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| Certificate of Title Generally Required
The owner of a vehicle subject to registration in this state, whether or
not such vehicle is operated on any highway of this state, must make application for
certificate of title for the vehicle if the owner has newly acquired the vehicle, he or
she shall make application under s. 342.15. If the owner applies for registration of
a vehicle without holding a valid certificate of title previously issued to that owner by
the department for the vehicle, he or she shall at the same time apply for a certificate
of title. See Wisconsin Statutes Section 342.05
from the Wisconsin Legislature |
| Transfer of Interest in Vehicle
If an owner transfers an interest in a vehicle, other than by the creation of a
security interest, the owner must comply with requirements of section 342.155, which
covers mileage disclosure requirments, and, at the time of the delivery of vehicle,
execute an assignment and warranty of title to transferee, on the certificate, and cause
certificate to be mailed or delivered to transferee, except that if the vehicle being
transferred is a junk vehicle, the owner must return certificate to the department in
accordance with section 342.34.See Wisconsin Statutes Section 342.15 |
| Damaged or Salvage
Vehicles No person may transfer a motor vehicle without disclosing in
writing to transferee whether any of the information specified in section 342.10 (3),
covering vehicles damaged by floods, lemon law vehicles, and salvage vehicles is
applicable to the vehicle. No transferor shall knowingly give a false statement to a
transferee in making the disclosure. See Wisconsin Statutes Section 342.15 |
| Title Held By More Than
One Party Notwithstanding section 340.01 (42), any person who holds legal
title of a vehicle with one or more other persons may, after June 1, 1997, transfer
ownership of the vehicle under this subsection if legal title to the vehicle is held in
the names of such persons in the alternative, including a vehicle held in a form
designating the holder by the words "(name of person) or (name of
other person)". See Wisconsin Statutes Section 342.15 |
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Wisconsin Division of Transportation
Vehicle Records
P.O. Box 7911
4802 Sheboygan Avenue,
Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7911.
Tel.: (608) 266-1466 |
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| Uniform Consumer Credit Code Wisconsin |
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| Vehicle
Dealers, Sales Finance Licensing No motor vehicle dealer, motor
vehicle salesperson or sales finance company shall engage in business as such in this
state without a license therefor as provided in this section. If any motor vehicle dealer
acts as a motor vehicle salesperson, he or she shall secure a motor vehicle
salesperson’s license in addition to a license for motor vehicle dealer. Every motor
vehicle dealer shall be responsible for the licensing of every motor vehicle salesperson
in his or her employ. Any person violating this paragraph may be fined not less than $500
nor more than $5,000. See Wisconsin Statutes Section 218.01 |
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| WisDOT-
Wisconsin's Lemon Law |
| 1997-98 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations from the
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