Except as provided by or inherent or implicit in statute or in rules adopted by the supreme court or required by the constitution of the United States or Wisconsin, no person has a privilege to:

Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 905.01

  • Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia, the states, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the territories organized by congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
   (1)   Refuse to be a witness; or
   (2)   Refuse to disclose any matter; or
   (3)   Refuse to produce any object or writing; or
   (4)   Prevent another from being a witness or disclosing any matter or producing any object or writing.