§ 31-7-119 — Expiration and renewal; required tests; extension

(a) Every driver's license shall expire on the licensee's
birthday in the fifth year following the issuance of the
license.
(b) The division shall require every person applying for
renewal of a driver's license to demonstrate adequate visual
acuity according to department rules. The division may require
any applicant to take and successfully pass any additional tests
or provide affidavits required or authorized under the original
application as the division finds reasonably necessary to
determine the applicant's qualification according to the type or
class of license. The written test for a hazardous materials
endorsement shall be taken and passed if the person wants to
retain an "H" endorsement unless the applicant's written test
results are less than two (2) years old.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (f) of this section, the
division may defer for successive five (5) year periods the
expiration of or renew the license of a licensee who is on
active duty in the armed forces of the United States or of a
licensee employed by a federal, state or local government
agency, where the federal, state or local government agency
requires the licensee's physical presence in another state or
foreign country, upon terms and conditions as the division may
prescribe. The division may similarly defer the expiration of or
renew the license of the spouse or dependent child of the person
in the armed forces or the federal, state or local government
agency if residing with that person.
(d) Except as provided in article 4 of this chapter, any
person whose license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle on
the public highways has been revoked is not entitled to apply
for a new license until the expiration of the period of
revocation. Any person making false application for a new
license before the expiration of the period of revocation is
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more
than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty
dollars ($750.00), or both.
(e) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the
driver's license of any person who has not attained his
twenty-first birthday may be renewed within thirty (30) days
prior to the date of his twenty-first birthday upon application,
payment of the required fee and satisfactory completion of the
examination required or authorized by subsection (b) of this
section.
Note: this subsection is repealed by Laws 2025, ch. 5, § 2.
effective 1/1/2026.
(f) Once in any ten (10) year period, a driver's license
may be extended for a five (5) year period without the
examination required by subsection (b) of this section for a
licensee:
(i) Whose license has not been suspended or revoked
in the five (5) years immediately preceding the date of license
expiration;
(ii) Who, according to affidavits required by the
division indicates no medical impairment which might represent a
hazard to public safety;
(iii) Whose license is not restricted pursuant to
W.S. 31-7-117(c);
(iv) Who does not have a material change in any
personally identifiable information that requires the applicant
to present one (1) of the documents listed in W.S. 31-7-111(a).
(g) The division shall send a notification for license
extension pursuant to subsection (f) of this section to the last
known address of an eligible licensee, or notify by electronic
means if the eligible licensee has consented to receive notices
electronically, within one hundred twenty (120) days prior to
license expiration. The license extension application shall be
returned to the division with a postmark at least thirty (30)
days before the license expiration date or, if the eligible
licensee has consented to receive notices electronically, by
electronic means at least thirty (30) days before the license
expiration date. The application shall be accompanied by written
evidence that the applicant has demonstrated adequate visual
acuity according to department rules. Upon receipt of a
completed application and the fee prescribed by W.S. 31-7-
113(a)(v), the division shall issue a license extension to
eligible licensees. The division shall provide a summary of
changes in the law relating to motor vehicles to licensees who
receive a license extension.
(h) Repealed by Laws 2009, Ch. 35, § 2.