157.64 Penalties.
(1) In addition to or in lieu of other remedies provided by law, any person who violates this subchapter or any rule promulgated under this subchapter may be required to forfeit not more than $200 for each separate offense. Each day of continued violation constitutes a separate offense.
(2) Any person who intentionally does any of the following may be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than 90 days, or both, for the first offense and may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months, or both, for each subsequent offense:
(a) Violates s. 157.08 (2) (b), 157.11 (9g), or 157.12 (2) (b), (c), or (d).
(b) Fails to handle funds for the improvement and care of a cemetery as required in s. 157.11 or 157.125.
(c) Fails to deposit or invest care funds or preneed trust funds as required in s. 157.19.
(d) Fails to file a report or files an incomplete, false or misleading report under s. 157.62 (1) or (2).
(e) Fails to maintain records as required in s. 157.62 (3) and (4).
(f) Files a false or misleading certification under s. 157.63.
(g) Violates s. 157.111.
(3) Any person who intentionally commits an act specified under sub. (2) (a) to (f) with intent to defraud may be punished for theft under s. 943.20.
History: 1989 a. 307; 1991 a. 269; 1993 a. 386; 2015 a. 237.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 157 - Disposition of human remains.
157.01 - Rules for preparation, transportation and disposition.
157.02 - Disposal of unclaimed corpses.
157.055 - Disposal of human remains during state of emergency relating to public health.
157.062 - Cemetery associations; creation; powers and duties.
157.064 - Cemetery associations and religious associations; holding property; change of ownership.
157.065 - Location and ownership of cemeteries.
157.067 - Connection with funeral establishment prohibited.
157.10 - Alienation, disposition, and use of cemetery lots and mausoleum spaces.
157.11 - Improvement and care of cemetery lots and grounds.
157.111 - Opening and closing of burial places.
157.112 - Reburial of human remains by a cemetery authority.
157.113 - Permission to place cremated human remains in a cemetery.
157.114 - Duty to provide for burials.
157.115 - Abandonment of cemeteries and cemetery lots.
157.123 - Columbaria maintained by religious associations.
157.125 - Trustees for the care of cemeteries or cemetery lots.
157.128 - Minimum acreage requirement for cemetery established on or after November 1, 1991.
157.129 - Minimum acreage of cemeteries; local ordinance.
157.19 - Deposit and investment of care funds and preneed trust funds.
157.50 - Municipal cemeteries.
157.60 - Public easement in cemetery.
157.62 - Reporting; record keeping; audits.