2025 WISCONSIN ACT 37
An Act to create 347.495 and 347.50 (6) of the statutes; relating to: registration plate concealment devices and providing a penalty.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
37,1Section 1. 347.495 of the statutes is created to read: 347.495 Registration plate concealment device. (1) In this section, “registration plate concealment device” means a manual, electronic, or mechanical device designed or adapted to be installed on a motor vehicle to do any of the following:
(a) Switch between 2 or more registration plates.
(b) Move, obstruct, or conceal a registration plate.
(c) Alter the appearance of a registration plate so that the registration number cannot be seen and read.
(2) No person may possess, sell, purchase, install, or use a registration plate concealment device.
(3) No motor vehicle may be equipped with a registration plate concealment device.
(4) Any motor vehicle equipped in violation of sub. (3) may be impounded. A vehicle impounded under this subsection shall be returned to the owner upon payment of reasonable costs of towing and impounding the vehicle.
37,2Section 2. 347.50 (6) of the statutes is created to read: 347.50 (6) Any person violating s. 347.495 may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 90 days, or both.
