2010 Wisconsin Code
Chapter 23. Conservation.
23.61 Search and seizure; when authorized.

23.61

23.61 Search and seizure; when authorized. A search of a person, object or place may be made and things may be seized when the search is made:

23.61(1)

(1) Incident to a lawful arrest;

23.61(2)

(2) With consent;

23.61(3)

(3) Pursuant to a valid search warrant;

23.61(4)

(4) With the authority and within the scope of a right of lawful inspection;

23.61(5)

(5) Incident to the issuance of a lawfully issued citation under s. 23.60;

23.61(6)

(6) During an authorized temporary questioning under s. 23.59; or

23.61(7)

(7) As otherwise authorized by law.

23.61 - ANNOT.

History: 1975 c. 365.

23.61 - ANNOT.

The warrantless search of a fisherman's truck by state conservation wardens under s. 29.33 (6) [now s. 29.519 (6)] was presumptively reasonable. State v. Erickson, 101 Wis. 2d 224, 303 N.W.2d 850 (Ct. App. 1981).