{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-224.02","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 224.02","heading":"Banking, defined.","body":"The soliciting, receiving, or accepting of money or its equivalent on deposit as a regular business by any person, partnership, association, or corporation, shall be deemed to be doing a banking business, whether such deposit is made subject to check or is evidenced by a certificate of deposit, a passbook, a note, a receipt, or other writing, provided that nothing herein shall apply to or include money left with an agent, pending investment in real estate or securities for or on account of the agent’s principal.","path":["Chs. 178-226, Partnerships and Corporations; Transportation; Utilities; Banks; Savings Associations","Chapter 224 Miscellaneous Banking And Financial Institutions Provisions","SUBCHAPTER I BANKING PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/224.02","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:01:08Z","sha256":"93be8244f375d0f2b4b578f1c915c5504b794f46a2c111b19aba634f9ae94109","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-223.21","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-224.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}