Section 1.02. Application.

  An application for benefits from the department must be made on approved departmental forms, signed by an eligible dependent, or by the veteran and/or such other person as the department may require in connection with the specific benefit application involved. The department may require that a loan application or a credit instrument executed in connection with a loan be signed by the veteran's spouse only in a case where such requirement may legally be imposed under s. DFI-WCA 1.85 , and under the provisions of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and regulations adopted thereunder. It is unlawful for anyone to charge an applicant or spouse a commission for assisting them in completing or securing the approval of an application for benefits from the department.

History: Cr. Register, March, 1965, No. 111 , eff. 4-1-65; r. and recr., Register, November, 1971, No. 191 , eff. 12-1-71; am. Register, August, 1972, No. 200 , eff. 9-1-72; am. Register, July, 1976, No. 247 , eff. 8-1-76 ; correction made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, July, 1998, No. 511 ; correction made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register June 2010 No. 654 .