When any vehicle is found upon a street, highway, or other public right-of-way in violation of any provision of this code regulating the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles and the identity of the operator cannot be determined, the owner, as shown by the ownership registration of the vehicle supplied by the state’s Department of Transportation, or a comparable authority of any other state, shall be deemed to have committed the violation for purposes of the enforcement of this section and shall be subject to the applicable forfeiture penalty; provided, however, that the defenses defined and described in Wis. Stats. § 346.485(5) shall be a defense for an owner charged with such violation.
(Prior Code, § 7.15)