2014 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
101. Department of safety and professional services — regulation of industry, buildings and safety.
101.61 Definitions.
101.61 Definitions. In this subchapter:
101.61(1) (1) "Dwelling" means any building that contains one or 2 dwelling units. "Dwelling unit" means a structure or that part of a structure which is used or intended to be used as a home, residence or sleeping place by one person or by 2 or more persons maintaining a common household, to the exclusion of all others.
101.61(2) (2) "Owner" means any person having a legal or equitable interest in the dwelling. "Owner" does not include any person whose legal or equitable interest in the dwelling is a security interest derived solely from the extension of credit to permit construction or remodeling of the dwelling or purchase of the dwelling by a 3rd party.
The dwelling code applies to additions to buildings initially constructed after the effective date of the one- and two-family dwelling code act. 67 Atty. Gen. 191.
