Wisconsin Statutes 708.03 – Prohibiting lender from designating attorney for mortgagor
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 708.03
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
- Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
A bank, savings bank, savings and loan association or other lender or lending agency requiring a borrower to give a mortgage on real estate as security for a loan or an existing indebtedness may not designate the attorney to represent the mortgagor‘s interest in connection with the giving of the mortgage if the mortgagor has or desires a different attorney for that purpose. Any person violating this section shall be fined not more than $100 for each violation.