Wisconsin Landlord Compliance Kit: Deposit, Notice and Eviction Checklists with an Excel Tracker

Who it is for

Landlords and property managers with rentals in Wisconsin, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case.

Not the right fit if

Your rental is outside Wisconsin: get that state's kit. Not legal advice, not a lawyer's review of a lease, notice or court case, and not a set of legal notice forms; city and county rules aren't covered.

Why it is different

• Built only from our Wisconsin data files, checked November 2026 against 8 official pages, among them Wisconsin Legislature: Wis. Stat. 704.28; Wisconsin Legislative Council: Information Memorandum IM-2024-12 (landlord-tenant law); Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: Landlord/Tenant Guide; Wisconsin Legislature: Wis. Stat. 704.19 (Notice terminating periodic tenancies); Wisconsin Court System: Basic Steps for Handling Small Claims for Eviction Actions (SC-6010V, 09/24); Wisconsin Statutes 799.44 and 799.45.
• 10 items the official pages didn't state are marked "not confirmed" with the page to check, never guessed.
• The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and works out Wisconsin notice and deposit dates for you.

What is inside

• Start here. How to use the kit, the 13 confirmed Wisconsin rules at a glance and the 10 items to confirm: deposit limit, itemized list of deductions, interest on the deposit, where the deposit is held, penalty the law states, rent increase notice, filing fee, hearing after filing and more, each with the official page to check.
• Wisconsin landlord rules checklist. Deposits, notice periods, the eviction case and the small claims limit, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date. What it confirms: return deadline: Within 21 days after: the rental agreement ends (tenant leaves on time); the agreement's end, or the new tenant's start if re-rented sooner (tenant leaves early); or the date the landlord learns the tenant left (tenant leaves late) (704.28(4)); ending month-to-month (landlord): A 28-day notice, no reason needed; the last day lines up with the last day of a rental period; ending month-to-month (tenant): Either side ends a periodic tenancy with at least 28 days' written notice, effective only at the end of a rental period (rent payable more often than monthly: notice equal to the rent period); unpaid rent notice: Month-to-month: a 14-day notice with no right to cure, or a 5-day notice with a right to cure; entry notice: At least 12 hours' advance notice, during reasonable hours; late fee limits: Only if the rental agreement specifically provides for it; no fee for not paying a late fee; court: All eviction actions are heard in small claims court, in the county where the rental is; time to answer or appear: All parties must attend the first court date (the return date).
• Move-in and move-out deposit checklist. A room-by-room condition checklist for both visits and the steps after move-out, with Wisconsin's return deadline (within 21 days).
• Notice calendar. When each notice must go out: the lead time for every notice the state's text confirms, with a 2027 month-by-month serve-by table worked out with our notice date calculator's rules.
• Eviction timeline sheet. The Wisconsin case in order from notice to lockout, with each confirmed stage, an example dated from a sample filing day where the rules give periods, and blanks for your own case dates.
• Wisconsin landlord workbook (Excel). A tenant notice log that dates each notice from the Wisconsin rules, a deposit tracker that works out the return date for each move-out, and a rent ledger with a running balance.