§ 31-8-101 — Issuance to residents by department; restrictions; limited to one state-issued credential; digital identification card; definitions; rulemaking

Wyoming § 31-8-101

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 31: Motor Vehicles
• Ch. 8: IDENTIFICATION CARDS
• Art. 1: IN GENERAL

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(a) Any Wyoming resident may be issued an identification
card by the department of transportation if the resident does
not possess or surrenders any other state-issued, REAL ID Act or
other applicable federal law compliant driver's license or
identification card. The application shall state the
registrant's full legal name, social security number, date of
birth and any other identifying data the department may require
and shall be signed and verified by the applicant. The
identification card shall at the applicant's request indicate
that the applicant is an anatomical organ donor as provided by
W.S. 35-5-205 or that the applicant has a medical alert
designation as provided for in W.S. 31-7-142. Before receiving
an identification card under this chapter a person who
previously has been licensed or issued an identification card in
this or any other state but who does not have the credential in
their possession shall complete an affidavit of "No License/ID
Card in Possession."
(b) The department shall not issue an identification card
until documentary evidence of the applicant's age and identity
has been verified using documents as provided by W.S. 31-7-111.
(c) An identification card issued under subsection (a) of
this section may include a digital identification card. A
digital identification card may be issued upon request of a
registrant and payment of the required fee. No digital
identification card shall be issued unless the applicant holds
the corresponding physical identification card or unless the
corresponding physical identification card is issued
simultaneously. A registrant may display a digital
identification card by providing access to the digital
identification card on the registrant's portable electronic
device. No law enforcement or judicial officer demanding display
of a registrant's digital identification card for any
identification verification purpose shall take custody of the
registrant's portable electronic device. Display of a digital
identification card shall not serve as consent to search the
registrant's portable electronic device. A digital
identification card shall be designed in accordance with W.S.
31-7-115(d)(i) and (ii). Nothing in this section shall be
construed to require a person, other than the department if it
has chosen to issue a digital identification card, to accept a
digital identification card or otherwise require the purchase of
equipment to verify the accuracy of a digital identification
card.
(d) As used in this chapter:
(i) "Digital identification card" means a secure,
electronic representation of a physical identification card that
is stored on the registrant's portable electronic device and may
be viewed or verified by a person to whom access is allowed. A
digital identification card is optional to purchase,
supplemental to a physical identification card and may be
accepted in lieu of a physical identification card at the option
of the person requesting or requiring proof of identification;
(ii) "Portable electronic device" means as defined in
W.S. 31-7-102(a)(li);
(iii) "REAL ID Act" means the REAL ID Act of 2005,
Public Law 109–13, 119 Stat. 302, enacted May 11, 2005, and
subsequent amendments thereto.
(e) The department may promulgate rules to implement the
provisions of this chapter.