Wisconsin Code § 177.1403

When confidential information may be disclosed
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(1) When reasonably necessary to enforce or implement this chapter, the administrator may disclose confidential information concerning property held by the administrator or the
administrator’s agent only to the following:
(a) An apparent owner or the apparent owner’s personal representative or special administrator, attorney, guardian, other legal representative, or a person entitled to inherit from the deceased apparent owner.
(b) A department or agency of this state or the United States.
(c) The person that administers the unclaimed property law of
another state, if the other state accords substantially reciprocal
privileges to the administrator of this state and if the other state is
required to maintain the confidentiality and security of information obtained in a manner substantially equivalent to that under
this subchapter.
(d) A person subject to an examination as required by subch.
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(2) (a) Except as otherwise provided in s. 177.1402 (1), the
administrator shall include on the administrator’s Internet site or
in the database required by s. 177.0503 the name of each apparent
owner of property held by the administrator.
(b) The administrator may include on the administrator’s Internet site or in the database additional information concerning
the apparent owner’s property, if the administrator believes that
the information will assist in identifying and returning property
to the owner and if the information does not disclose personal information, except the apparent owner’s name and residential
address.
(c) The administrator may include the information described
in par. (b) in published notices, printed publications, telecommunications, or other media or on the Internet.
(3) The administrator and the administrator’s agent may not
use confidential information provided to them or in their possession except as expressly authorized by this chapter or by other
law.

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