Vehicle registration e-certificate and grace period.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on amending requirements for displaying license plates and permits, only for validation stickers.

Vehicle Registration E-Certificate and Grace Period

This law allows county treasurers to issue electronic vehicle registration certificates, requires drivers to carry either a physical or electronic copy of the certificate while driving, and provides a grace period for placing validation stickers on vehicles.

What This Bill Does

• Allows county treasurers to provide vehicle registration certificates in electronic form.
• Requires drivers to have either a physical or an electronic copy of their vehicle registration certificate with them at all times while driving.
• Provides a thirty-day grace period after the issuance of a new registration for placing validation stickers on vehicles.

Who It Names or Affects

• Drivers who need to register or re-register their vehicles.
• County treasurers responsible for issuing vehicle registrations.
• Peace officers who may request to see a driver's registration certificate.

Terms To Know

Validation stickers

Stickers that must be placed on the license plate of a registered vehicle within thirty days after receiving them from the county treasurer.

Grace period

A thirty-day window during which drivers are not penalized for not having validation stickers immediately after getting their new registration.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law does not specify what happens if a driver loses or damages an electronic copy of the vehicle registration certificate.
• It is unclear how peace officers will verify an electronic copy of the registration during traffic stops.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 24LSO-0035

Bill No.:

HB0023

Effective:

7/1/2024

LSO No.:

24LSO-0035

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0008

Chapter No.:

20

Prime Sponsor:

Larson, JT

Catch Title:

Vehicle registration e-certificate and grace period.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

Vehicle registrations.

Summary/Major Elements:

This bill amends existing requirements for vehicle registration certificates to allow a county treasurer to issue an electronic copy of the certificate and allow a person to present an electronic copy. Physical copies may still be issued and carried.

This bill provides a grace period of thirty (30) days for placing validation stickers on a vehicle following the issuance of a certificate of registration.

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.

Current Bill Text

24LSO-0035

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0023

ENROLLED ACT NO. 8,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2024 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; confirming the ability of county treasurers to provide vehicle certificates of registration in electronic form as specified; amending requirements for the display of vehicle registrations, license plates, validation stickers and permits as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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204(a) and 31
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101(a)(ii) are amended to read:

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204.

Issuance of certificates of registration and license plates by county; form.

(a)

Upon receipt of an approved application and payment of fees the county treasurer shall issue to the applicant a certificate of registration conforming with the facts set forth in the application together with one (1) license plate or validation sticker for motorcycles, multipurpose vehicles, trailers, including house trailers, and vehicles operated with dealer license plates and two (2) license plates or proper validation stickers for any other vehicle.

A
physical or electronic
copy of the certificate of registration shall be carried at all times in the motor vehicle for which it is valid and shall be displayed upon demand of any peace officer.
A certificate of registration issued by a county treasurer may be provided in electronic form.

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General prohibitions.

(a)

No person shall knowingly operate, nor shall an owner knowingly permit to be operated, upon any highway any vehicle:

(ii)

Unless valid license plates or permits issued for the vehicle are displayed on the vehicle as provided by this act except as otherwise provided by this act
. Validation stickers shall be properly placed on the vehicle within thirty (30) days of issuance
;

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2024
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(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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