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DMV online services available:

  • License plate look up - find out when your plate expires; get the RRN number so you can renew your plates online; check to see if an emissions (IM) test is required for the vehicle; find out if your plate is suspended or valid.

  • Where's my title? - know if your title has been processed recently and when to expect it in the mail.

  • More...

Status as of February 18, 2012

 
For the DMV products listed below . . . Customers should expect to receive their product within the next week for applications mailed to DMV on or before:
Title January 17, 2012
License plates January 17, 2012*
License plate sticker - renewal mailed to Milwaukee address on postcard February 9, 2012
License plate sticker - renewal by telephone/Internet February 10, 2012
License plate sticker - renewal mailed to Madison, or information/address change on postcard mailed to Milwaukee February 5, 2012
Disabled ID card February 7, 2012
Special plate (sequential number) February 3, 2012*
Special plates (COL, CLS, AMA and personalized plates) February 3, 2012**

*License plates are mailed separately through the U.S. Postal Service using standard class mail and may take an additional three weeks to be delivered after the title is received.

**Please allow an additional four weeks from the issuance of the certificate of registration for manufacturing and mailing of special and personalized plates.

Questions? Contact us: Wisconsin DMV email service


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