782.30 Order of discharge, how enforced, action for damages. Obedience to any final order discharging or directing the discharge of any prisoner may be enforced by the court making the order by attachment, in the manner provided for a neglect to make a return to a writ of habeas corpus and with the like effect in all respects. The person who is guilty of disobedience of the order shall be liable to the prisoner in the sum of $1,250 for damages, in addition to any special damages that the prisoner may have sustained.
History: 1979 c. 32 s. 59; Stats. 1979 s. 782.30; 1997 a. 254.
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.