Wisconsin Statutes

In Wisconsin, landlord-tenant law is governed by Chapter 704 of the Wisconsin Statutes and Chapter ATCP 134 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code. These rules govern rental agreements, security deposits, tenant rights, maintenance responsibilities, and procedures for termination or eviction. Wisconsin law also includes disclosure and habitability requirements. Each section is outlined and linked below.

Wis. Admin. Code §§ 134.06 – Security deposits
Wis. Admin. Code §§ 134.06(2) – Security deposits
Wis. Admin. Code §§ 134.06(4) – Security deposits
Wis. Admin. Code §§ 134.06(1)(a) – Security deposits
Wis. Admin. Code §§ 134.06(1)(b) – Security deposits
Wis. Admin. Code §§ 134.05(4) – Earnest money deposits and credit check fees
Wis. Admin. Code §§ 134.03(2a) – Rental agreements and receipts
Wis. Stat. Ann. §§ 704.19(3) – Notice necessary to terminate periodic tenancies and tenancies at will
Wis. Stat. Ann. §§ 704.15 – Requirement that landlord notify tenant of automatic renewal clause
Wis. Stat. Ann. §§ 704.07(4) – Repairs; untenantability
Wis. Admin. Code §§ 134.09(7) – Prohibited practices
Wis. Stat. Ann. §§ 799.25(10) – Costs
Wis. Stat. Ann. §§ 704.29(2)(b) – Recovery of rent and damages by landlord; mitigation
Wis. Stat. Ann. §§ 704.17(1) – Notice terminating tenancies for failure to pay rent or other breach by tenant
Wis. Stat. Ann. §§ 704.17(2)(b) – Notice terminating tenancies for failure to pay rent or other breach by tenant
Wis. Stat. Ann. §§ 704.17(3) – Notice terminating tenancies for failure to pay rent or other breach by tenant
Wis. Stat. Ann. §§ 704.05(2) – Rights and duties of landlord and tenant in absence of written agreement to contrary
Wis. Stat. Ann. §§ 704.04(8) – Check-in sheet
Wis. Stat. Ann. §§ 106.50(5m) – Open housing
Wis. Stat. Ann. §§ 704.16 – Termination of tenancy for imminent threat of serious physical harm; changing locks
Wis. Stat. Ann. §§ 704.05(5)(a) – Rights and duties of landlord and tenant in absence of written agreement to contrary
Wis. Stat. Ann. §§ 704.05(5)(2) – Rights and duties of landlord and tenant in absence of written agreement to contrary
Wis. Stat. Ann. §§ 704.45 – Retaliatory conduct in residential tenancies prohibited
Wis. Admin. Code §§ 134.04(2) – Disclosure requirements
Wis. Admin. Code §§ 134.04(1) – Disclosure requirements
Wis. Stat. Ann. §§ 799.01(2) – Applicability of chapter
Wis. Stat. Ann. §§ 799.40 – Eviction actions
Wis. Admin. Code ATCP § ATCP 134.02(11) – Definitions
Wis. Stat. § 704.02 – Severability of rental agreement provisions.