New Berlin, WI

New Berlin caps grass and general ground cover at an average height of eight inches on land in residential zoning districts under City Code § 201-23. The rule applies citywide to every…

New Berlin requires trees in public areas to be pruned so limbs and branches keep a minimum 14-foot clearance above streets, 16 feet above truck thoroughfares, and 10 feet above…

New Berlin's City Forester decides when a tree growing in a Public Area comes down, acting on nine listed grounds such as disease, safety hazard, nuisance conditions or utility…

Wisconsin has no statute banning rainwater harvesting. Under Wis. Stat. 145.01(10)(br)1, a rainwater gutter or downspout is expressly excluded from the legal definition of "plumbing"…

New Berlin treats an unrestrained dog as a public nuisance. Municipal Code Section 152-10 bars owners from letting a dog run at large and from tying it on a leash that reaches within…

New Berlin has no breed-specific ban; instead § 152-10 G and H regulate individual dogs found dangerous or potentially dangerous based on their own conduct. A dog that inflicts severe…

New Berlin bans keeping exotic animals in every zoning district, agricultural land included, under Sec. 275-41 A(2)(c)[2] of the Zoning Code. The ban sits alongside per-acre limits on…

Unincorporated Waukesha County allows up to five hens (no roosters) on lots of at least one acre, but lots under three acres must register with the Planning and Zoning Division, and…

In unincorporated Waukesha County towns, animal hospitals, veterinarian clinics and commercial kennels need a conditional use permit in every zoning district except C-1 Conservancy and…

The Basic Zoning Ordinance classifies beekeeping as an "Agricultural or Farm Use," so it is permitted only where agriculture is allowed at all: the A-1 Agricultural District and…

Waukesha County protects wildlife inside its parks by banning any disturbance of a bird's nest. Sec. 14-158(c) makes it unlawful to take, catch, kill, hunt, trap, pursue or otherwise…

Animal hoarding is addressed through Wisconsin's animal-cruelty and neglect statutes plus local pet-limit and kennel rules. Wis. Stat. 951.02 bars treating any animal cruelly, and…

Wisconsin's dog-licensing statute does not require cats to be licensed statewide, so cat rules in Waukesha County are municipal. Some communities require cat licensing, rabies…

Wisconsin prohibits baiting and feeding deer in counties with chronic wasting disease (CWD) or bovine TB under Wis. Stat. 29.336 and NR 10.07. The Department of Natural Resources…

New Berlin allows accessory dwelling units only inside the B-2, B-3 and B-5 business districts attached to the business, plus attached 'in-law suite' family dwelling units in…

New Berlin treats sheds of 144 square feet or less as a distinct accessory building class under Sec. 275-42 B(2): they may sit in the side or rear yard, need a five-foot setback in the…

A guesthouse in unincorporated Waukesha County can never be leased or rented for human occupancy: Sec. 3.20 limits it to occasional occupancy by the homeowner's guests, caps it at one…

Waukesha County town zoning effectively blocks most tiny homes: any single-family dwelling must have 1,100 sq ft overall floor area (850 sq ft on the first floor), and…

New Berlin allows a fence to sit directly on a shared lot line only if it is built of maintenance-free material, or if it is a common-lot-line fence with a finished side facing both…

New Berlin needs no permit for a fence built within Sec. 275-42 H's standard height and material rules, but a residential front-yard fence between 50 and 74 inches needs DCD review…

New Berlin requires an administrative permit for any retaining wall over 16 inches tall. City Code § 275-55 A(5) treats shorter walls as unregulated curbs, sets a five-foot setback…

New Berlin's zoning code limits fence and wall materials citywide. Fences must use wood, stone, brick, decorative concrete block, wrought iron, or look-alike materials. Plywood…

New Berlin caps residential front-yard fences at 50 inches, side and rear fences at 74 inches, and nonresidential fences at 98 inches, all measured from average ground grade. A…

New Berlin classifies excessive or habitual barking as a dog-related public nuisance under § 152-10 F(2). A complaint needs corroboration from at least two separate households in the…

New Berlin bans excessive vehicle noise under Code of Ordinances § 171-1(B), prohibiting tires that squeal, horns blown excessively or a motor raced excessively, and separately bans…

New Berlin ties the use of loudspeakers and other amplified sound equipment directly to its zoning noise performance standards. City Code § 152-9 requires amplifier use to comply with…

New Berlin's zoning performance standards cap noise by octave band rather than a single decibel number. Section 275-60 E(2) limits any activity outside its premises, in any district…

Waukesha County sets no countywide quiet-hours ordinance; your city, village or town does. In unincorporated towns the county nuisance and Wisconsin disorderly-conduct law apply. As an…

Every private in-ground pool in New Berlin must be enclosed by a fence or wall between four and six feet high with no gaps larger than four inches, and every gate must self-close and…

Before installing an in-ground pool in New Berlin, the property owner must get a building, plumbing, and electrical permit from the Chief Building Inspector. City Code §§ 238-5 and…

New Berlin bars storing a dismantled, abandoned, junked, wrecked, or nonoperable vehicle on any public or private property for more than 30 consecutive days. City Code § 258-2 declares…

New Berlin bans parking any vehicle on a city street between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. without a permit. The Police Department issues month-to-month overnight permits to residents who…

When New Berlin's Mayor or Council President declares a snow emergency, parking on any street or alley is banned outright and public lots close outside normal business hours. The city…

New Berlin requires every vehicle parked on a city street to be licensed, roadworthy and in good condition, bars parking entirely within four industrial and business parks, and…

New Berlin requires every driveway installed or rebuilt after the zoning code's effective date to sit at least five feet from side lot lines. Driveways in agricultural and…

New Berlin's zoning code keeps commercial and industrial vehicles off residential and agricultural lots. Section 275-57 B(2) allows only a resident's personal pickup, van, agricultural…

New Berlin limits outdoor recreational-vehicle and boat storage in residential districts under Section 275-57 B(1). Only one major RV may sit outside on an occupied lot, size-capped at…

New Berlin requires business and industrial lots, other than in the City Center District, to provide off-street loading space under Section 275-57 C. The number of spaces scales with…

Wisconsin caps what a towing service may charge you after a nonconsensual tow from private property. Wis. Admin. Code § Trans 319.03(1) limits removal to $150 regardless of the…

New Berlin's fire code exempts electrical service rooms from the automatic sprinkler mandate only if the room is monitored by smoke detectors, rate-of-heat-rise detectors or…

New Berlin bans burning anything outside a building unless a City permit allows it, and even permitted grass, leaf and brush burning is confined to Wednesdays through Saturdays each…

New Berlin exempts cooking fires, barbecue pits, grills and outdoor fireplaces used for food preparation, and bonfires or campfires held solely for aesthetic and social enjoyment, from…

Waukesha County bans fireworks throughout its unincorporated towns by adopting Wis. Stat. § 167.10(1) as a county offense, with a local forfeiture of $25 to $100 per violation. Inside…

Propane (LP-gas) storage is regulated statewide by Wisconsin SPS 340, which adopts NFPA 58 for container design, siting and clearances. Only the container's owner or an authorized…

Wisconsin DNR designates statewide Fire Protection Areas under Wis. Stat. § 26.11 where the agency holds primary wildfire suppression authority and enforces stricter ignition rules…

Anyone who manages or operates a short-term rental in New Berlin, a dwelling rented under 30 consecutive days, must hold both a state Tourist Rooming House license and a separate City…

New Berlin requires anyone who manages or operates a short-term rental, a residential dwelling rented for a fee for fewer than 30 consecutive days, to get both a state tourist rooming…

New Berlin caps short-term rental occupancy at whatever Wisconsin's tourist rooming house rule, ATCP 72.14(2)(b), allows per bedroom, and separately limits guests to eight per 1,000…

Waukesha County sets no countywide night cap. Under Wis. Stat. 66.1014, a municipality may limit rentals of 6 to 30 consecutive days to no fewer than 180 days per year, and cannot ban…

Waukesha County has no countywide primary-residence-only STR rule. Under Wis. Stat. 66.1014, a municipality may not prohibit renting a residential dwelling for 7 consecutive days or…

Wisconsin sets no statewide decibel limit. Noise at a Waukesha County STR is enforced through municipal noise/nuisance ordinances and Wisconsin's disorderly-conduct statute, Wis. Stat…

New Berlin allows home occupations as accessory uses in agricultural and residential districts, but only under detailed standards in City Code § 275-42 J. A home business needs staff…

New Berlin restricts when a licensed home occupation can see customers. Under City Code § 275-42 J(1)(l), no home occupation may host customer visits or load and unload business…

Wisconsin, not Waukesha County, licenses in-home child care. Under Wis. Stat. 48.65, anyone caring for four or more children under age seven for less than 24 hours a day must be…

Wisconsin, not Waukesha County, sets cottage-food rules. Non-hazardous home baked goods may be sold direct to consumers without a license. Home-canned high-acid foods (pickles) can be…

In the unincorporated towns of Waukesha County, a home-based business is limited to a nameplate no larger than three square feet under the county's Basic Zoning Ordinance. Full…

Wisconsin has never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit, and it has no exemption that lets you cook meals in your own kitchen and sell them. Wis. Stat. § 97.30(2)(a) requires…

New Berlin requires residential refuse and recycling carts to sit between the sidewalk and curb, aligned with the pickup bar facing the street, and set out no later than 6:30 a.m. on…

New Berlin bars anyone from dumping unauthorized waste at a City-operated recycling center and limits it to City residents using vehicles no larger than three-quarter-ton capacity…

New Berlin requires every residential unit to use the City's contracted solid waste service, billed as a special charge under Wis. Stat. § 66.0627. City Code § 220-1 sets weekly refuse…

Every dumpster in New Berlin must be screened from public right-of-way view under the zoning code's landscaping and buffering standards. The access side needs a solid gate at least…

New Berlin's collection contractor will pick up one bulky item per week on the regular collection day, capped at 50 pounds per item, under City Code § 220-1. Heavier or non-qualifying…

New Berlin bars homeowners and apartment dwellers from mixing recyclables with trash and requires the City-approved container defined in § 220-4 for buildings of four units or fewer…

New Berlin's solid waste contractor offers yard waste pickup, covering leaves, grass clippings and yard and garden trimmings as defined by Wis. Stat. § 287.01(17), for an additional…

Waukesha County requires occupants of single-family homes, two-to-four unit residences, multifamily buildings and non-residential properties to separate fifteen categories of…

Waukesha County Code Sec. 14-264(c)-(e) sets the mechanics behind pickup once collection is mandated: haulers must report tonnage twice a year, private haulers serving unincorporated…

New Berlin requires owners and occupants fronting a paved sidewalk or sidepath to clear snow and ice to the sidewalk's full width within 72 hours after snowfall ceases, under City Code…

New Berlin requires every vacant structure to stay clean, safe, secure and sanitary under Code of Ordinances § 201-24 so it does not become a blighting problem, and Article III sets…

New Berlin requires any adult bookstore, adult cabaret, or adult motion-picture theater to hold a city license before opening. Under Code Section 152-17, the license covers only one…

Anyone buying or taking secondhand goods on consignment for resale in New Berlin needs a $50 annual license under Code Section 152-22, which adopts Wis. Stat. § 134.71 by reference…

New Berlin prohibits running an auto repair or paint shop as a home occupation. City Code § 275-42 J(2)(c) lists 'automobile or other motor vehicle repair or paint shops' among the…

New Berlin requires a City license to sell cigarettes, tobacco or electronic vaping devices, issued under Section 152-3 by adopting the state licensure statutes for those products by…

New Berlin allows cosmetic tattoo and permanent cosmetics establishments as a principal use in every commercial and industrial zoning district, but the Department of Community…

New Berlin requires a city license for every massage business and for every therapist working in it. Code Section 152-18 sets minimum training of 100 classroom hours or two years of…

New Berlin's Special Event Permit ordinance names festivals and fairs as covered events, and every vendor working one, including mobile vendors, must separately get a Direct Sellers…

New Berlin requires a written Commission permit for any public meeting or assembly inside a City park under § 184-4, and separately requires a Facility Rental Permit from the…

New Berlin requires a Special Event Permit under § 152-23 for any parade using public streets, rights-of-way or sidewalks citywide, and separately bars any parade, procession or…

New Berlin treats outdoor seating and dining as a temporary use requiring a permit. City Code § 275-43 A(1) lists 'outdoor seating/dining' among the events and temporary uses that must…

New Berlin lets residents close a local street for a block party only under a Special Event Permit, and closure requires written consent from at least 80% of abutting property owners…

New Berlin's Zoning Code caps rummage and garage sales at four consecutive days and no more than three sales per property each year. No building or zoning permit is required to hold…

New Berlin's Municipal Code requires cyclists to ride on sidewalks and sidepaths unless a designated on-street bike lane runs parallel, in which case riders must use the striped lane…

Waukesha County bans riding or parking electric scooters, along with segways, hoverboards and unicycles, on any bridle path, hiking trail, beach, playground, picnic area or…

Waukesha County lets Class 1 electric bicycles use its park trails the same as regular bikes but bars Class 2 and Class 3 electric bicycles outright. Section 14-165(a)-(b) ties the…

Wisconsin splits these two machines apart in the definitions and then treats them completely differently. A low-speed vehicle has a statewide right of the road: under Wis. Stat. s…

New Berlin bars loitering or prowling under alarming circumstances, obstructing a street, sidewalk or bridge by lounging after a police request to move, and loafing in groups that…

New Berlin prohibits drinking alcohol on city property and in public rights-of-way citywide, with narrow carve-outs for licensed events. City Code § 152-4 Q(3) bars public consumption…

New Berlin bars smoking inside any building and, under Section 93-8, within 50 feet of any public entrance to a City building. Section 184-3 F separately bans smoking in park buildings…

Rather than referring every marijuana case for criminal prosecution, New Berlin gives its police officers standing to issue a municipal citation for possession of marijuana under city…

New Berlin's property maintenance code requires every building and exterior property area, residential and nonresidential alike, to be kept free of insect and rodent infestation, and…

Anyone doing door-to-door sales, peddling or canvassing in New Berlin needs a Direct Sellers Permit before knocking on a single door. City Code § 152-5 A makes the license mandatory…

New Berlin's direct sellers ordinance bars door-to-door solicitation between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. except by appointment, and separately bars any licensed solicitor from calling at a…

New Berlin bars anyone under 17 from wandering or lingering without purpose in public places between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. under Code of Ordinances § 161-2(B), unless accompanied by…

New Berlin closes its parks and parkways at dusk under Code of Ordinances § 184-3(A), with a single exception for Malone Park, which stays open until 11:00 p.m.; all parks reopen at…

New Berlin bars anyone from encroaching on or obstructing a street, alley, sidewalk, or other public ground, including blocking the public way that fronts their own property. City Code…

Nobody may build a driveway or alter ditches, culverts, signs, berms, fences, landscaping or retaining walls inside a Waukesha County trunk highway right-of-way without a Public Works…

New Berlin imposes an 8% room tax on hotels, motels, and other operators renting accommodations to transients. City Code § 243-3 lets the City audit financial records to check…

New Berlin sets front, side and rear yard minimums by residential zoning district in Table 275-33-2, and separately reduces the R-4 District's standard 50-foot rear setback to 25 feet…

New Berlin caps building footprint at 45% and total impervious surface at 60% of the lot in its Rm-1 Multiple-Family Residential District, requiring at least 40% of the site to remain…

New Berlin caps single-family dwellings at 35 feet across its Rural Conservation, Suburban and Low- to Medium-Density Residential Districts under the Table 275-33-2 dimensional…

New Berlin regulates every floodway, floodfringe and general floodplain district mapped on the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map under Chapter 275, § 275-65. No structure or use may be…

New homes and substantial improvements built in New Berlin's Floodfringe District must have their lowest floor raised to or above the flood protection elevation on fill, with the fill…

New Berlin regulates post-construction runoff under City Code § 275-55.1, adopted under Wis. Stat. § 62.234. The section applies to construction sites of one acre or more of…

New Berlin requires an approved erosion and sediment control plan and City permit before any covered land-disturbing construction activity begins. City Code § 275-55.2 I(1) sets the…

In unincorporated Waukesha County towns where the Shoreland Protection Ordinance applies, marinas and boat liveries cannot extend piers past the pierhead line, and total pier length…

Wisconsin's NR 115 sets minimum shoreland zoning standards along navigable waters, and the Public Trust Doctrine protects Great Lakes shores. Counties must adopt rules at least as…

New Berlin allows solar energy conversion systems as an accessory use in every zoning district under City Code § 275-42 S. Installing one requires a building permit application through…

Wisconsin does not merely limit what a homeowners' association may say about solar. Wis. Stat. § 236.292(2) declares that all restrictions on platted land that prevent or unduly…

New Berlin bars standing, sitting, loafing, or loitering on any public street, sidewalk, bridge, or public ground when it blocks pedestrian or vehicle passage, or blocks entry to a…

New Berlin lets a rummage sale sign go up without a permit, but Sec. 275-61 G(2), the provision Sec. 275-40 D cross-references, forbids posting it more than 30 days before the sale and…

New Berlin's sign code allows electronic message centers only as part of a ground or monument sign, caps them at 24 square feet, and limits messages to static images that change no…

In the Downtown Okauchee District, storefront window sign lettering cannot cover more than 40% of the window area under Section 33(h)3.C of the Shoreland Protection Ordinance. A permit…

Wisconsin state law protects political signs. Under Wis. Stat. 12.04(3), no county or municipality may regulate the size, shape, placement, or content of a political-message sign on…

New Berlin requires a permit from the Plumbing Inspector before any plumbing work begins, covering everything from water supply and drainage piping to sewer laterals, though minor…

New Berlin adopts the Wisconsin Uniform Building Code and the state's One- and Two-Family and Commercial Building Codes by reference for all construction citywide, with one local…

Before New Berlin issues or renews a short-term rental license, § 152-24(C)(2) requires the City Building Inspector and Fire Department to inspect the unit and confirm a working smoke…

No wiring, electrical equipment installation or alteration may begin in New Berlin without first notifying the Electrical Inspector and securing a permit under Section 106-17…

In the unincorporated towns, the county zoning administrator inspects construction in two stages: a zoning permit before work starts and a follow-up inspection within 10 days of a…

New Berlin's zoning code requires every exterior light fixture on a commercial, multifamily or nonresidential property to be shielded and oriented so its rays never cross onto a…

New Berlin bars exterior lighting for parking lots, signage, recreational facilities or security from spilling onto neighboring properties, drivers or pedestrians. Section 275-60 I…

New Berlin regulates food trucks as 'mobile vendors' under its direct sellers ordinance, requiring a Direct Sellers Permit plus a separate mobile retail license before a truck can…

New Berlin bars mobile vendors, including food trucks, from selling out of a roadway median or safety island, or on foot into moving traffic, and separately forbids any direct seller…

New Berlin protects farmland through two zoning districts, A-1 Agricultural and A-2 Agricultural and Rural Holding, that keep crop production, livestock raising and related uses as…

Wisconsin Statute 823.08 protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits by neighbors, requiring courts to dismiss claims unless the farm substantially threatens…

New Berlin bars hibachis, grills, kettles and similar cooking or heating devices from balconies, from under any overhang, and from within ten feet of any structure at multifamily and…

Waukesha County requires a written permit from the Parks and Land Use Department before anyone launches or lands a drone inside a county park. Section 14-161 groups unmanned aircraft…

Wisconsin commercial drone operators follow FAA Part 107. Wis. Stat. 114.045 sets state no-fly zones over prisons, schools, and utilities, and local governments cannot regulate flight…

In the Downtown Okauchee District of the Town of Oconomowoc, any new building, an addition over 50% of an existing building's footprint, or an exterior color or material change…

Wisconsin has no legal recreational or medical marijuana dispensary program. State law prohibits cannabis sales, so no municipality can authorize dispensary operations through zoning…

Wisconsin prohibits all marijuana cultivation, including for personal use. Growing any cannabis plant is a felony under state controlled substances law. No municipality may authorize…

Wisconsin Statute 104.001 expressly preempts cities, villages, towns, and counties from establishing a minimum wage higher than the state minimum, ensuring uniform wage rules across…

Wisconsin Statute 103.10 and 104.001 preempt local paid sick leave ordinances, blocking cities and counties from requiring private employers to provide paid time off beyond state and…

Wisconsin preempts local predictive scheduling and fair workweek ordinances under Wis. Stat. 103.007, ensuring statewide uniformity for employer scheduling practices and forbidding…

Wisconsin Statute 66.0409 broadly preempts local firearm regulation, barring cities, villages, towns, and counties from enacting ordinances stricter than state law on possession…

Wisconsin permits adults at least 18 who are not prohibited persons to openly carry firearms in public without a permit, with statewide preemption blocking local restrictions on lawful…

Wisconsin Statute 941.23 makes carrying a concealed handgun in a vehicle without a CCW license a misdemeanor, while open carry and licensed concealed carry inside vehicles are lawful…

Wisconsin requires footings and foundations to sit below the frost penetration level or at least 48 inches below adjacent grade, whichever is deeper, so 48 inches is a floor, not a…

Wisconsin's dwelling code sets minimum roof snow loads from a state zone map and does not state a ground snow load at all, which is the opposite of how most states publish the figure.

Wisconsin bans gambling as a crime, but Wis. Stat. § 563.11(1) lets bona fide religious, charitable, service, fraternal, or veterans organizations apply to the Department of…

Wisconsin's gambling code has no carve-out for private social games. Wis. Stat. § 945.01(1) defines 'bet' and lists eight exceptions, business deals, contest prizes, bingo, pari-mutuel…

Wisconsin has no commercial sportsbook law. Wis. Stat. § 945.02 makes placing any bet a Class B misdemeanor unless it fits a listed exception, and § 945.01(1)(h), added by 2025…

Wisconsin has no comprehensive non-condo HOA act. Condominium associations get a statutory assessment lien under Wis. Stat. § 703.165 that is foreclosed like a mortgage. Non-condo HOAs…

Wisconsin condominiums run through an association of unit owners under Wis. Stat. § 703.15, which sets meeting-notice, proxy, and voting rules. Non-condo HOAs are governed as nonstock…

Wisconsin overrides anti-solar and anti-wind HOA restrictions by statute. Wis. Stat. § 236.292 voids restrictions on platted land that prevent or unduly restrict solar or wind energy…

Wisconsin protects flag display through two separate statutes, and which one applies depends on whether you own a condominium unit or a lot in a covenanted subdivision. Wis. Stat. §…

Wisconsin sets no dollar cap on association fines and requires no hearing before one is imposed. For condominiums, Wis. Stat. § 703.24(2) makes a unit owner liable for any charges…

Only Wisconsin condominium associations hold a statutory collection lien. Wis. Stat. § 703.165(3) gives the association a lien for unpaid assessments if it files a statement of…

Wisconsin runs the opposite way from states that shield owners who lease. Wis. Stat. § 703.10(3) expressly authorizes condominium bylaws to carry any restriction on the use of the…

You will not meet an OWI checkpoint in Wisconsin. Wis. Stat. § 349.02(2)(a) forbids a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, traffic officer or motor vehicle inspector from stopping…

Wisconsin is a one-party consent state. Wis. Stat. § 968.31(2)(c) makes it lawful for a person not acting under color of law to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication when…

Wisconsin has no general stop-and-identify offense. Wis. Stat. § 968.24 lets an officer who has first identified himself or herself as law enforcement stop you in a public place, for a…

Wisconsin is unusual in codifying the grounds for a search at all. Wis. Stat. § 968.10 says a search may be made and things seized only when it is incident to a lawful arrest, with…

Wis. Stat. Sec. 704.17 sets the pre-eviction notice. For nonpayment of rent on a month-to-month tenancy or a lease of one year or less, the landlord gives a 5-day notice to pay or…

Wis. Stat. Sec. 704.07 makes the landlord keep structural elements, common areas, and equipment supplying heat, water, and other services in a reasonable state of repair. If the…

Wisconsin Statute 66.0104 and Act 317 prevent municipalities from limiting landlord-tenant relationships beyond state law, including any local just-cause eviction requirement. Eviction…

Wis. Stat. Sec. 704.05(2) lets a landlord enter only on advance notice and at reasonable times to inspect, repair, or show the unit. Wis. Admin. Code ATCP 134.09(2) makes that…

Under Wis. Stat. Sec. 704.19, either the landlord or tenant may end a month-to-month or other periodic tenancy with at least 28 days' written notice. If rent is payable on a basis less…

Wisconsin prohibits rent control statewide. Wis. Stat. § 66.1015 bars every city, village, town, and county from regulating the amount of rent charged for a residential rental unit…

Wisconsin Statute 66.0104 bars municipalities from requiring rental registration or licensing and limits inspection programs to designated districts with blight or code problems…

Wisconsin sets no statutory cap on the amount of a residential security deposit. After a tenancy ends, the landlord must mail or deliver the deposit, less lawful deductions, within 21…

Wisconsin recognizes three adverse-possession tracks. The default under Wis. Stat. Sec. 893.25 is 20 years of uninterrupted possession with no written instrument. Sec. 893.26 shortens…

Wisconsin Statute 134.66 bars selling cigarettes and tobacco to anyone under 18 and vapor products to anyone under 21. The federal Tobacco 21 law independently requires all tobacco and…

Wisconsin has not enacted a statewide ban on flavored tobacco or vapor products; sales of menthol cigarettes and flavored e-cigarettes remain lawful under Wis. Stat. 134.66 subject to…

Wisconsin's rule on extra lighting is a colour rule with a count attached. Wis. Stat. § 347.07(2) bars operating any vehicle on a highway displaying a colour other than white or amber…

Wisconsin never legislated dash cams, so the governing rule is the windshield rule, and Wisconsin's version is a closed list. Wis. Admin. Code § Trans 305.34(6) bars any posters…

Wisconsin has never legislated lane splitting in either direction. The phrases "lane splitting" and "between lanes" appear nowhere in chs. 340 to 351, the whole Wisconsin Vehicle Code…

Wisconsin attacks plate covers from two directions. Wis. Stat. s. 341.61 (3) makes it an offence carrying a forfeiture of up to $500 to place any substance on a plate that hinders its…

A radar detector is lawful in a private car in Wisconsin. The phrase "radar detector" appears nowhere in the Wisconsin Statutes or the Wisconsin Administrative Code, and the equipment…

Wisconsin gives ordinary drivers no studded-tire season at all. Wis. Stat. s. 347.45 (2) bans any block, stud, flange, cleat, spike or other non-rubber protuberance that projects…

Wisconsin puts its tint numbers in the Department of Transportation's equipment rules, not in the statute book. Aftermarket film on the vent and front side windows must still pass at…