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Wis. Stat. § 422.417

Restrictions on security interests

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 2001 WI App 199 - Doe v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. (2001)

Most recently applied in 931 F. Supp. 2d 919 - Nelson v. Santander Consumer USA, Inc. (March 2013)

1971 c. 239; 1973 c. 3; 1975 c. 406, 407, 421; 1981 c. 20, 391; 1985 a. 256; 1989 a. 359; 1991 a. 316; 1995 a. 329; 1997 a. 302.

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(1) With respect to a consumer credit sale a seller may take a security interest only in:

(a) The property sold;

(b) Goods upon which the property sold is installed or to which it is annexed, or goods upon which the services sold are performed, if the obligation secured is $500 or more;

(c) Real property to which the property sold is affixed, or which is maintained, repaired or improved as a result of the sale of the property or services, if the obligation secured is $1,000 or more; and (d) Goods of the consumer which were the subject of a prior transaction with the seller which is consolidated (s. 422.206) with the consumer credit sale, or if the consumer credit sale is made pursuant to an open-end credit plan, goods previously purchased by the consumer pursuant to the plan, subject however to s. 422.418.

(2) With respect to a consumer lease, except as otherwise provided in s. 429.205 with respect to a motor vehicle consumer lease, a lessor may not take a security interest in any property owned or leased by the customer other than the leased goods to secure the lessor’s obligations under the lease. This subsection does not prohibit a security interest in a cash security deposit for a consumer lease of motor vehicles.

(3) With respect to a consumer loan, in addition to the limitations on security interests required by 12 CFR 227.13 (d), 12 CFR 535.2 (a)

(4) or 16 CFR 444.2 (a) 4, if any, a lender may not take a security interest, other than a purchase money security interest, in:

(a) Clothing of the customer and the customer’s dependents and the following, if they are not fixtures: dining table and chairs, refrigerator, heating stove, cooking stove, radio, beds and bedding, couch and chairs, cooking utensils and kitchenware; or (b) Real property if the obligation secured is less than $1,000.

(4) A violation of this section is subject to s. 425.304.

Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.