1. (1) Department service schedule. Requests for telephone authorizations will be accepted by the department at any time but will be processed by the department only during the department’s regular business hours.

2. (2) Information required for telephone authorization. Every applicant seeking a telephone authorization shall provide the department with an adequate description of the vehicle, and any other information which the department may reasonably require, including:

   1. (a) The name and address of the applicant;
   2. (b) The type of vehicle;
   3. (c) The make of the vehicle;
   4. (d) The model year of the vehicle;
   5. (e) The vehicle identification number, license plate number or the title number of the vehicle;
   6. (f) The gross weight;
   7. (g) The period and type of registration being requested; and

3. (3) Application for registration. A telephone authorization shall not relieve the owner or lessee of the vehicle from compliance with the registration application requirements as defined in s. 341.08 (1), (2), (3) and (4), Stats.

   Note: Form MV-1, application for title and registration and forms MV2 and 3, registration renewal forms.

4. (4) Type of registration.

   1. (a) Applicants may utilize the telephone call-in procedure to obtain a telephone authorization for a vehicle subject to renewal of registration provided the contact is received by the department after the 15th day of the month preceding the beginning of the new period of registration.
   2. (b) Applicants may utilize the telephone call-in procedure to apply for telephone authorization on an original registration, a reregistration, or a transfer of ownership involving registration of a vehicle.
5. (5) Intrastate operations. The department will accept a request for a telephone authorization from an applicant provided the vehicle is operated intrastate under quarterly or consecutive monthly registration as described in ss. 341.30 and 341.305, Stats., and not for any vehicle operated in interstate or foreign commerce as defined in s. 194.03, Stats.

6. (6) Multiple telephone requests. The department may decline to accept requests for more than 2 telephone authorizations during a single telephone call.

   Note: This provision is intended to allow the department to free its telephone lines for use by other applicants during periods of high workloads. If the workload is low, additional requests may be accepted.

7. (7) Telephone costs. It is the responsibility of the applicant to pay for all telephone calls to the department to obtain or to cancel a telephone authorization.

   Note: Initially, telephone calls to the department shall be tape-recorded. If the department is able to resolve questions concerning an applicant’s liability for telephone authorization fees without using tape recordings, then the department shall discontinue recording telephone calls.

History

History: Cr. Register, February, 1986, No. 362, eff. 3-1-86; correction in (2) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., Register, August, 1996, No. 488; 2013 Wis. Act 363: am. (1), r. (2) (h) Register May 2014 No. 701, eff. 6-1-14.