Wisconsin Statutes 218.10 – Definitions
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 218.10
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Personal representative: means a person, however denominated, who is authorized to administer a decedent's estate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(1g) “Dealer”, unless the context requires otherwise, means a person who, for a commission or other thing of value, sells, exchanges, buys or rents, or offers or attempts to negotiate a sale or exchange of an interest in a recreational vehicle or who is engaged wholly or in part in the business of selling recreational vehicles, whether or not the recreational vehicles are owned by the person, but does not include:
(a) A receiver, trustee, personal representative, guardian, or other person appointed by or acting under the judgment or order of any court.
(b) Any public officer while performing that officer’s official duty.
(d) Any lender as defined in s. 421.301 (22).
(e) A person transferring a recreational vehicle registered in that person’s name and used for that person’s personal, family or household purposes, if the transfer is an occasional sale and is not part of the business of the transferor.
(1m) “Department” means the department of transportation, unless the context requires otherwise.
(1r) “License period” means the period during which a license issued under s. 218.11 or 218.12 is effective, as established by the department under s. 218.11 (2) (b) 1. or 218.12 (2) (b) 1.
(1x) “Manufacturer” means any person within or without this state who manufactures or assembles recreational vehicles for sale in this state.
(7) “New recreational vehicle” means a recreational vehicle which has never been occupied, used or sold for personal or business use.
(8m) “Recreational vehicle” has the meaning given in s. 340.01 (48r).
(8t) “Salesperson”, unless the context requires otherwise, means any person who is employed by a manufacturer or dealer to sell or lease recreational vehicles.
(9) “Used recreational vehicle” means a recreational vehicle which has previously been occupied, used or sold for personal or business use.