181.0103(14)
(14) "Individual" means a natural person. Except in
ss. 181.0802 and
181.0840, "individual" includes the estate of an individual adjudicated incompetent or a deceased natural person.
181.0103(15)
(15) "Member" means a person who has membership rights in a corporation in accordance with the provisions of its articles of incorporation or bylaws.
181.0103(16)
(16) "Membership" means the rights and obligations that a member has under a corporation's articles of incorporation and bylaws and this chapter.
181.0103(17)
(17) "Nonprofit corporation" means a corporation that does not make distributions, except as authorized under
s. 181.1302 (1),
(2) and
(3).
181.0103(18)
(18) "Nonstock corporation" means a corporation without capital stock.
181.0103(19)
(19) "Principal office" means the office, whether in or outside this state, of a domestic corporation or foreign corporation in which are located its principal executive offices and, if the domestic corporation or foreign corporation has filed an annual report under
s. 181.1622, that is designated as the principal office in its most recent annual report.
181.0103(20)
(20) "Proceeding" includes a civil suit and criminal, administrative and investigatory action.
181.0103(21)
(21) "Record date" means the date established under
s. 181.0707 on which a corporation determines the identity of its members for the purposes of this chapter.
181.0103(22)
(22) "Secretary" means the corporate officer to whom the board has delegated responsibility under
s. 181.0840 (1) for custody of the minutes of the board's meetings and members' meetings and for authenticating the records of the corporation.
181.0103(23)
(23) "Sign" means to execute or adopt a manual, facsimile, conformed, or electronic signature or any symbol with intent to authenticate a writing.
181.0103(24)
(24) "Stock corporation" means a corporation with capital stock.
181.0103(25)
(25) "Vote" includes authorization by written ballot and written consent.
181.0103 History
History: 1997 a. 79;
2001 a. 44;
2005 a. 387.
181.0103 Annotation
The New Nonstock Corporation Law. Seehawer. Wis. Law. Oct. 1998.
181.0120(1)
(1)
General requirements. Except as provided in
sub. (4), a document required or permitted to be filed under this chapter with the department must satisfy all of the following requirements to be filed under
s. 181.0125 (2) (a):
181.0120(1)(a)
(a) Contain the information required by this chapter, although it may also contain other information.
181.0120(1)(c)1.
1. A corporate name need not be in English if it is written in English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals.
181.0120(1)(c)2.
2. The certificate of status, or similar document, required of a foreign corporation need not be in English if accompanied by a reasonably authenticated English translation.
181.0120(1)(g)
(g) Be delivered to the department for filing and be accompanied by one exact or conformed copy and the filing fee required by
s. 181.0122.
181.0120(2)
(2) Filing by department. The department shall file photocopies or other reproduced copies of typewritten or printed documents if the copies are signed and satisfy this section.
181.0120(3)(a)1.
1. An officer of the domestic corporation or foreign corporation.
181.0120(3)(a)2.
2. If directors have not been selected or the corporation has not been formed, an incorporator.
181.0120(3)(a)3.
3. If the domestic corporation or foreign corporation is in the hands of a receiver, trustee or other court-appointed fiduciary, the fiduciary.
181.0120(3)(c)
(c) The person executing a document shall sign it and, beneath or opposite the signature, state his or her name and the capacity in which he or she signs. The document may but need not contain any of the following:
181.0120(3)(c)2.
2. An attestation by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the domestic corporation or foreign corporation.
181.0120(4)
(4) Waiver. The department may waive any of the requirements of
subs. (1) to
(3) if it appears from the face of the document that the document's failure to satisfy the requirement is immaterial.
181.0120 History
History: 1997 a. 79.
181.0121(1)(a)(a) The department shall prescribe and furnish on request forms for all of the following documents:
181.0121(1)(a)1.
1. A foreign corporation's application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state under
s. 181.1503.
181.0121(1)(a)4.
4. An application for a certificate of conversion under
s. 181.1161 (5). The form prescribed under this subdivision shall indicate that if the business entity that is to be converted has a fee simple ownership interest in Wisconsin real estate, the entity is required to file a report with the department of revenue under
s. 73.14.
181.0121(2)
(2) Permissive forms. The department may prescribe and furnish on request forms for other documents required or permitted to be filed by this chapter, but use of these forms is not mandatory. If the department prescribes a form for articles of merger under
s. 181.1105, the form shall indicate that if a business entity that is acquired in the merger has a fee simple ownership interest in Wisconsin real estate, the business entity that survives the merger is required to file a report with the department of revenue under
s. 73.14.
181.0121 History
History: 1997 a. 79;
2001 a. 44;
2005 a. 476.
181.0122
181.0122
Filing and service fees. 181.0122(1)
(1)
Filing fee schedule. Except as provided under
sub. (5), the department shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this subsection are delivered to the department for filing or, under
pars. (e) and
(f), when the telephone applications are made:
181.0122(1)(b)
(b) Application for use of an indistinguishable name, $10.
181.0122(1)(d)
(d) Written application for renewal of a reserved name, $10.
181.0122(1)(f)
(f) Telephone application for renewal of a reserved name, $20.
181.0122(1)(i)
(i) Notice of transfer of a reserved name or of a registered name, $10.
181.0122(1)(j)
(j) Subject to
sub. (3) (e), domestic corporation's or foreign corporation's statement of change of a registered office, $10.
181.0122(1)(k)
(k) Agent's statement of change of a registered office, $10 for each affected domestic corporation or foreign corporation, except that if simultaneous filings are made the fee is reduced to $1 for each affected domestic corporation or foreign corporation in excess of 200.
181.0122(1)(n)
(n) Restatement of articles of incorporation, with or without amendments, $25.
181.0122(1)(r)
(r) Application for reinstatement following an administrative dissolution, $35.
181.0122(1)(v)
(v) Application for an amended certificate of authority, $30.
181.0122(2)
(2) Process fee. The department shall collect the fee established under
s. 182.01 (4) (c) each time process is served on the department under this chapter. The party to a civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory proceeding who is causing service of process may recover this fee as costs if the party prevails in the proceeding.
181.0122(3)
(3) Prohibited fees. The department may not collect a fee for any of the following:
181.0122(3)(a)
(a) Filing a certificate of administrative dissolution or a certificate of revocation of authority to transact business.
181.0122(3)(e)
(e) Filing a domestic corporation's or a foreign corporation's statement of change of registered office if the only change is a change to the address and if all of the following apply:
181.0122(3)(e)1.
1. The new address is the result of a change in the way a county, city, village or town or the U. S. postal service describes the physical location of the registered office.
181.0122(3)(e)2.
2. A copy of the notice indicating the new address is submitted with the statement.
181.0122(3)(e)3.
3. The physical location of the registered office has not changed.
181.0122(4)
(4) Expedited service fee. In addition to the fees required under
sub. (1), the department shall collect the expedited service fee established under
s. 182.01 (4) (d) for processing, in an expeditious manner, a document required or permitted to be filed under this chapter and shall collect the fee established under
s. 182.01 (4) (f) for preparing, in an expeditious manner, a certificate of status under
s. 181.0128 (2) or a statement of status under
s. 181.0128 (4).
