Juvenile justice code

Wis. Stat. ch. 938
in effect

Wis. Stat. § 938.01 Title, legislative intent and purposes

Wis. Stat. § 938.02 Definitions

Wis. Stat. § 938.03 Time and place of court; absence or disability of judge

Wis. Stat. § 938.06 Services for court

Wis. Stat. § 938.07 Additional sources of court services

Wis. Stat. § 938.08 Duties of person furnishing services to court

Wis. Stat. § 938.09 Representation of the interests of the public

Wis. Stat. § 938.10 Power of the judge to act as intake worker

Wis. Stat. § 938.12 Jurisdiction over juveniles alleged to be delinquent

Wis. Stat. § 938.13 Jurisdiction over juveniles alleged to be in need of protection or services

Wis. Stat. § 938.14 Jurisdiction over interstate compact proceedings

Wis. Stat. § 938.15 Jurisdiction of other courts to determine legal custody

Wis. Stat. § 938.17 Jurisdiction over traffic, boating, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, and utility terrain vehicle violations and over civil law and ordinance violations

Wis. Stat. § 938.18 Jurisdiction for criminal proceedings for juveniles 14 or older; waiver hearing

Wis. Stat. § 938.19 Taking a juvenile into custody

Wis. Stat. § 938.20 Release or delivery from custody

Wis. Stat. § 938.21 Hearing for juvenile in custody

Wis. Stat. § 938.022 Electronic filing

Wis. Stat. § 938.22 County and private juvenile facilities

Wis. Stat. § 938.23 Right to counsel

Wis. Stat. § 938.24 Receipt of jurisdictional information; intake inquiry

Wis. Stat. § 938.25 Petition: authorization to file

Wis. Stat. § 938.27 Notice; summons

Wis. Stat. § 938.028 Indian juvenile welfare

Wis. Stat. § 938.28 Failure to obey summons; capias

Wis. Stat. § 938.29 Substitution of judge

Wis. Stat. § 938.30 Plea hearing

Wis. Stat. § 938.31 Fact-finding hearing

Wis. Stat. § 938.32 Consent decree

Wis. Stat. § 938.33 Court reports

Wis. Stat. § 938.34 Disposition of juvenile adjudged delinquent

Wis. Stat. § 938.35 Effect of judgment and disposition

Wis. Stat. § 938.36 Payment for services

Wis. Stat. § 938.37 Costs

Wis. Stat. § 938.38 Permanency planning

Wis. Stat. § 938.39 Disposition by court bars criminal proceeding

Wis. Stat. § 938.44 Jurisdiction over persons 17 or older

Wis. Stat. § 938.45 Orders applicable to adults

Wis. Stat. § 938.46 New evidence

Wis. Stat. § 938.47 Motion for postdisposition relief and appeal

Wis. Stat. § 938.48 Authority of department of corrections

Wis. Stat. § 938.49 Notification by court of placement with a county department or the department of corrections; transfer of reports and records

Wis. Stat. § 938.50 Examination of juveniles under supervision of department of corrections

Wis. Stat. § 938.51 Notification of release or escape of juvenile from correctional custody or supervision

Wis. Stat. § 938.52 Facilities for care of juveniles in care of department of corrections

Wis. Stat. § 938.53 Duration of control of department of corrections over delinquents

Wis. Stat. § 938.54 Records

Wis. Stat. § 938.57 Powers and duties of county departments providing juvenile welfare services

Wis. Stat. § 938.59 Examination and records

Wis. Stat. § 938.067 Powers and duties of intake workers

Wis. Stat. § 938.069 Powers and duties of disposition staff

Wis. Stat. § 938.78 Confidentiality of records

Wis. Stat. § 938.125 Jurisdiction over juveniles alleged to have violated civil laws or ordinances

Wis. Stat. § 938.135 Referral of juveniles to proceedings under ch. 51 or 55

Wis. Stat. § 938.183 Original adult court jurisdiction for criminal proceedings

Wis. Stat. § 938.185 Venue

Wis. Stat. § 938.195 Recording custodial interrogations

Wis. Stat. § 938.205 Criteria for holding a juvenile in physical custody

Wis. Stat. § 938.207 Places where a juvenile may be held in nonsecure custody

Wis. Stat. § 938.208 Criteria for holding a juvenile in a juvenile detention facility

Wis. Stat. § 938.209 Criteria for holding a juvenile in a county jail or a municipal lockup facility

Wis. Stat. § 938.217 Change in placement; juvenile held in custody

Wis. Stat. § 938.222 Contracts with private entities for juvenile detention facility services

Wis. Stat. § 938.223 Contracts with Minnesota counties for juvenile detention facility services

Wis. Stat. § 938.224 Contracts with department for juvenile detention facility services

Wis. Stat. § 938.225 Statewide plan for juvenile detention and correctional facilities

Wis. Stat. § 938.235 Guardian ad litem

Wis. Stat. § 938.237 Civil law and ordinance proceedings initiated by citation in the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48

Wis. Stat. § 938.243 Basic rights: duty of intake worker

Wis. Stat. § 938.245 Deferred prosecution

Wis. Stat. § 938.255 Petition; form and content

Wis. Stat. § 938.263 Amendment of petition

Wis. Stat. § 938.265 Consultation with victims

Wis. Stat. § 938.273 Service of summons or notice; expense

Wis. Stat. § 938.275 Parents’ contribution to cost of custody, sanctions and court and legal services

Wis. Stat. § 938.293 Discovery

Wis. Stat. § 938.295 Physical, psychological, mental or developmental examination

Wis. Stat. § 938.296 Testing for HIV infection and certain diseases

Wis. Stat. § 938.297 Motions before trial

Wis. Stat. § 938.299 Procedures at hearings

Wis. Stat. § 938.305 Hearing upon the involuntary removal of a juvenile

Wis. Stat. § 938.312 Notice of dismissal

Wis. Stat. § 938.315 Delays, continuances and extensions

Wis. Stat. § 938.325 Proceedings by telephone or live audiovisual means

Wis. Stat. § 938.331 Court reports; effect on victim

Wis. Stat. § 938.335 Dispositional hearings

Wis. Stat. § 938.341 Delinquency adjudication; restriction on firearm possession

Wis. Stat. § 938.342 Disposition; truancy and school dropout ordinance violations

Wis. Stat. § 938.343 Disposition of juvenile adjudged to have violated a civil law or an ordinance

Wis. Stat. § 938.344 Disposition; certain intoxicating liquor, beer and drug violations

Wis. Stat. § 938.345 Disposition of juvenile adjudged in need of protection or services

Wis. Stat. § 938.346 Notice to victims of juveniles’ acts

Wis. Stat. § 938.355 Dispositional orders

Wis. Stat. § 938.356 Duty of court to warn

Wis. Stat. § 938.357 Change in placement; juvenile subject to dispositional order

Wis. Stat. § 938.358 Trial reunification

Wis. Stat. § 938.361 Payment for alcohol and other drug abuse services

Wis. Stat. § 938.362 Payment for certain special treatment or care services

Wis. Stat. § 938.363 Revision of dispositional orders

Wis. Stat. § 938.364 Dismissal of certain dispositional orders

Wis. Stat. § 938.365 Extension of orders

Wis. Stat. § 938.366 Extended out-of-home care

Wis. Stat. § 938.368 Continuation of dispositional orders

Wis. Stat. § 938.371 Access to certain information by substitute care provider

Wis. Stat. § 938.373 Medical authorization

Wis. Stat. § 938.383 Reasonable and prudent parent standard

Wis. Stat. § 938.385 Plan for transition to independent living

Wis. Stat. § 938.396 Records

Wis. Stat. § 938.485 Authority of department

Wis. Stat. § 938.505 Juveniles placed under correctional supervision

Wis. Stat. § 938.533 Community supervision

Wis. Stat. § 938.534 Intensive supervision program

Wis. Stat. § 938.535 Early release and intensive supervision program; limits

Wis. Stat. § 938.538 Serious juvenile offender program

Wis. Stat. § 938.539 Type 2 status

Wis. Stat. § 938.546 Juvenile treatment court grant program

Wis. Stat. § 938.547 Juvenile alcohol and other drug abuse pilot program

Wis. Stat. § 938.548 Multidisciplinary screen and assessment criteria

Wis. Stat. § 938.549 Juvenile classification system

Wis. Stat. § 938.595 Duration of control of county departments over delinquents

Wis. Stat. § 938.795 Powers of the department

Wis. Stat. § 938.988 Interstate placement of juveniles

Wis. Stat. § 938.999 Interstate Compact for Juveniles

Wis. Stat. § 938.2965 Waiting area for victims and witnesses

Wis. Stat. § 938.3415 Delinquency adjudication; restriction on body armor possession

Wis. Stat. § 938.9995 Expediting interstate placements of juveniles

Source: WI Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/938Fetched: 10/7/2026