302.14 Property of deceased inmates, parolees, probationers or persons on extended supervision, disposition. When an inmate of a prison, a parolee of an institution, a person on extended supervision or a person on probation to the department dies leaving an estate, after paying all costs and obligations under ss. 301.32 and 301.325, of $150 or less in the trust of the warden, superintendent or secretary, the warden, superintendent or secretary shall try to determine whether or not the estate is to be probated. If probate proceedings are not commenced within 90 days, the warden, superintendent or secretary shall turn over the money or securities to the nearest of kin as evidenced by the records of the institution and the department.
History: 1989 a. 31 s. 1633; Stats. 1989 s. 302.14; 1997 a. 283; 2017 a. 246.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 302 - Prisons; state, county and municipal.
302.01 - State prisons defined and named.
302.02 - Jurisdiction and extent of state correctional institutions.
302.025 - Service of process on prison officers, employees, or inmates.
302.04 - Duties of warden and superintendents.
302.043 - Release of inmates serving risk reduction sentences.
302.045 - Challenge incarceration program.
302.05 - Wisconsin substance abuse program.
302.055 - Transfer of inmates to resource center.
302.06 - Delivery of persons to prisons.
302.07 - Maintenance of order.
302.08 - Humane treatment and punishment.
302.09 - Labor and communications.
302.095 - Delivering articles to inmate.
302.10 - Solitary confinement.
302.105 - Notification prior to expiration of sentence.
302.107 - Notification upon revocation.
302.113 - Release to extended supervision for felony offenders not serving life sentences.
302.116 - Extended supervision conditions for sex offenders.
302.117 - Notice regarding ineligibility to vote.
302.13 - Preservation of property an inmate brings to prison.
302.15 - Activities off grounds.
302.18 - Transfers of inmates.
302.185 - Transfer to foreign countries under treaty.
302.19 - Temporary detention of inmates.
302.20 - Uniforms for correctional officers.
302.21 - Vocational education program in auto body repair at the Green Bay Correctional Institution.
302.25 - Interstate corrections compact.
302.26 - Corrections compact; contracts with other states; approval.
302.27 - Contracts for temporary housing for or detention of persons on probation or prisoners.
302.315 - Use of county house of correction.
302.336 - County jail in populous counties.
302.34 - Use of jail of another county.
302.35 - Removal of prisoners in emergency.
302.36 - Classification of prisoners.
302.365 - Jail and house of correction program standards.
302.37 - Maintenance of jail and care of prisoners.
302.372 - Prisoner reimbursement to a county.
302.373 - Prisoner reimbursement to municipality.
302.375 - Restrictions on liquor and dangerous drugs; placement of prisoners.
302.38 - Medical care of prisoners.
302.381 - Emergency services for crisis intervention for prisoners.
302.383 - Mental health treatment of prisoners.
302.384 - Procedure if a prisoner refuses appropriate care or treatment.
302.385 - Correctional institution health care.
302.386 - Medical and dental services for prisoners and forensic patients.
302.388 - Prisoner medical records.
302.39 - Freedom of worship; religious ministration.
302.40 - Discipline; solitary confinement.
302.42 - Jailer constantly at jail.
302.425 - Home detention programs.
302.44 - Cooperation between counties regarding prisoners.
302.445 - Confinement of county jail prisoners in tribal jails.
302.446 - Confinement of tribal prisoners in county jails.