Wyoming Points and Point Reduction: How the System Really Works

First: why there is no point chart

No point values exist in Wyoming. WYDOT made this explicit in its 2020 report to a legislative committee, and current Title 31 attaches no points to any violation. That is why searching for a Wyoming point chart, or a class that removes points, turns up nothing.

Fines are a court matter. WYDOT's role is to record convictions and apply the license rules that follow from them: repeat moving violations, reckless driving, DWUI and a handful of similar offenses.

The four violations rule

WYDOT's withdrawal guide tolerates up to three moving violations in a 12 month period. Conviction number four within that window brings 90 days of suspension, and every additional one within 12 months of the previous three adds another 90 days. The clock runs on when each offense happened, not on when the court ruled.

This comes from W.S. 31-7-129, which allows the department to suspend a repeat violator for as long as 12 months. For these purposes a moving violation is any act or lapse of control while the vehicle is in motion that ends in a conviction, and violating a license restriction counts.

To see how this plays out: suppose your tickets were dated in February, May and September, and you get another in December. All four fall inside one 12 month span, so a conviction on the December ticket triggers the suspension, even if the court date is after the new year.

Speeding tickets Wyoming does not count

Wyoming chose to overlook modest speeding when deciding suspensions. W.S. 31-5-1201(d)(iv) tells WYDOT to disregard convictions below 80 mph on roads posted at 65 or more, and convictions of less than 6 mph over the limit anywhere else. School zones and construction zones get no such pass.

Seat belt citations are not moving violations, and insurers may not use them to raise your premium. A curfew or passenger violation on an intermediate permit leads to a 30 day permit suspension, but WYDOT keeps that record apart and out of public view.

What tickets cost, since there are no points

With no points to compare, the statewide bail schedule is the best sign of how seriously an offense is treated. On interstates and state highways as of July 2026, speeding 1 to 5 mph over costs $5 per mph and no court costs. At 6 over it is $107; at 10 over, $115; at 15 over, $145; at 20 over, $170. Expect much higher amounts in urban districts, school zones and work zones.

Other examples from the schedule: careless driving, a category D offense, is $250. A stop sign violation is $150. Texting while driving is $105. A first offense for no insurance is $570. Belted drivers get $10 off. Reckless driving and DWUI are not listed at all, which means a mandatory court appearance.

• Driving uninsured, first offense: $570
• Careless driving: $250
• Interstate speeding at 20 over: $170
• Interstate speeding at 10 over: $115
• Texting at the wheel: $105

Offenses with their own suspensions

Some convictions bypass the four ticket count. Reckless driving carries 90 days for a first conviction in five years, six months for a second and a one year revocation for a third. For DWUI the steps are 90 days for a first in 10 years, a year for a second, and a three year revocation for a third.

Restricted RC license holders, who are teens, get the harshest version of the count: 90 days for the first moving violation and a full year for the second. Under the youthful driver rules, anyone under 21 with an alcohol concentration of 0.02 or more is suspended.

How long a Wyoming record remembers

Three years is the standard look back. Within that period a standard record shows moving violations, uninsured crashes, insurance violations, per se and refusal actions, compact violations and financial responsibility withdrawals. Five years is the look back for the most serious convictions: DWUI, reckless driving, vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of an injury crash and similar offenses.

Employers that want 10 years of history can have it, but you must ask for the longer record specifically when you make a written request. No class and no fee shortens any of these periods. Time and clean driving are the only repair.

Out of state licenses

Hold a license from elsewhere? Your home state may receive word of a Wyoming conviction and apply its own points. Whether a course can lower those points depends on that state's rules, so put the question to your own licensing agency rather than WYDOT.

The reverse is true as well. A Wyoming driver convicted in another state can be suspended here if the offense would justify suspension under Wyoming law. And an unpaid ticket in a compact state can lead to an open ended Wyoming suspension that lasts until the court says you have complied.