VIN inspections.

2015
STATE OF WYOMING
15LSO-0271
Numbered
2.1

SENATE FILE

NO.
SF0019

VIN inspections.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Case and Representative(s) Zwonitzer, Dn.

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; authorizing vehicle identification number inspections by employees of law enforcement agencies and by county clerks as specified; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 31
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103(a)(vi) and (g), 31
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108(d) and
(e) and 31
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102(b)(ii) are amended to read:

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103
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Contents of application; signature; vehicle identification number; issuance of certificate.

(a)

Applications for paper certificates of title or electronic certificates of title, if available, shall be under oath and contain or be accompanied by:

(vi)

In the case of a vehicle registered or titled in a state other than Wyoming, or any homemade vehicle, rebuilt vehicle, reconstructed vehicle, any vehicle assembled from a kit or any vehicle for which a bond is required, a current statement made by a Wyoming law enforcement officer,
an authorized employee or agent of a law enforcement agency,
an authorized employee or agent of the county clerk

or
by a

licensed Wyoming dealer only for vehicles in his inventory or possession, that the vehicle identification number on the vehicle has been inspected and that the inspection occurred in Wyoming and certifying the correct vehicle identification number displayed on the vehicle. Any licensed Wyoming dealer performing an inspection of a vehicle identification number under this section shall, in addition to the requirements of this act, do so pursuant to W.S. 31
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108. In the case of a vehicle not in Wyoming, the vehicle identification number may be inspected and certified on a form approved by the department if the inspection is made by an authorized law
enforcement officer of a city, county or state law enforcement agency or a commissioned officer at a federal military installation or any other person authorized to do so by law and delivered to the county clerk in the county where the application for certificate of title is made along with payment for the inspection fee required under W.S. 31
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102(b)(iv);

(g)

Any Wyoming law enforcement officer who determines from a physical inspection that the vehicle identification number has been removed, changed, altered or obliterated for any reason, shall proceed pursuant to W.S. 31
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111, unless the vehicle is in the process of obtaining a state assigned number pursuant to W.S. 31
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105.

Any authorized employee or agent of
a law enforcement agency or of
the county clerk who determines from a physical inspection that the vehicle identification number has been removed, changed, altered or obliterated for any reason shall immediately refer the matter to a law enforcement offic
er
for seizure pursuant to W.S
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111.

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108
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Rebuilt salvage vehicles; titles; requirements.

(d)

After the owner of a motor vehicle for which a certificate of title branded "salvage" has been issued pursuant to this act, provides the information required under subsection (c) of this section to the department, the department shall provide to the owner a secure decal which shall comply with the permanency requirements of the department, stating "rebuilt salvage vehicle". The owner shall apply the decal to the driver's door jamb of the vehicle prior to having the vehicle inspected by a Wyoming law enforcement officer
, an authorized employee or agent of a law enforcement agency
or authorized employee or agent of the county clerk
for the vehicle identification number and to ensure the decal has been properly affixed. On a motorcycle, the owner shall apply the decal opposite the vehicle identification number on the fork crown in a manner that does not obscure the vehicle identification number, prior to having the motorcycle inspected by a Wyoming law enforcement officer
, an authorized employee or agent of a law enforcement agency
or authorized employee or agent of the county clerk

for the vehicle identification number and to ensure the decal has been properly affixed. The owner
shall pay the fee specified in W.S. 31
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102(b) for the inspection.

(e)

The owner of a motor vehicle for which a certificate of title branded "salvage" has been issued may apply for a certificate of title branded "rebuilt" by presenting to the county clerk the certificate of title, properly assigned, if applicable, together with the department certificate signed by a Wyoming law enforcement officer
, an authorized employee or agent of a law enforcement agency
or authorized employee or agent of the county clerk
who has inspected the vehicle for the vehicle identification number and to ensure the decal required under subsection (d) of this section has been properly affixed. Upon proper application and payment of fees for a certificate of title as provi
ded under W.S. 31
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102(a)(vii), a certificate of title branded "rebuilt" shall be issued to the owner.

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102
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Miscellaneous fees.

(b)

A ten dollar ($10.00) fee shall be collected for each vehicle identification number or rebuilt salvage
vehicle decal inspected pursuant to W.S. 31
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103(a)(vi) or 31
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108(d). If a vehicle is presented for inspection of both vehicle identification number and rebuilt salvage vehicle decal at the same time, or both vehicle identification number (VIN) and hull identification number (HIN) or motorboat certificate of number inspection at the same time, only one (1) fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be collected. The fee shall be deposited as follows:

(ii)

If the inspection is performed by a county sheriff
, an authorized employee or agent of a law enforcement agency
or authorized employee or agent of the county clerk,

then in the county's general fund;

Section
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This
act is effective July 1,
2015
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(END)

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