§ 99.01 — Definitions.

Wisconsin § 99.01

• Jurisdiction: Wisconsin
• Ch. 99: Public warehouses

Text

99.01 For the purpose of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
99.01(1) (1) “Food” has the meaning specified in s. 97.01 (6) .
99.01(2) (2) “Property” means goods as defined in s. 407.102 (1) (g) . “Property” includes food; agricultural and commercial products, commodities or equipment; household furnishings; automobiles, boats, snowmobiles or other vehicles and conveyances; and all other items of a personal, family, household, agricultural, business or commercial nature which may be the subject of a contract of storage.
99.01(3) (3) “Public warehouse” means a warehouse that is operated by a public warehouse keeper for the storage for hire of the property of others. “Public warehouse” includes a food warehouse, as defined in s. 97.27 (1) (b) , if the warehouse is operated by a public warehouse keeper on a storage for hire basis. “Public warehouse” does not include a frozen-food locker plant as defined in s. 97.27 (1) (c) .
99.01(4) (4) “Public warehouse keeper” means any person who is required to be licensed under s. 99.02 .
99.01(5) (5) “Warehouse” means any building, room, structure or facility used for the storage of property.

Legislative History

99.01 History History: 1983 a. 189 ; 1983 a. 500 ss. 2 to 6 , 30 ; 1983 a. 538 ; 1985 a. 332 s. 253 ; 1987 a. 399 ; 1999 a. 83 ; 2009 a. 322 .