Trans 154.07   Odometer disclosure for leased motor vehicles.

Trans 154.08   Odometer disclosure for consignment sales.

Trans 154.09   Odometer disclosure for repaired or replaced odometers.

Trans 154.10   Odometer disclosure for transfers of ownership by involuntary divestiture by transferee.

Trans 154.11   Requirements and conditions for using conforming power of attorney forms to complete odometer disclosure statements.

Trans 154.12   Odometer records and retention requirements for dealers, wholesalers, lessors, auctions, salvage pools and salvage dealers.

Trans 154.13   Eligibility to apply for title by Wisconsin dealers and nonresidents.

Trans 154.14   Odometer disclosure statements to accompany application for title.

Trans 154.15   Odometer reading and notations required on title.

Trans 154.01 Trans 154.01 Purpose and scope. The purpose of this chapter is to establish the department’s administrative interpretation of ss. 218.0146, 218.33, 218.52, 341.10, 342.01, 342.05, 342.06, 342.10, 342.11, 342.14, 342.15, 342.155, 342.156, 342.157, 342.16, 342.18, 342.23, 342.25, 342.255, 342.32 and 347.415, Stats., relating to the implementation of the provisions of the federal odometer law, 49 USC 32701 to 32711, as they affect regulation of vehicle odometers, odometer mileage disclosure, odometer record keeping requirements, and titling by distributors, wholesalers, manufacturers, motor vehicle dealers, mobile home dealers, motor vehicle salvage dealers, motor vehicle auction dealers, moped dealers, motor vehicle salvage pools, and nonresidents.

Trans 154.01 History History: Cr. Register, January, 1996, No. 481, eff. 2-1-96; CR 02-029: am. Register July 2002 No. 559, eff. 8-1-02.

Trans 154.02 Trans 154.02 Definitions. The words and phrases defined in ch. 340, Stats., and ss. 342.01 (2), 218.0101, 218.10, 218.20, 218.30, 218.40 and 218.50, Stats., have the same meaning in this chapter unless a different definition is specifically provided. In this chapter:

Trans 154.02(1) (1) “Assign ownership” or “assigning ownership” means the act or process of transferring ownership of a motor vehicle by the owner named on the certificate of title.

Trans 154.02(2) (2) “Conforming” means a certificate of title or vehicle ownership document, a supplemental transfer of ownership document or a power of attorney form is printed using a secure printing process or other secure process and contains the odometer disclosure statement language required by federal and Wisconsin law.

Trans 154.02(3) (3) “Consignor” means the owner of a privately titled motor vehicle who has contracted with a licensed retail dealer to sell the motor vehicle on the owner’s behalf.

Trans 154.02(4) (4) “Dealer consignee” means a licensed retail dealer with whom the owner of a privately titled motor vehicle has contracted for the sale of the motor vehicle to a third party purchaser.

Trans 154.02(5) (5) “Department” means the department of transportation.

Trans 154.02(6) (6) “IRP” means the international registration plan.

Trans 154.02(7) (7) “Nonconforming” means a certificate of title or any supplemental transfer of ownership document does not contain the odometer disclosure statement language required by federal and Wisconsin law and is not set forth by means of a secure printing process or other secure process.

Trans 154.02(8) (8) “Reassign ownership” or “reassigning ownership” means the act or process of transferring ownership of a motor vehicle by a licensed dealer or wholesaler if the vehicle was acquired for the purpose of resale and for which the dealer or wholesaler has not applied for or obtained title in the dealer’s or wholesaler’s own name.

Trans 154.02(9) (9) “Secure printing process or other secure process” means any process which deters and detects counterfeiting or unauthorized reproduction, or both, and allows alterations to be visible to the naked eye.

Trans 154.02(10) (10) “Separate conforming odometer disclosure statement” means a statement which is separate from the certificate of title or any other document which is used to assign or reassign ownership and which includes odometer disclosure language required by federal and Wisconsin law.

Trans 154.02(11) (11) “Title,” “certificate” and “certificate of title” means a document issued by a jurisdiction to evidence ownership of a vehicle.

Trans 154.02(12) (12) “Wisconsin dealer” means a dealer licensed in Wisconsin.

Trans 154.02 History History: Cr. Register, January, 1996, No. 481, eff. 2-1-96; CR 02-029: am. (intro.), Register July 2002 No. 559, eff. 8-1-02.

Trans 154.03 Trans 154.03 Assigning and reassigning ownership.

Trans 154.03(1) (1) Responsibilities of owner or agent of owner. When transferring ownership of a previously titled motor vehicle, the owner named on the certificate of title or the agent of the owner shall complete the assignment of ownership and odometer disclosure in the following manner:

Trans 154.03(1)(a) (a) Assignment of ownership and odometer disclosure when using a nonconforming title. If the motor vehicle being transferred is titled with a nonconforming title, the assignment of ownership shall be made in the designated spaces on the certificate of title. The odometer disclosure statement shall be made on a separate conforming odometer disclosure statement which has been issued or approved by the department.