HB0115 Vehicle registration timing. | Wyoming Bill

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Summary for LSO115
Bill No.:
HB0115
Effective

Date:
1/1/2016

LSO No.:
15LSO-0350

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA 23

Chapter No.:
31

Prime Sponsor:
Esquibel, K.

Catch Title:
Vehicle registration timing.

Subject:
Time periods for registration and payment of taxes on vehicles.

Summary/Major Elements:

This bill increases the time periods for vehicle registration and payment of taxes for the purchase of vehicles.

The various time periods specified for the registration and payment of taxes on vehicles are extended by 15 days.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

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ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0115

ENROLLED ACT NO.
23
,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2015 General Session

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; amending the time period for registration and payment of taxes on the purchase or transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1
.

W.S. 31
‑
2
‑
201(a)(ii)
(A) through (D)
, 31
‑
2
‑
214(a)
(intro)
, 31
‑
2
‑
501(b), 31
‑
16
‑
126(d) and 39
‑
15
‑
108(b)(ii)
(intro) and
(C) are amended to read:

31
‑
2
‑
201
.

Registration required; timelines.

(a)

Except as provided in W.S. 31
‑
2
‑
224, every owner, or if applicable, operator or lessee, of a vehicle which will be operated or driven upon any highway in Wyoming, shall be required to obtain registration at the following times:

(ii)

Upon transfer of ownership of a vehicle:

(A)

Within
forty
‑
five (45)

sixty (60)
days if transferred and temporary license permits issued by a licensed dealer;

(B)

Within
forty
‑
five (45)

sixty (60)
days if transferred by an out
‑
of
‑
state dealer, regardless of when the out
‑
of
‑
state temporary permit expires;

(C)

Within
forty
‑
five (45)

sixty (60)
days if transferred under the provisions of W.S. 31
‑
2
‑
104(h). Vehicles may be operated by the transferee during this
forty
‑
five (45)

sixty (60)

day period when accompanied by a notarized bill of sale;

(D)

Within
thirty (30)

forty
‑
five (45)
days for other transfer. Vehicles may be operated by the transferee during this
thirty (30)

forty
‑
five (45)

day period when accompanied by a properly executed title for the vehicle transferring interest in the vehicle to the transferee.

31
‑
2
‑
214
.

Transfer of ownership.

(a)

Except as provided by subsections (b) through (d) of this section, upon transfer of ownership of a vehicle the registration of the vehicle expires and the original owner shall immediately remove the license plates from the vehicle. Within
forty
‑
five (45)

sixty (60)
days after acquiring another vehicle for which the license plates would be proper, the original owner may file an application for the transfer of the license registration number to a vehicle acquired by him accompanied by the fees based on the amount which would be due on a new registration as of the date of transfer less any credit for the unused portion of the original registration fees for the original vehicle for the assignment of the plates to the recently acquired vehicle subject to the following:

31
‑
2
‑
501
.

Definitions; application required.

(b)

Except as provided by W.S. 31
‑
2
‑
502, every owner of a mobile home located in this state for which no Wyoming certificate of title has been issued to the owner, or the transferee upon transfer of ownership of a mobile home, shall apply for a certificate of title at the office of a county clerk within
thirty (30)

forty
‑
five (45)
days of the date the mobile home became subject to this act, or upon a transfer, within
thirty (30)

forty
‑
five (45)
days of the date of transfer.

31
‑
16
‑
126
.

Use of demo, full use plates; temporary permits.

(d)

Vehicles may be operated without registration for
forty
‑
five (45)

sixty (60)
days from the date of purchase when displaying a temporary license permit issued by a licensed dealer or the department. The form and display of the temporary license permit shall be prescribed by the department.

39
‑
15
‑
108
.

Enforcement.

(b)

Interest. The following shall apply:

(ii)

If the sales or use tax on a vehicle, including local option sales or use tax, under W.S. 39
‑
15
‑
101 through 39
‑
15
‑
211 or 39
‑
16
‑
101 through 39
‑
16
‑
211, is not paid within
fifty (50)

sixty
‑
five (65)
days after the date of the sale, or in the case of a motor vehicle brought into this state,
fifty (50)

sixty
‑
five (65)
days after the vehicle is brought into the state if the owner submits to the county treasurer an affidavit and any other satisfactory proof as necessary to verify the date the vehicle was brought into the state:

(C)

The tax is delinquent if the taxpayer or his agent knew or reasonably should have known that the tax liability was not paid within the
fifty (50)

sixty
‑
five (65)
day period.

Section
2
.

This
act is effective
January 1, 2016
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House
.

Chief Clerk

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