{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-978.01","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 978.01","heading":"Number of district attorneys; election; term.","body":"(1) There shall be 71 district attorneys elected for full terms at the general election held in 2008 and quadrennially thereafter. The regular term of office for each district attorney is 4 years, commencing on the first Monday of January next succeeding his or her election. Each county is a prosecutorial unit and shall elect a district attorney, except that Shawano and Menominee counties form one 2-county prosecutorial unit and shall elect a single district attorney by the combined electorate of the 2 counties.\n(2)\n(a) Except as provided in par. (b), each district attorney serves on a full-time basis.\n(b) A district attorney serves on a part-time basis if his or her prosecutorial unit consists of Buffalo, Florence, or Pepin county.","path":["Chs. 967-980, Criminal Procedure","Chapter 978 District Attorneys"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/978.01","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:01:56Z","sha256":"66600d0d0f4a9390afa1ed6930696277c60fd49a407ff4f86f7555c5dfcd6ff4","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-978.001","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-978.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}