Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 244 - Uniform power of attorney for finances and property.
244.46 - Stocks and bonds.

244.46 Stocks and bonds. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to stocks and bonds authorizes the agent to do all of the following:
(1) Buy, sell, and exchange stocks and bonds.
(2) Establish, continue, modify, or terminate an account with respect to stocks and bonds.
(3) Pledge stocks and bonds as security to borrow, pay, renew, or extend the time of payment of a debt of the principal.
(4) Receive certificates and other evidences of ownership with respect to stocks and bonds.
(5) Exercise voting rights with respect to stocks and bonds in person or by proxy, enter into voting trusts, and consent to limitations on the right to vote.
(6) Exercise in person or by proxy, or enforce by litigation or otherwise, a right, power, privilege, or option the principal has or claims to have as the holder of stocks and bonds.
(7) Initiate, participate in, submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle, oppose, or propose or accept a compromise with respect to litigation to which the principal is a party concerning stocks and bonds.
History: 2009 a. 319.

Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations