DOA:......Aslesen, BB0532 - Title fee increase
For 2025-2027 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
TRANSPORTATION
Drivers and motor vehicles
Title fees increase
Under current law, the owner of a vehicle subject to registration must apply to DOT for a certificate of title for the vehicle when the person first acquires or registers the vehicle. This bill increases from $157 to $277 the fees for a first certificate of title and a certificate of a title after transfer.
Operator license fee increase
Under current law, a person must pay DOT a specified fee for issuance, renewal, upgrading, and reinstatement of licenses, endorsements, and instruction permits. The bill increases the fee for a license, other than a probationary license, for the operation of “Class D” motor vehicles from $24 to $32.50.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. 342.14 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
342.14 (1) For filing an application for the first certificate of title, $157 $277, by the owner of the vehicle.
Section 2. 342.14 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
342.14 (3) For a certificate of title after a transfer, $157 $277, by the owner of the vehicle, except that this fee shall be waived with respect to an application for transfer of a decedent’s interest in a vehicle to his or her surviving domestic partner under ch. 770 or an immediate family member.
Section 3. 343.21 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
343.21 (1) (a) For the initial issuance or renewal of a license authorizing only the operation of “Class D” motor vehicles, other than a probationary license under s. 343.085, $24 $32.50.
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