343.24 Department to furnish operating record.

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(1)The department shall upon request furnish any person an abstract of the operating record of any person. The abstract shall be certified if certification is requested. Such abstract is not admissible in evidence in any action for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident.

(2)Except as provided in pars.

(b)and

(c), the department shall charge the following fees to any person for conducting searches of vehicle operators’ records:

(a)For each file search, $5.

(b)For each computerized search, $5. The department may not charge this fee to any governmental unit, as defined in s. 895.51

(dm).

(c)For each search requested by telephone, $6, or an established monthly service rate determined by the department. The department may not charge this fee to any governmental unit, as defined in s. 895.51

(dm).

(d)For providing a paper copy of an abstract, $2.

(2m)If the department, in maintaining a computerized operating record system, makes copies of its operating record file database, or a portion thereof, on computer tape or other electronic media, copies of the tape or media may be furnished to any person on request. The department may also furnish to any person upon request records on computer tape or other electronic media that contain information from files of uniform traffic citations or motor vehicle accidents and that were produced for or developed by the department for purposes related to maintenance of the operating record file database. The department shall charge a fee of $5 for each file of vehicle operators’ records contained in the tape or media. The department shall charge a fee of not more than $5 for each file of uniform traffic citations or motor vehicle accidents contained in the tape or media. Nothing in this subsection requires the department to produce records of particular files or data in a particular format except as those records or data are made by the department for its purposes.

(3)The department shall not disclose information concerning or related to a violation as defined by s. 343.30

(6)to any person other than a court, district attorney, county corporation counsel, city, village, or town attorney, law enforcement agency, driver licensing agency of another jurisdiction, or the minor who committed the violation or his or her parent or guardian.

(a)In this subsection:

1. “Agent” means an authorized person who acts on behalf of or at the direction of another person.

2. “Insurer” has the meaning given in s. 600.03

(27).

3. “Personal identifier” has the meaning given in s. 85.103

(1).