341.33 When fees refundable.
(1) The department shall not refund a fee paid to it except when expressly authorized or directed by this section or some other provision of the statutes to do so.
(2) The department shall refund the unused portion of a registration fee paid for the registration of a vehicle owned by a person who is entering active service in the naval or military forces of the United States or who is a member of the U.S. foreign service appointed under 22 USC 3942 (a) (1) or 3943 entering active service if the person makes application for such refund upon a form prescribed by the department, furnishes any proof that the department requires that the vehicle will not be operated in this or another state during the remainder of the period for which the vehicle is registered, and returns to the department the certificate of registration and registration plates. The refund shall be computed on the basis of one-twelfth of the annual registration fee or one twenty-fourth of the biennial registration fee paid for the vehicle, multiplied by the number of full months remaining in the period for which the vehicle is registered when the vehicle ceases to be operated.
(3) Upon request, the department shall refund 50 percent of a registration fee paid for a vehicle registered on a biennial basis if the person who registered the vehicle furnishes such proof as the department requires that the person has transferred his or her interest in the vehicle or terminated leasing the vehicle before the beginning of the 2nd year of the period for which the vehicle is registered or that the vehicle will not be operated in this state after the beginning of the 2nd year of the period for which the vehicle is registered. The department may require the person to return the certificate of registration and registration plates for the vehicle to the department. Except as provided in sub. (1), the department may not refund more than 50 percent of the fee paid for the registration of a vehicle registered on a biennial basis.
History: 1975 c. 32, 199; 1977 c. 29 ss. 1444, 1654 (7) (a), (e); 1989 a. 31; 1997 a. 27; 2015 a. 323.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 341 - Registration of vehicles.
341.01 - Words and phrases defined.
341.03 - Operating vehicle after suspension, revocation or cancellation of registration.
341.04 - Operation of unregistered or improperly registered vehicle.
341.045 - Use of registered farm trucks regulated.
341.05 - When vehicles exempt from registration.
341.057 - All-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles.
341.058 - Electric scooters and electric personal assistive mobility devices.
341.0585 - Personal delivery devices.
341.059 - Off-highway motorcycles.
341.06 - Optional registration.
341.067 - Registration of special vehicles.
341.07 - Certain vehicles to be registered by resident lessee.
341.075 - Mobile air conditioner servicing information.
341.08 - Application for registration.
341.085 - Registration of ambulances.
341.09 - Temporary operation permits and plates.
341.10 - Grounds for refusing registration.
341.12 - Design, procurement and issuance of registration plates.
341.13 - Additional specifications for design of certain plates.
341.135 - Rebasing registration plates.
341.14 - Application for and issuance of special plates.
341.142 - Veterans honorary medal decals.
341.145 - Personalized registration plates.
341.147 - Fleet registration plates.
341.15 - Display of registration plates.
341.16 - Issuance of replacement plate.
341.17 - Department to compile registration lists.
341.185 - Application for quarterly or consecutive monthly registration.
341.19 - Telephone authorization for quarterly and consecutive monthly registration.
341.195 - Suspension for failure to pay fees for telephone authorization.
341.20 - Alternative vehicle registration and title pilot projects.
341.21 - Registration and title transactions by contractors.
341.25 - Annual and biennial registration fees.
341.255 - Special transaction fees.
341.26 - Special registration fees for certain vehicles.
341.264 - Permanent semitrailer registration.
341.265 - Antique motor vehicles; registration, plates, use.
341.266 - Special interest vehicles; registration, plates, use.
341.267 - Driver education motor vehicles; registration and insurance.
341.268 - Reconstructed, replica, street modified and homemade vehicles; registration, plates, use.
341.269 - Historic military vehicles; registration, plates, use.
341.27 - Registration periods for private automobiles, certain motor trucks, and taxicabs.
341.295 - Special registration period for certain vehicles.
341.297 - Biennial registration.
341.30 - Quarterly registration.
341.305 - Consecutive monthly registration.
341.308 - Optional trailer fleet registration.
341.32 - Vehicle to be reregistered if subject to a different fee.
341.33 - When fees refundable.
341.335 - Notice of change of address, name or vehicle color.
341.35 - Municipal or county vehicle registration fee.
341.36 - Fee to reinstate suspended or revoked registration.
341.40 - Exemption of nonresidents and foreign-registered vehicles.
341.405 - International registration plan.
341.41 - Reciprocity agreements authorized.
341.45 - Importation in vehicle tanks regulated; taxes; fee; permits.
341.51 - When department to register dealer, distributor, manufacturer or transporter; application.
341.52 - Design of registration plates.
341.53 - Expiration of registration; transferability of plates.
341.55 - Penalty for misuse of plates.
341.57 - Registration of finance companies and financial institutions.
341.60 - Fraudulent application for registration or license.
341.605 - Unlawful transfer of evidence of registration.
341.61 - Improper use of evidence of registration.
341.615 - Reproducing evidence of registration prohibited.
341.62 - False evidence of registration.
341.625 - Special registration plates.
341.63 - When registration to be suspended.
341.64 - Transfer of vehicle ownership while registration is suspended.
341.65 - Unregistered motor vehicles prohibited; immobilization; removal; disposal.