Wyoming school bus video fines: what W.S. 31-5-507(e) and 21-3-131(b)(x) say about video systems on school buses and registered owner fines
This page quotes sections of the Wyoming Statutes (W.S.) from the Wyoming Legislature website (wyoleg.gov), listed under Sources below: W.S. 21-3-131(b)(x), on video systems on school buses; W.S. 31-5-507, on meeting or passing a stopped school bus; and W.S. 31-5-1201, on penalties. It covers school bus video systems only; it does not cover speed cameras or red light cameras. It does not apply any of this text to any notice. Confirm what your paper says.
US overview: What a mailed camera notice is. Contrast: What an NYC camera notice is · Three different California camera notices · Florida Notice of Violation vs Uniform Traffic Citation · Maryland school-zone speed monitoring vs SafeZones work-zone cameras · Colorado automated camera notices: CDOT Speed Enforcement vs local AVIS · Washington automated camera notices: local programs vs WSDOT work-zone cameras · Virginia automated camera notices: photo-speed, red light, and school-bus cameras · Tennessee automated camera notices: unmanned ASE, school-zone / S-curve speed, and school-bus cameras · Pennsylvania automated camera notices: red light, work-zone speed, Philadelphia speed, and school-bus cameras · Illinois automated camera notices: red light, Chicago safety-zone speed, school-bus stop-arm, and railroad-crossing cameras, plus state work-zone speed camera citations · New Mexico city camera notices: Albuquerque ASE and Santa Fe STOP speed cameras · Iowa automated speed camera citations: Iowa DOT-permitted fixed and mobile systems under Iowa Code chapter 321P · Texas red-light camera and city speed camera prohibitions: what Transportation Code chapter 707 and § 542.2035 say · Alabama camera notices: the state work-zone speed camera pilot under Act 2026-475 and city red-light camera local acts · Louisiana camera citations: what R.S. 32:43 to 32:49 say about school-zone speed cameras and red light cameras · Oregon camera citations: what ORS 810.434 to 810.444 say about city photo red light, city photo radar, and highway work-zone photo radar · Rhode Island camera citations: what chapters 31-41.2 and 31-41.3 say about red light cameras and school-zone speed cameras · North Carolina camera citations: what G.S. 160A-300.1, 160A-300.4 and 153A-246.1 say about red light cameras and school-zone speed cameras · South Carolina camera citations: what S.C. Code §§ 56-7-35, 56-5-710(B) and 56-5-70(E) say about citations based on photographic evidence · Minnesota camera citations: what Minn. Stat. §§ 169.147, 169.14 and 169.06 say about the traffic safety camera pilot program · Delaware camera citations: what 21 Del. C. §§ 4101(d) and 4170A say about red light cameras and electronic speed monitoring · Indiana camera citations: what IC 8-23-32 says about the worksite speed control pilot program · Hawaii camera citations: what HRS chapters 291J and 291L say about photo red light imaging detector systems and automated speed enforcement systems.
Another page quotes a Wyoming Supreme Court bail and forfeiture schedule and W.S. 31-5-301 and 31-5-1201, on speeding: What a Wyoming speeding ticket is.
The statute text below is quoted from the Title 21 and Title 31 files of the Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov as retrieved on 3 Nov 2026. Line breaks in those files are not kept.
What W.S. 21-3-131(b)(x) says about video systems on school buses
W.S. 21-3-131(b): “Each district shall establish and maintain minimum standards for the operation of school buses, including:”
W.S. 21-3-131(b)(x): “Effective school year 2016-2017, and each school year thereafter, all school buses transporting students to and from school and to and from student activities, as defined under W.S. 21-13-320(b)(i) and (ii), shall be equipped with an external video system and may be equipped with an internal video system. Equipment specifications shall be prescribed by rule and regulation of the department. Recordings or images from a video system installed under this paragraph shall not be a public record under the Wyoming Public Records Act, W.S. 16-4-201 through 16-4-205. Recordings or images may be entered into evidence for a violation of W.S. 31-5-507(a) as provided in W.S. 31-5-507(e) and may be discoverable for other criminal actions. Recordings or images made from a video system under this paragraph shall be destroyed within one (1) year of the date the recording was made.”
That is the statute’s statement. This page quotes the opening words of subsection (b) and all of paragraph (x). Section 21-3-131 has other subsections and paragraphs that this page does not cover. This page does not quote W.S. 21-13-320, the Wyoming Public Records Act, or any rule of the department, which paragraph (x) names. This page does not say whether a particular school bus has a video system.
What W.S. 31-5-507(a) and (d) say about stopping for a school bus
W.S. 31-5-507(a): “The driver of a vehicle upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any stopped school bus shall stop before reaching the school bus when there is in operation on the school bus the flashing red lights as specified in W.S. 31-5-929 and the driver shall not proceed until the school bus resumes motion or the flashing red lights are no longer actuated.”
W.S. 31-5-507(d): “The driver of a vehicle upon a highway with separate roadways need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus which is on a different roadway or when upon a controlled-access highway and the school bus is stopped in a loading zone which is a part of or adjacent to the highway and where pedestrians are not permitted to cross the roadway.”
That is the statute’s statement. Section 31-5-507 has other subsections, (b) and (c), on school bus signs, signals, and loading and on the sale of school buses, that this page does not cover. Subsection (e) is quoted below. This page does not quote W.S. 31-5-929, which subsection (a) names.
Registered owner: what W.S. 31-5-507(e) says about recorded images and a fine
W.S. 31-5-507(e): “A recording of images produced by a video system equipped on a school bus under W.S. 21-3-131(b)(x) shall be prima facie evidence of the facts contained in it. A recorded image evidencing a violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be admissible in a judicial or administrative proceeding to adjudicate liability for the violation. If the identity of the driver of a vehicle that violates subsection (a) of this section is unknown, the registered owner of the vehicle recorded by a video system as provided in this subsection shall be fined one hundred ninety-five dollars ($195.00) provided that:”
- (i) “A fine issued to a registered owner of a vehicle under this subsection shall not be considered a moving violation for the purpose of suspending a driver's license under W.S. 31-7-129 and shall not be considered a conviction under W.S. 31-5-1201 or as a prior conviction for any other purpose; and”
- (ii) “It shall be a defense to enforcement of a fine issued under this subsection that the registered owner of the vehicle:”
- (ii)(A) “Did not provide express or implied consent to the person who was operating the vehicle at the time of the violation; or”
- (ii)(B) “Transferred ownership of the vehicle to a new owner prior to the observed violation.”
That is the statute’s statement. This page does not say how that statement applies to a particular notice, license, or record. This page quotes all of subsection (e). This page does not say whether a particular notice was issued under subsection (e), does not add any other amount to the figure in it, and does not total any amount. This page does not quote W.S. 31-7-129, which paragraph (i) names.
Driver: what W.S. 31-5-1201(e) and (h) say about a conviction under W.S. 31-5-507(a)
W.S. 31-5-1201(e): “Any person convicted of a violation of W.S. 31-5-507(a) shall be fined not less than one hundred ninety-five dollars ($195.00) nor more than seven hundred forty-five dollars ($745.00) plus assessed fees and costs. Upon any subsequent conviction of a violation of W.S. 31-5-507(a) within one (1) year, a person shall be fined not less than three hundred ninety-five dollars ($395.00) nor more than nine hundred ninety-five dollars ($995.00) plus assessed fees and costs.”
W.S. 31-5-1201(h): “Every person convicted of a violation for which a fine or penalty is set forth under this section shall have imposed in addition to the prescribed fine or penalty and any court fees a police officer continuing education and training fee of five dollars ($5.00) except as provided in paragraph (d)(v) of this section. The fee shall be for police officer as defined in W.S. 31-5-102(a)(xxxiii) continuing education and training that complies with standards promulgated by the peace officers standards and training commission and shall be remitted as provided by W.S. 5-3-205(a)(iii) and 5-9-144 to the account in the enterprise fund under W.S. 9-1-633(n).”
That is the statute’s statement. Subsection (e) states its amounts “plus assessed fees and costs”, and subsection (h) states a fee “in addition to the prescribed fine or penalty and any court fees”. Paragraph (i) of W.S. 31-5-507(e), quoted above, states that a fine issued to a registered owner under that subsection “shall not be considered a conviction under W.S. 31-5-1201”. This page keeps the registered owner text and the driver conviction text separate. It does not say which of them applies to a particular notice, does not add the figures in one to the figures in the other, does not state the amount of any fees and costs, and does not total any amount. Section 31-5-1201 has other subsections, (a) to (d), (f), (g), and (j), that this page does not cover, and this page does not quote the other sections that subsection (h) names.
Paths the notice describes (not which to choose)
Read which agency or court issued your paper, the section it names, whether it is addressed to the registered owner or to the driver, the date, any amount, and the response instructions printed on it. We do not tell you which path to choose or what step to take.
Violation.com does not collect Wyoming fines. If you upload a camera notice, we summarize what the notice shows. It is not legal advice.
Sources retrieved 3 Nov 2026:
Not legal advice. Not a law firm. Not affiliated with a government agency. Information Only.
Information on this page was last checked against official sources on November 3, 2026.