Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 782 - Habeas corpus.
782.46 - Habeas corpus not available to prisoners passing through this state.

782.46 Habeas corpus not available to prisoners passing through this state. The officers of all other states, territories and countries are given the right to hold and convey all persons in their custody and charged with or convicted of crime into and through the state of Wisconsin. It shall be a sufficient answer to a writ of habeas corpus sued out in this state by any such person so in custody that the officer holds the person in custody by authority of a warrant or a commitment of such other state, territory or country, a copy of which warrant or commitment shall be attached to the answer of such officer.
History: 1979 c. 32 s. 59; 1979 c. 176; Stats. 1979 s. 782.46.

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.