30.577 Suspension or revocation of certificate of title, certificate of number, or registration.
(1) The department shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title, certificate of number, or registration for a boat if it finds any of the following:
(a) The certificate of title, certificate of number, or registration was fraudulently procured, erroneously issued, or prohibited by law.
(b) The boat has been scrapped, dismantled, or destroyed.
(c) A transfer of title, certificate of number, or registration is set aside by a court by order or judgment.
(2) Suspension or revocation of a certificate of title does not, in itself, affect the validity of a security interest noted on it.
(3) When the department suspends or revokes a certificate of title, certificate of number, or registration, the owner or person in possession of the certificate or registration shall, within 5 days after receiving notice of the suspension or revocation, mail or deliver the certificate or registration to the department.
(4) The department may seize and impound a certificate of title, certificate of number, or registration that is suspended or revoked.
History: 1991 a. 39; 2015 a. 89.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 30 - Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.
30.025 - Permit procedure for utility facilities.
30.027 - Lower Wisconsin State Riverway.
30.03 - Enforcement of forfeitures; abatement of nuisances; infringement of public rights.
30.05 - Applicability of chapter to municipally-owned submerged shorelands.
30.053 - Applicability of chapter to artificial water bodies and certain impoundments.
30.056 - Exemption from certain permit requirements.
30.06 - Waiver of certain provisions of this chapter.
30.07 - Transportation of aquatic plants and animals; placement of objects in navigable waters.
30.10 - Declarations of navigability.
30.103 - Identification of ordinary high-water mark by town sanitary district.
30.105 - Determining footage of shoreline.
30.11 - Establishment of bulkhead lines.
30.12 - Structures and deposits in navigable waters.
30.121 - Regulation of boathouses and houseboats.
30.122 - Unauthorized structures.
30.123 - Bridges and culverts.
30.124 - Waterfowl habitat management.
30.125 - Shoreline maintenance in outlying waters.
30.1255 - Report on control of aquatic nuisance species.
30.126 - Regulation of fishing rafts.
30.13 - Regulation of wharves, piers and swimming rafts; establishment of pierhead lines.
30.131 - Wharves and piers placed and maintained by persons other than riparian owners.
30.133 - Prohibition against conveyance of riparian rights.
30.1335 - Marina condominiums.
30.134 - Use of exposed shore areas along streams.
30.135 - Regulation of water ski platforms and jumps.
30.14 - Reports of and hearings on violations.
30.15 - Penalty for unlawful obstruction of navigable waters.
30.16 - Removal of obstructions to navigation.
30.18 - Withdrawal of water from lakes and streams.
30.19 - Enlargement and protection of waterways.
30.195 - Changing of stream courses.
30.196 - Enclosure of navigable waters; issuance of permits to municipalities.
30.20 - Removal of material from beds of navigable waters.
30.201 - Financial assurance for nonmetallic mining.
30.2022 - Activities of department of transportation.
30.2023 - Seawalls; Wolf River and Fox River basins.
30.2025 - Lake Koshkonong comprehensive project.
30.2026 - Lake Belle View and Sugar River project.
30.203 - Lake Winnebago comprehensive project.
30.2035 - Shoreline protection study.
30.2037 - Big Silver Lake high-water mark.
30.2038 - Milwaukee shoreline established.
30.204 - Lake acidification experiment.
30.205 - Water resources development projects.
30.2065 - General permit for certain wetland restoration activities.
30.207 - General permit pilot program.
30.208 - Applications for individual permits and contracts; department determinations.
30.209 - Contracts and individual permits; administrative and judicial review.
30.2095 - Limits and conditions for permits and contracts.
30.21 - Use of beds of Great Lakes by public utilities.
30.25 - Wolf River protection.
30.255 - Florence Wild Rivers Interpretive Center.
30.265 - Adopt a river program.
30.27 - Lower St. Croix River preservation.
30.275 - Scenic urban waterways.
30.277 - Urban rivers grant program.
30.28 - Fees for permits, other approvals, and determinations.
30.285 - Records of exemptions and permitted activities.
30.29 - Operation of motor vehicles in waters prohibited.
30.291 - Inspections for certain exemptions and permitted activities.
30.292 - Parties to a violation.
30.294 - Nuisances, abatement.
30.30 - Municipal authority to make harbor improvements.
30.31 - Procedural and other requirements to be followed in making harbor improvements.
30.32 - Contracts; competitive bidding; exceptions.
30.33 - Harbor railway belt lines.
30.34 - Financing harbor improvements and operations generally.
30.35 - Financing harbor improvements through bonds or notes.
30.37 - Boards of harbor commissioners authorized.
30.38 - Powers and duties of boards of harbor commissioners.
30.42 - Departmental duties, powers, prohibitions.
30.44 - Permits and waivers; board procedures.
30.443 - Erosion prevention and control.
30.45 - Prohibited and restricted activities in the riverway.
30.452 - Prohibited activities in the river.
30.455 - Department of transportation activities.
30.47 - Restrictions on recreational use.
30.501 - Capacity plates on boats.
30.505 - Certificate of number system to conform to federal system.
30.51 - Certificate of number and registration; requirements; exemptions.
30.525 - Voluntary contributions for nonmotorized boats.
30.53 - Certificate of origin; requirements; contents; guaranteed asset protection waivers.
30.531 - Certificate of title; requirements; exemptions.
30.533 - Application for certificate of title; hull and engine identification numbers.
30.535 - Department to examine records.
30.537 - Certificate of title; issuance, records, fees.
30.539 - Contents of certificate of title.
30.54 - Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates.
30.541 - Transfers of boat titles.
30.543 - Report of stolen or abandoned boats.
30.544 - Inspection of boats purchased out-of-state.
30.547 - Alterations and falsifications prohibited.
30.55 - Notice of abandonment or destruction of boat or change of address.
30.553 - Sharing boat title records.
30.57 - Perfection of security interests.
30.571 - Notification of person who has perfected security interest.
30.572 - Duties on creation of security interest.
30.573 - Assignment of security interest.
30.574 - Release of security interest.
30.575 - Secured party's and owner's duties.
30.576 - Method of perfecting exclusive.
30.577 - Suspension or revocation of certificate of title, certificate of number, or registration.
30.578 - Grounds for refusing issuance of certificate of title.
30.60 - Classification of motorboats.
30.625 - Rental of motorboats.
30.63 - Sale and use of certain outboard motors restricted.
30.635 - Motorboat prohibition.
30.67 - Accidents and accident reports.
30.675 - Distress signal flag.
30.678 - Boating safety certificates; requirements; exemptions; operation by minors.
30.682 - Preliminary breath screening test.
30.686 - Report arrest to department.
30.687 - Officer's action after arrest for violating intoxicated boating law.
30.71 - Disposal of waste from boats equipped with toilets.
30.72 - Watercraft use rules, Lower St. Croix River.
30.73 - Use regulations, Brule River.
30.74 - Additional functions of department.
30.742 - Water exhibitions and races; rules.
30.75 - Service of process on nonresident.
30.77 - Local regulation of boating.
30.772 - Placement and use of moorings; restrictions; permits.
30.773 - Designated mooring areas.
30.78 - Local regulation of seaplanes.
30.79 - Local water safety patrols; state aids.
30.81 - Local regulations on icebound inland waters.
30.90 - Public access to Lake Lions.