Wisconsin Statutes 29.977 – Civil actions for damages caused by law violations
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 29.977
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- 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
- Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. 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) The department may bring a civil action in the name of the state for the recovery of damages against any person killing, wounding, catching, taking, trapping or possessing in violation of this chapter any of the following named protected wild animals, birds, or fish, or any part of an animal, bird or fish, and the sum assessed for damages for each wild animal, bird, or fish shall be not less than the amount stated in this section:
(a) Any endangered species protected under s. 29.604, $875.
(am) Any elk, $2,000.
(b) Any moose, fisher, prairie chicken, or sand hill crane, $262.50.
(c) Any deer, bear, wild turkey or wild swan, $175.
(d) Any bobcat, fox, wolf, beaver, or otter, $87.50.
(e) Any coyote, raccoon or mink, $43.75.
(f) Any sharp-tailed grouse, ruffed grouse, spruce hen, wild duck, coot, wild goose or brant, $26.25.
(g) Any pheasant, gray partridge, quail, rail, Wilson’s snipe, woodcock or shore bird, or protected song bird or harmless bird, $17.50.
(h) Any muskrat, rabbit or squirrel, $8.75.
(i) Any muskellunge or lake sturgeon, $43.75.
(j) Any largemouth or smallmouth bass, $26.25.
(k) Any brook, rainbow, brown, or steel head trout, $26.25.
(L) Any walleye pike, northern pike, or any other game fish not mentioned in pars. (i) to (k), $8.75.
(2) Any damages recovered in a civil action under this section shall be paid into the conservation fund. The costs of the action, if the judgment is in favor of the defendant, shall be paid out of the conservation fund.
(3) A civil action brought under this section shall be a bar to a criminal prosecution for the same offense and any criminal prosecution for any offense chargeable under this section shall be a bar to a civil action brought under this section.