23.50 Procedure in forfeiture actions.
(1) The procedure in ss. 23.50 to 23.85 applies to all actions in circuit court to recover forfeitures, plus costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814, for violations of ss. 77.09, 90.21, 134.60, 167.10 (3), 167.31 (2), 281.48 (2) to (5), 283.33, 285.57 (2), 285.59 (2), (3) (c) and (4), 287.07, 287.08, 287.81, and 299.64 (2), subch. VI of ch. 77, this chapter, and chs. 26 to 31, ch. 169, and ch. 350, and any administrative rules promulgated thereunder, violations specified under s. 280.98 (2) or 285.86, violations of s. 281.36 if the department chooses to proceed under s. 281.36 (14) (f), violations of ch. 951 if the animal involved is a captive wild animal, violations of rules of the Kickapoo reserve management board under s. 41.41 (7) (k), violations to which s. 299.85 (7) (a) 2. or 4. applies, or violations of local ordinances enacted by any local authority in accordance with s. 23.33 (11) (am), 23.335 (21) (a), or 30.77.
(2) All actions to recover these forfeitures and costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814 are civil actions in the name of the state of Wisconsin, shall be heard in the circuit court for the county where the offense occurred, and shall be recovered under the procedure set forth in ss. 23.50 to 23.85.
(3) All actions in municipal court to recover forfeitures, plus costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814, for violations of local ordinances enacted by any local authority in accordance with s. 23.33 (11) (am), 23.335 (21) (a), or 30.77 shall utilize the procedure in ch. 800. The actions shall be brought before the municipal court having jurisdiction. Provisions relating to citations, arrests, questioning, releases, searches, deposits, and stipulations of no contest in ss. 23.51 (1m), (3), and (8), 23.53, 23.54, 23.56 to 23.64, 23.66, and 23.67 shall apply to violations of such ordinances.
(4) Where a fine or imprisonment, or both, is imposed by a statute enumerated in sub. (1), the procedure in ch. 968 shall apply.
History: 1975 c. 365; 1977 c. 29, 305; 1977 c. 449 ss. 44, 497; 1979 c. 32 s. 92 (17); 1979 c. 34 ss. 703b, 2102 (39) (f); 1981 c. 390; 1985 a. 36; 1987 a. 27; 1987 a. 200 s. 4; 1989 a. 79, 284, 335, 359; 1991 a. 39, 97; 1993 a. 16, 243, 344, 349, 491; 1995 a. 27, 216, 227, 290; 1997 a. 35; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 56; 2003 a. 139, 276; 2005 a. 360; 2013 a. 69; 2015 a. 170.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
23.0912 - Land management, maintenance, and improvement activities.
23.0913 - Report on land acquisitions.
23.0915 - Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship program.
23.0916 - Stewardship land access.
23.09165 - Stewardship programs information and public access notice.
23.0917 - Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program.
23.0918 - Natural resources land endowment fund.
23.0919 - Wisconsin outdoor wildlife heritage trust fund.
23.093 - Carp control research.
23.094 - Stream bank protection program.
23.095 - Protection of natural resources.
23.0951 - Wildlife action plan.
23.0953 - Grants to counties for land acquisition.
23.0955 - Assistance to nonprofit conservation organizations.
23.0956 - Assistance for private conservation activities.
23.0957 - Annual grants to a nonstock, nonprofit corporation; urban land conservation.
23.096 - Grants to nonprofit conservation organizations.
23.0962 - Grant to a nonprofit conservation organization for Black Point Estate.
23.0963 - Acquisition of the Canadian Pacific Railway corridor.
23.0965 - Payments to Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
23.097 - Urban forestry grants.
23.098 - Grants for property development on properties owned by the department.
23.099 - Grants for property development relating to wetland mitigation.
23.113 - Designation of chief state forester.
23.114 - Duties of the chief state forester.
23.115 - Designation of trails, etc.
23.116 - Department property; mapping and access to roads.
23.1165 - Sale of insect repellant.
23.117 - Use of trails by bicycles and electric personal assistive mobility devices.
23.1185 - Lyme disease awareness.
23.119 - Consent to use certain off-highway vehicles.
23.125 - Natural resources board member conflicts of interest.
23.13 - Governor to be informed.
23.135 - Forest land inventory and report.
23.14 - Approval required before new lands acquired.
23.145 - Certain land sales required.
23.146 - Installation of telecommunications systems.
23.15 - Sale of state-owned lands under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources.
23.165 - Promotional activities; other publications.
23.167 - Goals and accountability measures for economic development programs.
23.169 - Economic development assistance coordination and reporting.
23.173 - Richard A. Grobschmidt Memorial Bridge.
23.177 - Nonmotorized recreation and transportation trails council.
23.178 - Off-road vehicle council.
23.179 - Off-highway motorcycle council.
23.19 - Menomonee River conservation project.
23.195 - Monona terrace project in Madison.
23.196 - Willow flowage project.
23.197 - Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship programs; specific projects or activities.
23.198 - Milwaukee Lakeshore State Park.
23.1987 - Fish hatchery infrastructure project.
23.20 - Use of department gravel pits.
23.2355 - Weed management grants.
23.25 - Geographic powers and duties.
23.26 - Natural areas preservation council.
23.27 - Natural areas; definitions; importance; inventory; acquisition; sales.
23.28 - State natural areas; designated state natural areas.
23.29 - Wisconsin natural areas heritage program.
23.293 - State ice age trail area dedication.
23.295 - Ice age trail area grants.
23.30 - Outdoor recreation program.
23.305 - Leasing of department land for recreational purposes.
23.31 - Recreation resources facilities.
23.321 - Wetland identification and confirmation.
23.322 - Fees for computer accessible water resource management information.
23.323 - Wetlands informational brochure.
23.325 - Aerial photographic survey.
23.33 - All-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles.
23.335 - Off-highway motorcycles.
23.38 - Natural resources law violation hotline.
23.39 - Placement of wind turbines.
23.40 - Environmental impact statement.
23.41 - Construction and service contracts.
23.42 - Environmental consulting costs for federal licensing of power projects.
23.425 - Environmental education.
23.426 - Programs at the Horicon Marsh education and visitor center.
23.43 - Entities qualified to evaluate the safety of sport shooting ranges.
23.45 - Nondisclosure of certain personal information.
23.47 - Forms of proof; electronic retrieval of information; reprints.
23.49 - Credit card use charges.
23.50 - Procedure in forfeiture actions.
23.51 - Words and phrases defined.
23.55 - Complaint and summons forms.
23.56 - Arrest with a warrant.
23.57 - Arrest without a warrant.
23.58 - Temporary questioning without arrest.
23.59 - Search during temporary questioning.
23.60 - Search incident to the issuance of a lawfully issued citation.
23.61 - Search and seizure; when authorized.
23.62 - Issuance of a citation.
23.63 - Officer's action after issuance of citation.
23.64 - Deposit after release.
23.65 - Issuance of complaint and summons.
23.67 - Deposit and stipulation of no contest.
23.71 - Not guilty plea; immediate trial.
23.795 - Nonpayment of judgments.
23.80 - Judgment against a corporation or municipality.
23.81 - Effect of plea of no contest.
23.84 - Forfeitures, costs, fees, and surcharges collected; to whom paid.