§ 31-9-202 — Suspension of license and registration after accident report; exclusions and security requirements

Wyoming § 31-9-202

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 31: Motor Vehicles
• Ch. 9: MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY
• Art. 2: ACCIDENT REPORT; SUSPENSION OF LICENSE

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(a) Within thirty (30) days after receipt of an
investigating officer's report of a motor vehicle accident
within this state as required under W.S. 31-5-1106 through
31-5-1108 or after a demand for additional security under W.S.
31-9-207(b), the division shall with respect to each driver and
motor vehicle involved in the accident, and except as provided
in subsection (b) of this section, suspend:
(i) The Wyoming driver's license of each driver of a
motor vehicle required to be registered in this state;
(ii) All Wyoming registrations of each owner whose
motor vehicle is required to be registered in this state;
(iii) The nonresident driving privilege of each
driver of a motor vehicle required to be registered in this
state; and
(iv) The nonresident driving privilege of each owner
of a motor vehicle required to be registered in this state.
(b) The suspension in subsection (a) of this section shall
be imposed unless the driver, the owner or both file proof of
financial responsibility.
(c) This section does not apply to:
(i) An owner if the owner had in effect at the time
of the accident an automobile liability policy with respect to
the motor vehicle involved in the accident;
(ii) The driver, if not the owner of the motor
vehicle, if there was in effect at the time of the accident an
automobile liability policy or bond with respect to his
operation of motor vehicles not owned by him;
(iii) The driver or owner whose liability for damages
resulting from the accident is, in the judgment of the division,
covered by any other form of liability insurance policy or
surety bond;
(iv) Any person qualifying as a self-insurer under
W.S. 31-9-414; or
(v) The owner or driver, if a personal surety bond is
filed with the division in an amount required by the division
under this act with at least two (2) individual sureties each
owning real estate within the state, which real estate shall be
scheduled in the bond to be approved by a judge of the district
court.
(d) No insurance policy or surety bond is effective under
this section unless issued by an insurance company or surety
company authorized to do business in this state, except that if
the motor vehicle was not registered in this state, or was a
motor vehicle which was registered elsewhere than in this state
at the effective date of the policy or bond, or the most recent
renewal thereof, the policy or bond is not effective under this
section unless the insurance company or surety company if not
authorized to do business in this state executes a power of
attorney authorizing the division to accept service on its
behalf of notice or process in any action upon the policy or
bond arising out of the accident. Every policy or bond shall be
subject, if the accident has resulted in bodily injury or death,
to a limit, exclusive of interest and costs, of not less than
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, to a limit of not
less than 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, if the accident has resulted in injury to or
destruction of property, to a limit of not less than twenty
thousand dollars ($20,000.00) because of injury to or
destruction of property of others in any one (1) accident.
(e) Upon receipt of notice of the accident, the insurance
company or surety company which issued the policy or bond shall
furnish for filing with the division a written notice that the
policy or bond was in effect at the time of the accident. This
subsection does not apply to any person holding a motor carrier
permit or certificate under W.S. 31-18-209 who furnishes proof
of financial responsibility by filing a certificate of insurance
under W.S. 31-9-402(a)(i) or a bond under W.S. 31-9-402(a)(ii)
if the certificate or bond:
(i) Is a continuing certificate or bond;
(ii) Remains in full force and effect until
cancelled; and
(iii) May not be cancelled until notice in writing of
the cancellation has been on file with the division for thirty
(30) days.