15.01.050 Definitions

In this Ordinance the following words and phrases have the designated meanings unless a different meaning is expressly provided or the content clearly indicates a different meaning. For the purpose of effectuating the terms of this Ordinance, any terms not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the statutes of the State of Wisconsin, as amended from time to time, except where the context otherwise indicates or requires.

(a) "Court" means the Bad River Tribal Court or any other court having jurisdiction over matters that arise from the application of this Ordinance.

(b) "Bad River Band" means Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.

(c) Bad River Reservation – means all lands within the boundaries of the Bad River Reservation as established by the Treaty of September 30, 1854.

(d) Manufacturer – means every person engaged in the business of constructing or assembling vehicles of a type for which a certificate of title is required hereunder.

(e) Manufacturer's or Importer's Certificate of origin – means a certificate over the authorized signature of the manufacturer or importer of a vehicle, describing and identifying the vehicle, giving the name and address of the person to whom the vehicle is first sold by the manufacturer or importer, and containing assignments, duly executed, assigning the same to an applicant for a certificate of title on the vehicle for the Bad River Band.

(f) "Mobile Home" means a vehicle designated to be towed as a single unit or in sections upon the highway by a motor vehicle and equipped and used or intended to be used, primarily for human habitation, with walls of rigid uncollapsible construction.

(g) "Owner" means a person, other than a secured party, having the property in or title to a vehicle. This term includes a person entitled to the use and possession of a vehicle subject to a security interest in another person, but excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security. An Owner also means any person, firm, association, or corporation owning or renting a motor vehicle, or having the exclusive use thereof, under a lease or otherwise, for a period of greater than 30 days.

(h) "Register" means the act of assigning registration plates and validation stickers to a vehicle, and to renew the same.

(i) "Registrar" means the duly appointed Registrar of Motor Vehicles of the Bad River Band and any designees of the Registrar.

(j) "Secured Party" means a lender, seller or other person to whom accounts or chattel paper have been sold. When the holders of obligations issued under an indenture of trust, equipment trust agreement or the like are represented by a trustee or other person, the representative is the secured party having an interest in the vehicle.

(k) "Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway or roadway.