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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility › Article 2 - Accident Report; Suspension of License and Registrations Generally › Section 31-9-208 - Disposition of Security; Judgments Payable Therefrom; Return of Balance.

31-9-208. Disposition of security; judgments payable therefrom; return of balance.
Security deposited in compliance with the requirements of W.S. 31-9-202, 31-9-203 and 31-9-205 through 31-9-209 shall be placed by the division in an account maintained for the purposes of this section and shall be applicable only to the payment of a judgment rendered against the person on whose behalf the deposit was made, for damages arising out of the accident in question in an action at law, begun not later than one (1) year after date of the accident, or within one (1) year after the date of deposit of any security under W.S. 31-9-205(a)(iii), and any balance thereof shall be returned to the depositor or his personal representative when satisfactory evidence has been filed with the division that there has been a release from liability, a final adjudication of nonliability, a warrant for confession of judgment or an acknowledged agreement, in accordance with W.S. 31-9-203(a)(iv), or whenever, after the expiration of one (1) year from the date of the accident, or within one (1) year after the date of deposit of any security, W.S. 31-9-205(a)(iii), the division is given reasonable evidence that there is no action pending and no judgment rendered in any action left unpaid.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility › Article 2 - Accident Report; Suspension of License and Registrations Generally › Section 31-9-209 - Evidence of Negligence.

31-9-209. Evidence of negligence.
Neither the reports required by W.S. 31-5-1106 through 31-5-1108, the action taken by the division pursuant to W.S. 31-9-202, 31-9-203 and 31-9-205 through 31-9-209, the findings, if any, of the division upon which the action is based, nor the security filed as provided in W.S. 31-9-202, 31-9-203 and 31-9-205 through 31-9-209 shall be any evidence of the negligence or due care of either party, at the trial of any action at law to recover damages.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility › Article 2 - Accident Report; Suspension of License and Registrations Generally › Section 31-9-210 - Transfer of Registration After Suspension.

31-9-210. Transfer of registration after suspension.
If an owner's registration has been suspended under this act, the registration shall not be transferred nor the motor vehicle in respect of which registration was issued registered in any other name until the division is satisfied that the transfer of registration is proposed in good faith and not for the purpose or with the effect of defeating the purposes of this act. Nothing in this section shall be held to apply to or affect the registration of any motor vehicle sold by a person who, pursuant to the terms or conditions of any written instrument giving a right of repossession, has exercised the right and has repossessed the motor vehicle from a person whose registration has been suspended under this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility › Article 3 - Suspension of License and Registration for Unsatisfied Judgment › Section 31-9-301 - Notice of Failure to Satisfy Judgment.

31-9-301. Notice of failure to satisfy judgment.
(a) Whenever any person fails within thirty (30) days to satisfy any judgment subject to this act, the clerk of court, or the judge of a court which has no clerk, in which the judgment is rendered within this state, shall forward to the division immediately a certified copy of the judgment.
(b) If the defendant named in any certified copy of a judgment reported to the division is a nonresident, the division shall transmit a certified copy of the judgment to the official in charge of the issuance of licenses and registration certificates of the state of which the defendant is a resident.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility › Article 3 - Suspension of License and Registration for Unsatisfied Judgment › Section 31-9-302 - Suspension Upon Receipt of Judgment; Consent to Continued License and Registration.

31-9-302. Suspension upon receipt of judgment; consent to continued license and registration.
(a) Upon the receipt of a certified copy of a judgment, the division shall suspend the license and registration and the nonresident's operating privilege of any person against whom judgment was rendered except as provided in W.S. 31-9-305.
(b) If the judgment creditor consents in writing, in a form prescribed by the division, that the judgment debtor be allowed license and registration or nonresident's operating privilege, the judgment debtor may be allowed by the division until the consent is revoked in writing, notwithstanding default in the payment of the judgment, or of any installments thereof prescribed in W.S. 31-9-305, provided the judgment debtor furnishes proof of financial responsibility.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility › Article 3 - Suspension of License and Registration for Unsatisfied Judgment › Section 31-9-303 - Continued Suspension Until Judgment Satisfied; Discharge in Bankruptcy.

31-9-303. Continued suspension until judgment satisfied; discharge in bankruptcy.
Except as provided in W.S. 31-9-305, the license, registration and nonresident's operating privilege shall not be renewed, nor shall any license or registration be issued in the name of the person, including any person not previously licensed, until every judgment is stayed, satisfied or discharged, except that a discharge in bankruptcy does satisfy the judgment for the purposes of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility › Article 3 - Suspension of License and Registration for Unsatisfied Judgment › Section 31-9-304 - When Judgments Deemed Satisfied.

31-9-304. When judgments deemed satisfied.
Judgments in excess of the amounts specified in W.S. 31-9-102(a)(xi) shall, for the purpose of this act only, be deemed satisfied when payments in the amounts so specified have been credited thereon. Payments made in settlement of any claims because of bodily injury, death or property damage arising from a motor vehicle accident shall be credited in reduction of the respective amounts so specified.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility › Article 3 - Suspension of License and Registration for Unsatisfied Judgment › Section 31-9-305 - Payment of Judgments in Installments; Failure to Meet Payments.

31-9-305. Payment of judgments in installments; failure to meet payments.
(a) A judgment debtor upon notice to the judgment creditor may apply to the court in which judgment was rendered for the privilege of paying the judgment in installments and the court, in its discretion and without prejudice to any other legal remedies which the judgment creditor may have, may order and fix the amounts and times of payment of the installments.
(b) The division shall not suspend a license, registration or a nonresident's operating privilege, and shall restore any license, registration or nonresident's operating privilege suspended following nonpayment of a judgment, when the judgment debtor gives proof of financial responsibility and obtains an order permitting the payment of the judgment in installments, and while the payment of any installment is not in default.
(c) If the judgment debtor fails to pay any installment as specified by the order, then upon notice of default, the division shall suspend the license, registration or nonresident's operating privilege of the judgment debtor until the judgment is fully satisfied, as provided in this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility › Article 4 - Proof of Financial Responsibility › Section 31-9-401 - Suspension and Revocation of License and Registrations Until Proof Maintained; When Proof Required.

31-9-401. Suspension and revocation of license and registrations until proof maintained; when proof required.
(a) Whenever the division, under any law of this state, mandatorily suspends or revokes the license of any person, the division shall also suspend the registration for all motor vehicles registered in the name of the person, except that the registration shall not be suspended, unless otherwise required by law, if the person has given or gives and maintains proof of financial responsibility with respect to all motor vehicles registered by the person.
(b) The license and registration shall not be renewed nor shall any license be issued to the person, nor shall any motor vehicle be registered in the name of the person until permitted under the motor vehicle laws of this state and until he shall give and maintain proof of financial responsibility.
(c) If a person is not licensed, but by final order or judgment is convicted of or forfeits any bail or collateral deposited to secure an appearance for trial for any offense requiring the suspension or revocation of license, or for operating a motor vehicle upon the highways without being licensed to do so, or for operating an unregistered motor vehicle upon the highways, no license shall be issued to the person and no motor vehicle shall continue to be registered or be registered in the name of the person until he shall give and maintain proof of financial responsibility.
(d) Whenever the division suspends or revokes a nonresident's operating privileges, the privileges shall remain so suspended or revoked unless the person has given or gives and maintains proof of financial responsibility.
(e) Proof of financial responsibility required to be given and maintained under this act shall be maintained for three (3) years from the date it is required except as provided in W.S. 31-9-413.
(f) Subsections (a) through (e) of this section do not apply to the suspension of a license or nonresident operating privilege under W.S. 31-7-128(f), (g) or (n).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility › Article 4 - Proof of Financial Responsibility › Section 31-9-402 - Types of Proof.

31-9-402. Types of proof.
(a) Proof of financial responsibility shall be furnished for each motor vehicle registered by any person required to give proof and may be given by filing:
(i) A certificate of insurance as provided in W.S. 31-9-403 or 31-9-404;
(ii) A bond as provided in W.S. 31-9-408; or
(iii) A certificate of deposit of money or securities as provided in W.S. 31-9-409.
(b) Proof of financial responsibility may be furnished as allowed by W.S. 31-9-110.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility › Article 4 - Proof of Financial Responsibility › Section 31-9-403 - Certificate of Insurance Carrier.

31-9-403. Certificate of insurance carrier.
(a) Proof of financial responsibility may be furnished by filing with the division the written certificate of any insurance carrier authorized to do business in this state certifying that there is in effect a motor vehicle liability policy for the benefit of the person required to furnish proof of financial responsibility. The certificate shall give the effective date of the motor vehicle liability policy which shall be the same as the effective date of the certificate, and shall designate by explicit description or by appropriate reference all motor vehicles covered thereby unless the policy is issued to a person who is not the owner of a motor vehicle.
(b) No motor vehicle shall be or continue to be registered in the name of any person required to file proof of financial responsibility unless the motor vehicle is designated in the certificate.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility › Article 4 - Proof of Financial Responsibility › Section 31-9-404 - Nonresidents.

31-9-404. Nonresidents.
(a) The nonresident owner of a motor vehicle not registered in this state may give proof of financial responsibility by filing with the division a written certificate of an insurance carrier authorized to transact business in the state in which the motor vehicle described in the certificate is registered, or if the nonresident does not own a motor vehicle, then in the state in which the insured resides, if the certificate otherwise conforms to the provisions of this act. The division shall accept the certificate upon condition that the insurance carrier complies with the following provisions with respect to the policies certified:
(i) The insurance carrier shall execute a power of attorney authorizing the division to accept service on its behalf of notice or process in any action arising out of a motor vehicle accident in this state;
(ii) The insurance carrier shall agree in writing that the policies shall be deemed to conform with the laws of this state relating to the terms of motor vehicle liability policies issued herein.
(b) If any insurance carrier not authorized to transact business in this state, which has qualified to furnish proof of financial responsibility, defaults in any undertaking or agreement, the division shall not accept as proof any certificate of the carrier so long as the default continues.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility › Article 4 - Proof of Financial Responsibility › Section 31-9-406 - Cancellation or Termination of Insurance; Exclusion of Named Driver.

31-9-406. Cancellation or termination of insurance; exclusion of named driver.
When an insurance carrier has certified a motor vehicle liability policy under W.S. 31-9-403 or a policy under W.S. 31-9-404, the insurance certified shall not be cancelled, renewed with exclusions pursuant to W.S. 26-35-105 or terminated until at least ten (10) days after a notice of cancellation, renewal with exclusions or termination of the insurance certified is filed with the division, except that a policy subsequently procured and certified shall, on the effective date of its certification, terminate the insurance previously certified with respect to any motor vehicle designated in both certificates.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility › Article 4 - Proof of Financial Responsibility › Section 31-9-407 - Excepted Insurance Policies.

31-9-407. Excepted insurance policies.
(a) This act does not apply to or affect policies of automobile insurance against liability which may now or hereafter be required by any other law of this state, and the policies, if they contain an agreement or are endorsed to conform to the requirements of this act, may be certified as proof of financial responsibility under this act.
(b) This act does not apply to or affect policies insuring solely the insured named in the policy against liability resulting from the maintenance or use by persons in the insured's employ or on his behalf of motor vehicles not owned by the insured.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 10 - Uninsured Motor Vehicle Coverage › Section 31-10-101 - Required Coverage; Rejection.

31-10-101. Required coverage; rejection.
No policy insuring against loss resulting from liability imposed by law for bodily injury or death suffered by any natural person arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state with respect to any motor vehicle registered or principally garaged in this state unless coverage is provided therein or supplemental thereto, in limits for bodily injury or death as provided by W.S. 31-9-102(a)(xi), under provisions approved by the insurance commissioner for the protection of persons insured thereunder or legally entitled to recover damages from owners or operators of uninsured motor vehicles because of bodily injury, sickness or disease, including death resulting therefrom. The named insured may reject the coverage. Unless the named insured requests the coverage in writing, the coverage need not be provided in or supplemental to a renewal policy where the named insured had rejected the coverage in connection with the policy previously issued to him by the same insurer.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 10 - Uninsured Motor Vehicle Coverage › Section 31-10-102 - Scope of Term "Uninsured Motor Vehicle".

31-10-102. Scope of term "uninsured motor vehicle".
For the purpose of coverage under W.S. 31-10-101, the term "uninsured motor vehicle", subject to the terms and conditions of the coverage, includes an insured motor vehicle where the liability insurer thereof is unable to make payment with respect to the legal liability of its insured within the limits specified therein because of insolvency.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 10 - Uninsured Motor Vehicle Coverage › Section 31-10-103 - Insolvency Protection.

31-10-103. Insolvency protection.
The insolvency protection afforded by W.S. 31-10-102 is applicable only to accidents occurring during the policy period in which the uninsured motor vehicle coverage is in effect. Any insurer may provide insolvency protection under terms and conditions more favorable to its insureds than is provided under W.S. 31-10-101 through 31-10-104.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 10 - Uninsured Motor Vehicle Coverage › Section 31-10-104 - Subrogation.

31-10-104. Subrogation.
In the event of payment to an insured under the coverage required by W.S. 31-10-101 through 31-10-104 and subject to the terms and conditions of the coverage, the insurer making the payments is entitled to the proceeds of any settlement or judgment resulting from the exercise of any rights of recovery of the insured against any person or organization legally responsible for the bodily injury or death for which the payment is made, including the proceeds recoverable from the assets of the insolvent insurer. Whenever an insurer makes payment under the coverage required by this section which is occasioned by an insolvency, the insurer's right of recovery or reimbursement shall not include any rights against the insured of the insolvent insurer, but the paying insurer may proceed directly against the insolvent insurer or its receiver, and in pursuance of this right the paying insurer shall possess any rights which the insured of the insolvent company might otherwise have had, if the insured of the insolvent insurer had personally made payment.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 11 - Identification of Vehicles and Prevention of Theft › Section 31-11-101 - Definitions.

31-11-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Calendar year" means the twelve (12) calendar months beginning January 1 and ending December 31;
(ii) "Dealer" means all persons engaged in the business or vocation of manufacturing, buying, selling, trading, dealing, destroying, disposing of, storing or salvaging vehicles, or secondhand or used vehicle parts, equipment, attachments, accessories or appurtenances common to or a part of vehicles;
(iii) "Department" means the Wyoming department of transportation;
(iv) "Driver" means the person operating, driving or in control of a vehicle;
(v) "Officer" means any duly constituted peace officer of this state, or of any town, city or county in this state;
(vi) "Owner" means as provided by W.S. 31-5-102(a)(xxvi);
(vii) "Public highway" means any public street, thoroughfare, roadway, alley, lane or bridge in any county, town or city in the state;
(viii) "Vehicle" means as defined by W.S. 31-5-102(a)(lviii) except bicycles;
(ix) "Vehicle identification number" means any identifying number, serial number, engine number if the model year is prior to 1956 or other distinguishing number or mark, including letters, if any, placed on a vehicle or vehicle component by its manufacturer or by authority of the department;
(x) "This act" means W.S. 31-11-101 through 31-11-111.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 11 - Identification of Vehicles and Prevention of Theft › Section 31-11-102 - Unauthorized Use of Vehicle; Penalty.

31-11-102. Unauthorized use of vehicle; penalty.
Any person who without specific authority of the owner or his authorized and accredited agent willfully, wantonly, or maliciously takes possession of, or drives, propels or takes away, or attempts to take possession of, drive, propel, or take away a vehicle, the property of another, for the purpose of temporarily making use of the vehicle, or who knowingly aids, abets or assists another in so doing, upon conviction, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 11 - Identification of Vehicles and Prevention of Theft › Section 31-11-103 - Alteration of Vehicle Identification Numbers; Penalty.

31-11-103. Alteration of vehicle identification numbers; penalty.
(a) No person shall:
(i) Remove, change, alter or obliterate the vehicle identification number of a vehicle with intent to defraud by altering or disguising the identity of a vehicle; or
(ii) Possess a vehicle or vehicle component with knowledge that it has a vehicle identification number which has been removed, changed, altered or obliterated in violation of paragraph (i) of this subsection.
(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 11 - Identification of Vehicles and Prevention of Theft › Section 31-11-104 - Sale of Seized Vehicles; Disposition of Proceeds; Proof of Ownership After Sale.

31-11-104. Sale of seized vehicles; disposition of proceeds; proof of ownership after sale.
All vehicles seized under W.S. 31-11-111 remaining unclaimed after ninety (90) days from the date of seizure, shall be sold by the department or its authorized representative, at public auction, to the highest bidder. Notice of sale shall be published not less than ten (10) days preceding the date of the sale, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the vehicle is to be sold, giving a full description of the vehicle together with engine or serial numbers or marks, if any. All expenses incident to the sale and storage of the vehicle shall be first paid from the receipts from the sale, and any residue shall be paid by the department to the state treasurer for credit to the general fund. Should any claimant prove ownership of a vehicle sold by the department under this act within six (6) months after the date of sale, the state auditor shall upon proper proof of ownership approved by the department, draw a warrant upon the state treasurer in favor of the claimant for the amount which was paid into the state treasury.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 11 - Identification of Vehicles and Prevention of Theft › Section 31-11-105 - Special Vehicle Identification Number.

31-11-105. Special vehicle identification number.
(a) An owner of a vehicle that does not have a vehicle identification number present or an owner of a vehicle for which a Wyoming certificate of title has been issued or is required who replaces any part of the vehicle on which the vehicle identification number appears or who incorporates a part containing the vehicle identification number into another vehicle, shall apply to the department forthwith for a special vehicle identification number. The department shall determine that the applicant for the special vehicle identification number is the lawful owner of the vehicle. An application blank shall be furnished by the department for the registration of the special vehicle identification number containing a complete description of the vehicle, the name and address of the owner, from whom purchased and other information as required by the department. The owner shall pay a registration fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) for the special vehicle identification number.
(b) In designating special vehicle identification numbers for vehicles the department shall assign the numbers consecutively, beginning with the number five hundred one (501), preceded by the letter "S" and followed by the letter "W" in the order of the filing of applications for special vehicle identification numbers. The department shall not register or reregister any vehicle with a defective vehicle identification number.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 11 - Identification of Vehicles and Prevention of Theft › Section 31-11-106 - General Penalties.

31-11-106. General penalties.
Any person violating any provision of this act unless otherwise specifically provided for in this act, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 11 - Identification of Vehicles and Prevention of Theft › Section 31-11-107 - Daily Records of Vehicle Dealers; Penalties for Violations.

31-11-107. Daily records of vehicle dealers; penalties for violations.
(a) Every dealer shall keep and maintain in his place of business, a permanent legibly written daily record of all vehicles and vehicle components which carry a vehicle identification number coming into his possession except those vehicles received by him for the express purpose of repairs that do not require the replacement of any component that bears a vehicle identification number. The record shall include the name and address of the owner or vendor, the date of the transactions, the model year, make and style, vehicle identification number, the state registration license number and the purpose and disposition of the vehicle or component. The record is to be open at all times to the inspection by the department or any peace officer and available for use as evidence. Daily records may be destroyed after retention for three (3) years.
(b) Every person offering or delivering to a dealer for resale or consignment any vehicle or vehicle component which carries a vehicle identification number shall register his name, address and the name and address of the owner in the record kept by the dealer. The driver, on request or demand of the dealer or his agent, shall produce for examination the vehicle state registration license certificate issued to the driver or to the owner of the vehicle.
(c) Any person knowingly violating any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), by imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months, or both.
(d) Any person knowingly and with intent to defraud violating any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), by imprisonment not to exceed five (5) years, or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 11 - Identification of Vehicles and Prevention of Theft › Section 31-11-108 - Examination of Vehicle Identification Numbers; Notification Where Number Altered; Penalties for Violations.

31-11-108. Examination of vehicle identification numbers; notification where number altered; penalties for violations.
(a) Every dealer shall examine, without charge, the vehicle identification number of every vehicle coming into his possession except those vehicles received by him for the express purpose of repairs that do not require the replacement of any component that bears a vehicle identification number. The dealer is not required to examine the vehicle identification number of the same vehicle more than once in the same calendar year when the dealer knows that the person in possession of the vehicle is the lawful owner. The dealer shall promptly notify the local sheriff's office if the vehicle identification number of the vehicle has been altered, changed or obliterated as to make the number indecipherable or if the vehicle identification number or the state registration license number of the vehicle does not correspond with the vehicle identification number of the vehicle state registration certificate.
(b) Any person knowingly violating this section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six (6) months, or both.
(c) Any person knowingly and with intent to defraud violating this section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), by imprisonment not to exceed five (5) years, or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 11 - Identification of Vehicles and Prevention of Theft › Section 31-11-109 - Report of Stored or Parked Vehicles; Offenses and Penalties.

31-11-109. Report of stored or parked vehicles; offenses and penalties.
(a) Whenever any vehicle has been stored, parked or left in a garage, or any type of storage or parking lot for more than thirty (30) days, the owner of the garage or lot shall report the make, engine number, vehicle identification number and serial number of the vehicle in writing to the sheriff of the county in which the garage or lot is located.
(b) Nothing in this section applies where:
(i) Arrangements have been made for continuous storage or parking by the owner of the vehicle parked or stored;
(ii) Arrangements for towing or storage have been made by a law enforcement agency; or
(iii) The owner of the vehicle is personally known to the owner or operator of the garage or lot.
(c) Any person who fails to submit the report required under this section at the end of thirty (30) days shall forfeit all claims for storage of the vehicles.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 11 - Identification of Vehicles and Prevention of Theft › Section 31-11-110 - Surrender and Cancellation of Certificate of Title; Penalties for Violations.

31-11-110. Surrender and cancellation of certificate of title; penalties for violations.
(a) The owner of any vehicle for which a Wyoming certificate of title has been issued, upon the destruction or dismantling of the vehicle or upon its being changed in such a manner that it is no longer a vehicle, or upon its being sold or otherwise disposed of as salvage, shall surrender his certificate of title to the department and take a receipt therefor. Upon the owner's procuring the consent of the holders of any security interest noted on the certificate of title and shown to be unreleased, the certificate may be cancelled.
(b) Any person who knowingly violates this section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), by imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months, or both.
(c) Any person who, with intent to defraud, violates this section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), by imprisonment not to exceed five (5) years, or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 11 - Identification of Vehicles and Prevention of Theft › Section 31-11-111 - Seizure of Vehicles by Officers.

31-11-111. Seizure of vehicles by officers.
All officers, having probable cause, may take and hold possession of any vehicle for a reasonable time not to exceed ninety (90) days as may be necessary if the vehicle identification number of the vehicle has been altered, removed, changed or obliterated. Any officer taking possession of a vehicle shall immediately notify the local sheriff's office and the rightful owner, if known. The notification shall contain a description of the vehicle and any other facts that may assist in locating the rightful owner or in prosecuting any person for a violation of law.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 13 - Abandoned Vehicles › Section 31-13-102 - Powers and Duties of Department; Responsibility of the County.

31-13-102. Powers and duties of department; responsibility of the county.
(a) The department shall administer the provisions of this act.
(b) The department may adopt rules and regulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
(c) The removal, preservation, custody, storage and sale of abandoned vehicles impounded by a police officer are the responsibility of the county in which the vehicle is impounded.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 31 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 13 - Abandoned Vehicles › Section 31-13-103 - Uniformity of Provisions.

31-13-103. Uniformity of provisions.
The provisions of this act shall be applicable and uniform throughout this state and in all political subdivisions therein but any city or town may enact or enforce any ordinance on a matter covered by this act which shall supersede this act to the extent that any conflict exists.