704.15 Requirement that landlord notify tenant of automatic renewal clause. A provision in a lease of residential property that the lease shall be automatically renewed or extended for a specified period unless the tenant or either party gives notice to the contrary prior to the end of the lease is not enforceable against the tenant unless the lessor, at least 15 days but not more than 30 days prior to the time specified for the giving of such notice to the lessor, gives to the tenant written notice in the same manner as specified in s. 704.21 calling the attention of the tenant to the existence of the provision in the lease for automatic renewal or extension.
History: 1993 a. 486.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 704 - Landlord and tenant.
704.02 - Severability of rental agreement provisions.
704.03 - Requirement of writing for rental agreements and termination.
704.05 - Rights and duties of landlord and tenant in absence of written agreement to contrary.
704.055 - Disposition of personalty left by trespasser.
704.06 - Water heater thermostat settings.
704.07 - Repairs; untenantability.
704.085 - Credit and background checks.
704.09 - Transferability; effect of assignment or transfer; remedies.
704.13 - Acts of tenant not to affect rights of landlord.
704.14 - Notice of domestic abuse protections.
704.15 - Requirement that landlord notify tenant of automatic renewal clause.
704.16 - Termination of tenancy for imminent threat of serious physical harm; changing locks.
704.165 - Termination of tenancy at death of tenant.
704.17 - Notice terminating tenancies for failure to pay rent or other breach by tenant.
704.19 - Notice necessary to terminate periodic tenancies and tenancies at will.
704.21 - Manner of giving notice.
704.22 - Service of process in residential tenancy on nonresident party.
704.23 - Removal of tenant on termination of tenancy.
704.25 - Effect of holding over after expiration of lease; removal of tenant.
704.27 - Damages for failure of tenant to vacate at end of lease or after notice.
704.28 - Withholding from and return of security deposits.
704.29 - Recovery of rent and damages by landlord; mitigation.
704.31 - Remedy on default in long terms; improvements.
704.40 - Remedies available when tenancy dependent upon life of another terminates.
704.44 - Residential rental agreement that contains certain provisions is void.
704.45 - Retaliatory conduct in residential tenancies prohibited.
704.50 - Disclosure duty; immunity for providing notice about the sex offender registry.
704.90 - Self-service storage facilities.
704.95 - Practices regulated by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.