{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-342.255","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 342.255","heading":"Cancellation of title or registration.","body":"The department shall cancel a title or registration whenever:\n(1) A transfer of title is set aside by the court by order or judgment; or\n(2) Fraud on the department or an agent of the department is discovered by the department; or\n(3) It is subsequently discovered that the issuance or possession of a title or registration is prohibited by law or that the odometer of a vehicle for which a certificate of title has been issued by the department has been subjected to tampering and return of the certificate of title to the department is considered necessary to make a notation of that information on the certificate.","path":["Chs. 340-351, Vehicles","Chapter 342 Vehicle Title And Anti-Theft Law","SUBCHAPTER II TRANSFER OF TITLE"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/342.255","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:01:19Z","sha256":"540b3348af35d1141d268fc14cafeda3817d959651cc0b8444ff44db26ff1ea4","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-342.25","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-342.26"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}