Division’s authority to take custody and appoint a conservator or a receiver
Wis. Stat. § 214.82
in effect(1) The division may take custody of and appoint a conservator for the property, liabilities, books, records, business and assets of a savings bank for any of the purposes under s. 214.825 if any of the following conditions exists:
(a) The savings bank fails to produce an annual audit report, after receiving 2 requests for the report from the division.
(b) The savings bank’s books and records, after at least 2 consecutive notices from the division spanning at least 2 consecutive calendar quarters, are in an inaccurate and incomplete condition to the extent that the division is unable to determine the financial condition of the savings bank or the details or purpose of any transaction that may materially affect the savings bank’s financial condition.
(c) The savings bank fails to meet its capital requirement and may not meet its requirements or restore its capital without assistance from its deposit insurance corporation.
(d) The savings bank is insolvent in that its assets are less than its obligations to its creditors, including its depositors.
(e) The savings bank has experienced substantial dissipation of assets due to a violation of a state or federal law, regulation, rule or order of the division or due to any unsafe or unsound practice.
(f) There is a likelihood that the savings bank will not be able to meet the demands of its depositors or pay its obligations in the normal course of business.
(g) Losses have occurred or are likely to occur that have or will deplete all or substantially all of the savings bank’s capital and that there is no reasonable prospect for restoring its capital without federal assistance.
(h) The savings bank or its officers, directors or employees are violating a state or federal law, regulation, rule or supervisory order of the division or of another regulatory authority.
(i) The savings bank is in an unsafe or unsound condition likely to cause insolvency or a substantial dissipation of assets or earnings that will weaken the condition of the savings bank and will prejudice the interests of its depositors.
(j) The directors, officers, trustees or liquidators have neglected, failed or refused to take any action that the division considers necessary for the protection of the savings bank, including production of an annual audit report after 2 requests were made, have continued to maintain the savings bank’s books and records in an inaccurate and incomplete condition for 2 consecutive quarters after 2 notices from the division or have impeded or obstructed an examination.
(k) The deposit accounts of the savings bank are impaired to the extent that the realizable value of its assets is insufficient to pay in full its creditors and deposit accounts holders or meet its obligations in the normal course of business or that its stock is impaired.
(L) The savings bank is unable to continue operation.
(m) The business of the savings bank or savings bank in liquidation is being conducted in a fraudulent, illegal or unsafe or unsound manner.
(n) The officers, employees, trustees or liquidators assume duties or perform acts without providing a bond.
(2) The division may postpone taking custody of a savings bank pending a satisfactory resolution of the condition permitting custody as suggested by the deposit insurance corporation, if the savings bank has sufficient liquidity and has adopted and implemented an operating plan considered prudent by the division.
(3) The division shall promulgate rules to govern the determination of a need for a conservator, the selection and appointment of a conservator and the conduct of a conservatorship, including allocation of the payment of costs.
Source: WI Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/214.82Fetched: 10/7/2026