Activities not constituting doing business
Wis. Stat. § 183.0905
in effect(1) Activities of a foreign limited liability company which do not constitute doing business in this state under this subchapter include all of the following:
(a) Maintaining, defending, mediating, arbitrating, or settling an action or proceeding.
(b) Carrying on any activity concerning its internal affairs, including holding meetings of its members or managers.
(c) Maintaining accounts in financial institutions.
(d) Maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange, and registration of securities of the company or maintaining trustees or depositaries with respect to those securities.
(e) Selling through independent contractors.
(f) Soliciting or obtaining orders by any means if the orders require acceptance outside this state before they become contracts.
(g) Creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages, or security interests in property.
(h) Securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages or security interests in property securing the debts and holding, protecting, or maintaining property.
(i) Conducting an isolated transaction that is not in the course of similar transactions.
(j) Owning, without more, property.
(k) Doing business in interstate commerce.
(2) A person does not do business in this state solely by being a member or manager of a foreign limited liability company that does business in this state.
(3) This section does not apply in determining the contacts or activities that may subject a foreign limited liability company to service of process, taxation, or regulation under law of this state other than this chapter.
Source: WI Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/183.0905Fetched: 10/7/2026