Title 31, Title 31 — Motor Vehicles
20 chapters · 542 sections in this title.
W.S. § 31-7-101 Short title
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Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Driver's License Act."
W.S. § 31-7-102 Definitions
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Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Alcohol" means any substance containing any form of alcohol, including but not limited to, ethanol, methanol, propanol and isopropanol; (ii) "Alcohol concentration" means: (A) The number of grams of alcohol per one hundred (100) millilit…
W.S. § 31-7-103 Administration and enforcement
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Administration and enforcement. (a) The administration of this act shall be exercised by the department, which may prescribe forms and reasonable rules and regulations in conformity with this act and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act under W.S. 40-21-101 through 40-21- 119.…
W.S. § 31-7-104 Disposition of fees
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Disposition of fees. Except as provided in this section and W.S. 31-7-113(g), the license fees levied and collected under this act are payable to the department and shall be transmitted to the state treasurer to be credited to the highway fund. Subject to the allocation in W.S. 3…
W.S. § 31-7-105 Administrative hearings
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Administrative hearings. (a) Repealed by Laws 1992, ch. 30, § 3. (b) A hearing examiner designated by the office of administrative hearings created by W.S. 9-2-2201 shall sit as the administrative hearing agency for the department to hear all: (i) Contested cases involving per se…
W.S. § 31-7-106 License required; limited to one license
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License required; limited to one license. (a) No person, unless exempt under this act shall drive, steer or exercise any degree of physical control of any motor vehicle or a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle upon a highway in this state unless the person has been issued a dr…
W.S. § 31-7-107 Persons exempted
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Persons exempted. (a) The following persons are exempt from the licensing requirement under this act: (i) Any employee of the United States government while operating a motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United States government and being operated on official business unless…
W.S. § 31-7-108 Persons not to be licensed; investigation by the division
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Persons not to be licensed; investigation by the division. (a) No driver's license shall be issued to any person who is under the age of seventeen (17) years, except as provided in W.S. 31-7-110 and 31-7-117(c), or unless the person is at least sixteen (16) years of age and has h…
W.S. § 31-7-109 Classes of licenses
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Classes of licenses. (a) Every driver's license issued by the division shall be classified by the class, type or endorsement of the vehicles the licensee may drive. (b) License classification, type or endorsement shall take into account the operational characteristics of the vehi…
W.S. § 31-7-110 Instruction and temporary driver's permits
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Instruction and temporary driver's permits. (a) Any person who is at least fifteen (15) years of age may apply to the division for an instruction permit. The division, after the applicant has successfully passed all parts of the examination other than the driving test, may issue …
W.S. § 31-7-111 Application for license or permit generally
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Application for license or permit generally. (a) Every application for an instruction permit, driver's license, commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit shall be made upon a form furnished by the division. Every application shall be accompanied by the proper fee…
W.S. § 31-7-112 Application for license or permit of persons under 18
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Application for license or permit of persons under 18. The application of any person under the age of eighteen (18) years for an instruction permit or driver's license shall be signed by a parent or guardian having custody of the applicant. If there is no parent or guardian the a…
W.S. § 31-7-113 Fees
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Fees. (a) The following fees are imposed, in addition to the fee in subsection (g) of this section: (i) Driver's license $40.00 (ii) Instruction permit $40.00 (iii) Restricted license under W.S. 31-7-117(c) $20.00 (iv) Repealed by Laws 2025, ch. 5, § 2. (v) Extension or renewal $…
W.S. § 31-7-114 Examinations; visual acuity
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Examinations; visual acuity. (a) The division shall examine every applicant for a driver's license and instructional permit and shall require each applicant to demonstrate adequate visual acuity according to department rules. The division's examination shall include a test of the…
W.S. § 31-7-115 Issuance, description and contents
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Issuance, description and contents. (a) Upon the satisfactory completion of any required examination, the division shall issue to every qualifying applicant a driver's license, and: (i) The license shall be tamperproof to the maximum extent practicable and may include security fe…
W.S. § 31-7-116 Carrying and displaying
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Carrying and displaying. Every licensee shall have his driver's license in his immediate possession at all times when driving a motor vehicle and shall display the license upon demand of any judicial officer, municipal court judge, any officer or agent of the division or any poli…
W.S. § 31-7-117 Restricted licenses
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Restricted licenses. (a) Upon issuing a driver's license the division for good cause may impose restrictions suitable to the licensee's driving ability. The restrictions may require special mechanical control devices on any motor vehicle which the licensee may drive and any other…
W.S. § 31-7-118 Replacement license
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Replacement license. (a) If a license issued under this act is lost, destroyed or if the licensee desires to withdraw or insert notice of anatomical organ donation or a medical alert designation, the person may obtain the appropriate replacement license upon payment of the proper…
W.S. § 31-7-119 Expiration and renewal; required tests; extension
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Expiration and renewal; required tests; extension. (a) Every driver's license shall expire on the licensee's birthday in the fifth year following the issuance of the license. (b) The division shall require every person applying for renewal of a driver's license to demonstrate ade…
W.S. § 31-7-120 Records to be kept by division; exceptions
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Records to be kept by division; exceptions. (a) The division shall maintain a readily available file of and suitable indexes for: (i) All license applications denied with the reasons for denial noted thereon; (ii) All applications granted; (iii) Every licensee whose license has b…
W.S. § 31-7-122 Reexaminations
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Reexaminations. (a) The division, having good cause to believe that a licensed driver is unsafe or otherwise not qualified to be licensed, may upon written notice of not less than ten (10) days to the licensee require him to submit to an appropriate examination. Upon the conclusi…
W.S. § 31-7-123 Authority of division to cancel license or permit
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Authority of division to cancel license or permit. The division may cancel any driver's license, instruction permit or commercial learner's permit upon determining that the licensee or permittee was not entitled to the license or permit, that the licensee or permittee failed to g…
W.S. § 31-7-124 Suspension or revocation of privileges of nonresidents; reporting of convictions, suspensions and revocations by division
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Suspension or revocation of privileges of nonresidents; reporting of convictions, suspensions and revocations by division. (a) The privilege of a nonresident to drive a motor vehicle on the highways of this state is subject to suspension or revocation by the division under this a…
W.S. § 31-7-125 Suspension or revocation upon notice of conviction in another state or in federal court
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Suspension or revocation upon notice of conviction in another state or in federal court. The division shall suspend or revoke the license of any resident of this state or the privilege of a nonresident to drive a motor vehicle in this state upon receiving notice of the conviction…
W.S. § 31-7-126 Reporting of convictions and failure to appear by courts
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Reporting of convictions and failure to appear by courts. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, every court having jurisdiction under any statute of this state or a municipal ordinance adopted by local authority regulating the driving of motor vehicles, shall …
W.S. § 31-7-127 Mandatory revocation of license for certain violations
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Mandatory revocation of license for certain violations. (a) The division shall revoke the license or nonresident operating privilege of any person, upon receipt of a record of conviction of the person of any of the following violations: (i) Any felony which is the direct result o…
W.S. § 31-7-128 Mandatory suspension of license or nonresident operating privilege for certain violations; suspension of registration
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Mandatory suspension of license or nonresident operating privilege for certain violations; suspension of registration. (a) The division shall suspend the license or nonresident operating privilege of any driver upon receiving a record of the driver's conviction under W.S. 31-5-22…
W.S. § 31-7-129 Discretionary suspension of license
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Discretionary suspension of license. (a) The division may suspend the license of any driver for a period not to exceed twelve (12) months if the licensee: (i) Is a repeated violator, such fact being established by a record of moving violations, accidents or by other evidence; (ii…
W.S. § 31-7-130 Commencement of cancellation, suspension or revocation
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Commencement of cancellation, suspension or revocation. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a cancellation, suspension or revocation by the division under this act or any other law shall commence the later of: (i) Twenty (20) days after notice of intent to suspend or revoke …
W.S. § 31-7-132 Restriction on operation under foreign license during cancellation, suspension or revocation in this state
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Restriction on operation under foreign license during cancellation, suspension or revocation in this state. Any resident or nonresident whose driver's license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle in this state has been cancelled, suspended or revoked under this act, shall not dr…
W.S. § 31-7-133 Unlawful use of license
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Unlawful use of license. (a) It is an unlawful use of a license and is a misdemeanor for any person to: (i) Display or permit to be displayed, or have in his possession any cancelled, revoked, suspended, fictitious or fraudulently altered driver's license; (ii) Lend his driver's …
W.S. § 31-7-134 Driving while license cancelled, suspended, invalid or revoked
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Driving while license cancelled, suspended, invalid or revoked. (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle on any public highway in this state at a time when his driver's license, from this or any other jurisdiction, or nonresident operating privileges are cancelled, suspended, de…
W.S. § 31-7-135 Permitting unlicensed person to drive
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Permitting unlicensed person to drive. No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle owned by him or under his control to be driven or towed upon any highway by any person who is not licensed for the type or class of vehicles to be driven or is in violation of any…
W.S. § 31-7-136 General penalties
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General penalties. Except as otherwise provided by this act, any person who violates any provision of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punished by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).
W.S. § 31-7-137 Proof of receipt of notice or order; change of address or name
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Proof of receipt of notice or order; change of address or name. (a) Evidence that a notice or order from the division under this act was mailed to the last known address of a person is prima facie proof the person received the notice or order five (5) days after the notice or ord…
W.S. § 31-7-139 Anatomical organ donor
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Anatomical organ donor. (a) The department shall, at the applicant's request, identify on the Wyoming driver's license or identification card that the person is an anatomical organ donor as provided by W.S. 35-5-205. (b) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 18, § 3. (c) Repealed by Laws 19…
W.S. § 31-7-140 Nonresident Violator Compact of 1977; division to enter into compact
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Nonresident Violator Compact of 1977; division to enter into compact. The division shall execute all documents and perform other duties as necessary to enter into and carry out the provisions of the Nonresident Violator Compact of 1977.
W.S. § 31-7-141 Veteran designation
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Veteran designation. Upon receiving the documentation required by W.S. 31-7- 111(b)(xii), the department shall identify on the Wyoming driver's license or identification card that the person is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States. The identifi…
W.S. § 31-7-142 Medical alert designation
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Medical alert designation. (a) The department shall, at the applicant's request, identify on the Wyoming driver's license or identification card that the person has a medical condition for which the person is requesting a medical alert designation. (b) Any person, official, insti…
W.S. § 31-7-143 Unauthorized aliens; invalid out-of-state driver's licenses and nonresident operating privileges
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Unauthorized aliens; invalid out-of-state driver's licenses and nonresident operating privileges. (a) Any driver's license or nonresident operating privilege document issued by a jurisdiction outside Wyoming to an unauthorized alien or any driver's license or nonresident operatin…
W.S. § 31-7-201 Compact provisions generally
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Compact provisions generally. The Driver License Compact is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially as follows: ARTICLE I Findings and Declaration of Policy (a) The party states find that: (i) The safety of thei…
W.S. § 31-7-202 Definitions
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Definitions. (a) As used in the Driver License Compact enacted in W.S. 31-7-201: (i) "Licensing authority" means the department of transportation; (ii) "Executive head" means the governor; (iii) "Head of the licensing authority" means the director of the department of transportat…
W.S. § 31-7-301 Notification required by driver
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Notification required by driver. (a) Any driver of a commercial motor vehicle holding a driver's license issued by this state, who is convicted of violating any state or federal law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, in any state, or of violating any fe…
W.S. § 31-7-302 Employer responsibilities
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Employer responsibilities. (a) Each employer must require the applicant to provide the information required in W.S. 31-7-301. (b) No employer may knowingly allow, permit or authorize a driver to drive a commercial motor vehicle, unless exempted pursuant to the terms of this chapt…
W.S. § 31-7-303 Exemptions
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Exemptions. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, the department shall by rule and regulation grant an exemption from the licensing and other requirements of this article or from the requirements of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this article to a class…
W.S. § 31-7-304 Issuance; classifications and endorsements
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Issuance; classifications and endorsements. (a) Commercial driver's licenses may be issued with the following classifications and endorsements. The holder of a valid commercial driver's license may drive all vehicles in the class for which that license is issued and all lesser cl…
W.S. § 31-7-305 Disqualification and cancellation; right to a hearing
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Disqualification and cancellation; right to a hearing. (a) Any person is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for a period of not less than one (1) year if convicted of a first violation arising from separate incidents of: (i) Driving or in actual physical control…
W.S. § 31-7-306 Commercial drivers prohibited from operating with any alcohol in system
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Commercial drivers prohibited from operating with any alcohol in system. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a person may not drive, operate or be in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle while having alcohol in his system. (b) A person who drives, ope…
W.S. § 31-7-307 Implied consent requirements for commercial motor vehicle drivers
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Implied consent requirements for commercial motor vehicle drivers. (a) A person who drives or is in actual physical control of a commercial motor vehicle within this state is deemed to have given consent, subject to the provisions of this section to a chemical test or tests of hi…
W.S. § 31-7-308 Notification of traffic convictions
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Notification of traffic convictions. Within ten (10) days after receiving a report of the conviction of any nonresident holder of a commercial driver's license for any violation of state or federal law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than parki…