Wisconsin § 125.10 Municipal regulation.

Wisconsin Statutes

§ 125.10 — Municipal regulation.

Wisconsin § 125.10

Ch. 125Alcohol beverages

Subch.subch. I of ch. 125 SUBCHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

This text of Wisconsin § 125.10 (Municipal regulation.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Wisconsin primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Wis. Stat. § 125.10 (2026).

Text

10
10(1) (1) Authorization. Any municipality may enact regulations incorporating any part of this chapter and may prescribe additional regulations for the sale of alcohol beverages, not in conflict with this chapter. The municipality may prescribe forfeitures or license suspension or revocation for violations of any such regulations. Regulations providing forfeitures or license suspension or revocation must be adopted by ordinance. Any municipality may, by ordinance, regulate contests, competitions, or other events for the exhibition, demonstration, judging, tasting, or sampling of homemade wine or fermented malt beverages.
10(2) (2) Regulation of underage persons. A municipality or a county may enact an ordinance regulating conduct regulated by s. 125.07 (1) or (4) (a) , (b) o

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

125.10
125.10(1) (1) Authorization. Any municipality may enact regulations incorporating any part of this chapter and may prescribe additional regulations for the sale of alcohol beverages, not in conflict with this chapter. The municipality may prescribe forfeitures or license suspension or revocation for violations of any such regulations. Regulations providing forfeitures or license suspension or revocation must be adopted by ordinance. Any municipality may, by ordinance, regulate contests, competitions, or other events for the exhibition, demonstration, judging, tasting, or sampling of homemade wine or fermented malt beverages.
125.10(2) (2) Regulation of underage persons. A municipality or a county may enact an ordinance regulating conduct regulated by s. 125.07 (1) or (4) (a) , (b) or (bm) , 125.085 (3) (b) or 125.09 (2) only if it strictly conforms to the statutory subsection. A county ordinance enacted under this subsection does not apply within any municipality that has enacted or enacts an ordinance under this subsection.
125.10(3) (3) Zoning. Except as provided in s. 125.68 , this chapter does not affect the power of municipalities to enact or enforce zoning regulations.
125.10(4) (4) Regulation of closed retail premises. A municipality may not prohibit the permittee, licensee, employees, salespersons, employees of wholesalers issued a permit under s. 125.28 (1) or 125.54 (1) ; employees of permittees under s. 125.295 with respect to the permittee’s own retail premises; or service personnel from being present on premises operated under a Class “A”, “Class A” or “Class C” license or under a Class “B” or “Class B” license or permit during hours when the premises are not open for business if those persons are performing job-related activities.
125.10(5) (5) Fermented malt beverages on commercial quadricycles.
125.10(5)(a) (a) A municipality may, by ordinance, prohibit the consumption of fermented malt beverages by passengers on a commercial quadricycle within the municipality.
125.10(5)(b) (b) Notwithstanding sub. (1) , an ordinance enacted before January 1, 2014, regulating the possession or consumption of open containers of alcohol beverages in public places may not prohibit the possession or consumption of alcohol beverages by passengers on a commercial quadricycle. An ordinance that is inconsistent with this paragraph may not be enforced.

Legislative History

125.10 History History: 1981 c. 79 , 202 ; 1983 a. 74 ss. 19 , 32 ; 1985 a. 28 ss. 5 , 9 ; 1987 a. 168 ; 1989 a. 31 , 253 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 1993 a. 208 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2011 a. 32 , 200 ; 2013 a. 106 ; 2015 a. 372 .