Vehicle lien-amendments.

Plain English Breakdown

The official bill does not provide information on consequences for non-compliance or how it affects out-of-state vehicles registered elsewhere.

Vehicle Lien Amendments

This law requires towing and recovery services to request title searches for towed vehicles after five business days, informs lienholders of vehicle locations within one day, and mandates the department of transportation to identify owners and lienholders.

What This Bill Does

• Requires towing and recovery services to request a title search report from the department of transportation if a towed vehicle remains in their lot for more than five business days.
• The department of transportation must make reasonable efforts to identify the owner and any lienholders within five or seven business days, depending on whether the vehicle is registered in Wyoming or another jurisdiction.
• Towing services must notify lienholders about the location of the towed vehicle within one day after receiving information from the department.

Who It Names or Affects

• Towing and recovery services
• Vehicle owners with liens
• The department of transportation

Terms To Know

Title search report

A document that shows who owns a vehicle and any liens on it.

Lienholder

Someone who has a legal claim to a vehicle because they have lent money or provided services for which the owner hasn't paid yet.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law does not specify what happens if towing companies do not follow these rules.
• It is unclear how this will affect vehicles registered in other states besides Wyoming.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 24LSO-0378

Bill No.:

HB0086

Effective:

Immediately

LSO No.:

24LSO-0378

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0028

Chapter No.:

37

Prime Sponsor:

Brown

Catch Title:

Vehicle lien-amendments.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

Vehicle lien amendments.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act requires any towing and recovery service to request a title search report within five (5) business days after a towed vehicle has remained in a recovery lot for more than five (5) business days.

This act requires the department of transportation, upon receipt of the title search request, to make reasonable efforts to identify the owner and any lienholders of record.

This act provides that the department of transportation shall forward the information obtained in the title search

report

to the towing and recovery service within five (5) business days of receipt of the title search request for any vehicle registered in Wyoming or within seven (7) business days of receipt of the title search request for any vehicle registered in another jurisdiction.

This act states that upon receipt of the information from the department of transportation, the towing and recovery service shall notify the lienholders of record of the location of the vehicle within one (1) business day of receipt of the information.

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-0378

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0086

ENROLLED ACT NO. 28,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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

AN ACT relating to personal property liens; requiring any towing and recovery service to request title searches as specified; requiring the department of transportation to make reasonable efforts to identify vehicle owners and lienholders; requiring notice to lienholders; 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. 29
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102(e) by creating a new paragraph (iv) is amended to read:

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102.

Right of possession by lien claimant; termination thereof; removal of property without lienholder's consent; penalty therefor; filing of lien statement in lieu of possession.

(e)

For a vehicle subject to a lien under this title:

(iv)

Except as otherwise provided in W.S. 31
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104(g), any towing and recovery service as defined by W.S. 31
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101(a)(xiv) shall request a title search report upon a form prescribed by the department of transportation within five (5) business days after a towed vehicle has remained in a recovery lot for more than five (5) business days. Upon receipt of the request, the department of transportation shall make reasonable efforts to identify the owner and any lienholders of record. The department of transportation shall forward the information obtained to the towing and recovery service within five (5) business days of receipt of the request for any vehicle registered in Wyoming or within seven (7) business days of receipt of the request for any vehicle registered in another jurisdiction. Upon receipt of the information, the towing and recovery service shall notify the lienholders of record of the location of the vehicle within one (1) business day of receipt of the information.

Section 2
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This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(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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