Wisconsin Legislature: Ch. 341 TOC

341.10 Grounds for refusing registration.

341.11 Contents, issuance and display of certificate of registration; issuance of duplicate certificate.

341.12 Design, procurement and issuance of registration plates.

341.13 Additional specifications for design of certain plates.

341.14 Application for and issuance of special plates.

341.142 Veterans honorary medal decals.

341.145 Personalized registration plates.

341.15 Display of registration plates.

341.16 Issuance of replacement plate.

341.17 Department to compile registration lists.

341.18 Evidence of registration to be displayed on vehicles registered under quarterly or consecutive monthly systems; operation without display of registration prohibited.

341.185 Application for quarterly or consecutive monthly registration.

341.19 Telephone authorization for quarterly and consecutive monthly registration.

341.195 Suspension for failure to pay fees for telephone authorization.

341.20 Alternative vehicle registration and title pilot projects.

341.21 Registration and title transactions by contractors.

SUBCHAPTER II

PROVISIONS RELATING TO REGISTRATION FEES

341.25 Annual registration fees; biennial motorcycle fees.

341.255 Registration certificate special handling; counter service and telephone transaction fees.

341.26 Special registration fees for certain vehicles.

341.264 Permanent semitrailer registration.

341.265 Antique motor vehicles; registration, plates, use.

341.266 Special interest vehicles; registration, plates, use.

341.267 Driver education motor vehicles; registration and insurance.

341.268 Reconstructed, replica, street modified and homemade vehicles; registration, plates, use.

341.27 Registration periods for private automobiles and taxicabs.

341.28 When part-year fees payable for private automobiles; computation of part-year fees.

341.29 Registration for vehicles other than private automobiles and taxicabs.

341.295 Special registration period for vehicles other than private automobiles and taxicabs.

341.297 Biennial registration.

341.30 Quarterly registration.

341.305 Consecutive monthly registration.

341.308 Optional trailer fleet registration.

341.31 When part-period fees payable for vehicles other than automobiles; computation of part-period fees.

341.32 Vehicle to be reregistered if subject to a different fee.

341.33 When fees refundable.

341.335 Notice of change of address or name.

341.35 Municipal or county vehicle registration fee.

341.36 Fee to reinstate suspended or revoked registration.

SUBCHAPTER III

REGISTRATION, TAXATION AND EXEMPTION OF NONRESIDENTS

341.40 Exemption of nonresidents and foreign-registered vehicles.

341.405 International registration plan.

341.409 Reciprocal registration exemption agreements for federally recognized Indian tribes or bands.

341.41 Reciprocity agreements authorized.

341.43 Audits.

341.45 Importation in vehicle tanks regulated; taxes; fee; permits.

SUBCHAPTER IV

REGISTRATION OF DEALERS, DISTRIBUTORS, MANUFACTURERS, TRANSPORTERS, AND FINANCE COMPANIES

341.47 When vehicles of dealers, distributors, manufacturers and transporters exempt from general registration requirements.

341.51 When department to register dealer, distributor, manufacturer or transporter; application.

341.52 Design of registration plates.

341.53 Expiration of registration; transferability of plates.

341.55 Penalty for misuse of plates.

341.57 Registration of finance companies and financial institutions.

SUBCHAPTER V

PENALTY FOR FRAUDULENT PRACTICES

341.60 Fraudulent application for registration or license.

341.605 Unlawful transfer of evidence of registration.

341.61 Improper use of evidence of registration.

341.615 Reproducing evidence of registration prohibited.

341.62 False evidence of registration.

341.625 Special registration plates.

341.63 When registration to be suspended.

341.64 Transfer of vehicle ownership while registration is suspended.

341.65 Unregistered motor vehicles prohibited; immobilization; removal; disposal.

subch. I of ch. 341 SUBCHAPTER I

REGISTRATION

341.01 341.01 Words and phrases defined.

341.01(1) (1) Words and phrases defined in s. 340.01 are used in the same sense in this chapter unless a different definition is specifically provided.

341.01(2) (2) In this chapter notwithstanding s. 340.01 (24), "implement of husbandry" means a vehicle or piece of equipment or machinery designed for agricultural purposes, used exclusively in the conduct of agricultural operations and used principally off a highway, or a trailer-mounted bulk liquid fertilizer container.

341.01 History History: 1989 a. 105.

341.03 341.03 Operating vehicle after suspension, revocation or cancellation of registration.

341.03(1) (1) Prohibition. No person may operate or knowingly permit the operation of a motor vehicle if the registration for that vehicle is suspended, revoked or canceled under s. 144.42 (6) (d) [285.30 (6) (d)] or 342.255, ch. 344 or this chapter, or if the registration for that vehicle is suspended, canceled or revoked under the law of another jurisdiction.

341.03 Note NOTE: The bracketed language indicates the correct cross-reference. Section 144.42 was renumbered by 1995 Wis. Act 227. Corrective legislation is pending.

341.03(2) (2) Penalties.

341.03(2)(a)(a) Any person who violates sub. (1), where the vehicle used is an automobile, station wagon or any other vehicle having a gross weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less, as determined by the manufacturer of the vehicle, may be required to forfeit not more than $200.

341.03(2)(b) (b) Any person who violates sub. (1), where the vehicle used is a vehicle not enumerated under par. (a), may be required to forfeit not more than $500.

341.03(3) (3) Defenses.

341.03(3)(a)(a)

341.03(3)(a)1.1. It is a defense to a violation of sub. (1) that the person did not know, and had no reason to know, that the motor vehicle registration was suspended, revoked or canceled at the time of the violation.

341.03(3)(a)2. 2. Refusal to accept or failure to receive an order of suspension, revocation or cancellation mailed by the department to the person's last-known address shall not be a defense to a violation of sub. (1). If the person has changed his or her address and fails to notify the department as required in s. 343.22, then failure to receive notice of suspension, revocation or cancellation shall not be a defense to a violation of sub. (1).

341.03(3)(b) (b) This section does not apply if operating the motor vehicle was made necessary by a situation of emergency.

341.03 History History: 1995 a. 128.

341.04 341.04 Penalty for operating unregistered or improperly registered vehicle. Except during a state of emergency proclaimed under ch. 166:

341.04(1) (1) It is unlawful for any person to operate or for an owner to consent to being operated on any highway of this state any motor vehicle, mobile home, trailer or semitrailer or any other vehicle for which a registration fee is specifically prescribed unless at the time of operation the vehicle in question either is registered in this state, or, except for registration under s. 341.30 or 341.305, a complete application for registration, including evidence of any inspection under s. 110.20 when required, accompanied by the required fee has been delivered to the department or deposited in the mail properly addressed with postage prepaid, or is exempt from registration.

341.04(1)(a) (a) A vehicle may be operated by a private person after the date of purchase of such vehicle by such private person or after the date such person moved to this state if application for registration, except for registration under s. 341.30 or 341.305, and certificate of title has been made.