Wisconsin Statutory Elements and Consequences
Offense Index
The Wisconsin Statutory Elements and Consequences is a compilation of criminal statutory components, organized by Wisconsin statute chapter and enhanced with definitions of frequently referenced terms, and links to Wisconsin Criminal Jury Instructions. The information provided on this website should not be construed as legal advice and is meant for informational purposes only. Please note that this information may not be up to date. For more information about this resource, contact Bryce Pierson by email or phone at (608) 266-7807.
A
- Abortion - § 940.04
- Absconding without paying rent - § 943.215(1)
- Abuse of individuals at risk - § 940.285
- Abuse of residents of penal facilities - § 940.29
- Abuse of patients and residents - § 940.295
- Acquiring possession of a controlled substance by misrepresentation - § 961.43(1)(a)
- Administering dangerous or stupefying drug - § 941.32
- Aggravated battery: intent to cause bodily harm - § 940.19(4)
- Aggravated battery: intent to cause great bodily harm - § 940.19(5)
- Armed robbery: by use or threat of use of a dangerous weapon - § 943.32(2)
- Arson of a building of another - § 943.02(1)(a)
- Arson of a building with intent to defraud an insurer - § 943.02(1)(b)
- Arson of property other than a building - § 943.03
- Arson of property other than a building with intent to defraud - § 943.04
- Assisting Suicide - § 940.12
- Attempted first-degree intentional homicide - § 940.01
B
- Battery (simple) - § 940.19(1)
- Battery (substantial battery: intent to cause bodily harm) - § 940.19(2)
- Battery (aggravated battery: intent to cause bodily harm) - § 940.19(4)
- Battery (aggravated battery: intent to cause great bodily harm) - § 940.19(5)
- Battery with substantial risk of great bodily harm - § 940.19(6)
- Battery by prisoner - § 940.20(1)
- Battery by certain committed persons - § 940.20(1g)
- Battery by a person subject to an injunction - § 940.20(1m)
- Battery to firefighter or commission warden - § 940.20(2)
- Battery or threat to a probation, extended supervision and parole agent, community supervision agent, or an aftercare agent - § 940.20(2m)
- Battery to a juror (juror has assented to verdict) - § 940.20(3)
- Battery to a public officer - § 940.20(4)
- Battery to a technical college district or school district officer or employee - § 940.20(5)
- Battery to a public transit vehicle operator, driver or passenger - § 940.20(6)
- Battery to emergency medical care providers - § 940.20(7)
- Battery or threat to a Department of Safety and Professional Services or Department of Workforce Development Employee - § 940.207
- Battery or threat to a guardian ad litem, corporation counsel, advocate, or attorney - § 940.203(3)
- Battery or threat to a health Care provider - § 940.204(3)
- Battery or threat to a judge - § 940.203(2)
- Battery or threat to a prosecutor or law enforcement officer - § 940.203(2)
- Battery or threat to a staff member of a health care facility - § 940.204(2)
- Battery or threat to a witness - § 940.201
- Battery to a county, city, village, or town employee - § 940.208
- Burglary with intent to commit a felony - § 943.10(1m)
- Burglary with intent to steal - § 943.10(1m)
C
- Carrying a concealed knife - § 941.231
- Carrying a concealed weapon - § 941.23
- Carrying firearm in public building - § 941.235
- Carrying handgun where alcohol beverages may be sold and consumed - § 941.237
- Concealed weapon (license to carry) - § 175.60
- Controlled substance/analog (delivery of) - § 961.41(1)
- Controlled substance/analog (manufacture of) - § 961.41(1)
- Controlled substance/analog (possession of) - § 961.41(3g)
- Controlled substance/analog (possession with intent to deliver) - § 961.41(1m)
- Controlled substance/analog (possession with intent to manufacture) - § 961.41(1m)
- Controlled substance (acquiring possession by misrepresentation) - § 961.43(1)(a)
- Controlled substance: felony (delivery of an imitation) - § 961.41(4)(am)
- Controlled substances (keeping or maintaining a place resorted to by persons for the purpose of using in using controlled substances in violation of chapter 961) - § 961.42
- Controlled substance (keeping or maintaining a place used for manufacturing, keeping, or delivering controlled substances) - § 961.42
- Controlled substance (using a child to deliver a controlled substance) - § 961.455
- Controlled substance (soliciting a child for the purpose of delivering) - § 961.455
- Criminal damage or threat to property of a department of revenue employee - § 943.015
- Criminal damage or threat to property of a judge - § 943.013
- Criminal damage to facilities associated with designated groups - § 943.012(3)
- Criminal damage to property - § 943.01(1)
- Criminal damage to personal property contained in religious, cemetery or other property - § 943.012(4)
- Criminal damage to religious or cemetery property - § 943.012(1)
- Criminal trespass to dwellings - § 943.14
- Criminal trespass to a medical facility - § 943.145
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- Damage or threat to property of witness - § 943.011(2)(a)
- Defamation - § 942.01
- Delivery of a controlled substance/analog - § 961.41(1)
- Delivery of an imitation controlled substance: felony - § 961.41(4)(am)
- Disarming a peace officer - § 941.21
- Driving or operating a commercial motor vehicle without the owner’s consent - § 943.23(3g)
- Driving or operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent - § 943.23(3)
- Drug paraphernalia (possession of) - § 961.573(1)
- Drug paraphernalia: methamphetamine (possession of) - § 961.573(3)
E
- Endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon: discharging a firearm into a vehicle or a building - § 941.20(2)(a)
- Endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon: discharging a firearm within 100 yards of a building - § 941.20(1)(d)
- Endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon: intentionally discharging a firearm from a vehicle - § 941.20(3)
- Endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon: intentionally pointing a firearm at another - § 941.20(1)(c)
- Endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon: intentionally pointing a firearm at a law enforcement officer, fire fighter, etc. - § 941.20(1m)
- Endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon: negligent operation or handling - § 941.20(1)(a)
- Endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon: operating or going armed while under the influence of an intoxicant - § 941.20(1)(b)
- Entry into locked coin box - § 943.125
- Entry into a locked dwelling - § 943.15
- Entry into a locker vehicle - § 943.11
- Extortion: accuse or threaten to accuse of crime - § 943.30(1)
- Extortion: injure or threaten to injure - § 943.30(1)
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- Failure to disclose manufacturer of recording - § 943.209
- Failing to install ignition interlock device - § 347.413
- Failure to give information or render aid following an accident - § 346.67
- False alarms - § 941.13
- False imprisonment - § 940.30
- Felony murder - underlying crime completed - § 940.03
- Felony murder - underlying crime attempted - § 940.03
- Felony Murder: Death Caused While Committing a Crime as a Party to the Crime: Aiding And Abetting - § 940.03
- First-degree intentional homicide - § 940.01(1)(a)
- First degree recklessly endangering safety - § 941.30(1)
- First-degree reckless homicide - § 940.02(2)
- First-degree reckless homicide (“Len Bias law”) - § 940.02(2)
- First degree reckless injury - § 940.23(1)(a)
- First degree sexual assault: sexual contact or intercourse without consent causing great bodily harm - § 940.225(1)(a)
- First degree sexual assault: sexual contact or intercourse without consent by use or threat of a dangerous weapon - § 940.225(1)(b)
- First degree sexual assault: sexual contact or intercourse without consent by use or threat of force or violence while aided and abetted - § 940.225(1)(e)
- Forgery - § 943.38(1)
- Fourth degree sexual assault: sexual contact without consent - § 940.225(3m)
- Fraud on hotel or restaurant keeper - § 943.21(1m)(a)
- Fraudulent insurance claim: presenting a false or fraudulent claim - § 943.395(1)(a)
- Fraudulent use of a financial transaction card - § 943.41(5)(a)1.
- Fraudulent writings: falsifying a corporate record - § 943.39(1)
- Fraudulent writings: obtaining a signature by means of deceit - § 943.39(2)
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- Global positioning device (obtaining information generated by a gps) - § 940.315(1)(b)
- Global positioning device (placing of a) - § 940.315(1)(a)
- Graffiti - § 943.017
H
- Hiding or burying a corpse - § 940.11(2)
- Homicide by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon - § 940.08(1)
- Homicide by operation of a vehicle while under the influence - § 940.09(1)(a)
- Homicide by operation of a vehicle while the person has a detectable amount of a restricted controlled substance - § 940.09(1)(am)
- Homicide by operation of a vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration - § 940.09(1)(b)
- Homicide by operation or handling of a firearm while under the influence - § 940.09(1g)(a)
- Homicide by operation or handling of a firearm with a prohibited alcohol concentration - § 940.09(1g)(b)
- Homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle - § 940.10(1)
- Hostage (taking of) - § 940.305
- Human trafficking - § 940.302
- Human trafficking - 940.302(2)(c)
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- Incest - § 944.06
- Ignition interlock device (tampering with) - § 347.413
- Ignition interlock device (failing to install) - § 347.413
- Injunction (violation of) - §813.12, 813.122, 813.123, 813.125
- Injury by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon - § 940.241
- Injury (great bodily harm) by operation of a vehicle while under the influence - 940.25(1)(a)
- Injury (great bodily harm) by operation of a vehicle while the person has a detectable amount of a restricted controlled substance influence - § 940.25(1)(am)
- Injury (great bodily harm) by operation of a vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration - § 940.25(1)(b)
- Intentionally accompanying a person who drives or operates a vehicle without the owner’s consent - § 943.23(4m)
- Intentional homicide (first-degree) - § 940.01
- Interference with fire fighting - § 941.12(1)
- Interfering with fire fighting: a fire alarm system - § 941.12(1)
- Interfering with fire fighting: fire fighting equipment - § 941.12(2)
- Intimidation of a witness - § 940.42 and § 940.43
- Intimidation of a victim - § 940.44(1) and § 940.45
- Intimidation of a person acting on behalf of a victim - § 940.44(1) and § 940.45
- Invasion of privacy: use of a surveillance device - § 942.08(2)(a)
- Invasion of privacy: looking into a dwelling unit - § 942.08(2)(d)
- Invasion of privacy: use of a device to view under the outer clothing of an individual - § 942.08(3)
- Issue of a worthless check: felony - § 943.24(2)
- Issue of a worthless check: misdemeanor - § 943.24(1)
J
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- Keeping or maintaining a place resorted to by persons using controlled substances in violation of chapter 961 for the purpose of using controlled substances - § 961.42
- Keeping or maintaining a place used for manufacturing, keeping, or delivering controlled substances - § 961.42
- Kidnapping - § 940.31(1)(a)
- Kidnapping - § 940.31(1)(b)
- Kidnapping - § 940.31(1)(c)
L
- Lewd and lascivious behavior: exposure - § 944.20(1)(b)
- License to carry a concealed weapon - § 175.60
- Loan sharking: advancements for extortionate extensions of credit - § 943.28(3)
- Loan sharking: extortionate extension of credit - § 943.28(2)
- Loan sharking: use of extortionate means - § 943.28(4)
M
- Making a false statement in an application for certificate of title - § 342.06(2)
- Masking agent (possession of) - § 961.69
- Manufacture of a controlled substance/analog - § 961.41(1)
- Mayhem - § 940.21
- Molotov cocktail: possession, manufacture, sale, offer to sell, gift, or transfer - § 943.06
- Murder (Felony) - § 940.03
- Mutilating a corpse - § 940.11(1)
N
- Negligent handling of burning material - § 941.10
- Negligent operation of vehicle - § 941.01(1)
- Neglect of patients and residents - § 940.295
O
- Obstructing emergency or rescue personnel - § 941.37(3)
- Obtaining information generated by a global positioning device - § 940.315(1)(b)
- Obtaining a prescription drug by fraud - § 450.11(7)(a)
- Operating a motor vehicle to flee or in an attempt to elude an officer - § 346.04(3)
- Operating a motor vehicle without a valid operator’s license - § 343.05(3)(a)
- Operating a motor vehicle without a valid operator’s license: causing great bodily harm or death - § 343.05(3)(a)
- Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant - § 346.63(1)(a)
- Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of a controlled substance - § 346.63(1)(a)
- Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of a combination of an intoxicant and a controlled substance - § 346.63(1)(a)
- Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of a drug - criminal offense - §346.63(1)(a)
- Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant: hazardous inhalant - § 346.63(1)(a)
- Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant with a child under 16 years of age in the vehicle - § 346.63(1)(a)
- Operating a motor vehicle with a detectable amount of a restricted controlled substance - § 346.63(1)(am)
- Operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration - 0.08 grams or more - § 346.63(1)(b)
- Operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration - criminal offense - 0.02 grams or more - § 346.63(1)(b)
- Operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration - criminal offense - more than 0.02 grams - subject to an ignition interlock order - § 346.63(1)(b)
- Operating a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and causing injury - § 346.63(2)(a)1.
- Operating a vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration and causing injury - 0.08 grams or more - § 346.63(2)(a)2.
- Operating a commercial motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration of 0.04 grams or more but less than 0.08 grams - criminal offense - § 346.63(5)(a)
- Operating while suspended: civil forfeiture - § 343.44(1)(a) - § 346.63(1)(a)
- Operating while suspended: criminal offense: causing great bodily harm or death - § 343.44(1)(a) and (2)(ag)2. and 3.
- Operating while revoked: civil forfeiture - § 343.44(1)(b)
- Operating while revoked: criminal offense: revocation resulted from an OWI-related offense - § 343.44(1)(b)
- Operating while revoked: criminal offense: causing great bodily harm or death - § 343.44(1)(b) and (2)(ar)3. and 4.
- Operating while revoked: criminal offense: permanent revocation - § 343.44(1)(b)
P
- Patronizing prostitutes - § 944.31
- Placing a global positioning device - § 940.315(1)(a)
- Possession of burglary tools - § 943.12
- Possession of a controlled substance /analog - § 961.41(3g)
- Possession of a controlled substance/analog with intent to deliver - § 961.41(1m)
- Possession of a controlled substance/analog with intent to manufacture - § 961.41(1m)
- Possession of drug paraphernalia - § 961.573(1)
- Possession of drug paraphernalia: methamphetamine - § 961.573(3)
- Possession of electric weapon - § 941.295
- Possession of explosives: unlawful purpose - § 941.31(1)
- Possession of a firearm by a felon - § 941.29(1m)
- Possession of a firearm by a person subject to an injunction - § 941.29(1m)(f) or (g)
- Possession of a forged writing with intent to utter - § 943.38(2)
- Possession of an improvised explosive device - § 941.31(2)(b)
- Possession of a machine gun or other full automatic weapon - § 941.26(1)(a)
- Possession of a masking agent - § 961.69
- Possession of methamphetamine waste - § 961.67(2)(a)
- Possession of oleoresin of capsicum (pepper spray) by a convicted felon - § 941.26(L)
- Possession of a short-barreled shotgun or rifle - § 941.28
- Possession of a prescription drug with intent to deliver - § 450.11(7)(g)
- Possession of a prescription drug without a valid prescription - § 450.11(7)(h)
- Possession of property with altered identification marks - § 943.37(3)
- Prescription drug (possession with intent to deliver) - § 450.11(7)(g)
- Prescription drug (possession without a valid prescription) - § 450.11(7)(h)
- Prescription (obtaining a drug by fraud) - § 450.11(7)(a)
- Prostitution: act of sexual gratification - § 944.30(1m)(b)
- Prostitution: nonmarital sexual intercourse - § 944.30(1m)(a)
- Public fornication: sexual intercourse in public - § 944.15
- Publishing a private representation depicting nudity without consent - § 942.09(3m)(a)1
- Publishing a depiction that is known to be a private representation of nudity without consent - § 942.09(3m)(a)2
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R
- Receiving stolen property - § 943.34
- Reckless driving: endangering safety (criminal offense) - § 346.62(2)
- Reckless driving: causing bodily harm - § 346.62(3)
- Reckless driving: causing great bodily harm - § 346.62(4)
- Reckless homicide (First-degree) - § 940.02
- Removing a major part of a vehicle without the owner’s consent - § 943.23(5)
- Representations depicting nudity - § 942.09(2)(am)1
- Resisting a traffic officer by failing to stop - § 346.04(2t)
- Robbery by the use or threat of force - § 943.32(1)(a) and (b)
S
- Second degree intentional homicide - § 940.05
- Second degree recklessly endangering safety - § 941.30(2)
- Second degree reckless homicide - § 940.06
- Second degree reckless homicide by omission - § 940.06
- Second degree sexual assault: sexual contact or intercourse without consent by use or threat of force or violence - § 940.225(2)(a)
- Second degree sexual assault: sexual contact or intercourse without consent causing injury, illness, disease or impairment or a sexual or reproductive organ, or mental anguish requiring psychiatric care - § 940.225(2)(b)
- Second degree sexual assault: sexual contact or intercourse with a person suffering from mental illness - § 940.225(2)(c)
- Second degree sexual assault: sexual contact or intercourse with a person who is under the influence of an intoxicant - § 940.225(2)(c)(m)
- Second degree sexual assault: sexual contact or intercourse with a person the defendant knows is unconscious - § 940.225(2)(d)
- Second degree sexual assault: sexual contact or intercourse without consent while aided and abetted - § 940.225(2)(f)
- Second degree sexual assault: sexual contact or intercourse without consent with a patient or resident - § 940.225(2)(g)
- Second degree sexual assault: sexual contact or intercourse by a correctional staff member - § 940.225(2)(h)
- Second degree sexual assault: sexual contact or intercourse by a probation, parole, or extended supervision agent - § 940.225(2)(i)
- Second degree sexual assault: sexual contact or intercourse by an employee of an entity - § 940.225(2)(j)
- Second degree reckless injury - § 940.23(2)(a)
- Sexual exploitation by therapist - § 940.22
- Sexual gratification in public - § 944.17(2)(a)
- Simple Battery - § 940.19(1)
- Soliciting a child for the purpose of delivering a controlled substance - § 961.455
- Soliciting an intimate or private representation from a child - § 942.09(4)(a)1
- Soliciting to practice prostitution - § 944.32
- Speeding: Exceeding a Reasonable and Prudent Speed under § 346.57(2) or an ordinance adopting § 346.57(2) - § 346.57(2)
- Speeding: driving too fast for conditions under § 346.57(3) or an ordinance adopting § 346.57(3) - § 346.57(3)
- Speeding: exceeding fixed limits under § 346.57(4)(e) or an ordinance adopting § 346.57(4)(e) - § 346.57(4)(e)
- Speeding: exceeding 65 miles per hour under § 346.57(4)(gm) or an ordinance adopting § 346.57(4)(gm) - § 346.57(4)(gm)
- Speeding: exceeding 55 miles per hour in the absence of posted limits under § 346.57(4)(h) or an ordinance adopting § 346.57(4)(h) - § 346.57(4)(h)
- Speeding: exceeding posted limits under § 346.57(5) or an ordinance adopting § 346.57(5) - § 346.57(5)
- Stalking - § 940.32(2)
- Stalking - § 940.32(2e)
- Strangulation and suffocation - § 940.235
- Straw purchasing of firearms - § 941.2905
- Substantial battery: intent to cause bodily harm - § 940.19(2)
T
- Taking and driving a commercial motor vehicle without the owner’s consent - § 943.23(2g)
- Taking and driving a vehicle without the owner’s consent - § 943.23(2)
- Taking a hostage - § 940.305
- Taking a vehicle by use or threat of force - § 943.231(2)
- Taking a vehicle by use or threat of force while possessing a dangerous weapon - § 943.231(1)
- Tampering with an ignition interlock device - § 347.413
- Temporary restraining order or an (violation of) - § 813.12, 813.122, 813.123, 813.125
- Threats to communicate derogatory information - § 943.31
- Theft - § 943.20(1)(a)
- Theft by employee, trustee, or bailee (embezzlement) - § 943.20(1)(b)
- Theft by contractor - § 943.20(1)(b)
- Theft by failure to return leased or rented property - § 943.20(1)(e)
- Theft by fraud: representations made to the owner, directly or by a third person - § 943.20(1)(d)
- Theft by one having an undisputed interest in property from one having superior right in possession - § 943.20(1)(c)
- Theft of a financial transaction card - § 943.41(3)(a)
- Third degree sexual assault: sexual intercourse without consent - § 940.225(3)
- Third degree sexual assault: sexual contact without consent involving ejaculation, etc. - § 940.225(3)(b)
U
- Unauthorized use of an individual’s personal identifying information or documents - § 943.201(2)
- Unauthorized use of an entity’s identifying information or documents - § 943.203(2)
- Using a child to deliver a controlled substance - § 961.455
- Using oleoresin of capsicum (pepper spray) to cause bodily harm or discomfort - § 941.26(4)(b)
- Using oleoresin of capsicum (pepper spray) to cause bodily harm to a peace officer - § 941.26(4)(d)
- Uttering a forged writing with intent to utter- § 943.38(2)
- Possessing of a forged writing with intent to utter- § 943.38(2)
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Updated January 2025