23.61 Search and seizure; when authorized. A search of a person, object or place may be made and things may be seized when the search is made:
(1) Incident to a lawful arrest;
(2) With consent;
(3) Pursuant to a valid search warrant;
(4) With the authority and within the scope of a right of lawful inspection;
(5) Incident to the issuance of a lawfully issued citation under s. 23.60;
(6) During an authorized temporary questioning under s. 23.59; or
(7) As otherwise authorized by law.
History: 1975 c. 365.
The warrantless search of a fisherman's truck by state conservation wardens under s. 29.33 (6) [now s. 29.519 (6)] was presumptively reasonable. State v. Erickson, 101 Wis. 2d 224, 303 N.W.2d 850 (Ct. App. 1981).