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15(2) Waiver of mandatory disposition. A debtor may waive the right to require
16disposition of collateral under s. 409.620 (5) only by an agreement to that effect
17entered into and authenticated after default.
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18(3) Waiver of redemption right. Except in a consumer-goods transaction, a
19debtor or secondary obligor may waive the right to redeem collateral under s. 409.623
20only by an agreement to that effect entered into and authenticated after default.
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21409.625 Remedies for secured party's failure to comply with chapter.
22(1) Judicial orders concerning noncompliance. If it is established that a secured
23party is not proceeding in accordance with this chapter, a court may order or restrain
24collection, enforcement, or disposition of collateral on appropriate terms and
25conditions.
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1(2) Damages for noncompliance. Subject to subs. (3), (4), and (6), a person is
2liable for damages in the amount of any loss caused by a failure to comply with this
3chapter. Loss caused by a failure to comply may include loss resulting from the
4debtor's inability to obtain, or increased costs of, alternative financing.
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5(3) Persons entitled to recover damages; statutory damages in
6consumer-goods transaction. Except as otherwise provided in s. 409.628:
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(a) A person that, at the time of the failure, was a debtor, was an obligor, or held
8a security interest in or other lien on the collateral may recover damages under sub.
9(2) for its loss; and
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(b) If the collateral is consumer goods, a person that was a debtor or a secondary
11obligor at the time a secured party failed to comply with this subchapter may recover
12for that failure in any event an amount not less than the credit service charge plus
1310% of the principal amount of the obligation or the time-price differential plus 10%
14of the cash price.
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15(4) Recovery when deficiency eliminated or reduced. A debtor whose
16deficiency is eliminated under s. 409.626 may recover damages for the loss of any
17surplus. However, a debtor or secondary obligor whose deficiency is eliminated or
18reduced under s. 409.626 may not otherwise recover under sub. (2) for noncompliance
19with the provisions of this subchapter relating to collection, enforcement,
20disposition, or acceptance.
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21(5) Statutory damages: noncompliance with specified provisions. In addition
22to any damages recoverable under sub. (2), the debtor, consumer obligor, or person
23named as a debtor in a filed record, as applicable, may recover $500 in each case from
24a person that:
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(a) Fails to comply with s. 409.208;
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1(b) Fails to comply with s. 409.209;
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(c) Files a record that the person is not entitled to file under s. 409.509 (1);
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(d) Fails to cause the secured party of record to file or send a termination
4statement as required by s. 409.513 (1) or (3);
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(e) Fails to comply with s. 409.616 (2) (a) and whose failure is part of a pattern,
6or consistent with a practice, of noncompliance; or
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(f) Fails to comply with s. 409.616 (2) (b).
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8(6) Statutory damages: noncompliance with s. 409.210. A debtor or consumer
9obligor may recover damages under sub. (2) and, in addition, $500 in each case from
10a person that, without reasonable cause, fails to comply with a request under s.
11409.210. A recipient of a request under s. 409.210 which never claimed an interest
12in the collateral or obligations that are the subject of a request under that section has
13a reasonable excuse for failure to comply with the request within the meaning of this
14subsection.
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15(7) Limitation of security interest: noncompliance with s. 409.210. If a secured
16party fails to comply with a request regarding a list of collateral or a statement of
17account under s. 409.210, the secured party may claim a security interest only as
18shown in the list or statement included in the request as against a person that is
19reasonably misled by the failure.
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20409.626 Action in which deficiency or surplus is in issue. (1) Applicable
21rules if amount of deficiency or surplus in issue. In an action arising from a
22transaction, other than a consumer transaction, in which the amount of a deficiency
23or surplus is in issue, the following rules apply:
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1(a) A secured party need not prove compliance with the provisions of this
2subchapter relating to collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance unless the
3debtor or a secondary obligor places the secured party's compliance in issue.
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(b) If the secured party's compliance is placed in issue, the secured party has
5the burden of establishing that the collection, enforcement, disposition, or
6acceptance was conducted in accordance with this subchapter.
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(c) Except as otherwise provided in s. 409.628, if a secured party fails to prove
8that the collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance was conducted in
9accordance with the provisions of this subchapter relating to collection, enforcement,
10disposition, or acceptance, the liability of a debtor or a secondary obligor for a
11deficiency is limited to an amount by which the sum of the secured obligation,
12expenses, and attorney fees exceeds the greater of:
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1. The proceeds of the collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance; or
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2. The amount of proceeds that would have been realized had the noncomplying
15secured party proceeded in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter
16relating to collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance.
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(d) For purposes of par. (c) 2., the amount of proceeds that would have been
18realized is equal to the sum of the secured obligation, expenses, and attorney fees
19unless the secured party proves that the amount is less than that sum.
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(e) If a deficiency or surplus is calculated under s. 409.615 (6), the debtor or
21obligor has the burden of establishing that the amount of proceeds of the disposition
22is significantly below the range of prices that a complying disposition to a person
23other than the secured party, a person related to the secured party, or a secondary
24obligor would have brought.
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1(2) Nonconsumer transactions; no inference. The limitation of the rules in
2sub. (1) to transactions other than consumer transactions is intended to leave to the
3court the determination of the proper rules in consumer transactions. The court may
4not infer from that limitation the nature of the proper rule in consumer transactions
5and may continue to apply established approaches.
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6409.627 Determination of whether conduct was commercially
7reasonable. (1) Greater amount obtainable under other circumstances; no
8preclusion of commercial reasonableness. The fact that a greater amount could
9have been obtained by a collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance at a
10different time or in a different method from that selected by the secured party is not
11of itself sufficient to preclude the secured party from establishing that the collection,
12enforcement, disposition, or acceptance was made in a commercially reasonable
13manner.
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14(2) Dispositions that are commercially reasonable. A disposition of collateral
15is made in a commercially reasonable manner if the disposition is made:
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(a) In the usual manner on any recognized market;