422.414 Use of multiple agreements.
(1) No creditor shall divide or otherwise encourage the customer or customers to become obligated at the same time on more than one consumer loan, more than one consumer credit sale, or one or more interlocking consumer loans (s. 422.408) and consumer credit sale for the purpose of obtaining a higher rate of finance charge than would otherwise be permitted under chs. 421 to 427.
(2) Multiple agreements which arise out of substantially the same transaction shall be presumed to be in violation of this section.
(3) A violation of this section is subject to s. 425.305.
History: 1971 c. 239; 1979 c. 89.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 422 - Consumer credit transactions.
422.201 - Finance charge for consumer credit transactions.
422.203 - Delinquency charges.
422.205 - Finance charge on refinancing.
422.206 - Finance charge on consolidation.
422.207 - Advances to perform agreements of customer.
422.209 - Rebate on prepayment.
422.210 - Agricultural credit transactions.
422.301 - Requirements of federal act.
422.302 - General requirements and provisions.
422.303 - Form requirements other than open-end or discount.
422.304 - Prohibition of blank writings.
422.306 - Receipts; accounting; evidence of payment.
422.307 - Estimates or approximations.
422.308 - Open-end credit disclosures.
422.310 - Refund anticipation loans.
422.402 - Balloon payments prohibited.
422.403 - Maximum periods of repayment.
422.404 - Assignment of earnings.
422.405 - Authorization to confess judgment prohibited.
422.406 - Negotiable instruments.
422.407 - Defenses assertable against an assignee.
422.409 - Notice of assignment.
422.410 - Statements of compliance or performance.
422.412 - Restriction on liability in consumer lease.
422.413 - Limitation on default charges.
422.414 - Use of multiple agreements.
422.415 - Changes in open-end credit terms.
422.4155 - Notice of termination of liability.
422.416 - Referral transactions prohibited.
422.417 - Restrictions on security interests.
422.418 - Security interests: consolidations; open-end credit plans.
422.421 - Variable rate transaction.
422.502 - Registration requirements.
422.503 - Prohibited activities.