344.26 Suspension after judgment for money damages.

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(a)Subject to the exceptions stated in ss. 344.25

(2)and 344.27

(2), any operating privilege or registration suspended or revoked under s. 344.25 shall remain suspended or revoked for 5 years from the date of entry of judgment or until the judgment is stayed, satisfied, or discharged, whichever is earlier, and, unless 3 years have elapsed since the date on which the judgment was stayed, satisfied, or discharged or 8 years have elapsed since the date of entry of judgment, whichever is earlier, or unless the person is a nonresident, until the person whose operating privilege and registration was suspended or revoked furnishes and maintains in effect proof of financial responsibility for the future.

(b)If suspension of any operating privilege or registration under s. 344.25 was terminated before 5 years from the date of entry of judgment because an exception under s. 344.25

(2)or 344.27

(2)applied and the judgment debtor’s operating privilege or registration is subsequently suspended under s. 344.25

(2)or 344.27

(3), the operating privilege or registration shall remain suspended for all of the following periods:

1. Five years from the date of suspension under s. 344.25

(2)or 344.27

(3)or until the judgment is stayed, satisfied, or discharged, whichever is earlier. A suspension period that commences on the date of suspension under s. 344.25

(2)or 344.27

(3)under this subdivision shall be reduced by the amount of time that the judgment debtor’s operating privilege or registration was suspended under s. 344.25 before one of the exceptions under s. 344.25

(2)or 344.27

(2)was satisfied.