2011 Wisconsin Code
Chapter 98. Weights and measures.
98.26 Prohibited acts; penalty; injunction.

98.26

98.26 Prohibited acts; penalty; injunction.

98.26(1)

(1) A person who does any of the following acts shall forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $500 for the first offense and not less than $200 nor more than $1,000 for a subsequent offense. A person who intentionally does any of the following acts shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than 9 months or both:

98.26(1)(a)

(a) Hinders, obstructs or impersonates a sealer or inspector.

98.26(1)(b)

(b) Uses or has in possession for use in buying or selling any commodity or service, or sells, any incorrect weight or measure or causes a weight or measure to be incorrect.

98.26(1)(c)

(c) Represents in any manner a false quantity or price in connection with the purchase or sale, or any advertising thereof, of any commodity, thing or service.

98.26(1)(d)

(d) Uses or disposes of any rejected weight or measure, or commodity, or removes therefrom any official tag, seal, stamp or mark, without written authority from a sealer or inspector.

98.26(1)(e)

(e) Violates s. 98.15 (1).

98.26(1)(f)

(f) Violates any other provision of this chapter or any rules promulgated under this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed.

98.26(2)

(2) Upon application of the department or a municipality, a circuit court may grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of this chapter.

98.26 - ANNOT.

History: 1979 c. 264; 1987 a. 250; 1995 a. 319.

98.26 - ANNOT.

Cross-reference: See also chs. ATCP 91 and 92, Wis. adm. code.