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. 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, for any reason, permit the animal to run at large,…
Wis. Stat. § 172.012 Exemption
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172.012 Exemption. This chapter does not apply to a humane officer appointed under ch. 173 or a law enforcement officer who takes custody of an animal under ch. 173 or other applicable law. History: 1997 a. 192.
Wis. Stat. § 172.015 Livestock on highways; penalty
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172.015 Livestock on highways; penalty. No livestock shall run at large on a highway at any time except to go from one farm parcel to another. If the owner or keeper of livestock knowingly permits livestock to run at large on a highway, except when going from one farm parcel to a…
Wis. Stat. § 172.02 Taking up animal; notice
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172.02 Taking up animal; notice. Any person finding any animal described in s. 172.01 running at large may take it up, but shall within 7 days after taking up the animal notify the owner, if known to the person, and request the owner to pay all reasonable charges for the animal’s…
Wis. Stat. § 172.03 Notice, if owner unknown
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172.03 Notice, if owner unknown. If the owner of an animal taken up under s. 172.02 is unknown, the finder shall, within 10 days after taking up the animal, file a notice with the clerk of the town in which the animal is taken up and, if the value of the animal exceeds $50, shall…
Wis. Stat. § 172.04 Appraisal of animals
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172.04 Appraisal of animals. The finder of animals taken up under s. 172.02 shall, within one month from taking them up, if the animals are of the value of $10 or more, apply to the town chairperson, village president or city mayor of the municipality where found for the appointm…
Wis. Stat. § 172.05 Restoring an animal to its owner
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172.05 Restoring an animal to its owner. The owner or person entitled to the possession of an animal taken up under s. 172.02, at any time within 90 days after notice is filed with the municipal clerk under s. 172.03, may have the animal restored upon proving rights to the animal…
Wis. Stat. § 172.06 Ownership by finder; sale
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172.06 Ownership by finder; sale. If no claimant for an animal taken up under s. 172.02 causes its return, and if the animal has not been appraised for more than $10, the finder shall become the absolute owner of the animal. If the appraised value of the animal exceeds $10, the a…
Wis. Stat. § 172.07 Penalties
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172.07 Penalties. If any person, without the consent of the finder, takes any animal lawfully taken up from the finder’s possession, without the payment of the finder’s lawful charges incurred in relation to the animal, the person taking the animal shall be liable to the finder f…
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 Time and notice of sale. The poundmaster of any pound shall receive and keep any beasts delivered to the poundmaster under s. 172.53. Unless the beasts are seized or discharged according to law within 6 days, from the time of their delivery to the pound, the poundmaster sh…
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…