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WI Stat § 216.05 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 216 - Investment associations.|216.05 - Participation in federal legislation; conversion into federal associations.

216.05  Participation in federal legislation; conversion into federal associations. Any investment association organized under this chapter may be eligible for and participate in the benefits of any federal legislation made available to savings and loan associations. Any such investment association may convert itself into a federal savings and loan association in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as savings and loan associations under s. 215.57 which section, so far as applicable, shall apply to investment associations.History:  1975 c. 359 s. 51.
WI Stat § 217.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 217 - Seller of checks.|217.01 - Title.

217.01  Title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Seller of Checks Law".
WI Stat § 217.02 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 217 - Seller of checks.|217.02 - Definitions.

217.02  Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Authorized agent" is a person who is authorized by a licensee to sell its checks. (2) “Check" means any check, draft, money order, traveler's check, personal money order or other instrument for the transmission or payment of money. (2m) “Division" means the division of banking. (3) “General order" means an order of the division other than a special order. (4) “Licensee" means a person licensed under this chapter. (5) “Location" includes each place in this state where business as a seller of checks is conducted, including any office of the licensee and the place of business of any authorized agent of the licensee. (7) “Personal money order" means any instrument for the transmission or payment of money in relation to which the purchaser or remitter appoints or purports to appoint the seller thereof as the purchaser's or remitter's agent for the receipt, transmission or handling of money, whether such instrument is signed by the seller or by the purchaser or remitter or some other person. (8) “Sell" means to sell, issue or deliver a check. (9) “Seller of checks" means a person who, as a service or for a fee or other consideration, engages in the business of selling and issuing checks or the receiving of money for transmission or the transmitting of money, or the transmitting of money to foreign countries. (10) “Special order" means an order of the division to or affecting a person.History:  1983 a. 189; 1991 a. 316; 1995 a. 27; 2005 a. 158.
WI Stat § 217.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 217 - Seller of checks.|217.03 - License required.

217.03  License required. (1) No person shall, as a service or for a fee or other consideration, engage in the business as a seller of checks without first securing a license from the division to do so. (2) The licensee shall be liable on checks duly issued for it by each authorized agent and shall furnish each such agent not exempt under s. 217.04 with an authorization in the form approved by the division in lieu of a license from the division, to be displayed in the agent's place of business indicating that it is an authorized agent of the licensee. An agent so authorized by a licensee shall not be required to secure a license.History:  1991 a. 316; 1995 a. 27.Wisconsin has a compelling interest in applying statutory regulations to banking activities on Indian reservations. 80 Atty. Gen. 337.
WI Stat § 217.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 217 - Seller of checks.|217.04 - Exemptions.

217.04  Exemptions. This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (1) Banks organized under the laws of this state or authorized to do business in this state with respect to checks sold in a bank. (2) Credit unions, with respect to checks sold in the credit union office, except as provided in s. 186.113 (22). (3) Savings and loan associations with respect to checks sold in the savings and loan office, except as provided by s. 215.13 (41). (4) U.S. post-office money orders. (5) Savings banks with respect to checks sold in the savings bank office, except as provided under s. 214.04 (20).History:  1991 a. 221; 1995 a. 151.
WI Stat § 217.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 217 - Seller of checks.|217.07 - Order denying application.

217.07  Order denying application. If the division is not satisfied as to all matters specified in s. 217.06, it shall enter a special order denying the application for a license and shall return the license fee to the applicant and retain the investigation fee. The division shall make findings of fact as part of and in support of its orders denying any application for a license.History:  1995 a. 27.
WI Stat § 217.08 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 217 - Seller of checks.|217.08 - License procedures.

217.08  License procedures. (1) License posting. Every license issued shall state the office either within or without the state, where the records are maintained. The license and the authorizations as agent shall be kept conspicuously posted at the respective locations, and no such license or authorization shall be transferable or assignable. Nothing herein shall prevent a licensee from appointing new agents or from terminating the authorization of any existing agent. (2)  Annual license fee; additions and deletions of locations. Each licensee shall file with the division on or before December 1 of each year a statement listing the locations of the offices of the licensee and the names and locations of the agents authorized by the licensee. Every licensee shall also on or before December 1 of each year file a financial statement of its assets and liabilities as of a date not earlier than the preceding August 31 or, if the licensee is audited annually by an independent certified public accountant licensed or certified under ch. 442 at the end of each fiscal year, the licensee may submit financial statements certified by the certified public accountant for the licensee's latest fiscal year. Such statement shall be accompanied by the annual licensee fee for the calendar year beginning the following January 1 in an amount determined under s. 217.05. The amount of the surety bond or deposit of securities required by s. 217.06 shall be adjusted to reflect the number of such locations. Licensees which do not pay the maximum license fee under s. 217.05 and which do not maintain a bond or deposit of securities in the maximum sum of $300,000 as provided in s. 217.06 shall also file a supplemental statement setting forth any changes in the list of offices and agents with the division on or before April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year, and the principal sum of the corporate surety bond or deposit of securities required by s. 217.06 shall be adjusted to reflect any increase or decrease in the number of such locations. Any additional license fees which may become due under s. 217.05 shall be paid to the division. (3)  Removal consent. Whenever a licensee changes its single or principal office location to another location it shall give written notice thereof to the division, which shall amend the license accordingly without charge.History:  1995 a. 27; 2001 a. 16.
WI Stat § 217.10 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 217 - Seller of checks.|217.10 - Powers of division.

217.10  Powers of division. The division may: (1) Issue general or special orders in execution of this chapter, but not in conflict therewith, to prevent deceptive practices of licensees; (2) Investigate, at any time, the business and examine the books, accounts, records and files used therein of every licensee or agent thereof. The cost of each such examination shall be paid by every licensee so examined within 30 days after demand therefor by the division, and the state may maintain an action for recovery of such costs in any court of competent jurisdiction; (3) Make such rules not inconsistent with this chapter as it deems necessary for the administration of this chapter.History:  1995 a. 27.
WI Stat § 217.11 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 217 - Seller of checks.|217.11 - Duties of licensees.

217.11  Duties of licensees. (1) Every check sold by any licensee shall bear the name of the licensee clearly imprinted thereon, including the words authorized under s. 221.0402 (2) if applicable. (2) Any money received by a seller of checks to be transmitted to a foreign country shall be so transmitted within 5 days from the receipt thereof. (3) Every licensee shall furnish a customer with a receipt or other acknowledgment upon receiving funds from such customer. Such receipt or other acknowledgment shall be numbered serially. (4) Each licensee shall have at all times a minimum of $1,000 of its own cash funds available for the uses and purposes of its business which minimum sum shall be exclusive of and in addition to funds received for exchange or transfer and in addition thereto each such licensee who does not maintain a bond in the maximum sum of $300,000 or securities in lieu of such bond as required by s. 217.06 (3) shall have at all times an amount of liquid funds which may include investments readily convertible into cash sufficient to pay on demand all outstanding money orders issued by it. (5) If a licensee ceases to do business in this state, the licensee shall deposit the licensee's records and proceeds of checks and remittances relating to checks sold in this state with the secretary of revenue. On claim and submission of proof of ownership satisfactory to the secretary of revenue, the secretary of revenue shall pay such amount of the funds deposited as are owing to a person. Such funds as are not paid out within 20 years from date of deposit shall escheat to and become the property of the state, and shall be paid by the secretary of revenue and be dealt with in the same manner as other escheated property. History:  1981 c. 259; 1991 a. 316; 1995 a. 336; 2013 a. 20.
WI Stat § 217.12 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 217 - Seller of checks.|217.12 - Prohibitions.

217.12  Prohibitions. (1) Licensee forbidden to act as depository. No licensee may accept money or evidences of money as a deposit to be returned to the depositor or upon the depositor's order except as permitted by this chapter, and no seller of checks may act as bailee or agent for persons to hold money or evidences of money or proceeds therefrom for the use and benefit of the owners and to deliver such money, evidences or proceeds upon request of the owner. Nothing in this subsection shall prevent a seller of checks from selling or issuing checks as authorized under this chapter. (2)  Tokens. No licensee shall issue scrip or tokens other than checks to be used in lieu of money for the purchase of goods or services from any enterprise. (3)  Other business forbidden. No seller of checks shall conduct its business, directly or through agents, on the same premises with a business whose chief source of revenue is derived from the sale of alcohol beverages for consumption on the premises. (4)  Name, forbidden use. No company shall use a name which indicates that it is a branch, unit or agency of the state or federal government.History:  1981 c. 79 s. 17; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 35.
WI Stat § 217.13 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 217 - Seller of checks.|217.13 - Other statute applicable.

217.13  Other statute applicable. Section 220.06 applies to this chapter.History:  1973 c. 3; 1987 a. 252; 1997 a. 27.
WI Stat § 217.14 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 217 - Seller of checks.|217.14 - Liability of licensees.

217.14  Liability of licensees. Each licensee shall be liable for the payment of all checks which it sells, in whatever form and whether directly or through an agent, as the maker or drawer of the check according to the negotiable instrument laws of this state.
WI Stat § 217.15 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 217 - Seller of checks.|217.15 - Delinquent seller of checks.

217.15  Delinquent seller of checks. The division may take possession of any insolvent seller of checks under the circumstances and utilizing the procedure prescribed in s. 218.04 (9m), so far as applicable.History:  1995 a. 27.
WI Stat § 217.16 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 217 - Seller of checks.|217.16 - Penalties.

217.16  Penalties. Any person who directly or through another violates or attempts to violate this chapter may be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 6 months or both. Each transaction in violation of this chapter and each day that a violation continues is a separate offense.
WI Stat § 217.17 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 217 - Seller of checks.|217.17 - Testimonial powers.

217.17  Testimonial powers. (1) The division may, in relation to any matter within the division's powers, issue subpoenas and take testimony. (2) Witnesses shall be entitled to the same fees as are allowed to witnesses in courts of record. Such fees shall be audited and paid by the state in the same manner as other expenses of the division are audited and paid. No witness subpoenaed at the instance of any party other than the division shall be entitled to payment of fees by the state, unless the division certifies that the testimony of such witness was material to the hearing or proceeding. (3) No person shall, without reasonable cause, fail to comply with a subpoena issued under this section, nor refuse to be sworn or to be examined, or to answer a proper question, or produce a pertinent document, when ordered to do so by the official conducting the investigation or proceeding.History:  1973 c. 3 s. 10; Stats. 1973 s. 217.17; 1995 a. 27.
WI Stat § 217.18 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 217 - Seller of checks.|217.18 - Power to secure evidence.

217.18  Power to secure evidence. (1) The division may, by general or special order require licensees to file with the division at such time and in such manner as it may direct, sworn or unsworn reports, or sworn or unsworn answers in writing to specific questions as to any matter upon which the division may demand information under this chapter. (2) The division or any official, employee or agent authorized by it may, for purposes within the division's powers, have access during business hours to the offices and places of business, books, accounts, papers, records, files, safes and vaults of persons engaged in business as a seller of checks, whether licensees or not. (3) No person shall refuse, neglect or fail to render any reports or answer required under this section at such time and in such manner as the division may prescribe. No person shall willfully make any false entry or statement in any report or answer, nor shall willfully fail to make full and true entries and statements in any report or answer required under authority of this chapter.History:  1973 c. 3 s. 11; Stats. 1973 s. 217.18; 1995 a. 27.
WI Stat § 217.19 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 217 - Seller of checks.|217.19 - Division orders; rules of procedure.

217.19  Division orders; rules of procedure. (1) The division, prior to the issuance of any general order under this chapter, shall hold a public hearing. (2) The division, prior to the issuance of any special order, shall serve a complaint, prepared in the name of the division, upon the person against whom the complaint is made and shall accompany such complaint by notice of a public hearing to be held in the matter not sooner than 10 days after such service. The person against whom the complaint is made shall be entitled to be heard in person, or by agent or attorney, and shall have the benefit of subpoena process to compel the attendance of witnesses. (4) The division shall serve a copy of any special order upon the person against whom the order is issued and such an order shall be effective upon such service, unless otherwise indicated in the order. (5) A complaint, notice of hearing, subpoena, special order or any other process issued by the division may be served in the same manner that process in a civil action is served. (6) The division shall make its own rules of practice and procedure for the conduct of hearings and other proceedings before it, not inconsistent with any provision of this chapter or with any other provision of law governing such practice or procedure.History:  1973 c. 3 s. 12; Stats. 1973 s. 217.19; 1995 a. 27.
WI Stat § 217.20 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 217 - Seller of checks.|217.20 - Court review.

217.20  Court review. Orders of the division under this chapter shall be subject to review in the manner provided in ch. 227.History:  1973 c. 3 s. 13; Stats. 1973 s. 217.20; 1995 a. 27.
WI Stat § 217.21 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 217 - Seller of checks.|217.21 - Records; reports.

217.21  Records; reports. (1) The licensee shall keep and use in the licensee's business such books, accounts and records as the division, by general or special order, may find to be necessary and require to enable it to determine whether such licensee is complying with this chapter and with the lawful orders issued hereunder. (2) Each licensee shall annually, on or before March 15, file a report with the division giving such reasonable and relevant information as the division may, by general or special order, require concerning the business and operations conducted by such licensee within the state. Such report shall be made under oath and shall be in the form prescribed by the division and shall be subject to public inspection in the discretion of the division. The division shall make and publish annually an analysis and recapitulation of such reports. (3) Reports and records referred to in this section shall be maintained for not less than 6 years by each licensee.History:  1973 c. 3 ss. 13, 17; Stats. 1973 s. 217.21; 1991 a. 316; 1995 a. 27.
WI Stat § 218.0111 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 218 - Finance companies, auto dealers, adjustment companies and collection agencies.|218.0111 - Authority of licensors.

218.0111  Authority of licensors. (1) The department of transportation shall issue the licenses provided for in s. 218.0114 (14) (a) to (fm) and have supervision over the licensees in respect to all of the provisions of ss. 218.0101 to 218.0163, except that the division of banking shall have jurisdiction and control over all of the following:(a) Matters that relate to the sale of motor vehicles on retail installment contracts and the financing and servicing of those retail installment contracts.(b) Matters that relate to prelease agreements under s. 218.0144 and consumer leases under chs. 421 to 427 and 429.(c) The issuance of licenses to sales finance companies. (2) Either licensor under sub. (1) shall, upon request, furnish the other licensor with any information it may have in respect to any licensee or applicant for license or any transaction in which such a licensee or applicant may be a party or be interested. No license shall be issued under s. 218.0114 (14) (a) and (g) until both licensors have approved the application. The suspension or revocation of either the license issued under s. 218.0114 (14) (a) or (g) shall automatically suspend or revoke the other license. Any suspension or revocation shall be certified by the licensor ordering it to the other licensor.History:  1999 a. 31 ss. 54 to 55; 2003 a. 216.
WI Stat § 218.0113 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 218 - Finance companies, auto dealers, adjustment companies and collection agencies.|218.0113 - Licenses for dealers, distributors, manufacturers or transporters of semitrailers and trailers.

218.0113  Licenses for dealers, distributors, manufacturers or transporters of semitrailers and trailers. Subject to ch. 180 where applicable, any dealer, distributor, manufacturer or transporter of semitrailers or trailers designed for use in combination with a truck or truck tractor is considered licensed under ss. 218.0101 to 218.0163 where for purposes of chs. 341 and 342 a license under ss. 218.0101 to 218.0163 is required. This section is enacted to remove an undue burden on interstate commerce from a class of commercial transactions in which the business character of the parties does not require the protection provided by ss. 218.0101 to 218.0163 and to promote the expansion of credit for truck operators who require banking and financing facilities throughout the United States.History:  1999 a. 31 s. 56.
WI Stat § 218.0119 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 218 - Finance companies, auto dealers, adjustment companies and collection agencies.|218.0119 - Changes in places of business to be reported.

218.0119  Changes in places of business to be reported. (1) Before changing the location of a place of business or opening a new place of business in a municipality in which authorized to do business, a licensed dealer, distributor, or manufacturer shall apply to the department of transportation for an amended license. The department of transportation shall issue such license without charge. (2) Whenever a licensed dealer, distributor, manufacturer or transporter opens a new place of business, the licensee shall promptly report that fact, including the address of the new place of business, to the department of transportation.  (3) Whenever a licensed dealer, distributor or manufacturer discontinues or disposes of his or her business, that dealer, distributor or manufacturer shall promptly report that fact to the department of transportation and return the license and registration plates issued. Whenever a licensed dealer, distributor or manufacturer discontinues business due to license suspension or revocation, that dealer, distributor or manufacturer shall surrender the licenses and registration plates to the department of transportation for the suspension or revocation period.  (4) Any dealer, distributor, manufacturer or transporter who fails to comply with the requirements of this section may be required to forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $200. History:  1999 a. 31 ss. 105 to 109; 2003 a. 215.