Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 346.20 (2026)
Right-of-way of funeral processions and military convoys
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346.20(1)(1) Except as provided in sub. (4), the operator of a vehicle not in a funeral procession or military convoy shall yield the right-of-way at an intersection to vehicles in a funeral procession or military convoy when vehicles comprising such procession have their headlights lighted.
346.20(2)(2) The operator of a vehicle not in a funeral procession shall not drive the vehicle between the vehicles of the funeral procession, except when authorized to do so by a traffic officer or when such vehicle is an authorized emergency vehicle giving audible signal by siren.
346.20(3)(3) Operators of vehicles not a part of a funeral procession or military convoy shall not form a procession or convoy and have their headlights lighted for the purpose of securing the right-of-way granted by this section to funeral processions or military convoys.
346.20(4)(a)(a) Operators of vehicles in a funeral procession or military convoy shall yield the right-of-way in accordance with s. 346.19 upon the approach of an authorized emergency vehicle giving audible signal by siren.
346.20(4)(b)(b) Operators of vehicles in a funeral procession or military convoy shall yield the right-of-way when directed to do so by a traffic officer.
346.20(4)(c)(c) The operator of the leading vehicle in a funeral procession or military convoy shall comply with stop signs and traffic control signals, but when the leading vehicle has proceeded across an intersection in accordance with such signal or after stopping as required by the stop sign, all vehicles in such procession may proceed without stopping, regardless of the sign or signal.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1950–2015 · leading case: State v. Daniel S. Iverson, 2015 WI 101 (Wis. 2015).
State v. Daniel S. Iverson, 2015 WI 101 (Wis. 2015). “04 (prohibiting the operation of an unregistered or improperly registered vehicle); Wis. Stat. § 346.20 (1) (requiring vehicle operators to yield the right-of-way at intersections to vehicles in funeral processions when the latter have their headlights lighted); § 346.”
State v. Hoebel, 41 N.W.2d 865 (Wis. 1950). “Their purpose is indicated in sec. 346.20, Stats., “to promote a high standard of ethics in the practice of lobbying, to pre *553 vent unfair and unethical lobbying practices, and to provide for the licensing of lobbyists and the suspension or revocation of such licenses.”
State ex rel. Arthur v. Superior Court of Dane Cnty., 43 N.W.2d 484 (Wis. 1950). “It shall be the duty of the attorney general upon information to bring prosecutions for the violation of the provisions of sections 346.20 to 346.27,” the authority given to the attorney general to prosecute violations of this law is exclusive.”
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