(a) An application for renewal by mail shall be mailed to an eligible licensee unless one or more of the following provisions apply: - (i) The applicant's license and/or operating privilege has been canceled, revoked, denied, or disqualified in the 4 years immediately preceding the date the license expires; or
- (ii) The applicant holds:
- (A) A "valid without photo, and/or valid without signature" license as provided in Section 8 of this chapter of rules and regulations; or
- (B) A commercial driver's license with the Hazardous Materials endorsement issued pursuant to W.S. 31-7-304(e); or
- (C) A commercial driver's license and does not have a valid federal medical examiner's certificate as required by W.S. W.S. 31-7-304(f); or
- (iii) The applicant
- (A) Is licensed as a nonresident alien; or
- (B) Has legally changed his or her name since the license was last issued.
(b) An application for renewal by mail may be mailed to a Wyoming resident who is temporarily out of state.
(c) Applications for military personnel and their dependents shall be processed in the same manner as provided for in W.S. 31-7-119(c) and W.S. 31-7-119(g). - (i) Unless received from active duty military personnel or their dependents, applications for renewal by mail mailed to the Department postmarked later than the expiration date of the license shall be denied and returned with the applicant's enclosed fee.
- (ii) Applications for renewal by mail mailed to the Department by active duty military personnel or their dependents, whether postmarked before or after the expiration date of the license, shall be processed pursuant to W.S. 31-7-119(c) and W.S. 31-7-119(g). Active duty military personnel shall not be charged a fee to renew their Wyoming licenses.
(d) Unless presented by active duty military personnel, any application for a renewal by mail presented in person to a driver's license examiner after the license has expired shall be denied, and the applicant shall be processed as a first-time applicant and charged the required fee. - (i) Active duty military personnel applying in person for renewal of their Wyoming driver's license who present an expired license, not expired more than four (4) years, shall be processed pursuant to W.S. 31-7-119(c) and W.S 31-7-119(g) and not charged a fee.
- (ii) If the licensee does not want the I restriction imposed on the license indicating, "Expiration waived when accompanied by active duty military ID card," the licensee will be treated as a non-military client.
- (iii) Dependents of active duty personnel applying in person for renewal of their Wyoming driver's license who present an expired license shall be processed pursuant to W.S. 31-7-119(c) and W.S. W.S. 31-7-119(g) and charged the renewal fee.