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Wis. Stat. § 946.69 (2026)

Impersonating or falsely assuming to act as a public officer or employee or a utility employee

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946.69946.69 Impersonating or falsely assuming to act as a public officer or employee or a utility employee.
946.69(1)(1) In this section, “utility” means any of the following:
946.69(1)(a)(a) A public utility, as defined in s. 196.01 (5).
946.69(1)(b)(b) A municipal power district, as defined in s. 198.01 (6).
946.69(1)(c)(c) A cooperative association organized under ch. 185 or 193 to furnish or provide telecommunications service, or a cooperative organized under ch. 185 to furnish or provide gas, electricity, power or water.
946.69(2)(2) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class I felony:
946.69(2)(a)(a) Assumes to act in an official capacity or to perform an official function, knowing that he or she is not the public officer or public employee or the employee of a utility that he or she assumes to be.
946.69(2)(b)(b) Exercises any function of a public office, knowing that he or she has not qualified so to act or that his or her right so to act has ceased.
946.69(2)(c)(c) Impersonates or represents himself or herself to be a public officer or public employee or the employee of a utility with the intent to mislead others into believing that he or she is actually a public officer or public employee or the employee of a utility.
946.69 HistoryHistory: 1977 c. 173; 1993 a. 146, 486; 1995 a. 225; 1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 109; 2005 a. 441; 2021 a. 263.
946.69 AnnotationSub. (1) [now sub. (2) (a)] is not unconstitutionally vague or overbroad. State v. Wickstrom, 118 Wis. 2d 339, 348 N.W.2d 183 (Ct. App. 1984).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1984–2023 · leading case: State v. Wickstrom, 348 N.W.2d 183 (Wis. Ct. App. 1984).
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State v. Wickstrom, 348 N.W.2d 183 (Wis. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 9× “Wickstrom appeals a judgment convicting him of two counts of violating sec. 946.69(1), Stats., and imposing consecutive sentences of nine months for each conviction.”
Wickstrom v. Ebert, 585 F. Supp. 924 (E.D. Wis. 1984). · cites it 6× “Plaintiffs’ principal allegations arise out of the state criminal prosecutions against them for violations of Wis.Stat. § 946.69(1), making it unlawful for one not a public officer or employee to assume to act in an official capacity.”
State v. Minniecheske, 378 N.W.2d 283 (Wis. 1985). · cites it 4× “On October 18, 1982, a summons and complaint were filed in Shawano county circuit court charging Donald Minniecheske with one count of assuming to act as a public officer, contrary to sec. 946.69(1), Stats. [1] The defendant *236 ultimately entered a no contest plea to the…”
Wickstrom v. Ebert, 101 F.R.D. 26 (E.D. Wis. 1984). · cites it 2× “Although the thirty-four-page, twenty-seven-count complaint lacks the descriptive clarity and precision typically characteristic of pleadings under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it appears that plaintiffs’ principal allegations arise out of the state criminal…”
State v. A.S., 2001 WI 48 (Wis. 2001). · cites it 2× “We noted that this limitation on speech is permissible because: Constitutionally protected rights, such as freedom of speech and peaceable assembly, are not the be all and end all.”
Anzivino v. Com. Servs. Corp. (In Re Plunkett), 47 B.R. 172 (Bankr. E.D. Wis. 1985). · cites it 3× “In Wiekstrom, the pro se plaintiffs sued various officials for alleged constitutional violations which related to state criminal prosecutions against them under Wis.Stat. § 946.69(1). 9 Within weeks of the commencement of their lawsuit, the plaintiffs served the summons and…”
State v. J.E.B., 469 N.W.2d 192 (Wis. Ct. App. 1991). “After being defeated in an election for chairman of the Town of Fairbanks in Shawano county, Wickstrom had a local newspaper print a public notice declaring the creation of " Constitution Township of Tigerton Dells" and a meeting to elect township officers. The organizational…”
State v. As, 2001 WI 48 (Wis. 2001). · cites it 2× “We noted that this limitation on speech is permissible because: Constitutionally protected rights, such as freedom of speech and peaceable assembly, are not the be all and end all.”
State v. Smits, 923 N.W.2d 173 (Wis. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “" ¶12 Smits' argument in this regard is foreclosed by Wickstrom .”
Penebaker, Khary v. Hitt, Andrew (W.D. Wis. 2023). · cites it 2× “Plaintiffs allege that defendants engaged in a conspiracy to violate the following state and federal laws:  Wis. Stat. § 946.69 , which prohibits falsely assuming to act as a public officer;  Wis.”
State v. JEB, 469 N.W.2d 192 (Wis. Ct. App. 1991). “After being defeated in an election for chairman of the Town of Fairbanks in Shawano county, Wickstrom had a local newspaper print a public notice declaring the creation of "Constitution Township of Tigerton Dells" and a meeting to elect township officers. The organizational…”
— Wis. Stat. § 946.69(1) — 7 cases
State v. Wickstrom, 348 N.W.2d 183 (Wis. Ct. App. 1984). “Wickstrom appeals a judgment convicting him of two counts of violating sec. 946.69(1), Stats., and imposing consecutive sentences of nine months for each conviction.”
Wickstrom v. Ebert, 585 F. Supp. 924 (E.D. Wis. 1984). “Plaintiffs’ principal allegations arise out of the state criminal prosecutions against them for violations of Wis.Stat. § 946.69(1), making it unlawful for one not a public officer or employee to assume to act in an official capacity.”
State v. Minniecheske, 378 N.W.2d 283 (Wis. 1985). “On October 18, 1982, a summons and complaint were filed in Shawano county circuit court charging Donald Minniecheske with one count of assuming to act as a public officer, contrary to sec. 946.69(1), Stats. [1] The defendant *236 ultimately entered a no contest plea to the…”
Wickstrom v. Ebert, 101 F.R.D. 26 (E.D. Wis. 1984). “Although the thirty-four-page, twenty-seven-count complaint lacks the descriptive clarity and precision typically characteristic of pleadings under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it appears that plaintiffs’ principal allegations arise out of the state criminal…”
Anzivino v. Com. Servs. Corp. (In Re Plunkett), 47 B.R. 172 (Bankr. E.D. Wis. 1985). “In Wiekstrom, the pro se plaintiffs sued various officials for alleged constitutional violations which related to state criminal prosecutions against them under Wis.Stat. § 946.69(1). 9 Within weeks of the commencement of their lawsuit, the plaintiffs served the summons and…”
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