2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 177 - Uniform unclaimed property act.
177.1402 - Confidential information.
177.1402 Confidential information.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the following are confidential and exempt from public inspection or disclosure under subch. II of ch. 19:
(a) Reports and records of a claimant that are in the possession of the administrator or the administrator's agent.
(b) Reports and records of a holder that are in the possession of the administrator or the administrator's agent.
(c) Personal information and other information derived or otherwise obtained by or communicated to the administrator or the administrator's agent from an examination under this chapter of the records of a person.
(d) Tax information that is confidential under s. 71.78.
(2) A record or other information that is confidential under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States continues to be confidential when disclosed or delivered under this chapter to the administrator or administrator's agent.
(3) The provisions of s. 71.78 (1) and (1m), as they apply to tax information, apply to the confidential information in sub. (1), except that the administrator may provide the name of a claimant or owner, along with any property claimed by or paid to that claimant or owner, to any other claimant filing a claim for the same property.
History: 2021 a. 87.
