Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 154 - Vehicle Odometer Disclosure Requirements › Section Trans 154.15 - Odometer reading and notations required on title

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) TITLE TO
			 INCLUDE ODOMETER READING. Each certificate of title issued to a transferee by
			 the department shall include a printed odometer reading to reflect the odometer
			 reading which was disclosed by the transferor in conjunction with the
			 transferor's assignment or reassignment of ownership and odometer disclosure to
			 the transferee. If there is no transfer of ownership involved and the
			 department is issuing the certificate of title to the same owner as named on
			 the previous title, the odometer reading and the associated date which is
			 printed on the certificate of title shall be the same as that printed on the
			 previous title, unless the odometer information is being corrected by the
			 department.
(2) TITLE TO INCLUDE
			 NOTATION WHICH CLARIFIES ODOMETER READING. Each certificate of title issued by
			 the department shall include, in conjunction with the printed odometer reading,
			 a notation which clarifies the odometer reading. The notation shall be based on
			 the transferor's odometer disclosure to the transferee, the notation printed on
			 a certificate of title issued by another jurisdiction or from information
			 gained as the result of an investigation of the vehicle's odometer history and
			 shall be limited to the following:
(a)
Actual mileage.
A notation to indicate that the vehicle's
			 mileage is actual shall be printed on the certificate of title when the
			 department receives certification on the odometer disclosure statement that the
			 odometer reading reflects the actual mileage or the department determines that
			 the odometer reading reflects the actual mileage.
(b)
Not actual mileage.
A
			 notation to indicate that the vehicle's mileage is not the actual mileage shall
			 be printed on the certificate of title when the department receives
			 certification on the odometer disclosure statement that the odometer reading
			 does not reflect the actual mileage or the department determines that the
			 odometer reading differs from the actual mileage and that the difference is
			 greater than that caused by odometer calibration error.
(c)
Mileage exceeds the mechanical
			 limits.
A notation indicating that the vehicle's mileage exceeds the
			 mechanical limits of the odometer shall be printed on the certificate of title
			 when the department receives certification on the odometer disclosure statement
			 or the department determines that the odometer reading reflects the amount of
			 mileage in excess of the odometer's mechanical design limit.
(d)
Not actual mileage and odometer
			 tampering verified.
A notation indicating that the odometer had been
			 tampered with shall be printed on the certificate of title in conjunction with
			 the notation which indicates that the vehicle's mileage is not the actual
			 mileage when the department has, as a result of a thorough investigation of the
			 facts, reasonable grounds to believe that the odometer has been disconnected,
			 reset, tampered with, altered or replaced with the intent to change the number
			 of miles which otherwise would be indicated.
(e)
Mileage is unverified.
A
			 notation indicating that the mileage is not actual mileage and the mileage is
			 unverified shall be printed on a subsequent certificate of title issued to a
			 vehicle if the certificate of title previously issued for that vehicle includes
			 a notation indicating that the mileage is unverified.
(f)
Exempt from odometer
			 disclosure.
This notation applies to all vehicles that are 10 model
			 years old or older. It also applies to truck-tractors, trailers and mopeds, and
			 to vehicles that are registered or have a gross vehicle weight rating of more
			 than 16,000 pounds. Once a vehicle becomes exempt due to age, the last odometer
			 record information including the odometer reading, the date of the odometer
			 reading and the notation clarifying the odometer reading will be carried
			 forward for the life of the vehicle. Once a vehicle becomes exempt for any
			 reason, it remains exempt. Vehicles registered with the IRP are
			 exempt.