By Evan Reid, Founder of Haul Handbook · Updated Sep 28, 2026
Wyoming sells two 96-hour permits at the first port of entry to carriers whose vehicles are not registered or apportioned for Wyoming, or that hold no IFTA license: a registration trip permit priced per single unit or per legal combination with one power unit, and a fuel trip permit in lieu of IFTA priced the same two ways. Both are set in W.S. 31-18-201(s). Every commercial vehicle entering Wyoming stops at a port of entry, which is where both are bought.
The trip permit (registration side)
This credential answers for registration. Without it, a vehicle whose cab card does not list Wyoming has no legal registration standing in the state.
- Fee
- $20 (20 dollars for each single unit operated as a single unit, or 40 dollars for each legal combination of units that includes only one power unit (W.S. 31-18-201(s)). The Highway Patrol states it as 20 dollars per unit with a 40 dollar maximum.)
- Who needs it
- Owners of commercial vehicles that meet another jurisdiction's registration requirements, are subject to registration in Wyoming, and are not exempt, who choose the permit instead of registering or apportioning for Wyoming. Apportioned vehicles need none, because every IRP jurisdiction appears on a Wyoming cab card under full reciprocity.
The fuel permit (tax side)
This credential answers for the state's highway or fuel tax when there is no IFTA license (or, in the weight-distance states, no tax account) behind the truck.
- Fee
- $7.50 (7.50 dollars for each single unit operated as a single unit, or 15 dollars for each legal combination of units that includes only one power unit (W.S. 31-18-201(s)). The Highway Patrol states it as 7.50 dollars per unit with a 15 dollar maximum.)
- Who needs it
- Operators of qualified motor vehicles without an IFTA license who run in Wyoming, in lieu of the fuel license fees under W.S. 39-17-106(g), 39-17-206(d) or 39-17-306(f). An IFTA licensee who is missing the license copy or decals can also be cited or required to buy one.
Other temporary permits in Wyoming
Short-term credentials Wyoming issues beside the trip and fuel permits, for situations those two do not cover.
- Temporary Registration Authority (TRA)
- A temporary tag for a vehicle being added to a Wyoming IRP account: 45 days after a private-party purchase or 60 days after a dealer purchase, for accounts in good standing only. The full year's fee is owed even if the sale falls through, and no temporary tags issue for trailers.
- Motion picture industry permit
- Vehicles registered in another state and used for commercial filming in Wyoming may get a 90-day temporary permit in lieu of registration and fuel licensing, at the fees in W.S. 31-18-201(s). Running past the permit period brings full Wyoming registration for the year as a civil penalty. (W.S. 31-18-201(t))
Worth knowing
Neither WYDOT's Trip Permits page nor the Highway Patrol page names an online or wire-service channel for the registration or fuel trip permit; both say the permits are obtained at a port of entry on entering the state. Neither page publishes a separate penalty for running without one.
Where these fit in the Wyoming permit stack
Temporary permits are the exception path. The standing credentials they replace are IRP apportioned registration and the Wyoming IFTA license. Oversize loads use a different permit family entirely, covered in Wyoming oversize and overweight permits, and the full picture of every state permit lives in Wyoming trucking permits.