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2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 174 - Dogs. › 174.05 - Dog license tax.

174.05
Dog license tax.
(1)
Requirement. Except as provided in s. 174.054, the owner of a dog more than 5 months of age on January 1 of any year, or 5 months of age within the license year, shall annually, or on or before the date the dog becomes 5 months of age, pay the dog license tax and obtain a license.
(2)
Tax. The minimum dog license tax is $3 for a neutered male dog or spayed female dog, upon presentation of evidence that the dog is neutered or spayed, and $8 for an unneutered male dog or unspayed female dog, or one-half of these amounts if the dog became 5 months of age after July 1 of the license year.
(3)
Additional tax. The governing body of any county may by a majority vote of the members present at any regular meeting raise the minimum dog license tax on dogs within its jurisdiction and the governing body of any town, village or city may by resolution raise the minimum dog license tax on dogs within its jurisdiction. If the governing body of any county, town, village or city increases the minimum tax, it shall provide that the tax for unneutered male dogs and unspayed female dogs is greater than the tax for neutered male dogs and spayed female dogs. The additional tax may not exceed the total cost of all dog licensing, regulating and impounding activities for the previous year, less any refunds which may be received under s. 174.09 (2), and shall be levied and collected in the same manner as other dog license taxes.
(4)
License year. The license year commences on January 1 and ends on the following December 31.
(5)
Late fees. The collecting official shall assess and collect a late fee of $5 from every owner of a dog 5 months of age or over, if the owner failed to obtain a license prior to April 1 of each year, or within 30 days of acquiring ownership of a licensable dog or if the owner failed to obtain a license on or before the dog reached licensable age. All late fees received or collected shall be paid into the local treasury as revenue of the town, village or city in which the license was issued. The governing body of any county, town, village or city may, when setting the amount of the tax, provide that any person purchasing a dog license for a dog 5 months of age or over after April 1 shall pay an additional late fee.
History:  1979 c. 289; 1983 a. 451; 1991 a. 39.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 174 - Dogs. › 174.052 - Publication of the dog license requirement and rabies vaccination requirement.

174.052
Publication of the dog license requirement and rabies vaccination requirement.
(1)
January notice. Except as provided in sub. (3), the county board of each county shall cause a class 1 notice under ch. 985 to be published between January 1 and January 15 of each year in a newspaper having general circulation in the county notifying the public that rabies vaccinations and dog licenses are required under the statutes.
(2)
March notice. Except as provided in sub. (3), the county board of each county shall cause a class 1 notice under ch. 985 to be published between March 1 and March 15 of each year in a newspaper having general circulation in the county notifying the public that rabies vaccinations and dog licenses are required under the statutes and that late fees may be assessed after April 1.
(3)
Notice in certain populous counties. In a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, the intergovernmental commission shall cause the notices under subs. (1) and (2) to be published.
History:  1979 c. 289; 2003 a. 133.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 174 - Dogs. › 174.053 - Multiple dog licenses.

174.053
Multiple dog licenses.
(1)
Multiple dog license option. Any person who keeps more than one dog may, instead of the license tax for each dog required by this chapter, apply to the collecting official for a multiple dog license for the keeping of the dogs. Such person shall pay for the license year a license tax of $35 for 12 or fewer dogs and an additional $3 for each dog in excess of 12. Upon payment of the required multiple dog license tax and upon presentation of evidence that all dogs over 5 months of age are currently immunized against rabies, the collecting official shall issue the multiple dog license and a number of tags equal to the number of dogs authorized to be kept by the person.
(2)
Multiple dog license tags. Multiple dog license tags shall be made in a form so that they may be readily distinguishable from the individual license tags for the same year. The owner or keeper of dogs for which a multiple dog license has been issued shall keep at all times a multiple dog license tag attached to the collar of each dog over 5 months old kept by the owner or keeper under a multiple dog license, but this requirement does not apply to a dog during competition or training, to a dog securely confined indoors, to a dog while hunting, or to a dog securely confined in a fenced area. An owner or keeper may transfer a multiple dog license tag from a dog that the owner or keeper no longer owns or keeps to another dog if the other dog is currently immunized against rabies. The rabies vaccination tag or substitute tag shall remain attached to the dog for which it is issued at all times, but this requirement does not apply to a dog during competition or training, to a dog securely confined indoors, to a dog while hunting, or to a dog securely confined in a fenced area. No dog bearing a multiple dog license tag shall be permitted to stray or to be taken anywhere outside the limits of the owner's or keeper's premises unless the dog is in leash or temporarily out for the purposes of hunting, breeding, trial, training, or competition.
(3)
Applicability of other requirements. Unless clearly inapplicable, all the provisions of this chapter relating to the individual dog license tax, licenses, and tags shall apply to the multiple dog license and tags.
History:  1979 c. 289 ss. 12, 18, 19, 21; 1981 c. 285; 1983 a. 451; 1991 a. 39; 2001 a. 16.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 174 - Dogs. › 174.054 - Exemption for owners of dogs kept for educational or scientific purposes.

174.054
Exemption for owners of dogs kept for educational or scientific purposes.
Sections 95.21 (2) (a), 174.05 (1) and 174.07 (1) (a) do not apply to a person who owns dogs that are kept only for educational or scientific purposes.
History:  1983 a. 451.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 174 - Dogs. › 174.055 - Exemption of dogs for blind, deaf and mobility-impaired.

174.055
Exemption of dogs for blind, deaf and mobility-impaired.
Every dog specially trained to lead blind or deaf persons or to provide support for mobility-impaired persons is exempt from the dog license tax and every person owning such a dog shall receive annually a free dog license from the local collecting officer upon application.
History:  1979 c. 247; 1985 a. 67.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 174 - Dogs. › 174.06 - Listing.

174.06
Listing.
(1)
Responsibility to list. Every town, village and city shall annually, by September 1, ascertain by diligent inquiry the dogs owned or kept within the assessment district.
(2)
Listing official; generally. In a city or village the listing official is the municipal clerk, unless the common council or village board provides by ordinance or resolution for the appointment of a different person. In a town, the town board shall designate a person to be the listing official.
(3)
Compensation.
(a)
Except as provided in par. (b), a listing official who is not a full-time, salaried municipal employee shall receive as compensation 50 cents for each dog listed, or a greater amount established by the county board by ordinance or resolution, to be audited and allowed by the county board as other claims against the county and to be paid out of the dog license fund. A listing official who is a full-time, salaried municipal employee shall receive this compensation from the county board but shall be required to pay the compensation into the town, village, or city treasury.
(b)
In a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, the intergovernmental commission shall pay the compensation required under par. (a).
(4)
Cooperation with listing official. Every person shall answer frankly and fully all questions asked by the listing official relative to the ownership or keeping of dogs within the district.
(5)
Records. The listing official shall enter in the records for personal property assessments, or in a separate record, all dogs in the district subject to tax, to whom they are assessed, the name, number, sex, spayed or unspayed, neutered or unneutered, breed and color of each dog. The listing official shall make in triplicate a list of the owners of all dogs assessed.
(6)
Multiple dog license records. The listing official shall make in triplicate a list of the names of persons holding multiple dog licenses and the number of dogs kept by each of those persons.
(7)
List delivery. The listing official shall, by September 15, deliver one copy of the list under sub. (5) or (6) to the county clerk and one copy to the official to whom license taxes are paid under s. 174.08, and retain one copy for his or her files.
(8)
Assessment or tax roll. Dog licenses need not be entered on any assessment or tax roll other than the lists prepared by the listing official under subs. (5) and (6). These lists may be deemed property assessment and tax rolls for all tax collection purposes.
History:  1973 c. 90, 333; 1975 c. 290, 421; 1977 c. 29 s. 1650m (4); 1979 c. 289; 1981 c. 285, 314; 1983 a. 451; 2001 a. 16; 2003 a. 133.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 174 - Dogs. › 174.065 - Collection.

174.065
Collection.
(1)
Collecting official. The collecting official is any city, village, or town treasurer or other tax collecting officer or any person deputized by the treasurer or tax collecting official, unless the common council or village or town board provides by ordinance or resolution for the appointment of a different person. Veterinarians and humane societies may voluntarily become collecting officials for a city, village, or town if the governing body of the city, village, or town by resolution or ordinance provides that veterinarians and humane societies may be collecting officials for the city, village, or town. In a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, the intergovernmental commission is also a collecting official for a city, village, or town if the governing body of the city, village, or town by resolution or ordinance provides that the intergovernmental commission is a collecting official.
(3)
Collection of delinquent dog license taxes. Delinquent dog license taxes may be collected in a civil action under ch. 799, if the action is brought within 6 years after the January 1 of the year in which the taxes are required to be paid.
History:  1979 c. 289 ss. 14, 24; 1981 c. 285; 1987 a. 378; 2001 a. 16; 2003 a. 133; 2023 a. 12.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 174 - Dogs. › 174.08 - License fees paid to county treasurer.

174.08
License fees paid to county treasurer.
(1)
Except as provided in sub. (2), every collecting official shall pay all dog license taxes to the town, village, or city treasurer or other tax collecting officer who shall deduct any additional tax that may have been levied by the municipal governing body and pay the remainder to the county treasurer at the time settlement is made with the county treasurer for collections of personal property taxes, and shall at the same time report in writing to the county clerk the licenses issued. The report shall be in the form prescribed by the department, and the forms shall be furnished by the county clerks.
(2)
In a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, a collecting official who is not the intergovernmental commission shall pay all dog license taxes to the intergovernmental commission and shall report the licenses issued to the intergovernmental commission.
History:  1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 289; 2003 a. 133.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 174 - Dogs. › 174.09 - Dog license fund; how disposed of and accounted for.

174.09
Dog license fund; how disposed of and accounted for.
(1)
Except as provided in sub. (3), the dog license taxes so paid to the county treasurer shall be kept in a separate account and shall be known as the “dog license fund" and shall be appropriated and disbursed for the purposes and in the manner following: Within 30 days after receipt of the same, the county treasurer shall pay into the state treasury 5 percent of the minimum tax as provided for under s. 174.05 (2) of all dog license taxes which shall have been received by the county treasurer.
(2)
Except as provided in sub. (3), expenses necessarily incurred by the county in purchasing and providing books, forms, and other supplies required in administering the dog license law, expenses incurred by the county under s. 95.21 (4) (b) and (8) and expenses incurred by the county pound or by a humane society or other organization designated to provide a pound for collecting, caring for, and disposing of dogs may be paid out of the dog license fund. The amount remaining in the fund after deducting these expenses shall be available for and may be used as far as necessary for paying claims allowed by the county to the owners of domestic animals because of damages done by dogs during the license year for which the taxes were paid. Any surplus in excess of $1,000 which may remain from the dog license taxes of any license year shall on March 1 of the succeeding year be paid by the county treasurer to the county humane society or other organization designated by the county board to provide a pound. If there is no humane society or other organization designated to provide a pound, these funds shall be paid to the towns, villages, and cities of the county for their use in the proportion in which the towns, villages, and cities contributed to the fund out of which the surplus arises.
(3)
In a county in which an agreement under s. 174.10 (2) is in effect, the intergovernmental commission shall maintain the dog license fund, consisting of the dog license taxes. The intergovernmental commission shall pay 5 percent of the minimum dog license tax provided for under s. 174.05 (2) to the department and shall expend the remainder of the dog license fund for the purposes of administering the dog license law, providing a pound for dogs, and paying claims allowed under s. 174.11. If on March 1 there is remaining in the dog license fund a surplus from the dog license taxes of the previous license year that exceeds 5 percent of the dog license taxes collected in that license year, the intergovernmental commission shall return the excess to the towns, villages, and cities of the county in the proportion in which the towns, villages, and cities contributed to the fund in that license year.
History:  1979 c. 289; 1981 c. 285; 1983 a. 451; 2003 a. 133.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 174 - Dogs. › 174.10 - Dog licensing in populous counties.

174.10
Dog licensing in populous counties.
(1)
In this section, “municipality" means a city, village, or town.
(2)
If all of the municipalities in a county with a population of 750,000 or more form an intergovernmental commission by contract under s. 66.0301 (2) for the purpose of providing animal control services, the county and the intergovernmental commission may enter into an agreement under which the intergovernmental commission assumes the county's responsibility for activities related to dog licensing.
(3)
If a county and an intergovernmental commission enter into an agreement under sub. (2), the intergovernmental commission shall provide a copy of the agreement to the department.
History:  2003 a. 133; 2017 a. 207 s. 5.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 174 - Dogs. › 174.13 - Humane use of dogs for scientific or educational purposes.

174.13
Humane use of dogs for scientific or educational purposes.
(2)
Any officer or pound which has custody of an unclaimed dog may release the dog to the University of Wisconsin System, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., or to any other educational institution of higher learning chartered under the laws of the state and accredited to the University of Wisconsin System, upon requisition by the institution. The requisition shall be in writing, shall bear the signature of an authorized agent, and shall state that the dog is requisitioned for scientific or educational purposes. If a requisition is made for a greater number of dogs than is available at a given time, the officer or pound may supply those immediately available and may withhold from other disposition all unclaimed dogs coming into the officer's or pound's custody until the requisition is fully discharged, excluding impounded dogs as to which ownership is established within a reasonable period. A dog left by its owner for disposition is not considered an unclaimed dog under this section. If operated by a county, city, village or town, the officer or pound is entitled to the payment of $1 for each dog requisitioned. An institution making a requisition shall provide for the transportation of the dog.
(3)
An officer or pound that has custody of unclaimed dogs shall maintain records as provided under s. 173.17.
(4)
It shall be unlawful for any person, except a person licensed or registered and regulated under federal animal welfare laws, to take or send outside the state or to purchase or otherwise acquire in this state for the purpose of taking or sending outside the state, any living cat or dog to be used for any medical, surgical or chemical investigation, experiment or demonstration.
History:  1971 c. 40 s. 93; 1973 c. 130; 1977 c. 418, 447; 1979 c. 289; 1991 a. 189; 1997 a. 192.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 175 - Miscellaneous police provisions. › 175.09 - Standard time.

175.09
Standard time.
(1)
The standard of time in this state shall be the solar time of the ninetieth meridian west of Greenwich, commonly known as central time, and no department of the state government, and no county, city, town or village shall employ any other time, or adopt any ordinance or order providing for the use of any other than the standard of time.
(2)
No person operating or maintaining a place of business of whatsoever kind or nature, shall employ, display or maintain or use any other than the standard of time in connection with such place of business.
(3)
Whoever shall in connection with any place of business use any other than the standard of time shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $500 or imprisoned for not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days or both.
History:  1997 a. 254.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 175 - Miscellaneous police provisions. › 175.095 - Daylight saving time.

175.095
Daylight saving time.
(1)
Notwithstanding s. 175.09 (1), the standard of time shall be as provided in sub. (2) during the period stated therein.
(2)
From 2 a.m. on the 2nd Sunday in March until 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November of each year, the standard of time in this state shall be one hour in advance of that prescribed in s. 175.09 (1).
History:  1987 a. 8; 2007 a. 3.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 175 - Miscellaneous police provisions. › 175.10 - Sale to employees prohibited.

175.10
Sale to employees prohibited.
(1)
Except as provided in sub. (1m), no department or agency of the state or any political subdivision thereof, or member or officer of any village, town, or county board or common council of any city, or any purchasing agent or purchasing agency of the state or any political subdivision thereof, shall sell or procure for sale or have in its possession or under its control for sale to any employees of the state or any political subdivision thereof any article, material, product, or merchandise of whatsoever nature, excepting meals, public services, and such specialized appliances and paraphernalia as may be required for the safety or health of the employees.
(1m)
(a)
The prohibition under sub. (1) does not apply to a sale if any of the following applies:
1.
The sale is of a surplus or discarded item that is no longer needed if the item is available for sale to the public using a publicly available method.
2.
The sale is of an item that is regularly available from the governmental entity for sale to the public at the same cost.
(b)
On its Internet site, the department of administration shall post a list of auction or sale Internet sites for compliance with par. (a) 1. The department may limit the types of items that may be sold on any particular Internet site.
(c)
A political subdivision may enact an ordinance that prohibits a sale that is otherwise permitted under par. (a).
(2)
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days, or both.
(3)
The provisions of this section shall not apply to this state, nor to any political subdivision thereof, nor to any department, agency, officer or employee of any of them while engaged in any recreational, health, welfare, relief, safety, or educational activities furnished by this state or any political subdivision thereof.
History:  2017 a. 65.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 175 - Miscellaneous police provisions. › 175.15 - Endurance contests; penalty.

175.15
Endurance contests; penalty.
(1)
No person, firm or corporation shall advertise, operate, maintain, attend, participate in, promote or aid in advertising, operating, maintaining or promoting any physical endurance contest, exhibition, performance, or show in the nature of a “marathon," “walkathon," “skatathon" or any other physical endurance contest, exhibition, performance or show of a like or similar nature, whether or not an admission is charged or a prize is awarded to any person for participation in such physical endurance contest, wherein any person participates in such contest for a period of more than 16 hours in any 24 hours over a period of more than 6 days in one month.
(2)
Any person attending any contest, exhibition, performance or show enumerated in sub. (1) shall be punished by a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $25 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 10 days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(3)
Except as provided in sub. (2) any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of sub. (1) shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 10 days nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day for which any of the provisions of said sub. (1) is violated shall constitute a separate offense.
(4)
The place, buildings and premises where any of the illegal exhibitions or contests mentioned in sub. (1) hereof are hereafter conducted, maintained, had or held are hereby declared to be and constitute a public nuisance, and it is hereby the duty of the attorney general and district attorney to take proper action to abate the same.
(5)
Section 945.01 (4) (c) shall also apply to this section.
(6)
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to apply to or prohibit roller skating or bicycle contests or races which are not intended to and which do not continue for or have a duration of more than 150 hours.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 175 - Miscellaneous police provisions. › 175.20 - Amusement places, license, regulation.

175.20
Amusement places, license, regulation.
(1)
No person may conduct any dance to which the public is admitted, or conduct, establish or manage any public dance hall or pavilion, amusement park, carnival, concert, street fair, bathing beach or other like place of amusement in any county in which the board of supervisors has enacted an ordinance, adopted a resolution or enacted bylaws in accordance with the provisions of s. 59.56 (12) (b) or (br), subject to s. 59.56 (12m), without first securing a license as provided in s. 59.56 (12) (b) or (br) or 60.23 (10). No person required to have such a license may conduct a dance to which the public is admitted except in the presence and under the supervision of a county dance supervisor.
(3)
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section may be fined not more than $10,000 or may be imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both. In addition, the court may revoke the license or licenses of the person or persons convicted.
History:  1977 c. 64; 1987 a. 332; 1989 a. 336; 1993 a. 246; 1995 a. 201; 1997 a. 283; 2001 a. 109.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 175 - Miscellaneous police provisions. › 175.22 - Policy on privacy in locker rooms.

175.22
Policy on privacy in locker rooms.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Person" includes the state.
(b)
“Recording device" means a camera, a video recorder, or any other device that may be used to record or transfer images.
(2)
Any person that owns or operates a locker room in this state shall adopt a written policy that does all of the following:
(a)
Specifies who may enter and remain in the locker room to interview or seek information from any individual in the locker room.
(b)
Specifies the recording devices that may be used in the locker room and the circumstances under which they may be used.
(c)
Reflects the privacy interests of individuals who use the locker room.
(d)
Specifies that no person may use a cell phone to capture, record, or transfer a representation of a nude or partially nude person in the locker room.
History:  2007 a. 118.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 175 - Miscellaneous police provisions. › 175.25 - Storage of junked automobiles.

175.25
Storage of junked automobiles.
(1)
No person, firm, partnership or corporation shall accumulate or store any junked automobiles or parts thereof outside of any building on any real estate located within the corporate limits of any city, village or town except upon a permit issued by the common council or village or town board.
(2)
No accumulation or storage of such material shall be allowed within 2,000 feet outside of the corporate limits of a city or village or within 750 feet of the center line of any county trunk, state trunk or federal highway or within 500 feet of the center line of any town road, except upon a permit issued by permission of the town board.
(3)
The permit issued by city council, village or town board shall be signed either by the mayor or president or chairperson as the case may be and clerk thereof and shall specify the quantity and manner of storing such junk. Such permit shall be revocable at any time by such council or board after a hearing at which it has been found that the permit holder has failed or refused to comply with the ordinances or restrictions providing regulations for the storage of such junked automobiles or parts thereof. Such hearing may be held by the common council of any city or the board of any town or village upon its own motion, or upon the complaint in writing, duly signed and verified by a complainant. Such complaint shall state the nature of the alleged failure to comply with such ordinance or regulation. A copy of the complaint together with a notice of the hearing shall be served upon the permit holder not less than 10 days previous to the date of hearing.
(4)
Any person, firm, partnership or corporation now engaged in the business of accumulating or storing and leaving accumulated or stored junked automobiles, or parts thereof, outside of any building on real estate within the corporate limits of any city or village, or within 2,000 feet outside the corporate limits of a city or village, or within 750 feet of the center line of any state trunk or federal highway in any town on August 19, 1939 may, at any time within 6 months after such date, upon application therefor to the governing body of such town, city or village upon showing such facts, be granted a permit for such place of accumulation or storage; any person, firm, partnership or corporation succeeding a business now engaged in the accumulating or storage and leaving accumulated and stored junked automobiles, or parts thereof, outside of any building on real estate as hereinbefore provided may likewise be granted such permit.
(5)
Any person, firm, partnership or corporation violating any of the provisions hereof shall upon conviction be fined not less than $10, nor more than $50 for each offense, and in default of payment of said fine shall be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that junk, as herein defined, shall be stored contrary to the provisions hereof shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
History:  1971 c. 128; 1993 a. 184, 246.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 175 - Miscellaneous police provisions. › 175.30 - Purchase of firearms in other states permitted.

175.30
Purchase of firearms in other states permitted.
A resident of this state or a corporation or other business entity maintaining a place of business in this state may purchase or otherwise obtain a rifle or shotgun in a state other than this state if the transfer complies with federal law and the laws of both states.
History:  1971 c. 39; 2013 a. 232.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 175 - Miscellaneous police provisions. › 175.32 - School violence.

175.32
School violence.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Law enforcement agency" has the meaning given in s. 165.77 (1) (b) and includes a tribal law enforcement agency, as defined in s. 165.83 (1) (e).
(b)
“Member of the clergy” has the meaning given in s. 48.981 (1) (cx).
(c)
“School” means a public, private, or tribal elementary or secondary school.
(2)
(a)
Any person listed under s. 48.981 (2) (a) shall report as provided in sub. (3) if the person believes in good faith, based on a threat made by an individual seen in the course of professional duties regarding violence in or targeted at a school, that there is a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of a student or school employee or the public.
(b)
A court-appointed special advocate under s. 48.236 shall report as provided under sub. (3) if he or she believes in good faith, based on a threat made by a child seen in the course of activities under s. 48.236 (3) regarding violence in or targeted at a school, that there is a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of a student or school employee or the public.
(c)
1.
Except as provided in subd. 2., a member of the clergy shall report as provided in sub. (3) if the member of the clergy believes in good faith, based on a threat of violence in or targeted at a school made by an individual seen in the course of professional duties, that there is a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of a student or school employee or the public.
2.
A member of the clergy is not required to report a threat of violence that he or she receives solely through confidential communications made to him or her privately or in a confessional setting if he or she is authorized to hear or is accustomed to hearing such communications and, under the disciplines, tenets, or traditions of his or her religion, has a duty or is expected to keep those communications secret. Those disciplines, tenets, or traditions need not be in writing.
(3)
A person required to report under sub. (2) shall immediately inform, by telephone or personally, a law enforcement agency of the facts and circumstances contributing to the belief that there is a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of a student or school employee or the public.
(4)
Any person or institution participating in good faith in the making of a report under this section shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that results by reason of the action. Any health care provider, as defined in s. 146.81 (1), who believes in good faith and in his or her professional judgment that a report is not required under this section shall have immunity from any civil liability or criminal penalty for not making such a report. For the purpose of any proceeding, civil or criminal, the good faith of any person reporting under this section shall be presumed.
(5)
Whoever intentionally violates this section by failure to report as required may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 6 months or both.
History:  2017 a. 143.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 175 - Miscellaneous police provisions. › 175.37 - Warning whenever transferring a firearm.

175.37
Warning whenever transferring a firearm.
(1)
Upon the retail commercial sale or retail commercial transfer of any firearm, the seller or transferor shall provide to the buyer or transferee the following written warning in block letters not less than one-fourth inch in height: “IF YOU LEAVE A LOADED FIREARM WITHIN THE REACH OR EASY ACCESS OF A CHILD YOU MAY BE FINED OR IMPRISONED OR BOTH IF THE CHILD IMPROPERLY DISCHARGES, POSSESSES OR EXHIBITS THE FIREARM."
(2)
Any person who violates sub. (1) may be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days or both.
History:  1991 a. 139.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 175 - Miscellaneous police provisions. › 175.38 - Enforcement of video gambling law.

175.38
Enforcement of video gambling law.
(1)
In this section, “law enforcement officer" has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (c) but does not include a special agent of the department of revenue.
(2)
Notwithstanding s. 945.041, no law enforcement officer may investigate violations of or otherwise enforce s. 945.03 (2m) or 945.04 (2m).
(3)
No law enforcement officer may investigate violations of or otherwise enforce s. 945.05 (1m) unless he or she reasonably believes that the video gambling machine involved may be used in connection with a violation of ch. 945 other than a violation of s. 945.03 (2m) or 945.04 (2m).
History:  2003 a. 33.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 175 - Miscellaneous police provisions. › 175.403 - Trespassing; arrest and removal.

175.403
Trespassing; arrest and removal.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Law enforcement agency" has the meaning given in s. 165.83 (1) (b).
(b)
“Law enforcement officer" has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (c).
(2)
By July 1, 2018, each law enforcement agency shall have a written policy regarding the investigation of complaints alleging a violation of s. 943.14. The policy shall require a law enforcement officer who has probable cause to arrest a person for a violation of s. 943.14 to remove the person from a dwelling.
History:  2015 a. 176; 2017 a. 317.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 175 - Miscellaneous police provisions. › 175.47 - Review of deaths involving officers.

175.47
Review of deaths involving officers.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Law enforcement agency" has the meaning given in s. 165.83 (1) (b).
(b)
“Law enforcement officer" has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (c).
(c)
“Officer-involved death" means a death of an individual that results directly from an action or an omission of a law enforcement officer while the law enforcement officer is on duty or while the law enforcement officer is off duty but performing activities that are within the scope of his or her law enforcement duties.
(2)
Each law enforcement agency shall have a written policy regarding the investigation of officer-involved deaths that involve a law enforcement officer employed by the law enforcement agency.
(3)
(a)
Each policy under sub. (2) must require an investigation conducted by at least 2 investigators, one of whom is the lead investigator and neither of whom is employed by a law enforcement agency that employs a law enforcement officer involved in the officer-involved death.
(b)
If the officer-involved death being investigated is traffic-related, the policy under sub. (2) must require the investigation to use a crash reconstruction unit from a law enforcement agency that does not employ a law enforcement officer involved in the officer-involved death being investigated, except that a policy for a state law enforcement agency may allow an investigation involving a law enforcement officer employed by that state law enforcement agency to use a crash reconstruction unit from the same state law enforcement agency.
(c)
Each policy under sub. (2) may allow an internal investigation into the officer-involved death if the internal investigation does not interfere with the investigation conducted under par. (a).
(4)
Compensation for participation in an investigation under sub. (3) (a) may be determined in a manner consistent with mutual aid agreements.
(5)
(a)
The investigators conducting the investigation under sub. (3) (a) shall, in an expeditious manner, provide a complete report to the district attorney of the county in which the officer-involved death occurred.
(b)
If the district attorney determines there is no basis to prosecute the law enforcement officer involved in the officer-involved death, the investigators conducting the investigation under sub. (3) (a) shall release the report, except that the investigators shall, before releasing the report, delete any information that would not be subject to disclosure pursuant to a request under s. 19.35 (1) (a).
History:  2013 a. 348; 2015 a. 55; 2021 a. 238 s. 45.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 175 - Miscellaneous police provisions. › 175.48 - Law enforcement officer identification cards.

175.48
Law enforcement officer identification cards.
(1)
In this section, “Wisconsin law enforcement agency" has the meaning given in s. 175.46 (1) (f).
(2)
If a Wisconsin law enforcement agency issues photographic identification cards to its officers, it may not require an officer to relinquish his or her card when the officer separates from service with the Wisconsin law enforcement agency unless one of the following applies:
(a)
The officer may not lawfully possess a firearm under federal law.
(b)
The officer did not separate from service in good standing as a law enforcement officer with the agency.
(c)
The officer served as a law enforcement officer for an aggregate of less than 10 years. This paragraph does not apply if the officer, after completing any applicable probationary period of service with the agency, separated from service with the agency due to a service-connected disability, as determined by the agency.
(d)
Either of the following applies:
1.
A qualified medical professional employed by the law enforcement agency has found the officer to be unqualified to be a law enforcement officer for reasons related to the officer's mental health.
2.
The officer has entered into an agreement with the law enforcement agency from which he or she is separating from service in which the officer acknowledges that he or she is not qualified to be a law enforcement officer for reasons related to the officer's mental health and in which the officer declines the photographic identification for that reason.
(3)
Unless sub. (2) (a), (b), (c), or (d) applies, if a Wisconsin law enforcement agency does not issue photographic identification cards to its officers, the law enforcement agency, or its successor agency, as defined in s. 175.49 (1) (i), shall issue such a card to an officer who separates from service with the law enforcement agency upon the separating officer's request and at his or her expense.
(4)
This section does not restrict the right of an officer who has separated from service to go armed with a firearm that is not concealed.
History:  2011 a. 35; 2015 a. 68.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 175 - Miscellaneous police provisions. › 175.50 - Eyewitness identification procedures.

175.50
Eyewitness identification procedures.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Law enforcement agency" has the meaning given in s. 165.83 (1) (b).
(b)
“Suspect" means a person suspected of committing a crime.
(2)
Each law enforcement agency shall adopt written policies for using an eyewitness to identify a suspect upon viewing the suspect in person or upon viewing a representation of the suspect. The policies shall be designed to reduce the potential for erroneous identifications by eyewitnesses in criminal cases.
(3)
A law enforcement agency shall biennially review policies adopted under this section.
(4)
In developing and revising policies under this section, a law enforcement agency shall consider model policies and policies adopted by other jurisdictions.
(5)
A law enforcement agency shall consider including in policies adopted under this section practices to enhance the objectivity and reliability of eyewitness identifications and to minimize the possibility of mistaken identifications, including the following:
(a)
To the extent feasible, having a person who does not know the identity of the suspect administer the eyewitness' viewing of individuals or representations.
(b)
To the extent feasible, showing individuals or representations sequentially rather than simultaneously to an eyewitness.
(c)
Minimizing factors that influence an eyewitness to identify a suspect or overstate his or her confidence level in identifying a suspect, including verbal or nonverbal reactions of the person administering the eyewitness' viewing of individuals or representations.
(d)
Documenting the procedure by which the eyewitness views the suspect or a representation of the suspect and documenting the results or outcome of the procedure.
History:  2005 a. 60.
Instituting Innocence Reform: Wisconsin's New Government Experiment. Kruse. 2006 WLR 645.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 175 - Miscellaneous police provisions. › 175.51 - Reports of missing adults and veterans at risk and of hit-and-run incidents.

175.51
Reports of missing adults and veterans at risk and of hit-and-run incidents.
(1m)
(a)
In this subsection, “adult at risk" means an adult who has a developmental disability, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease or dementia, or who suffers from or could, without access to medication, suffer from cognitive impairment if the impairment would likely render the adult incapable of getting to a familiar location without assistance.
(b)
If a law enforcement agency receives a report of a missing adult at risk, the law enforcement agency shall use the form under s. 165.785 (2m) (a) 1. to disseminate the report using the integrated crime alert network.
(1v)
(a)
In this subsection, “veteran at risk" means a veteran or an active-duty member of the armed forces, the national guard, or the military reserve forces of the United States who is known, based on the information provided by the person making the report, to have a physical or mental health condition that is related to his or her service.
(b)
If a law enforcement agency receives a report of a missing veteran at risk that is provided within 72 hours of the individual's disappearance, the law enforcement agency shall use the form under s. 165.785 (2m) (a) 1. and the integrated crime alert network to disseminate the report as soon as practically possible if the law enforcement agency determines that all of the following apply:
1.
There is reason to believe that the veteran at risk is missing due to his or her physical or mental health condition.
2.
There is sufficient information available to disseminate that could assist in locating the missing veteran.
(2m)
If a law enforcement agency receives a report of a violation of s. 346.67 or 346.70 (1), the law enforcement agency shall disseminate the report through the integrated crime alert network if the law enforcement agency determines that all of the following conditions are met.
(a)
A person has been killed due to the accident that is related to the violation.
(b)
The law enforcement agency has additional information that could help identify the person who has allegedly committed the violation or the vehicle involved in the violation.
(c)
An alert could help avert further harm or aid in apprehending the person who allegedly committed the violation.
History:  2013 a. 264; 2015 a. 315; 2017 a. 175.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 175 - Miscellaneous police provisions. › 175.55 - Use of drones restricted.

175.55
Use of drones restricted.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Drone" has the meaning given in s. 114.105 (1) (a).
(b)
“Wisconsin law enforcement agency" has the meaning given in s. 165.77 (1) (c) and includes the department of justice and a tribal law enforcement agency.
(2)
No Wisconsin law enforcement agency may use a drone to gather evidence or other information in a criminal investigation from or at a place or location where an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy without first obtaining a search warrant under s. 968.12. This subsection does not apply to the use of a drone in a public place or to assist in an active search and rescue operation, to locate an escaped prisoner, to surveil a place or location for the purpose of executing an arrest warrant, or if a law enforcement officer has reasonable suspicion to believe that the use of a drone is necessary to prevent imminent danger to an individual or to prevent imminent destruction of evidence.
History:  2013 a. 213; 2017 a. 322.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 175 - Miscellaneous police provisions. › 175.65 - Law enforcement agency employment files.

175.65
Law enforcement agency employment files.
Each Wisconsin law enforcement agency, as defined in s. 165.85 (2) (bv), shall keep an employment file, as defined in s. 165.85 (2) (ap), for each person the agency employs.
History:  2021 a. 82.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 177 - Uniform unclaimed property act. › 177.015 - Inapplicability to foreign transactions and other exemptions.

177.015
Inapplicability to foreign transactions and other exemptions.
(1)
Notwithstanding this chapter, a cooperative organized under ch. 185 or 193 may effect the forfeiture to the cooperative of unclaimed funds as provided in ss. 185.03 (10), 185.75 (1), 193.301 (14), and 193.905 (4).
(2)
This chapter does not apply to any of the following:
(a)
Property held, due, and owing in a foreign country if the transaction out of which the property arose was a foreign transaction.
(b)
Any payment or credit shown on the books and records of a business association owed to another business association in the ordinary course of business.
(c)
Property described in s. 20.912 (1).
History:  1985 a. 30, 332; 2005 a. 441; 2021 a. 87.