§ 31-13-101 — Definitions

Wyoming § 31-13-101

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 31: Motor Vehicles
• Ch. 13: ABANDONED VEHICLES

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(a) As used in this act:
(i) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 241, § 4.
(ii) "Department" means the department of
transportation;
(iii) "Highway" means the entire width between the
boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part
thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of
vehicular travel;
(iv) "Lienholder" means a person holding a valid
security interest in a vehicle;
(v) "Local authorities" means as provided by W.S.
31-5-102(a)(xix);
(vi) "Owner" means as provided by W.S.
31-5-102(a)(xxvi);
(vii) "Police officer" means as provided by W.S.
31-5-102(a)(xxxiii);
(viii) "Registration" means the certificate of title
or certificates and registration card issued under the laws of
this state pertaining to the registration of vehicles;
(ix) "Vehicle" means:
(A) As provided by W.S. 31-5-102(a)(lviii)
excepting every vehicle which is designed for agricultural
purposes and exclusively used by the owner thereof in the
conduct of his agricultural operations;
(B) A housetrailer as provided by W.S.
31-1-101(a)(xxiii)(A) which is not installed on a permanent
foundation and which is not taxable as real property;
(C) A transportable home as provided by W.S.
31-1-101(a)(xxiv)(C) which is not installed on a permanent
foundation and which is not taxable as real property; or
(D) Watercraft titled under W.S. 31-2-101(b).
(x) "Abandoned vehicle" means:
(A) Any vehicle left unattended on a highway for
more than twenty-four (24) hours after a notice of intent to
impound has been placed on the vehicle by a police officer
pursuant to this act;
(B) Any vehicle left unattended on public or
private property without the oral or written consent of the
owner or person in lawful possession or control of the property
for more than five (5) days after a notice of intent to impound
has been placed on the vehicle by a police officer pursuant to
this act;
(C) Any vehicle left unattended or unclaimed on
private property for more than thirty (30) days without the oral
or written consent of the owner or the person in lawful
possession or control of the property or for more than thirty
(30) days after the expiration of the oral or written consent;
(D) Any vehicle removed or stored at the request
of a police officer and left unattended or unclaimed for more
than ten (10) days after the owner of the vehicle or his agent
removes personal property from the vehicle, provided the person
who has custody of the vehicle informs the owner or agent in
writing, before the personal property is released, that the
vehicle may be deemed abandoned and disposed of pursuant to this
act if the owner or agent does not enter into a written
agreement to pay the charges for towing and storage.
(xi) "Junk vehicle" means a wrecked, damaged,
disabled or apparently inoperable vehicle defined as abandoned
under subparagraph (x)(C) or (D) of this subsection which has a
fair market value of less than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00);
(xii) "Personal property" means all property within
the vehicle which is not mounted, attached or affixed to the
vehicle. The cargo carried on commercial vehicles is not
considered personal property;
(xiii) "Proper identification" means identification
which would be sufficient to establish authorization to release
the vehicle;
(xiv) "Towing and recovery service" means any person
engaged in business and operating a wrecker, tow truck or other
vehicle equipped with a mechanical apparatus designed to hoist,
pull or move a vehicle that is wrecked, damaged, disabled,
abandoned or otherwise creating a safety hazard, and which meets
all requirements of the local authorities in the respective
jurisdiction and the requirements of the department;
(xv) "This act" means W.S. 31-13-101 through