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An associated agent advertises under firm supervision. The firm's name must be clear and conspicuous. Check your website and each online advertisement against that standard. [Wis. Stat. §452.136(2)(a)–(b)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/452/136). Read 2026.10.10. Wisconsin's regulator is the Real Estate Examining Board. Its current advertising rule states: > A licensee shall follow the requirements for advertising as specified under s. 452.136, Stats. Source: [Wis. Admin. Code REEB 24.04](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/code/admin_code/reeb/24.pdf). Read 2026.10.10. The excerpts below identify the rule, followed by an application to an agent website. The Legislature's statute compilation also displays future amendments. Effective dates matter. ## Identify the firm and make its name visible | Provision | Exact excerpt | What it requires | | --- | --- | --- | | §452.136(2)(a) | “exactly as printed” | Disclose the firm's name as printed on the individual broker's or broker business entity's license, or its previously filed trade name. | | §452.136(2)(a) | “business enterprise” | Make clear that the firm is a business rather than a private party. | | §452.136(2)(b) | “under the supervision of” | An associated licensee advertises under the firm's supervision and in its name, subject to the statutory exceptions. | | §452.136(2)(b) | “clear and conspicuous” | Display the firm's name so viewers can identify it in the advertisement. | Source for each excerpt: [Wis. Stat. §452.136(2)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/452/136). Read 2026.10.10. The cited provisions do not prescribe a header location, pixel size, same-line placement, or agent-to-firm font-size ratio. They require disclosure and conspicuous presentation. For a practical inspection, open the homepage, biography, service pages, landing pages, and listing pages on desktop and mobile. Check the firm's name where visitors encounter your advertising. A small or obscured footer does not establish conspicuous presentation by itself. For a proposed placement, confirm with your broker. ## Distinguish a team label from the firm's trade name REEB 23.03(1) defines a trade name by reference to a name: > other than the name appearing on the license The definition concerns the name under which a licensed individual broker or licensed broker business entity advertises or does business. Subsection (2) requires written notice to the Department: > before doing business under any trade name Source: [Wis. Admin. Code REEB 23.03(1)–(2)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/code/admin_code/reeb/23.pdf). Read 2026.10.10. A team label does not replace the firm's required identification. These provisions do not supply a team-name suffix or prohibited-word list. They also do not establish that every team label is automatically a firm's filed trade name. For the proposed name, filing status, and its relationship to the firm, confirm with your broker. The Board's nickname FAQ refers to names “as previously filed” with the Department. That page still cites former REEB 24.04(2) numbering. Current REEB 24.04 was repealed and recreated effective 2022.04.01; it now points to §452.136. Use the current statute alongside the trade-name rule. [Board position statements](https://dsps.wi.gov/a-z-boards-and-councils-list/real-estate/position-statements/) and [current REEB 24.04 and history](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/code/admin_code/reeb/24.pdf). Read 2026.10.10. ## License numbers and advertising approval §452.136(2) requires the firm's name as licensed or its filed trade name. It does not prescribe general website display of the agent's license number. Current REEB 24.04 adds no separate number-display requirement. [Wis. Stat. §452.136](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/452/136) and [REEB 24.04](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/code/admin_code/reeb/24.pdf). Read 2026.10.10. UNRESOLVED: Additional license-number requirements from your firm or listing feed were not established by this source review. Before removing an existing number, confirm with your broker. The supervision requirement in §452.136(2)(b) applies to associated-agent advertising. That provision does not specify a universal written approval form for every website edit. For who reviews your site, social posts, and advertising graphics before publication, confirm with your broker. [Wis. Stat. §452.136(2)(b)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/452/136). Read 2026.10.10. ## Apply the advertising requirements to social media and IDX Applying the statute's general advertising requirements to promotional websites and social ads is the practical reading used here. The cited provisions contain no social-media character-limit or profile-link exception. Check an individual advertisement as the viewer receives it. A broker name available through another link does not itself establish conspicuous disclosure in that advertisement. [Wis. Stat. §452.136(2)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/452/136). Read 2026.10.10. Property advertising requires listing authority: | Provision | Exact excerpt | What to check | | --- | --- | --- | | §452.136(3)(a)–(b) | “consent to advertise” | Your firm must be the listing firm, or your firm or an associated licensee must obtain consent from the listing firm. | | §452.136(4) | “agreed upon” | The advertised price must match the owner's agreement. A range or general wording is allowed if it reflects that price. | | §452.136(1) | “misleading” | Advertising must not be false, deceptive, or misleading. | Source for each excerpt: [Wis. Stat. §452.136(1), (3)–(4)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/452/136). Read 2026.10.10. For IDX pages, verify the permission covering the display and review the page surrounding the feed. Keep the firm's identification conspicuous. Do not imply that your firm holds another firm's listing. UNRESOLVED: These reviewed provisions do not establish a statewide IDX attribution sentence, update interval, or feed-specific disclaimer. For your feed's permissions and disclosures, confirm with your broker. ## Fair housing wording and the housing logo Wisconsin's housing statute prohibits discrimination: > By advertising in a manner that indicates discrimination by a preference or limitation. Source: [Wis. Stat. §106.50(2)(d)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/106/iii/50). Read 2026.10.10. The Board's conduct rule also prohibits licensees from unlawfully discriminating or acting to “deny equal services” under applicable federal, state, or local fair housing law. [Wis. Admin. Code REEB 24.03(1)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/code/admin_code/reeb/24.pdf). Read 2026.10.10. Review property descriptions, neighborhood pages, and social ads for discriminatory preferences or limitations. A housing logo does not correct discriminatory wording. UNRESOLVED: The reviewed state advertising and housing provisions do not establish a blanket Equal Housing Opportunity logo or website-statement requirement. Requirements from a particular program, listing feed, or firm were not determined. For any applicable logo or statement requirement, confirm with your broker. ## Keep the personal-property exceptions narrow §452.136(2)(a)–(b) excepts advertisements for renting property owned by the licensee. Paragraph (b) also excepts qualifying independent practice under §452.30(6). Paragraph (c) permits occasional advertising of the licensee's own property sale or occasional solicitation to buy property without paragraphs (a)–(b). The advertisement must identify the person as a “real estate licensee”. [Wis. Stat. §452.136(2)(a)–(c)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/452/136). Read 2026.10.10. These exceptions do not describe an ordinary associated-agent website advertising brokerage services. For an exception's application, confirm with your broker. ## A technology disclosure starts in 2027 2025 Wisconsin Act 69, section 4, creates §452.136(1m). It requires disclosure when technology adds, removes, or changes property elements in advertising, creating a false or misleading impression. The provision covers technology “including artificial intelligence”. Section 9 states: > This act takes effect on January 1, 2027. Source: [2025 Wisconsin Act 69, sections 4 and 9](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/acts/69.pdf). Read 2026.10.10. That specific disclosure requirement is future law on this article's review date. The existing prohibition against false, deceptive, or misleading advertising already applies. Confirm with your broker how property-image review and disclosures will change before 2027.01.01. For organizing the page and template work, see [website services for real estate agents](/for/real-estate). ## A short checklist for your own site These are inspection steps applying the cited requirements. 1. Compare the displayed firm name with the licensed name or previously filed trade name. 2. Check that advertising identifies a business rather than a private party. 3. Inspect firm-name visibility on desktop, mobile, landing pages, and individual social ads. 4. Confirm team naming, trade-name filing, and the publication approval process with your broker. 5. Check listing authority, feed permissions, property claims, and the owner's agreed price. 6. Confirm additional IDX disclosures and license-number display requirements with your broker. 7. Remove discriminatory preferences or limitations from housing copy. 8. 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