Current through February 26, 2024
(1) INSPECTION
SITES. The site and times of inspections shall be determined by the law
enforcement agency employing the inspector. The agency may require an applicant
to provide a site that is equipped with a hoist or pit for conducting an
inspection.
(2) ACCESS TO
INSPECTION AREA RESTRICTED. Only the certified inspector, a person designated
by the department or a person assisting the inspector at the inspector's
request may be present in the inspection area during an inspection. Nothing in
this subsection shall prohibit a law enforcement agency from conducting
inspections at a site, such as a municipal garage, where other law enforcement
officers or other employees of the law enforcement agency may be present in the
routine course of their duties and outside the immediate area of the
inspection. An applicant or agent may not enter the inspection area or view the
inspection except to remove parts of the vehicle at the direction of the
inspector or, at the inspector's request, to be advised of the reasons a
vehicle will not pass inspection.
(3) REMOVAL OF PARTS. During the inspection,
such vehicle parts as the inspector deems necessary shall be removed in order
to allow examination of safety equipment or identifying numbers on the vehicle
and its major parts. Parts may be removed by the inspector or by the applicant
or agent at the inspector's direction. Identifying numbers include, but are not
limited to:
(a) The vehicle identification
number.
(b) The engine
number.
(c) The transmission
number.
(d) The frame
number.
(4) GROUNDS FOR
FAILING INSPECTION. The vehicle shall fail the inspection if:
(a) The vehicle is not in compliance with the
equipment provisions of ch. 347, Stats., ch. Trans 305, or federal motor
vehicle safety standards established under the national traffic and motor
vehicle safety act,
15 USC
1381, et seq., or the regulations promulgated
thereunder in 49 CFR part 571. Noncompliance includes, but is not limited to,
any device or element of a vehicle required by the above regulations being
rendered inoperative or defective, or being removed from the vehicle;
(b) The vehicle or any part of the vehicle is
stolen or if the applicant's ownership of any major part of the vehicle cannot
be verified; or
(c) The vehicle
contains any major parts which were not part of the vehicle described in the
certificate of title and for which the applicant does not have a bill of sale
meeting the requirements of s.
Trans
149.05(5).
(d) The vehicle or any part of the vehicle
contains a vehicle identification number that has been altered, removed or
obliterated.
(5) DUTIES
OF INSPECTOR.
(a)
Complete
inspection. The inspector shall make a complete inspection of the
vehicle, even if a reason for failing the vehicle is discovered. The inspector
shall provide the applicant with a brief description of each reason the vehicle
is not acceptable. Failure of the inspector to note any defect in the vehicle
shall not prevent the use of that defect as a reason for failing the vehicle in
any subsequent inspection.
(b)
Discovery of stolen vehicle. Notwithstanding par. (a), if the
inspector identifies a vehicle or a part of the vehicle as stolen, the
inspection need not proceed further.
(c)
Impoundment. If the
vehicle or a part of the vehicle is determined to be stolen, or any vehicle
identification number has been altered, removed or obliterated, the inspector
may seize the vehicle or part of the vehicle in accordance with ss.
968.10
and
968.11(4),
or
342.30(4)
(a), Stats.
(6) CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION. A certificate
of inspection shall be completed for each vehicle inspection and shall include
all of the following:
(a) The applicant's
full name.
(b) The applicant's
complete address.
(c) The signature
of the applicant if the applicant is present at the inspection site, or the
signature of the agent representing the applicant at the inspection
site.
(d) The inspector's
name.
(e) The inspector's badge
number, or if the inspector is not a law enforcement officer, the
department-assigned inspector identifying number.
(f) The number of the inspector's employing
agency.
(g) A description of the
vehicle being inspected, including the vehicle year, make and model.
(h) The public vehicle identification number,
any secondary vehicle identification numbers inspected, the engine and
transmission vehicle identification numbers, if inspected, and the
identification numbers of each major part of the vehicle that is inspected or
that has been replaced.
Note: This does not require the inspector to reveal the
location of a secondary vehicle identification number.
(i) An indication that the inspector has
checked available stolen auto and auto parts databases for the vehicle and
major parts being inspected and concluded that neither the parts nor the
vehicle are stolen.
(j) The date of
the inspection.
(k) A statement as
to whether the vehicle passed inspection and, if the vehicle did not pass
inspection, a short statement of each reason the vehicle did not pass
inspection.
The forms identified in this section are MV 4060, Certificate
of Inspection, MV-1, Application for Title/Registration; Certificate of
Inspection; and MV-2673, Repaired Salvage Vehicle Major Parts Statement. The
forms may be obtained from the Department of Transportation, Document and Map
Sales, 3617 Pierstorff Street, P.O. Box 7713, Madison, WI 53704.
