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Title 31 Motor Vehicles

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31-18-701. Specific crimes and penalties; enforcement.

(a) Any person who violates any provision of this act or rule and regulation of the department, who fails to comply with any order, decision, rule or regulation of the department or who procures, aids or abets any person in the violation or noncompliance is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both. (b) The highway patrol division shall enforce the provisions of this act and all rules, regulations or orders made by virtue of this act. (c) The highway patrol division and such other enforcement officers as the department designates are charged with the duty of policing and enforcing the provisions of this act. The enforcement officers have authority to make arrests for violation of any of the provisions of this act. The enforcement officers may require the driver to exhibit the permit issued for the vehicle, to submit to the enforcement officer for inspection any and all bills of lading or other evidences of the character of the lading being transported in the vehicle and require the vehicle to proceed to the nearest department check station or county seat, on the route of the carrier, where the officer may inspect the contents of the vehicle for the purpose of comparing same with bills of lading or other evidences of ownership or of transportation for compensation. (d) The highway patrol division, any other enforcement officers designated by the department and any peace officer of any county or municipality shall: (i) Be charged with the duty of policing and enforcing the provisions of W.S. 31-18-608; and (ii) Have the authority to issue citations for violations for any provisions of W.S. 31-18-608.

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31-18-701. Specific crimes and penalties; enforcement.

(a) Any person who violates any provision of this act or rule and regulation of the department, who fails to comply with any order, decision, rule or regulation of the department or who procures, aids or abets any person in the violation or noncompliance is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both. (b) The highway patrol division shall enforce the provisions of this act and all rules, regulations or orders made by virtue of this act. (c) The highway patrol division and such other enforcement officers as the department designates are charged with the duty of policing and enforcing the provisions of this act. The enforcement officers have authority to make arrests for violation of any of the provisions of this act. The enforcement officers may require the driver to exhibit the permit issued for the vehicle, to submit to the enforcement officer for inspection any and all bills of lading or other evidences of the character of the lading being transported in the vehicle and require the vehicle to proceed to the nearest department check station or county seat, on the route of the carrier, where the officer may inspect the contents of the vehicle for the purpose of comparing same with bills of lading or other evidences of ownership or of transportation for compensation. (d) The highway patrol division, any other enforcement officers designated by the department and any peace officer of any county or municipality shall: (i) Be charged with the duty of policing and enforcing the provisions of W.S. 31-18-608; and (ii) Have the authority to issue citations for violations for any provisions of W.S. 31-18-608.

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