Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 782 - Habeas corpus.
782.37 - Penalty for refusing papers.

782.37 Penalty for refusing papers. If any officer or other person refuses to deliver a copy of any order, warrant, process or other authority, by which the officer or other person detains any person, to anyone who demands the copy and who tenders the fees for the copy, the officer or other person shall be liable to the person so detained in the sum of $200, to be recovered in an action.
History: 1979 c. 32 s. 59; Stats. 1979 s. 782.37; 1993 a. 486; 1997 a. 254.

Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 782 - Habeas corpus.

782.01 - Habeas corpus, who to have; definitions.

782.02 - Who not entitled to.

782.03 - Petition for writ.

782.04 - Petition; contents.

782.05 - Application to officer in another county.

782.06 - Writ granted without delay.

782.07 - Form of writ.

782.08 - Writ, when sufficient.

782.09 - Refusal of writ.

782.10 - Writ, who may serve.

782.11 - Petitioner, when to pay charges.

782.12 - Service of writ, when complete.

782.13 - Return to writ.

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.

782.21 - When remanded.

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.

782.34 - Order of arrest.

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.