2024 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 704 - Landlord and tenant.
704.95 - Practices regulated by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
704.95 Practices regulated by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection. Practices in violation of s. 704.28 or 704.44 may also constitute unfair methods of competition or unfair trade practices under s. 100.20. However, the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection may not issue an order or promulgate a rule under s. 100.20 that changes any right or duty arising under this chapter.
History: 2011 a. 143; 2013 a. 76.
This section prohibits the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection from making different any right or duty originating from this chapter. Regarding security deposits, those rights or duties in s. 704.28 pertain only to the incurred costs a landlord can lawfully withhold from a tenant’s security deposit and the time within which a landlord must return that deposit. Any obligation of a landlord to provide a withholdings statement to a tenant arises only under s. ATCP 134.06 (4), Wis. Adm. Code. Given that this chapter is silent on the topic of withholdings statements, nothing in s. ATCP 134.06 (4), Wis. Adm. Code, regarding withholdings statements “alters” or “makes different” anything originating from this chapter. This section thus has no bearing on the department’s rulemaking authority over that subject matter. State v. Lasecki, 2020 WI App 36, 392 Wis. 2d 807, 946 N.W.2d 137, 18-2340.
