Wisconsin Code § 429.202

Advance payment or trade-in; refund or return
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(1) If a prospective lessee has made an advance payment
or surrendered possession of a vehicle to a prospective lessor as a
trade-in pending the execution of a consumer lease, the prospective lessee shall have the right, if the application for the consumer
lease is not approved, to receive a prompt refund of the advance
payment and, if applicable, to have the trade-in vehicle promptly
returned. If a prospective lessor takes possession of a trade-in vehicle under this subsection, the prospective lessor may not sell,
offer for sale, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of the vehicle in
any manner until execution of the consumer lease or, except for
return of the vehicle to the prospective lessee, disapproval of the
consumer lease application.
(2) This section does not apply to the sale of a vehicle by a
prospective lessee to a prospective lessor under a separate contract of sale if the contract of sale is executed prior to execution of
the consumer lease between the parties, gives the date of sale and
is signed by both parties. Any contract of sale under this subsection shall provide for all of the following:
(a) That the contract price establishes the value of the vehicle
to be credited against the amount due from the lessee at the consummation of the lease or, if the parties fail to execute a consumer lease, the amount due the prospective lessee for the
vehicle.
(b) That the prospective lessee agrees to leave the contract
price on deposit with the prospective lessor pending the execution
of a consumer lease between the parties with respect to a motor
vehicle to be ordered from a manufacturer, including a motor vehicle not yet in production as of the date of sale.
(c) That the prospective lessee shall be entitled to payment of
the contract price from the prospective lessor no later than 75
days after the date of sale, unless the parties have executed a consumer lease or the prospective lessee has already received such
payment.

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