Wisconsin § 941.36 Fraudulent tapping of electric wires or gas or water meters or pipes.

Wisconsin Statutes

§ 941.36 — Fraudulent tapping of electric wires or gas or water meters or pipes.

Wisconsin § 941.36

Ch. 941Crimes against public health and safety

Subch.subch. IV of ch. 941 SUBCHAPTER IV

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Wis. Stat. § 941.36 (2026).

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36(1) (1) Whoever, without permission and for the purpose of obtaining electrical current, gas or water with intent to defraud any vendor of electricity, gas or water by doing any of the following, is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor:
36(1)(a) (a) Connects or causes to be connected by wire or any other device with the wire, cables or conductors of any such vendor.
36(1)(b) (b) Connects or disconnects the meters, pipes or conduits of the vendor or in any other manner tampers or interferes with the meters, pipes or conduits, or connects with the meters, pipes or conduits by pipes, conduits or other instruments.
36(2) (2) The existence of any of the conditions with reference to meters, pipes, conduits or attachments, described in this section, is presumptive evidence tha

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941.36
941.36(1) (1) Whoever, without permission and for the purpose of obtaining electrical current, gas or water with intent to defraud any vendor of electricity, gas or water by doing any of the following, is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor:
941.36(1)(a) (a) Connects or causes to be connected by wire or any other device with the wire, cables or conductors of any such vendor.
941.36(1)(b) (b) Connects or disconnects the meters, pipes or conduits of the vendor or in any other manner tampers or interferes with the meters, pipes or conduits, or connects with the meters, pipes or conduits by pipes, conduits or other instruments.
941.36(2) (2) The existence of any of the conditions with reference to meters, pipes, conduits or attachments, described in this section, is presumptive evidence that the person to whom gas, electricity or water is at the time being furnished by or through the meters, pipes, conduits or attachments has, with intent to defraud, created or caused to be created the conditions. The presumption does not apply to any person furnished with gas, electricity or water for less than 31 days or until there has been at least one meter reading.