Except as provided in ss. 704.90 and 779.43 or by express agreement of the parties, the landlord has no right to a lien on the property of the tenant; the commonlaw right of a landlord to distrain for rent is abolished.
Wis. Stat. § 704.11
Lien of landlord
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Cook v. Public Storage, Inc. (2008)
Most recently applied in Cook v. Public Storage, Inc. (September 2008)
1979 c. 32 s. 92 (9); 1987 a. 23 s. 2; 2011 a. 143.
Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.