Sun Prairie, WI

Sun Prairie sets a ten p.m. to seven a.m. quiet-hours standard: a radio, phonograph or similar device that is plainly audible at the property line during those hours is automatic…

Lawnmowers, leaf blowers and other powered garden equipment in Sun Prairie must stay within seven a.m. to nine p.m. under Code Section 8.32.020(H), unless the equipment meets specified…

Construction, demolition and building repair noise in Sun Prairie is confined to seven a.m. to nine p.m. daily under Code Section 8.32.020(G), though the building inspector can permit…

Sun Prairie caps stationary noise at the property line: 65 decibels by day and 50 at night in residential zones, 70 decibels around the clock in commercial zones, and 75 decibels in…

Sun Prairie makes it unlawful to knowingly keep a dog that habitually barks, howls or yelps, or a cat that habitually cries or howls, to the great discomfort of the neighborhood under…

Sun Prairie bans engaged compression (Jake) brakes citywide, caps horn use at three seconds, and requires every vehicle exhaust to run through a muffler that prevents loud or explosive…

Using a loudspeaker or amplifier on Sun Prairie streets or in its parks requires a police chief permit under Code Section 8.32.040, and commercial advertising by loudspeaker on public…

In the City of Sun Prairie, no dog, cat or other animal may run at large under Code § 6.04.060(C). Owners must keep animals tied, enclosed or leashed once off their own property, and…

Sun Prairie lets homeowners keep hens, not roosters, but only after clearing two separate city approvals: a zoning special use permit and an annual chicken-keeping license from the…

Beekeeping is a special use permitted in every zoning district in the City of Sun Prairie, not just rural lots. Section 17.16.140(28) caps a lot at four hives of no more than twenty…

Sun Prairie caps household pets at two dogs and two cats, or three animals of a single species, per residential unit under Code § 6.04.060(E). Anyone who wants to keep more must first…

Sun Prairie does not restrict dogs by breed; it instead declares a dog vicious based on behavior, biting two or more people or inflicting one serious unprovoked injury off the owner's…

Sun Prairie outright bans keeping poisonous reptiles, big cats, bears, primates, wolves, coyotes and dozens of other dangerous or wild species within city limits under Code §…

Dane County does not license cats the way it licenses dogs, but ch. 47.17(3)-(4) requires cats kept in residentially zoned areas to wear an identification tag with the owner's name…

Dane County has no general pet-microchipping mandate, but ch. 47.18(9)(b) requires an owner whose animal has been declared dangerous to provide written veterinary proof that a…

Dane County makes it unlawful to intentionally feed wild deer anywhere in the county under section 47.42, with a carve-out for standing or stored crops and for captive deer kept on…

Dane County's zoning code defines a veterinary clinic as an establishment for medical or surgical treatment of animals, with boarding limited to patients under active treatment. In the…

City code caps noxious weeds, grasses and lawns at eight inches high across Sun Prairie's city limits under § 8.36.010. The building inspector serves as weed commissioner, can order…

No one may remove, injure or destroy a tree or shrub on a Sun Prairie terrace or other public place without a city forester's permit. The forester also orders removal of any diseased…

Trees on Sun Prairie terraces, boulevards and private lots near a public right-of-way must be trimmed to keep branches at least 14 feet above the street or alley and 10 feet above any…

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"…

Sun Prairie declares a snow emergency whenever three or more inches falls in 24 hours, and bars parking on posted snow routes until the emergency is lifted. From December 1 through…

Sun Prairie limits several downtown loading zones to 15 minutes for actual freight loading or unloading once signs are posted, covering spots on King Street, Market Street, an alley…

Sun Prairie reserves designated electric vehicle charging stalls in municipal parking lots for electric vehicles actually plugged into the adjacent charging station. Parking a…

Sun Prairie prohibits parking any vehicle, or any combination of vehicles, that weighs more than 10,000 pounds or runs longer than 22 feet on any street, avenue, or public way in the…

Sun Prairie caps outdoor RV and boat storage at four vehicles per residence, with no more than two of them trailers, campers or boats, and pushes anything over 22 feet or 10,000 pounds…

Sun Prairie bans overnight parking on specific streets rather than citywide: both sides of Linnerud Drive between South Bird Street and South Walker Way, and the south side of Severson…

A vehicle left unattended on any Sun Prairie street or on private or public property for more than 48 hours is deemed abandoned and a public nuisance. Junked, wrecked or unlicensed…

Sun Prairie requires every off-street parking and traffic circulation area, including residential driveways, to be paved with a hard, all-weather surface to the satisfaction of the…

City of Sun Prairie bars parking on any public street or municipal lot for 48 or more consecutive hours, and separately bans stopping in crosswalks, bike lanes, driveways without…

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…

Sun Prairie requires a building permit before installing any in-ground, on-ground or built-in swimming pool, at a flat $150 permit fee. Only small storable pools with walls no taller…

Sun Prairie requires every outdoor swimming pool to be enclosed by a barrier at least 48 inches high with a self-closing, self-latching gate before the city building inspector will…

Sun Prairie caps client traffic at a home-based business rather than banning walk-in customers outright. Under Section 17.16.140(19)(b)(vii)-(viii), no more than two customers or two…

A licensed home daycare in the City of Sun Prairie is a zoned land use, not just a state license. Section 17.16.140(21) permits a Family Day Care Home for four to eight children by…

Running a business from home in the City of Sun Prairie requires a special-use permit under Section 17.16.140(19), available in every zoning district. The home occupation cannot take…

A home-based business in Sun Prairie may display exactly one name sign, capped at two square feet, and only after the home occupation itself has an approved permit, though the sign…

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…

Utility sheds 80 square feet or smaller (roughly 8 by 10 feet) do not require a building permit in Sun Prairie. Sheds over 80 square feet require both a building permit and a zoning…

ADUs in unincorporated Dane County are permitted in appropriate zoning districts under Chapter 10. ADUs must be accessory to the principal dwelling and cannot be sold separately.

Dane County's zoning code flatly bars turning a garage or other accessory building into living space. Section 10.004(2) defines an accessory building as incidental to the main building…

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…

Sun Prairie bans chain link and wire mesh fencing from residential front and street yards, while nonresidential properties may use those materials anywhere and add barbed wire on…

Sun Prairie regulates fences under Title 17 (Zoning), Section 17.36.200 of the Municipal Code. Residential fences may not exceed six (6) feet in height, except within twenty (20) feet…

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…

Outdoor fireplaces and fixed fire pits are two of the enumerated exceptions to Sun Prairie's open burning ban, but the city's amended IFC Section 307 attaches its own setback…

Open burning is banned across the City of Sun Prairie by default. The city's amended IFC Section 307 allows it only for agricultural land, registered prairie and lawn restoration…

Sun Prairie repealed its old fireworks chapter in 2024 and now regulates fireworks through its own amendments to IFC Section 5601: recreational fireworks like sparklers and caps can be…

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…

A Dane County tourist rooming house permit issued under ch. 46.33 runs on the annual cycle set out in ch. 46.34 and ch. 46.35: fees are set in the county's Public Health fee schedule…

Operators of tourist rooming houses, Wisconsin's regulatory term covering short-term rentals, in unincorporated Dane County need a Public Health Madison and Dane County permit under…

Sun Prairie bars yard waste from the regular trash cart entirely. Residents must compost on-site, use the city's yard waste drop-off location, or wait for a special curbside collection…

Bulky items in Sun Prairie are not curbside-on-demand: residents must individually schedule pickup at their own expense, and a single collection cannot exceed five hundred pounds under…

Sun Prairie requires storage areas to stay nuisance- and odor-free under Code § 8.20.140(C), and its cart-positioning section, § 8.20.150.1, requires carts to sit within ten feet of…

Sun Prairie requires every single-family home, duplex, four-unit building, multi-family property and nonresidential facility to separate fifteen categories of recyclables from the…

Sun Prairie flatly bans operating a private dump anywhere in city limits and makes it unlawful to place solid waste on streets or private property, or to dump into someone else's…

The City of Sun Prairie collects residential solid waste from single-family and two- to four-unit homes once a week under Code §§ 8.20.110 and 8.20.130. Carts may go to the curb no…

Sun Prairie's approved-container rule requires nonresidential bulk dumpsters to be watertight, made of heavy-gauge metal or comparable material impervious to animals, and equipped with…

Sun Prairie prohibits anyone from operating, renting, servicing or otherwise controlling a dockless bicycle or scooter share system in the city. A company may operate only if it uses a…

Sun Prairie bans parking any vehicle inside a designated bicycle lane. Bicycles themselves may ride on nearly every city sidewalk, but not on named downtown blocks of Main Street…

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…

Sun Prairie bans encroaching on or obstructing any street, alley, sidewalk or public ground, including letting an obstruction sit on the public way next to your own property, unless it…

The property owner abutting a public sidewalk in Sun Prairie must build and perpetually maintain it at their own cost. If the public works committee orders repairs, the owner has 60…

Property owners in Sun Prairie's B-4 business district can get a director-of-public-works permit to place a temporary fixture on the adjoining sidewalk, but only if it stays…

Closing a Sun Prairie street for a block party requires a street use permit from the city administrator, a $35 first-time fee, and a petition signed by at least 75 percent of the adult…

Putting tables on a public sidewalk in the City of Sun Prairie requires a special use permit under Zoning Code § 17.16.140(25). Cafes may only operate April 15 through October 31, from…

Reserving a Sun Prairie shelter house or softball diamond runs through the parks, recreation and forestry department, which sets the reservation policy, approves each permit, and…

Anyone vending at a street fair, festival or community-trade event in Sun Prairie needs a special event vending permit from the city clerk before setting up a booth or selling on any…

Sun Prairie charges a 7 percent room tax on every hotel, motel, bed and breakfast, or short-term lodging stay under one month, collected by the city treasurer each calendar quarter…

Selling any tobacco product, tobacco paper, or wrapper in Sun Prairie requires a $100 annual license from the city clerk under § 5.28.010, and no retailer may sell, exchange, or even…

Sun Prairie makes it unlawful for anyone other than a massage therapist or bodyworker licensed by the State of Wisconsin under Wis. Stat. § 440.98 to practice massage on any premises…

A tattoo or body-piercing shop in the City of Sun Prairie needs a conditional use permit and can only open in the SC, UC or CC commercial zoning districts. Section 17.16.100(R) bars…

Sun Prairie caps sexually oriented adult entertainment businesses at three citywide licenses at any one time and bars anyone from opening or running one without a license from the city…

Sun Prairie requires anyone operating as a pawnbroker, secondhand article dealer or secondhand jewelry dealer to hold a city license, post a $1,000 bond with at least two sureties, and…

Dane County has no general secondhand-goods dealer license, but its zoning code regulates junk dealers directly: salvage operations must sit 100 feet from any residential district…

Any direct seller, peddler, or door-to-door solicitor working in Sun Prairie needs a permit from the city clerk before contacting a resident, under § 5.32.010. Fees run from $30 a week…

Solicitors in Sun Prairie cannot knock on a door between sunset and 9 a.m. except by appointment, and must stay away from any home posting a "No Peddlers" or "No Solicitors" sign…

Food trucks parked in Sun Prairie's right-of-way must leave a four-foot clearance on sidewalks for pedestrians, cannot set up customer seating, and must direct service toward the…

Sun Prairie bans food trucks from residentially zoned areas, requires a 20-foot buffer from restaurants, a 100-foot buffer from schools during school hours, and a 500-foot buffer from…

Every food truck operating in Sun Prairie needs a $150 annual permit from the city clerk before selling, plus proof of a state Mobile Restaurant License and at least $300,000 in…

Flying a drone or radio-controlled model airplane in any Sun Prairie city park is prohibited outright. The director of parks, recreation and forestry, or a designee, must approve any…

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…

Sun Prairie pedestrians must cross only at an intersection or a crossing point permitted by an official traffic control device; crossing between adjacent intersections anywhere else is…

Sun Prairie makes it unlawful to loiter or prowl in a place, time or manner unusual for law-abiding people when the circumstances would alarm a reasonable person for nearby safety…

It is illegal to drink or carry an open alcohol container on any Sun Prairie street, sidewalk, alley or public parking lot except on licensed premises, under Code § 9.08.010. City…

Sun Prairie bans defecating or urinating outside a designated sanitary facility anywhere in public view, from sidewalks and streets to parks, parking lots and building stairwells…

Sun Prairie allows skateboarding on public sidewalks citywide, with one carve-out: it is banned on sidewalks in any business district, meaning a commercial area with heavy foot traffic…

Sun Prairie extends Wisconsin's statewide smoking ban by adding its own outdoor and vehicle restrictions: smoking is banned in every city park, plus all city-owned buildings, leased…

Sun Prairie makes possessing 25 grams or less of marijuana a municipal forfeiture offense rather than routing every case to state criminal court, under Code § 9.08.060. A first offense…

Sun Prairie holds any person who hosts a private gathering where a guest under 21 possesses or consumes alcohol civilly liable, even if the host never supplied the alcohol. The city…

At a transient or temporary public entertainment in Sun Prairie, such as a carnival, circus or fair, anyone who prepares, handles or sells food or drink must obtain a health…

Sun Prairie's public nuisance code makes it illegal to let vermin-breeding sites accumulate on a property: decayed matter, trash, rotting lumber, bedding, packing material, scrap metal…

City of Sun Prairie law bars anyone under seventeen from public streets, parks, school grounds, and other public places between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. Sunday through Thursday nights, and…

Every city park in Sun Prairie closes at 10 p.m. and reopens at 6 a.m., with a handful of carved-out exceptions for softball games running late, permitted evening setups, and two…

Sun Prairie sets minimum yard setbacks by dwelling-unit type rather than by a single citywide number. On a standard 10,500-square-foot single-family lot in the SR-4, MR-8 or UR-12…

On Sun Prairie's standard 10,500-square-foot single-family lot type, the dwelling itself is capped at 35 feet and any accessory structure at 15 feet under the zoning code's residential…

Ch. 10.251(7) caps total building coverage in Dane County's SFR-08 single-family district at 35% of an interior lot's area and 40% on a corner lot, with any detached accessory building…

Sun Prairie does not allow new billboards outright, but Section 17.40.080(C)(1) lets the owner of a legal nonconforming billboard swap it for a digital sign through a conditional use…

Sun Prairie caps every garage-sale sign at six square feet with no more than two faces, requires the sign to state the sale's location and sit off the city right-of-way, and bans it…

Window signs in the City of Sun Prairie cannot cover more than fifty percent of the glass on any building plane. The rule sits in the zoning code's sign-permit-exemption section, so a…

Sun Prairie exempts holiday and civic-event decorations from its sign permit process entirely, with no duration limit, size cap, or fee tied specifically to the display, unlike the…

Wisconsin protects the display of political signs on private property. Wis. Stat. 12.04 limits how municipalities may restrict residential political signs, and Wis. Stat. 12.13(3)(h)…

In the City of Sun Prairie's mapped floodfringe, new and substantially improved residential structures must have their lowest floor raised on fill to the flood protection elevation, a…

Sun Prairie requires a stormwater management permit from the city engineering department before any development adds 20,000 square feet of impervious surface, subdivides land, or files…

Sun Prairie requires an erosion control permit before disturbing 4,000 square feet or more of land, grading on slopes steeper than 12%, or moving 400 cubic yards of dirt, and…

Sun Prairie bans letting a parked vehicle's engine idle for more than five consecutive minutes on any public street, highway, or place open to the public. Exceptions cover extreme…

Dane County bars boats from tying up at county-owned piers on navigable waters without authorization, and bars docking at any privately owned pier, mooring buoy or raft without the…

Dane County regulates every Zone A, AO, AH, A1-30 and AE area on the Flood Insurance Rate Map under Chapter 17 of its Code of Ordinances, adopted under Wis. Stat. §§ 59.69, 59.692…

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…

Sun Prairie bans exterior light fixtures from being oriented so their lighting element, or an unshielded transparent lens, is visible from any residentially zoned property, pushing…

Sun Prairie caps light spilling onto neighboring land at 0.50 footcandles measured at the property line, a numeric ceiling written directly into the city's exterior lighting standards…

Dane County caps how signs, including billboards, may be lit: external fixtures must aim only at the copy from a downward angle, no up-lighting is allowed, and glare toward roadways is…

Farming inside the City of Sun Prairie is zoned, not banned. Cultivation, husbandry and intensive agriculture are regulated land uses under Title 17 Zoning. On any buildable lot…

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

The City of Sun Prairie caps residential garage, yard and rummage sales at four sales per year with a combined total of no more than twelve days annually. Each sale can run no longer…

Sun Prairie requires a building permit from the city building inspector before any building, heating, ventilating, plumbing, electrical or gas installation work, including new…

Sun Prairie adopts the Wisconsin State Electrical Code, Wis. Adm. Code SPS 316, and requires a permit from the city electrical inspector before any new wiring or building alteration…

Sun Prairie adopts the Wisconsin State Plumbing Code and Chapter 145, Wisconsin Statutes, and requires a permit from the city building inspector before any plumbing is installed…

Before a septic system in unincorporated Dane County gets covered up, the division has to see it: ch. 46.11(1) requires an inspection after construction but before backfilling, no…

Sun Prairie's Residential Property Maintenance Code applies to all residential land and buildings in the city, requiring owners and occupants to keep every structure clean, sanitary…

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…

Sun Prairie's building inspector can placard any dwelling designated unfit for human habitation and order it vacated within twenty-four hours to three days once decay, vermin…

Property owners in the City of Sun Prairie must clear abutting sidewalks of snow and ice within 24 hours after snowfall stops, keeping a path at least four feet wide. If ice cannot be…

Sun Prairie splits water leak repair down the curb stop: the utility maintains the main and service pipe up to the curb stop, while property owners must fix leaks from there to the…

Solar panels are permitted by right in every zoning district in the City of Sun Prairie. Section 17.16.140(31)-(32) treats both ground-mounted and roof-mounted solar energy systems as…

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…

To report an unsanitary or nuisance condition in unincorporated Dane County, you file with the health department under ch. 46.26: the department must inspect any premises complained of…

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 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 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…