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Legal Information: Wisconsin

Housing Laws

Laws current as of June 10, 2024

If I break my lease, do I have to pay rent?

If you properly notify your landlord that you are ending your lease and moving out, you only have to pay rent for whichever is later:

  • the month during which you give your notice and the following month; or
  • the month during which you actually move and the following month.1

1 Wis. Stat. § 704.16(2)