Wisconsin Title & License Plate Application Form
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Title/License Plate Application
MV1
5/2015
REV1015
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Pursuant to Chapter 340, 341.08, 342.06, WI Statutes
How To Complete This Application
QUESTIONS: (608) 266-1466
You may be eligible to apply online, see: wisconsindmv.gov/emvpublic
For a list of title and registration locations, visit: wisconsindmv.gov/partners.
To apply for a title and/or license plates for your vehicle, you must complete Sections A through G as they apply. Include the original
Certificate of Title (not a copy) for a used vehicle. Include the Manufacturer’s Certificate of Origin for a new vehicle. To obtain a replacement title
please use form MV2119, Replacement Title Application. Note: The electronic record held by the department is the official vehicle title record.
(Instructions continued on back of this page)
SECTION
Vehicle Owner Information
A
Owner/Co-owner: The names that will be on the new title.
Police/Taxi: A vehicle that has been used, or will be used,
“And” means all owners must sign the title to transfer ownership.
as a police vehicle or taxi.
“Or” means only one owner must sign the title.
Flood Damaged: A vehicle damaged by water to the
Opt Out: You may remove your name(s) from mailing lists
extent that the estimated or actual repair costs, whichever
that contain 10 or more individual names by checking the box.
is greater, exceeds 70% of fair market value.
Businesses are not eligible for opt out.
Hail Damaged: A vehicle less than 7 years old damaged solely
Social Security Number and Driver License Number:
by hail to the extent that the estimated or actual cost, whichever is
If you are applying as an individual, you are required to provide
greater, to repair the vehicle exceeds 70% of its fair market value.
your Social Security Number (SSN), under s.342.06(1)(eg) Wis.
Loan Information:
C
If you borrowed money for this
Stats. If you have a WI driver license, you may provide that
vehicle, contact the lender for the correct information. Please
number instead of your SSN. Under the Social Security Act,
show complete mailing address. Any title with a lien (loan)
42 USCs. 405,(c)(2)(C) (i), the department and other state and
listed on or after July 30, 2012, will be sent to the lien holder.
federal agencies may use the SSN for purposes authorized by
Vehicle owners will receive a Confirmation of Ownership
law. FEIN: Federal Employer Identification Number is required
and will receive the actual title when all liens are cleared.
for corporations or other non-individual owners.
Fees
D
Vehicle Information – Mandatory Display
B
Title Fee: Applying for a title only (without plates)
To legally operate a car or light truck, you must display license
does not allow you to legally operate your vehicle on
plates within two business days of purchase. Provide either
a Wisconsin roadway. To legally operate your vehicle,
a license plate to transfer or a temporary plate number.
you must also apply for Wisconsin license plates.
License Plate Transfers: The following license plate types
State Sales Tax: Pay 5% sales tax unless one of the reasons
belong to you. You may transfer them from a vehicle you no longer
below applies. List the code number and information requested:
use to another vehicle of the same type that belongs to you, your
spouse, or domestic partner (as defined by Ch. 770 Wis. Statutes):
CODE REASON
1. Motor vehicle previously titled in Wisconsin and purchased from
Auto
Driver Ed
Farm Truck
(passenger vehicle)
(up to 12,000 lbs.)
spouse, parent, child, spouse’s parent, child’s spouse, stepparent
Truck
Municipal
Dual Purpose Veh.
(up to 8,000 lbs.)
(up to 8,000 lbs.)
or stepchild. List appropriate one.
Motorcycle
Motor Home
Dual Purpose Farm
(up to 8,000 lbs.)
2. Purchaser is Common or Contract Carrier using the vehicle
Temporary Plate: If you do not have a plate to transfer, take your
exclusively as such. List Authority Number.
application to a DMV Customer Service Center that processes
3. Lessor reporting gross receipts from rental or lease. List Seller’s
vehicle registration or an agent authorized by DMV to obtain a
Permit or Use Tax Number.
metal or temporary plate. An agent will charge a $3 temporary
4. Purchaser is State of WI or other Federal or WI government unit
plate fee, give you a temporary plate valid for 90 days and may
or agency.
also charge a $5 service fee. For locations please see:
5. Tax paid to another state. List state and submit proof.
wisconsindmv.gov/centers or wisconsindmv.gov/partners
Salvage:
6. Purchaser is not a resident of WI and will not use motor vehicle
• Vehicle less than 7 years old which has been damaged by
in WI except to remove it from WI. List residence state.
collision or other occurrence to the extent that the cost of
8. Religious, charitable, educational or other nonprofit organization.
repairing the vehicle would exceed 70% of fair market value
List appropriate one and CES#.
• A vehicle last titled in another state as a salvage vehicle.
9. Miscellaneous. Specify in ‘if other, list reason’
Note: You cannot drive a salvage vehicle until it passes a
salvage inspection, except to travel to the inspection site.
LOCAL SALES TAX —
Determine which county the vehicle will be kept and then multiply your purchase price by the tax rate listed for the county. If
you are tax exempt, use one of the exemption codes in Section D - Fees above. If the vehicle will be kept in the counties of Winnebago, Sheboygan,
Menominee, Outagamie, Manitowoc, Kewaunee, Calumet or Brown, there is no local tax and you may ignore this line.
Racine, Waukesha — .001
Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington — .006
All other counties — .005
If tax questions, call the Wisconsin Department of Revenue at (608) 266-2776.
License Plate Fee
Miscellaneous Fees
Wheel Tax: A fee applies if you are purchasing or renewing license
Regular passenger vehicle plates are for automobiles, vans with
plates for a passenger car or truck registered at 8,000 pounds or less
more space for seating people than carrying property, and jeep-type
and the vehicle is kept in a town, village, city, or county that requires
or sport utility vehicles with a back seat.
payment of a wheel tax. For a complete listing of wheel tax towns,
Regular light truck plates are based on gross weight* and are for
villages, cities, or counties, please visit wisconsindmv.gov/wheeltax.
pick-up trucks, vans with more space for carrying property than seat-
Counter Service Fee is required if you apply in person at a
ing people, and jeep-type or sport utility vehicles without a back seat.
DMV Customer Service Center.
* Gross weight – see gross weight fee schedule
Processing Fee: If application is solely to add a loan and the
License plates for other types of vehicles and special license plates
Secured Party is not filing electronically, add $5 for DMV processing.
are listed in Section G on back of application.
Nonexempt Secured Parties must pay an additional $20 surcharge that
may not be charged to the customer.
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