Date of enactment: March 27, 2024
2023 Senate Bill 29 Date of publication*: March 28, 2024
2023 WISCONSIN ACT 245
AN ACT to repeal 887.015 (2) (e); and to amend 887.015 (title), 887.015 (1), 887.015 (2) (b), 887.015 (2) (f),
887.015 (3) and 887.015 (6) of the statutes; relating to: the Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 887.015 (title) of the statutes is amended
to read:
887.015 (title) Uniform unsworn foreign declara-
tions act.
SECTION 2. 887.015 (1) of the statutes is amended to
read:
887.015 (1) SHORT TITLE. This section may be cited
as the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act.
SECTION 3. 887.015 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended
to read:
887.015 (2) (b) “Law” includes the federal or a state
constitution, a federal or state a statute, a judicial decision
or order, a rule of court, an executive order, or an adminis-
trative rule, regulation, or order.
SECTION 4. 887.015 (2) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 5. 887.015 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended
to read:
887.015 (2) (f) “Sworn declaration” means a declara-
tion in a signed record given under oath or affirmation.
Sworn declaration. “Sworn declaration” includes a
sworn or affirmed statement, verification, certificate, or
affidavit.
SECTION 6. 887.015 (3) of the statutes is amended to
read:
887.015 (3) APPLICABILITY. This section applies to an
unsworn declaration by a declarant who at the time of
making the declaration is physically located within or
outside the boundaries of the United States, whether or
not the location is subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States. This section does not apply to a declaration by a
declarant who is physically located on property that is
within the boundaries of the United States and subject to
the jurisdiction of another country or a federally recog-
nized American Indian tribe.
SECTION 7. 887.015 (6) of the statutes is amended to
read:
887.015 (6) FORM OF UNSWORN DECLARATION. An
unsworn declaration under this section must shall be in
substantially the following form:
I declare under penalty of false swearing under the
law of Wisconsin that the foregoing is true and correct,
and that I am physically located outside the geographic
boundaries of the United States, Puerto Rico, the United
States Virgin Islands, and any territory or insular posses-
sion subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
Executed Signed on the .... day of ...., .... (year), at ....
(city or other location, and state), ....( or country).
.... (printed name)
.... (signature)
* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s
partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”