Wyo. Stat. » Wyo. Stat. / Title 31 - Motor Vehicles / Chapter 7 - DRIVER'S LICENSES / Article 1 - IN GENERAL
Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 31-7-106 (2026)

License required; limited to one license.

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section WY-LEGwyoleg.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar 
(a) No person, unless exempt under this act shall drive,
steer or exercise any degree of physical control of any motor
vehicle or a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle upon a
highway in this state unless the person has been issued a
driver's license for the class and type and applicable
endorsements valid for the motor vehicle being driven.

    (b)   Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 176, § 3.

     (c) No person shall have more than one (1) valid driver's
license or any other state-issued, REAL ID Act-compliant
identification card at any time. A person shall surrender to the
division all valid physical driver's licenses or state-issued,
REAL ID Act or other applicable federal law compliant
identification cards in his possession or any person who has
been previously licensed or issued an identification card in
this or any other state but who does not have in their
possession the license or identification card previously issued
in this or any other state shall complete an affidavit of "No
License/ID Card in Possession", before receiving a driver's
license under this act.

    (d)   The division shall:

          (i) Notify the issuing jurisdiction that the licensee
is now licensed in Wyoming and, if requested by the issuing
jurisdiction, return any surrendered license to the issuing
jurisdiction together with information if the licensee is now
licensed in Wyoming; or
          (ii) Send a copy of the affidavit of "No License in
Possession" to the issuing jurisdiction together with
information the licensee is now licensed in Wyoming.

     (e) The division shall issue a driver's license to each
qualified applicant not later than sixty (60) days from the date
of the completed application.

     (f) Any person licensed as a driver under this act may
exercise the privilege upon all streets and highways in this
state and shall not be required to obtain any other license from
any county, municipal or local board, or any other body having
authority to adopt local regulations.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1983–2025 · leading case: Basolo v. Basolo, 907 P.2d 348 (Wyo. 1995).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Basolo v. Basolo, 907 P.2d 348 (Wyo. 1995). · cites it 2× “3 In direct contravention of Wyo.Stat. § 31-7-106(c) (1994), Basolo possesses both California and Wyoming driver’s licenses.”
Lawrence v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 2006 WY 56 (Wyo. 2006). · cites it 2× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 31-7-106 (a) (LexisNexis 2005), and also see §§ 31-7-108 and 31-7-110 (allowing minors to have limited and temporary driver’s permits, which Amende had).”
Hanson v. State, 673 P.2d 657 (Wyo. 1983). · cites it 6× “Thus, she questions the jurisdiction of the justice of the peace court in the enforcement of § 31-7-106(a), supra. The statutes enacted in various states requiring a license to drive or operate a motor vehicle upon the public highways are an exercise of the police power to…”
Andrew Lee Boyer v. The State of Wyoming, 2025 WY 93 (Wyo. 2025). · cites it 8× “It was then that Deputy Lang initiated a traffic stop due to a suspected violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 31-7-106 (a). [¶18] Wyo.”
State, Dep't of Revenue & Taxation v. Guadagnoli, 677 P.2d 823 (Wyo. 1984). “In Department of Revenue and Taxation, Motor Vehicle Division v. Andrews, Wyo., 671 P.”
Sandborn v. State, 735 P.2d 435 (Wyo. 1987). “1977, and operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver’s license, in violation of § 31-7-106, W.S. 1977. He was fined $525 plus costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail.”
Nollsch v. State, 768 P.2d 603 (Wyo. 1989). “See W.S. 31-7-106. After carefully considering petitioner’s novel appellate arguments, we affirm the district court and adopt its conclusions.”
— Wyo. Stat. § 31-7-106(a) — 1 case
Hanson v. State, 673 P.2d 657 (Wyo. 1983). “Thus, she questions the jurisdiction of the justice of the peace court in the enforcement of § 31-7-106(a), supra. The statutes enacted in various states requiring a license to drive or operate a motor vehicle upon the public highways are an exercise of the police power to…”
— Wyo. Stat. § 31-7-106(c) — 2 cases
Basolo v. Basolo, 907 P.2d 348 (Wyo. 1995). “3 In direct contravention of Wyo.Stat. § 31-7-106(c) (1994), Basolo possesses both California and Wyoming driver’s licenses.”
State, Dep't of Revenue & Taxation v. Guadagnoli, 677 P.2d 823 (Wyo. 1984). “In Department of Revenue and Taxation, Motor Vehicle Division v. Andrews, Wyo., 671 P.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.