(1) Except as
provided in sub. (3), the department shall charge a fee for special handling
service as follows:
(a) For processing an
application for a certificate of title, $4.
(b) For processing an application for a
combination of a certificate of title and registration, $4.
(c) For processing an application for
registration only, $2.
(2) The department may charge only one
special handling service fee under sub. (1) per application.
(3) The department shall charge a special
handling service fee when an applicant does one of the following:
(a) Mails an application to the department
with a request for special handling, and the department satisfies one of the
following conditions:
1. Issues a certificate
of title or registration within 2 working days of receipt of the
request.
2. Contacts the applicant
by telephone within 2 working days of receipt of an incomplete application for
a certificate of title or registration.
3. Mails a written response to the applicant
within 2 working days of receipt of an incomplete application for a certificate
of title or registration.
(b) Submits an application to the department
and requests issuance of a certificate of title in less than the 3 days
normally required for the department to check the application against the
records of stolen vehicles in the department of justice as prescribed by s.
342.08, Stats.
(c) Requests the department to locate an
application previously submitted to the department and the department locates
the application.
(4) The
special handling fee shall be refunded if the department determines that the
special handling service for which the fee was collected was not
performed.
Notes
Wis. Admin. Code
Department of Transportation
Trans 196.04
Cr. Register, August,
1990, No. 416, eff. 9-1-90; am. (1) (d), Register, January, 1992, No. 433, eff.
2-1-92; CR 05-024: am. (1) (d) Register September 2005 No. 597, eff. 10-1-05;
CR 10-030: r. (1) (d) Register July 2010 No. 655, eff. 8-1-10; correction in
(2) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7,
Stats., Register July 2010 No. 655; 2013 Wis. Act 363: r. (2) (b), (3) (d), (5)
Register May 2014 No. 701, eff. 6-1-14.
The mailing address for requests for special handling of an
application for a certificate of title or registration is: Division of Motor
Vehicles, Fast Service Processing, P.O. Box 7306, Madison, Wisconsin,
53707-7306.
Note: As of September 1, 1990, the special department
telephone registration service is limited to a pilot project using a special
telephone number. The special telephone number and information about the use of
the service may be obtained from the Inquiry and Tracing Unit, (608) 266-1466.
Note: The forms MV2, License Plate Renewal Notice
(postcard), and MV3, License Plate Renewal Notice (statement), are not required
to renew a vehicle registration or to use the special department telephone
registration service, but provide information regarding the renewal of vehicle
registration. The department mails the forms to the owner of a vehicle
approximately 30 days prior to the expiration of a vehicle's registration.
