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Wis. Stat. § 347.02 (2026)
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347.02(1)(1) No provision of this chapter requiring vehicles to be equipped in a particular manner is applicable to any of the following vehicles unless the vehicle is expressly included within or made subject to the particular provision:
347.02(2)(2) No provision of this chapter requiring or prohibiting certain types of equipment on a vehicle is applicable when such vehicle is not operated upon or occupying a highway.
347.02(2m)(a)(a) No provision of this chapter requiring or prohibiting certain types of equipment on a vehicle is applicable to an imported vehicle which has been granted entry into the United States by the federal government solely for the purpose of test or experiment.
347.02(2m)(b)(b) The exemption under par. (a) is limited to the one-year period following the entry of the vehicle.
347.02(3)(3) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the use of additional parts and accessories on any vehicle not inconsistent with this chapter.
347.02(4)(4) Beginning July 1, 1960, the provisions of this chapter covering lighting shall be applicable to all state, county and municipal trucks, truck tractors, trailers and semitrailers.
347.02(5)(5) If a vehicle registered under s. 341.25 (1) (a), 341.265, 341.266, or 341.269 has equipment which was designated by the manufacturer as optional equipment in the model year the vehicle was manufactured, it is not necessary for such equipment to be in operating condition unless it replaces equipment which is required by law to be both present and functioning.
347.02(6)(6) Notwithstanding the requirements of this chapter, the department may establish special equipment standards for vehicles operated under s. 343.135 which differ from the equipment standards established under this chapter. Equipment standards established under this subsection may not be less stringent than any federal standards established for the vehicle.
347.02(7)(7) The vehicle equipment requirements for a street modified vehicle shall be the same as the vehicle equipment requirements for a vehicle of the same type and model year that is not a street modified vehicle. The vehicle equipment requirements for a replica vehicle or a homemade vehicle specified in s. 341.268 (1) (b) 2. shall be the same as the vehicle equipment requirements for a vehicle of the same type and model year as the vehicle used for purposes of the reproduction.
347.02(8)(8) If the department establishes by rule limitations on the tinting of motor vehicle windows, the limitations do not apply to police vehicles owned by the state or a county, city, village, or town when tinting is necessary for the protection of personnel, passengers, or equipment.
347.02 HistoryHistory: 1977 c. 39; 1979 c. 345; 1981 c. 275; 1983 a. 243, 288, 538; 1985 a. 187; 1985 a. 197 s. 7; 1993 a. 165; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 85; 2001 a. 90, 109; 2009 a. 135, 157; 2013 a. 20; 2015 a. 232; 2017 a. 13; 2019 a. 11, 34; 2023 a. 251.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1935–2026 · leading case: Koss v. State, 258 N.W. 860 (Wis. 1935).
Koss v. State, 258 N.W. 860 (Wis. 1935). “The plaintiffs in error, hereinafter called the defendants, contend that a verdict finding each of them guilty of engaging in an unlawful assembly and riot in violation of sec. 347.02, Stats., is not supported by, and is contrary to, the evidence; and that the court’s…”
Febock v. Jefferson Cnty., 262 N.W. 588 (Wis. 1935). “07, Stats, (which so far as here material provides that “the county shall be liable for injury to person or property by a mob or riot therein, except that within cities the city shall be liable”), it must be alleged that the damage was caused by an “unlawful assembly or riot” as…”
State v. Ralph Hamel Forest Prods., Inc., 328 N.W.2d 884 (Wis. Ct. App. 1982). “2 Section 347.02(1) (b), Stats., provides in part: Applicability of chapter.”
Int'l Wire Works v. Hanover Fire Ins., 283 N.W. 292 (Wis. 1939). “Sec. 347.02, Stats., declares that if any three or more persons shall assemble in a violent or tumultuous manner to do an unlawful act, or, being together, shall make any attempt or motion toward doing a lawful or unlawful act in a violent, unlawful, or tumultuous manner, to the…”
Sekat v. State, 260 N.W. 246 (Wis. 1935). “] Sec. 347.02, Stats., relating to unlawful assembly and riot, provides: “Any three or more persons who shall assemble in a violent or tumultuous manner to do an unlawful act or, being together, shall make any attempt or motion toward doing a lawful or unlawful act in a violent,…”
State v. Richard R. Rusk, No. 2019AP000135-CR (Wis. Ct. App. Aug. 29, 2019). “¶12 Moreover, I observe that Rusk’s argument, based on our supreme court’s interpretation of language in WIS. STAT. § 346.88(3), seems to be misplaced.”
State v. Ryan Alan Stenner, No. 2025AP000503-CR (Wis. Ct. App. May 7, 2026). “§ 347.02(8), the legislature explicitly anticipated that the department would establish rules related to window tinting on vehicles and created an exception to such a rule: “If the department establishes by rule limitations on the tinting of motor vehicle windows, the…”
Wis. Stat. § 347.02(1): 1 case
State v. Ralph Hamel Forest Prods., Inc., 328 N.W.2d 884 (Wis. Ct. App. 1982). “2 Section 347.02(1) (b), Stats., provides in part: Applicability of chapter.”
Wis. Stat. § 347.02(8): 1 case
State v. Ryan Alan Stenner, No. 2025AP000503-CR (Wis. Ct. App. May 7, 2026). “§ 347.02(8), the legislature explicitly anticipated that the department would establish rules related to window tinting on vehicles and created an exception to such a rule: “If the department establishes by rule limitations on the tinting of motor vehicle windows, the…”
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