100.48 Hour meter tampering.
(1) In this section:
(ad) “All-terrain vehicle" has the meaning given in s. 340.01 (2g).
(ag) “Boat" has the meaning given in s. 30.50 (2).
(am) “Farm equipment" means a tractor or other machinery used in the business of farming.
(b) “Hour meter" means an instrument that measures and records the actual hours of operation of the vehicle or device to which the instrument is attached.
(bg) “Off-highway motorcycle" has the meaning given in s. 23.335 (1) (q).
(c) “Snowmobile" has the meaning given in s. 350.01 (12).
(d) “Utility terrain vehicle" has the meaning given in s. 23.33 (1) (ng).
(2) No person may, either personally or through an agent, remove, replace, disconnect, reset, tamper with, alter, or fail to connect, an hour meter attached to farm equipment, a snowmobile, an all-terrain vehicle, a utility terrain vehicle, an off-highway motorcycle, or a boat with the intent to defraud by changing or affecting the number of hours of operation indicated on the hour meter.
(3)
(a) Nothing in this section shall prevent the service, repair or replacement of an hour meter if the number of hours of operation indicated on the hour meter remains the same as before the service, repair or replacement. If an hour meter attached to farm equipment, a snowmobile, an all-terrain vehicle, a utility terrain vehicle, an off-highway motorcycle, or a boat is incapable of registering the same number of hours of operation as before its service, repair or replacement, the hour meter shall be adjusted to read zero, and a sticker shall be affixed by the owner of the vehicle or device to which the hour meter is attached or an agent, in proximity to the hour meter, specifying the number of hours of operation recorded on the hour meter prior to its service, repair or replacement and the date on which it was serviced, repaired or replaced. No person who services, repairs or replaces an hour meter attached to farm equipment, a snowmobile, an all-terrain vehicle, a utility terrain vehicle, an off-highway motorcycle, or a boat that is incapable of registering the same number of hours of operation as before such service, repair or replacement may fail to adjust the hour meter to read zero or fail to affix the sticker required by this paragraph.
(b) No person may, with intent to defraud, remove, replace or alter a sticker affixed to an hour meter as required under par. (a).
(4)
(a) Any person who violates sub. (2) or (3) (b) with respect to an hour meter attached to farm equipment may be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year in the county jail, or both, for each violation.
(b) Any person who violates sub. (3) (a) with respect to an hour meter attached to farm equipment may be required to forfeit not more than $500 for each violation.
(c) Any person who violates sub. (2) or (3) with respect to an hour meter attached to a snowmobile, an all-terrain vehicle, a utility terrain vehicle, an off-highway motorcycle, or a boat may be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year in the county jail, or both, for each violation.
History: 1997 a. 278; 2003 a. 166; 2011 a. 208; 2015 a. 170.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 100 - Marketing; trade practices.
100.01 - Produce wholesalers, unfair conduct, liability for damages.
100.02 - Commission merchants, duties, must account.
100.025 - Classification of dairy heifer calves.
100.04 - Livestock production contracts.
100.05 - Butter and cheese manufacturers; accounts accessible.
100.057 - Wisconsin cheese logotype.
100.07 - Milk payments; audits.
100.14 - Uniform labels and trademarks.
100.15 - Regulation of trading stamps.
100.16 - Selling with pretense of prize; in-pack chance promotion exception.
100.174 - Mail-order sales regulated.
100.175 - Dating service contracts.
100.177 - Fitness center and weight reduction center contracts.
100.178 - Fitness center staff requirements.
100.18 - Fraudulent representations.
100.182 - Fraudulent drug advertising.
100.183 - Fraud, advertising foods.
100.184 - Advertising foods for sale.
100.185 - Fraud, advertising musical performances.
100.186 - Linseed oil, white lead, zinc oxide, turpentine; standards; sale.
100.187 - Sale of honey and Wisconsin certified honey; rules, prohibitions.
100.19 - Distribution methods and practices.
100.195 - Unfair billing for consumer goods or services.
100.197 - Patent notifications.
100.20 - Methods of competition and trade practices.
100.201 - Unfair trade practices in the dairy industry.
100.202 - Contracts in violation void.
100.203 - Vehicle protection product warranties.
100.205 - Motor vehicle rustproofing warranties.
100.206 - Music royalty collections; fair practices.
100.207 - Telecommunications services.
100.208 - Unfair trade practices in telecommunications.
100.209 - Video programming service subscriber rights.
100.2095 - Labeling of bedding.
100.21 - Substantiation of energy savings or safety claims.
100.22 - Discrimination in purchase of milk prohibited.
100.23 - Contract to market agricultural products; interference prohibited.
100.235 - Unfair trade practices in procurement of vegetable crops.
100.24 - Revocation of corporate authority.
100.261 - Consumer protection surcharge.
100.264 - Violations against elderly or disabled persons.
100.265 - List of gasohol and alternative fuel refueling facilities.
100.27 - Dry cell batteries containing mercury.
100.28 - Sale of cleaning agents and water conditioners containing phosphorus restricted.
100.285 - Reduction of toxics in packaging.
100.29 - Sale of nonrecyclable materials.
100.295 - Labeling of recycled, recyclable or degradable products.
100.297 - Plastic container recycled content.
100.305 - Prohibited selling practices during periods of abnormal economic disruption.
100.307 - Returns during emergency; prohibition.
100.31 - Unfair discrimination in drug pricing.
100.313 - Solicitation of a fee for providing a public record.
100.315 - Solicitation of contract using check or money order.
100.33 - Plastic container labeling.
100.335 - Child's containers containing bisphenol A.
100.36 - Frauds; substitute for butter; advertisement.
100.37 - Hazardous substances act.
100.383 - Antifreeze; bittering required.
100.43 - Packaging standards; poison prevention.
100.44 - Identification and notice of replacement part manufacturer.
100.45 - Mobile air conditioners.
100.46 - Energy consuming products.
100.47 - Sales of farm equipment.
100.48 - Hour meter tampering.
100.50 - Products containing or made with ozone-depleting substances.
100.51 - Motor fuel dealerships.
100.52 - Telephone solicitations.
100.525 - Telephone records; obtaining, selling, or receiving without consent.
100.53 - Vehicle rentals; title and registration fees.
100.54 - Access to credit reports.
100.545 - Security freezes for protected consumers.
100.55 - Furnishing or using certain consumer loan information to make solicitations.
100.57 - Tax preparers; privacy of client information.
100.60 - State renewable fuels goal.
100.65 - Residential contractors.
100.70 - Environmental, occupational health, and safety credentials.