31-7-111. Application for license or permit generally.

(a) Every application for an instruction permit, driver's license, commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit shall be made upon a form furnished by the division. Every application shall be accompanied by the proper fee, proof of residence and proof of identity. Proof of identity shall be established by a certified copy of the applicant's birth certificate, valid unexpired United States passport, consular report of birth abroad, certificate of citizenship, certificate of naturalization, permanent resident card, employment authorization document, foreign passport (with United States visa affixed and accompanied by an approved document documenting the applicant's most recent admittance to the United States), state issued driver's license or identification card which complies with federal law and applicable regulations, or other document required by the division to establish identity where reasons beyond the applicant's control prevent the applicant from presenting the documents required by this subsection.

(b) The application shall include:

(i) The full legal name and current mailing and residential address of the person;

(ii) A physical description of the person including sex, height and weight;

(iii) Date of birth;

(iv) The person's social security number or other numbers or letters deemed appropriate on applications for instruction permits, driver's licenses, commercial driver's licenses and commercial learner's permits;

(v) The person's signature;

(vi) Whether the applicant has previously been licensed as a driver specifying the state or country;

(vii) Information including dates, if any license or application has been refused, suspended, revoked or canceled;

(viii) An organ donor notation pursuant to W.S. 35-5-205;

(ix) A consent to release driving record information for persons applying for a commercial driver's license only;

(x) Any other information or documentation required by the department to validate information or identity;

(xi) A signed declaration indicating that the information provided is true and correct under the penalty of perjury;

(xii) Certification by the Wyoming veterans' commission that the applicant is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States, if the applicant wishes to have a veteran designation pursuant to W.S. 31-7-141;

(xiii) Whether the applicant is requesting a medical alert designation as provided for in W.S. 31-7-142. [NOTE: This paragraph will be effective 1/1/2020.]

(c) Repealed by Laws 1993, ch. 145, §§ 2, 5.

(d) Whenever application is received from a person previously licensed in another jurisdiction, the division shall request a copy of the driver's record from the other jurisdiction. When received, a driving record shall become a part of the driver's record in this state.

(e) Whenever the division receives a request for a driving record from another licensing jurisdiction, the record shall be forwarded without charge.

(f) No person shall be issued a driver's license within ten (10) days of issuance of an instruction or temporary driver's permit for the same vehicle class. A commercial driver's license issued after a commercial learner's permit shall be subject to the time restrictions stated in W.S. 31-7-304(g).

(g) The department may modify the requirements of subsection (b) of this section by properly adopted rule or regulation for driver's license or identification card applications received from federal, state or local criminal justice agencies, or other similarly situated persons, where applicable law or regulation requires that limited information be provided.