Wisconsin Code § 344.17

Requirements as to form and amount of security
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(1) The security required under s. 344.14 shall be in such
form and in such amount as the secretary may require but in no
case in excess of the limits specified in s. 344.15 (1) with reference to the acceptable limits of a policy or bond. The person depositing security shall specify in writing the person or persons on
whose behalf the deposit is made and, at any time while such deposit is in the custody of the secretary, the person depositing it
may, in writing, amend the specification of the persons on whose
behalf the deposit is made to include an additional person or persons, subject to the limitation that a single deposit of security
shall be applicable only on behalf of persons required to furnish
security because of the same accident.
(2) The secretary may reduce the amount of security ordered
in any case if, in the secretary’s judgment, from evidence submitted, the amount ordered is excessive or has become excessive by
filed release on part of the liability or by adjudication reducing
the extent of the liability. In case the security originally ordered
had been deposited at the time the reduced amount is ordered, the
excess over the reduced amount shall be returned to the depositor
or the personal representative forthwith, notwithstanding s.
344.20.

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