Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 425 - Consumer transactions — remedies and penalties.
425.111 - Levy before judgment.

425.111 Levy before judgment.
(1) Prior to entry of judgment in an action subject to this subchapter, no process, other than a restraining order to protect collateral (s. 425.207), shall issue with respect to amounts that are owing or are claimed to be owing or may be owing to the customer by any 3rd person, whether by way of attachment, garnishment or other process.
(2) With respect to property of the customer other than that described in sub. (1), process may issue in accordance with ch. 811 to establish a lien, except that such process shall not be effective to take, or to divest the customer of possession of, the property until final judgment is entered.
(3) If the court finds that the creditor probably will recover on the action, and that the customer is acting, or is about to act, with respect to property of the customer upon which a lien has been established under sub. (2), in a manner which substantially impairs the creditor's prospects for satisfying the judgment against such property (s. 811.03), the court may issue an order restraining the customer from so acting with respect to that property until final judgment is entered.
History: 1971 c. 239; 1973 c. 2; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 776 (1975).
Legislative Council Note, 1973: Clarifies applicability of this subsection. Section 425.111 (1) refers to property of the customer subject to garnishment, and prescribes limitations on creditors' actions in relation to it. Sub. (2) refers to other property of the customer; however, the language struck by this amendment appears to make sub. (2) refer back to the same property dealt with by sub. (1), so it is deleted. [Bill 355-A]

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