Attorney's Note

Under the Wisconsin Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class F felonyup to 12 years 6 monthsup to $25,000
For details, see § 939.50

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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 154.15

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
   (1)    Any person who intentionally conceals, cancels, defaces, obliterates or damages the declaration of another without the declarant’s consent may be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 30 days or both.
   (2)   Any person who, with the intent to cause a withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures or feeding tubes contrary to the wishes of the declarant, illegally falsifies or forges the declaration of another or conceals a declaration revoked under s. 154.05 (1) (a) or (b) or any person who intentionally withholds actual knowledge of a revocation under s. 154.05 is guilty of a Class F felony.