failure to either file or return a document within 5 business days after it was received constitutes a refusal to file the document.(c) Except as provided in s. 180.0124 (3), if a document that had been refused for filing by the department is resubmitted and filed by the department, the effective date of the filed document under s. 180.0123 is the date that the resubmitted document is received by the department for filing or a delayed effective date specified in the resubmitted document in accordance with s. 180.0123 (2). The effective time of the resubmitted document shall be determined under s. 180.0123 (1) or (2), whichever is applicable. (4) Except as provided in s. 180.0203 (2), the department's filing of a document or refusal to file a document does not do any of the following:(a) Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or part.(b) Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document.(c) Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.History:  1989 a. 303; 1995 a. 27; 2001 a. 44.
WI Stat § 180.0126 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 180 - Business corporations.|180.0126 - Appeal from department of financial institutions' refusal to file document.

180.0126  Appeal from department of financial institutions' refusal to file document. (1) If the department refuses to file a document received by the department for filing, the domestic corporation or foreign corporation may appeal the refusal by filing a petition in circuit court to compel the department to file the document. The domestic corporation or foreign corporation shall file the petition in the circuit court for the county where the domestic corporation's or foreign corporation's principal office or, if none in this state, its registered office is or will be located. The domestic corporation or foreign corporation shall attach to the petition the document and any explanation by the department of the reasons for the refusal to file. (2) The domestic corporation or foreign corporation shall file the petition under sub. (1) within 30 days after the department returns the document under s. 180.0125 (3) (a). If the department does not return the document within the period specified in s. 180.0125 (3) (b), the domestic corporation or foreign corporation shall file the petition within 30 days after the period specified in s. 180.0125 (3) (b) expires. (3) The court may summarily order the department to file the document or take other action that the court considers appropriate. The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.History:  1989 a. 303; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 35.
WI Stat § 180.0127 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 180 - Business corporations.|180.0127 - Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.

180.0127  Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document. A certified copy of a document filed by the department is conclusive evidence that the original document is on file with the department.History:  1989 a. 303; 1995 a. 27.
WI Stat § 180.0128 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 180 - Business corporations.|180.0128 - Confirmation of status.

180.0128  Confirmation of status. (1) Any person may obtain from the department, upon request, a certificate of status for a domestic corporation or foreign corporation. (2) A certificate of status shall include all of the following information:(a) The domestic corporation's corporate name or the foreign corporation's corporate name and fictitious name, if any, used in this state.(b) Whether each of the following is true:1. The domestic corporation is incorporated under the laws of this state, or the foreign corporation is authorized to transact business in this state.3. The domestic corporation or foreign corporation has, during its most recently completed report year, filed with the department an annual report required by s. 180.1622, or, if a service corporation, by s. 180.1921.4. The domestic corporation has not filed articles of dissolution.5. The foreign corporation has not applied for a certificate of withdrawal under s. 180.1520 and is not the subject of a proceeding under s. 180.1531 to revoke its certificate of authority.(c) The domestic corporation's date of incorporation and the period of its duration if less than perpetual. (3) The certificate of status may include other facts of record in the department that are requested. (4) Upon request, the department shall issue, by telegraph, teletype, facsimile or other form of wire or wireless communication, a statement of status, which shall contain the information required in a certificate of status under sub. (2) and may contain any other information permitted under sub. (3). (5) Subject to any qualification stated in a certificate or statement of status issued by the department, the certificate or statement is conclusive evidence that the domestic corporation or foreign corporation is in existence or is authorized to transact business in this state. (6) Upon request by telephone or otherwise, the department shall confirm, by telephone, any of the information required in a certificate of status under sub. (2) and may confirm any other information permitted under sub. (3).History:  1989 a. 303; 1991 a. 16; 1995 a. 27.
WI Stat § 180.0129 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 180 - Business corporations.|180.0129 - Penalty for false document.

180.0129  Penalty for false document. (1) A person may not sign a document with intent that it be delivered to the department for filing or deliver, or cause to be delivered, a document to the department for filing, if the person knows that the document is false in any material respect at the time of its delivery. (2) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a Class I felony.History:  1989 a. 303; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 283; 2001 a. 109.
WI Stat § 180.0141 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 180 - Business corporations.|180.0141 - Notice.

180.0141  Notice. (1) This section applies to notice that is required under this chapter and that is made subject to this section by express reference to this section. (2) (a) A person shall give notice in writing, except as provided in par. (b). For purposes of this section, notice by electronic transmission is written notice.(b) A person may give oral notice if oral notice is permitted by the articles of incorporation or bylaws and not otherwise prohibited by this chapter. (3) Except as provided in s. 180.0721 (4) or unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws, notice may be communicated in person; by mail or other method of delivery; by telephone, including voice mail, answering machine or answering service; or by any other electronic means. If these forms of personal notice are impracticable, notice may be communicated by a newspaper of general circulation in the area where published, or by radio, television or other form of public broadcast communication. (4) Written notice to a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may be addressed to its registered agent at its registered office or to the domestic corporation or foreign corporation at its principal office. With respect to a foreign corporation that has not yet filed an annual report under s. 180.1622, the address of the foreign corporation's principal office may be determined from its application for a certificate of authority. (5) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and ss. 180.0807 (2) and 180.0843 (1), written notice is effective at the earliest of the following:1. When received.2. Five days after its deposit in the U.S. mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.3. On the date shown on the return receipt, if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee.4. On the effective date specified in the articles of incorporation or bylaws.(b) Written notice by a domestic corporation or foreign corporation to its shareholder is effective under any of the following conditions:1. When mailed, but only if mailed postpaid and addressed to the shareholder's address shown in the domestic corporation's or foreign corporation's current record of shareholders.2. When electronically transmitted to the shareholder in a manner authorized by the shareholder.(c) Oral notice is effective when communicated.History:  1989 a. 303; 1999 a. 9.
WI Stat § 180.0142 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 180 - Business corporations.|180.0142 - Number of shareholders.

180.0142  Number of shareholders. (1) For purposes of this chapter, any of the following constitute one shareholder if identified as a shareholder in a corporation's current record of shareholders:(a) Three or fewer co-owners.(b) An entity.(c) The trustees, guardians, custodians or other fiduciaries of a single trust, estate or account. (2) For purposes of this chapter, shareholdings registered in substantially similar names constitute one shareholder if it is reasonable to believe that the names represent the same person.History:  1989 a. 303.
WI Stat § 180.0201 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 180 - Business corporations.|180.0201 - Incorporators.

180.0201  Incorporators. (1) One or more persons may act as the incorporator or incorporators of a corporation. (2) Following the incorporation of a corporation, a majority of the corporation's incorporators or their survivors may take any action permitted by this chapter to be taken by its incorporators.History:  1989 a. 303.
WI Stat § 180.0202 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 180 - Business corporations.|180.0202 - Articles of incorporation.

180.0202  Articles of incorporation. (1) The articles of incorporation shall include all of the following information:(a) A statement that the corporation is incorporated under this chapter.(b) A corporate name that satisfies s. 180.0401.(c) The number of authorized shares, except that an investment company may declare an indefinite number of authorized shares.(d) If more than one class of shares is authorized, all of the following:1. The distinguishing designation of each class.2. The number of shares of each class that the corporation is authorized to issue, except that an investment company may declare that each class has an indefinite number of authorized shares.3. Before the issuance of shares of a class, a description of the preferences, limitations and relative rights of that class.(e) If one or more series of shares are created within a class of shares, all of the following before the issuance of shares of a series:1. The distinguishing designation of each series within a class.2. The number of shares of each series that the corporation is authorized to issue, except that an investment company may declare that each series has an indefinite number of authorized shares.3. The preferences, limitations and relative rights of that series.(f) Any provision authorizing the board of directors to act under s. 180.0602 (1).(g) Any provision granting or limiting preemptive rights.(h) The street address of the corporation's initial registered office and the name of its initial registered agent at that office.(i) The name and address of each incorporator. (2) The articles of incorporation may set forth other information, including but not limited to any of the following:(a) The names and addresses of the natural persons who will serve as the initial directors.(b) Provisions not inconsistent with law regarding:1. The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized.2. Managing the business and regulating the affairs of the corporation.3. Defining, limiting and regulating the powers of the corporation, its board of directors and its shareholders.4. A par value for authorized shares or classes or series of shares.(c) Any provision that, under this chapter, is required or permitted to be set forth in the bylaws. (3) The articles of incorporation need not set forth any of the corporate powers enumerated in this chapter. (4) If a provision of the articles of incorporation is inconsistent with a bylaw, the provision of the articles of incorporation controls.History:  1989 a. 303; 1991 a. 173; 1995 a. 271.
WI Stat § 180.0203 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 180 - Business corporations.|180.0203 - Incorporation.

180.0203  Incorporation. (1) The corporate existence begins when the articles of incorporation become effective under s. 180.0123. (2) The department's filing of the articles of incorporation is conclusive proof that the corporation is incorporated under this chapter, except in a proceeding by the state to cancel or revoke the incorporation or involuntarily dissolve the corporation.History:  1989 a. 303; 1995 a. 27.Chapter 180 does not preclude a corporation incorporated under ch. 180 from being organized as a nonprofit. De La Trinidad v. Capitol Indemnity Corporation, 2009 WI 8, 315 Wis. 2d 324, 759 N.W.2d 586, 07-0045.