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.
341.45 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.
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)(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)(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.
341.04(1)(b)
(b) All vehicles subject to renewal of registration may be operated provided that application for reregistration, except for registration under
s. 341.30 or
341.305, has been made.
341.04(2)
(2) Unless application for reregistration has been made as required by
s. 341.32, it is unlawful for any person to operate or for the owner to consent to being operated on any highway of this state any registered vehicle the construction or use of which has been changed so as to make the vehicle subject to a higher fee than the fee at which it currently is registered or which is carrying a greater load than that permitted under the current registration.
341.04(3)(a)(a) Any person who violates
sub. (1) or
(2), where the vehicle used is an automobile, station wagon, or any other vehicle having a gross vehicle 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.
341.04(3)(b)
(b) Any person who violates
sub. (1) or
(2), where the vehicle used is a vehicle not enumerated under
par. (a), may be required to forfeit not more than $500.
341.04(3)(c)
(c) In addition to imposing the penalty under
par. (a) or
(b), the court shall order the offender to make application for registration or reregistration and to pay the required fee. If 45 days have elapsed from the date of conviction and the department has not received an application for registration or reregistration and the required fee, the department shall order the offender to make application for registration or reregistration and to pay the required fee. Unless the department receives the application for registration or reregistration and the required fee within 20 days from the date of the department's order, the department may suspend any or all registrations of the offender. Any registration suspended under this section shall remain suspended until the offender makes application for registration or reregistration and the required fee for registration is paid. For purposes of this section, the required registration or reregistration fee for residents of this state is the required annual or biennial fee, or, if the vehicle is eligible for quarterly or consecutive monthly registration, the fee required in
s. 341.30 or
341.305. For purposes of this section, the required fee for a vehicle registered on the basis of gross weight shall be the fee for the maximum weight for which the vehicle may be legally registered or the weight at which the vehicle was operating, whichever is greater.
341.045
341.045
Use of registered farm trucks regulated. A motor truck under
s. 340.01 (18) (a) 1. registered as a farm truck under
s. 341.26 (3) (a) may be used for personal and family purposes if the primary use of that motor truck is for purposes specified in
s. 340.01 (18) (a) 1., except that a registered farm truck may not be used in furtherance of any nonfarm occupation, trade, profession or other employment, including commuting to or from the place of such nonfarm occupation, trade, profession or employment. A motor truck under
s. 340.01 (18) (a) 2. may not be used for personal and family purposes. This section does not apply to dual purpose farm trucks registered under
s. 341.26 (3) (am). Any violations of this section are subject to the penalty prescribed for violations of
s. 341.04 (2).
341.05
341.05
When vehicles exempt from registration. A vehicle, even though operated upon a highway of this state, is exempt from registration when such vehicle:
341.05(1)
(1) Is operated in accordance with the provisions relating to registration of dealers, distributors, manufacturers, transporters or finance companies; or
341.05(2)
(2) Is operated in accordance with the provisions exempting nonresident or foreign-registered vehicles from registration; or
341.05(6)
(6) Is operated exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks; or
341.05(7)
(7) Is a farm tractor used exclusively in agricultural operations, including threshing, or used exclusively to provide power to drive other machinery, or to transport from job to job machinery driven by such tractor; or
341.05(9)
(9) Is a trailer or semitrailer used exclusively for the transportation of farm machinery, implements, produce or supplies on a farm or between farms; or
341.05(11)
(11) Is a trailer or semitrailer permanently equipped with a well-drilling outfit or designed for moving pea viners and used exclusively for either of such purposes; or
341.05(12)
(12) Is a fork-lift truck, a specially constructed road or truck tractor used for shunting trailers or semitrailers in terminal areas or a trailer which is used principally off the highway; or
341.05(13m)
(13m) Is a trailer or semitrailer or camping trailer having a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less and not used for hire or rental; or
341.05(14)
(14) Is a trailer or semitrailer not operated in conjunction with a motor vehicle; or
341.05(14m)
(14m) Is a new motor vehicle being operated only across a highway from point of manufacture or assembly.
341.05(15)
(15) Is a motor vehicle being towed, except when the person operating the vehicle supplying the motive power is a transporter, that person must be registered as a transporter; or
341.05(18)
(18) Is a motor truck which is operated upon a highway only when directly crossing such highway.
341.05(19)
(19) Is a motor vehicle last previously registered in another jurisdiction or a repaired salvage vehicle operated to or from a location where it is to be inspected as required by
ss. 342.06 (1) (g) and
342.07, or an unregistered vehicle operated to or from a location where it is to be inspected as required by
s. 110.20.
341.05(19m)
(19m) Is owned by a technical college district board, used exclusively to instruct students in techniques of automotive repair and maintenance and is operated only within 5 miles of the technical college to transport the vehicle to or from a technical college. The operator of the vehicle shall, when operating the vehicle upon a highway, carry in the vehicle a letter from the district director of the technical college stating that the vehicle is exempt from registration.
341.05(20)
(20) Is an amphibious motor vehicle capable of carrying 10 or more passengers when used for sight-seeing purposes, registered as a boat with the department of natural resources and operated upon a highway for a distance not to exceed 2 miles.
341.05(22)
(22) Is registered by a federally recognized Indian band or tribe and is exempt under a reciprocal registration exemption agreement under
s. 341.409.
341.05 Annotation
Trucks with permanently mounted potato boxes and special low ratio gearing used solely to collect and transport potatoes in harvest and planting seasons are "implements of husbandry" under (17), not "farm trucks". State v. Okray Produce Co., Inc., 132 W (2d) 145, 389 NW (2d) 825 (Ct. App. 1986).
341.055
341.055
Snowmobiles. Snowmobiles shall not be registered under this chapter but shall be registered under
ch. 350.
341.055 History
History: 1971 c. 277.
341.057
341.057
All-terrain vehicles. All-terrain vehicles are not required to be registered under this chapter but shall be registered under
s. 23.33 (2).
341.057 History
History: 1985 a. 29.
341.06
341.06
Optional registration. 341.06(1)
(1) The department shall register the following vehicles upon proper application therefor and payment of the required fee even though such vehicles may be exempt from registration:
341.06(1)(am)
(am) A trailer or semitrailer or camping trailer having a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less and not used for hire or rental. The registration fee charged shall be the same as if the trailer or semitrailer were to be used for hire or rental.
341.06(1)(b)
(b) A vehicle owned by a nonresident and which would be subject to registration if owned by a resident. The registration fee charged shall be the same as if the vehicle were owned by a resident.
