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What Is This Mitigation of Damages Requirement That I Keep Hearing About?
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Mitigation of Damages / Re-Renting / Comments
Whether a tenant breaches his or her lease and is evicted, leaves after receiving the 5 day or 14 day notice, or skips out in the middle of the night with months remaining on the lease, a landlord has the responsibility to make reasonable efforts to mitigate the tenant's damage under Wisconsin law.Put quite simply - a landlord cannot just sit back and do nothing and expect to collect rent from the ...
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