Wisconsin § 214.37 - Access to books and records; communication with members and stockholders.

§ 214.37. Access to books and records; communication with members and stockholders.

214.37(1) (1) In this section, “financial records” means an original, copy or summary of any document or item containing information pertaining to any relationship established in the ordinary course of business between a savings bank and a customer. 214.37(2) (2) Except as provided in this section, no person may have access to the books and records of a savings bank or receive a list of the members or stockholders. 214.37(3) (3) A person shall have the right to inspect books and records of the savings bank that pertain to the person’s deposit accounts or loans. 214.37(4) (4) This section does not prohibit any of the following: 214.37(4)(a) (a) The preparation, examination, handling or maintenance of financial records by any officer, employee or agent of a savings bank having custody of records or examination of records by a certified public accountant or other person engaged by the savings bank to perform an audit. 214.37(4)(b) (b) The examination of financial records by, or the furnishing of financial records by a savings bank to, any officer, employee or agent of the division or a deposit insurance corporation for use solely in the exercise of that person’s duties as an officer, employee or agent. 214.37(4)(c) (c) The publication of data furnished from financial records if the data cannot be identified to any person, deposit account or loan file. 214.37(4)(d) (d) The making of reports or returns required under the internal revenue code. 214.37(4)(e) (e) The furnishing of information concerning the dishonor of a negotiable instrument permitted to be disclosed under the uniform commercial code. 214.37(4)(f) (f) The exchange in the regular course of business of credit information between a savings bank and another financial institution or a mortgage banker or between a savings bank and a consumer reporting agency. 214.37(4)(g) (g) The furnishing of information to the appropriate law enforcement authorities if the savings bank reasonably believes a crime involving the savings bank has been committed. 214.37(4)(h) (h) The furnishing of information pursuant to ch. 177 . 214.37(4)(i) (i) The furnishing of information pursuant to the currency and foreign transactions reporting act, 31 USC 5311 to 5326 . 214.37(4)(j) (j) The furnishing of information pursuant to any other statute which by its terms or by rules promulgated under that statute requires the disclosure of financial records other than by subpoena, summons, warrant or court order. 214.37(4)(k) (k) The disclosure of the current balance of a depositor’s account and the identification of the account to any person who submits all of the following: 214.37(4)(k)1. 1. An affidavit stating that the person has standing under s. 867.01 (3) (ac) or 867.02 (2) (ac) to petition for summary settlement or assignment of a decedent’s estate or that the person is an heir of the decedent, or was guardian, as defined in s. 54.01 (10) or s. 880.01 (3) , 2003 stats., of the decedent at the time of the decedent’s death, and may obtain transfer of property of a decedent under s.