342.25 Suspension or revocation of certificate.
(1) The department shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title if it finds any of the following:
(a) The certificate of title was fraudulently procured, erroneously issued or prohibited by law.
(b) The vehicle has been scrapped, dismantled or destroyed.
(c) A transfer of title is set aside by a court of record by order or judgment.
(d) The vehicle's odometer has been subjected to tampering and return of the certificate of title to the department is considered necessary to make a notation of that information on the certificate.
(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, the owner or person in possession of it shall, immediately upon receiving notice of the suspension or revocation, mail or deliver the certificate to the department.
(4) The department may seize and impound any certificate of title which has been suspended or revoked.
History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a); 1993 a. 159.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 342 - Vehicle title and anti-theft law.
342.01 - Words and phrases defined.
342.02 - Excepted liens and security interests.
342.03 - Motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer leases.
342.05 - When certificate of title required.
342.06 - Application for certificate of title.
342.065 - Title for salvage vehicle.
342.07 - Title for repaired salvage vehicle.
342.08 - Department to examine records.
342.09 - When department to issue certificate and to whom; maintenance of records.
342.10 - Contents of certificate of title.
342.11 - Grounds for refusing issuance of certificate of title.
342.12 - Withholding certificate of title; bond.
342.13 - Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates.
342.15 - Transfer of interest in a vehicle.
342.155 - Mileage disclosure requirements of transferors and transferees.
342.156 - Transfers of leased motor vehicles.
342.157 - Motor vehicle salvage pools and auction companies to maintain records.
342.16 - Transfer to or from dealer.
342.17 - Involuntary transfers.
342.18 - When department to issue a new certificate.
342.19 - Perfection of security interests.
342.195 - Notification of person who has perfected security interest.
342.20 - Duties on creation of security interest.
342.21 - Assignment of security interest.
342.22 - Release of security interest.
342.23 - Secured party's and owner's duties.
342.24 - Method of perfecting exclusive.
342.245 - Electronic processing of certain applications.
342.25 - Suspension or revocation of certificate.
342.255 - Cancellation of title or registration.
342.30 - Identification numbers.
342.31 - Report of stolen or abandoned motor vehicles.
342.32 - Counterfeiting and unlawful possession of certificate of title.
342.33 - Sale of vehicle used as taxicab.
342.34 - Department to be notified of destruction or junking of vehicle.