Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 980 - Sexually violent person commitments.
980.11 - Notice concerning supervised release or discharge.

980.11 Notice concerning supervised release or discharge.
(1) In this section:
(a) “Act of sexual violence" means an act or attempted act that is a basis for an allegation made in a petition under s. 980.02 (2) (a).
(b) “Member of the family" means spouse, domestic partner under ch. 770, child, sibling, parent or legal guardian.
(c) “Victim" means a person against whom an act of sexual violence has been committed.
(2) If the court places a person on supervised release under s. 980.08 (4) or discharges a person under s. 980.09 (4), the department shall do all of the following:
(am) Make a reasonable attempt to notify whichever of the following persons is appropriate, if he or she can be found, in accordance with sub. (3):
1. The victim of the act of sexual violence.
2. An adult member of the victim's family, if the victim died as a result of the act of sexual violence.
3. The victim's parent or legal guardian, if the victim is younger than 18 years old.
(bm) Notify the department of corrections.
(3) The notice under sub. (2) shall inform the department of corrections and the person under sub. (2) (am) of the name of the person committed under this chapter and the date the person is placed on supervised release or discharged. The department shall send the notice, postmarked at least 7 days before the date the person committed under this chapter is placed on supervised release or discharged, to the department of corrections and to the last-known address of the person under sub. (2) (am).
(4) The department shall design and prepare cards for persons specified in sub. (2) (am) to send to the department. The cards shall have space for these persons to provide their names and addresses, the name of the person committed under this chapter and any other information the department determines is necessary. The department shall provide the cards, without charge, to the department of justice and district attorneys. The department of justice and district attorneys shall provide the cards, without charge, to persons specified in sub. (2) (am). These persons may send completed cards to the department of health services. All records or portions of records of the department of health services that relate to mailing addresses of these persons are not subject to inspection or copying under s. 19.35 (1), except as needed to comply with a request by the department of corrections under s. 301.46 (3) (d).
History: 1993 a. 479; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19); 1995 a. 440; 1997 a. 181; 1999 a. 9; 2005 a. 434; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a); 2009 a. 28.

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