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WI Stat § 342.05 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 342 - Vehicle title and anti-theft law.|342.05 - When certificate of title required.

342.05  When certificate of title required. (1) The owner of a vehicle subject to registration in this state, whether or not such vehicle is operated on any highway of this state, shall make application for certificate of title for the vehicle under the following circumstances:(a) If the owner has newly acquired the vehicle, he or she shall make application under s. 342.15.(b) If the owner applies for registration of a vehicle without holding a valid certificate of title previously issued to that owner by the department for the vehicle, he or she shall at the same time apply for a certificate of title. (2) Except as provided in sub. (3), an applicant's eligibility for a certificate of title is a prerequisite to registration of the vehicle. If the applicant for registration holds a valid certificate of title previously issued to the applicant by the department for the vehicle, that is prima facie evidence of ownership of the vehicle and the applicant need not apply for a new certificate of title on application for registration. (3) This section does not apply in a situation where the law expressly authorizes registration of a vehicle in the name of a person other than the owner or where the law expressly authorizes registration without a certificate of title. (4) Any owner who operates or consents to the operation of a vehicle for which a certificate of title is required without such certificate having been issued or applied for or any other person who operates a vehicle for which a certificate of title is required, knowing that the certificate of title has not been issued or applied for, may be required to forfeit not more than $200. A certificate is considered to have been applied for when the application accompanied by the required fee has been delivered to the department or deposited in the mail properly addressed and with postage prepaid. (5) Unless otherwise authorized by rule of the department, a nonresident owner of a vehicle that is not subject to registration in this state may not apply for a certificate of title under this chapter unless the vehicle is subject to a security interest or except as provided in s. 342.16 (1) (a). Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a nonresident may purchase temporary operation plates under s. 341.09 (4). Any temporary operation permit or plate issued under s. 341.09 shall not be considered registration of the vehicle for purposes of this subsection.History:  1971 c. 278; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a); 1977 c. 273; 1981 c. 150; 1987 a. 100 s. 3; 1993 a. 159.
WI Stat § 342.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 342 - Vehicle title and anti-theft law.|342.07 - Title for repaired salvage vehicle.

342.07  Title for repaired salvage vehicle. (1) Application for registration of and a new certificate of title for a repaired salvage vehicle must be accompanied by all of the following:(a) The required fees.(b) A properly assigned salvage certificate of title or a properly assigned certificate of title by a dealer under s. 342.16 (1) (a) for the vehicle.(c) Any other transfer document required by law.(d) The certificate of inspection under sub. (4). (2) A repaired salvage vehicle may not be registered or be issued a new certificate of title until an inspector authorized by the department examines it for the following, as specified in rules promulgated by the department:(a) To determine whether the vehicle is the same vehicle for which the title submitted under sub. (1) was issued;(b) To verify the source and ownership of the major parts and components used to recondition the vehicle; and(c) To determine whether the vehicle is in compliance with safety equipment requirements. (3) (a) The applicant shall pay a fee of $80 to the department for the examination in sub. (2).(b) If the examination is conducted by an inspector employed by a city, village, town or county, 75 percent of the fee paid under par. (a) shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.395 (5) (ch) and the city, village, town or county employing the inspector shall be reimbursed this amount from that appropriation. (4) If the vehicle passes the examination in sub. (2), the inspector shall provide the applicant with an inspection certificate showing that the vehicle satisfies the inspection standards.History:  1975 c. 385, 421; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a); 1987 a. 349; 1993 a. 16, 437; 1999 a. 9.
WI Stat § 342.08 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 342 - Vehicle title and anti-theft law.|342.08 - Department to examine records.

342.08  Department to examine records. The department shall check the application for a certificate of title against records of stolen vehicles: (1) Before issuing a certificate of title for a vehicle last previously registered in another jurisdiction. (2) Upon receipt of an application for a certificate of title showing a transfer of ownership of a vehicle.History:  1973 c. 169; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a); 1987 a. 349; 2003 a. 184.
WI Stat § 342.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 342 - Vehicle title and anti-theft law.|342.09 - When department to issue certificate and to whom; maintenance of records.

342.09  When department to issue certificate and to whom; maintenance of records. (1) (a) The department shall maintain a record of each application for certificate of title received by it and, when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity and that the applicant is entitled to the issuance of a certificate of title, shall issue and, except as provided in par. (b), deliver a certificate to the owner of the vehicle.(b) If there is a perfected security interest in a vehicle, the department shall deliver the certificate of title to the secured party having the primary perfected security interest in the vehicle. (2) The department shall maintain a record of all applications and all certificates of title issued by it:(a) According to title number.(b) According to engine or identification number.(c) Alphabetically, according to name of owner.(d) In any other manner which the department determines to be desirable. (3) The department shall charge a fee of not less than $2 for conducting a file search of vehicle title records. (4) (a) The department may maintain any certificate of title or other information required to be maintained under this section in an automated format and may consider any record maintained in an automated format under this paragraph to be the original and controlling record, notwithstanding the existence of any printed version of the same record.(b) Records maintained by the department under this section are the official vehicle title records.History:  1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a); 1979 c. 221; 1989 a. 31; 2009 a. 28; 2011 a. 32.
WI Stat § 342.11 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 342 - Vehicle title and anti-theft law.|342.11 - Grounds for refusing issuance of certificate of title.

342.11  Grounds for refusing issuance of certificate of title. The department shall refuse issuance of a certificate of title if any required fee has not been paid or for any of the following reasons: (1) The department has reasonable grounds to believe that:(a) The person alleged to be the owner of the vehicle is not the owner.(b) The application contains a false or fraudulent statement. (2) The applicant has failed to furnish any of the following:(a) If applicable, the power of attorney required under 15 USC 1988 or rules of the department.(b) Unless exempted by rule of the department, the mileage disclosure from the most recent titled owner and of all subsequent nontitled owners of the vehicle.(c) Any other information or documents required by law or by the department pursuant to authority of law. (3) The applicant is a motor vehicle dealer and is prohibited from applying for a certificate of title under s. 342.16 (1) (a) or (c). (4) Except as provided in ss. 342.05 (5) and 342.16 (1) (a) for a certificate of title and registration for a vehicle owned by a nonresident, the applicant is a nonresident and the issuance of a certificate of title has not otherwise been authorized by rule of the department. Any temporary operation permit or plate issued under s. 341.09 shall not be considered registration of the vehicle for purposes of this subsection.History:  1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a); 1993 a. 159.
WI Stat § 342.12 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 342 - Vehicle title and anti-theft law.|342.12 - Withholding certificate of title; bond.

342.12  Withholding certificate of title; bond. (1) No certificate of title shall be issued by the department until the outstanding evidence of ownership is surrendered to the department. (2) If the department is not satisfied as to the ownership of the vehicle or that there are no undisclosed security interests in it, the department, subject to sub. (3), shall withhold issuance of a certificate of title until the applicant presents documents reasonably sufficient to satisfy the department as to the applicant's ownership of the vehicle and that there are no undisclosed security interests in it. (3) Notwithstanding sub. (2), the department may issue a certificate of title if the applicant fulfills either of the following requirements:(a) The applicant is a dealer licensed under ss. 218.0101 to 218.0163 or 218.11 and is financially responsible as substantiated by the last financial statement on file with the licensor, a finance company licensed under ss. 138.09 or 218.0101 to 218.0163, a bank organized under the laws of this state, or a national bank located in this state; or (b) The applicant has filed with the department a bond in the form prescribed by the department and executed by the applicant, and either accompanied by the deposit of cash with the department or executed by a person authorized to conduct a surety business in this state. The bond shall be in an amount equal to one and one-half times the value of the vehicle as determined by the department and conditioned to indemnify any prior owner and secured party and any subsequent purchaser of the vehicle or person acquiring any security interest in it, and their respective successors in interest, against any expense, loss or damage, including reasonable attorney fees, by reason of the issuance of the certificate of title for the vehicle or on account of any defect in or undisclosed security interest upon the right, title and interest of the applicant in and to the vehicle. Any such interested person has a right of action to recover on the bond for any breach of its conditions, but the aggregate liability of the surety to all persons shall not exceed the amount of the bond. The bond, and any deposit accompanying it, shall be returned at the end of 5 years or prior thereto if, apart from this section, a certificate of title could then be issued for the vehicle, or if the vehicle is no longer registered in this state and the currently valid certificate of title is surrendered to the department, unless the department has been notified of the pendency of an action to recover on the bond.History:  1973 c. 116 s. 6; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a); 1991 a. 39, 277; 1993 a. 317, 490; 1997 a. 199, 237; 1999 a. 31, 109, 179, 185; 2003 a. 184; 2009 a. 100; 2011 a. 262.
WI Stat § 342.13 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 342 - Vehicle title and anti-theft law.|342.13 - Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates.

342.13  Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates. (1) If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed, or becomes illegible, the owner or person in possession of the certificate, as shown by the records of the department, shall promptly make application for and may obtain a replacement upon furnishing information satisfactory to the department. The replacement certificate of title shall contain a notation, in a form determined by the department, identifying the certificate as a replacement certificate that may be subject to the rights of a person under the original certificate. (3) A person recovering an original certificate of title for which a replacement has been issued shall promptly surrender the original certificate to the department.History:  1975 c. 297; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a); 1991 a. 239; 1993 a. 475; 2003 a. 184; 2009 a. 100; 2011 a. 32.
WI Stat § 342.14 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 342 - Vehicle title and anti-theft law.|342.14 - Fees.

342.14  Fees. The department shall be paid the following fees: (1) For filing an application for the first certificate of title, $157, by the owner of the vehicle. (2) For the original notation and subsequent release of each security interest noted upon a certificate of title, a single fee of $10, by the applicant. (3) For a certificate of title after a transfer, $157, by the owner of the vehicle, except that this fee shall be waived with respect to an application for transfer of a decedent's interest in a vehicle to his or her surviving spouse or domestic partner under ch. 770. (3m) Upon filing an application under sub. (1) or (3), a supplemental title fee of $7.50 by the owner of the vehicle, except that this fee shall be waived with respect to an application under sub. (3) for transfer of a decedent's interest in a vehicle to his or her surviving spouse or domestic partner under ch. 770. The fee specified under this subsection is in addition to any other fee specified in this section. This subsection does not apply to an application for a certificate of title for a low-speed vehicle.  (4) For each assignment of a security interest noted upon a certificate of title, $1 by the assignee. (5) For a replacement certificate of title, $20, by the owner of the vehicle. (7) For processing applications for certificates of title which have a special handling request for fast service, a fee to be established by rule which shall approximate the cost to the department for providing this special handling service to persons so requesting. (8) For the reinstatement of a certificate of title previously suspended or revoked, $25, except that if the certificate of title and registration of a vehicle are suspended or revoked as a result of the same occurrence, payment of the fee under s. 341.36 (1) shall apply to the reinstatement of both the registration and certificate of title. The fee under this subsection is in addition to any other fee specified in this section.History:  1975 c. 39, 297, 422; 1977 c. 29 ss. 1452, 1654 (7) (a); 1977 c. 418; 1979 c. 221; 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 27; 1987 a. 110; 1989 a. 31, 137, 359; 1991 a. 309; 1993 a. 159; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9, 80; 2001 a. 16; 2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 25; 2007 a. 20, 33; 2009 a. 28, 311; 2011 a. 32; 2019 a. 9, 165.
WI Stat § 342.155 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 342 - Vehicle title and anti-theft law.|342.155 - Mileage disclosure requirements of transferors and transferees.

342.155  Mileage disclosure requirements of transferors and transferees. (1) (a) Unless exempted by rule of the department, no transferor may transfer ownership of a motor vehicle without disclosing the vehicle's mileage in writing to the transferee by specifying the odometer reading. The disclosure shall state either that the reading is known to be actual mileage, or that the reading is not the actual mileage and should not be relied upon, or that the reading reflects the mileage in excess of the designed mechanical limit.(b) The mileage disclosure statement required under par. (a) shall be made in the spaces provided on the certificate of title or on a form or in an automated format authorized by the department. The transferee shall print his or her name on the mileage disclosure statement, sign the statement and return a copy of the statement to the transferor. Except as authorized by rule of the department, no person may sign a mileage disclosure statement as both the transferor and transferee in the same transaction.(c) The department shall promulgate rules that do all of the following:1. Establish the form and manner of the mileage disclosure.2. Identify which vehicles are exempt from the mileage disclosure requirements under this subsection.3. Prescribe the mileage disclosure requirements applicable to leasing companies and their lessees.4. Establish requirements relating to the creation, retention and inspection of mileage disclosure records of persons who acquire or consign motor vehicles for resale or lease, including motor vehicle salvage pools and auction dealers.5. Establish the form content and format and procedures for any power of attorney disclosing a vehicle's mileage for purposes of this section.6. Identify and define terms relating to the mileage disclosure requirement. (2) No transferor may knowingly make a false statement, including providing an odometer reading that is different from the actual reading on the odometer, in disclosing the vehicle's mileage to a transferee under this section. (3) No transferee, nor any other person, may alter, erase or obliterate any information, including the mileage disclosure, contained on any mileage disclosure statement. (4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), any person who violates this section may be required to forfeit not more than $1,000.(b) Any person who violates this section with intent to defraud is guilty of Class H felony.History:  1993 a. 159; 1997 a. 27, 283; 2001 a. 109; 2017 a. 363.
WI Stat § 342.156 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 342 - Vehicle title and anti-theft law.|342.156 - Transfers of leased motor vehicles.

342.156  Transfers of leased motor vehicles. (1) Prior to transferring ownership of any leased motor vehicle, the lessor shall notify in writing the lessee of the vehicle that the lessee is required to provide the lessor with a written disclosure specifying the leased vehicle's mileage. The written notification shall include the mileage disclosure requirements applicable to the lessee under 49 CFR 580.7 and rules of the department and the penalties for failure to comply with those requirements. (2) Upon termination of the lease after written notification from the lessor under sub. (1), the lessee shall disclose the vehicle's mileage in writing to the lessor. The mileage disclosure record under this section shall be signed by the lessee and include the information required under sub. (1) and rules of the department. (3) The lessor shall retain and make available for inspection any mileage disclosure record required to be made by a lessee with respect to a leased motor vehicle. (4) If a lessor transfers ownership of a leased motor vehicle without obtaining possession of the vehicle from the lessee, the lessor may, in making the mileage disclosure statement required under s. 342.155, indicate on the certificate of title or on a supplemental mileage disclosure statement approved by the department, the mileage disclosed by the lessee under this section unless the lessor has reason to believe that the lessee's mileage disclosure does not reflect the actual mileage of the vehicle. (5) The department shall promulgate rules to do all of the following:(a) Specify the information to be included in the lessee's mileage disclosure to the lessor.(b) Establish the manner in which and the period of time for which mileage disclosure records under this section shall be retained and made available for inspection. (6) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), any person who violates this section may be required to forfeit not more than $1,000.(b) Any person who violates this section with intent to defraud is guilty of a Class H felony.History:  1993 a. 159; 1997 a. 283; 2001 a. 109.
WI Stat § 342.157 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 342 - Vehicle title and anti-theft law.|342.157 - Motor vehicle salvage pools and auction companies to maintain records.

342.157  Motor vehicle salvage pools and auction companies to maintain records. For each motor vehicle sold by a motor vehicle salvage pool or auction company, the motor vehicle salvage pool or auction company shall establish and maintain a record of each sale, including the mileage disclosure of the transferor under s. 342.155. The department shall specify by rule the information that shall be included in such records and the manner in which and the period of time for which the records shall be maintained.History:  1993 a. 159.
WI Stat § 342.18 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 342 - Vehicle title and anti-theft law.|342.18 - When department to issue a new certificate.

342.18  When department to issue a new certificate. (1) The department, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate of title, with an application for a new certificate of title, the required fee and any other transfer documents required by law, to support the transfer, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner. (2) The department, upon receipt of an application for a new certificate of title by a transferee other than by voluntary transfer, with proof of the transfer, the required fee and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner. If the transfer constituted a termination of the owner's interest or a sale under a security agreement by a secured party named in the certificate, under s. 342.17 (2), the new certificate shall be issued free of the names and addresses of the secured party who terminated the owner's interest and of all secured parties subordinate under s. 342.19 to such secured party. If the outstanding certificate of title is not delivered to it, the department shall make demand therefor from the holder of such certificate. (3) The department shall retain for 5 years a record of every surrendered certificate of title, the record to be maintained so as to permit the tracing of title of the vehicle designated therein. (4) Under each of the following circumstances only, the department shall issue a certificate of title for a transferred vehicle without requiring registration of the vehicle:(a) Whenever application therefor accompanied by the required fee is made by a finance company licensed under ss. 138.09 or 218.0101 to 218.0163, a bank organized under the laws of this state, or a national bank located in this state, and the vehicle in question is a used vehicle for which the department had issued a certificate of title to the previous owner or a vehicle previously registered in another jurisdiction or is a recreational vehicle.(b) Whenever application therefor accompanied by the required fee is made by any other person and the vehicle in question is a vehicle for which the department had issued a certificate of title to the previous owner or is a vehicle previously registered in another jurisdiction or is a recreational vehicle and the department is satisfied that the present owner has not operated or consented to the operation of the vehicle since it was transferred to that owner and that he or she understands that the certificate of title merely is evidence of ownership of the vehicle and does not authorize operation of the vehicle on the highways of this state.(c) Whenever application therefor accompanied by the required fee is made by a dealer or wholesaler to comply with the requirements of s. 342.16 (1) (d).History:  1973 c. 116 s. 6; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a); 1977 c. 273; 1989 a. 31; 1993 a. 159; 1999 a. 9, 31, 186.
WI Stat § 342.195 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 342 - Vehicle title and anti-theft law.|342.195 - Notification of person who has perfected security interest.

342.195  Notification of person who has perfected security interest. Upon request of a person who has perfected a security interest under s. 342.19, as shown by the records of the department, in a vehicle titled in this state, whenever the department receives information from another state that the vehicle is being titled in the other state and the information does not show that the security interest has been satisfied, the department shall notify the person. The person shall pay the department a $2 fee for each notification.History:  1983 a. 155; 1985 a. 202.