§ 31-16-125 — Demo, full use, and manufacturer license plates

(a) Any licensed dealer who sells or exchanges retail
twelve (12) or more vehicles in any twelve (12) consecutive
month period shall apply to the county treasurer in the county
in which the business is licensed for demo and full use license
plates. After presentation of a current dealer's license and
payment of fees, the treasurer shall assign the requested number
of plates to an approved applicant for use in the business
located in the county. The treasurer shall not assign plates to
a dealer in excess of the number approved by the department.
(b) The department shall authorize any licensed dealer who
sells or exchanges retail twelve (12) or more vehicles in any
one (1) calendar year to purchase the following number of demo
license plates annually:
(i) If the dealer applied for a renewal certificate
based on the total number of retail sales by the dealer during
the twelve (12) full calendar months preceding the date of
application for renewal:
(A) Three (3) demo plates plus one (1) demo
plate for each twenty-five (25) retail vehicle sales or
fractional part thereof for the first one thousand (1,000)
retail vehicle sales;
(B) One (1) demo plate for each fifty (50)
retail vehicle sales or fractional portion thereof from one
thousand one (1,001) through one thousand five hundred (1,500)
retail vehicle sales;
(C) One (1) demo plate for each one hundred
(100) retail vehicle sales or fractional portion thereof in
excess of one thousand five hundred (1,500) retail vehicle
sales;
(D) In addition to demo plates otherwise
authorized under this paragraph, one (1) plate for each four (4)
retail vehicle sales or fractional part thereof if the vehicle
is a truck with an unladen weight greater than six thousand
(6,000) pounds or a recreational vehicle;
(E) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 64, § 2.
(ii) If the dealer applied for a new dealer license,
he may purchase demo plates in the same amount specified in
paragraph (i) of this subsection, except authorization to
purchase demo license plates shall be based on the dealer's
reasonable estimate of the number of retail vehicle sales the
dealer will make during the first year of business. The
department may revise the estimate and reduce or increase the
number of demo license plates authorized under this paragraph at
any time, but not less than ninety (90) days after the
certificate is issued if, from the number of retail sales made,
it appears the estimate is substantially inaccurate. No dealer
shall hold demo or full use license plates in excess of the
number authorized. No refund shall be granted for demo or full
use license plates returned under this paragraph.
(c) The department shall authorize and the county
treasurer upon application and payment of the fees shall assign
one (1) demo plate to any dealer selling fewer than twelve (12)
vehicles per calendar year.
(d) The department shall authorize a licensed dealer to
purchase full use license plates not to exceed fifty percent
(50%) of the total number of demo plates allowed by subsection
(b) of this section.
(e) A banking or lending institution engaged in the
business of making loans secured by vehicles, or persons engaged
in the business of repossessing vehicles, may acquire demo or
full use license plates after presentation of a current dealer's
license and upon payment of fees required by dealers and may use
the demo or full use license plates solely for the repossession
and sale of vehicles.
(f) Licensed Wyoming based manufacturers may apply to the
department for one (1) or more manufacturer license plates, or,
if the department authorizes, to the county treasurer in a
county where the manufacturer has an established place of
business. After presentation of a current manufacturer
certificate and payment of fees, the department or treasurer, if
authorized, shall assign to the manufacturer the number of
license plates approved by the department for use in the usual
and customary conduct of the manufacturer's business including,
demonstrating, testing, transporting or selling a vehicle.
(g) Licensed dealers who have received demo license plates
may apply for and receive temporary license permits from the
department upon payment of fees.
(h) The department may authorize a dealer to purchase demo
license plates in addition to the number authorized under
subsection (b) of this section upon a showing of a substantial
increase in the dealer's business or for other good cause shown.
(j) Every dealer or manufacturer upon transferring a
vehicle by sale, lease or otherwise to any person other than a
dealer or manufacturer shall immediately give written notice of
the transfer to the department upon the official form provided
by the department. The notice shall contain the date of the
transfer, the names and addresses of the transferor and
transferee, and a description of the vehicles required on the
form.
(k) Licensed direct sale manufacturers may apply to the
department for one (1) or more manufacturer license plates.
After presentation of a current direct sale manufacturer license
and payment of fees, the department shall assign to the direct
sale manufacturer the number of license plates approved by the
department for use in the usual and customary conduct of the
manufacturer's business including, demonstrating, testing,
transporting or selling a vehicle.