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WY Stat § 31-9-408 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility|Article 4 - Proof of Financial Responsibility|Section 31-9-408 - Surety Bonds.

31-9-408. Surety bonds.| (a) Proof of financial responsibility may be evidenced by the bond of a surety company duly authorized to transact business within this state, or a bond with at least two (2) individual sureties each owning real estate within this state, which real estate shall be scheduled in the bond approved by a judge of a court of record. The bond shall be conditioned for payment of the amounts specified in W.S. 31-9-102(a)(xi). Except as provided in W.S. 31-9-202(d), the bond shall be filed with the division and is not cancelable except after ten (10) days written notice to the division. The bond constitutes a lien in favor of the state upon the real estate scheduled of any surety and the lien shall exist in favor of any holder of a final judgment against the person who has filed the bond, for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, resulting from the ownership, maintenance, use or operation of a motor vehicle after the bond was filed, upon the filing of notice to that effect by the division in the office of the proper clerk or court of the county or city where the real estate is located. The notice shall be recorded and indexed in the same manner as now provided by law for real estate mortgages.  (b) If a judgment, rendered against the principal on the bond is not satisfied within thirty (30) days after it becomes final, the judgment creditor may, for his own use and benefit and at his sole expense, bring an action in the name of the state against the company or persons executing the bond, including an action or proceeding to foreclose any lien that may exist upon the real estate of a person who has executed the bond. The foreclosure shall be by proceeding in the district court of the county where the real estate is located unless it is in more than one (1) county in which case the action shall be brought in any county in which any of the property is situated.
WY Stat § 31-9-409 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility|Article 4 - Proof of Financial Responsibility|Section 31-9-409 - Cash and Securities Deposited With the Director.

31-9-409. Cash and securities deposited with the director.| (a) Proof of financial responsibility may be evidenced by the certificate of the director of the department of transportation that the person named therein has deposited twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) in cash, or securities as provided by W.S. 9-4-821 or as may legally be purchased for trust funds of a market value of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00). The director shall not accept any deposit and issue a certificate therefor and the division shall not accept the certificates unless accompanied by evidence that there are no unsatisfied judgments of any character against the depositor in the county where the depositor resides. The director shall submit receipt and acknowledgement of all deposits and payments under this section to the state treasurer.  (b) The deposit shall be held by the director to satisfy, in accordance with this act, any execution on a judgment issued against the person making the deposit, for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property including the loss of use thereof, resulting from the ownership, maintenance, use or operation of a motor vehicle after the deposit was made. Money or securities so deposited is not subject to attachment or execution unless the attachment or execution arises out of a suit for damages as provided by this subsection.
WY Stat § 31-9-410 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility|Article 4 - Proof of Financial Responsibility|Section 31-9-410 - Proof by Owner in Lieu of Driver.

31-9-410. Proof by owner in lieu of driver.| Whenever any person required to give proof of financial responsibility is or later becomes a driver in the employ of any owner, or is or later becomes a member of the immediate family or household of the owner, the division shall accept proof given by the owner in lieu of proof by the other person to permit the other person to drive a motor vehicle for which the owner has given proof as herein provided.
WY Stat § 31-9-411 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility|Article 4 - Proof of Financial Responsibility|Section 31-9-411 - Substitution of Proof.

31-9-411. Substitution of proof.| The division shall consent to the cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance or the division shall direct and the state treasurer shall return any money or securities to the person entitled thereto upon the substitution and acceptance of other adequate proof of financial responsibility pursuant to this act.
WY Stat § 31-9-412 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility|Article 4 - Proof of Financial Responsibility|Section 31-9-412 - When Further Proof Required.

31-9-412. When further proof required.| Whenever any proof of financial responsibility filed under this act no longer fulfills the purposes for which required, the division shall require other proof as required by this act and shall suspend the license and registration of the nonresident's operating privilege pending the filing of other proof.
WY Stat § 31-9-413 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility|Article 4 - Proof of Financial Responsibility|Section 31-9-413 - Cancellation or Return; Reestablishment.

31-9-413. Cancellation or return; reestablishment.| (a) Proof of financial responsibility is not required to be maintained if:  (i) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 173, §§ 1, 2.  (ii) The person on whose behalf proof was filed dies or is unable to drive a motor vehicle due to permanent incapacity; or  (iii) The person who has given proof surrenders his license and registration to the division.  (b) The division shall not consent to the cancellation of any bond or the return of any money or securities if any action for damages upon a liability covered by the proof is then pending or any judgment upon any liability is then unsatisfied, or if the person who has filed bond or deposited money or securities has, within one (1) year immediately preceding the request, been involved as an operator or owner in any motor vehicle accident resulting in injury or damage to the person or property of others. An affidavit of the applicant as to the nonexistence of such facts, or that he has been released from all of his liability, or has been finally adjudicated not to be liable, for the injury or damage, is sufficient evidence thereof in the absence of evidence to the contrary in the records of the division.  (c) Whenever any person whose proof has been cancelled or returned under paragraph (a)(iii) of this section applies for a license or registration within a period of three (3) years from the date proof was originally required, the application shall be refused unless the applicant shall reestablish proof for the remainder of the three (3) year period.
WY Stat § 31-9-414 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility|Article 4 - Proof of Financial Responsibility|Section 31-9-414 - Self-Insurer.

31-9-414. Self-insurer.| (a) Any person in whose name more than twenty-five (25) motor vehicles are registered may qualify as a self-insurer by filing cash, securities or a surety bond in the amount of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) plus one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each vehicle in excess of twenty-five (25) to be covered, which cash, securities or surety bond shall otherwise meet the requirements of W.S. 31-9-408 and 31-9-409.  (b) The division may upon application issue a certificate of self-insurance to a person who has satisfied the requirements under subsection (a) of this section. The certificate of self-insurance shall apply to the owner and all operators and shall expire three (3) years from the date of issue.  (c) Upon not less than ten (10) days notice and a hearing pursuant to notice, the division may upon reasonable grounds cancel a certificate of self-insurance. Reasonable grounds for cancellation shall be:  (i) Failure to pay any judgment within thirty (30) days after judgment is final;  (ii) Failure within thirty (30) days to requalify under subsection (a) of this section when any portion of the bond on file has been used to satisfy a judgment; or  (iii) A showing the person no longer has twenty-five (25) motor vehicles registered in his name.
WY Stat § 31-9-415 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility|Article 4 - Proof of Financial Responsibility|Section 31-9-415 - Proof of Group Financial Responsibility.

31-9-415. Proof of group financial responsibility.| (a) Any religious or charitable tax exempt group pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that is able to demonstrate to the state auditor that the group has met financial commitments and obligations of this nature of the individuals who comprise the group for the five (5) previous years and whose members combined own more than five (5) registered motor vehicles may qualify as a self-insurer by filing cash, securities or a surety bond in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), which cash, securities or surety bond shall otherwise meet the requirements of W.S. 31-9-408 and 31-9-409.  (b) The department may upon application issue a certificate of self-insurance to each group who has satisfied the requirements under subsection (a) of this section. The certificate of self-insurance shall apply to the owners and all operators who are members of the group and shall expire three (3) years from the date of issue.  (c) Upon not less than ten (10) days notice and a hearing pursuant to notice, the department may upon reasonable grounds cancel a certificate of self-insurance. Reasonable grounds for cancellation shall include:  (i) Failure to pay, or enter into an agreement to pay, any judgment within sixty (60) days after judgment is final;  (ii) Failure within thirty (30) days to requalify under subsection (a) of this section when any portion of the bond on file has been used to satisfy a judgment;  (iii) A showing that the tax exempt group no longer has five (5) motor vehicles registered to the members of the group; or  (iv) A failure to report that a member of the group no longer qualifies.
WY Stat § 31-12-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 12 - Damage to Highways|Article 1 - In General|Section 31-12-101 - Metal Tires With Projections.

31-12-101. Metal tires with projections.| (a) Motor vehicles, trailers and all other vehicles, contrivances or devices having metal tires shall not be operated over any of the oil, asphalt or concrete surfaced highways of the state, if the vehicle has on the periphery of any of the road wheels, any lug, flange, cleat, ridge, bolt or any projection of metal or wood which projects radially beyond the tread or traffic surface of the tire, unless the highway is protected by putting down solid planks or other suitable material, or by attachments to the wheels so as to prevent the vehicles from damaging the highway except:  (i) This prohibition does not apply to tractors equipped with what is known as caterpillar treads, when the caterpillar does not contain any projection of any kind likely to injure the surface of the road;  (ii) It is permissible to move farm machinery other than tractors having protuberances that will not injure the highways;  (iii) It is permissible to use tire chains of reasonable proportions upon any vehicle when required because of snow, ice or other conditions tending to cause the vehicle to slide or skid.
WY Stat § 31-12-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 12 - Damage to Highways|Article 1 - In General|Section 31-12-102 - Penalties.

31-12-102. Penalties.| Any person violating W.S. 31-12-101 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty (30) days, or both.
WY Stat § 31-12-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 12 - Damage to Highways|Article 1 - In General|Section 31-12-103 - General Liability.

31-12-103. General liability.| Any person operating, driving or moving any vehicle, object or contrivance over a street, highway or bridge is liable for all damages which the street, highway, bridge or appurtenances thereto or other structures in connection therewith, may sustain, as a result of any illegal or negligent operation or as a result of operating, driving or moving any vehicle, object or contrivance in excess of the maximum weight or height specified and prescribed by law although authorized by a special permit issued as provided by law.
WY Stat § 31-12-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 12 - Damage to Highways|Article 1 - In General|Section 31-12-104 - Liability for Cost of Safety Precautions; Applicability of Liability to Vehicle Owner, Lessee or Bailee.

31-12-104. Liability for cost of safety precautions; applicability of liability to vehicle owner, lessee or bailee.| (a) The liability provided by W.S. 31-12-103 through 31-12-105 shall include the cost of necessary safety precautions, such as warning traffic and the removal of debris resulting from accidents.  (b) The liability provided by W.S. 31-12-103 through 31-12-105 shall apply to an owner, lessee or bailee of a vehicle, object or contrivance which is operated, driven or moved under his employ or with his express or implied permission. The owner, lessee or bailee and the driver or operator shall be jointly and severally liable for any damage.
WY Stat § 31-12-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 12 - Damage to Highways|Article 1 - In General|Section 31-12-105 - Claims by Governmental Agencies.

31-12-105. Claims by governmental agencies.| The department, in respect to streets, highways, bridges or appurtenances thereto or structures in connection therewith, under its jurisdiction may present claims for liability under W.S. 31-12-103 and 31-12-104, bring actions in the name of the transportation commission of Wyoming for recovery thereon, together with the costs and expenses incurred in any action, and may settle and compromise claims which may arise. Local authorities in respect to streets, highways, bridges or appurtenances thereto or structures in connection therewith, under their respective jurisdictions may present claims for liability under this act, bring actions for recovery thereon, together with the costs and expenses incurred in any action, and settle and compromise claims which may arise.
WY Stat § 31-18-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Commercial Vehicles|Article 1 - Generally|Section 31-18-103 - Exemptions.

31-18-103. Exemptions.| (a) The provisions contained in W.S. 31-18-104, 31-18-209, 31-18-301 and 31-18-304 do not apply to:  (i) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 183, § 2.  (ii) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 183, § 2.  (iii) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 183, § 2.  (iv) Intrastate transportation on his own motor vehicle or combination of vehicles by any farmer or rancher, or the employee of a farmer or rancher exclusively in his service, transporting produce or commodities for his own use to and from his farm or ranch;  (v) The exchange of intrastate transportation in their own motor vehicles, or combination of vehicles by farmers or ranchers, or the employees of farmers or ranchers exclusively in their service, when the exchange is between farmers or ranchers, or their employees, in the immediate community;  (vi) The exclusive noncommercial transportation of children to and from school;  (vii) The transportation of sick, injured or deceased persons by ambulance or hearse;  (viii) Transportation by motor vehicle when the motor vehicle is owned or operated by the United States, the state of Wyoming or any subdivision thereof;  (ix) Noncommercial vehicles engaged in the exclusive transportation of the United States mail;  (x) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 46, § 2.  (xi) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 183, § 2.  (xii) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 46, § 2.  (xiii) The intrastate transportation of livestock for show, performance or competition for noncommercial purposes.
WY Stat § 31-18-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Commercial Vehicles|Article 1 - Generally|Section 31-18-104 - Powers and Duties of the Department.

31-18-104. Powers and duties of the department.| (a) The department shall:  (i) Supervise and regulate the operations of motor carriers to:  (A) Preserve the safety of the highways;  (B) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 46, § 2.  (C) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 46, § 2.  (ii) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 46, § 2.  (iii) Issue, refuse to issue or suspend the:  (A) Authority to operate as a contract or private motor carrier; or  (B) Commercial vehicle registration.  (iv) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 46, § 2.  (v) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 46, § 2.  (vi) Promulgate and enforce rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out this act;  (vii) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 46, § 2.  (viii) Make and enforce rules of procedure for holding hearings including fixing reasonable fees for filing complaints and other pleadings subject to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act;  (ix) Exercise such other powers as are reasonably necessary to carry out and enforce this act.  (b) The department may initiate appropriate civil proceedings in the courts of this state to enforce and cause to be prosecuted criminal violations of this act, or of orders, rules or regulations. The district and county and prosecuting attorneys of this state shall prosecute all criminal violations. Other persons affected by violations of this act or the orders, rules or regulations of the department, may seek redress by appropriate remedy in the courts of this state or upon proper complaint or application to the department. The department may revoke any authority upon conviction of a carrier of any violation under W.S. 31-18-701(a) or after notice and hearing upon good cause shown.  (c) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 46, § 2.  (d) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 46, § 2.  (e) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 46, § 2.
WY Stat § 31-18-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Commercial Vehicles|Article 2 - Registration, Authority and Permits|Section 31-18-202 - Reciprocal Agreements and Exemptions.

31-18-202. Reciprocal agreements and exemptions.| (a) The department may negotiate reciprocal agreements with appropriate officials of any other jurisdiction, in which nonresidents of this state shall be exempt from Wyoming vehicle registration fees in exchange for equivalent exemptions from like fees imposed by the other jurisdictions on residents of this state.  (b) The department shall determine from time to time and advise each Wyoming motor vehicle registration and fee collecting official or other person and each state agency charged with enforcing motor vehicle statutes of Wyoming of the name of each state contiguous to Wyoming which has granted or subsequently grants for the benefit of affected Wyoming motor vehicle owners reciprocal exemptions pursuant to W.S. 31-18-201 and subsection (a) of this section, together with the nature and extent of each reciprocal grant by the other state, and shall likewise advise of the name of each jurisdiction with which the department has entered into a reciprocal agreement together with the nature and extent of the reciprocal grants made.
WY Stat § 31-18-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Commercial Vehicles|Article 2 - Registration, Authority and Permits|Section 31-18-203 - Definitions; Registration Required.

31-18-203. Definitions; registration required.| (a) As used in W.S. 31-18-203 through 31-18-208:  (i) "Mobile machinery" means heavy equipment, except shop or hand tools or attachments, which is self-propelled, towed or hauled and used primarily in construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, ditches, buildings or land reclamation;  (ii) The definitions in W.S. 31-1-101 apply in this division;  (iii) "This division" means W.S. 31-18-203 through 31-18-208.  (b) Except as provided in W.S. 31-18-204, no mobile machinery shall be operated in this state, whether or not upon the public highways of this state, unless registered under this division. Prior to using any mobile machinery on any construction project receiving state funds, the contractor shall provide certification to the public agency or engineer in charge of the project that the mobile machinery has been registered as required by this division.  (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, mobile machinery listed on a property tax assessment roll in this state is exempt from the registration requirement of this division. Each county treasurer shall issue stickers pursuant to this division to owners of mobile machinery listed on a property tax assessment roll in this state upon receipt of an application by the owner and payment of an administrative fee of six dollars ($6.00).
WY Stat § 31-18-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Commercial Vehicles|Article 2 - Registration, Authority and Permits|Section 31-18-204 - Exemptions.

31-18-204. Exemptions.| (a) The provisions of W.S. 31-18-203 through 31-18-208 do not apply to mobile machinery:  (i) Owned by the United States, the state of Wyoming or any political subdivision thereof;  (ii) Which is an implement of husbandry;  (iii) Currently registered under W.S. 31-2-201 or 31-18-201;  (iv) Being transported from a point outside this state through this state or for delivery or repair in this state;  (v) Held for sale by a person engaged in the business of selling mobile machinery;  (vi) Used in the extraction or production of bentonite, coal, trona or uranium and owned by the producer;  (vii) Used exclusively for the drilling of wells;  (viii) Brought into the state for a period not to exceed seven (7) calendar days to demonstrate the operation of the mobile machinery to prospective buyers.