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ATCP 134.05(4) (4)  Credit check fee.

ATCP 134.05(4)(a) (a) Except as provided under par. (b), a landlord may require a prospective tenant to pay the landlord's actual cost, up to the amount specified in s. 704.085 (1) (a), Stats., to obtain a consumer credit report on the prospective tenant from a consumer reporting agency that compiles and maintains files on consumers on a nationwide basis. The landlord shall notify the prospective tenant of the charge before requesting the consumer credit report, and shall provide the prospective tenant with a copy of the report.

ATCP 134.05(4)(b) (b) A landlord may not require a prospective tenant to pay for a consumer credit report under par. (a) if, before the landlord requests a consumer credit report, the prospective tenant provides the landlord with a consumer credit report, from a consumer credit reporting agency that compiles and maintains files on consumers on a nationwide basis that is less than 30 days old.

ATCP 134.05 Note Note: Paragraph (b) does not prohibit a landlord from obtaining a more current consumer credit check at the landlord's expense.

ATCP 134.05 History History: Cr. Register, February, 1980, No. 290, eff. 5-1-80; reprinted to correct error in (1) (a), Register, March, 1984, No.339; r. and recr., Register, December, 1998, No 516, eff. 1-1-99; CR 20-033: am. (4) (a) Register October 2021 No. 790, eff. 11-1-21; correction in (4) (a) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register October 2021 No. 790.