Walk It Through: The Check-In Sheet And The 21 Days
A Wisconsin deposit, from the check-in sheet to normal wear and tear.
Move in day. The landlord hands over the keys and a check-in sheet.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One deposit, with a tenant who leaves on the last day of the lease. The other start dates for the 21 days, utility charges a landlord may withhold, and how a court weighs a disputed deduction are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Check-in sheetThe sheet a landlord gives a new residential tenant at the start of the occupancy for comments on the condition of the premises. The tenant has 7 days from moving in to complete and return it.
- Nonstandard rental provisionsA separate document, titled that way, listing any other reason a landlord may withhold from the deposit, which the landlord went over with the tenant before the tenant entered the rental agreement.
- Security depositThe deposit a landlord delivers or mails back in full, less only what the statute allows to be withheld, within 21 days, counted from the day that fits how the tenancy ended.