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

Wis. Stat. § 947.02: Vagrancy.

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  1. Chs. 939-951, Criminal Code
  2. Chapter 947 Crimes Against Public Peace, Order And Other Interests

Any of the following are vagrants and are guilty of a Class C misdemeanor:

(1) A person, with the physical ability to work, who is without lawful means of support and does not seek employment; or

(3) A prostitute who loiters on the streets or in a place where intoxicating liquors are sold, or a person who, in public, solicits another to commit a crime against sexual morality; or

(4) A person known to be a professional gambler or known as a frequenter of gambling places or who derives part of his or her support from begging or as a fortune teller or similar impostor.

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