Trans 128.05(8) (8) No amendments. A notice may not be amended, but additional notices may be filed under different TVRP suspension numbers by a suspending authority if the suspending authority desires to have registration suspended or refused for additional or different judgments, citations, or unpaid towing and storage charges associated with a parking citation.

Trans 128.05(9) (9) Prompt satisfaction. A suspending authority shall mail or deliver a notice of satisfaction on the form prescribed in s. Trans 128.04 (5) to the department not later than 3 working days after the suspending authority receives payment of the judgment, citation or unpaid towing or storage charge associated with a parking citation, otherwise determines that the unpaid citation, judgment or unpaid storage charge associated with a parking citation has been satisfied or, in the case of an unpaid citation or a towing and storage charge associated with a parking citation, the person appears in court to contest the citation.

Trans 128.05(10) (10) Accuracy. The suspending authority shall assure that a notice sent to the department under this chapter is a correct and appropriate submission and that it is not submitted in violation of any injunction or a bankruptcy stay.

Trans 128.05(11) (11) Record disposal. A TVRP case may be deleted from the department’s records in any of the following circumstances:

Trans 128.05(11)(a) (a) Six years after the date of filing.

Trans 128.05(11)(b) (b) Upon receipt of notice that collection of debts against the vehicle owner is stayed under 11 USC 362.

Trans 128.05 Note Note: The department disposes of records of cases more than 6 years old on a semi–annual basis. Cases released under par. (b) may be refiled under sub. (12) once the bankruptcy stay is lifted.

Trans 128.05(12) (12) Refiling. Nothing herein prohibits a suspending authority from re-filing notice of nonpayment if a judgment remains unpaid and has been removed from the department’s records under sub. (11).

Trans 128.05(13) (13) Per case fee assessment. The department shall assess the fee determined under s. Trans 128.13 (3) for each TVRP case processed under the procedure described in this section. Multiple citations or towing and storage charges associated with a parking citation reported electronically as one case under s. Trans 128.14 shall be treated as one TVRP case for purposes of this subsection.

Trans 128.05 History History: CR 07-065: cr. Register December 2007 No. 624, eff. 1-1-08.

Trans 128.06 Trans 128.06 Actions associated with unpaid judgment cases. Pursuant to s. 341.10 (7), Stats., upon notification by a court under s. 345.47 (1) (d), Stats., that a person has an unpaid judgment, the department shall send an initial notification letter to the person named by the court to the address supplied by the court or to any more recent address for the person known to the department. The letter shall notify the person that the department will refuse registration of vehicles titled or registered to the person in the manner required by s. Trans 128.04 (1). Failure of the department to send the notice, or of the debtor to receive it, is not a defense to refusal of registration.

Trans 128.06 History History: CR 07-065: cr. Register December 2007 No. 624, eff. 1-1-08.

Trans 128.07 Trans 128.07 Record of action. When a department issued suspension or refusal order is computer-created, the computer shall also create a computer image file or microfiche of the text of the letter as the record of action, or shall store the information included on the suspension order so that a copy of the text of the suspension order may be recreated. Records stored under this subsection may be destroyed at the same time or after any record of the suspension is removed from the department’s database of vehicle records.

Trans 128.07 History History: CR 07-065: cr. Register December 2007 No. 624, eff. 1-1-08.

Trans 128.08 Trans 128.08 Refusal of registration.

Trans 128.08(1) (1) Scope. If the department refuses registration, it may not permit the person to do any of the following:

Trans 128.08(1)(a) (a) Register a vehicle.

Trans 128.08(1)(b) (b) Re–register a vehicle.

Trans 128.08(1)(c) (c) Renew the registration of a vehicle.

Trans 128.08(1)(d) (d) Change the gross weight at which a vehicle is registered.

Trans 128.08(1)(e) (e) Change the operating status of a vehicle.

Trans 128.08(1)(f) (f) Transfer registration to another vehicle.

Trans 128.08(1)(g) (g) Acquire registration as part of the transfer of ownership of a vehicle.

Trans 128.08(1)(h) (h) Continue a nonexpiring registration.

Trans 128.08(1)(i) (i) Obtain replacement license plates for any 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 Note Note: 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.