Eviction timeline in Wisconsin

One rule applies, with its citation below.

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These summaries are compiled from ordinance text and public sources and are dated at the point they were last checked. Rules change between checks — Newark replaced its whole registration regime in a single month — so confirm anything you are about to underwrite against the primary source or the municipal office named in the citation.

Termination notice depends on the tenancy, breach, and prior notice history

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Verified on 2026-09-05 — 26 days ago.

Wis. Stat. § 704.17 supplies different notice routes for nonpayment, other breach, repeat breach, tenancy length, and specified criminal activity; § 704.21 controls how notice is given, and removal still proceeds through the statutory court process.

No single notice period is safe to project without the lease term, ground, cure history, service facts, protected-status rules, and current court procedure. A notice is not itself an order authorizing physical removal.

In effect since 2018-04-18.

Sources

Wisconsin Stat. § 704.17 — notice terminating tenancy for breach — Wis. Stat. § 704.17
Wisconsin Stat. § 704.21 — manner of giving notice — Wis. Stat. § 704.21
2017 Wisconsin Act 317 — current notice amendments — 2017 Wis. Act 317, effective April 18, 2018

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