Title 31 · WY
31-13-111(b) and administered as follows:
Citation: Wyo. Stat. § 31-13-111
Section: 31-13-111
31-13-111(b) and administered as follows:
(i) The county shall make reasonable efforts to locate the owner of the abandoned vehicle if the owner is known to be a resident of the county in which the vehicle is abandoned and to collect the expenses from the local owner;
(ii) The allowable expenses are:
(A) Removal or towing costs of six dollars ($6.00) for every mile the vehicle is towed or one hundred dollars ($100.00) whichever is greater;
(B) Storage charges with a maximum amount allowed of twenty dollars ($20.00) per day for no more than thirty (30) days;
(C) Sale and title costs not to exceed sixty dollars ($60.00); and
(D) A seven hundred sixty dollar ($760.00) limit for the total expenses associated with each abandoned vehicle.
(iii) Payment of the expenses associated with vehicles abandoned on private property shall not be provided from the county abandoned vehicle account.
31-13-112. Release of liability for removal and storage of, and for lost or damaged items in, abandoned vehicles; disposition of personal property within a vehicle; optional court action.
(a) A person who removes or stores a vehicle under this act or otherwise at the request of a police officer, shall not incur any civil liability for the removal or storage except for failure to exercise reasonable care in the performance of the removal or storage. (b) If any vehicle is removed from any highway, or public or private property as provided herein, the owner of the vehicle may not institute in any state court a suit in law or equity against any police officer or his agents for the recovery of the value of any item in or on the vehicle that may be lost, stolen or damaged resulting therefrom.
(c) A person who has custody of a vehicle removed or stored or otherwise at the request of a police officer shall release the personal property within the vehicle to the owner of the vehicle or a person acting as agent for the owner during regular office hours upon presentation of proper identification. No charge may be assessed against the owner or agent for the removal or release of the personal property.
(d) A vehicle defined as abandoned under W.S.