Wisconsin Consumer Act Interpretive Opinions

​​​​​​​​​The Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) issued the following interpretive opinions in relation to the Wisconsin Consumer Act.

​T​​opic

​​Date Issued​​​

Agricultural Credit and Wisconsin's Marital Property Law​​

​September 22, 1998

Agricultural Transactions - Required Disclosures

​July 3, 1998

Agricultural Transactions - Required Disclosures - Jurisdictional Limit of Wis. Stat. s. 422.210

​August 17, 1998

Application of Partial Prepayments

​May 22, 2008

Attorney Fee Provisions

​July 7, 2020

​Attorney Fee Provisions - Supplemental Letter​​

​October 9, 2020

​Customer signatures under Wis. Stat. s. 422.305

​December 20, 2001

​Debt Cancellation Contracts (applicable only for depository institutions)

​April 1, 2006​

​​Debt Collection - Prohibited Practices - Emergency Guidance​​

​April 13, 2020

​Debt Collection - Calls to a Debtor's Friends, Family, and Other Third Parties

​​April 13, 2020​

​Deferral Fees

​July 8, 1998

Exact Copy, Wis. Stat. s. 422.302(3)

​April 12, 1996

Exclusion of Commitments to Lend in Excess of $25,000 from the Wisconsin Consumer Act​​

​April 1, 1977

​Expedited Payment Processing Fees

​September 6, 2007

Federal Standing Jurisprudence Inapplicable to Wisconsin Consumer Act (WCA) Actions in State Court

​September 10, 2021

Global Positioning System (GPS) - ​Installation of Device on a Vehicle

​July 27, 2015

​Guaranteed Asset Protection (GAP) Products

​July 1, 2015

​Motor Vehicle Conditional Delivery Agreements

​October 30, 1989

No Federal Preemption of WCA Registration by the FFELP Student Loan Program

​October 1, 1999

Non-Sufficient Fund (NSF) Fees Arising from Automated Clearing House (ACH) Transactions

October 9, 2020

​Prepaid Finance Charges

​January 12, 2001

​Retention of Records - Optical Imaging

​November 25, 1998

​Security Interest Restrictions - Debt Under $1,000

​September 22, 1982

Single Instrument Rule, Wis. Stat. s. 422.303(1)

​April 26, 1996

​State Lease Disclosures and Regulation M

​June 11, 1997

​Three-Day Right to Cancel - When is a Transaction "Consummated"?

​June 30, 1998

Variable Rate Loans - Ceilings and Floors

​October 18, 2001

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