{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-785.04","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 785.04","heading":"Sanctions authorized.","body":"(1) Remedial sanction. A court may impose one or more of the following remedial sanctions:\n(a) Payment of a sum of money sufficient to compensate a party for a loss or injury suffered by the party as the result of a contempt of court.\n(b) Imprisonment if the contempt of court is of a type included in s. 785.01 (1) (b), (bm), (c) or (d). The imprisonment may extend only so long as the person is committing the contempt of court or 6 months, whichever is the shorter period.\n(c) A forfeiture not to exceed $2,000 for each day the contempt of court continues.\n(d) An order designed to ensure compliance with a prior order of the court.\n(e) A sanction other than the sanctions specified in pars. (a) to (d) if it expressly finds that those sanctions would be ineffectual to terminate a continuing contempt of court.\n(2) Punitive sanction.\n(a) Nonsummary procedure. A court, after a finding of contempt of court in a nonsummary procedure under s. 785.03 (1) (b), may impose for each separate contempt of court a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year or both.\n(b) Summary procedure. A court, after a finding of contempt of court in a summary procedure under s. 785.03 (2), may impose for each separate contempt of court a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 30 days or both.\n(3) Past conduct. A punitive sanction may be imposed for past conduct which was a contempt of court even though similar present conduct is a continuing contempt of court.","path":["Chs. 775-788, Actions and Proceedings in Special Cases","Chapter 785 Contempt Of Court"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/785.04","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:01:39Z","sha256":"68c223b4a0463147fdfe0c8d06a27cd024fba2b940ace10ebbb238752d40775f","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-785.03","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-785.05"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}