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.

134.06 Bonus to chauffeurs for purchases, forbidden.

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.

134.16 Fraudulently receiving deposits.

134.17 Corporate name, recording, amendment, discontinuance, unlawful use.

134.18 Use of, evidence of obtaining credit.

134.19 Fraud on exemption laws.

134.20 Fraudulent issuance or use of warehouse receipts or bills of lading.

134.205 Warehouse keepers to keep register; liability for damages; penalty for fraud.

134.21 Penalty for unauthorized presentation of dramatic plays, etc.

134.23 Motion picture fair practices.

134.245 Definitions.

134.25 Misbranding of gold articles.

134.26 Misbranding of sterling silver articles.

134.27 Misbranding of coin silver articles.

134.28 Misbranding of base silver articles.

134.29 Testing of silver articles.

134.30 Misbranding of gold plated articles.

134.31 Misbranding of silver-plated articles.

134.32 Penalty for violations of ss. 134.25 to 134.31.

134.33 Platinum stamping.

134.34 Duplication of vessel hulls and parts.

134.345 Form retention and disposal.

134.35 Time of filing endorsed on telegrams delivered.

134.36 Telegraph; divulging message; preference in sending, etc.

134.37 Divulging message or forging receipt.

134.38 Companies to post copies of s. 134.37.

134.39 Fraudulent knowledge of dispatch; injury to wires; interference. 134.405 134.41 134.43 134.45 134.46 134.48 134.49 134.50 134.52 134.53 134.57 134.58 134.59 134.60 134.63 134.65 134.66 134.69 134.695 134.71 134.715 134.72 134.73 134.74 134.77 134.80 134.81 134.85 134.87

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…