Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 23 - Conservation.
23.61 - Search and seizure; when authorized.

23.61 Search and seizure; when authorized. A search of a person, object or place may be made and things may be seized when the search is made:
(1) Incident to a lawful arrest;
(2) With consent;
(3) Pursuant to a valid search warrant;
(4) With the authority and within the scope of a right of lawful inspection;
(5) Incident to the issuance of a lawfully issued citation under s. 23.60;
(6) During an authorized temporary questioning under s. 23.59; or
(7) As otherwise authorized by law.
History: 1975 c. 365.
The warrantless search of a fisherman's truck by state conservation wardens under s. 29.33 (6) [now s. 29.519 (6)] was presumptively reasonable. State v. Erickson, 101 Wis. 2d 224, 303 N.W.2d 850 (Ct. App. 1981).

Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 23 - Conservation.

23.09 - Conservation.

23.091 - Recreation areas.

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.

23.092 - Habitat areas.

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.

23.10 - Conservation wardens.

23.11 - General powers.

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.

23.118 - Signage required.

23.1185 - Lyme disease awareness.

23.119 - Consent to use certain off-highway vehicles.

23.12 - Bylaws.

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.

23.16 - Periodicals.

23.165 - Promotional activities; other publications.

23.167 - Goals and accountability measures for economic development programs.

23.169 - Economic development assistance coordination and reporting.

23.17 - Ice age trail.

23.173 - Richard A. Grobschmidt Memorial Bridge.

23.175 - State trails.

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.

23.22 - Invasive species.

23.235 - Nuisance weeds.

23.2355 - Weed management grants.

23.24 - Aquatic plants.

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.

23.32 - Wetlands mapping.

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.

23.35 - Reciprocal registration exemption agreements for federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands.

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.

23.52 - Two forms of action.

23.53 - Use of citation.

23.54 - Citation form.

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.

23.66 - Deposit.

23.67 - Deposit and stipulation of no contest.

23.68 - Pleading.

23.69 - Motions.

23.70 - Arraignment; plea.

23.71 - Not guilty plea; immediate trial.

23.72 - Not guilty plea.

23.73 - Discovery.

23.74 - Mode of trial.

23.75 - Proceedings in court.

23.76 - Burden of proof.

23.77 - Jury trial.

23.78 - Verdict.

23.79 - Judgment.

23.795 - Nonpayment of judgments.

23.80 - Judgment against a corporation or municipality.

23.81 - Effect of plea of no contest.

23.82 - Fees.

23.83 - Appeal.

23.84 - Forfeitures, costs, fees, and surcharges collected; to whom paid.

23.85 - Statement to county board; payment to state.

23.90 - Place of trial.

23.99 - Parties to a violation.