This act may be cited as the "Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility 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(i) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 241, § 4.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" means any judgment that is final without further appeal. The judgment shall have been rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or of the United States. The cause of action shall result from damages occurring from a motor vehicle accident and may relate to bodily injury or death of person, or to damage or to loss of property;
(v) "License" means any driver's license, instruction permit or temporary license issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the licensing of drivers;
(vi) "Motor vehicle" means as defined by W.S. 31-5-102(a);
(vii) "Nonresident" means every person who is not a resident of this state;
(viii) "Nonresident's operating privilege" means the privilege conferred upon a nonresident by the laws of this state pertaining to the operation by him of a motor vehicle, or the use of a motor vehicle owned by him, in this state;
(ix) "Operator" means every person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle;
(x) "Owner" means as defined by W.S. 31-5-102(a);
(xi) "Proof of financial responsibility" means evidence of ability to respond in damages for liability, resulting from accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date of the proof, arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle, in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) because of bodily injury to or death of one (1) person in any one (1) accident, and subject to the limit for one (1) person, in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) because of bodily injury to or death of two (2) or more persons in any one (1) accident, and in the amount of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one (1) accident;
(xii) "Registration" means registration certificate or certificates and registration plates issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the registration of motor vehicles;
(xiii) "State" means any state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or any province of the Dominion of Canada;
(xiv) "This act" means W.S. 31-9-101 through 31-9-415.
31-9-103. 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 department to the division.
(b) W.S. 31-7-105 and 31-7-130 apply to all suspensions under this act.
31-9-104. Disclosure of driving record.
The department shall adopt rules and regulations concerning disclosure of the driving record of any person subject to this act.
31-9-105. 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 return the registration to the division. If any person fails to return to the division the registration as required, the division shall direct any peace officer to confiscate and return the registration to the division.
31-9-106. 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 policy or bond is in effect, or any evidence of proof of financial responsibility, or who files or offers for filing any notice or evidence of proof knowing or having reason to believe that it is forged or signed without authority, shall be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), imprisoned not more than six (6) months, or both.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of this act for which no penalty is otherwise provided shall be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), imprisoned not more than ninety (90) days, or both.
31-9-107. 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.
31-9-108. 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.
31-9-109. 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.
31-9-110. 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 responsibility.