806.42 – Supplementary general principles of law.
806.42 Supplementary general principles of law. Unless displaced by ss. 806.30 to 806.44, the principles of law and equity, including the law relative to the capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy or other validating or invalidating causes supplement the provisions under ss. 806.30 to 806.44. History: 1991 a. […]
806.43 – Uniformity of application and construction.
806.43 Uniformity of application and construction. Sections 806.30 to 806.44 shall be applied and construed to effectuate the general purpose of making uniform the law with respect to the subject of ss. 806.30 to 806.44 among states enacting it. History: 1991 a. 236.
806.44 – Short title.
806.44 Short title. Sections 806.30 to 806.44 may be cited as the “Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act”. History: 1991 a. 236.
806.40 – Temporarily determining the U.S. dollar value of foreign-money claims for limited purposes.
806.40 Temporarily determining the U.S. dollar value of foreign-money claims for limited purposes. (1) For the limited purpose of facilitating the enforcement of provisional remedies in an action, the value in U.S. dollars of assets to be seized or restrained pursuant to a writ of attachment, garnishment, execution or other legal process, the amount of […]
806.41 – Effect of currency revalorizations.
806.41 Effect of currency revalorizations. (1) If, after an obligation is expressed or a loss is incurred in a foreign money, the country issuing or adopting that money substitutes a new money in place of that money, the obligation or the loss is treated as if expressed or incurred in the new money at the […]
806.32 – Variation by agreement.
806.32 Variation by agreement. (1) The parties may agree to vary from the effects of ss. 806.30 to 806.44 at any time before or after the commencement of an action or distribution proceeding, or the entry of judgment. (2) The parties may agree upon the money to be used in a transaction giving rise to […]
806.33 – Determining the money of the claim.
806.33 Determining the money of the claim. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), the proper money of the claim is one of the following: (a) The money regularly used between the parties as a matter of usage or course of dealing. (b) The money used at the time of a transaction in international trade, […]
806.34 – Determining the amount of the money of certain contract claims.
806.34 Determining the amount of the money of certain contract claims. (1) If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign money is measured by a specified amount of a different money, the amount to be paid is determined on the conversion date. (2) If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign […]
806.35 – Asserting and defending a foreign-money claim.
806.35 Asserting and defending a foreign-money claim. (1) A claimant may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign money is not asserted, the claimant makes a claim for a judgment in U.S. dollars. (2) An opposing party may allege and prove that the claim is, in whole or in part, for […]
806.36 – Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims; times of money conversion; form of judgment.
806.36 Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims; times of money conversion; form of judgment. (1) Except as provided in sub. (3), a judgment or arbitration award on a foreign-money claim must be stated in an amount of the money of the claim. (2) The judgment or award on a foreign-money claim is payable in that […]