2025 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 409 - Uniform commercial code — secured transactions.
409.202 - Title to collateral immaterial.

Universal Citation:
WI Stat § 409.202 (2025)
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409.202 Title to collateral immaterial. Except as otherwise provided with respect to consignments or sales of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes, the provisions of this chapter with regard to rights and obligations apply whether title to collateral is in the secured party or the debtor.

History: 2001 a. 10.

A person with a voidable title in property, having the power to pass title to a good faith purchaser under s. 402.403, may transfer a security interest in that property. National Pawn Brokers Unlimited v. Osterman, Inc., 176 Wis. 2d 418, 500 N.W.2d 407 (Ct. App. 1993).

NOTE: The above annotation cites to the pre-2001 Wis. Act 10 version of this section.

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