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Wisconsin · Through 2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)

Wis. Stat. § 345.17: Penalty for false statements.

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  1. Chs. 340-351, Vehicles
  2. Chapter 345 Vehicles — Civil And Criminal Liability
  3. SUBCHAPTER III ARRESTS, BAIL, PENALTIES

(1) Unless another civil or criminal penalty is expressly prescribed by law, no person may make a false statement to the department or secretary on which the department or the secretary relies in:

(a) Issuing a duplicate title.

(b) Issuing a duplicate license or operating privilege.

(c) Performing an act or administering a law that the department or secretary is required by law to administer or perform.

(2) Any person who violates sub. (1) shall forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $100 for the first offense and shall forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $500 for the 2nd and each subsequent offense.

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