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 179.0124

  • 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
   (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.    Certificate of limited partnership, $70.
         2.    Application for use of indistinguishable name, $10.
         3.    Application for reserved name, $10.
         4.    Application for renewal of reserved name, $10.
         5.    Notice of transfer of reserved name, $10.
         6.    Application for registered name, $50.
         7.    Application for renewal of registered name, $50.
         8.    Statement of change of registered agent or registered office or registered agent’s name, e-mail address, or street address under s. 179.0118 or 179.0120, $10.
         9.    Statement of resignation of registered agent, $10.
         10.    Amendment or restatement of certificate of limited partnership, $25.
         11.    Articles of merger, conversion, interest exchange, or domestication, $150.
         12.    Statement of dissolution or statement of termination, $10.
         13.    Foreign registration statement, $75.
         14.    Amendment of foreign registration statement, $15.
         15.    Statement of withdrawal of foreign registration or application for transfer of foreign registration, $15.
         16.    Statement of correction, $15.
         17.    Annual report of a domestic limited partnership, $25.
         18.    Annual report of a foreign limited partnership, $65.
         19.    Statement of negation under s. 179.0306 (1) (b), $10.
         20.    Statement of partnership authority under s. 179.04023 or statement of denial under s. 179.04025, $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. 179.0211.
      (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.