Chapter 172 — ANIMALS DISTRAINED OR DOING DAMAGE
17 sections in this chapter.
Wis. Stat. § 172.01 Animals not to run at large
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172.01 Animals not to run at large.
Wis. Stat. § 172.012 Exemption
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172.012 Exemption.
Wis. Stat. § 172.015 Livestock on highways; penalty
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172.015 Livestock on highways; penalty.
Wis. Stat. § 172.02 Taking up animal; notice
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172.02 Taking up animal; notice.
Wis. Stat. § 172.03 Notice, if owner unknown
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172.03 Notice, if owner unknown.
Wis. Stat. § 172.04 Appraisal of animals
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172.04 Appraisal of animals.
Wis. Stat. § 172.05 Restoring an animal to its owner
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172.05 Restoring an animal to its owner.
Wis. Stat. § 172.06 Ownership by finder; sale
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172.06 Ownership by finder; sale.
Wis. Stat. § 172.07 Penalties
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172.07 Penalties. SUBCHAPTER I ANIMALS DISTRAINED 172.01 Animals not to run at large. No stallion over one year old, nor bull over 6 months old, nor boar, nor ram, nor billy goat over 4 months old shall run at large. If the owner or keeper of an animal described in this section, …
Wis. Stat. § 172.08 Rams may be taken up; liability
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172.08 Rams may be taken up; liability. (1) If the owner of any ram permits the ram to go at large or out of the ram’s enclosure between July 15 and December 1 in the same year, the owner shall forfeit $10 for each time that the ram is found at large and taken up, 50 percent of w…
Wis. Stat. § 172.51 Animals distrained; proceedings
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172.51 Animals distrained; proceedings. (1) The owner or occupant of any lands may distrain any beast doing damage on the premises, either while upon the premises or upon immediate pursuit of the beasts escaping from the premises and before returning to the enclosure of or to the…
Wis. Stat. § 172.52 Appraisal
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172.52 Appraisal. The freeholders appointed as appraisers under s. 172.51 shall be immediately notified and shall immediately repair to the place damaged by the animals and view the damages done. The appraisers may take evidence of any witnesses of the facts and circumstances nec…
Wis. Stat. § 172.53 Impounding; care; expense
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172.53 Impounding; care; expense. (1) Unless the damages determined under s. 172.52, together with the fees of the appraisers and chairperson, president or mayor, have been paid within 24 hours after the appraisal, the person distraining the beasts shall cause the beasts to be co…
Wis. Stat. § 172.54 Time and notice of sale
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172.54 to 172.56, until the damages, fees and costs of keeping the beasts after appraisal are paid or until they are otherwise seized or discharged according to law. The confined beasts shall be furnished with suitable food from the time of seizure until they are discharged or so…
Wis. Stat. § 172.55 Sale of animal not impounded
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172.55 Sale of animal not impounded. If in consequence of there being no pound within the distraining person’s city, town or village of residence the beasts distrained under s. 172.51 are kept in some other enclosure and the beasts are not discharged in the manner provided under …
Wis. Stat. § 172.56 Proceeds of sale
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172.56 Proceeds of sale. (1) From the proceeds of the sale under s. 172.54 or 172.55, the person making the sale shall retain his or her fees, which shall be the same as are allowed to 172.57 constables upon sales of personal property on execution, and the cost of keeping the bea…
Wis. Stat. § 172.57 Damaging, or taking animal from, pound
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172.57 Damaging, or taking animal from, pound. Any person who willfully damages any pound maintained or supported by any town, city, village or county or wrongfully and forcibly takes, drives or releases from the pound any animal lawfully confined in the pound shall forfeit not m…