Change log

WI penalty: risk class unclassified → misdemeanor; grade quote added; grade source url none → https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/939/iv/60; grade source cite none → Wis. Stat. § 939.60, grading Wis. Stat. § 202.06(6)(c)2.

WI penalty: risk class civil → unclassified

WI penalty: criminal scope none → both

WI penalty: mechanism $1,000-$10,000 per violation civil forfeiture (each day continuing = separate offense) → civil forfeiture $100–$10,000 per violation (202.18(1)(b)); $1,000–$10,000 for injunction/order violations (1)(d); description Wisconsin Department of Justice may seek civil forfeitures of $1,000 to $10,000 per violation under Wis. Stat. §202.18. Each separate violation is a separate offense, AND each day of a continuing failure to obey an order is also a separate offense — penalties can compound rapidly. Up to $5,000 may also be imposed on those who alter, falsify, or conceal documentary material with intent to obstruct civil investigation. The department of justice may also seek temporary or permanent injunction to halt violations. → DOJ may bring a civil action under § 202.18(1)(a). General court forfeiture is not less than $100 nor more than $10,000 for each violation ((1)(b)). (1)(c)2: not more than $5,000 for altering or concealing documents with intent to interfere with a civil investigation. (1)(d) $1,000–$10,000 and each-day continuing as a separate offense apply only to violating an injunction or other order, not every 202.18 violation.; short label Wisconsin ($1,000-$10,000 per violation civil forfeiture; continuing violations compound daily) → Wisconsin (civil forfeiture $100–$10,000 per violation; $1,000–$10,000 for violating an injunction); source quote replaced