Attorney's Note

Under the Wisconsin Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class I felonyup to 3 years 6 monthsup to $10,000
For details, see § 939.50

Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 178.0120

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
   (1)    Subject to sub. (2) (a), the department may collect a fee for filing, or providing a certified copy of, a record under this chapter. The department may charge a fee for providing a certified copy of any record, or for filing any record not identified in sub. (2) (a), pursuant to a rule promulgated under this subsection or s. 182.01 (4).
   (2)   
      (a)    Except as provided under par. (c), the department shall collect the following fees when the records described in this paragraph are delivered to the department for filing:
         1.    Annual report of a domestic limited liability partnership, $25.
         2.    Annual report of a foreign limited liability partnership, $65.
         3.    Articles of merger, conversion, interest exchange, or domestication, $150.
         4.    Domestic statement of qualification, $100.
         5.    Foreign registration statement, $100.
         6.    Foreign transfer of registration, $50.
         7.    Reinstatement after revocation, $100.
         8.    Renewal application, $40.
         9.    Statement of amendment, cancellation, change, correction, denial, dissociation, dissolution, renewal, rescission, termination, or withdrawal, $40.
         10.    Statement of partnership authority, $100.
         11.    Amendment or statement of withdrawal of foreign registration statement, $40.
         12.    Written application for reserved name or renewal of reserved name, $15.
         13.    Notice of transfer of reserved or registered name, $10.
         14.    Application for registered name or renewal of registered name, $50.
         15.    Domestic or foreign limited liability partnership’s statement of change of registered office, $10.
         16.    Agent’s statement of change of registered office, $10 for each affected domestic or foreign limited liability partnership, except if simultaneous filings are made, the fee is reduced to $1 for each affected domestic or foreign limited liability partnership in excess of 200.
         17.    Agent’s statement of resignation, $10.
      (b)    In addition to the fees required under par. (a) or permitted under sub. (1), the department may collect the expedited service fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (d) for processing in an expeditious manner a record required or permitted to be filed with the department under this chapter or for preparing in an expeditious manner a certificate of status under s. 178.0121.
      (c)    The department may, by rule, specify a larger fee for filing records in paper format.
   (3)   A certified copy of a record filed by the department is conclusive evidence that the original record is on file with the department.
   (4)   A person may not sign a document with intent that it be delivered to the department for filing, or deliver a document or cause a document to be delivered to the department for filing, if the person knows that the document is false in any material respect at the time of its delivery. Whoever violates this subsection is guilty of a Class I felony.