Wisconsin Statutes

Wis. Stat. § 421.108 (2026)

Obligation of good faith

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421.108421.108 Obligation of good faith. Every agreement or duty within chs. 421 to 427 imposes an obligation of good faith in its performance or enforcement. “Good faith” means honesty in fact in the conduct or transaction concerned and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing.

421.108 HistoryHistory: 1971 c. 239; 1979 c. 89.

421.108 AnnotationUnder this section, parties are obligated to act in good faith in the performance or enforcement of an agreement subject to the Wisconsin Consumer Act and to the performance or enforcement of a provision of the Act. Further, the honesty-in-fact requirement is violated when a party lacks an honest intention to abstain from taking unfair advantage of another by activities that render the transaction unfair, and the fair-dealing requirement is violated when a party does not observe reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing, which contemplates the application of an objective set of standards. CreditBox.com, LLC v. Weathers, 2023 WI App 37, 408 Wis. 2d 715, 993 N.W.2d 802, 22-0746.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 2012–2024 · leading case: Creditbox.com, LLC v. Antjuan Weathers, 2023 WI App 37 (Wis. Ct. App. 2023).

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Creditbox.com, LLC v. Antjuan Weathers, 2023 WI App 37 (Wis. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 39× “§ 421.108 (2021-22),1 which provides that “[e]very agreement or duty within” the Act imposes on the parties “an obligation of good faith in its performance or enforcement”; and WIS.”

Timothy Parent v. Home Depot U.S.A., 694 F.3d 919 (7th Cir. 2012). · cites it 2× “104 (l)(c), which prohibits “[d]isclos[ing] or threatening] to disclose information adversely affecting the customer’s reputation for credit worthiness with knowledge or reason to know that the information is false”; and *922 Wis. Stat. § 421.108 which states, “[e]very agreement…”

U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n v. Christopher J. Klein, 2024 WI App 7 (Wis. Ct. App. 2024). “§ 421.108’s obligation of good faith; and that U.”

Robert Karl v. Access Title Inc. (Wis. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “421 to 427,” the Wisconsin Consumer Credit Act; and the Karls have no reply when Kirsch points out that, pursuant to WIS. STAT.”

Rubash, Ryan v. Volkswagen Grp. of Am., Inc. (W.D. Wis. 2022). · cites it 2× “Plaintiff’s first amended complaint levels claims against ACA for violations of Wis. Stat. § 421.108 , Wis. Stat. s § 427.”

Flowers, Angela v. Kia Motor Fin. (W.D. Wis. 2023). · cites it 2× “104 ; and (4) bad faith in violation of Wis. Stat. § 421.108 . B. Procedural Developments after Initial Complaint After Kia filed an answer to Flowers’ initial complaint, the court set a schedule, giving the parties until July 29, 2022, to amend their pleadings without leave of…”

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