2022 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 181 - Nonstock corporations.
181.0141 - Notice.
181.0141 Notice.
(1) Applicability. This section applies to notice that is required under this chapter and that is made subject to this section by express reference to this section.
(2) When notice must be written.
(a) A person shall give notice in writing, except as provided in par. (b).
(b) A person may give oral notice if oral notice is permitted by the articles of incorporation or bylaws and not otherwise prohibited by this chapter.
(3) Method of communication. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws, notice may be communicated in person, by telephone, telegraph, teletype, facsimile or other form of wire or wireless communication, or by mail or private carrier, and, if these forms of personal notice are impracticable, notice may be communicated by a newspaper of general circulation in the area where published, or by radio, television or other form of public broadcast communication.
(4) Address to be used. Written notice to a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may be addressed to its registered agent at its registered office or to the domestic corporation or foreign corporation at its principal office. With respect to a foreign corporation that has not yet filed an annual report under s. 181.0214, the address of the foreign corporation's principal office may be determined from its application for a certificate of authority.
History: 1997 a. 79; 2021 a. 258.
