Wisconsin Statutes

Wis. Stat. § 85.01 (2026)

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85.0185.01 Definitions. In this chapter:

85.01(1)(1) “Department” means the department of transportation.

85.01(2)(2) “Division of hearings and appeals” means the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration.

85.01(2m)(2m) “Operator” has the meaning given in s. 340.01 (41).

85.01(3)(3) “Rail property” means all fixed property, real or personal, used in operating a railroad.

85.01(4)(4) “Rail property improvements” means rails, ties, switches, spurs, buildings, signals, trestles, bridges and other property, exclusive of land, that may be used in operating a railroad.

85.01(5)(5) “Railroad” means a railroad as defined in s. 195.02 (1) and any company, association, corporation or person managing, maintaining, operating or in possession of a railroad in whole or in part within this state whether as owner, contractor, lessee, mortgagee, trustee, assignee or receiver.

85.01(7)(7) “Railway” means a corporation described in s. 193.01, 1983 stats.

85.01(8)(8) “Secretary” means the secretary of transportation.

85.01 HistoryHistory: 1971 c. 125 s. 417; Stats. 1971 s. 85.01; 1973 c. 90; 1977 c. 29; 1981 c. 347; 1983 a. 27 ss. 1332, 1333, 1339, 1344, 1345; 1985 a. 29, 135; 1985 a. 187 s. 45; 1993 a. 16; 2003 a. 297; 2005 a. 179.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases, 1925–1981 · leading case: State v. Yellow Freight Sys., Inc., 303 N.W.2d 834 (Wis. 1981).

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State v. Yellow Freight Sys., Inc., 303 N.W.2d 834 (Wis. 1981). · cites it 11× “04 (2) prohibited the Public Service Commission 9 from issuing permits to nonresident, private motor carriers for vehicles exempt from the registration requirements in sec. 85.01, Stats. 1933, 10 by virtue of reciprocal agreements with the states where the carriers were…”

Interstate Trucking Co. v. Dammann, 241 N.W. 625 (Wis. 1932). · cites it 4× “ng more than one trip into Wisconsin during any year, whether for direct or indirect hire, and no motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer used regularly for the delivery or distribution of merchandise within this state or for interstate hauling, shall be operated on the public…”

Day v. Pauly, 202 N.W. 363 (Wis. 1925). “(3), sec. 85.01, Stats., turned his car to the left of the intersection and therefore was at the time of the collision .”

Delfosse v. New Franken Oil Co., 230 N.W. 31 (Wis. 1930). “Likewise, as the truck was at a standstill, and not being driven as plaintiff’s automobile approached, sec. 85.01, Stats., providing that whenever drivers of vehicles “shall meet on any highway” each shall seasonably drive his vehicle to the right of the middle of the traveled…”

State v. Petroleum Transp., Inc., 50 N.W.2d 465 (Wis. 1951). · cites it 3× “Sec. 85.01, Stats., provides: “85.01 Auto registration.”

Gardner Baking Co. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 271 N.W. 833 (Wis. 1937). “That the legislature had no intent that the commission should fix hours for drivers of private carriers is indicated by the amount of the fee, $1 and $2, exacted for the permit, and the deduction of this fee from the registration fee prescribed by sec. 85.01, Stats. 1933, for…”

Balvoll v. Pinnow, 208 N.W. 466 (Wis. 1926). · cites it 2× “(3), sec. 85.01, Stats. It is claimed that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover on the ground that she failed to keep a proper lookout.”

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