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1(a) All terms of the agreement between the account debtor and assignor and
2any defense or claim in recoupment arising from the transaction that gave rise to the
3contract; and
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(b) Any other defense or claim of the account debtor against the assignor which
5accrues before the account debtor receives a notification of the assignment
6authenticated by the assignor or the assignee.
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7(2) Account debtor's claim reduces amount owed to assignee. Subject to sub.
8(3) and except as otherwise provided in sub. (4), the claim of an account debtor
9against an assignor may be asserted against an assignee under sub. (1) only to reduce
10the amount the account debtor owes.
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11(3) Rule for individual under other law. This section is subject to law other
12than this chapter which establishes a different rule for an account debtor who is an
13individual and who incurred the obligation primarily for personal, family, or
14household purposes.
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15(4) Omission of required statement in consumer transaction. In a consumer
16transaction, if a record evidences the account debtor's obligation, law other than this
17chapter requires that the record include a statement to the effect that the account
18debtor's recovery against an assignee with respect to claims and defenses against the
19assignor may not exceed amounts paid by the account debtor under the record, and
20the record does not include such a statement, the extent to which a claim of an
21account debtor against the assignor may be asserted against an assignee is
22determined as if the record had included such a statement.
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23(5) Inapplicability to health care insurance receivable. This section does not
24apply to an assignment of a health care insurance receivable.
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1409.405 Modification of assigned contract. (1) Effect of modification on
2assignee. A modification of or substitution for an assigned contract is effective
3against an assignee if made in good faith. The assignee acquires corresponding
4rights under the modified or substituted contract. The assignment may provide that
5the modification or substitution is a breach of contract by the assignor. This
6subsection is subject to subs. (2) to (4).
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7(2) Applicability of sub. (1). Subsection (1) applies to the extent that:
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(a) The right to payment or a part thereof under an assigned contract has not
9been fully earned by performance; or
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(b) The right to payment or a part thereof has been fully earned by performance
11and the account debtor has not received notification of the assignment under s.
12409.406 (1).
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13(3) Rule for individual under other law. This section is subject to law other
14than this chapter which establishes a different rule for an account debtor who is an
15individual and who incurred the obligation primarily for personal, family, or
16household purposes.
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17(4) Inapplicability to health care insurance receivable. This section does not
18apply to an assignment of a health care insurance receivable.
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19409.406 Discharge of account debtor; notification of assignment;
20identification and proof of assignment; restrictions on assignment of
21accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, and promissory notes
22ineffective. (1) Discharge of account debtor; effect of notification. Subject to
23subs. (2) to (9), an account debtor on an account, chattel paper, or a payment
24intangible may discharge its obligation by paying the assignor until, but not after,
25the account debtor receives a notification, authenticated by the assignor or the
1assignee, that the amount due or to become due has been assigned and that payment
2is to be made to the assignee. After receipt of the notification, the account debtor may
3discharge its obligation by paying the assignee and may not discharge the obligation
4by paying the assignor.
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5(2) When notification ineffective. Subject to sub. (8), notification is
6ineffective under sub. (1):
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(a) If it does not reasonably identify the rights assigned;
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(b) To the extent that an agreement between an account debtor and a seller of
9a payment intangible limits the account debtor's duty to pay a person other than the
10seller and the limitation is effective under law other than this chapter; or
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(c) At the option of an account debtor, if the notification notifies the account
12debtor to make less than the full amount of any installment or other periodic
13payment to the assignee, even if:
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1. Only a portion of the account, chattel paper, or payment intangible has been
15assigned to that assignee;
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2. A portion has been assigned to another assignee; or
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3. The account debtor knows that the assignment to that assignee is limited.
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18(3) Proof of assignment. Subject to sub. (8), if requested by the account debtor,
19an assignee shall seasonably furnish reasonable proof that the assignment has been
20made. Unless the assignee complies, the account debtor may discharge its obligation
21by paying the assignor, even if the account debtor has received a notification under
22sub. (1).
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23(4) Term restricting assignment generally ineffective. Except as otherwise
24provided in sub. (5) and ss. 409.407 and 411.303, and subject to sub. (8), a term in an
1agreement between an account debtor and an assignor or in a promissory note is
2ineffective to the extent that it:
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(a) Prohibits, restricts, or requires the consent of the account debtor or person
4obligated on the promissory note to the assignment or transfer of, or the creation,
5attachment, perfection, or enforcement of a security interest in, the account, chattel
6paper, payment intangible, or promissory note; or
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(b) Provides that the assignment or transfer or the creation, attachment,
8perfection, or enforcement of the security interest may give rise to a default, breach,
9right of recoupment, claim, defense, termination, right of termination, or remedy
10under the account, chattel paper, payment intangible, or promissory note.
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11(5) Inapplicability of sub. (4) to certain sales. Subsection (4) does not apply
12to the sale of a payment intangible or promissory note.
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13(6) Legal restrictions on assignment generally ineffective. Except as
14otherwise provided in ss. 108.13, 409.407, 411.303, and 565.30 and subject to subs.
15(8) and (9), a rule of law, statute, or rule that prohibits, restricts, or requires the
16consent of a government, governmental body or official, or account debtor to the
17assignment or transfer of, or creation of a security interest in, an account or chattel
18paper is ineffective to the extent that the rule of law, statute, or rule:
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(a) Prohibits, restricts, or requires the consent of the government,
20governmental body or official, or account debtor to the assignment or transfer of, or
21the creation, attachment, perfection, or enforcement of a security interest in, the
22account or chattel paper; or
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(b) Provides that the assignment or transfer or the creation, attachment,
24perfection, or enforcement of the security interest may give rise to a default, breach,
1right of recoupment, claim, defense, termination, right of termination, or remedy
2under the account or chattel paper.
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3(7) Subsection (2) (c) not waivable. Subject to sub. (8), an account debtor may
4not waive or vary its option under sub. (2) (c).
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5(8) Rule for individual under other law. This section is subject to law other
6than this chapter which establishes a different rule for an account debtor who is an
7individual and who incurred the obligation primarily for personal, family, or
8household purposes.
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9(9) Inapplicability to health-care-insurance receivable. This section does
10not apply to an assignment of a health-care-insurance receivable.
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11409.407 Restrictions on creation or enforcement of security interest in
12leasehold interest or in leasor's residual interest. (1) Term restricting
13assignment generally ineffective. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (2), a term
14in a lease agreement is ineffective to the extent that it:
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(a) Prohibits, restricts, or requires the consent of a party to the lease to the
16assignment or transfer of, or the creation, attachment, perfection, or enforcement of
17a security interest in, an interest of a party under the lease contract or in the lessor's
18residual interest in the goods; or
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(b) Provides that the assignment or transfer or the creation, attachment,
20perfection, or enforcement of the security interest may give rise to a default, breach,
21right of recoupment, claim, defense, termination, right of termination, or remedy
22under the lease.
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23(2) Effectiveness of certain terms. Except as otherwise provided in s. 411.303
24(7), a term described in sub. (1) (b) is effective to the extent that there is:
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1(a) A transfer by the lessee of the lessee's right of possession or use of the goods
2in violation of the term; or
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(b) A delegation of a material performance of either party to the lease contract
4in violation of the term.
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5(3) Security interest not material impairment. The creation, attachment,
6perfection, or enforcement of a security interest in the lessor's interest under the
7lease contract or the lessor's residual interest in the goods is not a transfer that
8materially impairs the lessee's prospect of obtaining return performance or
9materially changes the duty of or materially increases the burden or risk imposed
10on the lessee within the purview of s. 411.303 (4) unless, and then only to the extent
11that, enforcement actually results in a delegation of material performance of the
12lessor.
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13409.408 Restrictions on assignment of promissory notes,
14health-care-insurance receivables, and certain general intangibles
15ineffective. (1) Term restricting assignment generally ineffective. Except as
16otherwise provided in sub. (2), a term in a promissory note or in an agreement
17between an account debtor and a debtor which relates to a health-care-insurance
18receivable or a general intangible, including a contract, permit, license, or franchise,
19and which term prohibits, restricts, or requires the consent of the person obligated
20on the promissory note or the account debtor to, the assignment or transfer of, or
21creation, attachment, or perfection of a security interest in, the promissory note,
22health-care-insurance receivable, or general intangible, is ineffective to the extent
23that the term:
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(a) Would impair the creation, attachment, or perfection of a security interest;
25or
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1(b) Provides that the assignment or transfer or the creation, attachment, or
2perfection of the security interest may give rise to a default, breach, right of
3recoupment, claim, defense, termination, right of termination, or remedy under the
4promissory note, health-care-insurance receivable, or general intangible.
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5(2) Applicability of sub. (1) to sales of certain rights to payment. Subsection
6(1) applies to a security interest in a payment intangible or promissory note only if
7the security interest arises out of a sale of the payment intangible or promissory note.
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8(3) Legal restrictions on assignment generally ineffective. A rule of law,
9statute, or rule that prohibits, restricts, or requires the consent of a government,
10governmental body or official, person obligated on a promissory note or account
11debtor to the assignment or transfer of, or creation of a security interest in, a
12promissory note, health-care-insurance receivable, or general intangible, including
13a contract, permit, license, or franchise between an account debtor and a debtor, is
14ineffective to the extent that the rule of law, statute, or rule:
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(a) Would impair the creation, attachment, or perfection of a security interest;
16or
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(b) Provides that the assignment or transfer or the creation, attachment, or
18perfection of the security interest may give rise to a default, breach, right of
19recoupment, claim, defense, termination, right of termination, or remedy under the
20promissory note, health-care-insurance receivable, or general intangible.
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21(4) Limitation on ineffectiveness under subs. (1) and (3). To the extent that a
22term in a promissory note or in an agreement between an account debtor and a debtor
23which relates to a health-care-insurance receivable, or general intangible or a rule
24of law, statute, or rule described in sub. (3) would be effective under law other than
25this chapter but is ineffective under sub. (1) or (3), the creation, attachment, or
1perfection of a security interest in the promissory note, health-care-insurance
2receivable, or general intangible:
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(a) Is not enforceable against the person obligated on the promissory note or
4the account debtor;
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(b) Does not impose a duty or obligation on the person obligated on the
6promissory note or the account debtor;
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(c) Does not require the person obligated on the promissory note or the account
8debtor to recognize the security interest, pay or render performance to the secured
9party, or accept payment or performance from the secured party;
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(d) Does not entitle the secured party to use or assign the debtor's rights under
11the promissory note, health-care-insurance receivable, or general intangible,
12including any related information or materials furnished to the debtor in the
13transaction giving rise to the promissory note, health-care-insurance receivable, or
14general intangible;
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(e) Does not entitle the secured party to use, assign, possess, or have access to
16any trade secrets or confidential information of the person obligated on the
17promissory note or the account debtor; and
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(f) Does not entitle the secured party to enforce the security interest in the
19promissory note, health-care-insurance receivable, or general intangible.
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20409.409 Restrictions on assignment of letter-of-credit rights
21ineffective. (1) Term or law restricting assignment generally ineffective. A
22term in a letter of credit or a rule of law, statute, rule, custom, or practice applicable
23to the letter of credit which prohibits, restricts, or requires the consent of an
24applicant, issuer, or nominated person to a beneficiary's assignment of or creation of
1a security interest in a letter-of-credit right is ineffective to the extent that the term
2or rule of law, statute, rule, custom, or practice:
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(a) Would impair the creation, attachment, or perfection of a security interest
4in the letter-of-credit right; or
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(b) Provides that the assignment or the creation, attachment, or perfection of
6the security interest may give rise to a default, breach, right of recoupment, claim,
7defense, termination, right of termination, or remedy under the letter-of-credit
8right.
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9(2) Limitation on ineffectiveness under sub. (1). To the extent that a term in
10a letter of credit is ineffective under sub. (1) but would be effective under law other
11than this chapter or a custom or practice applicable to the letter of credit, to the
12transfer of a right to draw or otherwise demand performance under the letter of
13credit, or to the assignment of a right to proceeds of the letter of credit, the creation,
14attachment, or perfection of a security interest in the letter-of-credit right:
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(a) Is not enforceable against the applicant, issuer, nominated person, or
16transferee beneficiary;
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(b) Imposes no duties or obligations on the applicant, issuer, nominated person,
18or transferee beneficiary; and
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(c) Does not require the applicant, issuer, nominated person, or transferee
20beneficiary to recognize the security interest, pay or render performance to the
21secured party, or accept payment or other performance from the secured party.
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22SUBCHAPTER V
23
FILING
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24409.501 Filing office. (1) Filing offices. Except as otherwise provided in
25sub. (2), if the local law of this state governs perfection of a security interest or
1agricultural lien, the office in which to file a financing statement to perfect the
2security interest or agricultural lien is:
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(a) The office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on
4the related real property, if:
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1. The collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or
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2. The financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods
7that are or are to become fixtures; or
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(b) The office of the department of financial institutions or any office duly
9authorized by the department, in all other cases, including a case in which the
10collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures and the financing statement is
11not filed as a fixture filing.
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12(2) Filing office for transmitting utilities. The office in which to file a
13financing statement to perfect a security interest in collateral, including fixtures, of
14a transmitting utility is the office of the department of financial institutions. The
15financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in
16the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures.
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17409.502 Contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as
18financing statement; time of filing financing statement. (1)
Sufficiency of
19financing statement. Subject to sub. (2), a financing statement is sufficient only if
20it:
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(a) Provides the name of the debtor;
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(b) Provides the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured
23party; and
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(c) Indicates the collateral covered by the financing statement.
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1(2) Real-property-related financing statements. Except as otherwise
2provided in s. 409.501 (2), to be sufficient, a financing statement that covers
3as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, or which is filed as a fixture filing and
4covers goods that are or are to become fixtures, must satisfy sub. (1) and also:
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(a) Indicate that it covers this type of collateral;
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(b) Indicate that it is to be filed for record in the real property records;
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(c) Provide a description of the real property to which the collateral is related
8sufficient to give constructive notice of a mortgage under the law of this state if the
9description were contained in a record of the mortgage of the real property; and
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(d) If the debtor does not have an interest of record in the real property, provide
11the name of a record owner.
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12(3) Record of mortgage as financing statement. A record of a mortgage is
13effective, from the date of recording, as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing
14or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut only
15if:
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(a) The record indicates the goods or accounts that it covers;
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(b) The goods are or are to become fixtures related to the real property described
18in the record or the collateral is related to the real property described in the record
19and is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut;
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(c) The record satisfies the requirements for a financing statement in this
21section other than an indication that it is to be filed in the real property records; and
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(d) The record is duly recorded.
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23(4) Filing before security agreement or attachment. A financing statement
24may be filed before a security agreement is made or a security interest otherwise
25attaches.
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1409.503 Name of debtor and secured party. (1) Sufficiency of debtor's
2name. A financing statement sufficiently provides the name of the debtor:
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(a) If the debtor is a registered organization, only if the financing statement
4provides the name of the debtor indicated on the public record of the debtor's
5jurisdiction of organization which shows the debtor to have been organized;
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(b) If the debtor is a decedent's estate, only if the financing statement provides
7the name of the decedent and indicates that the debtor is an estate;
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(c) If the debtor is a trust or a trustee acting with respect to property held in
9trust, only if the financing statement:
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1. Provides the name specified for the trust in its organic documents or, if no
11name is specified, provides the name of the settlor and additional information
12sufficient to distinguish the debtor from other trusts having one or more of the same
13settlors; and
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2. Indicates, in the debtor's name or otherwise, that the debtor is a trust or is
15a trustee acting with respect to property held in trust; and
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(d) In other cases:
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1. If the debtor has a name, only if it provides the individual or organizational
18name of the debtor; and