Section 154.14. Odometer disclosure statements to accompany application for title.

 

(1)  Except as provided in sub. (2) , for each previously titled motor vehicle, each application for certificate of title shall be accompanied by the odometer disclosure statement which the transferor of a motor vehicle is required to provide to the transferee. If ownership of the vehicle was transferred to a dealer prior to its sale to a retail purchaser, the application for title shall include the titled owner's odometer disclosure statement to the dealer and all odometer disclosure statements which have been provided by dealers or wholesalers who have reassigned ownership of the vehicle prior to its sale to a retail purchaser.

(2)  An application for title need not be accompanied by the odometer disclosure statement from an intermediate reassigning dealer if the odometer disclosure statement is one affected by the laws or regulations of another state which does not require a dealer transferring a vehicle to another dealer with the odometer disclosure statement of prior dealer transferors.

(3)  Each application for title for a new motor vehicle shall be accompanied by the odometer disclosure statements which the dealer transferor is required to provide to the retail purchaser who is named as owner in the application for title.

History: Cr. Register, January, 1996, No. 481 , eff. 2-1-96.