782.16 Obedience to writ compelled. If any person upon whom such writ shall have been duly served shall refuse or neglect to obey the same, within the time required, and no sufficient excuse shall be shown for such refusal or neglect the court or judge before whom such writ is returnable shall, upon proof of such service, forthwith issue an attachment against such person, directed to the sheriff of any county, commanding the sheriff forthwith to apprehend such person and to bring the person before such court or judge. The person so brought shall be committed to the county jail until making return to such writ and comply with any order that may be made in relation to the prisoner.
History: 1979 c. 32 s. 59; 1979 c. 176; Stats. 1979 s. 782.16.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
782.01 - Habeas corpus, who to have; definitions.
782.05 - Application to officer in another county.
782.06 - Writ granted without delay.
782.08 - Writ, when sufficient.
782.11 - Petitioner, when to pay charges.
782.12 - Service of writ, when complete.
782.14 - Return, what to state.
782.15 - Prisoner produced, exception.
782.16 - Obedience to writ compelled.
782.17 - Attachment of sheriff.
782.18 - Attachment may issue.
782.19 - Return may be traversed.
782.20 - When party discharged.
782.22 - Discharge if in custody under process.
782.23 - Prisoner, when bailed.
782.24 - Prisoner, when remanded.
782.25 - Custody of prisoner pending proceedings.
782.26 - Interested person notified.
782.27 - Notice to district attorney.
782.28 - Transfer from circuit court commissioner.
782.29 - Proceedings in absence of prisoner; appearance by attorney.
782.30 - Order of discharge, how enforced, action for damages.
782.31 - Nonliability of officers.
782.32 - Reimprisonment for same cause; when cause not same.
782.33 - Warrant in lieu of writ.
782.35 - Warrant, how executed.
782.36 - Proceedings for unlawful detention.
782.37 - Penalty for refusing papers.
782.38 - Reimprisoning party discharged.
782.39 - Concealment of person entitled to writ.
782.44 - Prisoner brought for trial or as witness.
782.45 - Witness fees, inmates of state institutions.
782.46 - Habeas corpus not available to prisoners passing through this state.