973.077 Burden of proof; liabilities.
(1) It is not necessary for the state to negate any exemption or exception regarding any crime in any complaint, information, indictment or other pleading or in any trial, hearing or other proceeding under s. 973.076. The burden of proof of any exemption or exception is upon the person claiming it.
(2) In the absence of proof that a person is the duly authorized holder of an appropriate federal registration or order form, the person is presumed not to be the holder of the registration or form. The burden of proof is upon the person to rebut the presumption.
(3) No liability is imposed by ss. 973.075 to 973.077 upon any authorized law enforcement officer or employee engaged in the lawful performance of duties.
History: 1981 c. 267.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
973.01 - Bifurcated sentence of imprisonment and extended supervision.
973.013 - Indeterminate sentence; Wisconsin state prisons.
973.0135 - Sentence for certain serious felonies; parole eligibility determination.
973.015 - Special disposition.
973.02 - Place of imprisonment when none expressed.
973.032 - Sentence to intensive sanctions program.
973.0335 - Sentencing; restriction on possession of body armor.
973.035 - Transfer to state-local shared correctional facilities.
973.04 - Credit for imprisonment under earlier sentence for the same crime.
973.042 - Child pornography surcharge.
973.043 - Drug offender diversion surcharge.
973.045 - Crime victim and witness assistance surcharge.
973.0455 - Crime prevention funding board surcharge.
973.046 - Deoxyribonucleic acid analysis surcharge.
973.047 - Deoxyribonucleic acid analysis requirements.
973.048 - Sex offender reporting requirements.
973.049 - Sentencing; restrictions on contact.
973.055 - Domestic abuse surcharges.
973.057 - Global positioning system tracking surcharge.
973.06 - Costs, fees, and surcharges.
973.075 - Forfeiture of property derived from crime and certain vehicles.
973.076 - Forfeiture proceedings.
973.077 - Burden of proof; liabilities.
973.08 - Records accompanying prisoner.
973.10 - Control and supervision of probationers.
973.11 - Placements with volunteers in probation program.
973.12 - Sentence of a repeater or persistent repeater.
973.123 - Sentence for certain violent offenses; use of a firearm.
973.125 - Notice of lifetime supervision for serious sex offenders.
973.13 - Excessive sentence, errors cured.
973.135 - Courts to report convictions to the state superintendent of public instruction.
973.137 - Courts to report convictions to the department of transportation.
973.14 - Sentence to house of correction.
973.15 - Sentence, terms, escapes.
973.17 - Judgment against a corporation or limited liability company.
973.176 - Notice of restrictions.
973.18 - Notice of rights to appeal and representation.
973.19 - Motion to modify sentence.
973.195 - Sentence adjustment.