Transfer a Veterinary License to Wyoming

Verified July 2026 · 24 official sources

Three years of practice skips the exam, at the board's discretion

Cheap and paper-based. Three years of licensed practice (or a NAVLE within 3) skips any national exam retake, the state law exam is open book and take-home at 75 percent, and there are no fingerprints and no background check. $300 in, $65 a year after, and staff can issue a clean license without waiting for a board meeting. The catches: endorsement is 'may, not shall,' the sworn affidavit says no complaint has EVER been filed against you anywhere, and there is no relief or courtesy permit of any kind.

First year: about $420Renewal: $65 / yrWait: not published; staff issue clean filesWork while waiting: NoTravel required: None (take-home exam)

What carries over to Wyoming, and what does not

Comes with you

3 years of licensed practice OR a NAVLE within 3 years (older scores alone carry nothing)
Your degree (AVMA; ECFVG named, PAVE unmentioned and unverified)
No fingerprints, no background check

New for this state

Open-book take-home Wyoming law exam (75%), mailed in with the application
The absolute no-complaint-ever affidavit
Verifications from every jurisdiction; a 2x2 photo; proof of lawful presence

Working in Wyoming without a Wyoming license

To advise another vet Free: a vet regularly licensed in another state may consult with a Wyoming-licensed vet. One sentence in the statute, no time cap, no registration.

For visits or one-time work Nothing exists: no relief, courtesy, or locum permit (the 'Emergency Relief License' is a disaster tool for lapsed licenses, not relief work). Paid hands-on visits mean the full license, which at $300 in and $65 a year is the intended answer.

For remote care Wyoming license required. No telemedicine rules exist, but the relationship requires an exam or premises visit, so no remote-only start, and no prescriptions without one.

Your send-off checklist

YOUMail the endorsement application with the 2x2 photo, lawful-presence documents, and the affidavit. Any complaint history anywhere? Call the board FIRST. $300 Board

YOUDownload the open-book Wyoming law exam, complete it at home (75 percent), and mail it in with the application.

STATE BOARDSEvery jurisdiction ever licensed sends verification directly (never from you). (From Pennsylvania: PALS, $15.) PALS portal

YOUOn the NAVLE-within-3-years lane, order the AAVSB transfer; on the 3-years-practice lane, your verifications do the work. $105 if needed AAVSB VAULT

YOUStaff issue clean licenses without a board meeting. Then attend the (virtual) board orientation within 18 months; skipping it is a discipline ground.

YOUAfter licensure: $65 every December 31, and 24 CE hours per 2 years including 3 on controlled-substance prescribing.

Where documents go. No portal: download the Application by Endorsement (linked from the board home page; the forms-page link is the exam version), and mail everything to 2001 Capitol Ave, Room 127, Cheyenne, WY 82002. A cashier's check is safest, since the two forms disagree on payment methods. Third parties direct: origin boards, school registrar, AAVSB.

The money

Application (exam or endorsement)	$300
Score transfer (VAULT, NAVLE lane only)	$105
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TOTAL First year, typical	~$420
Then: renewal every year	$65

Watch out in Wyoming

The affidavit is absolute: read literally, one dismissed complaint from years ago makes it unsignable. Any history at all? Call the board before applying rather than swear it.
Wyoming's universal-recognition and military fast-track laws EXCLUDE professions with prescriptive drug authority, so vets can use neither. National coverage gets this wrong.
The rules still say 5 years of practice; the statute and the current application say 3. A vet with 3 or 4 years should cite the statute.
New licensees must attend a board orientation within 18 months (meetings are virtual now); skipping it is a discipline ground.

After you are licensed

Renew $65 every December 31 (late $130). Five years lapsed and the license dies, though 5 recent years of practice elsewhere still means no NAVLE retake, just fresh paperwork.
CE is 24 hours per 2 years including a statutory 3 hours on controlled-substance prescribing.
No facility permits, and a quirk in your favor: an applicant found unqualified gets the $300 refunded, almost unheard of.

Official links for Wyoming

Board. Wyoming Board of Veterinary Medicine · Portal. paper by mail (no portal) · Phone. (307) 777-5403

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