Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 184.01 (2026)
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184.01(1)(1) “Member” means a person who, under the rules or practices of a nonprofit association, may participate in the selection of persons authorized to manage the affairs of the nonprofit association or in the development of policy of the nonprofit association.
184.01(2)(2) “Nonprofit association” means an unincorporated organization consisting of 3 or more members joined by mutual consent for a common, nonprofit purpose. However, joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or tenancy by the entireties does not, by itself, establish a nonprofit association, even if the co-owners share use of the property for a nonprofit purpose.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1933–2023 · leading case: Jones v. Hawaiian Elec. Co., Inc., 639 P.2d 1103 (Haw. 1982).
Jones v. Hawaiian Elec. Co., Inc., 639 P.2d 1103 (Haw. 1982). “Wis. Stat. Ann. § 184.01 (3) provided that: “ ‘[securities’ means capital stock and evidences of indebtedness of a public service corporation.”
Lake Superior Dist. Power Co. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 26 N.W.2d 278 (Wis. 1947). “534, Laws of 1927, security or securities was defined in sec. 184.01, Stats., to “mean and include every share of stock, certificate of stock, bond, note or other evidence of debt issued by a public-service corporation;” and sec.”
Wisconsin Pub. Serv. Corp. v. United States, 40 F. Supp. 327 (E.D. Wis. 1941). “It is a public service corporation within the meaning of Section 184.01, Wisconsin Statutes. On October 2, 1922, the plaintiff corporation, being authorized to borrow money for its corporate purposes, executed a mortgage indenture with the First Wisconsin Trust Company, as…”
Wisconsin Prof'l Police Ass'n v. Wisconsin Counties Ass'n, 2014 WI App 106 (Wis. Ct. App. 2014). “§ 184.01(2), which defines "nonprofit association" as "an unincorporated organization.”
Parents Protecting Our Child., UA v. Eau Claire Area Sch. Dist., Wisconsin (W.D. Wis. 2023). “The Parties Plaintiff Parents Protecting Our Children, UA, is a group of parents who have created an unincorporated nonprofit association in accordance with Wis. Stat. § 184.01 . The unidentified members of the association reside in the Eau Claire Area School District (ECASD)…”
Milwaukee Cnty. v. Milwaukee Elec. Ry. & Light Co., 246 N.W. 430 (Wis. 1933). “The defendant is a public service corporation, as defined by sec. 184.01, Stats. In 1927 the village board divided the village into seven sanitary sewer districts, of which only districts one and two are here involved.”
Wis. Stat. § 184.01(2): 1 case
Wisconsin Prof'l Police Ass'n v. Wisconsin Counties Ass'n, 2014 WI App 106 (Wis. Ct. App. 2014). “§ 184.01(2), which defines "nonprofit association" as "an unincorporated organization.”
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