Title 31, Title 31 — Motor Vehicles

Inadmissibility of evidence of conviction. No evidence of the conviction of any person for any violation of this act is admissible in any court in any civil action.

Effect of conviction upon credibility of witness. The conviction of a person upon a charge of violating any provision of this act or other traffic regulation less than a felony shall not affect or impair the credibility of the person as a witness in any civil or criminal proceedi…

Traffic citation books. The chief administrative officer of every traffic enforcement agency is responsible for the issuance of traffic citation books and shall maintain a record of every book and each citation contained therein issued to individual members of the traffic enforce…

Disposition and records of traffic citations. (a) Every traffic enforcement officer upon issuing a traffic citation to an alleged violator of any provision of the motor vehicle laws of this state or of any traffic ordinance of any city or town shall deposit the original or a copy…

Audit of traffic citation records; annual summary of traffic violation notices. (a) Every record of traffic citations required in W.S. 31-5-1201 through 31-5-1214, shall be audited annually by the appropriate fiscal officer of the governmental agency to which the traffic enforcem…

Use of citations as lawful complaints. In the event the form of citation provided under W.S. 31-5-1210 includes information and is sworn to as required under the general laws of this state in respect to a complaint charging commission of the offense alleged in the citation to hav…

Record of traffic cases; reports of convictions. (a) Every judge of a court shall keep or cause to be kept a record of every traffic complaint, traffic citation or other legal form of traffic charge deposited with or presented to the court and shall keep a record of every officia…

Short title. This article is known and may be cited as the "Child Safety Restraint Act."

Definitions. (a) As used in this article: (i) "Child safety restraint system" means any device which is designed to protect, hold or restrain a child in a privately owned, leased or rented noncommercial passenger vehicle in such a way as to prevent or minimize injury to the child…

Child safety restraint system; required use; exception. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, no person shall operate a passenger vehicle in this state unless each child who is a passenger in that vehicle and who has not reached his ninth birthday is…

Penalty. (a) Any person who violates this article shall be issued a citation and fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first offense, provided that the fine shall be waived by the court upon receipt of proof by the court that the offender, after the offense occurred,…

Limiting application. Violation of this article does not constitute evidence of negligence or recklessness and does not constitute a basis for criminal prosecution except as set forth in this article.

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Emergency vehicle" means as defined in W.S. 31-5-1302(a)(iii); (ii) "Passenger vehicle" means a vehicle which is self-propelled and designed to carry eleven (11) persons or less and primarily used to transport persons, including autocycl…

Safety belts required to be used; exceptions; reduction in fine. (a) Each driver and passenger of a motor vehicle operated in this state shall wear, and each driver of a motor vehicle shall require that a passenger under twelve (12) years of age shall wear, a properly adjusted an…

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Department" means the Wyoming department of transportation; (ii) "Director" means the director of the department of transportation; (iii) "Program" means the Wyoming motorcycle safety education program established under W.S. 31-5-1502; (…

Motorcycle safety education program created. (a) The department shall develop standards for, establish and administer the Wyoming motorcycle safety education program. (b) The program shall provide for novice rider training courses in sufficient numbers and at locations throughout…

Rider training courses; certificates; exemption for licensing skills test. (a) The program shall offer motorcycle rider training courses designed to develop and instill the knowledge, attitudes, habits and skills necessary for the proper operation of a motorcycle. The courses sha…

Instructor training and approval. (a) The department shall approve instructors for the motorcycle rider training courses. No person shall be approved as an instructor unless the person meets the requirements of this act and regulations of the department and unless the person hold…

Implementing authority; rules and regulations. (a) The department shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the motorcycle safety education program. (b) The department may enter into contracts with public or private entities for course delivery and for the provision of servi…

Motorcycle safety education program account. (a) The motorcycle safety education program account is created in the state highway fund and appropriated on a continual basis to the department which shall administer the account. Money in the account shall only be used for administra…

Advisory committee created; appointments; terms; duties; removal; compensation. The director shall appoint a program advisory committee consisting of five (5) persons representing various interests in motorcycle safety to advise and assist the program coordinator in developing, e…

Operation on highways. (a) An off-road recreational vehicle may be operated upon any public road rights-of-way, streets, roads or highways within Wyoming subject to the following conditions: (i) Off-road recreational vehicles may be operated on main-traveled roadways only upon th…

Towing companies; rotation list. (a) The department shall provide by rule and regulation for the safe and efficient removal of vehicles from the highways when the owner or operator of the vehicle is unable to actively assist in the vehicle's removal. (b) Rules adopted by the depa…

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Alcohol concentration" means as defined in W.S. 31-5-233(a)(i); (ii) "Controlled substance" includes: (A) Any drug or substance defined by W.S. 35-7-1002(a)(iv); (B) Any glue, aerosol or other toxic vapor which when intentionally inhaled…

Test to determine alcoholic or controlled substance content of blood; suspension of license. (a) If arrested for an offense as defined by W.S. 31-5-233: (i) Any person who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a public street or highway in this state is …

Application for hearing; stay of suspension of license; scope of hearing. (a) A timely request for a hearing shall stay the suspension until the order following the hearing is entered and all appellate review of the matter is completed, provided the stay of suspension is effectiv…

Right to petition for subsequent hearing; suspension applies to all licenses held; persons not required to take test. (a) If the suspension is sustained after a hearing, the person whose Wyoming driver's license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle has been suspended under thi…

Method of performing chemical analysis; persons permitted to draw blood; request by arrested person for test; information made available; evidence of refusal to take test. (a) Chemical analysis of the person's blood, breath or urine to be considered valid under this section, shal…

No liability incurred by persons requested to administer test. No physician, registered nurse, qualified clinical or laboratory technician or other person who routinely does venipunctures at the direction of a physician or facility in which the blood is drawn shall incur any civi…

Implied consent requirements for youthful drivers. (a) If arrested for an offense as defined by W.S. 31-5-234: (i) A person under twenty-one (21) years of age who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle within this state is deemed to have given consent, subject…

Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Driver's License Act."

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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 $…

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…

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…

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…