341.266   Special interest vehicles; registration, plates, use.
341.267   Driver education motor vehicles; registration and insurance.
341.268   Reconstructed, replica, street modified and homemade vehicles; registration, plates, use.
341.269   Historic military vehicles; registration, plates, use.
341.27   Registration periods for private automobiles, certain motor trucks, and taxicabs.
341.28   Part-year fees.
341.29   Registration for vehicles other than private automobiles, certain motor trucks, and taxicabs.
341.295   Special registration period for certain vehicles.
341.297   Biennial registration.
341.30   Quarterly registration.
341.305   Consecutive monthly registration.
341.308   Optional trailer fleet registration.
341.31   When part-period fees payable for vehicles other than automobiles and certain motor trucks; computation of part-period fees.
341.32   Vehicle to be reregistered if subject to a different fee.
341.33   When fees refundable.
341.335   Notice of change of address, name or vehicle color.
341.35   Municipal or county vehicle registration fee.
341.36   Fee to reinstate suspended or revoked registration.
SUBCHAPTER III
REGISTRATION, TAXATION AND EXEMPTION
OF NONRESIDENTS
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.
341.43   Audits and appeals.
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.
subch. I of ch. 341 SUBCHAPTER I
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:
341.01(2)(af) (af) “Former military vehicle" means a vehicle, including a trailer but excluding a tracked vehicle, that was manufactured for use in any country's military forces.
341.01(2)(b) (b) Notwithstanding s. 340.01 (42), “owner" means, with respect to a vehicle that is leased to a lessee for a period of one year or more, the lessee of the vehicle for purposes of vehicle registration under this chapter.
341.01 History History: 1989 a. 105; 1997 a. 27; 2013 a. 103, 377.
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. 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(2) (2) Penalties.
341.03(2)(a)(a) Any person who violates sub. (1), where the vehicle used is an automobile 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) (3) Defenses.
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; 1997 a. 35; 1999 a. 80.
341.04 341.04 Operation of unregistered or improperly registered vehicle.
341.04(1)(1)No person may operate and no owner may consent to being operated on any highway of this state any motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or other vehicle for which a registration fee is specifically prescribed, unless at the time of operation any of the following applies:
341.04(1)(am) (am) The vehicle is registered in this state.
341.04(1)(bm)1.1. Except for registration under s. 341.30 or 341.305, a complete application for registration of the vehicle, including evidence of any inspection under s. 110.20 when required, accompanied by the required fee has been delivered to the department, submitted to a dealer under s. 341.09 (2m) for transmittal to the department, or deposited in the mail properly addressed with postage prepaid.
341.04(1)(bm)2. 2. If subd. 1. applies and the vehicle is an automobile or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less, the vehicle displays a temporary operation plate issued for the vehicle unless the operator or owner of the vehicle produces proof that operation of the vehicle is within 2 business days of the vehicle's sale or transfer.
341.04(1)(cm) (cm) The vehicle is exempt from registration.
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(2m) (2m)
341.04(2m)(a)(a) Notwithstanding sub. (1), a vehicle may be operated by a private person after the date of purchase of the vehicle by the person or after the date the 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 and the person otherwise complies with any applicable requirements of this section.
341.04(2m)(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(2m)(c) (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if a vehicle is owned by a lessor of vehicles and is leased to a lessee for a period of one year or more and the vehicle was registered in the name of the lessor before January 1, 1998, the department may renew the registration in the name of the lessor in lieu of registration of the vehicle by the lessee. This paragraph does not apply to any subsequent lease of the vehicle by a lessor.
341.04(2m)(d) (d) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to the operation of a vehicle that is caused by pressure of natural physical forces causing the owner or operator reasonably to believe that operation of the vehicle is the only means of preventing imminent death or great bodily harm, as defined in s. 939.22 (14), to a person or imminent public disaster.
341.04(3) (3)
341.04(3)(a)(a) Any person who violates sub. (1) or (2), where the vehicle used is an automobile 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).
341.045 History History: 1977 c. 29, 418; 1983 a. 227, 270; 1987 a. 399.
341.05 341.05 When vehicles exempt from registration. A vehicle, even though operated upon a highway of this state, is exempt from registration if any of the following applies:
341.05(1) (1)The vehicle is operated in accordance with the provisions relating to registration of dealers, distributors, manufacturers, transporters or finance companies.
341.05(2) (2)The vehicle is operated in accordance with the provisions exempting nonresident or foreign-registered vehicles from registration.
341.05(3) (3)The vehicle is operated in accordance with s. 341.405.
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2021-22 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2023 Wis. Act 93 and through all Supreme Court and Controlled Substances Board Orders filed before and in effect on March 22, 2024. Published and certified under s. 35.18. Changes effective after March 22, 2024, are designated by NOTES. (Published 3-22-24)