Wisconsin § 421.108 - Obligation of good faith.
Full text of Wisconsin Wisconsin Statutes § 421.108 — Obligation of good faith., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 421.108. Obligation of good faith.
Every agreement or duty within chs. 421 to 427 imposes an obligation of good faith in its performance or enforcement. “Good faith” means honesty in fact in the conduct or transaction concerned and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing. 421.108 History History: 1971 c. 239 ; 1979 c. 89 . 421.108 Annotation Under this section, parties are obligated to act in good faith in the performance or enforcement of an agreement subject to the Wisconsin Consumer Act and to the performance or enforcement of a provision of the Act. Further, the honesty-in-fact requirement is violated when a party lacks an honest intention to abstain from taking unfair advantage of another by activities that render the transaction unfair, and the fair-dealing requirement is violated when a party does not observe reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing, which contemplates the application of an objective set of standards. CreditBox.com, LLC v. Weathers, 2023 WI App 37 , 408 Wis. 2d 715 , 993 N.W.2d 802 , 22-0746 . subch. II of ch. 421 SUBCHAPTER II SCOPE AND JURISDICTION
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What does Wisconsin Statutes § 421.108 cover?
Section 421.108 ("Obligation of good faith.") is part of the Wisconsin Statutes, the codified statutory law of Wisconsin. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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