Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 128 - Traffic Violation And Registration Program › Section Trans 128.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
Unless otherwise provided, the words and phrases in this
				chapter have the same meanings as provided in ss.
				340.01
				and
				341.01,
				Stats., except ss.
				340.01(24) and
				(42). In this chapter:
(1) "Applicant" means any person applying for
			 Wisconsin vehicle registration.
(2)
			 "Authority" or "local authority" means every county board, city council, town
			 or village board or other local agency having authority under the constitution
			 and laws of this state to adopt traffic regulations, a state agency, any campus
			 of the University of Wisconsin System or any technical college district.
Note:
This definition combines the statutory
				definitions found in ss.
				340.01(26)
				and
				345.28(1),
				Stats.
(3) "Case" or "TVRP
			 case" means a suspension or refusal of vehicle registration triggered by a
			 suspending authority's report that is processed under the procedures described
			 in ss.
			 345.28 and
			 345.47,
			 Stats., and the satisfaction or termination thereof.
Note:
TVRP is an acronym for "Traffic Violation
				and Registration Program," the program under which registration may be
				suspended, revoked or denied under this rule.
(4) "Debtor" means a person who is liable for
			 a judgment debt, unpaid citation or unpaid towing and storage charges
			 associated with a parking citation.
(5) "Debtor registrant" means a registrant
			 whose registration is subject to a TVRP case.
(6) "Delegated agency" means the entity
			 designated by an authority to submit unpaid citation or unpaid towing and
			 storage charges associated with a parking citation and satisfaction notices on
			 behalf of a local authority.
(7)
			 "Department" means the Wisconsin department of transportation.
(8) "DMV" means the department's division of
			 motor vehicles.
(9) "License plate
			 type" means a designation in the format required by the department of a
			 specific style of registration plate with a particular size, color and design
			 that is intended to provide visible evidence of the period for which the
			 vehicle is registered, the fee class into which the vehicle falls, a means of
			 identifying the specific vehicle or owner for which the plates were issued, and
			 any affiliation with an authorized special group designated in accordance with
			 s.
			 341.14(6r)
			 (f), (fm) or (6w), Stats.
(10) "Local unit of government" means any
			 county, city, village, town or other local agency having authority under the
			 constitution and laws of this state to adopt traffic regulations.
(11) "Motor vehicle dealer" has the meaning
			 given in s.
			 218.0101(23),
			 Stats.
(12) "Own" or "owned" shall
			 be construed in a manner consistent with s.
			 341.01(2)
			 (b), Stats.
Note:
The definition of "owner" in s.
				341.01(2)
				(b), Stats., controls for purposes of this
				regulation. Long-term leaseholders are therefore considered
				"owners."
(13) "Person" has
			 the meaning given in s.
			 990.01(26),
			 Stats.
(14) "Registrant" means any
			 person who is the holder of Wisconsin vehicle registration.
(15) "State agency" means any office,
			 department, or independent agency of Wisconsin state government, including any
			 subunit level with the authority to administer the provisions of this
			 chapter.
(16) "Suspending
			 authority" means the court or authority that issued a notice to suspend or
			 refuse registration under this chapter.
Note:
Authorities can both suspend and refuse
				registration.
(17) "TVRP
			 suspension number" means a unique identifier generated and assigned to a TVRP
			 case by a suspending authority in accordance with the numbering scheme required
			 by the department for the TVRP program.
Note:
At present, the TVRP Suspension Number is a
				13 or 14 character alphanumeric string that includes a unique identifier
				assigned to each suspending authority, the date, and a serial
				number.
(18) "Unpaid
			 citation or unpaid towing or storage charges associated with a parking
			 citation" means a citation for a nonmoving traffic violation as defined in s.
			 345.28(1),
			 Stats., that has not been paid and for which the person has not appeared in
			 court, or any unpaid towing and storage charges associated with such a
			 citation.
(19) "Unpaid judgment"
			 means an unpaid traffic forfeiture judgment submitted to the department under
			 ch. 345, Stats.