§ 31-9-102 — Definitions

Wyoming § 31-9-102

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 31: Motor Vehicles
• Ch. 9: MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY
• Art. 1: IN GENERAL

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(a) As used in this act:
(i) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 241, § 4.
(ii) "Driver" means as defined by W.S. 31-5-102(a);
(iii) "Division" means the division within the
department of transportation charged with administration and
enforcement of this act;
(iv) "Judgment" means any judgment that is final
without further appeal. The judgment shall have been rendered by
a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or of the United
States. The cause of action shall result from damages occurring
from a motor vehicle accident and may relate to bodily injury or
death of person, or to damage or to loss of property;
(v) "License" means any driver's license, instruction
permit or temporary license issued under the laws of this state
pertaining to the licensing of drivers;
(vi) "Motor vehicle" means as defined by W.S.
31-5-102(a);
(vii) "Nonresident" means every person who is not a
resident of this state;
(viii) "Nonresident's operating privilege" means the
privilege conferred upon a nonresident by the laws of this state
pertaining to the operation by him of a motor vehicle, or the
use of a motor vehicle owned by him, in this state;
(ix) "Operator" means every person who is in actual
physical control of a motor vehicle;
(x) "Owner" means as defined by W.S. 31-5-102(a);
(xi) "Proof of financial responsibility" means
evidence of ability to respond in damages for liability,
resulting from accidents occurring subsequent to the effective
date of the proof, arising out of the ownership, maintenance or
use of a motor vehicle, in the amount of twenty-five thousand
dollars ($25,000.00) because of bodily injury to or death of one
(1) person in any one (1) accident, and subject to the limit for
one (1) person, in the amount of fifty thousand dollars
($50,000.00) because of bodily injury to or death of two (2) or
more persons in any one (1) accident, and in the amount of
twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) because of injury to or
destruction of property of others in any one (1) accident;
(xii) "Registration" means registration certificate
or certificates and registration plates issued under the laws of
this state pertaining to the registration of motor vehicles;
(xiii) "State" means any state, territory or
possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or any
province of the Dominion of Canada;
(xiv) "This act" means W.S. 31-9-101 through