CHAPTER 342
VEHICLE TITLE AND ANTI-THEFT LAW
SUBCHAPTER I
CERTIFICATE OF TITLE
342.01 Words and phrases defined.
342.02 Excepted liens and security interests.
342.03 Motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer leases.
342.05 When certificate of title required.
342.06 Application for certificate of title.
342.065 Title for salvage vehicle.
342.07 Title for repaired salvage vehicle.
342.08 Department to examine records.
342.09 When department to issue certificate and to whom; maintenance of records.
342.10 Contents of certificate of title.
342.11 Grounds for refusing issuance of certificate of title.
342.12 Withholding certificate of title; bond.
342.13 Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates.
SUBCHAPTER II
TRANSFER OF TITLE
342.15 Transfer of interest in a vehicle.
342.155 Mileage disclosure requirements of transferors and transferees.
342.156 Transfers of leased motor vehicles.
342.157 Motor vehicle salvage pools and auction companies to maintain records.
342.16 Transfer to or from dealer.
342.17 Involuntary transfers.
342.18 When department to issue a new certificate.
342.19 Perfection of security interests.
342.195 Notification of person who has perfected security interest.
342.20 Duties on creation of security interest.
342.21 Assignment of security interest.
342.22 Release of security interest.
342.23 Secured party's and owner's duties.
342.24 Method of perfecting exclusive.
342.25 Suspension or revocation of certificate.
342.255 Cancellation of title or registration.
342.26 Hearings and appeal.
SUBCHAPTER III
ANTI-THEFT AND ANTI-FRAUD PROVISIONS
342.30 Identification numbers.
342.31 Report of stolen or abandoned motor vehicles.
342.32 Counterfeiting and unlawful possession of certificate of title.
342.33 Sale of vehicle used as taxicab.
342.34 Department to be notified of destruction or junking of vehicle.
342.40 Vehicle abandonment prohibited; removal; disposal.
CERTIFICATE OF TITLE
342.01
342.01
Words and phrases defined. 342.01(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.
342.01(2)(am)
(am) "Leasing company" means any lessor who, within the preceding 12 months, has leased 5 or more vehicles for a period of at least 4 months.
342.01(2)(b)
(b) "Mileage" means the actual distance that a vehicle has traveled in miles.
342.01(2)(c)
(c) "Transfer" means to change ownership by purchase, gift or any other means.
342.01 History
History: 1993 a. 159;
1997 a. 27.
342.02
342.02
Excepted liens and security interests. This chapter does not apply to or affect:
342.02(1)
(1) A lien given by statute or rule of law to a supplier of services or materials for the vehicle.
342.02(2)
(2) A lien given by statute to the United States, this state or any political subdivision of this state.
