Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 180.0121

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • 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
  • State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
   (1)   
      (a)    The department shall prescribe and furnish on request forms for all of the following documents:
         1.    A foreign corporation‘s application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state under s. 180.1503.
         2.    A foreign corporation’s application for a certificate of withdrawal under s. 180.1520.
         3.    A domestic corporation’s or foreign corporation’s annual report under s. 180.1622 and a service corporation’s annual report under s. 180.1921.
         4.    An application for articles of conversion under s. 180.1161 (5).
      (b)    The forms prescribed by the department under par. (a) 1., 2. and 3. shall require disclosure of only the information required under ss. 180.1503, 180.1520, 180.1622 and 180.1921, respectively.
      (c)    Use of a form prescribed under par. (a) is mandatory.
   (2)   The department may prescribe and furnish on request forms for other documents required or permitted to be filed by this chapter, but use of these forms is not mandatory.