2013 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
23. Conservation.
23.90 Place of trial.
23.90 Place of trial.
(1) Civil actions shall be tried in the county where the offense was committed, except as otherwise provided.
(2) Where 2 or more acts are requisite to the commission of any offense, the trial may be in any county in which any of such acts occurred.
(3) Where an offense is committed on or within one-fourth of a mile of the boundary of 2 or more counties, the defendant may be tried in any of such counties.
(4) If an offense is commenced outside the state and is consummated within the state, the defendant may be tried in the county where the offense was consummated.
(5) If an offense is committed on boundary waters at a place where 2 or more counties have common jurisdiction under s. 2.03 or 2.04 or under any other law, the prosecution may be in either county. The county whose process against the offender is first served shall be conclusively presumed to be the county in which the offense was committed.
History: 1975 c. 365.
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