Wyoming

What the record must capture

State law makes you demand proof of age before any body art procedure. A driver's license, Selective Service card, military ID, US passport, an Eastern Shoshone or Northern Arapaho tribal ID, or a WYDOT ID card is prima facie proof, and reasonable reliance on one is a defense if the client lied.

"The person performing the body-art procedure shall demand proof of age prior to administering the body-art procedure upon the person." - Wyo. Stat. Sec. 14-3-107(a)

A license on a phone in Wyoming

Wyoming does not issue a digital license. A license on a phone is not an ID a shop here can rely on.

What we read: WYDOT Driver License and Records pages (dot.state.wy.us/driverservices and .../driver-license.html), 2026-09-11: no digital license offered or mentioned. Wyo. Stat. Title 31 (wyoleg.gov) read at §§ 31-7-102(a)(xlix), 31-7-113, 31-7-115(d), 31-7-116. Apple App Store search for a Wyoming ID app: none. Apple Wallet, Google Wallet and TSA lists (2026-09-11): Wyoming absent.

On waivers.tattoo: a shop can let its clients choose a saved photo of their ID in Settings. It starts off, and in Wyoming a saved photo is only ever a picture of a card: a copy for your file, never proof of age.

Minors

18+. Minors only with conditions. Under 18 only with the parent or guardian's consent AND that parent or guardian physically present during the procedure. Natrona County goes further: notarized parental consent, the parent present in the procedure area, and a copy of the parent's ID kept in the file, and some procedures are off the table for under-18s even with consent.

"No person shall knowingly perform body-art upon or under the skin of a person who has not reached the age of majority, except with the consent of the person's parent or legal guardian who is present at the time the body-art procedure is performed upon the person." - Wyo. Stat. Sec. 14-3-107(a)

On waivers.tattoo: turn on Tattooing under 18 in Settings and a client under 18 gets a parent-or-guardian section — who they are, how they are related, their own signature, and a photo of their ID. The signed waiver prints what Wyoming requires.

Piercing a minor

18+ to sign alone. Minors only with conditions. The parent or legal guardian consents AND is present at the time the procedure is performed, and the person doing it has to demand proof of age first. The statute lists the documents that count and makes reasonable reliance on one of them a defense.

Only piercing of the outer perimeter or lobe of the ear with a sterilized stud-and-clasp system; a needle through an ear is body-art.

Off limits for a minor even with consent: nothing in state law. In Casper, genital and nipple piercings are barred for anyone under 18 even with parental consent (Casper-Natrona County Body Art Regulations § 14.01(a)).

Misdemeanor: up to 6 months, up to a $750 fine, or both

Wyo. Stat. § 14-3-107(a), (c)(i) The text

On waivers.tattoo: turn on Piercing under 18 in Settings and a client under 18 gets a parent-or-guardian section — who they are, how they are related, their own signature, and a photo of their ID. The signed waiver prints what Wyoming requires.

Health history and aftercare

No state rule requires a health-history form, a consent form, or written aftercare. The two county programs do: Natrona County's regulations spell out a risk-notification section, a client evaluation questionnaire, and a signed statement that the client received written and verbal aftercare.

Texting your clients in Wyoming

8am to 9pm, the client’s local time. Wyoming has no telephone-solicitation or texting rule that goes past federal law, so federal law is the whole of it here. A marketing text to a cell phone needs prior express written consent: a signed agreement that names who may text, says the texts may be automated, and says the person does not have to agree in order to buy anything. A client can take that back any way they like, and you have 10 business days to stop.

No person or entity shall initiate any telephone solicitation to … any residential telephone subscriber before the hour of 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. (local time at the called party’s location) The text

47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(c)(1), (e). The hours reach a text because the rules set forth in paragraph (c) and (d) of this section are applicable to any person or entity making telephone solicitations or telemarketing calls or text messages to wireless telephone numbers.

What we read in Wyoming: Its telemarketing window, 8am to 8pm at the called person's location, reaches a voice call and not a text. Read Wyo. Stat. §§ 40-12-301 through 40-12-305 in full TWICE, in the official Wyoming Legislature Title 40 code statute file (wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title40.pdf, 401 pp., extracted with pdftotext) and again at law.justia.com's 2025 Wyoming Statutes. Also read art. 4 (Commercial Electronic Mail), §§ 40-12-401 and -402. Searched the ENTIRE Title 40 text for "text message" and "short message service": zero hits. Opened 2001 HB 0091, which created §§ 40-12-301 through -304 effective July 1, 2001, and compared it to the current text; also checked the 2011 published version of § 40-12-302.

What to do

• Ask separately. A yes to marketing texts belongs on its own tick, not folded into the box a client has to accept to get tattooed. Keep it with the date and what it said.
• Text between 8am to 9pm, the client’s local time. An area code is not where somebody lives, so when you cannot tell, use the tighter window.
• Honor a STOP that day. Federal law gives you 10 business days. Same-day is the version nobody argues with, and it is what the carriers expect.
• Keep the count low. Wyoming sets no cap and neither does federal law, but a shop that texts a client more than a couple of times a month is teaching them to reply STOP.

Who inspects you

There is nobody at the state level to license you, the Board of Cosmetology covers hair, skin and nails, not tattooing. Two counties fill the gap with their own permits and inspections. Outside them, what binds a Wyoming shop is Wyo. Stat. 14-3-107 on minors plus whatever your city requires for a business license.

County body art programs: Cheyenne-Laramie County Public Health and Casper-Natrona County Health Department

• Cheyenne-Laramie County Public Health, Environmental Health, Body Art · Laramie County and Cheyenne
• Casper-Natrona County Health Department, Body Art Regulations · Natrona County and Casper

No state inspections. Cheyenne-Laramie County Public Health inspects body art establishments annually and before a permit is issued; Natrona County inspects before licensing and afterward. Outside Laramie and Natrona counties, nobody routinely inspects a tattoo shop in Wyoming.

Licensing

Your shop. Not at the state level. Laramie County requires a Body Art Establishment Permit from Cheyenne-Laramie County Public Health, site-specific and renewed annually after an inspection; Natrona County licenses facilities under its own board of health regulations.

Your artists. No state artist license. Laramie County issues an individual Body Artist Permit (plus a guest permit), renewed annually with employer sign-off; Natrona County licenses body art technicians.

The licensing page

Wyoming in our state-by-state posts

• Texting your tattoo clients: the hours, the caps, and all 51 state rules
• Can a minor get a tattoo with parental consent? State by state
• Can a minor get a piercing with parental consent? 45 states say yes, each on its own terms
• Do you have to ask health questions before a tattoo? 20 states say yes. Here are the questions.
• Do you have to give tattoo aftercare instructions in writing? 38 states say yes.
• What has to be on a tattoo consent form? 32 states say. Here is every line they name.
• 26 states make you check ID before a tattoo. The other 25 give you a reason to.
• How long do you have to keep tattoo consent forms? Every state, one table