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341.147   Fleet registration plates.
341.15   Display of registration plates.
341.16   Issuance of replacement plate.
341.17   Department to compile registration lists.
341.18   Evidence of registration to be displayed on vehicles registered under quarterly or consecutive monthly systems; operation without display of registration prohibited.
341.185   Application for quarterly or consecutive monthly registration.
341.19   Telephone authorization for quarterly and consecutive monthly registration.
341.195   Suspension for failure to pay fees for telephone authorization.
341.20   Alternative vehicle registration and title pilot projects.
341.21   Registration and title transactions by contractors.
SUBCHAPTER II
PROVISIONS RELATING TO REGISTRATION FEES
341.25   Annual and biennial registration fees.
341.255   Special transaction fees.
341.26   Special registration fees for certain vehicles.
341.264   Permanent semitrailer registration.
341.265   Antique motor vehicles; registration, plates, use.
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.
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