045-1 Wyo. Code R. § 1-2
(a) Definitions as set forth in W.S. 31-18-101 shall apply insofar as all terms used in these sections are concerned. All terms used in these rules and regulations shall be construed as defined in Wyoming statutes and the rules and regulations of the Department.
(b) "Department" means the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT).
(c) "Interstate commerce" means trade, traffic, or transportation in the United States between a place in a state and a place outside of such state (including a place outside of the United States); between two places in a state through another state or a place outside the United States; or between two places in a state as part of trade, traffic, or transportation originating or terminating outside the state or the United States ( 49 C.F.R. 390.5 ).
(d) "Letter of authority" or "order" means a document issued under this act by the Department, granting intrastate authority to a person to operate a motor vehicle as a motor carrier transporting persons or property.
(e) "Nonconsensual tow" means transportation of a vehicle when a tow carrier is selected without the consent or knowledge of the vehicle's owner, possessor, agent, insurer, lien holder, or any other person legally possessing or in charge of the vehicle. This movement includes transporting or towing the vehicle under lawful circumstances or necessity for the public interest, including removal from roadways to preserve public safety or following accidents, and for removal from public or private property as a result of abandonment or unauthorized parking by the property owner, agent, possessor, or other legal entity for the property owner.
(f) "Person" means individuals, associations of individuals, firms, partnerships, companies, corporations, limited liability corporations, their lessees, trustees, or receivers, appointed by any court whatsoever in the singular number as well as the plural.
(g) "Recovery" means the retrieval of any vehicle that has been damaged or is inoperable or incapable of moving on its own power, generally speaking by using a commercial vehicle known as a recovery vehicle or tow truck (not to include Class "R" vehicles). Recovery means winching, hoisting, up-righting, removing, or otherwise relocating a vehicle when the vehicle is found in such a location, state, or position that it could not be removed from the location, state, or position under the use of its own power, even if it were in complete operating condition. The vehicle does not have to be damaged.
(h) "Tow" means to pull or haul a vehicle with a recovery vehicle or tow truck to a place of safekeeping.
(i) A "tow and recovery vehicle" (also called a "wrecker" or "recovery vehicle" or "tow truck") means a truck altered or designed and equipped for and primarily used to move disabled, improperly parked, impounded, or otherwise indisposed motor vehicles. This may involve recovering a vehicle damaged in an accident, returning a vehicle to a drivable surface after a mishap or inclement weather, or towing or transporting a vehicle on a flatbed to a repair shop or other location.
045-1 Wyo. Code R. § 1-2
Amended, Eff. 6/8/2016.