Section 341.30. Quarterly registration.

 

(1)  Any of the following vehicles may be registered on a quarterly basis in lieu of the annual registration specified in s. 341.29 :

(a) A motor bus having a registered gross weight of more than 8,000 pounds, except motor buses registered under s. 341.26 (2) (d) and (h) .

(c) A motor truck, road tractor or trailer having a registered gross weight of more than 8,000 pounds.

(d) A truck tractor, when the aggregate combined registered gross weight of the truck tractor and any semitrailer operated in conjunction with it is more than 8,000 pounds.

(e) Any of the vehicles subject to registration under s. 341.26 (3) (c) , (d) or (e) having a registered gross weight of more than 8,000 pounds.

(f) A motor home having a registered gross weight of more than 8,000 pounds and registered under s. 341.25 (1) (j) .

(2)  For the purpose of quarterly registration of vehicles, the quarters are January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1. A registration made on a quarterly basis expires on the last day of the quarter for which the vehicle is registered.

(3)  The quarterly registration fee is 25 percent of the annual fee. The department shall register a vehicle subject to quarterly registration for as many quarters less than a full year as the applicant desires. The fee payable shall be the quarterly registration fee times the number of quarters for which registration is desired plus $5 for each application submitted. If satisfactory evidence is provided that a vehicle was not operated on the highways during any quarter it shall be exempt from the payment of fees for the quarter in which it was not used.

1977 c. 29 ss. 1441 , 1654 (7) (a) ; 1977 c. 418 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1983 a. 123 ; 2015 a. 197 s. 51 .