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Wis. Stat. § 242.01 (2026)

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242.01242.01 Definitions. In this chapter:
242.01(1)(1) “Affiliate” means any of the following:
242.01(1)(a)(a) A person who directly or indirectly owns, controls or holds with power to vote, 20 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of the debtor, other than a person who holds the securities:
242.01(1)(a)1.1. As a fiduciary or agent without sole discretionary power to vote the securities; or
242.01(1)(a)2.2. Solely to secure a debt, if the person has not in fact exercised the power to vote.
242.01(1)(b)(b) A corporation 20 percent or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held with power to vote, by the debtor or a person who directly or indirectly owns, controls or holds with power to vote, 20 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of the debtor, other than a person who holds the securities:
242.01(1)(b)1.1. As a fiduciary or agent without sole discretionary power to vote the securities;
242.01(1)(b)2.2. Solely to secure a debt, if the person has not in fact exercised the power to vote.
242.01(1)(c)(c) A person whose business is operated by the debtor under a lease or other agreement, or a person substantially all of whose assets are controlled by the debtor.
242.01(1)(d)(d) A person who operates the debtor’s business under a lease or other agreement or controls substantially all of the debtor’s assets.
242.01(2)(2) “Asset” means property of a debtor, but does not include any of the following:
242.01(2)(a)(a) Property to the extent it is encumbered by a valid lien.
242.01(2)(b)(b) Property to the extent it is generally exempt under nonbankruptcy law.
242.01(2)(bm)(bm) Property to the extent it is exempt under s. 815.18.
242.01(2)(c)(c) An interest in property held in tenancy by the entireties to the extent it is not subject to process by a creditor holding a claim against only one tenant.
242.01(3)(3) “Claim,” except as used in “claim for relief,” means a right to payment, whether or not the right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured.
242.01(4)(4) “Creditor” means a person who has a claim.
242.01(5)(5) “Debt” means liability on a claim.
242.01(6)(6) “Debtor” means a person who is liable on a claim.
242.01(6m)(6m) “Electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.
242.01(7)(7) “Insider” includes any of the following:
242.01(7)(a)(a) If the debtor is an individual:
242.01(7)(a)1.1. A relative of the debtor or of a general partner of the debtor;
242.01(7)(a)2.2. A partnership in which the debtor is a general partner;
242.01(7)(a)3.3. A general partner in a partnership described in subd. 2.;
242.01(7)(a)4.4. A corporation of which the debtor is a director, officer or person in control; or
242.01(7)(a)5.5. A limited liability company of which the debtor is a manager or person in control.
242.01(7)(b)(b) If the debtor is a corporation:
242.01(7)(b)1.1. A director of the debtor;
242.01(7)(b)2.2. An officer of the debtor;
242.01(7)(b)3.3. A person in control of the debtor;
242.01(7)(b)4.4. A partnership in which the debtor is a general partner;
242.01(7)(b)5.5. A general partner in a partnership described in subd. 4.; or
242.01(7)(b)6.6. A relative of a general partner, director, officer or person in control of the debtor.
242.01(7)(bL)(bL) If the debtor is a limited liability company, any of the following:
242.01(7)(bL)1.1. A manager of the debtor.
242.01(7)(bL)2.2. A person in control of the debtor.
242.01(7)(bL)3.3. A partnership in which the debtor is a general partner.
242.01(7)(bL)4.4. A general partner in a partnership described in subd. 3.
242.01(7)(bL)5.5. A relative of a manager or person in control of the debtor.
242.01(7)(c)(c) If the debtor is a partnership:
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242.01(7)(c)1.1. A general partner in the debtor;
242.01(7)(c)2.2. A relative of a general partner in, a general partner of or a person in control of the debtor;
242.01(7)(c)3.3. Another partnership in which the debtor is a general partner;
242.01(7)(c)4.4. A general partner in a partnership described in subd. 3.; or
242.01(7)(c)5.5. A person in control of the debtor.
242.01(7)(d)(d) An affiliate, or an insider of an affiliate as if the affiliate were the debtor.
242.01(7)(e)(e) A managing agent of the debtor.
242.01(8)(8) “Lien” means a charge against or an interest in property to secure payment of a debt or performance of an obligation, and includes a security interest created by agreement, a judicial lien obtained by legal or equitable process or proceedings, a common-law lien or a statutory lien.
242.01(8m)(8m) “Organization” means a person other than an individual.
242.01(9)(9) “Person” means an individual, estate, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
242.01(10)(10) “Property” means anything that may be the subject of ownership.
242.01(10m)(10m) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
242.01(11)(11) “Relative” means an individual related by blood within the 3rd degree of kinship as computed under s. 990.001 (16), a spouse or an individual related to a spouse within the 3rd degree as so computed, and includes an individual in an adoptive relationship within the 3rd degree.
242.01(11m)(11m) “Sign” means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, any of the following:
242.01(11m)(a)(a) To execute or adopt a tangible symbol.
242.01(11m)(b)(b) To attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process.
242.01(12)(12) “Transfer” means every mode, direct or indirect, absolute or conditional, voluntary or involuntary, of disposing of or parting with an asset or an interest in an asset, and includes payment of money, release, lease, license, and creation of a lien or other encumbrance.
242.01(13)(13) “Valid lien” means a lien that is effective against the holder of a judicial lien subsequently obtained by legal or equitable process or proceedings.
242.01 HistoryHistory: 1987 a. 192; 1989 a. 278; 1993 a. 112; 1997 a. 188; 1999 a. 32, 85, 162; 2001 a. 38; 2023 a. 246.
242.01 AnnotationFederal law does not preclude a labor union from bringing a state action for an alleged fraudulent conveyance by an employer when the claim does not require substantial interpretation of a collective bargaining agreement. International Machinist Association v. United States Can Co., 150 Wis. 2d 479, 441 N.W.2d 710 (1989).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1947–2025 · leading case: Badger State Bank v. Taylor, 2004 WI 128 (Wis. 2004).
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Badger State Bank v. Taylor, 2004 WI 128 (Wis. 2004). · cites it 12× “" Wis. Stat. § 242.01 (6). "Claim" is "a right to payment, whether or not the right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured.”
Lane v. Sharp Packaging Sys., Inc., 2002 WI 28 (Wis. 2002). · cites it 4× “Lane contends that the board meeting requirement was an express requirement intended to protect his 25% interest in Sharp.”
Grosskopf Oil, Inc. v. Winter, 457 N.W.2d 514 (Wis. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 3× “This definition is consistent with the definition found in sec. 242.01(8), Stats. 7 In contrast, a lease transfers possessory interests in land.”
Tralmer Sales & Serv., Inc. v. Erickson, 521 N.W.2d 182 (Wis. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 4× “of disposing of or *574 parting with an asset_" Section 242.01(12), Stats. (Emphasis added.”
Weintraut v. Comm'r, 2016 T.C. Memo. 142 (Tax Ct. 2016). · cites it 3× “01(12) ; (3) the Indiana UFTA, like the Wisconsin UFTA involved in Feldman , is flexible and expressly incorporates equitable principles that look to substance, rather than form, compare *300 Ind.”
Int'l Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers v. United States Can Co., 441 N.W.2d 710 (Wis. 1989). · cites it 2× “A creditor is defined by UFCA, sec. 242.01(3), Stats.: "`Creditor' is a person having any claim, whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, absolute, fixed or contingent.”
Exec. Ctr. III, LLC v. Meieran, 823 F. Supp. 2d 883 (E.D. Wis. 2012). · cites it 10× “The plaintiff alleges that, in accepting the $400,000 transfer, the defendants: (1) violated several portions of Wisconsin’s Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, Wis. Stat. § 242.01 , et seq.; (2) breached a fiduciary duty they owed to the plaintiff; and (3) benefitted from'…”
Kepler v. Atkinson (In Re Atkinson), 63 B.R. 266 (Bankr. W.D. Wis. 1986). · cites it 2× “§ 242.01(1). The nonexempt assets retained by the debtor consisted of the following: one-half interest in real estate retained by the debtor $13,600.”
Jackson Nat'l Life Ins. v. Greycliff Partners, Ltd., 226 B.R. 407 (E.D. Wis. 1998). · cites it 2× “See generally Wis.Stat. §§ 242.01 to 242.09; N.Y. Debt.”
In Re Fink, 417 B.R. 786 (Bankr. E.D. Wis. 2009). · cites it 2× “” Wis. Stat. § 242.01 (8). The question is: Does Wisconsin’s definition of “lien” encompass an “aggregate interest .”
Dyer v. Eckols, 808 S.W.2d 531 (Tex. App. 1991). “Gen.Laws §§ 6-16-1 to 6-16-12 (Supp.1990); S.”
Mann v. Hanil Bank, 920 F. Supp. 944 (E.D. Wis. 1996). “§ 242.01 et seq.; Cal.Civ.Code § 3439.04.”
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— Wis. Stat. § 242.01(1) — 1 case
Kepler v. Atkinson (In Re Atkinson), 63 B.R. 266 (Bankr. W.D. Wis. 1986). “§ 242.01(1). The nonexempt assets retained by the debtor consisted of the following: one-half interest in real estate retained by the debtor $13,600.”
— Wis. Stat. § 242.01(12) — 1 case
Tralmer Sales & Serv., Inc. v. Erickson, 521 N.W.2d 182 (Wis. Ct. App. 1994). “of disposing of or *574 parting with an asset_" Section 242.01(12), Stats. (Emphasis added.”
— Wis. Stat. § 242.01(2)(bm) — 1 case
Tralmer Sales & Serv., Inc. v. Erickson, 521 N.W.2d 182 (Wis. Ct. App. 1994). “of disposing of or *574 parting with an asset_" Section 242.01(12), Stats. (Emphasis added.”
— Wis. Stat. § 242.01(3) — 2 cases
Int'l Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers v. United States Can Co., 441 N.W.2d 710 (Wis. 1989). “A creditor is defined by UFCA, sec. 242.01(3), Stats.: "`Creditor' is a person having any claim, whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, absolute, fixed or contingent.”
Houseware Sales Corp. v. Quaker Stretcher Co., 70 F. Supp. 747 (E.D. Wis. 1947).
— Wis. Stat. § 242.01(4) — 1 case
Glassner v. Wisconsin Dep't of Revenue, 340 N.W.2d 223 (Wis. Ct. App. 1983).
— Wis. Stat. § 242.01(7) — 1 case
Ger V. Xiong & Jia Xiong (Bankr. E.D. Wis. 2025).
— Wis. Stat. § 242.01(8) — 1 case
Grosskopf Oil, Inc. v. Winter, 457 N.W.2d 514 (Wis. Ct. App. 1990). “This definition is consistent with the definition found in sec. 242.01(8), Stats. 7 In contrast, a lease transfers possessory interests in land.”
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