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Code · Wisconsin · Chapter 422 — Consumer credit transactions

422.505 Contracts.

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422.505 Contracts.
(1)Every contract between a buyer and a credit services organization for the purchase of the services of the credit services organization shall be in writing, shall be dated and shall be signed by the buyer. The contract shall include all of the following:
(a)A conspicuous statement, in not less than 10-point boldface type and in immediate proximity to the space reserved for the signature of the buyer, as follows: “YOU, THE BUYER, MAY CANCEL THIS CONTRACT AT ANY TIME BEFORE MIDNIGHT OF THE 5TH DAY AFTER THE DATE OF THE TRANSACTION. SEE THE ATTACHED NOTICE OF CANCELLATION FORM FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THIS RIGHT.”
(b)The terms and conditions of payment, including the total of all payments to be made by the buyer, whether to the credit services organization or to another person.
(c)A description of the services to be performed by the credit services organization for or on behalf of the buyer, including all guarantees or promises of full or partial refunds, and the estimated date by which such services are to be performed or the estimated length of time for performing such services.
(d)The credit services organization’s principal business address and the name and address of its agent in this state, other than the department of financial institutions, who is authorized to receive service of process.
(e)A conspicuous statement, in not less than 8-point boldface type, as follows: “THIS CREDIT SERVICES ORGANIZATION IS REGISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS at .... (insert address).”
(f)Any disclosures required under subch. III .
(a)The contract shall be accompanied by a completed form in duplicate, captioned “NOTICE OF CANCELLATION”, which shall be attached to the contract and easily detachable, and which shall contain the following statement in not less than 10-point type and written in the same language as used in the contract:
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