Law & Order

Wyoming Street-Rod and Custom-Vehicle Bill Signed Into Law


From left to right: Fred Williams, National Street Rod Association; Stan Goodwin, Wyoming Street Rod Association; Representative Pat Childers; Governor Dave Freudenthal; Representative Stan Blake; Representative Mike Gilmore.

SEMA-model legislation to create a vehicle registration classification for street rods and custom vehicles and provide for special license plates for these vehicles was approved by the Wyoming Legislature and signed into law by Governor Dave Freudenthal. The new law defines a street rod as an altered vehicle manufactured before 1949 and a custom as an altered vehicle at least 25 years old and manufactured after 1948.

The law allows kit cars and replica vehicles to be assigned a certificate of title bearing the same model-year designation as the production vehicle they most closely resemble. For more information, click here. For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.