Sublease Agreement in Wisconsin

For a tenant renting their unit, or part of it, to a subtenant. Most leases require the landlord's written consent first — get it, and attach it.

What Wisconsin law says

Subletting rules	A tenant under a tenancy at will or a periodic tenancy shorter than year-to-year (for example, month-to-month) may not assign or sublease without the landlord's agreement or consent. Any other tenant (for example, under a fixed-term lease) may transfer the tenant's interest unless the lease expressly restricts transfer. The statute sets no reasonableness standard for consent. Unless the lease or an express release says otherwise, transfer does not relieve the original tenant of lease obligations. An assignment of a lease with more than one year left must be in writing and signed by the assignor. Source: Wis. Stat. § 704.09(1)-(2); § 704.03(3)

Subletting rules

A tenant under a tenancy at will or a periodic tenancy shorter than year-to-year (for example, month-to-month) may not assign or sublease without the landlord's agreement or consent. Any other tenant (for example, under a fixed-term lease) may transfer the tenant's interest unless the lease expressly restricts transfer. The statute sets no reasonableness standard for consent. Unless the lease or an express release says otherwise, transfer does not relieve the original tenant of lease obligations. An assignment of a lease with more than one year left must be in writing and signed by the assignor.

Source: Wis. Stat. § 704.09(1)-(2); § 704.03(3)

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SUBLEASE AGREEMENT

Tenant (sublessor): [tenant name] Subtenant: [subtenant name]

Property: [rental address]. Original lease with [landlord name] dated [original lease date], which this sublease follows.

Sublease term: [start date] to [end date] (not later than the original lease ends).

Rent: $[sublease rent] per month, paid to [who is paid] by [due day]. Deposit: $[subtenant deposit].

The subtenant agrees to follow all rules of the original lease. The tenant remains responsible to the landlord.

Landlord consent: [attached / landlord name and date consent was given].

Signatures and dates: [signatures]

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