Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
ATCP 90-139 - Trade and Consumer Protection
Chapter ATCP 134 - Residential Rental Practices
Section ATCP 134.01 - Scope and application
Current through February 26, 2024
This chapter is adopted under authority of s. 100.20, Stats. This chapter applies to the rental of dwelling units located in this state, but does not apply to the rental or occupancy of any of the following:
(1) A dwelling unit operated by a public or private institution if occupancy is incidental to detention or the provision of medical, geriatric, educational, counseling, religious or similar services.
(2) A dwelling unit occupied by a member of a fraternal or social organization which operates that dwelling unit.
(3) A dwelling unit occupied, under a contract of sale, by the purchaser of the dwelling unit or the purchaser's successor in interest.
(4) A dwelling unit, such as a dwelling unit in a hotel, motel or boarding house, that is being rented only by tourist or transient occupants.
(5) A dwelling unit which the landlord provides free of charge to any person, or which the landlord provides as consideration to a person whom the landlord currently employs to operate or maintain the premises.
(6) A dwelling unit occupied by a tenant who is engaged in commercial agricultural operations on the premises.
(7) A dwelling unit owned and operated by government, or a subdivision or agency of government.
