Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 31-5-504 (2026)

Specific places where prohibited.

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     (a) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other
traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police
officer or traffic-control device, no person shall:

         (i)   Stop, stand or park a vehicle:

               (A) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped
or parked at the edge or curb of a street;

               (B)   On a sidewalk;

               (C)   Within an intersection;

               (D)   On a crosswalk;

               (E) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb
or within thirty (30) feet of points on the curb immediately
opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is
indicated by signs or markings;

               (F) Alongside or opposite any street excavation
or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct
traffic;

               (G) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure
upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;

               (H)   On any railroad tracks;

               (J)   On any controlled-access highway;

               (K) In the area between roadways of a divided
highway, including crossovers;

               (M) At any place where official traffic-control
devices prohibit stopping.

          (ii) Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or
not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or
passengers:

               (A)   In front of a public or private driveway;

               (B)   Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
                 (C)   Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an
intersection;

               (D) Within twenty (20) feet upon the approach to
any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign or traffic-control
signal located at the side of a roadway;

               (E) Within twenty (20) feet of the driveway
entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street
opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five
(75) feet of the entrance when properly signposted;

               (F) At any place where official traffic-control
devices prohibit standing.

          (iii) Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except
temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in
loading or unloading property or passengers:

               (A) Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail
of a railroad crossing;

               (B) At any place where official traffic-control
devices prohibit parking.

     (b) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his
control into any prohibited area or away from a curb such a
distance as is unlawful.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2006–2018 · leading case: Wood v. CRST Expedited, Inc., 419 P.3d 503 (Wyo. 2018).
Wood v. CRST Expedited, Inc., 419 P.3d 503 (Wyo. 2018). · cites it 2× “6 He received a citation for violating Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 31-5-504 (a)(i)(M) (LexisNexis 2017) which provides: (a) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, no person…”
Nish v. Schaefer, 2006 WY 85 (Wyo. 2006). · cites it 3× “(§31-5-504 (a)(i)(D)) Vehicular traffic having a red light must stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, at a clearly marked crosswalk.”
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