Wisconsin Code § 645.61

Filing of claims
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(1) DEADLINE FOR FILING. Proof
of all claims must be filed with the liquidator in the form required
by s. 645.62 on or before the last day for filing specified in the notice required under s. 645.47, except that proof of claims under s.
645.68 (9) to (11) need not be filed at all, and proof of claims for
unearned premiums and claims for cash surrender values or other
investment values in life insurance and annuities need not be filed
unless the liquidator expressly so requires.
(2) EXCUSED LATE FILINGS. For a good cause shown, the liquidator shall recommend and the court shall permit a claimant
making a late filing to share in dividends, whether past or future,
as if the claim were not late, to the extent that any such payment
will not prejudice the orderly administration of the liquidation.
Good cause includes but is not limited to the following:
(a) That existence of a claim was not known to the claimant
and which the claimant filed within 30 days after learning of it;
(b) That a claim for unearned premiums or for cash surrender
values or other investment values in life insurance or annuities
which was not required to be filed was omitted from the liquidator’s recommendations to the court under s. 645.71, and that it
was filed within 30 days after the claimant learned of the
omission;
(c) That a transfer to a creditor was avoided under ss. 645.52
to 645.54 or was voluntarily surrendered under s. 645.55, and
that the filing satisfies the conditions of s. 645.55;
(d) That valuation under s. 645.67 of security held by a secured creditor shows a deficiency, which is filed within 30 days
after the valuation; and
(e) That a claim was contingent and became absolute, and was
filed within 30 days after it became absolute.
(3) UNEXCUSED LATE FILINGS. The liquidator may consider
any claim filed late which is not covered by sub. (2), and permit it
to receive dividends, other than the first dividend, which are subsequently declared on any claims of the same or lower priority if
the payment does not prejudice the orderly administration of the
liquidation. The late-filing claimant shall receive, at each distribution, the same percentage of the amount allowed on the late
claim as is then being paid to other claimants of the same priority
plus the same percentage of the amount allowed on the late claim
as is then being paid to claimants of any lower priority. This shall
continue until the late claim has been paid in full.
(4) FILING OF CLAIMS BY FUNDS. Claims by funds under s.
646.33 and corresponding provisions of funds of other jurisdictions that satisfy s. 646.60 (1) (b) shall be filed periodically by the
funds pursuant to rules promulgated by the commissioner.

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