Chapter 351 — HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDERS

351.01 Declaration of intent. The legislature intends by enacting this chapter: (1) To provide maximum safety for all users of the highways of this state. (2) To deny the privilege of operating motor vehicles to persons who by their conduct and record have demonstrated their indi…

351.02 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Habitual traffic offender” means any person, resident or nonresident, whose record, as maintained by the department shows that the person has accumulated the number of convictions for the separate and distinct offenses, regardless of the …

351.025 Revocation. (1) The secretary shall revoke a person’s operating privilege for a period of 5 years upon receipt of a record of conviction which brings the person within the defini- May 22, 2026, are designated by NOTES. (Published 5-22-26) 351.025 HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER…

351.027 Hearing on revocations. (1) Whenever the secretary under authority of s. 351.025 revokes a person’s operating privilege, the secretary shall immediately notify the person in writing of the revocation and of the person’s right to a hearing on the revocation as provided in …

351.03 Secretary to certify copy of conviction record. Upon receipt of the copy of the petition under s. 351.027, the secretary shall certify the record of conviction of any person whose record brings him or her within the definition of a habitual traffic offender or repeat habit…

351.04 District attorney or attorney general to represent secretary. The district attorney for the county in which the person resides who receives the certified copy of record from the secretary under s. 351.03 shall represent the secretary at the hearing under s. 351.027. In the…

351.05 Habitual traffic offender or repeat habitual traffic offender determination by the court. The court in which the petition under s. 351.027 is filed shall determine whether the person is a habitual traffic offender or repeat habitual traffic offender. If the person denies h…

351.06 Order of court. If the court finds that the person before it is not the same person named in the record or that he or she is not a habitual traffic offender or repeat habitual traffic offender, the court shall order the secretary to reinstate the person’s Wisconsin operati…

351.07 Occupational license; conviction after issuance. (1) A person whose operating privilege has been revoked under this chapter as a habitual traffic offender may, after 2 years of the period of revocation have elapsed, petition a judge of the circuit court for the county in w…

351.08 Operation of motor vehicle by habitual traffic offender or repeat habitual traffic offender prohibited; penalty; enforcement. Any person who is convicted of operating a motor vehicle in this state while the revocation under this chapter is in effect shall, in addition to a…

351.09 Recalculation of habitual traffic offender status. Any person whose operating privilege is revoked as a habitual traffic offender or as a repeat habitual traffic offender and whose classification as a habitual traffic offender or repeat habitual traffic offender resulted f…

351.10 Appeals. An appeal to the court of appeals may be taken from any final action or order of a court entered under this chapter in the same manner and form as an appeal in a criminal case. History: 1979 c. 333; 1983 a. 535; Sup. Ct. Order, 146 Wis. 2d xiii, (1988).

351.11 Application of chapter. This chapter is in addition to and not in substitution for any provision of ch. 343 requiring the revocation of an operating privilege. An operating privilege may be revoked in accordance with ch. 343 notwithstanding the fact that the revocation is …