Chapter 343, OPERATORS’ LICENSES
79 sections in this chapter.
Wis. Stat. § 343.315 Commercial motor vehicle disqualifications; effects
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343.315 Commercial motor vehicle disqualifications; effects. (1g) DEFINITION. In this section, “engaged in commercial motor vehicle-related activities” means all of the following: (a) Operating or using a commercial motor vehicle. (b) Operating or using any motor vehicle on or af…
Wis. Stat. § 343.32 Other grounds for revocation or suspension of licenses; demerit points
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343.32 Other grounds for revocation or suspension of licenses; demerit points. (1) The secretary shall revoke a person’s operating privilege whenever notice has been received of the conviction of such person in another jurisdiction for an offense therein which, if committed in th…
Wis. Stat. § 343.325 Courts to report appeals; when appeal stays suspension, revocation or disqualification
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343.325 Courts to report appeals; when appeal stays suspension, revocation or disqualification. (1) If a person files a notice of appeal from a conviction the clerk of the court in which such conviction occurred, or the judge of a court not having a clerk, shall: (a) Promptly for…
Wis. Stat. § 343.33 Hearing on suspensions and revocations
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343.33 Hearing on suspensions and revocations. (1) Whenever the department under authority of s. 343.32 or 343.34 revokes or suspends a person’s operating privilege, the department shall immediately notify such person thereof in writing and upon his or her request shall afford hi…
Wis. Stat. § 343.34 Suspension of licenses
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343.34 Suspension of licenses. The secretary may suspend operating privileges under this section under the following circumstances: (1) Whenever the secretary is satisfied that a person has violated a restriction on the license and that it is in the interests of public safety to …
Wis. Stat. § 343.345 Restriction, limitation or suspension of operating privilege
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343.345 Restriction, limitation or suspension of operating privilege. The department shall restrict, limit or suspend a person’s operating privilege if the person is delinquent in making court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expen…
Wis. Stat. § 343.35 Surrender of licenses upon cancellation, revocation or suspension
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343.35 Surrender of licenses upon cancellation, revocation or suspension. (1) The department may order any person whose operating privilege has been canceled, revoked or suspended to surrender his or her license or licenses to the department. The department may order any person w…
Wis. Stat. § 343.36 Department to distribute suspension, revocation and disqualification lists and nonresidents’ records of conviction
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343.36 Department to distribute suspension, revocation and disqualification lists and nonresidents’ records of conviction. (2) Once each month, the department shall compile a list of the names and addresses of all residents of this state whose operating privileges were revoked or…
Wis. Stat. § 343.37 No operation under foreign license during revocation or suspension
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343.37 No operation under foreign license during revocation or suspension. (1) An operator’s license or permit issued by another jurisdiction does not authorize a resident of this state whose operating privilege has been revoked or suspended pursuant to the laws of this state to …
Wis. Stat. § 343.38 Reinstatement after revocation, suspension, cancellation, or disqualification
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343.38 Reinstatement after revocation, suspension, cancellation, or disqualification. (1) REINSTATEMENT AFTER REVOCATION. Except as provided in ss. 343.10, 343.31 (1m), 343.39, and 351.07, the department shall not reinstate the operating privilege of a person whose operating priv…
Wis. Stat. § 343.39 When operating privilege automatically reinstated
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343.39 When operating privilege automatically reinstated. (1) An operating privilege is automatically reinstated under any of the following circumstances: (b) When, in the case of a revocation, suspension, or disqualification based on a conviction, the conviction is reversed, set…
Wis. Stat. § 343.40 Judicial review of suspension, revocation, cancellation or denial of license
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343.40 Judicial review of suspension, revocation, cancellation or denial of license. The denial or cancellation of a license or the revocation or suspension of an operating privilege is subject to judicial review in the manner provided in ch. 227 for the review of administrative …
Wis. Stat. § 343.43 Unlawful use of license
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343.43 Unlawful use of license. (1) No person shall: (a) Represent as valid any canceled, revoked, suspended, fictitious or fraudulently altered license; or (b) Sell or lend that person’s license to any other person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another; or (c) Represent…
Wis. Stat. § 343.435 License not to be used as security
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343.435 License not to be used as security. (1) No person may require or accept an operator’s license, chauffeur’s license, occupational license, instructional permit or any other license or permit issued under this chapter as security. (2) Any person violating this section may b…
Wis. Stat. § 343.44 Operating while suspended, revoked, ordered out-of-service or disqualified
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343.44 Operating while suspended, revoked, ordered out-of-service or disqualified. (1) OPERATING OFFENSES. (a) Operating while suspended. No person whose operating privilege has been duly suspended under the laws of this state may operate a motor vehicle upon any highway in this …
Wis. Stat. § 343.45 Permitting unauthorized person to drive
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343.45 Permitting unauthorized person to drive. (1) No person shall cause or knowingly permit the person’s child or ward under 18 years of age to operate a motor vehicle upon any highway in violation of this chapter or when such minor is not authorized under this chapter to opera…
Wis. Stat. § 343.46 Duty of persons renting vehicles to another
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343.46 Duty of persons renting vehicles to another. (1) No person shall rent a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer to another unless the person who is to operate such rented vehicle is duly licensed under this chapter or, in the case of a nonresident, is duly licensed under the…
Wis. Stat. § 343.50 Identification cards
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343.50 Identification cards. (1) ISSUANCE. (a) Subject to par. (b) and s. 343.165, the department shall issue to every qualified applicant, who has paid all required fees, an identification card as provided in this section. (b) The department may not issue an identification card …
Wis. Stat. § 343.51 Special identification cards for physically disabled
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343.51 Special identification cards for physically disabled. (1) Any person who qualifies for registration plates of a special design under s. 341.14 (1), (1a), (1m), or (1q) or any other person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk may request from the dep…
Wis. Stat. § 343.52 Unlawful use of special identification cards
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343.52 Unlawful use of special identification cards. (1) Any person or organization who does any of the following may be required to forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $300: (a) Lends to another a special identification card issued under s. 343.51, knowing that the person bo…
Wis. Stat. § 343.60 Definitions
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343.60 Definitions. In ss. 343.60 to 343.73: (1) “Driver school” means a business that gives instruction, for compensation, in the operation of motor vehicles, except that it does not include any of the following: (a) A high school or technical college that teaches driver trainin…
Wis. Stat. § 343.61 Driver school requirements
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343.61 Driver school requirements. (1) The department shall issue and renew driver school licenses in conformity with the requirements of this subchapter. No person may operate a driver school, advertise, solicit bids for business, or provide services unless the person holds a va…
Wis. Stat. § 343.62 Instructor requirements
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343.62 Instructor requirements. (1) The department shall issue and renew instructor’s licenses in conformity with the requirements of this subchapter. No person, including a person holding a driver school license, may act as an instructor in a driver school unless the person hold…
Wis. Stat. § 343.66 Revocation, suspension, cancellation, or denial of renewal of driver school licenses and instructor’s licenses
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343.66 Revocation, suspension, cancellation, or denial of renewal of driver school licenses and instructor’s licenses. (1) The department may suspend, revoke, or cancel any driver school license issued under s. 343.61 or instructor’s license issued under s. 343.62, or, subject to…
Wis. Stat. § 343.69 Hearings on license denials, cancellations, restrictions, suspensions, and revocations, and progressive enforcement action
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343.69 Hearings on license denials, cancellations, restrictions, suspensions, and revocations, and progressive enforcement action. (1) If the department denies an application for original issuance or renewal of a driver school license or instructor’s license, or revokes, suspends…
Wis. Stat. § 343.71 Driver school records, curriculum, and operations
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343.71 Driver school records, curriculum, and operations. (1m) Every licensed driver school shall maintain all of the following records: (a) A record showing the date, type, and duration of, and the name and address of each person receiving, all lessons, lectures, tutoring, instr…
Wis. Stat. § 343.72 Rules for conducting driver schools; prohibited practices
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343.72 Rules for conducting driver schools; prohibited practices. (1) No licensee may agree to give refresher lessons, unless the student states that he or she has had previous experience operating a motor vehicle. (5m) No driver school may represent that completion of a course o…
Wis. Stat. § 343.73 Penalty
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343.73 Penalty. Any person who violates ss. 343.60 to 343.72 may be required to forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $200 for each offense. History: 1971 c. 278; 1973 c. 218; 2005 a. 397. History: 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (e); 1977 c. 196 s. 131; 1977 c. 273; 1981 c. 390 s. 252…
Wis. Stat. § 343.75 Control group testing by department
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343.75 Control group testing by department. The department may exempt certain persons from one or more of the mandatory requirements of this chapter to establish a test group in order to compare this group with a group of persons not exempted from any of the mandatory requirement…