Is the landlord right or tenant right? Notice to leave in WI

[Hussain Harun]

Hi All,

I had an interesting question I wanted to pose. Say you as a landlord in Wisconsin have one year leases that automatically turn into month to month leases. If you have a tenant who went into their month to month phase after their one year was up but you wrote in your lease they have to give you a 60 day notice, can they actually give you a 30 day notice at the start of the month and legally leave without penalty regardless of what your lease says?

 Any WI investors/lawyers/property managers know the answer to this?

Thank you!

[Gregg Willich]

@Thomas S.

Your point of view is appreciated, but I have given a pretty definitive answer above. Also, if a landlord has an adequate security deposit from the tenant, the landlord may not need to pursue the tenant after the fact, as long as the landlord has the right to withhold from the security deposit. Those rights may be determined by what is in the rental agreement. Tenants may always do as they choose, but that does not mean there are no consequences and repercussions. The point of this thread is regarding the law in Wisconsin, not the basic principles of free will.