State Specific Question About: WISCONSIN (WI)

There's no problem with asking whether they have bedbugs and it's a good idea to ask. Getting a truthful answer from someone who has them is another issue.

If someone did bring in bedbugs, it's unlikely that you'd have to exterminate the entire property because bedbugs don't travel far and are often only found in the room where they were introduced.

There are several DIY methods for exterminating them which you can find with an internet search. Probably the easiest is to heat the room to 116 degrees using electric heaters once the room is prepared. I did that a few months ago and we haven't seen a live bedbug since.

^^^ That's good to know Aldo. So basically your saying all I have to do out here is open the doors and windows and let some cooler air in?

cedar bend,

I don't know WI law but see no other reason you cannot ask.

BUT Know that a YES means YES, but a NO can mean YES.

Some people WILL tell.

I asked applicants this the past few years. I phrased it asking if they, or anyone in their building, had bed bugs. I told them if so and they were moving in that "we" could possibly have their possessions treated prior to moving in. Of course had they said yes, they wouldn't have been approved.