Department to examine records

342.08 Department to examine records. The department shall check the application for a certificate of title against records of stolen vehicles: (1) Before issuing a certificate of title for a vehicle last previously registered in another jurisdiction. (2) Upon receipt of an application for a certificate of title showing a transfer of ownership of a vehicle. History: 1973 c. 169; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a); 1987 a. 349; 2003 a. 184. Cross-reference: See also ch. Trans 196, Wis. adm. code.