Trans 128.08(1)(g)(g) Acquire registration as part of the transfer of ownership of a vehicle. Trans 128.08(2)(2) Withdrawal of registration by cancellation. The department shall cancel any registration issued in violation of the provisions of this chapter. Trans 128.08 NoteNote: Section 342.255 (3) requires the department to cancel any registration issued in violation of any law. Trans 128.08(3)(3) Applications for certificate of title and registration by debtor registrant. Trans 128.08(3)(a)(a) Titling of vehicles is generally governed by ch. 342, Stats., and not by this chapter, except as provided in s. Trans 128.09. The department may issue a title to a vehicle transferred to a person to whom registration must be refused under this chapter. Trans 128.08 NoteNote: Refusal of registration is different than suspension, revocation or cancellation of registration.
Trans 128.08(3)(b)(b) If an application for certificate of title identifies a vehicle or vehicle owner that is subject to refusal of registration and indicates that the vehicle has been operated upon public highways, any required registration fee shall be collected and retained at the time of issuing title, but the department may not issue registration for that vehicle. The department shall assign registration to the vehicle according to the provisions of ch. 341, Stats., but shall withhold sending the proof of registration to the vehicle owner until the department receives evidence that all judgments, citations and towing and storage charges associated with a parking citation are paid. The certificate of title shall be sent to the vehicle owner with a notice that registration is being withheld because of unpaid judgments, unpaid citations, or unpaid towing and storage charges associated with parking citations, and indicating that the registration shall be withheld until the department receives evidence that each identified debt is paid. Trans 128.08(4)(4) Criteria for identifying a person subject to refusal of registration. The department may rely on information supplied by a court or an authority to identify persons whose registration may be refused and may supplement that information with department records. The department shall refuse the renewal, transfer or issuance of registration when any of the following occur: Trans 128.08(4)(a)(a) The applicant’s or registrant’s name and address are both the same as the name and address supplied on a notice of unpaid judgment or unpaid citation or unpaid towing and storage charges associated with a parking citation. Trans 128.08(4)(b)(b) The name shown on the department’s record for the license plate number supplied on the notice of unpaid judgment or notice of unpaid citation or unpaid towing and storage charges associated with a parking citation is similar or a reasonably logical variation of the name supplied on the notice of unpaid judgment or notice of unpaid citation or unpaid towing and storage charges associated with a parking citation regardless of whether the address information is the same. Trans 128.08(4)(c)(c) The applicant’s or registrant’s name is exactly the same or a reasonably logical variation of a name as stated in pars. (a) and (b), and the address is the same as one of the following: Trans 128.08(4)(c)1.1. The address supplied on the notice of unpaid judgment or notice of unpaid citation or unpaid towing and storage charges associated with a parking citation. Trans 128.08(4)(c)2.2. The address obtained from the department’s record for the license plate number supplied on the notice of unpaid judgment or notice of unpaid citation or unpaid towing and storage charges associated with a parking citation. Trans 128.08(4)(c)3.3. The address obtained from department’s driver license records using information supplied by the notice of unpaid judgment. Trans 128.08(4)(d)(d) The applicant or registrant has the same customer identification number, driver license number or social security number on the department’s records as the person identified on the notice of unpaid judgment or unpaid citation or unpaid towing and storage charges associated with a parking citation. Trans 128.08 HistoryHistory: CR 07-065: cr. Register December 2007 No. 624, eff. 1-1-08. Trans 128.09Trans 128.09 Transfer of vehicle ownership while registration suspended. Trans 128.09(1)(1) Transfer prohibited. No person may transfer ownership of any vehicle that is subject to a suspending authority’s registration refusal or suspension under s. 341.63 (1) (c), Stats., for nonpayment of citations or towing and storage charges associated with a parking citation until the registration is reinstated under s. 341.63 (2), Stats., or until the department is satisfied that the transfer is proposed in good faith and not for the purpose or with the effect of defeating the purpose of a TVRP case. Except as provided in sub. (3), the department may decline to issue a vehicle title to any person other than the debtor registrant. Trans 128.09(2)(2) Sham transactions ineffective. An attempt to transfer ownership of a vehicle that is subject to a registration suspension or refusal for nonpayment of a citation under s. 341.63 (1) (c), Stats., shall be considered to be an effort to defeat the purpose of that TVRP case in any of the following circumstances: Trans 128.09(2)(a)(a) Any situation in which the debtor registrant would continue to have possession, use of, or receive any benefit from the operation of the vehicle. Trans 128.09(2)(b)(b) Any situation in which the vehicle is transferred to a person residing at the same address as the debtor registrant. Trans 128.09 NoteNote: The prohibition on transfer of ownership is set forth in s. 341.64, Stats., and does not prohibit transfer of ownership of vehicles subject to registration refusal because of unpaid judgments or unpaid towing and storage charges associated with a parking citation. Trans 128.09(3)(3) Exceptions to refusing a transfer of ownership. Notwithstanding sub. (1), the department may transfer title to a vehicle and issue a title to a person other than the debtor registrant if any of the following apply: