Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 31-7-134 (2026)

Driving while license cancelled, suspended,

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invalid or revoked.

     (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle on any public
highway in this state at a time when his driver's license, from
this or any other jurisdiction, or nonresident operating
privileges are cancelled, suspended, deemed invalid or revoked
under this act or any other law. Except as provided in
subsection (c) of this section, a person convicted of violating
this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of
not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), by
imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both.

    (b)   Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 113, § 2.

     (c) A person convicted of a subsequent violation of
subsection (a) of this section or other substantially similar
law of any other jurisdiction for driving during the same period
of cancellation, suspension or revocation giving rise to the
previous conviction, or a person convicted of driving during a
period of cancellation, suspension or revocation arising from a
previous conviction under W.S. 31-5-229 or 31-5-233 or other
substantially similar law of any other jurisdiction, is guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall be imprisoned for not less than seven
(7) days nor more than six (6) months and shall not be eligible
for probation or suspension of sentence or release on any other
basis until he has served at least seven (7) days in jail. In
addition, the person shall be fined not less than two hundred
dollars ($200.00) nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars
($750.00). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
person under the age of twenty-one (21) years convicted of being
in control of a vehicle in this state with an alcohol
concentration of between two one-hundredths of one percent
(0.02%) and the amount specified in W.S. 31-5-233(b)(i) shall
not be punished by imprisonment of at least seven (7) days in
jail as otherwise provided under this section, but shall have
his license administratively suspended for thirty (30) days.

     (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person
under the age of twenty-one (21) years convicted of being in
control of a vehicle in this state with an alcohol concentration
of between two one-hundredths of one percent (0.02%) and the
amount specified in W.S. 31-5-233(b)(i) shall not be punished by
imprisonment of at least seven (7) days in jail as otherwise
provided by this section, but shall have his license
administratively suspended for thirty (30) days.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1986–2025 · leading case: Kirk Erwin Steffey v. The State of Wyoming, 2019 WY 101 (Wyo. 2019).

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Kirk Erwin Steffey v. The State of Wyoming, 2019 WY 101 (Wyo. 2019). · cites it 2× “§ 31-7-404 (a) (LexisNexis 2017)); driving with a cancelled, suspended, or revoked driver’s license, subsequent offense ( Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 31-7-134 (c) (LexisNexis 2017)); failure to stop for an accident involving damage to a vehicle or property ( Wyo.”

McClean v. State, 2003 WY 17 (Wyo. 2003). · cites it 2× “) Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 31-7-134 states: (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle on any public highway in this state at a time when his driver’s license, from this or any other jurisdiction, or nonresident operating privi *597 leges are cancelled, suspended or revoked under this…”

Rhoads v. State, 431 P.3d 1130 (Wyo. 2018). · cites it 2× “In the first motion, he argued his first DWUI occurred more than ten years prior to the fourth making the felony charge improper.”

Abromats v. Wood, 2009 WY 100 (Wyo. 2009). · cites it 2× “Ab-romats was faced with the possibility of mandatory jail time under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 31-7-134 (c) (LexisNexis 2009).”

Ayres v. State, 718 P.2d 905 (Wyo. 1986). “In reenactment, the section was renumbered and is now § 31-7-134, W.S.1977.”

Albert Raymond Montoya v. The State of Wyoming, 2025 WY 69 (Wyo. 2025). · cites it 2× “§ 35-7 - 1031(c)(ii), and one misdemeanor count of driving while license suspended, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 31-7-134 (a). For these counts, the district court imposed a 4 to 6-year sentence of incarceration.”

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