Wisconsin Fencing Licensing Law
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The following is the full text of Wisconsin’s fencing licensing law statutes as published in the Wisconsin Code. For the official version, see the Wisconsin Legislature.
Wis. Stat. § 192.47
192.47 , constables, marshals, deputy marshals, and federal law enforcement officers.
175.05(1)(d)
(d)
âPersonâ includes a firm, partnership, limited liability company, corporation or association.
175.05(1)(e)
(e)
âPublic utilityâ includes any pipe line, gas, electric, heat, water, oil, sewer, telecommunications, telegraph, radio, railway, railroad, airplane, transportation, communication or other system, by whomsoever owned or operated for public use.
175.05(2)
(2)
â
Unlawful entry on property.
175.05(2)(a)
(a)
Any person or state or any political subdivision thereof engaged in, or preparing to engage in, the manufacture, transportation or storage of any product to be used in the preparation of the United States or of any of the states for defense or for war or in the prosecution of war by the United States or the manufacture, transportation, distribution or storage of gas, oil, coal, electricity or water, or any such person or governmental unit operating any public utility, whose property, except where it fronts on water or where there are entrances for railway cars, vehicles, persons or things, is surrounded by a fence or wall, or a fence or wall and buildings, may post around that personâs, stateâs or political subdivisionâs property at each gate, entrance, dock or railway entrance and every 100 feet of water front a sign reading âNo Entry Without Permissionâ.
175.05(2)(b)
(b)
Whoever without permission shall willfully enter upon premises so posted shall be punished by a fine of not more than $50, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
175.05(3)
(3)
â
Questioning and detaining suspected persons.
Any peace officer or any person employed as security person, guard, or in a supervisory capacity on premises posted as provided in sub. (2) may stop any person found on any premises to which entry without permission is forbidden by said subsection and may detain that person and demand that personâs name, address and business in such place. If the peace officer or employee has reason to believe from the answers of the person so interrogated that that person has no right to be in that place, the peace officer or employee shall forthwith release or arrest that person without a warrant on a charge of violating the provisions of sub. (2) and an employee in case of arrest shall forthwith turn the arrested person over to a peace officer.
175.05(4)
(4)
â
Closing and restricting use of highway.
175.05(4)(a)
(a)
Any person, municipal corporation, or state or any political subdivision thereof engaged in or preparing to engage in the manufacture, transportation or storage of any product to be used in the preparation of the United States or any of the states for defense or for war or in prosecution of war by the United States, or in the manufacture, transportation, distribution or storage of gas, oil, coal, electricity or water, or any such person or governmental unit operating any public utility, who has property so used which that person or governmental unit believes will be endangered if public use and travel is not restricted or prohibited on one or more highways or parts thereof upon which such property abuts, may petition the highway commissioners of any city, village, town or county to close one or more of said highways or parts thereof to public use and travel or to restrict by order the use and travel upon one or more of said highways or parts thereof.
175.05(4)(b)
(b)
Upon receipt of such petition, the highway commissioners shall set a day for hearing and give notice thereof by publication of a class 1 notice, under ch. 985 , in the city, village, town or county in which the property is located, such notice to be at least 7 days prior to the date set for hearing. If after hearing the highway commissioners determine that the public safety and the safety of the property of the petitioner so require, they shall by suitable order close to public use and travel or reasonably restrict the use of and travel upon one or more of the highways or parts thereof, except that the highway commissioners may issue written permits to travel over the highways so closed or restricted, to responsible and reputable persons for such term, under such conditions and in such form as the commissioners may prescribe. The order of the highway commissioners closing or restricting the use of one or more of the highways shall be effective only so long as the public safety and the safety of the property of the petitioner may require. Such order shall be vacated by the highway commissioners when the necessity which prompted it has ceased to exist. Any person feeling aggrieved by any order of the highway commissioners rendered pursuant to this subsection may, within 7 days after the issuance of the order, petition the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration for a review thereof. A copy of the petition shall, within the period named, likewise be filed with the clerk of the local highway commissioners. The clerk shall thereupon certify to the division of hearings and appeals a copy of the order in question together with a transcript of any testimony that may have been taken and any documentary evidence received on which the order was based. On the record so certified and on any additional evidence deemed necessary by it, the division of hearings and appeals shall render its decision affirming, vacating or modifying the order in question. Should additional evidence be deemed necessary by the division of hearings and appeals, at least 7 daysâ notice of any hearing for that purpose shall be given to the person bringing the petition for review and the clerk of the local highway commissioners.
175.05(4)(c)
(c)
Appropriate notices in letters at least 3 inches high shall be posted conspicuously at each end of any highway so closed or restricted by such order. The highway commissioners may at any time revoke or modify any order so made.
175.05(5)
(5)
â
Penalty for going upon closed or restricted highway.
Whoever violates any order made under sub. (4) shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 10 days, or by a fine of not more than $50, or both.
175.05(6)
(6)
â
Rights of labor.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to impair, curtail or destroy the rights of employees and their representatives to self-organization, to form, join or assist labor organization, to strike, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in concerted activities, for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection, under either the federal labor relations act or subch. I of ch. 111 .
175.05(7)
(7)
â
National railway labor act not affected.
Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed to interfere with or abridge or in any manner diminish or affect the rights provided for under the National Railway Labor Act.
Wis. Stat. § 60.23
60.23 (19) and the land adjoining the subdivision is not subdivided, the partition under sub. (1) shall require that an undivided one-half of the fence be maintained by the owner of the adjoining land not subdivided and one-half of the fence divided into equal shares be maintained by all of the owners of the adjoining subdivided land.
Wis. Stat. § 83.01
83.01 Annotation
A county board may provide for an indefinite term of office for a highway commissioner.
80 Atty. Gen. 46
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Wis. Stat. § 83.015
83.015 (2) (b) , the county highway commissioner shall perform all duties required by the county board and by the county highway committee and shall do or cause to be done all necessary engineering and make all necessary examinations for the establishment, construction, improvement and maintenance of highways. The county highway commissioner shall establish such grades and make such surveys and maps or cause the same to be made as the commissioner considers proper, and examine the highways and report as to the condition of roads, bridges and culverts, and make estimates of the cost of the improvement thereof, and of the cost of any relocation when required to do so or when the commissioner considers the same reasonably necessary.
83.01(7)(c)
(c)
The county highway commissioner shall have charge of all county road machinery and tools, and shall be responsible to the county board for their proper maintenance, repair and storage, and shall in the annual report required under par. (d) make a complete inventory of the same, which inventory shall show the date of purchase, the location and condition of such machinery and tools, and the cost and present value thereof.
83.01(7)(d)
(d)
The county highway commissioner shall make an annual report to the department and to the county board at its annual meeting containing an itemized statement of all expenditures made from the county road and bridge fund during the year ending November 1. The commissioner shall include in the report an itemized estimate of the amount needed to properly maintain the county trunk highways in the county for the succeeding year and shall make such recommendations as deemed advisable.
83.01(7)(e)
(e)
The county highway commissioner and the commissionerâs employees may enter private lands for the purpose of making surveys or inspections.
83.01(7)(f)
(f)
Whenever any fence encroaches upon any highway on the county trunk or state trunk system, the county highway commissioner may issue an order requiring the owner or occupant of the land to which such fence is appurtenant to remove the fence from the highway within 30 days. The order shall be served personally or by registered mail. If the fence is not sooner removed the commissioner shall, after the expiration of 30 days, remove the fence. The commissioner shall keep an accurate account of the expense thereof which shall be paid by the county. The expense shall be charged to the town in which such lands are situated and shall be added to its tax roll as a special tax against such lands, and shall be collected and accounted for as other county taxes are. If the claim of encroachment is disputed, the dispute shall be decided in the manner prescribed by s.
Wis. Stat. § 84.095
84.095 (7) (a) .
82.01(6)
(6)
â
âMunicipalityâ means a city, village, or town.
82.01(7)
(7)
â
âOpenedâ means the completion of work on a highway that places the highway in a condition ready for public use.
82.01(8)
(8)
â
âRecorded highwayâ means a highway for which the order laying out or altering the highway, or a certified copy of the order, has been recorded in the office of the register of deeds in the county in which the highway is situated or, for highways that were laid out or altered before January 1, 2005, in the office of the clerk of the town or the county in which the highway is situated.
82.01(9)
(9)
â
âTown line highwayâ means a highway that runs on or across the boundary line between a town and another town, a village, or a city.
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Wis. Stat. § 84.10345
84.10345
Nichole M. Frye Memorial Bridge.
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Wis. Stat. § 85.28
85.28
Driver license reinstatement training program.
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Wis. Stat. § 86.001
86.001
â
Definitions.
In this chapter:
86.001(1m)
(1m)
â
âDepartmentâ means the department of transportation.
86.001(2)
(2)
â
âDivision of hearings and appealsâ means the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration.
86.001(2m)
(2m)
â
âOfficeâ means the office of the commissioner of railroads.
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Wis. Stat. § 87.17
87.17 , streets and highways shall be deemed to be the property of the public corporation which is under legal duty to maintain them;
87.07(1)(c)
(c)
Defining by political subdivisions the drainage area, and stating the most recent equalized assessed value of the real estate in each of the political subdivisions constituting such area;
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Wis. Stat. § 88.48
88.48
Assessment of county and municipal lands.
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Wis. Stat. § 89.03
89.03 Cross-reference
Cross-reference:
See also VE , Wis. adm. code.
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Wis. Stat. § 90.06
90.06
â
Relocation of fence.
90.06(1)
(1)
â
When any owner or occupant of land builds a fence before a boundary line has been located between that land and any adjoining land and the location of the boundary line establishes that the fence is located on the adjoining land, the person who built the fence or that personâs grantee, devisee or heirs shall be the owner of the fence. The owner of the fence shall relocate the fence to the boundary line within 30 days after service of written notice of the location of the fence upon the owner of the fence by the owner or occupant of the land upon which the fence is located.
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Wis. Stat. § 94.76
94.76 .
169.01(2)
(2)
â
âCaptiveâ means any of the following:
169.01(2)(a)
(a)
Restrained by a cage, pen, fence, or other enclosure.
169.01(2)(b)
(b)
Restrained by physical alterations that limit movement or facilitate capture.
169.01(2)(c)
(c)
Restrained by a leash or a tether or otherwise tied.
169.01(2)(d)
(d)
Held in a controlled environment that is designed to prevent the departure from the controlled environment.
169.01(3)
(3)
â
âCarcassâ means the dead body of any wild animal including the head, hair, skin, plumage, skeleton, meat, or any other part thereof.
169.01(4)
(4)
â
âCircusâ means a scheduled event staged by a traveling company with mobile facilities in which entertainment consisting of a variety of performances by acrobats, clowns, or trained animals is the primary attraction or principal business.
169.01(5)
(5)
â
âConservation wardenâ means a warden appointed under s.
The law belongs to the people. Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 590 U.S. (2020)