Wyo. Code R. 045-0005-4
Motor Vehicles & Licensing
Chapter 4: Personalized License Plates
Effective Date: 04/30/2014 to Current
Rule Type: Current Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 045.0005.4.04302014
Personalized Prestige License Plates
These rules of practice and procedure are promulgated by authority of W.S. 24-2-105(a) and are intended to provide a uniform and understandable interpretation of the undefined portion of W.S. 31-2-208 regarding application and distribution procedures for personalized prestige license plates.
Personalized prestige license plates may be obtained for use on all regularly registered motor vehicles except those held in inventory for sale or demonstration by licensed dealers (including dealer-owned and factory-new automobiles), vehicles with radio amateur license plates, vehicles apportioned under W.S. 31-18-201, and vehicles with specialty plates. Pioneer plates issued to antique or historic vehicles cannot be produced as prestige plates.
(a) Plates shall be issued using only capital letters and Arabic numerals. No other symbols or characters shall be allowed. Applicants may request a maximum of four letters or a combination of four letters and numerical digits. The letters and numbers shall be the same size as on regular license plates and shall be arranged in a straight horizontal line.
(b) Any combination that spells, connotes, abbreviates, or otherwise stands for obscene, vulgar, indecent, or pruriently suggestive language shall not be allowed. No four-character combinations shall contain more than a total of three Ws or three Ms. No combinations consisting of a number or numbers followed by a single alphabetic suffix shall be issued as a personalized prestige license plate. Nor shall combinations consisting entirely of numbers be issued for prestige plates unless the beginning digit is a zero (0). In addition, no combination shall duplicate a currently issued plate or conflict with a series of letter and number combinations on a regularly issued license plate.
(a) Application fees may be refunded for the following reasons:
(i) If the personalized prestige license plate application is not processed.
(ii) If the applicant wishes to withdraw the application before the plates are produced.
(b) The application fee shall not be refunded if the application lists an incorrect vehicle type.
Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Wyoming Department of Transportation is entitled to a hearing. The procedure for requesting a hearing is outlined in the Wyoming Department of Transportation Rules and Regulations, General Section, Chapter 3, Appeals and Hearings.