Wisconsin
Wisconsin Statutes — Criminal Code (Ch. 939–951)
340 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 939.01 — Name and interpretation
- § 939.03 — Jurisdiction of state over crime
- § 939.05 — Parties to crime
- § 939.10 — Common law crimes abolished; common law rules preserved
- § 939.12 — Crime defined
- § 939.14 — Criminal conduct or contributory negligence of victim no defense
- § 939.20 — Provisions which apply only to chapters 939 to 951
- § 939.22 — to 939.25 apply only to crimes defined in chs
- § 939.23 — 939.22(48)(48) “Without consent” means no consent in fact or that consent is given for one of the following reasons:939.22(48)(a)(a) Because the actor put the victim in fear by the use or threat of imminent use of physical violence on the victim, or on a person in the victim’s presence, or on a memb
- § 939.24 — Criminal recklessness
- § 939.25 — Criminal negligence
- § 939.30 — Solicitation
- § 939.31 — Conspiracy
- § 939.32 — Attempt
- § 939.42 — Intoxication
- § 939.43 — Mistake
- § 939.44 — Adequate provocation
- § 939.45 — Privilege
- § 939.46 — or 939.47; or939.45(2)(2) When the actor’s conduct is in defense of persons or property under any of the circumstances described in s
- § 939.47 — Necessity
- § 939.48 — (1) a person is privileged to point a gun at another person in self-defense if the person reasonably believes that the threat of force is necessary to prevent or terminate what the person reasonably believes to be an unlawful interference
- § 939.49 — Defense of property and protection against retail theft
- § 939.50 — Classification of felonies
- § 939.51 — Classification of misdemeanors
- § 939.52 — Classification of forfeitures
- § 939.60 — Felony and misdemeanor defined
- § 939.61 — Penalty when none expressed
- § 939.615 — Lifetime supervision of serious sex offenders
- § 939.616 — Mandatory minimum sentence for child sex offenses and child trafficking
- § 939.617 — Minimum sentence for certain child sex offenses
- § 939.6175 — Minimum sentence for human trafficking
- § 939.618 — Mandatory minimum sentence for repeat serious sex crimes
- § 939.619 — Mandatory minimum sentence for repeat serious violent crimes
- § 939.6195 — Mandatory minimum sentence for repeat firearm crimes
- § 939.62 — (2).939.6195(2)(2) If a person who is a repeater is convicted of a firearm violation, the court shall impose a bifurcated sentence under s
- § 939.621 — Increased penalty for certain domestic abuse offenses
- § 939.623 — Increased penalty for elder person or adult-at-risk victims
- § 939.63 — Penalties; use of a dangerous weapon
- § 939.632 — Penalties; violent crime in a school zone
- § 939.635 — Increased penalty for certain crimes against children committed by a child care provider
- § 939.645 — Penalty; crimes committed against certain people or property
- § 939.65 — Prosecution under more than one section permitted
- § 939.66 — Conviction of included crime permitted
- § 939.70 — Presumption of innocence and burden of proof
- § 939.71 — Limitation on the number of convictions
- § 940.01 — First-degree intentional homicide
- § 940.02 — First-degree reckless homicide
- § 940.03 — Felony murder
- § 940.04 — Abortion
- § 940.05 — Second-degree intentional homicide
- § 940.06 — Second-degree reckless homicide
- § 940.07 — Homicide resulting from negligent control of vicious animal
- § 940.08 — Homicide by negligent handling of dangerous weapon, explosives or fire
- § 940.09 — Homicide by intoxicated use of vehicle or firearm
- § 940.10 — Homicide by negligent operation of vehicle
- § 940.11 — Mutilating or hiding a corpse
- § 940.12 — Assisting suicide
- § 940.13 — Abortion exception
- § 940.15 — Abortion
- § 940.16 — Partial-birth abortion
- § 940.21 — Mayhem
- § 940.22 — Sexual exploitation by therapist; duty to report
- § 940.225 — (5)
- § 940.23 — Reckless injury
- § 940.235 — Strangulation and suffocation
- § 940.24 — Injury by negligent handling of dangerous weapon, explosives or fire
- § 940.25 — Injury by intoxicated use of a vehicle
- § 940.285 — Abuse of individuals at risk
- § 940.29 — or in a facility or program under s
- § 940.291 — Law enforcement officer; failure to render aid
- § 940.295 — (2), who does any of the following may be penalized under par
- § 940.30 — False imprisonment
- § 940.302 — Human trafficking
- § 940.305 — Taking hostages
- § 940.31 — Kidnapping
- § 940.315 — Global positioning devices
- § 940.32 — Stalking
- § 940.34 — Duty to aid victim or report crime
- § 940.41 — Definitions
- § 940.42 — to 940.49:940.41(1g)(1g) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning given in s
- § 940.43 — , whoever knowingly and maliciously prevents or dissuades, or who attempts to so prevent or dissuade any witness from attending or giving testimony at any trial, proceeding or inquiry authorized by law, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.940.42 HistoryHistory: 1981 c
- § 940.44 — Intimidation of victims; misdemeanor
- § 940.45 — , or any federal statute or statute of any other state which, if the act prosecuted was committed in this state, would be a violation under ss
- § 940.46 — Attempt prosecuted as completed act
- § 940.47 — Court orders
- § 940.48 — Violation of court orders
- § 940.49 — Pretrial release
- § 940.51 — Definitions
- § 940.60 — Battery; substantial battery; aggravated battery
- § 940.61 — , 940.62, 940.65, or 940.66:940.60(1)(1) Battery
- § 940.62 — , 940.65, or 940.66:940.60(1)(1) Battery
- § 940.65 — Battery to an unborn child; substantial battery to an unborn child; aggravated battery to an unborn child
- § 940.66 — Battery to an elder person or an adult at risk
- § 941.01 — Negligent operation of vehicle
- § 941.10 — Negligent handling of burning material
- § 941.11 — Unsafe burning of buildings
- § 941.12 — Interfering with fire fighting
- § 941.13 — False alarms
- § 941.20 — Endangering safety by use of dangerous weapon
- § 941.21 — Disarming an officer
- § 941.23 — Carrying concealed weapon
- § 941.231 — Carrying a concealed knife
- § 941.235 — Carrying firearm in public building
- § 941.237 — Carrying handgun where alcohol beverages may be sold and consumed
- § 941.25 — Manufacturer to register machine guns
- § 941.26 — Machine guns and other weapons; use in certain cases; penalty
- § 941.28 — Possession of short-barreled shotgun or short-barreled rifle
- § 941.29 — Possession of a firearm
- § 941.2905 — Straw purchasing of firearms
- § 941.291 — Possession of body armor
- § 941.292 — Possession of a weaponized drone
- § 941.295 — Possession of electric weapon
- § 941.296 — Use or possession of a handgun and an armor-piercing bullet during crime
- § 941.2965 — Restrictions on use of facsimile firearms
- § 941.297 — Sale or distribution of imitation firearms
- § 941.298 — Firearm silencers
- § 941.299 — Restrictions on the use of laser pointers
- § 941.30 — Recklessly endangering safety
- § 941.31 — Possession of explosives
- § 941.315 — Possession, distribution or delivery of nitrous oxide
- § 941.316 — Abuse of hazardous substance
- § 941.32 — 7
- § 941.325 — Placing foreign objects in edibles
- § 941.327 — (1)
- § 941.33 — Intentional destruction of vaccine or drug
- § 941.34 — Fluoroscopic shoe-fitting machines
- § 941.35 — Emergency telephone calls
- § 941.36 — Fraudulent tapping of electric wires or gas or water meters or pipes
- § 941.37 — Obstructing emergency or rescue personnel
- § 941.375 — Throwing or discharging bodily fluids at public safety workers
- § 941.38 — Criminal gang member solicitation and contact
- § 941.39 — Victim, witness, juror, or co-actor contact
- § 941.40 — Injury to wires by removal of building, etc.; tampering with telecommunication or electric wires
- § 942.01 — Defamation.942.03 Giving false information for publication.942.05 Opening letters.942.06 Use of polygraphs and similar tests.942.07 Use of genetic tests.942.08 Invasion of privacy.942.09 Representations depicting nudity.942.095 Sexual extortion.942.10 Use of a drone.Ch
- § 942.03 — Giving false information for publication.942.05 Opening letters.942.06 Use of polygraphs and similar tests.942.07 Use of genetic tests.942.08 Invasion of privacy.942.09 Representations depicting nudity.942.095 Sexual extortion.942.10 Use of a drone.Ch
- § 942.05 — Opening letters.942.06 Use of polygraphs and similar tests.942.07 Use of genetic tests.942.08 Invasion of privacy.942.09 Representations depicting nudity.942.095 Sexual extortion.942.10 Use of a drone.Ch
- § 942.06 — Use of polygraphs and similar tests.942.07 Use of genetic tests.942.08 Invasion of privacy.942.09 Representations depicting nudity.942.095 Sexual extortion.942.10 Use of a drone.Ch
- § 942.07 — Use of genetic tests
- § 942.08 — Invasion of privacy
- § 942.09 — Representations depicting nudity
- § 942.095 — Sexual extortion
- § 942.10 — Use of a drone
- § 943.01 — Damage to property
- § 943.011 — Damage or threat to property of witness
- § 943.012 — Criminal damage to or graffiti on religious and other property
- § 943.013 — Criminal damage; threat; property of judge
- § 943.014 — Demolition of historic building without authorization
- § 943.015 — Criminal damage; threat; property of department of revenue employee
- § 943.017 — Graffiti
- § 943.02 — Arson of buildings; damage of property by explosives
- § 943.03 — Arson of property other than building
- § 943.04 — Arson with intent to defraud
- § 943.05 — Placing of combustible materials an attempt
- § 943.06 — Molotov cocktails
- § 943.065 — Injury caused by arson: treble damages
- § 943.07 — Criminal damage to railroads
- § 943.10 — Burglary
- § 943.11 — Entry into locked vehicle
- § 943.12 — Possession of burglarious tools
- § 943.125 — Entry into locked coin box
- § 943.13 — Trespass to land
- § 943.14 — Criminal trespass to dwellings
- § 943.143 — Criminal trespass to an energy provider property
- § 943.145 — Criminal trespass to a medical facility
- § 943.15 — Entry onto a construction site or into a locked building, dwelling or room
- § 943.20 — Theft
- § 943.201 — Unauthorized use of an individual’s personal identifying information or documents
- § 943.202 — Unauthorized use or possession of a credit card scanner
- § 943.203 — (2) or to access information encoded on a credit card without the permission of an authorized user of the credit card, is guilty of a Class I felony.943.202(2)(b)(b) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class H felony:943.202(2)(b)1.1
- § 943.204 — Theft of mail
- § 943.205 — Theft of trade secrets
- § 943.206 — Definitions
- § 943.207 — to 943.209:943.206(1)(1) “Manufacturer” means a person who transfers sounds to a recording.943.206(2)(2) “Owner” means the person who owns sounds in or on a recording from which the transferred recorded sounds are directly or indirectly derived.943.206(3)(3) “Performance” means a recital, rendering
- § 943.208 — Recording performance without consent of performance owner
- § 943.209 — Failure to disclose manufacturer of recording
- § 943.21 — Fraud on hotel or restaurant keeper, recreational attraction, taxicab operator, or gas station
- § 943.212 — 943.21(4)(b)(b) This subsection is applicable in actions concerning violations of ordinances in conformity with this section.943.21(5)(5) A judgment may not be entered for a violation of this section or for a violation of an ordinance adopted in conformity with this section, regarding conduct that w
- § 943.215 — Absconding without paying rent
- § 943.22 — Use of cheating tokens
- § 943.225 — Refusal to pay for a motor bus ride
- § 943.23 — Operating vehicle without owner’s consent
- § 943.231 — Carjacking
- § 943.24 — 5
- § 943.245 — Worthless checks; civil liability
- § 943.26 — Removing or damaging encumbered real property
- § 943.27 — Possession of records of certain usurious loans
- § 943.28 — Loan sharking prohibited
- § 943.30 — for any civil action brought in good faith under this section.943.245(8)(8) Nothing in this section other than sub
- § 943.31 — Threats to communicate derogatory information
- § 943.32 — Robbery
- § 943.34 — Receiving stolen property
- § 943.37 — Alteration of property identification marks
- § 943.38 — Forgery
- § 944.01 — Intent
- § 944.05 — Bigamy
- § 944.06 — Incest
- § 944.15 — Public fornication
- § 944.16 — Adultery
- § 944.17 — Sexual gratification
- § 944.18 — Bestiality