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Wisconsin · Through 2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)

Wis. Stat. § 345.52: No double prosecution.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Chs. 340-351, Vehicles
  2. Chapter 345 Vehicles — Civil And Criminal Liability
  3. SUBCHAPTER III ARRESTS, BAIL, PENALTIES

(1) A judgment on the merits in a traffic ordinance action bars any proceeding under a state statute for the same violation. A judgment on the merits in an action under a state statute bars any proceeding under a traffic ordinance enacted in conformity with the state statute for the same violation.

(2) The pendency of an action under a traffic ordinance is grounds for staying an action under a state statute for the same violation. The pendency of an action under a state statute is grounds for staying an action under a traffic ordinance enacted in conformity with the state statute for the same violation.

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