Date of enactment: December 6, 2023
2023 Senate Bill 60 Date of publication*: December 7, 2023
2023 WISCONSIN ACT 43
AN ACT to amend 342.14 (3) and 342.14 (3m); and to create 342.01 (2) (aj) of the statutes; relating to: fees for
certain motor vehicle certificate of title transfers.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 342.01 (2) (aj) of the statutes is created
to read:
342.01 (2) (aj) “Immediate family member” means
a spouse, grandparent, parent, sibling, child, stepchild,
stepparent, or grandchild, or the spouse of a grandparent,
parent, sibling, child, stepchild, stepparent, or grand-
child.
SECTION 2. 342.14 (3) of the statutes is amended to
read:
342.14 (3) For a certificate of title after a transfer,
$157, by the owner of the vehicle, except that this fee
shall be waived with respect to an application for transfer
of a decedent’s interest in a vehicle to his or her surviving
spouse or domestic partner under ch. 770 or an immediate
family member.
SECTION 3. 342.14 (3m) of the statutes is amended to
read:
342.14 (3m) Upon filing an application under sub.
(1) or (3), a supplemental title fee of $7.50 by the owner
of the vehicle, except that this fee shall be waived with
respect to an application under sub. (3) for transfer of a
decedent’s interest in a vehicle to his or her surviving
spouse or domestic partner under ch. 770 or an immediate
family member. The fee specified under this subsection
is in addition to any other fee specified in this section.
This subsection does not apply to an application for a cer-
tificate of title for a low−speed vehicle.
SECTION 4.0Initial applicability.
(1) This act first applies to an application for a certifi-
cate of title received by the department of transportation
on the effective date of this subsection.
SECTION 5.0Effective date.
(1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 7th
month beginning after publication.
* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s
partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”