Statutes & Rules

The Wisconsin Statutes

Listed below, these statutes are maintained on the State of Wisconsin's Information Server along with all other Wisconsin Statutes. Below are those that are most relevant to the Department of Financial Institutions. Clicking on the statute number below will take you to the area of the Information Server where the statute may be browsed.

The Wisconsin Administrative Code Sections (“Rules”)

Listed below, these rules are also maintained on the State of Wisconsin’s Information Server along with other Wisconsin Administrative Code Sections. They follow the statute sections to which they pertain.

Banks

Statutes

Chapter 138 Money and Rates of Interest

Chapter 214 Savings Banks

Chapter 215 Savings and Loan Associations

Chapter 220 Banking

Chapter 221 State Banks

Chapter 222 Universal Banks

Chapter 223 Trust Company Banks & Other Fiduciaries

Chapter 224 Miscellaneous Banking and Financial Institutions Provisions

Chapter 428 First Lien Real Estate Loans

Rules

Chapter DFI-Bkg of the Wisconsin Administrative Code

Chapter DFI-SB of the Wisconsin Administrative Code

Chapter DFI-SL of the Wisconsin Administrative Code

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Corporations

Statutes

Limited Liability Partnerships (178.40-178.53)

Limited Partnerships (Ch 179)

Corporations, business (Ch 180)

Nonstock Corporations (Ch 181)

Limited Liability Companies (Ch 183)

Cooperatives (Ch 185)

Churches, Roman Catholic (Ch 187.20-187.32)

Veterans Organizations (Ch 188)

Railroads (Ch 190)

Common Law Trusts (Ch 226.14)

Cable/Video Franchise (Ch 66.0420)

Rules

Fees (Ch. Dfi-CCS 10)

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Credit Unions

Statutes

Chapter 186 Credit Unions

Rules

Chapter DFI-CU of the Wisconsin Administrative Code

Rule order relating to incidental powers activity authority parity with federal credit unions (effective February 1, 2005) (PDF: 40 KB / 10 pages)

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Licensed Financial Services

Statutes

Adjustment Service Companies (Ch 218.02)

Currency Exchange (Ch 218.05)

Collection Agencies (Ch 218.04)

Insurance Premium Finance Companies (Ch 138.12)

Loan Companies (Ch 138.09)

Sales Finance Companies (Ch 218.0101 - 218.0163)

Sellers of Checks (Ch 217.01)

Rules

Chapter DFI-Bkg of the Wisconsin Administrative Code

See DFI-Bkg 73 for Adjustment Service Companies
See DFI-Bkg 74 for Collection Agencies
See DFI-Bkg 76 for Sales Finance Companies
See DFI-Bkg 77 for Pawnbrokers

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