Section 345.17. Penalty for false statements.

 

(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.

1973 c. 218 ; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a) , (c); 1989 a. 105 ; 1999 a. 80 .