344.14 Suspension for failure to deposit security; impoundment of vehicle; exceptions.
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344.14 Suspension for failure to deposit security; impoundment of vehicle; exceptions.
(1)If a person who was given notice under s. 344.13
(3)fails to deposit security in the amount and by the time specified in the notice, the secretary shall immediately suspend the person’s operating privilege if the person was the operator of a motor vehicle involved in the accident and all the person’s registrations if the person was the owner of a motor vehicle involved in the accident unless the person furnishes proof satisfactory to the secretary that the person comes within one of the exceptions set forth in sub.
(2). If the owner and operator are separate persons, only one of them need deposit security or the 2 persons may cooperate in depositing security. Upon request of the owner or operator in question, the secretary may postpone the effective date of a suspension under this section not to exceed 20 days.
(1g)The secretary shall refuse registration of any vehicle owned by a person whose registration has been suspended or revoked under sub.
(1).
(1m)In addition to the suspensions under sub.
(1), the secretary may order the impoundment of any motor vehicle which is:
(a)Registered in the name of the owner of the motor vehicle involved in the accident.
(b)Registered in the name of the operator of the motor vehicle involved in the accident.
(2)Subsections
(1)and
(1m)do not apply: