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Wis. Stat. § 183.0902 (2026)
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183.0902(1)(1) A foreign limited liability company may not do business in this state until it registers with the department under this subchapter.
183.0902(2)(2) A foreign limited liability company doing business in this state may not maintain an action or proceeding in this state unless it has registered to do business in this state.
183.0902(3)(3) The failure of a foreign limited liability company to register to do business in this state does not impair the validity of a contract or act of the foreign limited liability company or its title to property in this state or preclude it from defending an action or proceeding in this state.
183.0902(4)(4) A limitation on the liability of a member or manager of a foreign limited liability company is not waived solely because the company does business in this state without registering to do business in this state.
183.0902(5)(5) Section 183.0901 (1) and (2) applies even if a foreign limited liability company fails to register under this subchapter.
183.0902(6)(a)(a) A foreign limited liability company that does business in this state without registering to do business in this state is liable to this state, for each year or any part of a year during which it did business in this state without registration, in an amount equal to all of the following:
183.0902(6)(a)1.1. All fees and other charges that would have been imposed by this chapter on the foreign limited liability company had it properly filed a foreign registration statement as required by this section and thereafter filed all reports required by this chapter.
183.0902(6)(b)(b) The foreign limited liability company shall pay the amount owed under par. (a) to the department, and the department may not file a foreign registration statement for the foreign limited liability company until the amount owed is paid. The attorney general may enforce a foreign limited liability company’s obligation to pay to the department any amount owed under this subsection.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2004–2026 · leading case: Decker v. Decker, 2006 WI App 247 (Wis. Ct. App. 2006).
Decker v. Decker, 2006 WI App 247 (Wis. Ct. App. 2006). “§ 183.0902 entitled Judicial dissolution states that a court may order the dissolution of an LLC when: "(4) .”
Gottsacker v. Monnier, 2004 WI App 25 (Wis. Ct. App. 2004). “0402 (2), or judicial dissolution pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 183.0902 . *680 ¶ 26. We disagree that a return of the property-will necessarily deadlock New Jersey LLC and make it impossible to sell the property.”
Buffy Linette Stahl v. Gregory Scott Stahl (Wis. Ct. App. 2022). “§ 183.0902, the “judicial dissolution” provision of the chapter of the Wisconsin Statutes governing limited liability corporations.”
Jennifer Ciesar v. Cottage Row, LLC C/O PLF Registered Agents, LLC (Wis. Ct. App. 2024). “See 2021 Wis. Act. 258, § 616. Jennifer and John’s subsequent filings before the circuit court cited the current version of the statute.”
IJS Storage, LLC v. Patrick Fagan (Wis. Ct. App. 2026). “Bilik’s testimony together with the termination notice itself proves that Fagan received written notice of the termination of his tenancy, with the date of termination and with more than 28 days notice. See sec. 704.19(3), (4) (requiring written notice of at least 28 days…”
— Wis. Stat. § 183.0902(1) — 2 cases
Gottsacker v. Monnier, 2004 WI App 25 (Wis. Ct. App. 2004). “0402 (2), or judicial dissolution pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 183.0902 . *680 ¶ 26. We disagree that a return of the property-will necessarily deadlock New Jersey LLC and make it impossible to sell the property.”
Buffy Linette Stahl v. Gregory Scott Stahl (Wis. Ct. App. 2022). “§ 183.0902, the “judicial dissolution” provision of the chapter of the Wisconsin Statutes governing limited liability corporations.”
— Wis. Stat. § 183.0902(3) — 1 case
IJS Storage, LLC v. Patrick Fagan (Wis. Ct. App. 2026). “Bilik’s testimony together with the termination notice itself proves that Fagan received written notice of the termination of his tenancy, with the date of termination and with more than 28 days notice. See sec. 704.19(3), (4) (requiring written notice of at least 28 days…”
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