Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 341 - Registration of vehicles.
341.61 - Improper use of evidence of registration.

341.61 Improper use of evidence of registration. Any person who does any of the following may be required to forfeit not more than $500:
(1) Lends to another a registration plate, insert tag, decal or other evidence of registration for display upon a vehicle for which the plate, tag, decal or other evidence of registration has not been issued.
(2) Displays upon a vehicle a registration plate, insert tag, decal or other evidence of registration not issued for such vehicle or not otherwise authorized by law to be used thereon.
(3) Willfully twists, paints, alters or adds to or cuts off any portion of a registration plate, insert tag, decal or other evidence of registration; or who places or deposits, or causes to be placed or deposited on such plate, insert tag, decal or other evidence of registration any substance to hinder the normal reading of such plate, insert tag, decal or other evidence of registration; or who defaces, disfigures, covers, obstructs, changes or attempts to change any letter or figure thereon; or who causes such plate, insert tag, decal or other evidence of registration to appear to be a different color.
(4) Possesses a fraudulently or unlawfully obtained registration plate, insert tag, decal or other evidence of registration.
(5) Possesses a counterfeit registration plate, insert tag, decal or other evidence of registration.
History: 1973 c. 218; 1993 a. 470; 1995 a. 128.

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.

341.055 - Snowmobiles.

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.

341.11 - Contents, issuance and display of certificate of registration; issuance of duplicate certificate.

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.

341.18 - Evidence of registration to be displayed on vehicles registered under quarterly or consecutive monthly systems; operation without display of registration prohibited.

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.

341.28 - Part-year fees.

341.29 - Registration for vehicles other than 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.

341.31 - When part-period fees payable for vehicles other than automobiles and certain motor trucks; computation of part-period fees.

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.

341.409 - Reciprocal registration exemption agreements for federally recognized Indian tribes or bands.

341.41 - Reciprocity agreements authorized.

341.43 - Audits and appeals.

341.45 - Importation in vehicle tanks regulated; taxes; fee; permits.

341.47 - When vehicles of dealers, distributors, manufacturers and transporters exempt from general registration requirements.

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.