As you may be aware both the state of Wyoming, where you were cited for going 18 mph over the speed limit, and your home state of North Dakota are both members of the Drivers License Compact (DLC). The DLC allows the courts and licensing agencies, typically the DMV, of states to share information. Thus if you pay the fine for the WY speeding ticket, and thus are convicted of it, the Wyoming courts should inform the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) of this moving violation conviction.

According to the NDDOT points schedule for speeding it is 5 points for speeding 16 to 20 mph in speed zones 70 mph or more and only 3 points for speeding 16 to 20 mph in speed zones of 70 mph or less. So it would appear that if the ND DOT places the Wyoming speeding infraction on your ND driver's license and access points it should be 3 points since you were in a 65 mph zone in WY.

According to the ND driver’s manual your point total can be reduced as follows:

1. One point—for every three-month period during which the driver has not had any points recorded against his/her record.
2. Three points—if the driver completes an approved driver improvement course such as a defensive driving course.
3. A person may elect to attend a driver improvement course in lieu of points on the driving record for violations assigned five or less points. This option is valid once every 12 months and may not be used in conjunction with item 2 above.

According to the North Dakota Century Code 39-06.1-10 when a report of a conviction of a traffic offense, or admission or adjudication of a traffic violation is received by the licensing authority, the licensing authority shall proceed to enter the proper number of points on the licensee's driving record, unless the number points assigned to the violation are two or less. If the number points assigned to the violation are two or less, the violation and points may not be entered on the driving record but must be recorded separately, and the separate record shall not be available to the public. Points from violations in which the assigned number points are two or less shall be considered a part of the driving record only for purposes of point reduction and for purposes of license suspension.

NDCC 39-06-22 states that the director shall file all accident reports and abstracts of court records of convictions received by the director under the laws of this state and in connection therewith maintain convenient records or make suitable notations in order that an individual record of each licensee showing the convictions of such licensee and the traffic accidents in which the licensee has been involved shall be readily ascertainable and available for the consideration of the director upon any application for renewal of license and at other suitable times.

North Dakota law section 39-06-27 notes the director may suspend or revoke the license of any resident of this state or the privilege of a nonresident to drive a motor vehicle in this state upon receiving notice of the conviction of that person in a tribal court or in another state of an offense therein which, if committed in this state, would be grounds for the suspension or revocation of the license of an operator. Upon receipt of a certification that the operating privileges of a resident of this state have been suspended or revoked on an Indian reservation or in any other state pursuant to a law providing for the suspension or revocation for failure to deposit security for the payment of judgments arising out of a motor vehicle accident, under circumstances that would require the director to suspend a nonresident's operating privileges had the accident occurred in this state, the director shall suspend the license of the resident if the resident was the driver of a motor vehicle involved in the accident.

The suspension continues until the resident furnishes evidence satisfactory to the director of the person's compliance with the laws of the Indian reservation or the other state relating to the deposit of security or payment of a judgment arising out of a motor vehicle accident, to the extent that compliance would be required if the accident had occurred in this state.

The ND DOT representative that we contacted stated that they do not place points on a record for out of state speeding tickets but that the speeding violation will go on a ND driver’s record. So while no points will be accessed for the Wyoming speeding offense, it would go on your record in your home state of North Dakota and thus would be seen the next time your insurance company pulls your MVR.