Wisconsin Code § 425.108

Extortionate extensions of credit
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(1) If it is
the understanding of the creditor and the customer during any
time that an extension of credit is outstanding, that delay in making repayment could result in the use of violence to cause harm to
the person or property of any person, the extension of credit shall
be unenforceable in accordance with s. 425.305 and the customer
shall additionally recover triple the penalty provided in s.
425.304 (1).
(2) If it is shown that an extension of credit was made at an
annual rate exceeding that permitted by or referred to in s.
422.201 on maximum charges and that the creditor had a reputation for the use or threat of use of violence to cause harm to the
person or property of any person to collect extensions of credit or
to punish the nonrepayment thereof, it shall be presumed that the
extension of credit was a violation under chs. 421 to 427 under
sub. (1).

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