{"id":"DUT-WI-004","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Wisconsin","state":"WI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute)","authority":"Wis. Stat. ch. 252, Communicable Diseases","instrument":"Wis. Stat. § 252.25 (2019-20), Violation of law relating to health","title":"Penalty for willful violation or obstruction of any state statute or rule, county, city or village ordinance or departmental order under ch. 252 relating to the public health","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","OTHER"],"addressees":["persons generally (every natural person and, through its officers and agents, every business)"],"clause":"Any person who willfully violates or obstructs the execution of any state statute or rule, county, city or village ordinance or departmental order under this chapter and relating to the public health, for which no other penalty is prescribed, shall be imprisoned for not more than 30 days or fined not more than $500 or both.","enforcement":"Imprisonment not more than 30 days or fine not more than $500 or both (the statute\u0027s text); Emergency Orders #12 § 17 and #28 § 18 recited \u0027up to 30 days imprisonment, or up to $250 fine, or both. Wis. Stat. § 252.25\u0027; Emergency Order #3 § 6 recited \u0027civil forfeiture. Wis. Stat. § 252.25; Legislature v. Palm.\u0027","functions":[],"notes":"Every person in Wisconsin was bound, under criminal penalty, to obey every DHS order and every county, city or village health ordinance or order issued under ch. 252, including the Safer at Home orders (which recited this section) and the local health-officer orders that ran through Q3 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/2019/252.25","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":191093,"grade":"primary","character":"order_penalty","description":"","collection":"DUT-WI","url":"/library/DUT-WI-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-WI-004","citation":"Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute), Wis. Stat. § 252.25 (2019-20), Violation of law relating to health (standing) (Ex. DUT-WI-004)","stateName":"Wisconsin","related":["WI-007","DUT-WI-017","MET-MKE-006","WI-039","DUT-WI-001","DUT-WI-002"]}