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IMPORTANT ACCOUNT INFORMATION FOR OUR MEMBERS

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
ELECTRONIC TRANSFERS
FUNDS AVAILABILITY
TRUTH IN SAVINGS

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF YOUR ACCOUNT

AGREEMENT
Please read this disclosure carefully.  If you sign your signature card or continue to have an account with us, you agree to these rules, our by-laws, and any by-law amendments.  You will receive a separate schedule of rates, qualifying balances, and fees if they are not included in this document.  If you have any questions, please call us.

This agreement is subject to applicable federal laws and the laws of the state of Wisconsin (except to the extent that this agreement can and does vary such rules or laws).  The body of state and federal law that governs our relationship with you, however, is too large and complex to be reproduced here. The purpose of this document is to:

(1) summarize some laws that apply to common transactions;
(2) Establish rules to govern transactions or events which the law does not regulate;
(3) Establish rules for certain events or transactions which the law already regulates permits variation by agreement: and
(4) Give you disclosures of some of our policies to which you may be entitled or in which you may be interested.

If any provision of this document is found to be unenforceable according to its terms, all remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.  We may permit some variations from our standard agreement, but we must agree to any variation in writing either on the signature card for your account or in some other document. 

As used in this document,  the words "we," "our" and "us" mean the credit union and the words "you" and "your" mean the account holders(s) and anyone else with the authority to deposit, withdraw, or exercise control over the funds in the account.  The headings in this document are for convenience or reference only and will not govern the interpretation of the provisions.  Unless it would be inconsistent to do so, words and phrases used in this document should be construed so the singular includes the plural and the plural includes  the singular.  "Party" means a person who, by the terms of an account, has a present right, subject ot request, to payment from the account other than as an agent.  A beneficiary of a P.O.D.  account is a party only after the account become payable to them by reason of their surviving the original payee.  A minor may be a party to an account, subject to withdrawal restrictions of Wisconsin law.  Unless the context indicates otherwise, "party" includes a guardian, conservator, personal representative, or assignee, including an attaching creditor, of a party. 

BYLAWS - Our bylaws, which we may amend from time to time, establish basic rules about our credit union policies and operations which affect your account and membership.  You may obtain a copy of the bylaws upon request.  Our right to require you to give us notice of your intention to withdraw funds from your account is described in the bylaws.  Unless we have agreed otherwise, you are not entitled to receive any original item after it is paid, although you may request that we send you an item(s) or a copy of an item(s).  Dividends are based on current earnings and available earnings of the credit union, after providing for required reserves.

LIABILITY - You agree, for yourself (and the person or entity you represent if you sign as a representative of another) to the terms of this account and the schedule of charges.  You authorize us to deduct these charges directly from the account balance as accrued.  You will pay any additional reasonable charges for services you request which are not covered by this agreement.

Each of you also agrees to be jointly and severally (individually) liable for any account shortage resulting from charges or overdrafts, whether caused by you or another with access to this account.  This liability is due immediately, and can be deducted directly from the account balance whenever sufficient funds are available.  You have no right to defer payment of this liability, and you are liable regardless of whether you signed the item or benefited from the charge or overdraft.  You will also be liable for our costs to collect the deficit as well as for reasonable attorneys' fees, to the extent permitted by law, whether incurred as a result of collection or in any other dispute involving your account including, but not limited to, disputes between you and another joint owner; you and an authorized signer or similar party; or a third party claiming an interest in your account.

DEPOSITS - We will give only provisional credit until collection is final for any items, other than cash, we accept for deposit (including items drawn "on us").  Actual credit for deposits of, or payable in, foreign currency will be at the exchange rate in effect on final collection in U.S. dollars.  We are not responsible for transactions by mail or outside depository until we actually record them.  We will treat and record all transactions received after our "daily cutoff time" on a business day we are open or received on a day we are not open for business, as if initiated on the next business day that we are open.

WITHDRAWALS - Unless clearly indicated otherwise on the account records, any of you, acting alone, who signs to open the account or has authority  to make withdrawals may withdraw or transfer all or part  of the account balance at any time.  Each of you (until we receive written notice to the contrary) authorizes each other person who signs or has authority to make withdrawals to indorse any item payable to you or your order for deposit to this account or any other transaction with us.  You agree that, as to any item that we have no opportunity to examine the signatures, such as an electronic check conversion transaction where a check or similar item is converted into an electronic fund transfer as defined in the Electronic Fund Transfers regulation, you waive any requirement of multiple signatures for withdrawal.  We may charge your account for a check even though payment was made before the date of the check, unless we have received written notice of the postdating in time to have reasonable opportunity to act.  We may refuse any withdrawal or transfer request which you attempt on forms not approved by us, by any method we do not specifically permit, which is greater in number than the frequency permitted, or which is for an amount greater or less than any withdrawal limitations.  Even if we honor a nonconforming request, we may treat continued abuse of the stated limitations (if any) as your act of closing the account.  We will use the date the transaction is completed by us (as opposed to the date you initiate it) to apply the frequency limitations.   The fact that we may honor withdrawal requests that overdraw the available account balance does not obligate us to do so later.  You agree that we may charge fees for overdrafts and use subsequent deposits, including direct deposits of social security or other government benefits, to cover such overdrafts and overdraft fees.  If we are presented with an item drawn against your account that would be a "substitute check," as defined by law, but for an error or defect in the item introduced in the substitute check creation process, you agree that we may pay such item.  See the funds availability policy disclosure for information about when you withdraw funds you deposit.  For those accounts for which our funds availability policy disclosure does not apply, you can ask us when you make a deposit when those funds will be available for withdrawal.  

OWNERSHIP OF ACCOUNT AND BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION - These rules apply to this account depending on the form of ownership and beneficiary designation if any, specified on the account records.  We reserve the right to refuse some forms of ownership on any or all of our accounts.  We make no representations as to the appropriateness or effect of the ownership and beneficiary designations, except as they determine to whom we pay the account funds.  Single Party Account - Such an account is owned by one party.  Joint Survivorship Account - (Not as Tenants in Common) - Such an account is issued in the name of two or more persons.  Each of you intend that upon your death the balance in the account (subject to any previous pledge to which we have consented) will belong to the survivor(s).  If two or more of you survive, you will own the balance in the account as joint tenants with survivorship and not as tenants in common.  Marital Account is an account established without the right of survivorship by two parties who claim to be husband and wife and is payable on request to either or both parties.  Joint Account - No Survivorship (As Tenants in Common) - is an account, other than a Marital Account or Joint Survivorship Account, owned by two or more parties and payable on request to one of two or more parties.  The parties do not intend (merely by opening this account) to create any right of survivorship in any other party.  We encourage the parties to agree and tell us in writing of the percentage of the deposit contributed by each of you.  This information will not, however, affect the "number of signatures" necessary for withdrawal.    Single Account or Joint Survivorship Account with P.O.D. Beneficiaries - Pay-on-death beneficiaries acquire the right to withdraw only if: (1) all parties creating the account die, and (2) the beneficiary  is then living.  If two or more beneficiaries are named and survive the death of all persons creating the account, such beneficiaries will own this account in equal shares, without right of survivorship.  The person(s) creating this account type reserve the right to: (1) change beneficiaries, (2) change account types, and (3) withdraw all or part of the deposit at any time. Marital Account with P.O.D. Beneficiaries -  Upon the death of either party, 50% of the funds on deposit are owned by the survivor and 50% are owned by the P.O.D. beneficiary(ies) named by the deceased party.  If two or more beneficiaries are named by a party and survive the death of the party, they shall equally share the 50% that they own, without right of survivorship.   The persons creating this account type reserve the right to: (1) change beneficiaries, (2) change account types, and (3) withdraw all or part of the deposit at any time. 

BUSINESS, ORGANIZATION AND ASSOICATION ACCOUNTS- Earnings in the form of  interest, dividends, or credits will be paid only on collected funds, unless otherwise provided by law or our policy.  We may require the governing body of the entity opening the account to give us a separate authorization telling us who is authorized to act on its behalf.  We will honor the authorization until we actually receive written notice of a change from the governing body of the entity. 

STOP-PAYMENTS - You must make any stop payment order in the manner required by law and we must receive it in time to give us a reasonable opportunity to act on it before our stop-payment cutoff time.  To be effective your stop-payment order must precisely identify the number, date and amount of the item, and the payee.  

You may stop payment on any item drawn on your account whether you sign the item or not, if you have an equal or greater right to withdraw from this account than the person who signed the item.  A release of the stop-payment request may be made only by the person who initiated the the stop-payment order.  

Our stop payment cutoff time is one hour after the opening of the next banking day after the banking day on which we receive the item.  Additional limitations on our obligation to stop payment  are provided by law (e.g., we paid the item in cash or we certified the item).

TELEPHONE TRANSFERS - A telephone transfer of funds from this account to another account with us, if otherwise permitted or arranged for, may be made by the same persons and under the same conditions generally applicable to withdrawals made in writing.  Unless a different limitation is disclosed in writing, we restrict the number of transfers from a savings account to another account or to third parties, to a maximum of six per month ( less the number of "preauthorized transfers" during the month).  Other account transfer restrictions may be described elsewhere.

AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATIONS - We may change our by-laws and any term of this agreement.  Rules governing changes in rates are provided separately.  For other changes we will give you reasonable notice in writing or by any other method permitted by law.  We may close this account if your membership in this credit union terminates, or by gving reasonable notice to you and tender of the account balance personally or by mail.  At our option, we may suspend your rights to member services if you violate the terms of this agreement.  You must keep us informed of your current address at all times.  Notice from us to any one of you is notice to all of you.

STATEMENTS - Your Duty to Report Unauthorized Signatures, Alterations and Forgeries - You must examine your statement of account with "reasonable promptness."  If you discover (or reasonably should have discovered) any unauthorized signatures or alternatives, you must promptly notify us of the relevant facts.  As between you and us, if you fail to do either of these duties, you will have to either share the loss with us, or bear the loss entirely yourself (depending on whether we used ordinary care and, if not, whether we substantially contributed to the loss).  The loss could be not only with respect to items on the statement but other items with unauthorized signatures or alterations by the same wrongdoer.

You agree that the time you have to examine your statement and report to us will depend on the circumstances, but will not, in any circumstance, exceed a total of 30 days from when the statement is first sent or made available to you.

You further agree that if you fail to report any unauthorized signatures, alterations or forgeries in your account within 60 days of when we first send or make the statement available, you cannot assert a claim against us on any items in that statement, and is between you and us the loss will be entirely yours.  This 60-day limitation is without regard to whether we used ordinary care.  The limitation in this paragraph is in addition to that contained in the first paragraph of this section.

Your Duty to Report Other Errors - In addition to your duty to review your statements for unauthorized signatures, alterations and forgeries, you agree to examine your statement with reasonable promptness for any other error - such as an encoding error.  You agree that the time you have to examine your statement and report to us will depend on the circumstances.  However, such time period shall not exceed 60 days.  Failure to examine your statement and report any such errors to us within 60 days of when we first send or make the statement available precludes you from asserting a claim against us for any such errors on items identified in that statement and as between you and us the loss will be entirely yours.

Errors Relating to Electronic Fund Transfers or Substitute Checks - (For consumer accounts only) - For information on errors relating to electronic fund transfers (e.g. computer, debit card, or ATM transactions) refer to you Electronic Fund Transfers disclosure and the sections on consumer liability and error resolution.  For information on errors relating to a substitute check you received, refer to your disclosure entitled Substitute Checks and Your Rights.

ACCOUNT TRANSFER - This account may not be transferred or assigned without our prior written consent.

DIRECT DEPOSITS - If, in connection with a direct deposit plan, we deposit any amount in this account which should have been returned to the Federal Government for any reason, you authorize us to deduct the amount of our liability to the Federal Government from this account or from any other account you have with us, without prior notice and at any time, except as prohibited by law.  We may also use any other legal remedy to recover the amount of our liability. 

TEMPORARY ACCOUNT AGREEMENT - If this option is selected, this is a  temporary account agreement.  Each person who signs to open the account or has authority to make withdrawals (except as indicated to the contrary) may transact business on this account.  However, we may at some time in the future restrict or prohibit further use of this account if you fail to comply with the requirements we have imposed within a reasonable time.

RIGHT TO REPAYMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS - You must agree that we may (without prior notice and when permitted by law) charge against and deduct from this account any due and payable debt owed to us now or in the future, by any of you having the right of withdrawal, to the extent of such persons' or legal entity's right to withdraw.  If a joint or P.O.D. account requires the signatures of all of the parties for purpose of withdrawal then the account shall be subject to setoff to the extent of the net contributions of the debtor party to the account.  If the debt arises from a note, "any due and payable debt" includes the total amount of which we are entitiled to demand payment under the terms of the note at the time we charge the account, including any balance the due date for which we properly accelerate under the note.

In addition to these contract rights, we may also have rights under a "statutory lien."  A "lien" on property is a creditor's right to obtain ownership of the property in the event a debtor defaults on a debt.  A "statutory lien" is one created by federal or state statute.  If federal or state law provides us with a statutory lien, then we are authorized to apply, without prior notice, your shares and dividends to any debt you owe us, in accord with the statutory lien.

Neither our contract rights nor rights under a statutory lien apply to this account if prohibited by law.  For example, neither our contract rights nor rights under a statutory lien apply to this account if: (a) it is an Individual Retirement Account or similar tax-deferred account, or (b) the debt is created by a consumer credit transaction under a credit card plan (but this does not affect our rights under any consensual security interest), or (c) the debtor's right of withdrawal arises only in a representative capacity.  We will not be liable for the dishonor of any check or draft when the dishonor occurs because we charge and deduct an amount you owe us from your account.  You agree to hold us harmless from any claim arising as a result of our exercise of our right to repayment.

AUTHORIZED AGENT - An authorized agent is a person who by the terms of the account, has a present right, subject to request, to payment from the account on behalf of all of the parties to the account.

RESTRICTIVE LEGENDS - We are not required to honor any restrictive legend on items you write unless we have agreed in writing(by an officer of the credit union)  to the restriction. Examples of restrictive legends are "must be presented within 90 days" or "not valid for more than $1,000.00."

STALE-DATED CHECKS - We are not obligated to, but may at our option, pay a check, other than a certified check, presented for payment more than six months after its date.  If you do not want us to pay a stale-dated check, you must place a stop payment order for the check in the manner we have described elsewhere.

PAYMENT ORDER OF ITEMS - The law permits us to pay items (such as checks or drafts) drawn on your account in any order.  To assist  you in handling your account with us, we are providing you with the following information regarding how we process the items that you write.  When processing items drawn on your account, our policy is to pay them in the order that they are received.  The order in which items are paid is important if there is not enough money in your account to pay all of the items that are presented.  there is no policy that is favorable in every instance.  If the smallest items are paid first, you may have fewer NSF or overdraft fees, but the largest, and perhaps more important items (such as rent or mortgage payments) might not be paid.  If an item is presented without sufficient funds in your account to pay it, we may, at our discreation, pay the item (creating an overdraft) or return the item (NSF).  The amounts of the overdraft and NSF fees are disclosed elsewhere.  By paying items in the order that we receive them, we think our policy attains a reasonable balance between minimizing additional cost to you and paying your more important items.  We encourage you to make careful records and practice good account management.   This will help you to avoid writing checks or drafts without sufficient funds and incurring the resulting fees.

PLEDGES - Unless we agree otherwise in writing, each owner of this account may pledge all or any part of the funds in it for any purpose to which we agree.  Any pledge of this account must first be satisfied before the rights of any surviving account owner or account beneficiary become effective.

CHECK PROCESSING - We may process items mechanically by relying on the information encoded along the bottom of the items.  This means that we may not individually examine all of your items to determine if the item is properly completed, signed and indorsed.  You agree that we have not failed to exercise ordinary care solely because we use an automated system to process items and do not inspect all items processed in such a manner.  We reserve the right not to inspect each item because using an automated process helps us keep costs down for you and all account holders.  We may determine the amount of available funds in your account for the purpose of deciding whether to return an item for insufficient funds at any time between the time we receive the item and when we return the item or send a notice in lieu of return.  We need only make one determination, but if we choose to make a subsequent determination, the account balance at the subsequent time will determine whether there are insufficient available funds.

CHECK CASHING- We may charge a fee for anyone that does not have an account with us who is cashing a check, draft, or other instrument written on your account.  We may also require reasonable identification to cash such a check, draft, or other instrument.  We can decide what identification is reasonable under the circumstances and such identification may be documentary or physical and may include collecting a thumbprint or fingerprint.

ACH AND WIRE TRANSFERS - This agreement is subject to Article 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code - Fund Transfers as adopted in the state in which you have your account with us.  If you originate a fund transfer for which Fedwire is used, and you identify by name and number a beneficiary financial institution, an intermediary financial  for a beneficiary, we and every receiving or beneficiary financial institution may rely on the identifying number to make payment.  We may rely on the number even if it identifies a financial institution, person or account other than the one named.  You agree to be bound by automated clearing house association rules.  These rules provide, among other things, that payments made to you, or originated by you, are provisional until final settlement is made through a Federal Reserve Bank or payment is otherwise made  as provided in Article 4A-403(a) of the Uniform Commercial Code. If we do not receive such, we are entitield to a refund from you in the amount credited to your account and the party originating such payment will not be considered to have paid the amount so credited.  If we receive a payment order to credit an account you have with us by wire or ACH, we are not required to give you any notice of the payment order or credit.

FACSIMILE SIGNATURES - You authorize us, at any time, to charge you for all checks, drafts, or other orders, for the payment of money, that are drawn on us regardless of by whom or by what means the facsimile signature(s) may have been affixed so long as they resemble the facsimile signature specimen filed with us, and contain the number of required signatures for this purpose.

TRUNCATION, SUBSTITUTE CHECKS, AND OTHER CHECK IMAGES - If you truncate an original check and create a substitute check, or other paper or electronic image of the original check, you warrant that no one will be asked to make payment on the original check, a substitue check or any other electronic or paper image, if the payment obligation relating to the original check has already been paid.  You also warrant that any substitute check you create conforms to the legal requirements and generally accepted specifications for substitute checks.  You agree to retain the original check in conformance with our internal policy for retaining original checks.  You agree to indemnify us for any loss we may incur as a result of any truncated check transaction you initiate.  We can refuse to accept substitute checks that have not previously been warranted by a bank or other financial institution in conformance with the Check 21 Act.  Unless specifically stated in a separate agreement between you and us, we do not have to accept any other electronic or paper image of an original check.

 REMOTELY CREATED CHECKS - Like any standard check or draft, a remotely created check (sometimes called a telecheck, preauthorized draft or demand draft) is a check or draft that can be used to withdraw money from an account.  Unlike  a typical check or draft, however, a remotely created check is  not issued by the paying bank and does not contain the signature of the account owner (or a signature purported to be the signature of the account owner).  In place of a signature, the check usually has a statement that the owner authroized the check or has the owner's name typed or printed on the signature line.   For example, if a person provided an account number in response to a telephone solicitation, the telephone solicitor can use the account number to issue a remotely created check to withdraw money from that account.

You warrant and agree to the following for every remotely created check we receive from you to deposit or collection: (1) you have received express and verifiable authorization to create the check in the amount and to the payee that appears on the check; (2) you will maintain proof of the authorization for at least 2 years from the date of the authorization, and supply us the proof if we ask; and (3) if a check is returned you owe us the amount of the check, regardless of when the check is returened.  We may take frunds from your account to pay the amount you owe us, and if there are insufficient funds in your account, you still owe us the remaining balance.

UNLAWFUL INTERNET GAMBLING NOTICE - Restricted transaction as defined in Federal Reserve Regulation GG are prohibited from being processed through this account or relationship.  Restricted transactions generally include, but are not limited to, those in which credit, electronic fund transfers, checks, or drafts are knowingly accepted by gambling businesses in connection with the participation by others in unlawful Internet gambling.


  ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFERS
YOUR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Electronic Fund Transfers we are capable of handling are indicated below, some of which may not apply to your account.  Please read this disclosure carefully because it tells you your rights and obligations for these transactions.  You should keep this notice for future reference.

 Direct Deposits - You may make arrangements for certain direct deposits to be accepted into your Share Draft/Checking or Share Savings account(s).

Preauthorized Withdrawals - You may make arrangements to pay certain recurring bills from your Share Draft/Checking or Share Savings account(s).

CHARGES FOR ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFERS

 Our right to repayment does not apply to this account if: (a) it is an Individual Retirement Account or other tax-deferred retirement account, or (b) the debt is created by a consumer credit transaction under a credit card plan, or (c) the debtor's right of withdrawal arises only in a representative capacity. We will not be liable for the dishonor of any check or draft when the dishonor occurs because we charge and deduct an amount you owe us from your account.  You agree to hold us harmless from any claim arising as a result of our exercise of our right to repayment.

 * We do not charge for direct deposits to any type of account.

* Please refer to our separate fee schedule for the amount we charge for preauthorized withdrawals returned due to
  insufficient funds.

Except as indicated elsewhere, we do not charge for electronic fund transfers.

RIGHT TO DOCUMENTATION

*  Direct Deposits.  If you have arranged to have direct deposits made to your account at least once every 60 days from the same person or company, you can call us at (715) 762-3208 to find out whether or not the deposit has been made.  If the only possible transfers to or from your account are direct deposits, you will get a quarterly statement from us.

*  Periodic Statements.  You  will get a monthly statement from us for your Share Draft/Checking accounts.  You will get a quarterly statement from us for your Share Savings accounts, if the only possible electronic transfers to or from the account are preauthorized deposits.

 STOP PAYMENT PROCEDURES AND NOTICE
OF VARYING AMOUNTS

*  Right to Stop Payment and Procedure for Doing So.  If you have told us in advance to make regular payments out of your account, you can stop any of these payments.  Here is how:

Call or write us at the telephone number or address listed in this brochure in time for us to receive your request three business days or more before the payment is scheduled to be made.  If you call, we may also require you to put your request in writing and get it to us within 14 days after you call.

Please see our separate fee sheet for the amount we will charge you for each stop payment order you give.

*  Notice of Varying Amounts.  If these regular payments may vary in    amount, the party you pre-authorize to debit your account will advise you, 10 days before each payment, when it will be made and how much it will be. (You may choose instead to get this notice only when the payment would differ by more than a certain amount from the previous payment, or when the amount would fall outside certain limits that you set).

*  Liability for Failure to Stop Payment of Preauthorized Transfer. If you order us to stop one of these payments three business days or more before the transfer is scheduled, and we do not do so, we will be liable for your losses or damages.

TELEPHONE TRANSFERS

You may access your account by telephone 24 hours a day when using MIA (Member Information Attendant) at (715) 762-3208, option 2, by using you personal identification number, a touch tone phone and your account number.  Please refer to our separate MIA pamphlet for additional information.

 DEBIT / ATM CARD TRANSFERS

You may access your account(s) by ATM using your debit/ATM card and your personal identification number, to:

* Make deposits to share draft account(s) and/or share savings accounts(s).

* Get cash withdrawals from share draft account(s) and/or share savings account(s).

You may not withdraw more than $200.00 per day.

* Transfer funds from share savings to share draft account(s).

* Transfer funds from share draft to share savings account(s).

* Get information about the account balance of your share savings account(s) and/or share draft account(s).

Some of these services may not be available at all terminals.

Types of Debit Card Point of Sale Transactions

You may access your share draft account(s) to purchase goods, pay for services, and get cash from a merchant, if the merchant permits, or from a participating financial institution.

Point-Of-Sale Transaction - Dollars Limitations

Using your card, you may not exceed $200.00 in transactions per day.

Please refer to our Debit MasterCard® and Electronic Fund Transfer - Terms and Conditions  disclosure for more information.

OUR LIABILITY

Liability for Failure to Make Transfers.  If we do not complete a transfer to or from your account on time or in the correct amount according to our agreement with you, we will be liable for your losses or damages.  However, there are some exceptions.  We will NOT be liable, for instance:

(1)  If, through no fault of ours, you do not have enough money in your account to make the transfer.

(2)  If the transfer would go over the credit limit on your overdraft line.

(3)  If circumstances beyond our control (such as fire or flood) prevent the transfer, despite reasonable  precautions we have taken.

(4)  There may be other exceptions stated in our agreement with you.

DISCLOSURE OF ACCOUNT INFORMATION
TO THIRD PARTIES

We will disclose information to third parties about your account or the transfers you make:

(1)  where it is necessary for completing transfers;

(2)  in order to verify the existence and condition of your account for a third party, such as a credit bureau or merchant;

(3)  in order to comply with government agency or court orders; or

(4)  if you give us written permission.

UNAUTHORIZED TRANSFERS

If your statement shows transfers that you did not make, tell us at once.  If you do not tell us within 60 days after the statement was mailed to you, you may not get back any money you lost after the 60 days if we can prove that we could have stopped someone from taking the money if you had told us in time. 

If a good reason (such as a long trip or a hospital stay) kept you from telling us, we will extend the time period.

If you believe that someone has transferred or may transfer money from your account without your permission, call or write us at the telephone number or address listed in this brochure.

ERROR RESOLUTION

In case of errors or questions about your electronic transfers, call or write us at the telephone number or address listed in this brochure, as soon as you can, if you think your statement or receipt is wrong or if you need more information about a transfer listed on the statement or receipt.  We must hear from you not later than 60 days after we sent the FIRST statement on which the problem or error appeared.

(1)  Tell us your name and account number (if any).

(2)  Describe the error or the transfer you are unsure about, and explain as clearly as you can why you believe it is an error or why you need more information.

(3)  Tell us the dollar amount of the suspected error.

If you tell us orally, we may require that you send us your complaint or question in writing within 10 business days.

We will tell you the results of our investigation within 10 business days (20 business days if the transfer involved a point-of-sale transaction or a foreign initiated transfer) after we hear from you and will correct any error promptly.  If we need more time, however, we may take up to 45 days (90 days if the transfer involved a point-of-sale transaction or a foreign initiated transfer) to investigate your complaint or question.  If we decide to do this we will recredit your account within 10 business days (20 business days if the transfer involved a point-of-sale transaction or a foreign initiated transfer) for the amount you think is in error, so that you will have the use of the money during the time it takes us to complete our investigation.  If we ask  you to put your complaint or questions in writing and we do not receive it within 10 business days, we may not recredit your account.

If we decide that there was no error, we will send you a written explanation within three business days after we finish our investigation.  You may ask for copies of the documents that we used in our investigation.

NORTHWOODS COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION
COMPUTER ROOM
1224 4th Avenue South, P. O. BOX 369
PARK FALLS, WI  54552
Business Days:  Monday through Friday

Closed on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Good Friday (noon to 3 p.m.),
Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day,
Noon on Christmas Eve Day, and Christmas Day
Noon on New Year's Eve Day

Phone:   (715) 762-3208

 MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

 YOUR ABILITY TO WITHDRAW FUNDS

 This policy statement applies to "transaction" accounts.  Transactions accounts, in general, are accounts which permit an unlimited number of payments to third persons  and an unlimited number of telephone and preauthorized transfers to other accounts of yours with us.  Share draft accounts are the most common transaction accounts.  Feel free to ask us whether any of your other accounts might also be under this policy.

Our policy is to make funds from your cash and check deposits available to you on the first business day after the day we receive your deposit. Electronic direct deposits will be available on the day we receive the deposit.  Once the funds are available, you can withdraw them in cash and we will use them to pay checks that have been written.

Please remember that even after funds are made available to you, and you have withdrawn funds, you are still responsible for the checks you have deposited that are returned to us unpaid and for any other problems involving your account.

For determining  the availability  of your deposits, every day is a business day, except Saturdays, Sundays, and federal holidays.  If you make a deposit before 5 p.m. on a business day that we are open, we will consider that day to be the day of your deposit.  However, if you make a deposit after 5 p.m or on a day we are not open, we will consider that the deposit was made on the next business day we are open.

If we cash a check for you that is drawn on another bank, we may withhold the availability of a corresponding amount of funds that are already in your account.  Those funds will be available at the time funds from the check we cashed would have been available if you had deposited it.   

If we accept a for deposit a check that is drawn on another bank, we may make funds rom the deposit available for withdrawal immediately but delay your availability to withdraw a corresponding amount of funds that you have on deposit in another account with us.  The funds in the other account would then not be available for withdrawal until the time periods that are described elsewhere in this disclosure for the type of check that you deposited.

 LONGER DELAYS MAY APPLY

In some cases, we will not make all of the funds that you deposit by check available to you on the first business day after the day of your deposit.  Depending on the type of check that you deposit, funds may not be available until the second business day after the day of your deposit.  The first $100 of your deposits, however, will be available on the first business day.

If we are not going to make all of the funds from your deposit available on the first business day, we will notify you at the time you make your deposit.  We will also tell you when the funds will be available.  If your deposit is not made directly to one of our employees, or if we decide to take this action after you have left the premises, we will mail you the notice by the day after we receive you deposit.

If you will need the funds from a deposit right away, you should ask us when the funds will be available.

Safeguard Exceptions:  In addition, funds you deposit by check may be delayed for a longer period under the follo

                                   We believe a check you deposit will not be paid.

                                   You deposit checks totaling more than $5,000 on any one day.

                                   You redeposit a check that has been returned unpaid.

                                   You have overdrawn your account repeatedly in the last six months.

                                   There is an emergency, such as failure of computer or communications equipment.

We will notify you if we delay your ability to withdraw funds for any of these reasons, and will tell you when the funds will be available.  They will generally be available no later than the seventh business day after the day of your deposit.

 SPECIAL RULES FOR NEW ACCOUNTS

If you are a new customer, the following special rules will apply during the first 30 days your account is open:

Funds from electronic direct deposits to your account will be available on the day we receive the deposit.  Funds from deposits of cash, wire transfers, and the first $5,000 of a day's total deposits of cashier's, certified, teller's, traveler's, and federal, state and local government checks will be available on the first business day after the day of your deposit if the deposit meets certain conditions.  For example, the checks must be payable to you, and you may have to use a special deposit slip.  The excess over $5,000 will be available on the ninth business day after the day of your deposit.  If your deposit of these checks other than a U.S. Treasury check is not made in person to one of our employees, the  first $5,000 will not be available until the second business day after the day of your deposit.

Funds from all other check deposits will be available on the fifteenth business day after the day of your deposit.

DEPOSITS AT AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES

Funds from any deposits (cash or checks) made at automated teller machines (ATMs) we do not own or operated will not be available until the fifth business day after the day of your deposit.  This rule does not apply at ATMs that we own or operate.

All ATM's that we own or operate are identified as our machines. 

SUBSTITUTE CHECKS AND YOUR RIGHTS

What is a substitute check?    To make check processing faster, federal law permits banks to replace original checks with "substitute checks."  These checks are similar in size to original checks with a slightly reduced image of the front and back of the original check.  The front of a substitute check states:  "This is a legal copy of your check.  You can use it the same way you would use the original check."  You may use a substitute check as proof of payment just like the original check.

Some or all of the checks that you receive back from us may be substitute checks.  Ths notice describes rights you have when you receive substitute checks from us.  The rights in this notice do not apply to original checks or to electronic debits to your account.  However, you have rights under other law with respect to those transactions.

What are my rights regarding substitute checks? In certain cases, federal law provides special procedure that allows you to request a refund for losses you suffer if a substitute check is posted to your account (for example, if you think that we withdrew the wrong amount from your account or that we withdrew money from your account more than once fo the same check).  The losses you may attempt to recover under this procedure may include the amount that was withdrawn from your account and fees that were charged as a result of the withdrawal (for example, bounced check fees).

The amount of your refund under this procedure is limited to the amount of your loss or the amount of the substitute check, whichever is less.  You also are entitiled to interest on the amount of your refund if your account is an interest-bearing account.  If your loss exceeds the amount of the substitute check, you may be able to recover additional amounts under other law.

If you use this procedure, you may receive up to $2,500 of your refund (plus interest if your account earns interest) within 10 business days after we received your claim and the remainder of your refund (plus interest if your account earns interest) not later than 45 calendar days after we received your claim.

We may reverse the refund (including any interest on the refund) if we later are able to demonstrate that the substitute check was correctly posted to your account.

How do I make a claim for a refund?  If you believe that you have suffered a loss relating to a substitute check that you received and that was posted to your account, please contact us at:

Northwoods Community Credit Union
1224 S. 4th Avenue, P. O. Box 369
Park Falls, WI  54552
715-762-3208
nccu@northwoodscu.com

You must contact us within 40 calendar days of the date that we mailed (or otherwise delivered by a means to which you agreed) the substitute check in question or the account statement showing that the substitute check was posted to your account, whichever is later.  We will extend this time period if you were not able to make a timely claim because of extraordinary circumstances.

Your claim must include:

  • A description of why you have suffered a loss (for example, you think the amount withdrawn was incorrect);
  • An estimate of the amount of your loss;
  • An explanationof why the substitute check you received is insufficient to confirm that you suffered a loss; and
  • A coy of the substitute check or the following information to help us identify the substitute check:  the check number, the amount of the check, the name of the person to whom you wrote the check, and the date the check cleared.

 

Truth in Savings

Rate Information:  The dividend rate and annual percentage yield may change at any time, as determined by the credit union board of directors.

Compounding and crediting:  Dividends will be compounded monthly.  Dividends will be credited to your account  monthly.

Dividend period:  For this account type, the dividend period is monthly, for example, the beginning date of the first dividend period of the calendar year is January 1, and the ending date of such dividend period is January 31.  All other dividend periods follow this same pattern of dates.  The dividend declaration date is the last day of the dividend period, and for the example above is January 31.

If you close your share account before dividends are paid, you will not receive the accrued dividends.

Minimum balance requirements:  The minimum required to open this account is the purchase of a share in the credit union.  Please see the bylaw requirements in the Common Features section for additional information.  You must maintain a minimum daily balance of $100.00 in your account each day to obtain the disclosed annual percentage yield.  This minimum daily balance requirement does not apply to accounts of minors ages 20 and under;  the minimum daily balance for these accounts is $5.00.

Daily balance computation method:  Dividends are calculated by the daily balance method which applies a daily periodic rate to the balance in the account each day.

Accrual of dividends on noncash deposits:  Dividends will begin to accrue on the business day you place noncash items (for example, checks to your account).

Transaction limitations:  No transaction limitations apply to this account unless otherwise stated in the Common Features section.

Par value of a share:  The par value of a share in this account is $5.00

OPEN CLUB SAVING ACCOUNT

Rate Information:  The dividend rate and annual percentage yield may change at any time, as determined by the credit union board of directors.

Compounding and crediting:  Dividends will be compounded monthly.  Dividends will be credited to your account monthly.

Dividend period:  For this account type, the dividend period is monthly, for example the beginning date of the first dividend period of the calendar year is January 1, and the ending date of such dividend period is January 31.  All other dividend periods follow this same pattern of dates.  The dividend declaration date is the last day of the dividend period, and for the example above is January 31.

If you close your Open Deposit Savings account before dividends are paid, you will not receive the accrued dividends.

Minimum balance requirements:  You must maintain a minimum daily balance of $100.00 in your account each day to obtain the disclosed annual percentage yield.  This minimum daily balance requirement does not apply to accounts of minors ages 20 and under; the minimum daily balance for these accounts is $5.00.

Daily balance computation method:  Dividends are calculated by the daily balance method which applies a daily periodic rate to the balance in the account each day.

Accrual of dividends on noncash deposits:  Dividends will begin to accrue on the business day you place noncash items (for example, checks) to your account.

Transaction limitations:  No transaction limitations apply to this account unless otherwise stated in the Common Features section.

IRA CLUB SAVINGS ACCOUNT

Rate Information:  The dividend rate and annual percentage yield may change at any time, as determined by the credit union board of directors.

Compounding and crediting:  Dividends will be compounded monthly.  Dividends will be credited to your account monthly.

Dividend period:  For this account type, the dividend period is monthly, for example, the beginning date of the first dividend period of the calendar year is January 1, and the ending date of such dividend period is January 31.  All other dividend periods follow this same pattern of dates.  The dividend declaration date is the last day of the dividend period, and for the example above is January 31.

If you close you IRA Club Savings account before dividends are paid, you will not receive the accrued dividends.

Minimum balance requirement:  No minimum balance requirements apply to this account.

Daily balance computation method:  Dividends are calculated by the daily balance method, which applies a daily periodic rate to the balance in the account each day.

FREE CHECKING ACCOUNT/SHARE DRAFT

Dividend period:  This is a non-dividend bearing account.

Fees:  There are no monthly or per item fees.

Minimum balance:  The minimum balance to open this account is $25.00.

New Accounts:  The cost of the first check order is secured in the account until billed from check order company.

Transaction limitations:  No transaction limitations apply to this account.

PREFERRED CHECKING ACCOUNT/SHARE DRAFT

Rate information:  The dividend rate and annual percentage yield may change at any time, as determined by the credit union board of directors.

Compounding and crediting:  Dividends will be compounded every month.  Dividends will be credited to your account every month.

Dividend period:  For this account type, the dividend period is monthly, for example, the beginning date of the first dividend period of the calendar year is January 1, and the ending date of such dividend period is January 31.  All other dividend periods follow this same pattern of dates.  The dividend declaration date is the last day of the dividend period, and for the example above is January 31.

If you close your Preferred Checking Account before account dividends are paid, you will not receive the accrued dividends.

Minimum balance requirements:  The minimum balance to open this account is $100.00.  You must maintain a minimum daily balance of $1,000.00 in your account to obtain the disclosed Annual Percentage Yield.  If at any time during the month your account balance falls below $1,000.00, your account will be subject to a service fee.

Average daily balance computation method:  Dividends are calculated by the average daily balance method which applies a periodic rate to the average daily balance in the account for the period.  The average daily balance is calculated by adding the balance in the account for each day of the period and dividing that figure by the number of days in the period.  The period we use is the monthly statement cycle.

Accrual of dividends on noncash deposits:  Dividends will begin to accrue on the business day you place noncash items (for example, checks) to your account.

Transaction limitations:  Up to 15 checks clear your account Free each month.  A fee for each additional check will be charged.  Please see our Fee schedule.

 If you close your Preferred Checking Plus Account before dividends are paid, you will not receive the accrued dividends.

Minimum balance requirements:  The minimum balance to open this account is  $250.00.  You must maintain a minimum average daily balance of $2,500.00 in your account to obtain the disclosed annual percentage yield.  If at any time during the month your account balance falls below $2,500.00, your account will be subject to a service fee.

Average daily balance computation method:  Dividends are calculated by the average daily balance method which applies a periodic rate to the average daily balance in the account for the period.  The average daily balance is calculated by adding the balance in the account for each day of the period and dividing that figure by the number of days in the period.  The period we use is the monthly statement cycle.

Accrual of dividends on noncash deposits:  Dividends will begin to accrue on the business day you place noncash items (for example, checks) to your account.

Transaction limitations:  Up to 15 checks clear your account Free each month.  A fee for each additional check will be charges.  Please see our Fee schedule.

CHRISTMAS CLUB ACCOUNT

Rate Information:  The dividend rate and annual percentage yield may change at any time, as determined by the credit union board of directors.

Compounding and crediting:  Dividends will be compounded monthly.  Dividends will be credited to your account monthly.

Dividend period:  For this account type, the dividend period is monthly, for example, the beginning date of the first dividend period of the calendar year is January 1, and the ending date of such dividend period is January 31.  All other dividend periods follow this same pattern of dates.   The dividend declaration date is the last day of the dividend.  Period, and for the example above is January 31.

Minimum balance requirements:

No minimum balance requirements apply to this account.

Daily balance computation method:

Dividends are calculated by the daily balance method which applies a daily periodic rate to the balance in the account each day.

Accrual of dividends on noncash deposits:

Dividends are begin to accrue on the business day you place noncash items (for example, checks) to your account.

Transaction limitations:

Christmas Club funds are transferred to your Share Savings Account and are available for withdrawal on the first business day of October of each year.  The credit union will not penalize for withdrawals made within the first 6 days after the account is opened.  If a request for a withdrawal is presented after that time, dividends earned for the current quarter are forfeited, the account is closed, and the funds are transferred to the share account.

TAX AND INSURANCE ACCOUNT

Rate Information:  The dividend rate and annual percentage yield may change every year.  We may change the dividend rate for your account as determined by the credit union board of directors.

Compounding and crediting:  Dividends will be compounded monthly.  Dividends will be credited to your account monthly.

Dividend period:  For this account type, the dividend period is monthly, for example, the beginning date of the first dividend period of the calendar year is January 1, and the ending date of such dividend period is January 31.  All other dividend periods follow this same pattern of dates.  The dividend declaration date is the last day of the dividend period, and for the example above is January 31.

If you close you Tax and Insurance Account before dividends are paid, you will not receive the accrued dividends.

Minimum balance requirement:  No minimum balance requirements apply to this account.

Daily balance computation method:  Dividends are calculated by the daily balance method, which applies a daily periodic rate to the balance in the account each day.

Accrual of dividends on noncash deposits:  Dividends will begin to accrue on the business day you place noncash items (for example, checks) to your account.

Transaction limitations:  None

COMMON FEATURES

Bylaw requirements:

You must complete payment of one share in your Share Savings account as a condition of admission to membership.

Transaction limitation - We reserve the right to at any time require not less than seven days notice in writing before each withdrawal from an interest-bearing account other than a time deposit, or from any other savings account as defined by Regulation D.

Nature of dividends - Dividends are paid from current income and available earnings, after required transfers to reserves at the end of a dividend period.

National Credit Union Insurance Fund - Member accounts in this credit union are federally insured by the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund.

The following fees may be assessed against your account and the following transaction limitations, if any, apply to your account.

An account is considered dormant if no deposits or withdrawals have been made for a six month period, unless the member is under age 21, has a share balance of over $100.00, or has a loan, an open line of credit, share certificates, IRA's, club accounts, or share drafts.

Please refer to our separate fee schedule for additional information about charges.

We, the credit union, state that this disclosure is in compliance with state law.

YOUR ACCOUNT

These are the accounts you have opened or inquired about.  Further details about these accounts are inside this brochure.  If the figures are not filled in, please see the insert that is with this disclosure or your periodic statement.

____  SHARE SAVINGS ACCOUNT
Prospective dividend rate:
The prospective dividend rate on your account is _________% with a prospective annual

percentage yield of __________% for the current dividend period.

_____OPEN CLUB SAVINGS ACCOUNT
Prospective dividend rate:
The prospective dividend rate on your account is _________% with a prospective annual

percentage yield of __________% for the current dividend period.

_____IRA CLUB SAVINGS ACCOUNT
Prospective dividend rate:
The prospective dividend rate on your account is _________% with a prospective annual

percentage yield of __________% for the current dividend period.

_____FREE CHECKING ACCOUNT/SHARE DRAFT
No dividend

_____PREFERRED CHECKING ACCOUNT/SHARE DRAFT
Prospective dividend rate:
The prospective dividend rate on your account is                  % with a prospective annual

percentage yield of __________% for the current dividend period.

_____PREFERRED CHECKING PLUS ACCOUNT/SHARE DRAFT
Prospective dividend rate:
The prospective dividend rate on your account is                  % with a prospective annual

percentage yield of __________% for the current dividend period.

_____CHRISTMAS CLUB ACCOUNT
Prospective dividend rate:
The prospective dividend rate on your account is _________% with a prospective annual

percentage yield of __________% for the current dividend period.

_____TAX AND INSURANCE ACCOUNT
Prospective dividend rate:
The prospective dividend rate on your account is _________% with a prospective annual

percentage yield of __________% for the current dividend period.

Direct Deposits - You may make arrangements for certain direct deposits to be accepted into your Share Draft/Checking or Share Savings account(s).

Preauthorized Withdrawals - You may make arrangements to pay certain recurring bills from your Share Draft/Checking or Share Savings account(s).

CHARGES FOR ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFERS

  * We do not charge for direct deposits to any type of account.

  *  Please refer to our separate fee schedule for the amount we  charge for

     preauthorized withdrawals returned due to insufficient funds.

  Except as indicated elsewhere, we do not charge for electronic fund transfers.

RIGHT TO DOCUMENTATION

  *  Direct Deposits.  If you have arranged to have direct deposits made to your account at least once every 60 days from the same person or company, you can call us at (715) 762-3208 to find out whether or not the deposit has been made.  If the only possible transfers to or from your account are direct deposits, you will get a quarterly statement from us.

  *  Periodic Statements.  You  will get a monthly statement from us for your Share Draft/Checking accounts.  You will get a quarterly statement from us for your Share Savings accounts, if the only possible electronic transfers to or from the account are preauthorized deposits.

PREFERRED CHECKING PLUS ACCOUNT/SHARE DRAFT

Rate information:  The dividend rate and annual percentage yield may change at any time, as determined by the credit union board of directors.

Compounding and crediting:  Dividends will be compounded every month.  Dividends will be credited to your account every month.

Dividend period:  For this account type, the dividend period is monthly, for example, the beginning date of the first dividend period of the calendar year is January 1, and the ending date of such dividend period is January 31.  All other dividend periods follow this same pattern of dates.  The dividend declaration date is the last day of the dividend period, and for the example above is January 31.

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