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2012 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
947. Crimes against public peace, order and other interests.
947.02 Vagrancy.
Universal Citation: WI Stat § 947.02 (2012 through Act 45)
947.02 Vagrancy. 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.
History: 1977 c. 173; 1993 a. 486; 1999 a. 83.