# Wisconsin — Third-party litigation funding disclosure requirements by US state — whether the law requires a party to disclose a litigation funding agreement, to whom, and on what trigger, quoted from the statute itself

For Wisconsin, disclosure obligation is Except as otherwise stipulated or ordered by the court, a party shall, without awaiting a discovery request, provide to the other parties any agreement under which any person, other than an attorney permitted to charge a contingent fee representing a party, has a right to receive compensation that is contingent on and sourced from any proceeds of the civil action, by settlement, judgment, or otherwise; disclosed to is the other parties; when is without awaiting a discovery request; statute is Wis. Stat. § 804.01(2)(bg), recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Wisconsin _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Disclosure obligation:** Except as otherwise stipulated or ordered by the court, a party shall, without awaiting a discovery request, provide to the other parties any agreement under which any person, other than an attorney permitted to charge a contingent fee representing a party, has a right to receive compensation that is contingent on and sourced from any proceeds of the civil action, by settlement, judgment, or otherwise. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Disclosed to:** the other parties _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **When:** without awaiting a discovery request _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** Wis. Stat. § 804.01(2)(bg) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 804.01(2)(bg) (bg) Third party agreements. Except as otherwise stipulated or ordered by the court, a party shall, without awaiting a discovery request, provide to the other parties any agreement under which any person, other than an attorney permitted to charge a contingent fee representing a party, has a right to receive compensation that is contingent on and sourced from any proceeds of the civil action, by settlement, judgment, or otherwise.

## Source

- https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/804.01(2)(bg)

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-03-01.
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