Title 31, Title 31 — Motor Vehicles

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 241, § 4. (ii) "Driver" means as defined by W.S. 31-5-102(a); (iii) "Division" means the division within the department of transportation charged with administration and enforcement of this act; (iv) "Judgment" …

Administration; administrative review. (a) The administration of this act shall be exercised by the department of transportation which may prescribe forms and reasonable rules and regulations in conformity with this act. The administration of this act may be delegated by the depa…

Disclosure of driving record. The department shall adopt rules and regulations concerning disclosure of the driving record of any person subject to this act.

Return of registration to division. Any person whose registration is suspended under this act, or whose policy of insurance or bond, when required under this act, is cancelled or terminated, or who neglects to furnish other proof upon request of the division shall immediately ret…

General penalties. (a) Any person willfully failing to return a registration as required in W.S. 31-9-105 shall be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). (b) Any person who forges or, without authority, signs any notice provided for under W.S. 31-9-202 that a …

Government motor vehicles. This act does not apply with respect to any motor vehicle owned by the United States, this state or any political subdivision of this state.

Other lawful processes. Nothing in this act shall be construed as preventing the plaintiff in any action at law from relying for relief upon the other processes provided by law.

Uniformity of laws. This act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it.

Providing proof of financial responsibility. For purposes of this act, a person shall be considered to have provided and filed proof of financial responsibility whenever a search of the online insurance verification system or other verification system provides proof of financial …

Suspension of license and registration after accident report; exclusions and security requirements. (a) Within thirty (30) days after receipt of an investigating officer's report of a motor vehicle accident within this state as required under W.S. 31-5-1106 through 31-5-1108 or a…

Exceptions to W.S. 31-9-202. (a) The requirements as to security and suspension in W.S. 31-9-202 shall not apply: (i) To the driver or the owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident wherein no injury or damage was caused to the person or property of anyone other than the dr…

Reciprocal suspension of nonresidents' operating privileges and residents' licenses; notice to and from other states. (a) When a nonresident's operating privilege is suspended pursuant to W.S. 31-9-202, the division shall transmit a certified copy of the record of the action to t…

Requirements for release of suspension. (a) The license and registration and nonresident's operating privilege suspended as provided in W.S. 31-9-202 shall not be renewed nor shall any license or registration be issued to the person until: (i) The person deposits or there shall b…

Unlicensed driver or unregistered motor vehicle in accident. If the driver or the owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident within this state has no license or registration, he shall not be allowed a license or registration until he has complied with the requirements of W.…

Form and amount of security; reduction or increase. (a) The security required under W.S. 31-9-202, 31-9-203 and 31-9-205 through 31-9-209 shall be in such form and in such amount as the division may require but in no case in excess of the limits specified in W.S. 31-9-202. The pe…

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 s…

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 fil…

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 t…

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 divi…

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 re…

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 …

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 becau…

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 p…

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 ve…

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-…

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 th…

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 des…

"Liability policy" defined; required coverage; additional clauses. (a) As used in this act "liability policy" means an owner's or an operator's policy of liability insurance, certified as provided in W.S. 31-9-403 or 31-9-404 as proof of financial responsibility, and issued, exce…

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…

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 require…

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 s…

(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 shal…

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 giv…

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 ade…

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 …

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;…

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 ve…

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…

(d) The requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of this section may be satisfied by a motor vehicle liability policy or bond maintained by the driver, the transportation network company or through a combination of the driver and the transportation network company. (e) Coverage un…

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…

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…

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…

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, disposi…

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 comp…

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 t…

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 i…