§ 31-18-701 — Specific crimes and penalties; enforcement

Wyoming § 31-18-701

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 31: Motor Vehicles
• Ch. 18: COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
• Art. 7: PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT

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(a) Any person who violates any provision of this act or
rule and regulation of the department, who fails to comply with
any order, decision, rule or regulation of the department or who
procures, aids or abets any person in the violation or
noncompliance is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine
of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00),
imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both.
(b) The highway patrol division shall enforce the
provisions of this act and all rules, regulations or orders made
by virtue of this act.
(c) The highway patrol division and such other enforcement
officers as the department designates are charged with the duty
of policing and enforcing the provisions of this act. The
enforcement officers have authority to make arrests for
violation of any of the provisions of this act. The enforcement
officers may require the driver to exhibit the permit issued for
the vehicle, to submit to the enforcement officer for inspection
any and all bills of lading or other evidences of the character
of the lading being transported in the vehicle and require the
vehicle to proceed to the nearest department check station or
county seat, on the route of the carrier, where the officer may
inspect the contents of the vehicle for the purpose of comparing
same with bills of lading or other evidences of ownership or of
transportation for compensation.