Chapter 134, MISCELLANEOUS TRADE REGULATIONS

134.01 Injury to business; restraint of will. Any 2 or more persons who shall combine, associate, agree, mutually undertake or concert together for the purpose of willfully or maliciously injuring another in his or her reputation, trade, business or profession by any means whatev…

134.02 Blacklisting and coercion of employees. (1) Any 2 or more persons, whether members of a partnership or company or stockholders in a corporation, who are employers of labor and who shall combine or agree to combine for any of the following purposes shall be fined not less t…

134.03 Preventing pursuit of work. Any person who by threats, intimidation, force or coercion of any kind shall hinder or prevent any other person from engaging in or continuing in any lawful work or employment, either for himself or herself or as a wage worker, or who shall atte…

134.04 Sale of certain merchandise by employers to employees prohibited; penalty. (1) No person, firm or corporation engaged in any enterprise in this state shall by any method or procedure directly or indirectly by itself or through a subsidiary agency owned or controlled in who…

134.05 Bribery of agent, etc. (1) Whoever corruptly gives, offers or promises to an agent, employee or servant, any gift or gratuity whatever, with intent to influence the agent’s, employee’s or servant’s action in relation to the business of the agent’s, employee’s or servant’s …

134.06 Bonus to chauffeurs for purchases, forbidden. It shall be unlawful for any chauffeur, driver or other person having the care of a motor vehicle for the owner to receive or take directly or indirectly without the written consent of such owner any bonus, discount or other co…

134.10 Invading right to choose insurance agent or insurer by persons engaged in financing.

134.11 Invading of right to choose insurance agent or insurer by persons engaged in selling property.

134.15 Issuing and using what is not money; contracts void. (1) Any person who shall knowingly issue, pay out or pass, and any body corporate, or any officer, stockholder, director or agent thereof who shall issue, pay out or pass, or receive in this state, as money or as an equi…

134.16 Fraudulently receiving deposits. Any officer, director, stockholder, cashier, teller, manager, messenger, clerk or agent of any bank, banking, exchange, brokerage or deposit company, corporation or institution, or of any person, company or corporation engaged in whole or i…

134.17 Corporate name, recording, amendment, discontinuance, unlawful use. (1) Any person who engages in or advertises any mercantile or commission business under a name purporting or appearing to be a corporate name, with the intent to obtain credit, and which name does not disc…

134.18 Use of, evidence of obtaining credit. The adoption of and advertising of any business under any name in its form corporate and not disclosing the name of one or more persons connected with said business, shall be legal evidence that such name is or was adopted or used for …

134.19 Fraud on exemption laws. Any person who shall, whether as principal, agent or attorney, with intent thereby to deprive any bona fide resident of this state of the resident’s rights under the statutes thereof relating to the exemption of property or earnings from sale or ga…

134.20 Fraudulent issuance or use of warehouse receipts or bills of lading. (1) Whoever, with intent to defraud, does any of the following is guilty of a Class H felony: (a) Issues a warehouse receipt or bill of lading covering goods which, at the time of issuance of the receipt …

134.205 Warehouse keepers to keep register; liability for damages; penalty for fraud. 134.405 134.41 134.43 134.45 134.46 134.48 134.49 134.50 134.52 134.53 134.57 134.58 134.59 134.60 134.63 134.65 134.66 134.69 134.695 134.71 134.715 134.72 134.73 134.74 134.77 134.80 134.81 13…

134.21 Penalty for unauthorized presentation of dramatic plays, etc. Any person who sells a copy or a substantial copy, or who causes to be publicly performed or represented for profit, any unpublished or undedicated dramatic play or musical composition, known as an opera, withou…

134.23 Motion picture fair practices. (1) DEFINITIONS. As used in this section: (a) “Blind bidding” means offering, bidding for, negotiating for or agreeing to any term for the licensing or exhibition of a motion picture in this state prior to a trade screening of the motion pict…

134.245 Definitions. In ss. 134.25 to 134.32: (1) “Marked” means stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted upon, attached to a tag, card or label which is stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted upon, or contained in a box, package, cover or wrapper which is stamped, branded, engra…

134.25 Misbranding of gold articles. (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and subject to sub. (3), any person who sells any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of gold or any alloy of gold which that is marked in any way indicating, or designed or intended to indica…

134.26 Misbranding of sterling silver articles. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2) and s. 134.29, any person who sells any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of silver or of any alloy of silver marked with the words “sterling silver” or “sterling” or any colorable im…

134.27 Misbranding of coin silver articles. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2) and s. 134.29, any person who sells any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of silver or of any alloy of silver marked with the words “coin” or “coin silver”, or any colorable imitation of …

134.28 Misbranding of base silver articles. Except as provided in s. 134.29, any person who sells any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of silver or of any alloy of silver marked in way, other than with the word “sterling” or the word “coin”, indicating, or designed…

134.29 Testing of silver articles. (1) In any test to determine the fineness of any silver article mentioned in ss. 134.26 to 134.28, according to the standards contained in ss. 134.26 to 134.28, the part of the article taken for the test shall not contain or

134.30 Misbranding of gold plated articles. Any person, firm, corporation or association, who or which makes for sale, or sells or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in his, her or its possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in …

134.31 Misbranding of silver-plated articles. Any person who sells any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of inferior metal, having deposited or plated on the inferior metal or brazed or otherwise affixed to the inferior metal, a plate, plating, covering or sheet of …

134.32 Penalty for violations of ss. 134.25 to 134.31. Every person who violates any of the provisions of ss. 134.25 to 134.31, and every officer, manager, director or managing agent of any such person directly participating in or consenting to a violation of ss. 134.25 to 134.31…

134.33 Platinum stamping. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Apply” and “applied” include any method or means of application or attachment to, or of use on, or in connection with, or in relation to, an article, whether such application, a…

134.34 Duplication of vessel hulls and parts. (1) In this section: (a) “Direct molding process” means any direct molding process in which the original manufactured vessel hull or component part of a vessel is itself used as a plug for the making of the mold, which is then used to…

134.345 Form retention and disposal. (1) In this section: (a) “Customer” means any person who causes a molder to make a form or to use a form to make a product. (b) “Form” means an object in or around which material is placed to make a mold for pouring plastic or casting metal, a…

134.35 Time of filing endorsed on telegrams delivered. (1) Every person, firm or corporation operating a telegraph line or lines in this state shall, without extra charge therefor, cause to be written, stamped or printed in a conspicuous place upon the addressee’s copy of each te…

134.36 Telegraph; divulging message; preference in sending, etc. Any officer or other person connected with, or in the business or management of, any telegraph company doing business in this state who shall divulge or communicate any telegraph message or dispatch or the substance…

134.37 Divulging message or forging receipt. Any person connected with a telegraph or messenger company, incorporated or unincorporated, operating a line of telegraph or engaged in the business of receiving and delivering messages in this state, in any capacity, who willfully div…

134.38 Companies to post copies of s. 134.37. All telegraph or messenger companies whose employees are affected by s. 134.37 are hereby required to post, in their offices in this state, a copy of s. 134.37, under a penalty of $10 and costs for each and every offense. History: 197…

134.39 Fraudulent knowledge of dispatch; injury to wires; interference. Any person who shall, by any device or means whatever, procure or attempt to procure from any officer or other person connected with or in the business or management of any telegraph company transacting busin…

134.405 Purchase and sale of certain scrap material. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Commercial account” means a commercial enterprise with which a scrap dealer maintains an ongoing and documented business relationship. (b) “Commercial enterprise” means a corporation, part…

134.41 Poles and wires on private property without owner’s consent. (1) No person nor any officer, agent, servant or employee of any firm or corporation shall erect any pole or poles outside of the limits of any highway, street or alley or attach any wire or cables to any tree, b…

134.43 Privacy and cable television. (1g) In this section: (a) “Equipment” means equipment provided by a multichannel video provider that enables a subscriber to receive video programming. (b) “Multichannel video provider” means an interim cable operator, as defined in s. 66.0420…

134.45 Contracts restricting days for exhibiting motion picture films; penalty. (1) As used in this section the following words and terms shall be construed as follows: (a) “Person” shall include any natural person, partnership, firm, unincorporated association, limited liability…

134.46 Exhibition of explicit sexual material at outdoor theater. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Explicit sexual material” means any pictorial or other visual representation depicting sexual conduct or sadomasochistic abuse. (b) “Harmful to minors” means that quality of a…

134.48 Contracts for the display of free newspapers. (1) In this section: (a) “Newspaper” means a publication that is printed on newsprint and that is published, printed and distributed periodically at daily, weekly or other short intervals for the dissemination of current news a…

134.49 Renewals and extensions of business contracts. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Business contract” means a contract that is entered into for the lease of business equipment, if any of the business equipment is used primarily in this state, or for providing business s…

134.50 Poultry dealing regulations. (1) It is unlawful for any poultry dealer to purchase any live or dead poultry without registering annually with the county clerk. (2) Every poultry dealer shall keep a record of all purchases of poultry made by the poultry dealer showing in de…

134.52 Shipment of chickens. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, or the person’s agent or servant, to ship, or for any common carrier or the agent or servant of such common carrier to allow, aid, or abet in the shipment of chickens confined in coops unless such coops are at …

134.53 Transportation and sale of cattle. (1) No person shall transport cattle on any highway unless accompanied by shipping documents setting forth the number of cattle being moved, a description of the cattle, including brand, registry or other identification numbers if any, na…

134.57 Detectives, settlement with employees. Any employer and any person employed to detect dishonesty on the part of employees, or fiduciary agents, on a commission basis or under a contract for a percentage of the amount recovered through or by reason of the detective work don…

134.58 Use of unauthorized persons as officers. Any person who, individually, in concert with another or as agent or officer of any firm, joint-stock company or corporation, uses, employs, aids or assists in employing any body of armed persons to act as militia, police or peace o…

134.59 Felons, burglar alarm installation. (1) No person may intentionally hire as a burglar alarm installer a felon who has not been pardoned. Any person engaged in the business of installing burglar alarms may request the department of justice to do a criminal history search on…

134.60 Cutting or transportation of evergreens. No person may cut for sale in its natural condition and untrimmed, with or without roots, any evergreen or coniferous tree, branch, bough, bush, sapling or shrub, from the lands of another without the written consent of the owner, w…

134.63 Nitrous oxide; restrictions on sales; records of certain sales; labeling. (1) In this section: (a) “Deliver” or “delivery” means the actual, constructive or attempted transfer of nitrous oxide or a nitrous oxide container from one person to another. (b) “Nitrous oxide cont…

134.65 Cigarette, electronic vaping devices, and tobacco products retailer license. (1a) In this section: (a) “Cigarette” has the meaning given in s. 139.30 (1m). (b) “Electronic vaping device” means a device that may be used to deliver any aerosolized or vaporized liquid or othe…