Wisconsin § 97.627 Causing fires by tobacco smoking.

Wisconsin Statutes

§ 97.627 — Causing fires by tobacco smoking.

Wisconsin § 97.627

Ch. 97Food, lodging, and recreation

Subch.subch. III of ch. 97 SUBCHAPTER III

LODGING AND VENDING MACHINES

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Bluebook

Wis. Stat. § 97.627 (2026).

Text

97.627 97.627(1) (1) Any person who, by smoking, or attempting to light or to smoke cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco, in any manner in which lighters or matches are employed, shall, in a careless, reckless or negligent manner, set fire to any bedding, furniture, curtains, drapes, house or any household fittings, or any part of any building specified in sub.

(2), so as to endanger life or property in any way or to any extent, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $250, together with costs, or imprisoned not less than 10 days nor more than 6 months or both. 97.627(2) (2) In each sleeping room of all hotels, rooming houses, lodging houses and other places of public abode, a plainly printed notice shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place advising tenants of the provisions of t

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97.627
97.627(1) (1) Any person who, by smoking, or attempting to light or to smoke cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco, in any manner in which lighters or matches are employed, shall, in a careless, reckless or negligent manner, set fire to any bedding, furniture, curtains, drapes, house or any household fittings, or any part of any building specified in sub. (2) , so as to endanger life or property in any way or to any extent, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $250, together with costs, or imprisoned not less than 10 days nor more than 6 months or both.
97.627(2) (2) In each sleeping room of all hotels, rooming houses, lodging houses and other places of public abode, a plainly printed notice shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place advising tenants of the provisions of this section.

Legislative History

97.627 History History: 1975 c. 413 s. 13 ; Stats. 1975 s. 50.58; 1993 a. 27 s. 79 ; Stats. 1993 s. 254.76; 2015 a. 55 s. 4092 ; 2015 Stats. s. 97.627.