SB82-SSA1,116,2014 969.24 (2) Authority to issue; effect. Except as provided in sub. (8), a A law
15enforcement officer may issue a citation to any person whom he or she has reasonable
16grounds
probable cause to believe has committed a misdemeanor. A citation may be
17issued in the field or at the headquarters or precinct station of the officer instead of
18or subsequent to at any time after a lawful arrest. If a citation is issued, the person
19cited shall be released on his or her own recognizance. In determining whether to
20issue a citation, the law enforcement officer may consider whether:
SB82-SSA1,418 21Section 418. 968.085 (2) (a) to (f) of the statutes are repealed.
SB82-SSA1,419 22Section 419. 968.085 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 969.24 (3)
23(intro.).
SB82-SSA1,420 24Section 420. 968.085 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 969.24 (3) (a) and
25amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,117,5
1969.24 (3) (a) Identify the offense and section which State essential facts
2constituting the crime
the person is alleged to have allegedly committed and the
3statutory section that the person allegedly
violated, including the date, and if
4material, identify the property and other persons involved
of the offense and the
5maximum penalty for the offense
.
SB82-SSA1,421 6Section 421. 968.085 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 969.24 (3) (b) and
7amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,117,98 969.24 (3) (b) Contain State the name of the person cited and the address of the
9person cited, or other identification if that the address cannot be ascertained.
SB82-SSA1,422 10Section 422. 968.085 (3) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 969.24 (3) (c).
SB82-SSA1,423 11Section 423. 968.085 (3) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 969.24 (3) (d) and
12amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,117,1513 969.24 (3) (d) Direct the person cited to appear for his or her initial appearance
14in a designated court, at a designated
at a specified location and at a specified time
15and date.
SB82-SSA1,424 16Section 424. 968.085 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 969.24 (4) and amended
17to read:
SB82-SSA1,117,2018 969.24 (4) Service. A The officer issuing the citation shall give a copy of the
19citation shall be delivered to the person cited, and file the original must be filed with
20the district attorney.
SB82-SSA1,425 21Section 425. 968.085 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 969.24 (5) and amended
22to read:
SB82-SSA1,118,423 969.24 (5) Review by district attorney. The district attorney shall review the
24citation. The district attorney may issue a complaint by endorsing a sworn citation
25with his or her signature or issue a separate complaint charging the cited person.


1If the district attorney reviews the case before the return date and declines to
2prosecute, he or she shall notify the law enforcement agency which that issued the
3citation. The law enforcement agency shall attempt to notify the person cited that
4he or she will not be charged and is not required to appear as directed in the citation.
SB82-SSA1,426 5Section 426. 968.085 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 969.24 (6).
SB82-SSA1,427 6Section 427. 968.085 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 969.24 (7) and amended
7to read:
SB82-SSA1,118,108 969.24 (7) Preparation of Form. The judicial conference shall prescribe the
9form and content of the
citation under s. 758.171 shall be in substantially the same
10form set forth in s. 969.26 (3)
.
SB82-SSA1,428 11Section 428. 968.085 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 969.24 (8) and amended
12to read:
SB82-SSA1,118,1513 969.24 (8) Inapplicability to certain domestic abuse cases. A law enforcement
14officer may not issue a citation to a person for an offense if the officer is required to
15arrest the person for that offense under s. 968.075 969.27 (2).
SB82-SSA1,429 16Section 429. 968.09 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 969.50 (title) and
17amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,118,19 18969.50 (title) Warrant Bench warrant for defendant or witness on
19failure to appear.
SB82-SSA1,430 20Section 430. 968.09 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 969.50 (1) and amended
21to read:
SB82-SSA1,119,222 969.50 (1) When a defendant or a witness fails to appear before the court as
23required, or violates a term of the defendant's or witness's bond or the defendant's
24or witness's probation, if any
condition of release, the court may issue a bench
25warrant for the defendant's or witness's arrest which shall direct that the defendant

1or witness be brought before the court without unreasonable delay. The court shall
2state on the record at the time of issuance of the bench warrant the reason therefor.
SB82-SSA1,431 3Section 431. 968.09 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB82-SSA1,432 4Section 432. 968.10 of the statutes is renumbered 968.455, and 968.455
5(intro.), (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5), as renumbered, are amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,119,8 6968.455 Searches and seizures; when authorized. (intro.) A search of a
7person, object, or place may be made and things may be seized when the search is
8made under any of the following circumstances:
SB82-SSA1,119,9 9(1) Incident to a lawful arrest; .
SB82-SSA1,119,10 10(2) With consent;.
SB82-SSA1,119,11 11(3) Pursuant to a valid search warrant;.
SB82-SSA1,119,12 12(4) With the authority and within the scope of a right of lawful inspection;.
SB82-SSA1,119,14 13(5) Pursuant to a search during an authorized temporary questioning as
14provided in s. 968.25; or 968.565.
SB82-SSA1,433 15Section 433. Subchapter II (title) of chapter 968 [precedes 968.105] of the
16statutes is created to read:
SB82-SSA1,119,1717 chapter 968
SB82-SSA1,119,1918 subchapter II
19 John doe proceedings
SB82-SSA1,434 20Section 434. 968.11 of the statutes is renumbered 968.575 and amended to
21read:
SB82-SSA1,119,25 22968.575 Scope of search incident to lawful arrest. When a lawful arrest
23is made, a law enforcement officer may reasonably search the person arrested and
24an area within such person's immediate presence for any of the purpose of following
25purposes
:
SB82-SSA1,120,1
1(1) Protecting the officer from attack ;.
SB82-SSA1,120,2 2(2) Preventing the person from escaping;.
SB82-SSA1,120,3 3(3) Discovering and seizing the fruits of the crime ; or other offense.
SB82-SSA1,120,6 4(4) Discovering and seizing any instruments, articles , or things which may
5have been used in the commission of, or which may constitute evidence of, the
6offense.
SB82-SSA1,435 7Section 435. 968.12 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 968.465 (title) and
8amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,120,9 9968.465 (title) Search Application for and issuance of search warrant.
SB82-SSA1,436 10Section 436. 968.12 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 968.465 (1) and amended
11to read:
SB82-SSA1,120,1612 968.465 (1) Description and issuance. A search warrant is an order signed by
13a judge directing a law enforcement officer to conduct a search of a designated person,
14a designated object, or a designated place for the purpose of seizing designated
15property or kinds of property. A judge shall issue a search warrant if probable cause
16is shown.
SB82-SSA1,437 17Section 437. 968.12 (2) and (3) (a) and (d) of the statutes are consolidated,
18renumbered 968.465 (2) and amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,121,1319 968.465 (2) Warrant upon affidavit Procedure generally. A search warrant
20may be based upon sworn complaint or
Probable cause may be shown by an affidavit,
21or by oral testimony, or by a combination of an affidavit and oral testimony. The
22affidavit or testimony shall be sworn to or affirmed and may be upon information and
23belief. Oral testimony shall be
recorded by a phonographic stenographic reporter or
24under sub. (3) (d), showing probable cause therefor. The complaint, affidavit or
25testimony may be upon information and belief.
(3) (a) General rule. A search

1warrant may be based upon sworn oral testimony
voice recording device and may be
2communicated to the judge in person or by telephone, radio, or other reliable means
3of electronic communication, under the procedure prescribed in this subsection. (d)
4Recording and certification of testimony. When a caller informs the judge that the
5purpose of the call is to request a warrant, the judge shall place under oath each
6person whose testimony forms a basis of the application and each person applying
7for the warrant. The judge or requesting person shall arrange for all sworn
8testimony to be recorded either by a stenographic reporter or by means of a voice
9recording device. The judge shall have the record transcribed. The
. A transcript of
10the testimony
, certified as accurate by the judge or reporter, as appropriate, shall be
11filed with the court. If the testimony was recorded by means of a voice recording
12device, the judge shall also file
and the original recording of any testimony recorded
13by a voice recording device shall be filed
with the court.
SB82-SSA1,438 14Section 438. 968.12 (3) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 968.465 (3) (title)
15and amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,121,1716 968.465 (3) (title) Warrant upon oral Telephone and other remote testimony;
17duplicate warrant procedure
.
SB82-SSA1,439 18Section 439. 968.12 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 968.465 (3) (a) and
19amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,122,220 968.465 (3) (a) Application. The person who is requesting the warrant When
21the applicant for a search warrant is testifying outside the presence of the judge, the
22judge shall place the applicant under oath or affirmation and arrange for all
23testimony to be recorded. The applicant
shall prepare a duplicate original warrant
24and read the duplicate original warrant, verbatim, to the judge. The judge shall

1enter, verbatim, what is read on the original warrant. The Thereafter, but before
2signing the original warrant, the
judge may direct that the warrant be modified.
SB82-SSA1,440 3Section 440. 968.12 (3) (c) and (f) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered
4968.465 (3) (b) and amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,122,165 968.465 (3) (b) Issuance. If the judge determines that there is probable cause
6for the warrant, the judge shall order the issuance of a issue the warrant by directing
7the person requesting the warrant to sign the judge's name on the duplicate original
8warrant. In addition, the person shall sign his or her own name on the duplicate
9original warrant. The judge shall immediately sign
signing the original warrant and
10enter on the face of the original warrant the exact time when the warrant was
11ordered to be issued. The finding of probable cause for a warrant upon oral testimony
12shall be based on the same kind of evidence as is sufficient for a warrant upon
13affidavit. (f)
Entry of time of execution. The judge shall direct the applicant to sign
14the judge's name on the duplicate warrant. In addition the applicant shall sign his
15or her own name on the duplicate warrant.
The person who executes the warrant
16shall enter the exact time of execution on the face of the duplicate original warrant.
SB82-SSA1,441 17Section 441. 968.12 (3) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
SB82-SSA1,442 18Section 442. 968.12 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 968.465 (7).
SB82-SSA1,443 19Section 443. 968.13 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 968.475 (title) and
20amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,122,21 21968.475 (title) Search warrant; property Property subject to seizure.
SB82-SSA1,444 22Section 444. 968.13 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 968.475 (2)
23(intro.) and amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,122,2524 968.475 (2) (intro.) A search warrant may authorize the seizure of any of the
25following:
SB82-SSA1,445
1Section 445. 968.13 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 968.475 (1) (a) and
2amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,123,113 968.475 (1) (a) "Contraband , which" includes without limitation because of
4enumeration
, but is not limited to, lottery tickets, gambling machines, or other
5gambling devices,; lewd, obscene , or indecent written matter, pictures, sound
6recordings, or motion picture films, ; forged money or written instruments and the
7tools, dies, machines, or materials for making them,; and controlled substances, as
8defined in s. 961.01 (4), and controlled substance analogs, as defined in s. 961.01
9(4m), and the implements for smoking or injecting them. Gambling "Contraband"
10does not include
machines or other gambling devices possessed by a shipbuilding
11business that complies with s. 945.095 are not subject to this section.
SB82-SSA1,446 12Section 446. 968.13 (1) (b), (c) and (d) of the statutes are renumbered 968.475
13(2) (b), (c) and (d).
SB82-SSA1,447 14Section 447. 968.13 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 968.475 (1) (intro.) and
15amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,123,1616 968.475 (1) (intro.) In this section, " documents":
SB82-SSA1,123,18 17(b) "Documents" includes, but is not limited to, books, papers, records,
18recordings, tapes, photographs, films, or computer or electronic data.
SB82-SSA1,448 19Section 448. 968.135 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 968.705 (title).
SB82-SSA1,449 20Section 449. 968.135 of the statutes is renumbered 968.705 (1) and amended
21to read:
SB82-SSA1,124,222 968.705 (1) Upon the request of the attorney general or a district attorney and
23upon a showing of probable cause under s. 968.12 968.465, a court shall issue a
24subpoena requiring the production of documents, as specified defined in s. 968.13 (2).
25The documents shall be returnable to the court which issued the subpoena. Motions

1to the court, including, but not limited to,
968.475 (1) (b), within a reasonable time
2set by the court and set forth in the subpoena.
SB82-SSA1,124,4 3(4) The person to whom the subpoena is directed may make motions to quash
4or limit the subpoena, shall be addressed to the court which issued the subpoena.
SB82-SSA1,124,6 5(5) Any person who unlawfully refuses to produce the documents under sub.
6(1)
may be compelled to do so as provided in under ch. 785.
SB82-SSA1,124,8 7(7) This section does not limit or affect any other subpoena authority provided
8by law.
SB82-SSA1,450 9Section 450. 968.14 of the statutes is renumbered 968.485 (1).
SB82-SSA1,451 10Section 451. 968.15 of the statutes is renumbered 968.495, and 968.495 (1),
11as renumbered, is amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,124,1312 968.495 (1) A search warrant must may not be executed and returned not more
13than 5 days after the date of issuance.
SB82-SSA1,452 14Section 452. Subchapter III (title) of chapter 968 [precedes 968.155] of the
15statutes is created to read:
SB82-SSA1,124,1616 chapter 968
SB82-SSA1,124,1817 subchapter III
18 Grand Juries
SB82-SSA1,453 19Section 453. 968.16 of the statutes is renumbered 968.485 (2).
SB82-SSA1,454 20Section 454. 968.17 of the statutes is renumbered 968.506.
SB82-SSA1,455 21Section 455. 968.18 of the statutes is renumbered 968.605.
SB82-SSA1,456 22Section 456. 968.19 of the statutes is renumbered 968.615 and amended to
23read:
SB82-SSA1,125,3 24968.615 Custody of property seized. Property A law enforcement officer
25shall safely keep property
seized under a search warrant or validly seized without

1a warrant shall be safely kept by the officer, who and may leave it in the custody of
2the sheriff and take a receipt therefor, for it. The property shall be kept so long as
3necessary for the purpose of being produced as evidence on any trial.
SB82-SSA1,457 4Section 457. 968.20 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 968.625 (title).
SB82-SSA1,458 5Section 458. 968.20 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 64,
6is renumbered 968.625 (1) and amended to read:
SB82-SSA1,125,117 968.625 (1) Any person claiming the right to possession of property seized
8pursuant to a search warrant or seized without a search warrant may apply for its
9return to the circuit court for the county in which the property was seized or where
10the search warrant was returned, except that a court may commence a hearing, on
11its own initiative, to return property seized under s. 968.26 968.105.
SB82-SSA1,459 12Section 459. 968.20 (1g) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 64,
13is renumbered 968.625 (1g), and 968.625 (1g) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to
14read:
SB82-SSA1,125,2115 968.625 (1g) (intro.) The court shall order such notice as it deems adequate to
16be given the district attorney and, unless notice was provided under s. 968.26 (7), to
17all persons who have or may have an interest in the property. The court shall hold
18a hearing to hear all claims to its true ownership. If the right to possession is proved
19to the court's satisfaction, it shall order the property, other than contraband or
20property covered under sub. (1m) or (1r) or s. 173.12 (1m), 173.21 (4) (1), or 968.205
21968.645, returned if any of the following applies:
SB82-SSA1,460 22Section 460. 968.20 (1m) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
23141
, is renumbered 968.625 (1m), and 968.625 (1m) (e), as renumbered, is amended
24to read:
SB82-SSA1,126,2
1968.625 (1m) (e) Property which may not be returned to an owner under this
2subsection shall be disposed of under subs. (3) and (4) s. 175.27.
SB82-SSA1,461 3Section 461. 968.20 (1r) of the statutes is renumbered 968.625 (1r).
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