Neenah, WI

Neenah caps most households at three pet animals of any one kind over five months old, with a hard ceiling of six pet animals total per property.

Neenah bans keeping poisonous reptiles, primates, big cats, bears, wolves, and other dangerous or carnivorous wild animals anywhere in the city, with narrow exceptions for licensed…

Neenah requires an annual operating permit from the Director of Finance to run a pet store, and animals on display must be kept healthy in clean, safe, sanitary quarters.

Neenah has no citywide spay/neuter mandate. The requirement is narrow: an owner can only get the required dangerous-animal license after proving the dog or cat has been spayed or…

Neenah allows small-scale hobby beekeeping on City lots, but only after registering with Community Development, and every hive must sit at least ten feet from a property line and 25…

Neenah does not ban dogs by breed. Instead, the Police Chief declares individual animals "potentially dangerous," "dangerous," or "prohibited dangerous" based on documented behavior…

Neenah allows up to four chickens, doves, or other fowl per property with City registration, a ban on roosters, and a required setback from neighboring homes.

Neenah makes it unlawful to feed wild ducks or geese anywhere within city limits, listing the ban among the code's other public-health nuisances.

Neenah dogs and other animals must stay confined to the owner's property or be on a leash and under control when off it: running at large is banned citywide.

In towns that have adopted Winnebago County's zoning chapter, general and small-animal veterinary clinics must meet the same animal-shelter standards: animals confined indoors, noise…

Winnebago County extends the state dog-licensing law to cats: anyone who owns a cat must follow the same license and rabies-vaccination rules that apply to dogs under the county kennel…

Neenah caps residential sound at 60 dBA from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. and bars yelling or shouting in residential areas during those hours.

Neenah exempts lawn mowers and powered yard tools from its noise decibel limits but bans running them between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m.

Neenah bans unreasonably loud, raucous use of loudspeakers, amplifiers, and public address systems in or near residential and noise-sensitive areas between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. on…

Neenah caps sound at 75 dBA daytime across residential, commercial, and entertainment zones, dropping to as low as 60 dBA overnight in residential areas, under its…

Neenah bans unreasonably loud, raucous noise made by an animal or bird, holding the person who owns, controls, or otherwise cares for it responsible, with an exemption for licensed…

Neenah bars construction, demolition, building repair, and street or highway excavation noise outside 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on weekdays, unless it's emergency work or the City has…

Neenah bans operating a motor vehicle to make loud, disturbing pounding or noise that would annoy or disturb others in public or private areas of the City.

New homes built in Winnebago County's Wittman Regional Airport Traffic Pattern (Air-3) District must add 5 decibels of extra noise reduction beyond the state building code, certified…

Neenah caps unmanaged turf grass, hay and weeds at eight inches on residential lots, with the Weed Commissioner empowered to cut and bill any owner who lets growth get taller.

Trees and shrubs overhanging a Neenah street or sidewalk must be trimmed to 14 feet of clearance over the street and 8 feet over the sidewalk, and owners bordering a street must keep…

Neenah requires a written City Forester permit to remove, trim or otherwise work on any tree or shrub in a terrace or other public area, but generally no permit is needed to remove…

In Winnebago County's unincorporated shoreland areas, removing vegetation within 35 feet of the ordinary high-water mark is prohibited except for routine maintenance, a limited viewing…

Wisconsin has no statute banning rainwater harvesting. Under Wis. Stat. 145.01(10)(br)1, a rainwater gutter or downspout is expressly excluded from the legal definition of "plumbing"…

Neenah bans abandoned vehicles: a car left more than 72 hours on City property, or 108 hours on private property without consent, is deemed a public nuisance and subject to police…

Neenah prohibits on-street parking between midnight and 5 a.m. citywide, with alternate-side and cul-de-sac exceptions carved out for residential R-1, R-2, M-1 and M-2 districts.

Neenah caps stops in marked loading zones -- five minutes for passenger pick-up and drop-off, 30 minutes for truck deliveries -- and reserves bus loading zones for motor buses only.

Neenah's R-1 and R-2 districts cap yard-parked recreational vehicles, including boats and trailers, at one in the front yard among three total vehicles, and three in the side or rear…

Neenah bans overnight parking from midnight to 5 a.m. citywide, but residential streets get an alternate-side exception by even/odd date, and the Mayor can override everything with a…

Neenah requires residential driveways built after May 2023 to have a hard surface and caps width at 30 feet, or 36 feet for two-family homes, with a two-foot side setback and no…

Neenah bans parking within four feet of driveways, ten feet of hydrants and mailboxes, and 15 feet of crosswalks, and requires vehicles to park headed with the flow of traffic.

Neenah bars trucks, tractor-trailers and other commercial vehicles from parking on residential streets in R-1, R-2, M-1 and M-2 districts, allowing only brief stops to load or unload…

Wisconsin caps what a towing service may charge you after a nonconsensual tow from private property. Wis. Admin. Code § Trans 319.03(1) limits removal to $150 regardless of the…

Before building, enlarging, or altering a fence in Neenah, owners must get a permit from the Building Inspector and submit a sketch or design for approval.

Neenah bans electrically charged and barbed wire fencing on ordinary lots, plus junk materials like aluminum siding, vehicle parts, chicken wire, and tarps used as fencing.

Fences in the City of Neenah are regulated by the city Building Code under the authority delegated to Wisconsin cities by Wis. Stat. Sec. 62.23. The Community Development Department's…

Retaining walls are exempt from Winnebago County's yard setbacks under Chapter 23, but that exemption doesn't reach the shoreland setback: a wall within 75 feet of the water still has…

Wisconsin Chapter 90 governs partition (line) fences between adjoining owners of farming or grazing land. Adjoining owners generally share the cost equally, and town fence viewers…

Every dwelling unit in Neenah must have a working smoke detector on each inhabited floor, with the owner responsible for installing and maintaining it under the City's Housing Code.

Neenah allows recreational fires at single- and two-family homes only inside a portable or in-ground fire pit, kept at least 10 feet from structures and capped at 30 inches across.

Neenah bans building any outdoor fire within city limits except the specific cooking, recreational-fire, and permitted burns listed in the code, and the Fire Chief can shut those down…

Wis. Stat. §167.10 requires a user's permit for nearly all consumer fireworks (firecrackers, bottle rockets, Roman candles, mortars, aerial repeaters). Permits are issued by the mayor…

Wisconsin uniformly regulates propane storage, installation, and handling under Wis. Admin. Code SPS 340, adopting NFPA 58 statewide and preempting inconsistent local rules through…

Wisconsin DNR designates statewide Fire Protection Areas under Wis. Stat. § 26.11 where the agency holds primary wildfire suppression authority and enforces stricter ignition rules…

Neenah requires every private residential pool, in-ground or above-ground, to be enclosed by a fence at least 44 inches high that blocks a six-inch sphere, with self-latching, lockable…

Above-ground pools in Neenah skip the 44-inch fence if their walls or railings reach 44 inches high, but access ladders and stairs must be removed or locked when not in use.

Neenah's home occupation rules cap business signage to one nonilluminated sign attached to the dwelling, no larger than one square foot, with no yard signs, banners, or lighted…

Neenah zoning allows a family day care home, a licensed home serving four to eight children, as a permitted use in the R-1 Single-Family Residence District, with no special or…

Neenah requires a home occupation permit from the Department of Community Development before running a business out of a residence, with neighbor notice within 200 feet and annual…

Neenah limits home-based businesses to one extra vehicle of traffic or parking at a time and requires one off-street parking stall for the use.

Wisconsin has only one cottage food exemption written into its statutes, and it is narrow. Wis. Stat. § 97.29(2)(b)2. lets you sell home-canned pickles and other processed fruits or…

Wisconsin has never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit, and it has no exemption that lets you cook meals in your own kitchen and sell them. Wis. Stat. § 97.30(2)(a) requires…

Neenah regulates but cannot ban STRs under WI Act 59 (2017). DATCP tourist rooming house license may be required. WI Stat. §66.1014.

Neenah's Tourist Housing Ordinance at Section 26-661(1) of the Neenah Municipal Code requires every tourist housing property to provide at least two designated off-street parking spots…

Neenah's Tourist Housing Ordinance at Section 26-661(2) of the Neenah Municipal Code expressly requires that all tourist housing property owners and guests abide by the citywide noise…

Wisconsin state room tax is 5% (WI Stat. §77.98). Neenah levies additional local room tax. Platforms auto-collect in many jurisdictions. Total 10 to 14% typical.

Winnebago County does not publish a numeric STR occupancy cap. Maximum guests are set per-property through the Tourist Rooming House license under Wis. Admin. Code ATCP 72, established…

Neenah's published Garages and Storage Sheds handout from the Community Development Department limits each property to one (1) storage shed of no more than 200 gross square feet, with…

Winnebago County zoning defines a mother-in-law suite as quarters accessory to, and used by, immediate relatives of the household in the principal residence, not an independently…

Winnebago County zoning allows a mother-in-law suite as an accessory use only if it sits entirely inside the principal structure and isn't recognizable from outside as a separate…

Winnebago County bars a mother-in-law suite from having its own address, utility meter, or separate entrance: the features that would let it function as an independently rented unit.

Wisconsin's Uniform Dwelling Code (Wis. Stat. ch. 101 and SPS 320-325) sets statewide construction standards for one- and two-family dwellings, including tiny homes built as permanent…

Peddlers, canvassers and transient merchants must get a City of Neenah license before doing business door-to-door, with the Police Chief screening applicants for good moral character…

Anyone operating a food truck or cart on Neenah's public right-of-way or open private property must first get a City mobile food vending license through the City Clerk's office.

Inside Neenah's Central City Business Improvement District, food trucks may park only at spots marked 'Mobile Food Vending Vehicles Allowed' on the City's official vendor parking map.

Mobile food carts on Neenah's public sidewalks must leave a six-foot clear path for pedestrians and stay at least 100 feet from any licensed food establishment's building.

Neenah bars standing, sitting, loafing or loitering on any street, sidewalk, bridge or public ground when it blocks pedestrian or vehicle traffic or building entry, under City Code §…

Occupying a Neenah sidewalk for construction requires a joint permit from the Director of Public Works and the Chief of Police, a written application, and proof of insurance before…

In Neenah, the City, not the abutting property owner, pays to fix a hazardous sidewalk caused by cracking, unevenness or bad drainage, unless the owner, their contractor, or a utility…

Neenah prohibits loitering or prowling in a place, time or manner unusual for law-abiding people under circumstances warranting alarm for safety, per City Code § 11-88, with…

Neenah prosecutes first-offense possession of 25 grams or less of marijuana as a municipal forfeiture rather than a state criminal charge, by adopting Wis. Stat. Sec. 961.41(3g)…

Neenah bans drinking, opening, or even possessing an open container of beer or liquor on public property, streets, sidewalks, and public parking lots, with narrow carve-outs for…

Neenah bans skateboarding on business-district sidewalks -- including the 100 and 200 blocks of Wisconsin Avenue -- and in any City parking ramp, alongside the same limits on bicycles…

Neenah makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate outside a sanitary facility on any sidewalk, street, park or other public area, or on private property in open public view, under City…

Neenah law bars pedestrians from crossing designated highways anywhere except a marked or unmarked crosswalk: the closest thing the City has to a jaywalking ban.

Neenah bans aggressive or menacing panhandling, touching, blocking a path, following a refusing donor, or soliciting near ATMs, banks or transit stops, as a public nuisance under City…

Neenah holds the property owner or legal tenant liable for a noise-complaint violation whenever police cannot identify the actual offender, or once a property has drawn two separate…

Neenah bars unaccompanied kids 16 and under from public places after 10 p.m. on weeknights and after midnight on weekends, with limited exceptions.

Winnebago County closes its parks on a set clock: Community, Grundman, and Asylum Point Parks run 7 a.m.-10 p.m., the Jerry Finch Dog Park 6 a.m.-10 p.m., boat landings 4 a.m.-11 p.m…

Neenah's Water Utility will reduce a sewer bill for water lost to an unknown plumbing leak, but only up to the point the customer is notified: after that, the customer must fix the…

Neenah requires every building, residential and non-residential, to separate aluminum, glass, paper, and plastic containers for recycling curbside.

Neenah bans rear-loading dumpsters citywide except on municipal property; households and businesses must use City-issued carts instead, with three City-maintained dumpster corrals…

Large furniture and similar bulky items, mattresses, couches, dressers, tables, can't go out with regular Neenah trash; residents must schedule a special pickup with the Department of…

Neenah residents must set carts out no earlier than 4 p.m. the day before pickup and by 6:30 a.m. on collection day, placed within one foot of the curb, arrow facing the street, with…

Neenah defines yard waste as leaves, garden debris and brush up to three inches thick: grass clippings, stumps, roots and shrubs with root balls don't count. It can't go in refuse or…

Dumping solid waste on any lot or property in Neenah is unlawful unless it complies with every federal, state and local restriction; a first conviction under the Code draws a $10-$500…

Neenah collects single-family garbage weekly in a 95-gallon cart and recycling bi-weekly, set out by 6:30 a.m. on collection day.

Neenah property owners must clear the sidewalk abutting their lot of snow and ice within 24 hours after a storm ends, or the City does it and bills them, with unpaid charges becoming a…

Neenah cites dilapidated, unsafe buildings as a public nuisance and lets the Chief of Police serve notice to abate; if the owner doesn't act, the City removes or repairs the property…

Neenah sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by zoning district, starting at 25 feet in front and six feet on the sides for single-family homes.

Neenah caps building lot coverage at 30 percent in the C-1 General Commercial District, with the Plan Commission able to raise that to 40 percent on review.

Homes in Neenah's R-1 Single-Family Residence District are capped at 35 feet or two and one-half stories, with matching limits in the R-2 two-family district.

Parades, marches and rallies in Neenah are 'special events' that need a City permit before they happen: high-impact Class A events need 45 days' notice, lower-impact Class B events…

Neenah restaurants may set up sidewalk cafés only in the C-2 Central Business district, with Common Council approval and a required six feet of clear sidewalk for pedestrian passage.

Neighborhood block parties in Neenah are exempt from the City's special event permit process as long as they stay small, off major streets, and need no code variance.

Anyone selling goods or services at a Neenah street fair or festival needs a special event permit verified in advance: the vendor, not just the organizer, is responsible for confirming…

Anyone wanting to use a Winnebago County Parks Department facility for a picnic, party, or performance must first get a use permit from the Parks Director under County Code § 19.10.

Neenah bans camping on any city right-of-way or other city property, but requires police to give a warning and a one-hour grace period to pack up and leave before anyone can be cited.

Neenah caps outdoor light spilling onto neighboring property lines, with a zero-tolerance limit next to single-family and two-family homes.

Neenah bars commercial, industrial, and multi-family lighting from spilling above ambient levels onto neighboring homes and requires full cut-off, downward-directed fixtures under its…

Solar panels are allowed as an accessory use in Neenah's residential districts, but ground-mounted systems face height, setback, and yard placement limits under the R-1 zoning code.

Wisconsin does not merely limit what a homeowners' association may say about solar. Wis. Stat. § 236.292(2) declares that all restrictions on platted land that prevent or unduly…

Neenah's home occupation standards effectively bar auto repair businesses from residential properties by banning mechanical equipment beyond ordinary household or hobby use and any…

Running a pawnshop in the City of Neenah requires an annual City license that expires every December 31, and the City adopts Wisconsin's pawnbroker statute by reference for…

Neenah requires a City-issued license for escort services and bars them from locating within 500 to 1,000 feet of homes, schools, parks, bars, or other adult and escort businesses.

Neenah bars selling, giving or furnishing vapor products to anyone under 18 and requires retailers to verify age by ID or third-party check before an online sale, under City Code §…

Winnebago County licenses tattoo and body-piercing shops through its Health Department rather than a separate ordinance. Operators need an annual permit under Chapter 11, and the…

Neenah's Housing Code requires every dwelling's foundation, walls, roof, windows, doors, stairs and porches to be weather-tight, rodent-proof and kept in good repair, enforced citywide…

Wis. Stat. Sec. 704.17 sets the pre-eviction notice. For nonpayment of rent on a month-to-month tenancy or a lease of one year or less, the landlord gives a 5-day notice to pay or…

Wisconsin Statute 66.0104 and Act 317 prevent municipalities from limiting landlord-tenant relationships beyond state law, including any local just-cause eviction requirement. Eviction…

Wis. Stat. Sec. 704.05(2) lets a landlord enter only on advance notice and at reasonable times to inspect, repair, or show the unit. Wis. Admin. Code ATCP 134.09(2) makes that…

Under Wis. Stat. Sec. 704.19, either the landlord or tenant may end a month-to-month or other periodic tenancy with at least 28 days' written notice. If rent is payable on a basis less…

Wisconsin prohibits rent control statewide. Wis. Stat. § 66.1015 bars every city, village, town, and county from regulating the amount of rent charged for a residential rental unit…

Wisconsin Statute 66.0104 bars municipalities from requiring rental registration or licensing and limits inspection programs to designated districts with blight or code problems…

Wisconsin sets no statutory cap on the amount of a residential security deposit. After a tenancy ends, the landlord must mail or deliver the deposit, less lawful deductions, within 21…

Wisconsin recognizes three adverse-possession tracks. The default under Wis. Stat. Sec. 893.25 is 20 years of uninterrupted possession with no written instrument. Sec. 893.26 shortens…

Neenah declares it a public health nuisance to let trash, rotting lumber, or scrap accumulate on your property in a way that lets rats, mosquitoes, or other vermin breed.

Winnebago County does not post letter-grade placards outside restaurants. Instead, the Health Department requires every retail food establishment to hold an annual permit, renewed each…

Neenah requires new subdivision lots to grade so runoff flows to a right-of-way, drainage way or storm sewer, with lawns near sidewalks sloped no more than three-fourths inch per foot…

Wisconsin's mandatory floodplain program requires Neenah's flood-fringe construction to sit at or above the 'flood protection elevation': two feet of freeboard above the regional flood…

Neenah requires an erosion-control permit for any construction site disturbing 4,000 square feet or more of land, and permitted sites over an acre must hold sediment discharge to five…

The City of Neenah participates in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and regulates floodplain development in conformance with Wis. Stat. Sec. 87.30 and Wisconsin…

Winnebago County's zoning code sets no dock design standards of its own, a boat dock must simply comply with state DNR rules, but it may sit inside the shore yard setback if kept 3…

Wisconsin's NR 115 sets minimum shoreland zoning standards along navigable waters, and the Public Trust Doctrine protects Great Lakes shores. Counties must adopt rules at least as…

Neenah caps window signs at 50 percent of ground-floor window area in business, commercial and industrial districts, and bars them from doors or windows needed clear for pedestrian…

Neenah requires yard-sale signs and display racks to come down within 24 hours of the sale's end, bars sale displays in the public right-of-way, and cross-references the sign code's…

Winnebago County limits electronic message signs to static displays lasting at least two minutes, bans scrolling or fading transitions, and caps brightness at 5,000 nits by day and 500…

Winnebago County lets a municipal clerk, election inspector, building inspector, or law officer pull down any political sign that violates state election law, without notifying whoever…

Neenah limits yard sales to three per year per address and no more than three consecutive days each, allowed only as an accessory use to a residence: the Code sets no time-of-day…

Neenah requires a permit from the Plumbing Inspector before any plumbing work begins, and the work must be done by a licensed master plumber under the State Plumbing Code, Wis. Admin…

Neenah requires a building permit before constructing a deck of any size: the general permit rule covers any structure built, enlarged or altered, with no minimum-size exemption.

Neenah requires a building permit before any electrical wiring, lighting, heating or power installation begins, issued by the City Electrical Inspector under the adopted State…

Winnebago County requires a licensed zoning staffer to inspect every new private septic system (POWTS) before backfilling, with 24-hour advance notice needed to schedule the visit.

Neenah imposes a flat ten percent room tax on hotels, motels, and short-term rental operators renting rooms to transients, split four ways among tourism, an exhibition center, and City…

Winnebago County's Chapter 23 zoning code creates an Agribusiness (A-1) district built specifically to protect large-scale farming: incompatible urban development is barred, and the…

Wisconsin Statute 823.08 protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits by neighbors, requiring courts to dismiss claims unless the farm substantially threatens…

Running a generator, sound truck, or loudspeaker that produces excessive or unusual noise in a Winnebago County park requires a written permit from the Parks Director first, under…

Winnebago County allows smaller non-riparian lots in a shoreland Planned Unit Development in exchange for larger setbacks, tying the density bonus to Wis. Admin. Code NR 115.05(1)(a)4.

Wisconsin has no legal recreational or medical marijuana dispensary program. State law prohibits cannabis sales, so no municipality can authorize dispensary operations through zoning…

Wisconsin prohibits all marijuana cultivation, including for personal use. Growing any cannabis plant is a felony under state controlled substances law. No municipality may authorize…

Wisconsin commercial drone operators follow FAA Part 107. Wis. Stat. 114.045 sets state no-fly zones over prisons, schools, and utilities, and local governments cannot regulate flight…

Wisconsin has a partial drone framework: local governments generally cannot regulate drone flight, but Wis. Stat. 114.045 sets state no-fly zones over prisons, schools, and utilities…

Wisconsin Statute 104.001 expressly preempts cities, villages, towns, and counties from establishing a minimum wage higher than the state minimum, ensuring uniform wage rules across…

Wisconsin Statute 103.10 and 104.001 preempt local paid sick leave ordinances, blocking cities and counties from requiring private employers to provide paid time off beyond state and…

Wisconsin preempts local predictive scheduling and fair workweek ordinances under Wis. Stat. 103.007, ensuring statewide uniformity for employer scheduling practices and forbidding…

Wisconsin Statute 66.0409 broadly preempts local firearm regulation, barring cities, villages, towns, and counties from enacting ordinances stricter than state law on possession…

Wisconsin permits adults at least 18 who are not prohibited persons to openly carry firearms in public without a permit, with statewide preemption blocking local restrictions on lawful…

Wisconsin Statute 941.23 makes carrying a concealed handgun in a vehicle without a CCW license a misdemeanor, while open carry and licensed concealed carry inside vehicles are lawful…

Wisconsin requires footings and foundations to sit below the frost penetration level or at least 48 inches below adjacent grade, whichever is deeper, so 48 inches is a floor, not a…

Wisconsin's dwelling code sets minimum roof snow loads from a state zone map and does not state a ground snow load at all, which is the opposite of how most states publish the figure.

Wisconsin bans gambling as a crime, but Wis. Stat. § 563.11(1) lets bona fide religious, charitable, service, fraternal, or veterans organizations apply to the Department of…

Wisconsin's gambling code has no carve-out for private social games. Wis. Stat. § 945.01(1) defines 'bet' and lists eight exceptions, business deals, contest prizes, bingo, pari-mutuel…

Wisconsin has no commercial sportsbook law. Wis. Stat. § 945.02 makes placing any bet a Class B misdemeanor unless it fits a listed exception, and § 945.01(1)(h), added by 2025…

Wisconsin has no comprehensive non-condo HOA act. Condominium associations get a statutory assessment lien under Wis. Stat. § 703.165 that is foreclosed like a mortgage. Non-condo HOAs…

Wisconsin condominiums run through an association of unit owners under Wis. Stat. § 703.15, which sets meeting-notice, proxy, and voting rules. Non-condo HOAs are governed as nonstock…

Wisconsin overrides anti-solar and anti-wind HOA restrictions by statute. Wis. Stat. § 236.292 voids restrictions on platted land that prevent or unduly restrict solar or wind energy…

Wisconsin protects flag display through two separate statutes, and which one applies depends on whether you own a condominium unit or a lot in a covenanted subdivision. Wis. Stat. §…

Wisconsin sets no dollar cap on association fines and requires no hearing before one is imposed. For condominiums, Wis. Stat. § 703.24(2) makes a unit owner liable for any charges…

Only Wisconsin condominium associations hold a statutory collection lien. Wis. Stat. § 703.165(3) gives the association a lien for unpaid assessments if it files a statement of…

Wisconsin runs the opposite way from states that shield owners who lease. Wis. Stat. § 703.10(3) expressly authorizes condominium bylaws to carry any restriction on the use of the…

You will not meet an OWI checkpoint in Wisconsin. Wis. Stat. § 349.02(2)(a) forbids a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, traffic officer or motor vehicle inspector from stopping…

Wisconsin is a one-party consent state. Wis. Stat. § 968.31(2)(c) makes it lawful for a person not acting under color of law to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication when…

Wisconsin has no general stop-and-identify offense. Wis. Stat. § 968.24 lets an officer who has first identified himself or herself as law enforcement stop you in a public place, for a…

Wisconsin is unusual in codifying the grounds for a search at all. Wis. Stat. § 968.10 says a search may be made and things seized only when it is incident to a lawful arrest, with…

Wisconsin splits these two machines apart in the definitions and then treats them completely differently. A low-speed vehicle has a statewide right of the road: under Wis. Stat. s…

Wisconsin Statute 134.66 bars selling cigarettes and tobacco to anyone under 18 and vapor products to anyone under 21. The federal Tobacco 21 law independently requires all tobacco and…

Wisconsin has not enacted a statewide ban on flavored tobacco or vapor products; sales of menthol cigarettes and flavored e-cigarettes remain lawful under Wis. Stat. 134.66 subject to…

Wisconsin's rule on extra lighting is a colour rule with a count attached. Wis. Stat. § 347.07(2) bars operating any vehicle on a highway displaying a colour other than white or amber…

Wisconsin never legislated dash cams, so the governing rule is the windshield rule, and Wisconsin's version is a closed list. Wis. Admin. Code § Trans 305.34(6) bars any posters…

Wisconsin has never legislated lane splitting in either direction. The phrases "lane splitting" and "between lanes" appear nowhere in chs. 340 to 351, the whole Wisconsin Vehicle Code…

Wisconsin attacks plate covers from two directions. Wis. Stat. s. 341.61 (3) makes it an offence carrying a forfeiture of up to $500 to place any substance on a plate that hinders its…

A radar detector is lawful in a private car in Wisconsin. The phrase "radar detector" appears nowhere in the Wisconsin Statutes or the Wisconsin Administrative Code, and the equipment…

Wisconsin gives ordinary drivers no studded-tire season at all. Wis. Stat. s. 347.45 (2) bans any block, stud, flange, cleat, spike or other non-rubber protuberance that projects…

Wisconsin puts its tint numbers in the Department of Transportation's equipment rules, not in the statute book. Aftermarket film on the vent and front side windows must still pass at…