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Wyoming Statutes Title 31. Motor Vehicles § 31-7-107. Persons exempted

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(a) The following persons are exempt from the licensing requirement under this act:

(i) Any employee of the United States government while operating a motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United States government and being operated on official business unless the employee is required by the United States government or any agency thereof to have a state driver's license;

(ii) A nonresident who has in his immediate possession a valid license issued to him by the licensing authority in his place of residence;

(iii) A nonresident on active duty in the armed forces of the United States who has a valid license issued by his state of residence and the nonresident's spouse or dependent son or daughter who has a valid license issued by the person's state of residence;

(iv) Any person on active duty in the armed forces of the United States who has in his immediate possession a valid license issued in a foreign country by the armed forces of the United States but only for a period of forty-five (45) days from the date of his return to the United States;

(v) A nonresident full-time student at the University of Wyoming, a Wyoming community college, a school licensed in this state offering post-secondary education or at a parochial, church or religious school as defined by W.S. 21-4-101(a)(iv) offering post secondary education, who has in his immediate possession a valid license issued to him by the licensing authority of his place of residence;

(vii) A resident possessing a valid driver's license issued by a member state of the Driver's License Compact, W.S. 31-7-201 and 31-7-202, provided:

(A) A resident possessing a commercial driver's license shall only be exempt from the licensing requirement under this act for thirty (30) days;  and

(B) A resident possessing any other driver's license shall only be exempt from the licensing requirement under this act for one (1) year.

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