Wyo. Stat. § 1-22-111 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 22 / Section 1-22-111
§ 1-22-111. Decree; investigation; denial of adoption
Status: in_force

(a) After the petition to adopt has been filed and a hearing held the court acting in the best interest and welfare of the child may make any of the following orders:

(i) Enter an interlocutory decree of adoption giving the care and custody of the child to the petitioners pending further order of the court;

(ii) Defer entry of an interlocutory decree of adoption and order the department of family services or a private licensed agency to investigate and report to the court the background of the child and of the petitioners, and the medical, social and psychological background and status of the consenting parent and putative father. After a written report of the investigation is filed, the court shall determine if the adoption by petitioners is in the best interest and welfare of the child and thereupon enter the appropriate order or decree;

(iii) Enter a final decree of adoption if the child has resided in the home of the petitioner for six (6) months; or

(iv) Deny the adoption if the court finds that the best interests and welfare of the child will be served by such denial.

(b) If the court denies the adoption it shall make an order for proper custody consistent with the best interest and welfare of the child.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-41-110 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 41 / Section 1-41-110
§ 1-41-110. Applicability
Status: in_force

(a) This act applies to claims based upon acts, errors or omissions occurring on and after October 1, 1985.

(b) This act applies to claims against peace officers employed by the University of Wyoming but does not apply to other claims against the University of Wyoming unless the university notifies the risk manager in writing on or before August 15 that it elects to be covered by this act for the period beginning July 1 of the succeeding fiscal year. If the University of Wyoming elects to be covered by this act, it shall continue the coverage for not less than three (3) years from the date the coverage begins.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-12-107 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12 / Section 1-12-107
§ 1-12-107. Attachment of witness who disobeys subpoena
Status: in_force

When a witness fails to attend in obedience to a subpoena, the court or officer before whom his attendance is required may issue an attachment to the sheriff of the county commanding him to arrest and bring the person named before the court at a time and place fixed in the attachment, to give his testimony and answer for the contempt. If the attachment is not for immediately bringing the witness before the court or officer, a sum may be fixed in which the witness may give bond with surety for his appearance. The sum shall be endorsed on the back of the attachment. If no sum is fixed and endorsed, it shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00). If the witness was not personally served, the court may order him to show cause why an attachment should not issue against him.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-907 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-907
§ 1-21-907. Commitment of witness; order
Status: in_force

The order shall specify the cause for which the order was issued. If it is for refusing to answer any question, the question shall be specified. The witness shall be closely confined pursuant to the order until he is sworn or answers.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-27-124 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 27 / Section 1-27-124
§ 1-27-124. Compelling attendance of witnesses; punishing for contempt
Status: in_force

The judge issuing the writ of habeas corpus or the judge before whom it is tried has the same power as a court to compel the attendance of witnesses or to punish contempt of his authority.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-36-104 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 36 / Section 1-36-104
§ 1-36-104. Duty of court on application of party to arbitrate
Status: in_force

(a) On application of a party showing an arbitration agreement and the opposing party's refusal to arbitrate, the court shall order the parties to proceed with arbitration. If the opposing party denies the existence of the agreement to arbitrate, the court shall proceed summarily to determine the issue raised and shall order or deny arbitration accordingly.

(b) If an issue referable to arbitration under the alleged agreement is involved in an action or proceeding pending in a court having jurisdiction to hear applications to compel arbitration, the application shall be made therein. Otherwise the application shall be made in the court of proper venue.

(c) Any action or proceeding involving an issue subject to arbitration shall be stayed if an order for arbitration or an application therefor has been made or, if the issue is severable, the stay may be with respect thereto only. When the application is made in such action or proceeding, the order for arbitration shall include such stay.

(d) An order for arbitration shall not be refused on the ground that the claim in issue lacks merit or because any fault or grounds for the claim sought to be arbitrated have not been shown.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-14-123 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 1-14-123
§ 1-14-123. Judgment against surety for costs; execution
Status: in_force

After final judgment in an action in which security for costs is given, the court may on motion of the defendant or a person having a right to costs, after ten (10) days notice of the motion, render judgment in the name of the movant against the surety, his executors or administrators, for the costs adjudged against the plaintiff. Execution may be issued on the judgment as in other cases for the use and benefit of the person entitled to the costs.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-401 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-401
§ 1-21-401. Endorsement of payments and satisfaction and release; requirements
Status: in_force

Every person recovering a judgment in circuit court shall endorse on the original judgment docket all payments made on the judgment, and when the judgment is satisfied by settlement or other payment, endorse the satisfaction and release on the judgment docket in the circuit court in which the judgment was entered. Endorsement of partial payment or satisfaction of the whole shall be made by the party recovering the judgment or his attorney in the case within fifteen (15) days after the payment has been made, and after each payment when more than one (1) payment is made on any judgment. Each endorsement shall be dated and signed by the person executing the same.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-207 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-207
§ 1-17-207. Execution upon affidavit of surety; generally
Status: in_force

Any surety for the stay of execution may file with the clerk an affidavit stating that he believes he will be liable for the judgment with interest and costs thereon unless execution issues immediately, and the clerk shall issue execution immediately unless other sufficient surety is entered before the clerk or sheriff as in other cases.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-31-107 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 31 / Section 1-31-107
§ 1-31-107. Petition in action for usurpation of office
Status: in_force

When the action is against a person for usurping an office, the petition shall set forth the name of the person who claims to be entitled thereto with an averment of his right thereto.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-305 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-305
§ 1-17-305. Lien of judgments of federal courts
Status: in_force

(a) Judgments and decrees entered in any United States district court or circuit court held within this state are a lien against the lands and tenements of the person against whom the judgment or decree is rendered, situated within the county where the judgment or decree is entered, from the day the judgment is filed with the county clerk.

(b) The judgment creditor in any judgment or decree rendered in any United States district court within this state may file a transcript of the judgment record in the office of the clerk of any Wyoming district court and the county clerk in any counties in the state of Wyoming where the judgment debtor owns real estate.

(c) The clerk of the district court of any county in which the transcript is filed shall enter the judgment upon the judgment records of the court in the same manner as judgments rendered in that court.

(d) The judgment or decree is a lien upon all the real estate of the judgment debtor in the county or counties where the transcript is filed with the clerk of district court and the county clerk from the date of filing with the county clerk.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-3-116 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 1-3-116
§ 1-3-116. Absence from state, abscondence or concealment
Status: in_force

If a cause of action accrues against a person when he is out of the state, or has absconded or concealed himself, the period limited for the commencement of the action does not begin to run until he comes into the state or while he is so absconded or concealed. If after the cause of action accrues he departs from the state or absconds or conceals himself, the time of his absence or concealment is not computed as a part of the period within which the action shall be brought.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-40-119 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 40 / Section 1-40-119
§ 1-40-119. Surcharge to be assessed in certain criminal cases; paid to account
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any fine or other penalty prescribed by law, a defendant who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is convicted of, the following criminal offenses shall be assessed a surcharge of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) for the offenses specified in paragraph (v) of this subsection, not less than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) nor more than three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) for the first plea to or conviction of offenses specified in paragraphs (i) through (iv) of this subsection, and not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) nor more than four hundred dollars ($400.00) for each subsequent plea to or conviction of offenses specified in paragraphs (i) through (iv) of this subsection:

(i) Any violation of W.S. 6-1-101 through 6-2-313 and 6-2-319 through 6-10-203 ;

(ii) Any violation of W.S. 31-5-225 , 31-5-229 , 31-5-233 or 41-13-220(a) ;

(iii) Any violation of W.S. 35-7-1001 through 35-7-1057 ;

(iv) Any violation of W.S. 6-2-314 through 6-2-318 ;

(v) Any violation of a municipal ordinance which has substantially similar elements to the criminal offenses specified in paragraphs (ii) through (iv) of this subsection or any other violation of a municipal ordinance which causes actual damage to persons or property.

(b) The surcharge enumerated in subsection (a) of this section shall be imposed upon any defendant for whom prosecution, trial or sentence is deferred under W.S. 7-13-301 and 7-13-302 or who participates in any other diversion agreement.

(c) Under no circumstances shall a court fail to impose the surcharge required by subsections (a) and (b) of this section if the court determines the defendant has an ability to pay or that a reasonable probability exists that the defendant will have an ability to pay.

(d) The surcharge shall be paid within ten (10) days of imposition unless the court determines that it shall be paid in installments over a reasonable period of time. Failure to comply with the provisions for payment of the surcharge is punishable as contempt of court. Contempt proceedings or other proceedings to collect the surcharge may be initiated by the prosecuting attorney, by the court on its own motion or by the division.

(e) Monies paid to the court by a defendant shall be applied to the surcharge before being applied to any fine, penalty, cost or assessment imposed upon the defendant. The proceeds from the surcharge imposed by this section shall be remitted promptly by the clerk of the court to the division for deposit in the account.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-33-103 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 33 / Section 1-33-103
§ 1-33-103. Oath and bond of receiver
Status: in_force

Before he enters upon his duties the receiver must be sworn to perform faithfully and give surety approved by the court, or by the clerk upon order of the court, in such sum as the court shall direct not to exceed double the amount of any property involved, conditioned that he will faithfully discharge the duties of receiver and obey the orders of the court.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-12-109 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12 / Section 1-12-109
§ 1-12-109. Discharge of imprisoned witness
Status: in_force

Upon application of a witness imprisoned by an officer, a judge of the supreme court or district court may discharge him if it appears that his imprisonment is illegal.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-702 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-702
§ 1-17-702. “Foreign judgment” defined
Status: in_force

In this act, “foreign judgment” means any judgment, decree, or order of a court of the United States or of any other court which is entitled to full faith and credit in this state.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-27-132 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 27 / Section 1-27-132
§ 1-27-132. Transfer, removal or concealment of person with intent to avoid service
Status: in_force

Whoever, having under his restraint any person for whose release a writ of habeas corpus has been issued or is being applied for, transfers that person to the custody or control of another or conceals the place of his confinement or restraint, or removes him from the jurisdiction of the court from which the writ is issued or sought, with the intent to avoid the service or effect of the writ, or whoever knowingly aids or abets in the commission of any such offense, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned not more than ninety (90) days, or both.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-15-208 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 1-15-208
§ 1-15-208. Satisfaction of judgment; deficiency; redelivery of property
Status: in_force

(a) If judgment is recovered by the plaintiff, the sheriff shall satisfy it out of the attached property which has not been delivered to the defendant or to a claimant pursuant to W.S. 1-15-105 , or subjected to a prior lien, by paying to the plaintiff the proceeds of all sales of perishable property sold by the sheriff, or of any debts or credits collected by the sheriff or as much as is necessary to satisfy the judgment. If any balance remains due and an execution has issued on the judgment, the sheriff shall sell under the execution so much of the property, real or personal, as may be necessary to satisfy the balance, if enough real or personal property for that purpose remains in his hands. Notice of the sales shall be given and the sales shall be conducted as in other cases of sales on execution.

(b) After selling all the property attached by the sheriff which remains in his hands, the sheriff shall deduct his fees and apply the proceeds and any debts or credits collected by him, to the payment of the judgment. If any balance remains due on the judgment, the sheriff shall proceed to collect it as upon an execution in other cases. When the judgment is paid in full, the sheriff upon reasonable demand, shall deliver to the defendant the attached property remaining in his hands and any proceeds of the property attached not applied to the judgment.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-27-115 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 27 / Section 1-27-115
§ 1-27-115. Order for summary production of plaintiff
Status: in_force

The court or judge to whom the petition for the writ is made may order the sheriff or any other person to bring the plaintiff promptly before the court or judge if convinced that the plaintiff will suffer irreparable injury before he can obtain relief by the proceedings authorized.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1003 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-1003
§ 1-21-1003. Notice to quit premises required
Status: in_force

The party desiring to commence an action for forcible entry or detainer must notify the adverse party to leave the premises involved. The notice shall be served at least three (3) days before commencing the action, by leaving a written copy with the defendant or at his usual place of abode or business if he cannot be found.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-321 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-321
§ 1-17-321. Confirmation of sale of realty and order for deed; disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

If upon return of any writ of execution for the satisfaction of which lands and tenements have been sold, it is found by the court that the sale was made in all respects in conformity with the code of civil procedure [this title], the clerk shall be directed to make an entry in the journal that the court is satisfied with the legality of the sale and that the officer, upon expiration of the period of redemption, shall make a deed to the purchaser for the lands and tenements. The officer may retain the purchase money until the court examines his proceedings. He shall then pay the money to the persons entitled as the court may order.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-5-101 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 1-5-101
§ 1-5-101. Actions to be brought where real property situated; exceptions
Status: in_force

(a) Actions for the following causes shall be brought in the county in which the subject of the action is situate, except as provided in W.S. 1-5-102 and 1-5-103 :

(i) For the recovery of real property, or of an estate or interest therein;

(ii) For the partition of real property;

(iii) For the sale of real property under a mortgage, lien or other encumbrance or charge.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-39-118 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 39 / Section 1-39-118
§ 1-39-118. Maximum liability; insurance authorized
Status: repealed

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, in any action under this act, the liability of the governmental entity, including a public employee while acting within the scope of his duties, shall not exceed:

(i) The sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00) to any claimant for any number of claims arising out of a single transaction or occurrence; or

(ii) The sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) for all claims of all claimants arising out of a single transaction or occurrence.

(b) A governmental entity is authorized to purchase liability insurance coverage covering any acts or risks including all or any portion of the risks provided under this act. Purchase of liability insurance coverage shall extend the governmental entity's liability as follows:

(i) If a governmental entity has insurance coverage either exceeding the limits of liability as stated in this section or covering liability which is not authorized by this act, the governmental entity's liability is extended to the coverage;

(ii) Notwithstanding paragraph (i) of this subsection, if a governmental entity acquires coverage in an amount greater than the limits specified in this section for the purpose of protecting itself against potential losses under a federal law and if the purpose of the coverage is stated as a part of or by an amendment to the insurance policy, the increased limits shall be applicable only to claims brought under the federal law.

(c) In addition to the procurement of insurance under subsection (b) of this section a local governmental entity may:

(i) Establish a self-insurance fund against the liability of the governmental entity and its officers and employees;

(ii) Join with other governmental entities, by joint powers agreements under W.S. 16-1-102 through 16-1-108 , or otherwise, to pool funds and establish a self-insurance fund or jointly purchase insurance coverage. Pooled funds may be deposited with the state treasurer for disbursement as participating governmental entities direct or may be deposited as provided by the terms of the joint powers agreement;

(iii) Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 142, § 2.

(iv) Pay the judgment or settlement, with interest thereon, in not to exceed ten (10) annual installments in cases of undue hardship and levy not to exceed one (1) mill per year on the assessed value of the governmental entity for such purpose;

(v) Enter into contracts with the general services division of the department of administration and information for the payment of assessments by the local government in such amounts as determined by the division to be sufficient, on an actuarially sound basis, to cover:

(A) The potential liability, or any portion of potential liability, of the local government and its public employees as provided by this act;

(B) Costs of administration;

(C) Payment by the division of claims against the local government and its public employees acting within the scope of their duties which have been settled or reduced to final judgment.

(d) No judgment against a governmental entity shall include an award for exemplary or punitive damages, for interest prior to judgments or for attorney's fees.

(e) Except as hereafter provided, no judgment authorized by this act may be enforced by execution or attachment of property of a governmental entity but shall be paid only as authorized by this section and W.S. 1-39-113 . A judgment authorized by this act may be enforced by execution or attachment of the property of a governmental entity to the extent coverage of the liability has not been obtained under subsection (b) or (c) of this section or W.S. 1-39-115 unless the judgment is otherwise satisfied by the governmental entity.

(f) The liability imposed by W.S. 1-39-105 through 1-39-112 may include liability for property damage in an amount less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) in cases in which no personal injury or death resulted, but only under the following conditions:

(i) A property damage claim may be paid at the discretion of the governmental entity:

(A) In the case of the state, the director of the department of administration and information or an employee designated in writing by the director shall decide whether the claim will be paid;

(B) In the case of a local governmental entity, the local governmental entity shall appoint an official who shall decide whether the claim will be paid.

(ii) The decision of whether the property damage claim will be paid shall be based on finding that:

(A) The act was performed by an employee of the state or the local governmental entity;

(B) The act occurred while the employee was acting within the scope of his employment duties;

(C) The employee acted negligently by breaching a duty or by failing to act like a reasonable person; and

(D) The negligent act proximately caused the property damage at issue.

(iii) Property damage claims against the state shall be paid from the self-insurance account created by W.S. 1-41-103 except that claims against the department of transportation may be paid from nonrestricted highway funds. Property damage claims against a local governmental entity shall be paid only to the extent the local governing body has appropriated monies for that purpose. There is no obligation on the state legislature or the local governing body to make any appropriation for payment of property damage claims;

(iv) If the director of the department of administration and information or the local government official determines there may be insufficient monies to pay all of the claims made during the year, then the director or official may delay paying the claims until close of the year at which time available monies shall be prorated among those entitled to payment at an amount less than one hundred percent (100%);

(v) The decisions of the director of the department of administration and information or of the local government official are final and are not subject to administrative or judicial review.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-3-108 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 1-3-108
§ 1-3-108. Official bonds and statutory undertakings
Status: in_force

An action upon the official bond of an officer, assignee, trustee, executor, administrator or guardian, or upon a bond given in pursuance of a statute can only be brought within ten (10) years after the cause of action accrues.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-26-507 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 26 / Section 1-26-507
§ 1-26-507. Entry prior to condemnation action; court orders
Status: in_force

(a) If reasonable efforts to accomplish a lawful entry or to perform authorized activities upon real property under W.S. 1-26-506 have been obstructed or denied the condemnor may apply to the district court for an order permitting entry.

(b) Unless after notice and hearing good cause to the contrary is shown, the court shall make its order permitting and describing the purpose of the entry and setting forth the nature and scope of activities the court determines are reasonably necessary and authorized to be made upon the property. In addition to requiring a deposit under subsection (c) of this section, the order shall include terms and conditions with respect to the time, place and manner of entry and authorized activities upon the property which will facilitate the purpose of the entry and minimize damage, hardship and burden to the parties.

(c) An order permitting entry under subsection (b) of this section shall include a determination by the court of the amount, if any, that will fairly compensate the owner or any other person in lawful possession or physical occupancy of the property for damages for physical injury to the property and for substantial interference with its possession or use, found likely to be caused by the entry and activities authorized by the order and shall require the condemnor to deposit cash or other security with the court before entry. The clerk of court shall invest any cash deposit in any legal interest bearing investment and the interest earnings shall accrue to the account of the condemnor. Unless sooner disbursed by court order, the cash or other security shall be retained on deposit for six (6) months following termination of the entry. The court for good cause may extend the period of retention.

(d) After notice and hearing the court may modify an order under subsection (c) of this section. If a deposit is required or the amount required to be deposited is increased by an order of modification, the court shall specify the time within which the required amount must be deposited and may direct that any further entry or specified activities or studies under the order modified be stayed until the required deposit has been made.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-31-123 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 31 / Section 1-31-123
§ 1-31-123. Order directing transfer of books and papers; enforcement by fine or imprisonment
Status: in_force

In all actions under W.S. 1-31-101 through 1-31-130 , when the judgment is against the defendant, the court may make an order directing the defendant promptly to deliver the books, papers, property, money, deeds, notes, bills and obligations to the persons entitled thereto or the trustees appointed to receive them. If complaint is made upon affidavit to the district court of a neglect or refusal to comply with the order, the court shall direct an attachment returnable immediately to issue for the defendant, who may be required to answer under oath touching the premises. If it appears that the defendant neglects or refuses, the court shall render judgment of fine or imprisonment, or both, as the court making the order might have rendered.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-304 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-304
§ 1-17-304. Recording lien on real estate in other counties
Status: in_force

The judgment creditor in any judgment rendered by any district court in this state, or in any judgment rendered in a circuit court of this state and filed in the judgment record of the district court, may file a transcript of the judgment record of the district court with the clerk of the district court and the county clerk in any other counties within this state where the judgment debtor owns real estate. The judgment is a lien upon all real estate of the judgment debtor in any county in which the transcript is filed with the clerk of district court and the county clerk from the date of filing with the county clerk. The clerk of the district court of any county in which the transcript is filed shall enter the judgment upon the judgment records of the court in the same manner as judgments are rendered in that court.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-3-111 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 1-3-111
§ 1-3-111. Improvements to real property; generally
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the parties to the contract agree otherwise, no action to recover damages, whether in tort, contract, indemnity or otherwise, shall be brought more than ten (10) years after substantial completion of an improvement to real property, against any person constructing, altering or repairing the improvement, manufacturing or furnishing materials incorporated in the improvement, or performing or furnishing services in the design, planning, surveying, supervision, observation or management of construction, or administration of construction contracts for:

(i) Any deficiency in the design, planning, supervision, construction, surveying, manufacturing or supplying of materials or observation or management of construction;

(ii) Injury to any property arising out of any deficiency listed in paragraph (i) of this subsection; or

(iii) Injury to the person or wrongful death arising out of any deficiency listed in paragraph (i) of this subsection.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, if an injury to property or person or an injury causing wrongful death occurs during the ninth year after substantial completion of the improvement to real property, an action to recover damages for the injury or wrongful death may be brought within one (1) year after the date on which the injury occurs.

(c) This section shall not be construed to extend the period for bringing an action allowed by the laws of this state.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-32-306 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 1-32-306
§ 1-32-306. Proceeds to descend like estate sold
Status: in_force

For purposes of descent, succession, reversion or remainder, all monies arising from the sale have the same character and are governed by the same principles as the estate sold, and pass according to the terms of the deed, will or other instrument creating the estate.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-403 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-403
§ 1-21-403. Appeal of forcible entry and detainer actions
Status: in_force

In any forcible entry and detainer action appealed to the district court which is thereby determined against the defendant in possession, the court shall hear evidence concerning and render judgment for the rental value of the premises in controversy for the whole period of the unlawful detainer.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-11-204 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Section 1-11-204
§ 1-11-204. Challenges for cause; trial
Status: in_force

All challenges for cause shall be tried by the court, and the juror challenged, and any other persons may be examined as witnesses upon the trial of the challenge.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-16-309 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 16 / Section 1-16-309
§ 1-16-309. Release of satisfied judgment; liability for failure
Status: in_force

(a) If the attorney of record or other proper person fails to release any action pending or judgment rendered within fifteen (15) days after settlement or satisfaction, the person in whose favor the judgment was rendered is liable for damages sustained.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to judgments by operation of law arising under W.S. 14-2-204 .
Wyo. Stat. § 1-11-126 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Section 1-11-126
§ 1-11-126. No objection that jury not original one returned
Status: in_force

It is not a valid objection to a jury that it contains none of the jurors originally returned to the court or is only partially composed of such jurors or that the base jury list was not supplemented as permitted herein.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-32-305 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 1-32-305
§ 1-32-305. Report of sale to court; confirmation; conveyance of premises upon payment of purchase money
Status: in_force

All sales shall be reported to the court authorizing them. If on examination it appears that the sale was fairly conducted and the price obtained is the reasonable value of the estate sold, the court shall confirm the sale and direct a deed of conveyance be made to the purchaser on payment of the purchase money, or on securing the payment thereof in a manner approved by the court.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-6-104 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 1-6-104
§ 1-6-104. Duties of sheriff
Status: in_force

The sheriff shall execute every summons, order or other process, return the same as required by law, and exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties enjoined upon him by statute and by the common law.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-27-105 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 27 / Section 1-27-105
§ 1-27-105. Writ to be allowed if grounds sufficient; contents of writ
Status: in_force

(a) The writ shall be allowed if the petition shows a sufficient ground for relief and is in accordance with the foregoing requirements.

(b) The writ shall be directed to the person having custody of or who is alleged to be unlawfully restraining the petitioner, and shall command such person to produce the petitioner in person before the court or judge issuing the writ at the time and place specified in the writ. It shall further command such person to have with him the writ with his return thereon showing his doings in response thereto.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-12-301 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12 / Section 1-12-301
§ 1-12-301. Proof of laws of foreign jurisdictions
Status: in_force

Printed copies of written law enacted by any other state, territory or foreign government purporting or proved to have been published by the authority thereof, or proved to be commonly admitted as evidence of the existing law in the courts or tribunals of the state, territory or government shall be admitted by the courts and officers of this state on all occasions as prima facie evidence of the law. The unwritten or common law of any other state, territory or foreign government may be proved by parol evidence and the books of reports of cases adjudicated in their courts may also be admitted as prima facie evidence of the law.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-315 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-315
§ 1-17-315. Additional levy
Status: in_force

When a writ is issued directing the sale of property previously taken in execution, the officer who issues the writ, if requested, shall add thereto a command to the officer to whom the writ is directed that if the unsold property remaining in his hands is insufficient to satisfy the judgment, he shall levy the same upon lands and tenements or goods and chattels of the judgment debtor, as the law permits, sufficient to satisfy the debt.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-29-105 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 29 / Section 1-29-105
§ 1-29-105. Publication of criminal and civil proceedings deemed privileged; exceptions
Status: in_force

The publication of a fair and impartial report of any indictment, the issuing of any warrant, the arrest of any person accused of crime, or the filing of any pleading or other document in any criminal or civil cause in any court, or of the contents thereof, is privileged unless it is proved that the same was published maliciously or that the defendant has refused or neglected to publish in the same manner in which the publication complained of appeared a reasonable written explanation or contradiction thereof by the plaintiff, or that the publisher has refused upon plaintiff's request to publish the subsequent determination of the suit or action.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-202 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-202
§ 1-17-202. Notice to sheriff; relinquishment of property
Status: in_force

(a) When the bond is entered after execution is issued, the clerk shall immediately notify the sheriff and he shall forthwith return the execution, noting his actions thereon.

(b) All property levied on before the stay of execution and all written undertakings for the delivery of personal property to the sheriff shall be relinquished by the officer upon bond for the stay of execution being entered.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-12-110 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12 / Section 1-12-110
§ 1-12-110. Attachment for arrest or order of commitment; execution
Status: in_force

Every attachment for the arrest or order of commitment to prison of a witness by a court or officer must be under the seal of the court or officer, if the officer has an official seal, and must specify particularly the cause of the arrest or commitment. If the commitment is for a refusal to answer a question, the question must be stated in the order and the order of commitment directed to the sheriff of the county where the witness resides or may be found at that time. It shall be executed by committing the witness to the jail of the county and delivering a copy of the order to the jailer.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-22-104 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 22 / Section 1-22-104
§ 1-22-104. Petition for adoption of minor; by whom filed; requisites, confidential nature; inspection; separate journal to be kept
Status: in_force

(a) Adoption proceedings shall be commenced by a petition filed in district court. The district court may transfer jurisdiction of a petition to adopt a child to the juvenile court if the child proposed for adoption in the petition is under the prior and continuing jurisdiction of the juvenile court.

(b) A petition may be filed by any single adult or jointly by a husband and wife who maintain their home together, or by either the husband or wife if the other spouse is a parent of the child.

(c) The following documents shall be filed with every petition to adopt a child:

(i) The appropriate consent to adoption pursuant to W.S. 1-22-109 ;

(ii) Any relinquishments as provided by W.S. 1-22-109 necessary to show the court that the person or agency legally authorized to have custody and control of the child prior to the adoption, has duly relinquished the child to the petitioners for adoption;

(iii) A report of the medical examination of the child made by a licensed Wyoming physician within thirty (30) days immediately preceding the filing of the petition to adopt. The report shall be made on forms provided by the department of family services. A medical report shall not be required when a parent of the child joins in the petition to adopt or when the child resided with the adoptive parents for more than six (6) months prior to filing the petition;

(iv) An affidavit from each petitioner setting forth:

(A) Any previous or current diagnosed psychiatric disorders of the petitioner;

(B) All felony convictions of the petitioner within the preceding ten (10) years;

(C) All misdemeanor convictions of the petitioner within the preceding five (5) years;

(D) The current parole or probation status of the petitioner, if any.

(v) An affidavit stating the name or names of persons awarded visitation rights to the child under W.S. 20-7-101 or 20-7-102 or an affidavit stating that no visitation rights under W.S. 20-7-101 or 20-7-102 have been awarded in regard to the child;

(vi) A form prescribed and furnished by the state registrar of vital records. The form shall be completed to the extent possible with the information required under W.S. 35-1-416(a) including:

(A) The name of the child prior to adoption;

(B) Sex;

(C) Date of birth;

(D) Place of birth;

(E) Birth certificate number;

(F) Natural mother's full maiden name; and

(G) Natural father's full name.

(vii) If the child to be adopted is an Indian child as defined by W.S. 14-6-702(a)(iv) , any documents required to be filed under the Wyoming Indian Child Welfare Act.

(d) The petition and documents filed pursuant to this section, and the interlocutory decree, if entered, and the final decree of adoption shall constitute a confidential file and shall be available for inspection only to the judge, or, by order of court, to the parties to the proceedings or their attorneys, except as provided in W.S. 35-1-416 . Upon the entry of the final decree of adoption, all records in the proceedings shall be sealed and may be available for inspection only by order of court for good cause shown. The court may order inspection of all or part of the confidential file in adoption proceedings only if it appears to the court that the welfare and best interests of the child will be served by the inspection.

(e) The court may order inspection of all or any part of the confidential file upon a proper motion made pursuant to W.S. 1-22-203(b) . Any order permitting inspection under this subsection shall preserve the anonymity of the natural parents, the adoptive parents and the child and shall provide that the inspection is subject to the provisions of W.S. 1-22-203 . Documents filed pursuant to W.S. 1-22-203(b) or this subsection shall become part of the confidential file.

(f) For purposes of this section, “ convicted ” includes pleas of guilty, nolo contendere, verdicts of guilty upon which a judgment of conviction may be rendered and dispositions pursuant to W.S. 7-13-301 and 35-7-1037 .

(g) Notwithstanding subsections (d) and (e) of this section, if the adoption concerns an Indian child as defined by W.S. 14-6-702(a)(iv) , inspection or disclosure of the confidential adoption file shall only be in accordance with the Wyoming Indian Child Welfare Act and subsections (d) and (e) of this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-20-103 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 20 / Section 1-20-103
§ 1-20-103. Homestead exemption; right of family survivors
Status: in_force

When any person dies seized of a homestead leaving as survivor a widow, husband or minor children, the survivor is entitled to the homestead. If there is no such survivor, the homestead is liable for the debts of the deceased.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-16-406 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 16 / Section 1-16-406
§ 1-16-406. Injunction; suspension of judgment or order
Status: in_force

The party seeking to vacate or modify a judgment or order may obtain an injunction suspending proceedings on the whole or a part thereof when it appears probable by affidavit or by exhibition of the record that the party is entitled to have the judgment or order vacated or modified.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-28-103 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 28 / Section 1-28-103
§ 1-28-103. When and by whom granted
Status: in_force

The injunction may be granted at the time of commencing the action, or at any time before judgment, by the district court or a judge thereof, or in the absence from the county of the judge, by the court commissioner of the county, when it appears by affidavit of the plaintiff or his agent that the plaintiff is entitled thereto. When an injunction has been vacated during the pendency of the action in the district court, and an appeal is taken to the supreme court from the judgment or final order after trial in the district court, an injunction may be granted at any time before judgment or final order in the supreme court by a judge of the supreme court, when it appears to the court or judge by affidavit of the party or his agent that the party is entitled thereto. Upon like proof, an injunction may also be allowed by the supreme or district court or by a judge of either as a temporary remedy, during the pendency of a case on error or appeal.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-30-113 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30 / Section 1-30-113
§ 1-30-113. Recovery a bar to other actions
Status: in_force

A recovery of damages against a defendant shall bar any other action upon that cause of action.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-26-705 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 26 / Section 1-26-705
§ 1-26-705. Effect of condemnation action on value
Status: in_force

(a) The fair market value of the property taken, or of the entire property if there is a partial taking, does not include an increase or decrease in value before the date of valuation that is caused by:

(i) The proposed improvement or project for which the property is taken;

(ii) The reasonable likelihood that the property would be acquired for that improvement or project; or

(iii) The condemnation action in which the property is taken.

(b) If, before completion of the project as originally adopted, the project is expanded or changed to require the taking of additional property, the fair market value of the additional property does not include a decrease in value before the date of valuation, but does include an increase in value before the date on which it became reasonably likely that the expansion or change in the scope of the project would occur, if the decrease or increase is caused by any of the factors described in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, a decrease in value before the date of valuation which is caused by physical deterioration of the property within the reasonable control of the property owner, and by his unjustified neglect, may be considered in determining fair market value.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-19-108 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 1-19-108
§ 1-19-108. Liability of shares pledged or used as collateral
Status: in_force

When shares of any corporation are pledged in good faith, or pledged as collateral security for any loan or debt, and the certificate is delivered upon the pledge or debt, the shares are not liable to be taken on execution against the pledgor except for the excess of their value over the sum for which they have been pledged.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-14-124 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 1-14-124
§ 1-14-124. Costs allowed for recovery of money or property
Status: in_force

Costs shall be allowed to the plaintiff upon a judgment in his favor in an action for the recovery of money only or for the recovery of specific real or personal property, unless otherwise provided by law.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-14-103 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 1-14-103
§ 1-14-103. Witness or juror to receive only single fee
Status: in_force

No witness shall receive fees or mileage in more than one (1) case covering the same period of time or the same travel. Each witness shall make affidavit that the fees and mileage claimed have not been claimed or received in any other case. No juror shall receive pay as a witness while serving as a juror.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-16-303 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 16 / Section 1-16-303
§ 1-16-303. Record; contents
Status: in_force

The record shall contain the complaint, the process, the return, pleadings subsequent thereto and all material acts and proceedings of the court. If the items of an account or the copies of papers attached to the pleadings are voluminous, the court may order the record to be made by abbreviating the same or inserting a pertinent description thereof, or by omitting them entirely. Evidence will not be recorded.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-31-104 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 31 / Section 1-31-104
§ 1-31-104. Upon whose relation action brought; security for costs
Status: in_force

(a) The prosecuting officer may bring the action upon his own relation or, by leave of court, he may bring the action upon the relation of another person. If the action is brought pursuant to W.S. 1-31-101(a)(i) , the court may require security for costs as in other cases.

(b) Upon application for leave to file a petition upon the relation of another person, the court may direct notice thereof to be given to the defendant previous to granting such leave and may hear the defendant in opposition thereto; and if leave is granted an entry thereof shall be made on the journal or the fact shall be endorsed by the judge on the petition, which shall then be filed.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-22-105 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 22 / Section 1-22-105
§ 1-22-105. Hearings to be closed; attendance of parties
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the court orders a hearing in open court, all hearings in adoption proceedings shall be confidential and held in closed court or court chambers. No person shall be admitted except court officials, parties to the proceeding, counsel, nonconsenting parents, the nonconsenting putative father of the child and witnesses.

(b) The petitioners and the child shall appear at the hearing unless excused by the court.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-5-104 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 1-5-104
§ 1-5-104. Actions to be brought where cause of action arose
Status: in_force

(a) Actions for the following causes shall be brought in the county where the cause or some part thereof arose:

(i) For the recovery of a fine, forfeiture or penalty imposed by a statute. When it is imposed for an offense committed on a river or other water course or a road which is the boundary of the state or of two (2) or more counties, the action may be brought in any county bordering on the river, water course or road, and opposite to the place where the offense was committed;

(ii) Against a public officer for an act done by virtue or under color of his office, or for a neglect of his official duty;

(iii) On the official bond or undertaking of a public officer.

(b) Actions for small claims proceedings under W.S. 1-21-201 through 1-21-205 may be brought in the county where the cause of action or some part thereof arose.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-15-301 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 1-15-301
§ 1-15-301. Possession of personal property pending action
Status: in_force

Subject to W.S. 1-15-101 through 1-15-108 , after filing the complaint and at any time before judgment, the plaintiff in an action to recover the possession of personal property may claim the delivery of the property to him as provided in this article.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-24-105 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 24 / Section 1-24-105
§ 1-24-105. Amount of amercement for not paying over money
Status: in_force

When the cause of amercement is the refusal to pay over money collected, the officer shall not be amerced in a greater sum than the amount withheld, with ten percent (10%) thereon.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-1-101 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-1-101
§ 1-1-101. Provisions to be liberally construed
Status: in_force

The Code of Civil Procedure and all proceedings under it shall be liberally construed to promote its object and assist the parties in obtaining justice. The rule of common law that statutes in derogation thereof must be strictly construed has no application to the Code of Civil Procedure, but this shall not be so construed as to require a liberal construction of provisions affecting personal liberty, relating to amercement or of a penal nature.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-14-108 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 1-14-108
§ 1-14-108. Statement of attendance of jurors and witnesses in criminal cases
Status: in_force

Within ten (10) days after the close of each term of a court of record, the clerk shall return to the county commissioners a statement of the attendance of jurors and witnesses at such term and their mileage as taken by him in all criminal cases for which the county is liable.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-40-209 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 40 / Section 1-40-209
§ 1-40-209. Victims and witnesses have a right to preservation of employment
Status: in_force

(a) A victim or witness who responds to a subpoena from either the prosecution or defense in a criminal case during working hours shall not suffer any change in terms of employment solely because of the act of responding to a subpoena.

(b) A victim or witness, upon request, shall be assisted by law enforcement agencies, the prosecuting attorney or defense attorney in informing an employer that the need for victim or witness cooperation may necessitate the absence of the victim or witness from work.

(c) A victim or witness, who as a direct result of a criminal act or of cooperation with law enforcement agencies, prosecuting attorney or defense attorney, experiences financial hardship, shall be assisted by those agencies, the prosecuting attorney or defense attorney in explaining to employers and creditors the reasons for that financial hardship.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-11-304 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Section 1-11-304
§ 1-11-304. Certificate issued to jurors
Status: in_force

The clerk of the court shall note the time of the discharge of each juror summoned and issue to the juror a certificate under seal of the court for the amount due him for mileage and juror fees.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-40-110 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 40 / Section 1-40-110
§ 1-40-110. Compensation award
Status: in_force

(a) If a person is injured or killed by a criminal act, the division may order the payment of compensation in accordance with this act for:

(i) Expenses actually and reasonably incurred as a result of the personal injury or death of the victim, by the victim, his dependent, or any person responsible for the victim's maintenance;

(ii) Loss of earning power as a result of the victim's total or partial incapacity;

(iii) Economic loss to the deceased victim's dependents; and

(iv) Any other loss resulting from the personal injury or death of the victim which the division determines to be reasonable.

(b) In determining whether to award compensation under this act, the division shall consider:

(i) All circumstances surrounding the victim's conduct determined to be relevant which directly contributed to the victim's injury or death;

(ii) Need for financial aid; and

(iii) Any other relevant matters.

(c) The division shall not consider whether the alleged assailant has been apprehended, prosecuted or convicted, nor the result of any criminal proceedings against him.

(d) The crime victims compensation account is not a state health program and is not intended to be used as a primary payor to other health care assistance programs, but is a public, quasi-charitable fund whose fundamental purpose is to assist victims of violent crimes through a period of financial hardship as a payor of last resort. Payment made in accordance with this section shall be considered payment of last resort that follows all other sources and is provided subsequent to all other benefits. Accordingly, in determining the amount of compensation to be allowed by order, the division shall consider amounts received or receivable from any other source or sources by the victim or his dependents as a result of the incident or offense giving rise to the application. The division shall not deny compensation solely because the applicant is entitled to income from a collateral source.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-303 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-303
§ 1-17-303. When lien attaches to property; judgment of supreme court
Status: in_force

A judgment of the supreme court for money binds the lands and tenements of the debtor within the county in which the suit originated from the day the judgment is filed with the county clerk. Whenever a judgment is required to be filed with the county clerk, it shall be recorded in the real estate records. Goods and chattels of the debtor are bound from the time they are seized in execution. The lien of a judgment of the district court which is appealed to the supreme court shall not be divested or vacated, but shall continue until the final determination of the action in the supreme court.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-12-501 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12 / Section 1-12-501
§ 1-12-501. Survivorship upon simultaneous death
Status: in_force

(a) When two (2) persons perish in the same calamity and it is not shown who died first and there are no particular circumstances from which it can be inferred, survivorship is presumed from the probabilities resulting from the strength, age and sex, according to the following rules:

(i) If both of those who have perished were under the age of fifteen (15) years, the older is presumed to have survived;

(ii) If both were of the age of sixty (60) years or older, the younger is presumed to have survived;

(iii) If one is under fifteen (15) years of age and the other is sixty (60) years of age or older, the former is presumed to have survived;

(iv) If both are fifteen (15) years of age or older and under sixty (60) years of age, and the sexes are different, the male is presumed to have survived. If the sexes are the same, the older will be presumed to have survived;

(v) If one is under the age of fifteen (15) years or is sixty (60) years of age or older, and the other is between those ages, the latter is presumed to have survived.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-22-108 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 22 / Section 1-22-108
§ 1-22-108. Hearing on petition and objections; findings by court; effect of default
Status: in_force

(a) When the persons required to be served as provided in W.S. 1-22-107 have been served personally or by publication and do not appear at the hearing, a default shall be entered against them and they shall be bound by the findings and judgment of the court.

(b) When any person whose consent is required objects to the petition to adopt, he shall at least five (5) days before the hearing file his objections and serve them on all parties to the proceedings, including any person whose consent has been filed.

(c) If the putative father files and serves his objections to the petition to adopt as provided in subsection (b) of this section, and appears at the hearing to acknowledge his paternity of the child, the court shall hear the evidence in support of the petition to adopt and in support of the objection to the petition and shall then determine whether:

(i) The putative father's claim to paternity of the child is established;

(ii) The putative father having knowledge of the birth or pending birth of the child has evidenced an interest in and responsibility for the child within thirty (30) days after receiving notice of the pending birth or birth of the child;

(iii) The putative father's objections to the petition to adopt are valid; and

(iv) The best interests and welfare of the child will be served by granting the putative father's claim to paternity or by allowing the petition to adopt.

(d) The putative father has no right to assert paternity in adoption, dependency or termination of parental rights proceedings unless he is known and identified by the mother or agency, or unless he has lived with or married the mother after the birth of the child and prior to the filing of the petition to adopt, and unless prior to the interlocutory hearing of the adoption proceedings, he has acknowledged the child as his own by affirmatively asserting paternity as provided in this section or registered as a putative father under W.S. 1-22-117 .

(e) Based upon its determination and findings after a hearing, the court may enter its order or decree in accordance with W.S. 1-22-111 .
Wyo. Stat. § 1-29-102 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 29 / Section 1-29-102
§ 1-29-102. Radio and television stations; liability for statements made by political candidates
Status: in_force

An owner, licensee or operator or the agents or employees of any owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound broadcasting station is not liable for any damages for any defamatory statement uttered over the facilities of the station by any candidate for public office.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-31-110 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 31 / Section 1-31-110
§ 1-31-110. Issuance and service of summons
Status: in_force

When the petition is filed a summons shall issue and be served as in other cases.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-35-108 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 35 / Section 1-35-108
§ 1-35-108. Deposit of security by state, municipality or agency
Status: in_force

The state of Wyoming, a county, city or town, or any departments or agencies thereof or any party acting for or on behalf of any such department or agency in his official capacity shall not be required to deposit security for damages, fees or costs in any civil, criminal or special proceeding instituted or pending in any court or special tribunal in the state unless expressly required so to do by the rule, statute or ordinance generally providing for deposit of security for such purposes.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-26-506 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 26 / Section 1-26-506
§ 1-26-506. Entry prior to condemnation action
Status: in_force

(a) A condemnor and its agents and employees may enter upon real property and make surveys, examinations, photographs, tests, soundings, borings and samplings, or engage in other activities for the purpose of appraising the property or determining whether it is suitable and within the power of the condemnor to condemn if the entry is:

(i) Preceded by prior notice to the condemnee specifying the particular activity to be undertaken and the proposed use and potential recipient of the data thereby obtained and the condemnee has been given fifteen (15) days to grant written authorization;

(ii) Undertaken during reasonable hours, normally during daylight;

(iii) Accomplished peaceably and without inflicting substantial injury to land, crops, improvements, livestock or current business operations.

(b) The entry and activities authorized by this section do not constitute a trespass.

(c) The condemnor is liable under W.S. 1-26-508 for damages resulting from activities authorized by this section.

(d) Subject to applicable confidentiality restrictions under federal or state law, the results of survey information acquired from the property sought related to threatened and endangered species, cultural resources and archeological resources shall be made available to the condemnee upon request.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-32-202 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 1-32-202
§ 1-32-202. Petition in actions to recover realty; sufficiency
Status: in_force

In an action to recover real property it is sufficient if the plaintiff's petition states that he has a legal estate in and is entitled to possession of the real property, describing the same with sufficient certainty as to enable an officer holding an execution to identify it, and that the defendant unlawfully keeps him out of possession. It is not necessary to state how the plaintiff's estate or ownership is derived.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-36-119 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 36 / Section 1-36-119
§ 1-36-119. Appeals
Status: in_force

(a) An appeal may be taken from:

(i) An order denying the application to compel arbitration;

(ii) An order granting an application to stay arbitration;

(iii) An order confirming or denying confirmation of an award;

(iv) An order modifying or correcting an award;

(v) An order vacating an award without directing a rehearing; or

(vi) A final judgment or decree entered by the court.

(b) The appeal shall be taken in the manner of a civil action.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-24-102 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 24 / Section 1-24-102
§ 1-24-102. Notice of motion for amercement
Status: in_force

If the officer resides in the county in which the motion is made, the notice shall be served upon him at least two (2) days before the motion is heard. If he is an officer of another county, the notice shall be served upon him or left at his office at least fifteen (15) days before the motion is heard, or sent to him by certified mail at least sixty (60) days before the motion is heard.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-36-117 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 36 / Section 1-36-117
§ 1-36-117. Application to court to be by motion; notice and hearing to be in manner provided by law
Status: in_force

An application to the court for relief shall be by motion and shall be heard in the manner provided by law or rule of court. Notice of an initial application for an order shall be served in the manner provided by law for the service of a summons in an action unless otherwise specified by the parties.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-29-104 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 29 / Section 1-29-104
§ 1-29-104. Publication of proceedings of governing bodies deemed privileged; exception
Status: in_force

The publication of a fair and impartial report of the proceedings before state or municipal legislative bodies, or before state or municipal executive bodies, boards or officers, or the whole or a fair synopsis of any document presented, filed or issued in any proceeding before a legislative or executive body, board or officer, is privileged unless it is proved that the publication was made maliciously.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-15-401 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 1-15-401
§ 1-15-401. Availability of writ of garnishment
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to W.S. 1-15-101 through 1-15-108 , a plaintiff or judgment creditor may obtain a writ of garnishment as provided in this article.

(b) A prejudgment writ of garnishment is available as a means of attachment of tangible or intangible property, other than earnings from personal services of the defendant, at any time after the filing of a complaint and before judgment, in cases in which a writ of attachment is available under W.S. 1-15-201 .

(c) A post judgment writ of garnishment is available to satisfy a money judgment.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-802 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-802
§ 1-21-802. Appeal of setting aside award; grounds
Status: in_force

An aggrieved party may appeal the decision of the judge to set aside the award upon grounds of fraud, corruption or undue means as in other cases.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-11-116 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Section 1-11-116
§ 1-11-116. Empaneling of jury
Status: in_force

At the opening of court on the day that trial jurors are summoned and notified to appear, the clerk shall call the names of those jurors notified to appear. The court shall hear the jurors who are present, and shall excuse those whom the court finds are exempt, disqualified or have material cause for being excused.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-16-502 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 16 / Section 1-16-502
§ 1-16-502. Revivor of dormant judgments; generally
Status: in_force

When a judgment, including judgments rendered by a circuit court, a transcript of which has been filed in the district court for execution, becomes dormant, it may be revived by the allowance of the court of a motion for revival or by a conditional order of the court that the action be revived. If the order of revival is made by consent of the parties, the action shall be revived. If the order is not made by consent, the order shall be served on the adverse party. When either party to the dormant judgment, his agent or attorney, makes affidavit showing that the adverse party is a nonresident of the state and that the judgment remains unsatisfied in whole or in part and the amount owing thereon, service may be made by publication as in other cases. If sufficient cause is not shown to the contrary, the judgment shall stand revived for the amount which the court finds to be due and unsatisfied thereon. The lien of the judgment for the amount due shall be revived and shall operate from the time of the entry of the conditional order or the filing of the motion.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-16-603 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 16 / Section 1-16-603
§ 1-16-603. Required disclosures to payee
Status: in_force

(a) Not less than three (3) days prior to the date on which a payee signs a transfer agreement, the transferee shall provide to the payee a separate disclosure statement, in bold type no smaller than fourteen (14) points, setting forth:

(i) The amounts and due dates of the structured settlement payments to be transferred;

(ii) The aggregate amount of the payments;

(iii) The discounted present value of the payments to be transferred and the amount of the applicable federal rate used in calculating the discounted present value;

(iv) The gross advance amount;

(v) An itemized listing of all applicable transfer fees, other than attorneys' fees and related disbursements payable in connection with the transferee's application for approval of the transfer and the transferee's best estimate of the amount of any such fees and disbursements;

(vi) The net advance amount;

(vii) The amount of any penalties or liquidated damages payable by the payee in the event of any breach of the transfer agreement by the payee;

(viii) A statement that the payee has the right to cancel the transfer agreement without penalty or further obligation not later than the third business day after the date the agreement is signed by the payee.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-39-104 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 39 / Section 1-39-104
§ 1-39-104. Granting immunity from tort liability; liability on contracts; exceptions
Status: in_force

(a) A governmental entity and its public employees while acting within the scope of duties are granted immunity from liability for any tort except as provided by W.S. 1-39-105 through 1-39-112 . Any immunity in actions based on a contract entered into by a governmental entity is waived except to the extent provided by the contract if the contract was within the powers granted to the entity and was properly executed and except as provided in W.S. 1-39-120(b) . The claims procedures of W.S. 1-39-113 apply to contractual claims against governmental entities.

(b) When liability is alleged against any public employee, if the governmental entity determines he was acting within the scope of his duty, whether or not alleged to have been committed maliciously or fraudulently, the governmental entity shall provide a defense at its expense.

(c) A governmental entity shall assume and pay a judgment entered under this act against any of its public employees, provided:

(i) The act or omission upon which the claim is based has been determined by a court or jury to be within the public employee's scope of duties;

(ii) The payment for the judgment shall not exceed the limits provided by W.S. 1-39-118 ; and

(iii) All appropriate appeals from the judgment have been exhausted or the time has expired when appeals may be taken.

(d) A governmental entity shall assume and pay settlements of claims under this act against its public employees in accordance with W.S. 1-39-115 , 1-41-106 or 1-42-204 .
Wyo. Stat. § 1-19-106 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 1-19-106
§ 1-19-106. Rights and privileges of purchasers
Status: in_force

A purchaser of rights or shares in a corporation at a sale made by an officer, upon receiving a certificate of the sale as provided in W.S. 1-19-105 is deemed to be the legal and equitable owner of the rights or shares and is entitled to all dividends and to the same rights and privileges as a shareholder of the corporation as was the defendant in execution, even though the rights and shares of stock may not have been transferred upon the books of the company.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-1-115 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-1-115
§ 1-1-115. Civil liability for unpaid checks
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who issues a check which is not paid because the check has been dishonored for any reason has thirty (30) days following the date of a written demand mailed to the drawer of the check by United States postal service certificate of mailing at the address shown on the check or his last known address or personally served pursuant to the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure, to pay to the holder of the check the amount of the check and a collection fee not to exceed thirty dollars ($30.00). The demand shall state that the drawer is required to pay the value of the check and the collection fee demanded and shall state the collection fee provided for in this section.

(b) Any person who fails to pay the amount of the check and the collection fee as set forth in subsection (a) of this section within thirty (30) days following the date of a written demand, mailed to or served on the drawer in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, is liable to the holder of the check for three (3) times the amount of the check, but in no case less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), a collection fee of thirty dollars ($30.00), and court costs.

(c) In extraordinary cases, including cases in which the court determines that the party who wrote the check has raised dilatory or bad faith defenses, the court may award the prevailing party reasonable attorney fees.

(d) Nothing in this section shall prevent the criminal prosecution of the person who issues the check. However, any payment made by the defendant to a victim pursuant to an order for restitution entered in a criminal case pursuant to W.S. 7-9-101 through 7-9-112 or 6-3-704(b) , shall be set off against any judgment in favor of the victim in a civil action brought under this section arising out of the same facts or event.

(e) A cause of action under this section may be brought in small claims court, if the amount of the demand does not exceed the jurisdiction of that court, or in any other appropriate court.

(f) As used in this section, “ check ,” “ drawee ,” “ drawer ” and “ issue ” have the same meaning as defined in W.S. 6-3-701 .(a) Any person who issues a check which is not paid because the check has been dishonored for any reason has thirty (30) days following the date of a written demand mailed to the drawer of the check by United States postal service certificate of mailing at the address shown on the check or his last known address or personally served pursuant to the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure, to pay to the holder of the check the amount of the check and a collection fee not to exceed thirty dollars ($30.00). The demand shall state that the drawer is required to pay the value of the check and the collection fee demanded and shall state the collection fee provided for in this section.

(b) Any person who fails to pay the amount of the check and the collection fee as set forth in subsection (a) of this section within thirty (30) days following the date of a written demand, mailed to or served on the drawer in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, is liable to the holder of the check for three (3) times the amount of the check, but in no case less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), a collection fee of thirty dollars ($30.00), and court costs.

(c) In extraordinary cases, including cases in which the court determines that the party who wrote the check has raised dilatory or bad faith defenses, the court may award the prevailing party reasonable attorney fees.

(d) Nothing in this section shall prevent the criminal prosecution of the person who issues the check. However, any payment made by the defendant to a victim pursuant to an order for restitution entered in a criminal case pursuant to W.S. 7-9-101 through 7-9-112 or 6-3-704(b) , shall be set off against any judgment in favor of the victim in a civil action brought under this section arising out of the same facts or event.

(e) A cause of action under this section may be brought in small claims court, if the amount of the demand does not exceed the jurisdiction of that court, or in any other appropriate court.

(f) As used in this section, “ check ,” “ drawee ,” “ drawer ” and “ issue ” have the same meaning as defined in W.S. 6-3-701 .
Wyo. Stat. § 1-15-424 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 1-15-424
§ 1-15-424. Failure to proceed against nonexempt garnished earnings
Status: in_force

If a judgment creditor fails, within sixty (60) days from the filing of the answer of the garnishee, to secure a garnishee judgment and execute on garnished nonexempt earnings held by a garnishee pursuant to a writ of post judgment garnishment, the writ of garnishment which commanded the garnishee to hold the nonexempt portion of the defendant's earnings shall be released and discharged without further order of the court. In that event the garnishee shall pay to the judgment debtor that portion of his earnings which had been held pursuant to the writ of garnishment.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-35-101 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 35 / Section 1-35-101
§ 1-35-101. Actions against state agencies deemed actions against state; jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Any action permitted by law which is brought against the state loan and investment board, board of land commissioners, public service commission of Wyoming, state board of equalization of Wyoming or the trustees of the University of Wyoming is an action against the state of Wyoming and no action shall be brought against any of such boards, commissions or trustees except in the courts of the state of Wyoming, and no action shall be maintained against any of such boards, commissions or trustees in any other jurisdiction.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-19-104 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 1-19-104
§ 1-19-104. Sale of rights or shares
Status: in_force

Rights or shares in any corporation levied upon by writ of attachment shall be held subject to the judgment rendered in the action in which the writ is issued. Whenever execution is levied upon such rights or shares, they shall be sold as personal property as provided by law, at the front door of the courthouse in the county in which the levy is made.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-332 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-332
§ 1-17-332. Rights of purchaser where sale invalid
Status: in_force

(a) If the title of the purchaser is invalid by reason of a procedural defect in the sale of property on execution, the purchaser is subrogated to the right of the creditor against the debtor to the extent of the money paid and applied to the debtor's benefit, and shall have a lien therefor on the property sold as against all persons except bona fide purchasers without notice. The creditor is not required to refund the purchase money by reason of the invalidity of any such sale.

(b) This section applies to all sales by order of court, sales by executors, administrators, guardians and assignees and to all sales for taxes.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-27-118 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 27 / Section 1-27-118
§ 1-27-118. Examination, commitment or discharge of defendant
Status: in_force

The defendant may be examined, committed, bailed or discharged according to the nature of the case.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-3-102 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 1-3-102
§ 1-3-102. When actions may be commenced
Status: in_force

Civil actions can only be commenced within the periods prescribed in this chapter, after the cause of action accrues, but where a different limitation is prescribed by statute, that shall govern.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1206 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-1206
§ 1-21-1206. Renter's remedies; notice to owner or agent; judicial remedy; rights under termination of rental agreement
Status: in_force

(a) The remedies set forth in this section are available to a renter in compliance with all provisions of W.S. 1-21-1204 and 1-21-1205 when the rental agreement has not been lawfully terminated pursuant to W.S. 1-21-1203(d) .

(b) If a reasonable time has elapsed after the renter has served written notice on the owner under W.S. 1-21-1203 and the owner has failed to respond or to correct the condition described in the notice, the renter may cause a “notice to repair or correct condition” to be prepared and served on the owner by certified mail or in the manner specified by W.S. 1-21-1003 . This notice shall:

(i) Recite the previous notice served under W.S. 1-21-1203(b) ;

(ii) State the number of days that have elapsed since the notice was served and that under the circumstances the period of time constitutes the reasonable time allowed under W.S. 1-21-1203(b) ;

(iii) State the conditions included in the previous notice which have not been corrected;

(iv) Demand that the uncorrected conditions be corrected; and

(v) State that if the owner fails to commence reasonable corrective action within three (3) days he will seek redress in the courts.

(c) If the owner has not corrected or used due diligence to correct the conditions following notice under this section, or if the owner has notified the renter that the claim is disputed, the renter may commence a civil action in circuit court. The court shall endorse on the summons the number of days within which the owner is required to appear and defend the action, which shall not be less than three (3) nor more than twenty (20) days from the date of service. Upon a showing of an unreasonable refusal to correct or the failure to use due diligence to correct a condition described in this article, the renter may be awarded costs, damages and affirmative relief as determined by the court. Damages awarded to the renter may include rent improperly retained or collected. Affirmative relief may include a declaration terminating the rental agreement, or an order directing the owner to make reasonable repairs.

(d) If the court terminates the rental agreement pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the renter is entitled to receive a refund of the balance of the rent and the deposit on the rental unit within thirty (30) days of the date the agreement is ordered terminated. The renter shall be required to vacate the rental unit no sooner than ten (10) days nor later than twenty (20) days after termination of the rental agreement by a court.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-6-110 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 1-6-110
§ 1-6-110. Transmission of process by telecommunications
Status: in_force

Any summons, writ or order in any civil proceeding, and all other papers requiring service may be transmitted by any form of telecommunication for service in any place, and the copy of such writ, order or paper so transmitted may be served or executed by the officer or person to whom it is sent for that purpose and returned by him, if any return be requisite, in the same manner and with the same force and effect as the original thereof might be if delivered to him. The officer or person serving or executing the same has the same authority and is subject to the same liabilities as if the copy were the original. The original, when a writ or order, must also be filed in the court from which it was issued and a certified copy thereof shall be preserved in the telecommunication office from which it is sent. In sending it, either the original or certified copy may be used by the operator for that purpose. Whenever any document to be sent by telecommunication bears a seal, either private or official, it is not necessary for the operator to communicate a description of the seal or any words or device thereon, but the same may be expressed in the telecommunication by the letters “L. S.” or by the word “Seal”.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-344 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-344
§ 1-17-344. Execution docket; entries
Status: in_force

The clerk of the district court shall enter in the execution docket the full names of the parties to the action in which an execution is issued, the number of the action in the appearance docket, the number of the execution, the date of its issue, the amount of the judgment, the costs due each person or officer, the time when the judgment was rendered, the date of the return and the return recorded in full.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-908 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-908
§ 1-21-908. Commitment of witness; adjournment
Status: in_force

The circuit court shall adjourn the case at the request of either party for a reasonable time or until the witness testifies in the case.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-11-101 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Section 1-11-101
§ 1-11-101. Qualifications of juror
Status: in_force

(a) A person is qualified to act as a juror if he is:

(i) An adult citizen of the United States who has been a resident of the state and of the county ninety (90) days before being selected and returned pursuant to W.S. 1-11-106 ;

(ii) In possession of his natural faculties, of ordinary intelligence and without mental or physical infirmity preventing satisfactory jury service;

(iii) Possessed of sufficient knowledge of the English language.

(b) No citizen shall be excluded from service as a juror on account of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin or economic status.

(c) The court shall discharge a person from serving as a juror if the person is not qualified to act as a juror under subsection (a) of this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-26-815 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 26 / Section 1-26-815
§ 1-26-815. Right of eminent domain granted; ways of necessity for authorized businesses; purposes; extent
Status: in_force

(a) Any person, association, company or corporation authorized to do business in this state may appropriate by condemnation a way of necessity over, across or on so much of the lands or real property of others as necessary for the location, construction, maintenance and use of reservoirs, drains, flumes, ditches including return flow and wastewater ditches, underground water pipelines, pumping stations and other necessary appurtenances, canals, electric power transmission lines and distribution systems, railroad trackage, sidings, spur tracks, tramways, roads or mine truck haul roads required in the course of their business for agricultural, mining, exploration drilling and production of oil and gas, milling, electric power transmission and distribution, domestic, municipal or sanitary purposes, or for the transportation of coal from any coal mine or railroad line or for the transportation of oil and gas from any well.

(b) The right of condemnation may be exercised for the purpose of:

(i) Acquiring, enlarging or relocating ways of necessity; and

(ii) Acquiring easements or rights-of-way over adjacent lands sufficient to enable the owner of the way of necessity to construct, repair, maintain and use the structures, roads or facilities for which the way of necessity is acquired.

(c) A way of necessity acquired hereunder shall not exceed one hundred (100) feet in width on each side of the outer sides or marginal lines of the reservoir, drain, ditch, underground water pipeline, canal, flume, power transmission line or distribution system, railroad trackage, siding or tramway unless a greater width is necessary for excavation, embankment or deposit of waste from excavation. In no case may the area appropriated exceed that actually necessary for the purpose of use for which a way of necessity is authorized.

(d) No person qualified to exercise the condemnation authority granted by this section, except a public utility that has been granted a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to W.S. 37-2-205 , shall exercise the authority for the erection, placement or expansion of collector systems associated with commercial facilities generating electricity from wind. The prohibition imposed by this subsection shall be effective immediately and shall end June 30, 2015 or upon the effective date of legislation establishing additional conditions for the use of condemnation authority for the erection, placement or expansion of collector systems associated with commercial facilities generating electricity from wind, whichever occurs earlier. As used in this subsection, “ collector systems associated with commercial facilities generating electricity from wind ” means the conductor infrastructure, including conductors, towers, substations, switchgear and other components necessary to deliver power from any commercial facility generating electricity from wind up to but not including electric substations or interconnections facilities associated with existing or proposed transmission lines that serve load or that export energy from Wyoming.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-22-202 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 22 / Section 1-22-202
§ 1-22-202. Commission created; powers; duties
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created within the department of family services, an adoption intermediary commission of five (5) members. Representation and appointment of the members shall be as follows:

(i) One (1) member shall represent the judicial branch and shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the chief justice;

(ii) One (1) member shall represent the department of family services and shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the director of the department;

(iii) One (1) member shall represent private adoption agencies and shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the director of the department of family services;

(iv) One (1) member shall represent programs which provide confidential intermediary services and shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the director of the department of family services;

(v) One (1) member shall be an adult adoptee, adoptive parent or biological parent appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the director of the department of family services.

(b) The commission shall have the responsibility for:

(i) Drafting a manual of standards for training confidential intermediaries;

(ii) Monitoring confidential intermediary training programs to ensure compliance with the standards set forth in the manual with authority to approve or deny such programs based upon compliance with such standards;

(iii) Maintaining an up-to-date list of persons who have completed training as confidential intermediaries and communicating that list to the judicial branch.

(c) The commission shall adopt rules for its own procedure. The commission shall select a chairman, a vice-chairman, and such other officers as it deems necessary, and shall keep a record of its proceedings. The commission shall meet as often as necessary to carry out its duties, but in no instance shall it meet less than semiannually. The commission may seek input from confidential intermediary organizations in carrying out its duties.

(d) The commission shall be voluntary and no state funds or personnel, except members of the commission appointed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, shall be used in its operation. The commission may accept gifts and grants and expend funds received to carry out its duties.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-37-104 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 37 / Section 1-37-104
§ 1-37-104. Contract may be construed at any time
Status: in_force

A contract may be construed either before or after there has been a breach thereof.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-26-516 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 26 / Section 1-26-516
§ 1-26-516. Action for inverse condemnation
Status: in_force

When a person possessing the power of condemnation takes possession of or damages land in which he has no interest, or substantially diminishes the use or value of land, due to activities on adjoining land without the authorization of the owner of the land or before filing an action of condemnation, the owner of the land may file an action in district court seeking damages for the taking or damage and shall be granted litigation expenses if damages are awarded to the owner.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1005 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-1005
§ 1-21-1005. Proceedings when defendant fails to appear
Status: in_force

If the defendant does not appear in accordance with a properly served summons the circuit court shall try the action as though he were present. Before proceeding, the plaintiff shall file a complaint in which he relies in order to recover the premises. The complaint must be sustained by proof or the action dismissed.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-11-208 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Section 1-11-208
§ 1-11-208. Admonition to jurors when permitted to separate
Status: in_force

If the jurors are permitted to separate during the trial or after the case is submitted to them, they shall be admonished by the court that it is their duty not to converse with nor allow themselves to be addressed by any person on any subject of the trial, and that they are not to form or express an opinion until the cause is finally submitted to them.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-2-102 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 1-2-102
§ 1-2-102. Officers authorized to administer
Status: repealed

(a) The following officers are authorized to administer oaths:

(i) Justices of the Wyoming supreme court;

(ii) Judges of the Wyoming district courts;

(iii) Judge of the United States district court for the district of Wyoming;

(iv) Clerks of the Wyoming supreme court, Wyoming district courts and Wyoming circuit courts;

(v) Clerk of the United States district court for the district of Wyoming;

(vi) Commissioners and magistrates appointed by authority of the laws of the United States or of Wyoming;

(vii) Repealed by Laws 2011, ch. 113, § 3, eff. July 1, 2011.

(viii) County clerks;

(ix) County treasurers;

(x) Clerks of school districts in Wyoming;

(xi) Clerks of any incorporated city or town in Wyoming;

(xii) County commissioners within their respective counties;

(xiii) Repealed by Laws 2009, ch. 168, § 202.

(xiv) Judges of the Wyoming circuit courts;

(xv) Notarial officers.

(b) Except for notarial officers, officers listed in this section are authorized to administer oaths, but are not authorized to perform other notarial acts as defined in W.S. 32-3-102(a)(xviii) , unless specified otherwise in W.S. 32-3-105(a) .
Wyo. Stat. § 1-20-102 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 20 / Section 1-20-102
§ 1-20-102. Homestead exemption; when operative
Status: in_force

(a) The homestead is only exempt as provided in W.S. 1-20-101 while occupied as such by the owner or the person entitled thereto, or his or her family.

(b) When two (2) or more persons jointly own and occupy the same residence, each shall be entitled to the homestead exemption.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-32-112 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 1-32-112
§ 1-32-112. Conduct and terms of sale
Status: in_force

All such sales shall be made at the courthouse unless the court for good cause directs it to be made on the premises. The sale shall be conducted in all respects as a sale upon execution except that it is not necessary to appraise the estate. The estate shall not be sold for less than two-thirds (2/3) of its appraised value as returned by the commissioners. Unless the court directs for good cause the entire payment to be made in cash, the purchase money is payable one-third (1/3) on the day of sale, one-third (1/3) in one (1) year and one-third (1/3) in two (2) years, with interest.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-37-109 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 37 / Section 1-37-109
§ 1-37-109. Review
Status: in_force

Final orders and judgments entered in declaratory judgment proceedings may be reviewed as in other civil actions.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-3-117 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 1-3-117
§ 1-3-117. Effect of foreign law
Status: in_force

If by the laws of the state or country where the cause of action arose the action is barred, it is also barred in this state.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-15-504 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 1-15-504
§ 1-15-504. Priority between multiple garnishments
Status: in_force

(a) Only one (1) writ of continuing garnishment against earnings due the judgment debtor shall be satisfied at one (1) time. When more than one (1) writ of continuing garnishment has been issued against earnings due the same judgment debtor, they shall be satisfied in the order of service on the garnishee. When a writ of continuing garnishment is served upon a garnishee during the effective period of a prior writ of continuing garnishment, service of the subsequent writ shall be deemed effective from the time the liens of all prior writs have terminated. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a lien and continuing levy obtained pursuant to this article shall have priority over any subsequent garnishment lien or wage attachment. In any civil action, a judgment creditor shall serve no more than one (1) writ of continuing garnishment upon any one (1) garnishee for the same judgment debtor during any ninety (90) day period.

(b) Where a continuing garnishment has been suspended for a specific period of time by agreement of the parties pursuant to W.S. 1-15-502(b) , the suspended continuing garnishment shall have priority over any writ of garnishment or continuing garnishment served on the garnishee after the suspension has expired. No suspension shall extend the running of the ninety (90) day effective period of the writ nor otherwise affect priorities.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an income withholding order for child support obtained pursuant to W.S. 20-6-201 through 20-6-222 shall have priority over any other continuing garnishment. If an income withholding order is served during the effective period of a writ of continuing garnishment, the effective period shall be tolled and all priorities preserved until the termination of the income withholding order.

(d) Any writ of garnishment or continuing garnishment served upon a garnishee while any previous writ of continuing garnishment is still in effect shall be answered by the garnishee with a statement that he has been served previously with one (1) or more writs of continuing garnishment against earnings due the judgment debtor and specifying the date on which all such liens are expected to terminate.

(e) Upon the termination of a lien and continuing levy obtained pursuant to this article, any other writ of garnishment or continuing garnishment which has been issued or which is issued subsequently against earnings due the judgment debtor shall have priority in the order of service on the garnishee. The person who serves a writ of continuing garnishment on a garnishee shall note the date and time of the service.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1304 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-1304
§ 1-21-1304. Prohibition of waiver or modification
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall not be waived or modified in any lease or separate agreement between a landlord and tenant.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-11-125 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Section 1-11-125
§ 1-11-125. Procedure when sufficient number of jurors fail to attend
Status: in_force

If a sufficient number of jurors duly selected and notified do not attend to form a jury the court shall direct the clerk to select a sufficient number of names from the base jury list to complete the jury and shall summon the persons selected to attend immediately or at a time fixed by the court. If for any reason a sufficient number of jurors to try the issue is not obtained from the persons notified, the court may make successive orders until a sufficient number is obtained. The court may excuse any juror so selected if it appears that, because of distance, the delay occasioned by summoning the juror and requiring his presence would unduly prolong empaneling the trial jury. Each person so notified, unless excused by the court, shall serve as a juror at the trial. For a neglect or refusal to serve he may be fined in the same manner as a trial juror regularly selected and notified and he is subject to the same exceptions and challenges as any other trial juror.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-32-216 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 1-32-216
§ 1-32-216. Occupying claimant and heirs not to be evicted except as provided in W.S. 1-32-214 and 1-32-215; right to bring action for title
Status: in_force

The occupying claimant or his heirs shall not be evicted from possession of the land except as provided in W.S. 1-32-214 and 1-32-215 where application is made for the value of improvements. When an election is made by the successful claimant, his heirs or their guardians to surrender lands under the provisions of W.S. 1-32-207 through 1-32-216 the occupying claimant or his heirs may, at any time after payment is made, bring an action in the court where judgment of eviction was obtained, and obtain judgment for the title of the land if it has not been previously conveyed to the occupant.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-28-111 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 28 / Section 1-28-111
§ 1-28-111. Evidence on hearing of motion
Status: in_force

When the application is made upon affidavits of the defendant but not otherwise, the plaintiff may oppose the same by affidavits or other evidence in addition to the evidence on which the injunction was granted.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-42-204 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 42 / Section 1-42-204
§ 1-42-204. Claims procedures; compromise or settlement of claims; no extension of liability
Status: in_force

(a) Nothing in this act shall be deemed to obviate the necessity of compliance with W.S. 1-39-113 by any claimant.

(b) Any claim covered under this act may be compromised or settled according to the rules of the board. The provisions of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act are not applicable to the payment or settlement of claims. Any person or party adversely affected in compromising or settling a claim shall pursue his remedy in district court pursuant to the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure. The board has no liability, and no cause of action exists against the board for failure to settle a claim.

(c) Self insurance provided under this act shall not be considered a purchase of insurance coverage and shall not be deemed an increase of the limits of liability under W.S. 1-39-118(b) .
Wyo. Stat. § 1-31-119 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 31 / Section 1-31-119
§ 1-31-119. Judgment against corporations; appointment of trustees when corporation dissolved; bond required; powers generally
Status: in_force

The court rendering a judgment dissolving a corporation shall appoint trustees of the creditors and stockholders of the corporation who, after giving a bond payable to the state of Wyoming in a sum and with sureties as the court may designate, conditioned that they will faithfully discharge their trust and properly pay and apply all money that may come into their hands, shall have power to settle the affairs of the corporation, collect and pay outstanding debts and divide among the stockholders the money and other property which remains after the payment of debts and necessary expenses.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1009 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-1009
§ 1-21-1009. Trial by jury; verdict
Status: in_force

If a jury is demanded by either party, the proceedings shall be the same as in other cases until the empaneling thereof. If the jury finds the complaint true they shall render a general verdict against the defendant, and if untrue, a general verdict in favor of the defendant. If true in part, the verdict shall set forth the facts they find true.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-14-121 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 1-14-121
§ 1-14-121. Nonresident and partnership suing in company name to furnish security; when plaintiff becomes nonresident of county
Status: in_force

If the plaintiff becomes a nonresident of the county in which the action is brought during its pendency, he may be compelled to give security in the manner stated in W.S. 1-14-119 and 1-14-120 .
Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-414 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-414
§ 1-17-414. Sale of judgment debtor's equitable or other interest in realty
Status: in_force

If it appears that the judgment debtor has an interest in real estate in the county in which proceedings are had, as mortgagor, mortgagee or otherwise, and his interest can be ascertained as between himself and any person holding the legal estate or having a lien or interest therein, without controversy, the receiver may be ordered to sell and convey the real estate, or the interest of the debtor. The sale shall be conducted as provided for the sale of real estate upon execution, and before execution of the deed, the proceedings of sale shall be approved by the court in which the judgment was rendered or the transcript filed.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-28-109 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 28 / Section 1-28-109
§ 1-28-109. Affidavits used on hearing
Status: in_force

On the hearing of an application for an injunction, each party may read affidavits, and all affidavits shall be filed.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-15-416 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 1-15-416
§ 1-15-416. Intervention or interpleader of third persons
Status: in_force

(a) If it appears that any person not a party to the action has or claims an interest in any of the garnished property antedating the garnishment, the court may permit that person to appear and maintain his rights.

(b) If the answer of the garnishee discloses that any person other than the defendant claims the indebtedness or property in his hands, the court may on motion order that the claimant be interpleaded as a defendant to the garnishee action. Notice in such form as the court shall direct, together with a copy of the order, shall be served upon the third-party claimant in the manner required for the service of a summons. The garnishee may pay or deliver to the court the indebtedness or property, which shall be a complete discharge from all liability to any party for the amount paid or property delivered. The third-party claimant shall be deemed a defendant to the garnishee action and shall answer within ten (10) days, setting forth his claim or defense. In case of default, judgment may be rendered as in other cases of default which shall conclude any claim upon the part of the third-party claimant.

(c) Any person who intervenes or is interpleaded as a defendant under this section is bound by the judgment in the garnishee action.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-30-118 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30 / Section 1-30-118
§ 1-30-118. County treasurer to levy and assess tax upon mandamus; powers of court
Status: in_force

The provisions of W.S. 1-30-116 and 1-30-117 shall not be construed to limit the power of the court to carry its order and judgment into execution or to punish any officer named therein for contempt or disobedience of its orders or writs.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-18-111 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 18 / Section 1-18-111
§ 1-18-111. Sale on foreclosure of mortgage; generally
Status: in_force

(a) When a mortgage is foreclosed a sale of the premises shall be ordered. The decree directing the sale is sufficient warrant for the sheriff or other officer to proceed to advertise and conduct the sale. An order of sale issued by the clerk of court or an appraisement of the real property to be sold is not necessary. When the premises to be sold are in one (1) or more tracts, the court may direct the officer who makes the sale to subdivide and sell the same in parcels, or to sell any one (1) of the tracts as a whole.

(b) Upon the sale of the premises, a purchaser shall have a limited right of entry to ensure the property does not significantly deteriorate during the full redemption period. As used in this subsection, “ limited right of entry ” means entrance into the premises which is not occupied by a legal inhabitant.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-307 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-307
§ 1-17-307. When judgment becomes dormant
Status: in_force

If execution on a judgment rendered in any court of record in this state or a transcript of which has been filed as provided in W.S. 1-17-306(a) is not issued within five (5) years from date of the judgment or if five (5) years intervene between the date the last execution issued on the judgment and the time of issuing another execution thereon, the judgment is dormant and ceases to operate as a lien on the estate of the judgment debtor.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-18-109 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 18 / Section 1-18-109
§ 1-18-109. Contents of deed; form
Status: in_force

The deed to be executed by the officer to the purchaser under W.S. 1-18-101 through 1-18-110 shall contain a statement of the judgment upon which the lands described were sold, and the date of the execution in the case of an execution sale; a statement of the mortgage, with its date and place of record, the parties thereto, and a statement of the decree in case of foreclosure by suit; or a statement of the time and place of sale in the case of a foreclosure by advertisement and sale. The deed shall also contain a recital showing the issuance of a certificate of purchase and any assignment of the certificate that has been made. The deed shall also contain substantially the following words:

Now, therefore, know all men by this deed, that I, ․․․․, of the county of ․․․․ in consideration of the premises, have granted and sold and do hereby convey to ․․․․, his heirs and assigns, the following described tract of land, ․․․․, to have and to hold the described premises with all appurtenances to the said ․․․․, his heirs and assigns forever.

Witness my hand and seal this ․․․․ day of ․․․․, A.D. ․․․․
Wyo. Stat. § 1-15-425 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 1-15-425
§ 1-15-425. Garnishee bound
Status: in_force

A garnishee served with a writ of prejudgment or post judgment garnishment shall hold for the benefit of the plaintiff all property of the defendant in his possession, and money and credits due from him to the defendant, from the time he is served with the writ until the writ is discharged.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-37-103 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 37 / Section 1-37-103
§ 1-37-103. Right of interested party to have determination made
Status: in_force

Any person interested under a deed, will, written contract or other writings constituting a contract, or whose rights, status or other legal relations are affected by the Wyoming constitution or by a statute, municipal ordinance, contract or franchise, may have any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument determined and obtain a declaration of rights, status or other legal relations.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-41-111 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 41 / Section 1-41-111
§ 1-41-111. No extension of liability
Status: in_force

Self-insurance provided under this act shall not be considered a purchase of insurance coverage and shall not be deemed an increase of the limits of liability under W.S. 1-39-118(b) .
Wyo. Stat. § 1-37-102 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 37 / Section 1-37-102
§ 1-37-102. Scope and general consideration
Status: in_force

Courts of record within their respective jurisdictions may declare rights, status and other legal relations whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. No proceeding is open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment or decree is prayed for. The declaration may be either affirmative or negative in form and effect, and such declarations shall have the effect of a final judgment.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-345 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-345
§ 1-17-345. Execution docket; index
Status: in_force

The clerk shall keep an index to the execution docket showing in separate columns the names of all parties against whom and in whose favor an execution has been issued, the number of the execution and the number of the action upon the appearance docket.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-39-114 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 39 / Section 1-39-114
§ 1-39-114. Statute of limitations
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided, actions against a governmental entity or a public employee acting within the scope of his duties for torts occurring after June 30, 1979 which are subject to this act shall be forever barred unless commenced within one (1) year after the date the claim is filed pursuant to W.S. 1-39-113 . In the case of a minor seven (7) years of age or younger, actions against a governmental entity or public employee acting within the scope of his duties for torts occurring after June 30, 1979 which are subject to this act are forever barred unless commenced within two (2) years after occurrence or until his eighth birthday, whichever period is greater. In no case shall the statute of limitations provided in this section be longer than any other applicable statute of limitations. In the absence of applicable insurance coverage, if the claim was properly filed, the statute shall be tolled forty-five (45) days after a decision by the entity, if the decision was not made and mailed to the claimant within the statutory time limitation otherwise provided herein.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-1-129 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-1-129
§ 1-1-129. Immunity from liability for volunteer health care professionals; insurance required of nonprofit health care facility
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section:

(i) “ Health care professional ” means any of the following who provide medical or dental diagnosis, care or treatment:

(A) Physicians, osteopaths and physician assistants licensed to practice as provided in title 33, chapter 26 of the Wyoming statutes ;

(B) All nurses licensed to practice as provided in title 33, chapter 21 of the Wyoming statutes ;

(C) Pharmacists licensed to practice as provided in title 33, chapter 24 of the Wyoming statutes ;

(D) Dentists and dental hygienists licensed to practice as provided in title 33, chapter 15 of the Wyoming statutes ; and

(E) Optometrists licensed to practice as provided in title 33, chapter 23 of the Wyoming statutes .

(ii) “ Low income uninsured person ” means a person who meets all of the following requirements:

(A) The person's income is not greater than two hundred percent (200%) of the current poverty line as defined by federal law, as amended;

(B) The person currently is not receiving medical, disability or other assistance under any federal or state government health care program; and

(C) Either of the following applies:

(I) The person is not a policyholder, certificate holder, insured, contract holder, subscriber, enrollee, member, beneficiary or other covered individual under a health insurance or health care policy, contract or plan; or

(II) The person is a policyholder, certificate holder, insured, contract holder, subscriber, enrollee, member, beneficiary or other covered individual under a health insurance or health care policy, contract or plan, but the insurer, policy, contract or plan denies coverage or is the subject of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings in any jurisdiction.

(iii) “ Nonprofit health care facility ” means a charitable nonprofit corporation or association organized and operated under title 17, chapters 19 or 22 of the Wyoming statutes , or any charitable organization not organized and not operated for profit, that exclusively provides health care services to low income uninsured persons, except that “health care facility” does not include a hospital, including a swing bed hospital, facility or center defined under W.S. 35-2-901 or any other medical facility that is operated for profit;

(iv) “ Operation ” means an invasive procedure that involves cutting or otherwise infiltrating human tissue by mechanical means, including surgery, laser surgery, ionizing radiation, therapeutic ultrasound or the removal of intraocular foreign bodies. “ Operation ” does not include the administration of medication by injection, unless the injection is administered in conjunction with a procedure infiltrating human tissue by mechanical means other than the administration of medicine by injection;

(v) “ Tort action ” means a civil action for damages for injury, death or loss to person or property other than a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons or government entities;

(vi) “ Volunteer ” means an individual who provides any medical, dental or other health care related diagnosis, care or treatment without the expectation of receiving, and without receipt of, any compensation or other form of remuneration from a low income uninsured person, another person on behalf of a low income uninsured person, any health care facility or any other person or government entity.

(b) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, a health care professional who is a volunteer and complies with subsection (c) of this section is not liable in damages to any person or government entity in a tort or other civil action, including an action on a medical, dental or other health-related claim for injury, death or loss to person or property that allegedly arises from an action or omission of the volunteer in the provision at a nonprofit health care facility to a low income uninsured person of medical, dental or other health-related diagnosis, care or treatment, including the provision of samples of medicine and other medical or dental products, unless the action or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct.

(c) To qualify for immunity under subsection (b) of this section, a volunteer health care professional shall do all of the following prior to the initial diagnosis, care or treatment:

(i) Inform the person of the provisions of this section either personally or by means of a writing so stating provided by the nonprofit health care facility and signed by the person, or by another individual on behalf of, and in the presence of, the person; and

(ii) Obtain the informed consent of the person and a written waiver, signed by the person, or by another individual on behalf of, and in the presence of, the person.

(d) Except as provided in this subsection, the immunities provided by subsection (b) of this section are not available to a volunteer health care professional, if at the time of an alleged injury, death or loss to person or property, the volunteer health care professional involved was performing an operation or delivering a baby. This subsection does not apply to a volunteer health care professional who provides diagnosis, care or treatment or performs an operation or delivers a baby when necessary to preserve the life of a person in a medical emergency.

(e) In order for the immunity under subsection (b) of this section to apply and before the rendering of any services by the volunteer health care professional at the nonprofit health care facility, there must be a written agreement between the volunteer health care professional and the facility pursuant to which the volunteer health care professional will provide medical, dental or health care related diagnosis, care or treatment under the control of the facility to patients of the facility.

(f) A nonprofit health care facility entering into a written agreement under subsection (e) of this section shall maintain liability coverage of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence, except that no such coverage shall be required to be maintained by the facility if such coverage is maintained by all volunteer health care professionals rendering services at the facility. A nonprofit health care facility shall be liable for the negligent acts of a volunteer health care professional providing diagnosis, care or treatment at the facility only in the circumstances and to the extent the facility is required to maintain liability coverage under this subsection.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-39-106 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 39 / Section 1-39-106
§ 1-39-106. Liability; buildings, recreation areas and public parks
Status: in_force

A governmental entity is liable for damages resulting from bodily injury, wrongful death or property damage caused by the negligence of public employees while acting within the scope of their duties in the operation or maintenance of any building, recreation area or public park.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-38-105 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 38 / Section 1-38-105
§ 1-38-105. Notice
Status: in_force

(a) Within thirty (30) days of the filing of an action to appoint the wrongful death representative, the plaintiff shall cause to be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a daily or weekly newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the decedent resided at the time of death, a notice that an action to appoint the wrongful death representative has been instituted and that any person claiming to qualify under W.S. 1-38-104(a) may intervene as a matter of right.

(b) Within sixty (60) days after appointment, the wrongful death representative shall file with the court a report listing all reasonably ascertainable beneficiaries. The report shall set forth all reasonable efforts made by the wrongful death representative to notify such beneficiaries of the wrongful death representative's appointment.

(c) Irregularities in the manner or method of giving notice under this section are not jurisdictional.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-32-103 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 1-32-103
§ 1-32-103. Filing and contents of petition
Status: in_force

A person entitled to partition of an estate may file his petition in the district court setting forth the nature of his title, a description of the lands, tenements or hereditaments of which partition is demanded, and naming each tenant in common, coparcener or other interested person as defendant. If the petition seeks a division of property which division would otherwise be subject to the provisions of title 18, chapter 5, article 3 of the Wyoming statutes , the petition shall disclose that fact.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-418 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-418
§ 1-17-418. Lien on debtor vendee's interest in personalty; manner and effect of sale
Status: in_force

When any personal property is attached or levied upon under execution, the judgment creditor shall pay the amount then due the vendor or the assignee of vendor under the sale, contract or lease, and proceed to sell the personal property the same as if title and ownership were in the vendee. If the judgment creditor elects to pay the vendor or assignee of vendor, the bill of sale of the sheriff or person selling under execution shall convey to the purchaser at the execution sale all of the right, title and interest of the vendor to the personal property.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-41-101 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 41 / Section 1-41-101
§ 1-41-101. Legislative findings and intent
Status: in_force

The legislature recognizes that certain liability insurance policies of the state of Wyoming have been cancelled, that no responsive bids have been received and that there exists a need to develop a method to handle claims brought under the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act [ §§ 1-39-101 et seq. ] and arising under federal law. The legislature declares that the appropriate remedy is to create an account for self-insurance of the state and to provide for a loss prevention program. It is the intent of the legislature that the self-insurance account shall be operated on an actuarially sound basis. The legislature further declares that its intent is that the availability of commercial liability insurance coverage shall be explored considering the possibility that the insurance industry can provide coverage in the future that is less expensive than the costs of providing a loss prevention program and paying for claims out of the self-insurance account.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1013 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-1013
§ 1-21-1013. Writ of restitution; execution and return
Status: in_force

Unless the defendant takes an appeal, the officer shall execute the writ of restitution within two (2) days after receiving it, Sundays excepted, by restoring the plaintiff to possession of the premises. He shall levy and collect the execution for rent and costs and make return as upon other executions.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-15-402 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 1-15-402
§ 1-15-402. Property subject to garnishment
Status: in_force

Any writ of garnishment may be used to levy upon or affect the accrued credits, chattels, goods, effects, debts, choses in action, money and other personal property and rights to property of the defendant in the possession of a third person, or under the control or constituting a performance obligation of any third person, whether due or yet to become due at the time of service of the writ of garnishment, which are not exempt from garnishment or execution under any applicable provisions of state or federal law.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-15-303 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 1-15-303
§ 1-15-303. Issuance of writ; undertaking; service
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized by a written order of the court pursuant to W.S. 1-15-103(a)(i) , and upon the filing by plaintiff of the bond required by W.S. 1-15-104 , the clerk shall issue the writ of replevin.

(b) The writ shall be issued in the name of the state of Wyoming and shall require the sheriff to take the property described in the affidavit and retain it in his custody until delivered as provided in this article. The sheriff shall execute the writ and without delay serve on the defendant a copy of the affidavit, undertaking and writ. If personal service cannot be made upon the defendant service shall be made by depositing a copy of the papers in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the defendant at his last known address.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-5-106 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 1-5-106
§ 1-5-106. Actions against public carriers and railroad companies
Status: in_force

An action for an injury to person or property upon a liability as a public carrier, or an action against a railroad company, may be brought in any county through or into which the carrier or railroad line passes.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-37-112 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 37 / Section 1-37-112
§ 1-37-112. Costs
Status: in_force

The court may award costs in any proceeding as seem equitable and just.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-35-104 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 35 / Section 1-35-104
§ 1-35-104. Actions under control of attorney general; settlement or compromise with approval of governor
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall control all investigations and actions instituted and conducted in behalf of the state as provided in W.S. 1-35-103 and has full discretionary powers to prosecute all investigations and litigation and, with the approval of the governor, to settle, compromise or dismiss the actions.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-11-213 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Section 1-11-213
§ 1-11-213. Further deliberation; polling jury
Status: in_force

If a jury disagrees, or if when the jury is polled a juror answers in the negative, or if the verdict is defective in substance, the jury shall be sent out again for further deliberation and either party may require the jury to be polled by the clerk or court asking each juror if it is his verdict.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-15-410 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 1-15-410
§ 1-15-410. Release or discharge of garnishment
Status: in_force

At any time, either before or after the service of any writ of garnishment, the defendant may obtain a release or discharge as provided by W.S. 1-15-105 . In the case of a writ of post judgment garnishment, the condition of the bond required by W.S. 1-15-105(a)(ii) shall be to the effect that if the plaintiff is entitled to execute the writ upon the property seized, the defendant will pay an amount equal to the value of the property, together with interest and all costs assessed against him, not exceeding the sum specified in the bond.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-12-103 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12 / Section 1-12-103
§ 1-12-103. Compelling testimony of adverse parties in civil and criminal actions
Status: in_force

A party may compel the adverse party to testify orally or by deposition as any other witness, and no person is disqualified as a witness in any action, civil or criminal, because of his interest in the same as a party or otherwise. Every person is a competent witness except as otherwise provided by law, but his interest in the action may be shown to affect the credibility of the witness. Any party of record in a civil action, or any person for whose immediate benefit the action is prosecuted or defended, or his assignor, officer, agent or employee or if a county or city is a party any officer of the county or city, may be examined upon the trial of any action as if under cross-examination at the instance of the adverse party and may be compelled to testify subject to the same rules for examination as any other witness. The party calling for the examination is not concluded thereby and may rebut the evidence given by counter or impeaching testimony.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-204 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-204
§ 1-21-204. Time for appearance
Status: in_force

The date of appearance of the defendant as provided in the summons shall be not more than twenty (20) days nor less than twelve (12) days from the date of service of the summons. When the circuit judge has fixed the date for the appearance of the defendant he shall inform the plaintiff of the date and at the same time order the plaintiff to appear with such books, papers and witnesses as necessary to prove his claim.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-31-109 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 31 / Section 1-31-109
§ 1-31-109. Place of bringing action
Status: in_force

An action under W.S. 1-31-101 through 1-31-130 can be brought in the supreme court, or in the district court of the county in which the defendant or one (1) of the defendants, resides or is found or, when the defendant is a corporation, in the county in which it is situated or has a place of business.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-22-107 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 22 / Section 1-22-107
§ 1-22-107. Service of petition and order; when service by publication permitted; exception
Status: in_force

(a) Prior to the hearing a copy of the petition to adopt a child and all orders to show cause shall be served on any persons whose consent to adoption is required by W.S. 1-22-109 and whose consent has not been filed with the petition to adopt. Service shall be made in the same manner as provided for by rule 4 of the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure and shall be accomplished so that a default judgment could be rendered at the hearing against the person served. Service by publication is specifically allowed where the defendant resides out of state, or his residence cannot, with reasonable diligence, be ascertained.

(b) The petition and orders to show cause need not be served upon parents or other persons whose rights to the child have been terminated in a prior judicial proceeding.

(c) Prior to the hearing a copy of the petition to adopt a child and an order to show cause shall be served on any persons awarded visitation rights to the child under W.S. 20-7-101 or 20-7-102 . The consent of persons awarded visitation rights to the adoption is not required. However, the court may exercise its discretion to allow those persons an opportunity to be heard if the court finds it to be in the best interest and welfare of the child.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-707 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-707
§ 1-17-707. Right of action unimpaired
Status: in_force

The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce his judgment in the appropriate court in this state instead of proceeding under this act remains unimpaired.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-26-504 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 26 / Section 1-26-504
§ 1-26-504. Requirements to exercise eminent domain
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the power of eminent domain may be exercised to acquire property for a proposed use only if all of the following are established:

(i) The public interest and necessity require the project or the use of eminent domain is authorized by the Wyoming Constitution;

(ii) The project is planned or located in the manner that will be most compatible with the greatest public good and the least private injury; and

(iii) The property sought to be acquired is necessary for the project.

(b) Findings of the public service commission, the interstate commerce commission and other federal and state agencies with appropriate jurisdiction are prima facie valid relative to determinations under subsection (a) of this section if the findings were made in accordance with law with notice to condemnees who are parties to the condemnation action and are final with no appeals from the determinations pending.

(c) When a public entity determines that there is a reasonable probability of locating a particular public project on specifically identifiable private property and that the project is expected to be completed within two (2) years of that determination, the public entity shall provide written notice of the intention to consider the location and construction of the project to the owner as shown on the records of the county assessor. The notice shall include a description of the public interest and necessity of the proposed project. The public entity shall provide an opportunity for the private property owners to consult and confer with representatives of the public entity regarding the project.

(d) A condemnor shall prove each requirement of subsection (a) of this section by a preponderance of the evidence. Failure of the condemnor to prove any requirement of subsection (a) of this section shall result in dismissal of the condemnation action without prejudice.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-41-106 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 41 / Section 1-41-106
§ 1-41-106. Compromise or settlement of claims; authority; primary insurance coverage
Status: repealed

(a) Any claim covered under this act may be compromised or settled according to the requirements in subsection (b) of this section. In settling a claim, the risk manager may require the execution and presentation of those documents required by rule and regulation including those documents which discharge or hold harmless the state, local government or public employee of all liability under the claim.

(b) The following parties are authorized to make compromises or settlements of claims in the following amounts:

(i) Repealed by Laws 1999, ch. 100, § 2.

(ii) The risk manager is authorized to settle claims for an amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00);

(iii) The risk manager, after consultation with the attorney general, is authorized to settle claims for an amount not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00); and

(iv) The governor is authorized to settle claims for any amount if the action arises under federal law. The governor is authorized to settle claims brought under the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act for any amount not to exceed the maximum liability limits under the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act.

(c) The provisions of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act are not applicable to the payment or settlement of claims. Any person or party adversely affected in compromising or settling a claim shall pursue his remedy in district court pursuant to the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure.

(d) The risk manager and the state have no liability, and no cause of action exists against either the risk manager or the state, for failure to settle a claim.

(e) Except with respect to volunteer physicians providing medical services under W.S. 9-2-103(a)(i)(C) , an expenditure may be made out of the state self-insurance account for settlement or payment of any claim which is covered by liability insurance only to the extent any other liability insurance is not sufficient to satisfy the claim. Except with respect to volunteer physicians providing medical services under W.S. 9-2-103(a)(i)(C) , any other liability insurance shall be considered as the primary coverage. Nothing in this section shall be deemed an increase in the limits of liability under W.S. 1-39-110 or 1-39-118(a) .
Wyo. Stat. § 1-32-114 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 1-32-114
§ 1-32-114. Distribution of proceeds of sale or election to take; liability of sheriff and his sureties
Status: in_force

The money or securities arising from a sale of or an election to take the estate shall be distributed and paid by order of the court to the parties entitled thereto, in lieu of their respective parts and proportions of the estate and according to their just rights therein. All receipts of money or securities by the sheriff shall be in his official capacity, and his sureties on his official bond are liable for any misapplication thereof.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-15-103 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 1-15-103
§ 1-15-103. General procedures relating to prejudgment writs of attachment, replevin and garnishment; issuance of writs without notice
Status: in_force

(a) Prejudgment writs of attachment, replevin and garnishment shall be issued subject to the following conditions and circumstances:

(i) The writ shall issue only upon written motion and pursuant to a written order of the court;

(ii) The court shall not direct the issuance of the writ without notice to the adverse party and an opportunity to be heard unless it clearly appears from specific facts shown by affidavit or by the verified complaint that immediate and irreparable injury will result to the plaintiff before notice can be served and a hearing had thereon. A finding by the court that the plaintiff will suffer irreparable injury shall be made only if the court finds the existence of either of the following circumstances:

(A) There is present danger that the property will be immediately disposed of, concealed, or placed beyond the jurisdiction of the court; or

(B) The value of the property will be impaired substantially if the issuance of an order of attachment is delayed.

(iii) An order granted without notice authorizing the issuance of a writ shall be endorsed with the date and hour of issuance and shall be filed in the clerk's office and entered of record. The order shall define the injury and state why the injury is irreparable and why the order was granted without notice. The order, and any writ issued pursuant thereto, shall expire within a time fixed by the court, not to exceed ten (10) days after issuance. Within the time fixed, the court may, after notice and hearing, order the writ continued in effect or the adverse party may consent that the writ may be extended for a longer period. The reasons for the extension shall be entered of record;

(iv) If the order granting the writ is issued without notice, a hearing thereon shall be set for the earliest reasonable time;

(v) At the hearing on the issuance of the writ or its continuance, the plaintiff shall have the burden of establishing the facts justifying the issuance and continuance of the writ;

(vi) On notice to the plaintiff obtaining the issuance of the writ without notice, the adverse party may appear and move dissolution or modification of the writ, and in that event the court shall proceed to hear and determine the motion as expeditiously as possible;

(vii) Any notice required under this section shall be in a form and served in a manner as will expeditiously give the adverse party actual notice of the proceeding, all as directed by the court;

(viii) In the event that property has been seized by the sheriff pursuant to the issuance of a writ without notice, the property shall be retained by him subject to the order of the court.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-26-817 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 26 / Section 1-26-817
§ 1-26-817. Reservation of right to establish crossings
Status: in_force

Any condemnation order entered shall in all cases reserve to the owner or occupant of any real property through, over or across which any right-of-way is acquired the right to establish suitable crossings connecting his or their lands on either side of the right-of-way, at any point or points which may be selected by the owner or occupant. The ditch, canal, drain, flume or other irrigation works shall be protected at the crossings by the construction and maintenance of a suitable bridge or viaduct at the expense of the owner or occupant.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-501 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-501
§ 1-21-501. Issuance of execution
Status: in_force

Execution for the enforcement of a judgment except during the time it may be stayed, may be issued by the judge who renders the judgment, or by his successor in office, on the application of the party entitled thereto, any time within five (5) years of entry of the judgment, or the date of the last execution issued thereon.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-26-812 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 26 / Section 1-26-812
§ 1-26-812. Constructing, maintaining, abandoning or closing crossings
Status: in_force

(a) When any person owns land on both sides of any railroad, the company owning the railroad shall construct and maintain reasonably adequate means of crossing the railroad.

(b) No railroad shall abandon, close or fail to maintain any public highway crossing unless in accordance with the provisions of W.S. 37-10-102 .

(c) No railroad shall abandon, close or fail to maintain any other existing crossing which has been maintained or recognized by the railroad for more than five (5) years prior to the effective date of this act without:

(i) Providing written notice of its intended action to every person owning lands adjacent to the crossing;

(ii) Advertising its intended action in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of the crossing; and

(iii) No sooner than three (3) weeks after providing the notice required, holding a meeting open to all persons at which it shall explain and at which persons shall be permitted to express their views on the intended action.

(d) Any railroad violating subsection (c) of this section shall not be entitled to assert any of the powers provided by W.S. 1-26-810 over any lands which are part of or are adjacent to the crossing, until the railroad has reconstructed the crossing abandoned, closed or not maintained in violation of subsection (c) of this section.

(e) In any action involving the abandonment, closing or maintenance of a railroad crossing which has been maintained or recognized by the railroad for more than five (5) years prior to the effective date of this act, the railroad shall not be entitled to assert any of the powers provided by W.S. 1-26-810 over any lands which are part of or are adjacent to the crossing unless the railroad establishes by a preponderance of the evidence:

(i) The closing or abandonment of the crossing is justified by either financial or safety considerations;

(ii) There exists reasonable alternative means of access to all property served by the crossing; and

(iii) That it has complied with the provisions of this section and the Wyoming Eminent Domain Act.

(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or prohibiting any person from maintaining any other action at law for a railroad's failure to maintain a crossing, or abandonment or closing of a crossing.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-14-117 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 1-14-117
§ 1-14-117. Disposition of costs collected
Status: in_force

Every sheriff and other officer collecting costs on execution, after retaining the amount of his own fees shall pay the residue of the collected costs to the clerk of the court which issued the execution and take a receipt therefor.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-35-107 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 35 / Section 1-35-107
§ 1-35-107. Actions by state or instrumentality, county, municipality or school district; judgment and enforcement
Status: in_force

The state of Wyoming or any department or instrumentality thereof, county, incorporated city or town and school district therein is authorized to bring an action in any court having jurisdiction to recover any money due it upon any contract or other liability or obligation. In any such action the court shall enter judgment for the amount found to be due the state of Wyoming or any of the above entities, and any such judgment may be enforced by levy upon execution or by any other process provided by law.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-12-108 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12 / Section 1-12-108
§ 1-12-108. Punishment for contempt by witness
Status: in_force

(a) Punishment for the contempt mentioned in W.S. 1-12-106 is as follows:

(i) When the witness fails to attend in obedience to a subpoena, the court or officer may fine him not more than fifty dollars ($50.00);

(ii) In other cases the court or officer may fine the witness not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor less than five dollars ($5.00), or may imprison him in the county jail until he submits to be sworn, testifies or gives his deposition.

(b) The fine imposed shall be paid into the county treasury.

(c) The witness is also liable to the party injured for any damages occasioned by his failure to attend, his refusal to be sworn, to testify or give his deposition.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-101 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-101
§ 1-17-101. Execution defined; issuance; kinds
Status: in_force

(a) An execution is a process of the court issued by the clerk and directed to the sheriff of the county. Executions may be issued to the sheriffs of different counties at the same time.

(b) Executions are of two (2) kinds:

(i) Against the property of the judgment debtor, including orders of sale; and

(ii) For the delivery of the possession of real property in which case the writ shall contain a specific description of the property and a command to the officer to whom the writ is delivered to deliver the property to the person entitled to it. The writ may also require the officer to recover damages for withholding possession and costs, or costs alone, out of the property of the person who withholds possession.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-26-703 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 26 / Section 1-26-703
§ 1-26-703. Date of valuation
Status: in_force

The date of valuation is the date upon which the condemnation action was commenced.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-16-305 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 16 / Section 1-16-305
§ 1-16-305. When complete record not required
Status: in_force

(a) W.S. 1-16-302 does not apply:

(i) In criminal prosecutions when the indictment has been quashed, or when the district attorney has entered a nolle prosequi on the indictment;

(ii) When the action has been dismissed without prejudice to a future action, as provided in W.S. 1-16-306 ;

(iii) In all actions in which, in open court, at the term at which the final order or judgment is made, both parties agree that no record shall be made.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-27-120 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 27 / Section 1-27-120
§ 1-27-120. Identity of defendant presumed
Status: in_force

Any person served with the writ is presumed to be the person to whom it is directed, although it may be directed to him by a wrong name or description.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-29-106 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 29 / Section 1-29-106
§ 1-29-106. Publication of indecent matter prohibited
Status: in_force

Nothing in W.S. 1-29-104 or 1-29-105 shall authorize the publication of blasphemous or indecent matter.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-1-142 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-1-142
§ 1-1-142. Immunity from liability for firearm manufacturers and sellers; definitions; exceptions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section:

(i) “ Ammunition ” means any projectile expelled by action of an explosive from a firearm;

(ii) “ Firearm ” means any weapon that will or is designed to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive;

(iii) “Firearms accessories” means as defined by W.S. 6-8-403(a)(iv) ;

(iv) “ Manufacturer ” means a person who is engaged in the business of manufacturing a qualified product and who is licensed to engage in business as a manufacturer under 18 U.S.C. §§ 921 - 934 or who is a Wyoming resident who has knowledge of gunsmithing and has had experience in the field for a period of not less than two (2) years;

(v) “ Qualified civil liability action ” means a civil action or administrative proceeding brought against a manufacturer or seller of a qualified product for any damages or other relief resulting from the criminal or unlawful misuse of a qualified product. “Qualified civil liability action” shall not include any action specified in subsection (d) of this section;

(vi) “ Qualified product ” means lawfully manufactured and sold ammunition, firearms, firearms accessories and antique firearms as defined by W.S. 6-8-403(a)(viii) ;

(vii) “ Seller ” means any person licensed to sell a qualified product under 18 U.S.C. §§ 921 - 934 ;

(viii) “Trade association” means as defined by W.S. 13-10-301(a)(vii) ;

(ix) “ Unlawful misuse ” means conduct that violates a statute, ordinance or regulation applying to the use of a qualified product.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, no person who has legally provided a qualified product to any other person is liable for damages caused by the other person's actions with or use of the qualified product. This subsection shall not affect the liability:

(i) Of the other person who received the qualified product for damages;

(ii) Of the person who provided the qualified product if done so in violation of state or federal law.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, manufacturers of qualified products, sellers of qualified products and trade associations shall be immune from civil liability in any qualified civil liability action. A qualified civil liability action brought against any manufacturer of qualified products, seller of qualified products or trade association that does not allege any of the actions specified in subsection (d) of this section shall be dismissed.

(d) The immunity specified in subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall not apply to any action:

(i) Brought against a person who transfers a qualified product and who is convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 924(h) or W.S. 6-8-102 by a party directly harmed by the conduct of which the transferor was convicted;

(ii) In which a manufacturer or seller of a qualified product knowingly violated a state or federal statute applicable to the sale or marketing of the qualified product, and the violation was a proximate cause of the harm for which relief is sought. Conduct to which this paragraph applies shall include:

(A) Any incident in which the manufacturer or seller knowingly made any false entry in, or failed to make the appropriate entry in, any record required to be kept under federal or state law with respect to the qualified product, including any incident where the manufacturer aided, abetted or conspired with any person in making any false or fictitious oral or written statement regarding any fact material to the lawfulness of the sale or other disposition of a qualified product;

(B) Any case in which the manufacturer or seller aided, abetted or conspired with any other person to sell or otherwise dispose of a qualified product knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe, that the actual buyer of a qualified product was prohibited from possessing or receiving a qualified product under state or federal law.

(iii) For breach of contract or warranty in connection with the purchase of the product;

(iv) For death, physical injuries or property damage resulting directly from a defect in the design or manufacture of the qualified product, when used as intended or in a reasonably foreseeable manner, except that where the discharge of the product was caused by an act that constitutes a criminal offense, that act shall be deemed the sole proximate cause of any resulting death, injury or property damage;

(v) Commenced to enforce the provisions of W.S. 6-8-102 or 6-8-103 or 18 U.S.C. §§ 921 - 934 ;

(vi) That alleges that an injury or death resulted from an act or omission of the manufacturer, seller or trade association that constitutes gross negligence, recklessness or intentional misconduct.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-37-108 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 37 / Section 1-37-108
§ 1-37-108. Discretionary power retained by court
Status: in_force

The court may refuse to render a declaratory judgment where the judgment would not terminate the uncertainty or controversy giving rise to the proceeding.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-14-101 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 1-14-101
§ 1-14-101. “Folio” defined
Status: in_force

The term folio as used in this act means one hundred (100) words. Four (4) figures shall be counted as one (1) word.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-15-204 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 1-15-204
§ 1-15-204. Third party claims; indemnity to sheriff; application for release
Status: in_force

(a) If the sheriff executing the writ has actual notice of any third party claim to the personal property to be levied on or is in doubt as to ownership of the property, or of encumbrances thereon, or damage to the property held that may result by reason of its perishable character, he may require the plaintiff to file with the sheriff a surety bond, indemnifying the sheriff against any loss or damage by reason of the illegality of any holding or sale on execution, or by reason of damage to any personal property held under attachment. Unless a lesser amount is acceptable to the sheriff, the bond shall be in double the amount of the estimated value of the property to be seized.

(b) Any person not a party to the action, who claims ownership or right to possession of property attached, may, at any time, either before or after judgment, be made a party on his application for the purpose of removing or discharging the attachment. The court may grant summary relief as is just, and may in proper cases try appropriate issues by jury.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-514 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-514
§ 1-21-514. Recall of execution
Status: in_force

If the execution issued before the bond for stay or for appeal is given, and such bond is given afterward and within the time allowed, the judge shall recall the execution.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-14-110 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 1-14-110
§ 1-14-110. Only actual mileage allowed for service; liability for false statement
Status: in_force

If any officer or other person who is allowed mileage for any services rendered receives at the same time more than one (1) writ or process to serve, or authority to render more than one (1) service at the same place, he is only entitled to mileage for the actual number of miles traveled, allowing a full mile from place to place for every person served or every service rendered during the same journey. His return or claim for mileage shall show the actual number of miles necessarily traveled from the place where he received his authority to the place where the actual service was made or rendered. Should any false statement for mileage be proved, then no mileage shall be allowed for any services performed by virtue of the authority, writ or process by which such services were rendered and the maker of the false statement is liable to criminal process.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-602 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-602
§ 1-21-602. Manner of conducting sale; return
Status: in_force

At the time appointed, the officer shall expose the goods and chattels to public sale and sell them to the highest bidder. If there are no bidders or only a single bid is given, the sale shall be adjourned from time to time until a fair sale is had. The officer shall return the execution together with the money to the judge at the time of making the return.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-32-117 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 1-32-117
§ 1-32-117. Guardian may act for ward
Status: in_force

The guardian of a minor or other person under legal disability may on behalf of his ward do and perform any act respecting the partition of an estate which the minor or other person under legal disability could do. He may elect, on behalf of the ward, to take the estate when the same cannot be divided without injury, and make payments therefor on behalf of the ward.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-26-515 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 26 / Section 1-26-515
§ 1-26-515. Abandonment, nonuse or new use
Status: in_force

Upon abandonment, nonuse for a period of ten (10) years, or transfer or attempted transfer to a use where the transferee could not have condemned for the new use, or where the new use is not identical to the original use and new damages to the landowner whose property was condemned for the original use will occur, any easement authorized under this act terminates.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-306 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-306
§ 1-17-306. Lien of judgments of circuit courts
Status: in_force

(a) The party in whose favor a judgment is rendered by a circuit court if the judgment is not appealed or stayed, may file with the clerk of the district court and the county clerk of the county in which the judgment was rendered a transcript thereof, certifying therein the amount paid thereon, if any. The clerk of court shall enter the case on the execution docket, together with the amount of the judgment and the time of filing the transcript with the county clerk. If within ten (10) days after the judgment was rendered, the judgment debtor pays the same or gives bond for stay of execution, the justice shall immediately certify that fact to the clerk of the district court and the county clerk. The district court clerk shall enter a memorandum thereof upon the docket. The cost of the transcript, the filing, recording and the entry on the docket shall be paid by the party who files and records the transcript and not be taxed to the other party.

(b) The judgment shall be a lien on the real estate of the judgment debtor within the county from the day the transcript is filed with the county clerk provided the transcript has also been filed previously or that same day with the clerk of district court.

(c) Execution may be issued on the judgment at any time after filing the transcript as if the judgment had been rendered in the district court.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-15-205 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 1-15-205
§ 1-15-205. Return of sheriff; inventory of property
Status: in_force

The sheriff shall return the writ of attachment to the court within twenty (20) days after its receipt, together with a certificate of his actions endorsed thereon or attached thereto. The certificate shall contain a full inventory of the property attached.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-15-203 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 1-15-203
§ 1-15-203. Manner of executing writ
Status: in_force

(a) If the undertaking provided for in W.S. 1-15-105(a) is not given by the defendant at or before the time the writ is executed, the sheriff to whom the writ is directed shall execute the writ without delay in the following manner:

(i) Real property owned in the name of the defendant shall be attached by filing with the county clerk a copy of the writ, together with a description of the property attached, and a notice that it is attached, and by leaving a copy of the writ, description and notice with an occupant of the property, or if there is no occupant, by posting the copy of the writ, description and notice in a conspicuous place on the property attached;

(ii) Growing crops, which until severed shall be deemed personal property not capable of manual delivery, growing upon real property owned in the name of the defendant shall be attached by filing with the county clerk a copy of the writ, together with a description of the growing crops to be attached, and of the real property upon which the crops are growing, and a notice that the growing crops are attached in pursuance of the writ, and by leaving a copy of the writ, description and notice with an occupant of the real property, or if there is no occupant, by posting the copy of the writ, description and notice in a conspicuous place on the real property;

(iii) Real property or an interest therein belonging to the defendant and held in the name of any other person, shall be attached by filing with the county clerk a copy of the writ, together with a description of the property and a notice that the real property and any interest of the defendant therein held in the name of the other person, naming him, are attached, and by leaving with the occupant, if any, and with the named person or his agent, if known and within the county, or at the residence of either, if within the county, a copy of the writ, with a similar description and notice. If there is no occupant of the property, a copy of the writ, together with the description and notice, shall be posted in a conspicuous place upon the property. When filed, the county clerk shall index the attachment in the names of the defendant and of the person in whose name the real property is held;

(iv) Growing crops, which until severed, shall be deemed personal property not capable of manual delivery, or any interest therein belonging to the defendant, and growing upon real property held in the name of any other person, shall be attached in the same manner as crops growing upon real property held in the name of the defendant are attached under paragraph (ii) of this subsection. The notice of attachment shall state that the crops therein described or any interest of the defendant therein, held by, or standing upon the records of the county in the name of such other person, naming him, are attached pursuant to the writ. In addition, a copy of the writ, description and notice shall be delivered to such other person, or his agent, if known and within the county, or left at the residence of either, if known and within the county. When filed, the county clerk shall index the attachment in the names of the defendant and of the person in whose name the real property is held;

(v) Personal property capable of manual delivery shall be attached by taking it into custody;

(vi) Stocks or shares, or interest in stocks or shares, of any corporation or company shall be attached as provided by W.S. 1-19-101 through 1-19-108 ;

(vii) Personal property not capable of manual delivery shall be attached by leaving a copy of the writ with the person having the property in his possession if he can be found, and by placing a conspicuous notice of levy on the property;

(viii) Personal property, other than earnings from personal services as defined by W.S. 1-15-102(a)(vi) , in the possession of another person shall be attached by service of a writ of garnishment as provided by W.S. 1-15-401 through 1-15-425 ;

(ix) If there are several attachments against the same defendant in different actions, they shall be executed in the order in which they are received by the sheriff.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-32-115 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 1-32-115
§ 1-32-115. Alias writ for sale; reappraisement by disinterested persons; sale with or without revaluation
Status: in_force

When the estate has been once offered and not sold, an alias writ for the sale thereof may be issued as often as need be. The court may order a reappraisement by three (3) disinterested persons of the vicinity appointed by the court, and direct a sale of the estate at not less than two-thirds (2/3) of such appraised value, or if the court deem it for the interest of the parties, may order a sale without such reappraisement at not less than a sum it may fix.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-27-126 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 27 / Section 1-27-126
§ 1-27-126. When petitioner to be discharged
Status: in_force

If no sufficient legal cause of detention is shown, the petitioner must be discharged.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-15-419 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 1-15-419
§ 1-15-419. When garnishee is mortgagee or pledgee
Status: in_force

When any personal property, choses in action or effects of the defendant in the hands of the garnishee are mortgaged or pledged, or in any way liable for the payment of a debt to the garnishee, the plaintiff may obtain an order from the court authorizing the plaintiff to pay the amount due the garnishee, and requiring the garnishee to deliver the personal property, choses in action and effects, to the officer serving the writ of prejudgment or post judgment garnishment upon payment to the garnishee of the amount due him by the plaintiff.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-509 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-509
§ 1-21-509. Right to sue surety
Status: in_force

In all cases of surety, the plaintiff may sue the surety upon his bond if the conditions of the bond are not performed.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-18-108 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 18 / Section 1-18-108
§ 1-18-108. Assignment of certificate of purchase
Status: in_force

Every certificate given by any officer to any purchaser under W.S. 1-18-101 through 1-18-110 , is assignable by endorsement under the hand of the purchaser, his heirs, executor, administrator or assignee. Every person to whom the certificate is assigned is entitled to the same benefits therefrom in every respect that the person named would have been if the certificate had not been assigned, including a deed if the property is not redeemed as provided by law.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1301 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-1301
§ 1-21-1301. Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Wyoming Safe Homes Act.”
Wyo. Stat. § 1-27-119 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 27 / Section 1-27-119
§ 1-27-119. Errors in writ to be disregarded
Status: in_force

The writ of habeas corpus shall not be disobeyed for any defect of form or misdescription of the plaintiff or defendant if enough is stated to show the meaning and intent of the writ.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-7-101 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Section 1-7-101
§ 1-7-101. Liability for expenses in civil actions
Status: in_force

When a change of venue is directed in a civil action in the district court, the county from which the change of venue is taken shall be liable to pay to the county to which the change is taken the fees paid to the jury trying the case and any of the regular panel not engaged in the trial but held in waiting as an incident thereto, allowance to bailiffs, and all other jury expenses necessarily incurred by such county because of the change of venue. Such expenses shall be audited and allowed by the court to which the action is changed and the court shall certify such allowance to the county clerk of the county from which the change of venue was first taken. The allowance shall be paid by the county from which the change of venue was first taken.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-36-116 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 36 / Section 1-36-116
§ 1-36-116. Judgment upon granting order confirming, modifying or correcting award; costs and disbursements
Status: in_force

Upon the granting of an order confirming, modifying or correcting an award, the judgment shall conform and be enforced as any other judgment. Costs of the application, proceedings and disbursements may be awarded by the court.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-32-108 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 1-32-108
§ 1-32-108. Amicable partition
Status: in_force

Before a writ of partition is issued, the person of whom partition is demanded may appear in court in person or by attorney and consent to a partition of the estate according to the facts and prayer set forth in the petition. This amicable partition, when made and recorded, is valid and binding between the parties thereto.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-27-128 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 27 / Section 1-27-128
§ 1-27-128. Petitioner may be committed or admitted to bail
Status: in_force

The petitioner may be committed, let to bail or his bail be mitigated or increased as justice requires.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-30-116 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30 / Section 1-30-116
§ 1-30-116. County treasurer to levy and assess tax upon mandamus
Status: in_force

When a peremptory mandamus is issued against the commissioners of a county, the trustees of a school district or the officers of a municipal corporation to levy and assess a tax to pay interest upon a debt or to create a sinking fund for the payment of a funded debt, and the officers have resigned, or refuse or neglect to levy and assess the tax, or their offices are vacant, upon motion of an interested person, the court may issue a special order to the county treasurer of the proper county commanding him to levy and assess the taxes required by law and to place the same upon the tax list for collection by the county treasurer.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-107 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Section 1-23-107
§ 1-23-107. Individual liability of members of governmental agencies
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding W.S. 1-39-101 through 1-39-120 , the members of any governmental board, agency, council, commission or governing body are not individually liable for any actions, inactions or omissions by the governmental board, agency, council, commission or governing body.

(b) This section does not affect individual liability for intentional torts or illegal acts.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-32-109 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 1-32-109
§ 1-32-109. Appraisement required where estate cannot be divided according to writ; return by commissioners; election to take at appraised value
Status: in_force

When the commissioners are of the opinion that the estate cannot be divided according to the demand of the writ without manifest injury to its value, they shall return that fact to the court with a just valuation of the estate. If the court approves the return and one (1) or more of the parties elects to take the estate at such appraised value, it shall be adjudged to him upon his paying to the other parties their proportion of the appraised value according to their respective rights, or securing the same as hereinafter provided.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-15-302 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 1-15-302
§ 1-15-302. Affidavit
Status: in_force

(a) When delivery is claimed, the plaintiff shall file with the court an affidavit stating:

(i) A description of the property claimed;

(ii) The plaintiff is the owner of the property or has a special ownership or interest in it, stating the facts in relation to it, and that he is entitled to the possession of it;

(iii) The property is wrongfully detained by the adverse party;

(iv) The alleged cause of the detention of the property according to the best knowledge, information and belief of the affiant;

(v) The property has not been taken for a tax, assessment or fine pursuant to a statute, or seized under an execution or an attachment against the property of the plaintiff, or if so seized, that it is by statute exempt from seizure; and

(vi) The actual value of the property.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-40-304 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 40 / Section 1-40-304
§ 1-40-304. Notification of division
Status: in_force

It shall be the responsibility of the victim, the victim's attorney, or the victim's representative to notify the division of the filing of any civil action under W.S. 1-40-303(b)(ii) .
Wyo. Stat. § 1-27-130 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 27 / Section 1-27-130
§ 1-27-130. Presence of petitioner at trial; waiver
Status: in_force

The petitioner or his attorney may waive in writing his right to be present at the trial, in which case the proceedings may be had in his absence. The writ in such cases will be modified accordingly.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-14-106 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 1-14-106
§ 1-14-106. Payment of fees in criminal cases
Status: in_force

In criminal cases where the fees prescribed are not paid by the defendant or the prosecuting witness, they shall be paid to the party entitled thereto by the public defender's office, if subpoenaed by a defendant represented by the public defender, otherwise by the county.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-20-104 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 20 / Section 1-20-104
§ 1-20-104. Homestead exemption; composition
Status: in_force

The homestead may consist of a house on a lot or lots or other lands of any number of acres, or a house trailer or other movable home on a lot or lots, whether or not the house trailer or other movable home is equipped with wheels or resting upon immovable support.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-28-110 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 28 / Section 1-28-110
§ 1-28-110. Motion to vacate or modify injunction
Status: in_force

When an injunction has been granted a party may, before trial, apply to the court in which the action is pending, or a judge thereof, or to the supreme court or a judge thereof, to vacate or modify the same. The party applying for vacation or modification shall give the adverse party reasonable notice of the time and place for hearing the motion. The application may be made upon the petition and affidavits upon which the injunction was granted, or upon affidavits of the party enjoined, with or without answer.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-39-105 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 39 / Section 1-39-105
§ 1-39-105. Liability; operation of motor vehicles, aircraft and watercraft
Status: in_force

A governmental entity is liable for damages resulting from bodily injury, wrongful death or property damage caused by the negligence of public employees while acting within the scope of their duties in the operation of any motor vehicle, aircraft or watercraft.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-14-102 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 1-14-102
§ 1-14-102. Witness fees; fees for expert witnesses in civil and criminal cases
Status: repealed

(a) Witnesses are entitled to receive the following minimum fees:

(i) For attending before any court or grand jury, or before any judge, referee or commissioner, ten dollars ($10.00) per day, and five dollars ($5.00) for half a day; and

(ii) Repealed by Laws 2004, ch. 42, § 2.

(iii) Mileage at the rate set in W.S. 9-3-103 for each mile actually and necessarily traveled in going to and returning from place of attendance.

(b) In any civil or criminal case, any party may call expert witnesses to testify and if the court finds any witness to be a qualified expert and the expert gives expert testimony which is admitted as evidence in the case, the expert witness shall be allowed witness fees of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day or such other amount as the court allows according to the circumstances of the case. Expert witness fees may be charged as costs against any party or be apportioned among some or all parties in the discretion of the court.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-22-101 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 22 / Section 1-22-101
§ 1-22-101. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “Agency” means any person legally empowered to place children for adoption or a certified private child welfare agency or the department of family services;

(ii) “Child” means the minor person to be adopted;

(iii) “Parent” means the child's father or mother whose parental rights have not been judicially terminated;

(iv) “Putative father” means the alleged or reputed father of a child born out of wedlock, whether or not the paternity rights and obligations of the father have been judicially determined;

(v) “This act” means W.S. 1-22-101 through 1-22-114 .
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1007 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-1007
§ 1-21-1007. Bond on granting continuance
Status: in_force

No continuance shall be granted the defendant for longer than two (2) days unless he gives a bond to the adverse party, with good and sufficient surety approved by the circuit court, conditioned for the payment of the rent that may accrue and costs if judgment is rendered against him.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-31-112 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 31 / Section 1-31-112
§ 1-31-112. Judgment in case of usurpation
Status: in_force

When a defendant is found guilty of usurping, intruding into or unlawfully holding or exercising an office, franchise or privilege, judgment shall be rendered ousting the defendant and allowing the relator to recover his costs.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-11-401 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Section 1-11-401
§ 1-11-401. Protection of jurors' employment
Status: in_force

(a) No employer shall discharge, threaten to discharge, intimidate or coerce any employee by reason of the employee's jury service, for the attendance or scheduled attendance in connection with jury service, in any court in the state of Wyoming.

(b) Any employer who violates the provisions of this section:

(i) May be enjoined from further violations of this section in order to provide other appropriate relief, including but not limited to reinstatement; and

(ii) Is liable for exemplary damages to the employee in an amount set by the court, but not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation as to each employee; and

(iii) Is liable for the employee's reasonable costs and attorney's fees, as set by the court, in enforcing his rights hereunder.

(c) Any individual who is reinstated to a position of employment in accordance with this section shall be considered as having been on furlough or leave of absence during his period of jury service, shall be reinstated to his position of employment without loss of seniority and is entitled to participate in insurance or other benefits offered by the employer pursuant to established rules and practices relating to employees on furlough or on leave of absence in effect with the employer at the time the individual entered upon jury service.

(d) No action by an employee aggrieved hereunder shall be brought more than six (6) months after the alleged violation.

(e) The court may award a prevailing employer a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the cost if the court determines that any action brought by an employee is frivolous, vexatious or brought in bad faith.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-40-101 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 40 / Section 1-40-101
§ 1-40-101. Short title
Status: in_force

This act [ §§ 1-40-101 through 1-40-119 ] is known and may be cited as the “Crime Victims Compensation Act”.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1016 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-1016
§ 1-21-1016. Ejectment not barred
Status: in_force

The pendency of an action for forcible entry or detainer does not bar an action of ejectment.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-40-114 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 40 / Section 1-40-114
§ 1-40-114. Crime victims' compensation account
Status: in_force

(a) There is established an account to be known as the crime victims' compensation account. The account is under the administration and control of the division for purposes of providing compensation or other benefits to crime victims and for purposes of implementing this act. The account shall consist of all monies the division receives or collects from any source and all monies shall be paid to the state treasurer for deposit in the account. The division may accept, and shall deposit to the account, any gifts, contributions, donations, grants or federal funds specifically given to the division for the benefit of victims of crime.

(b) The monies within the account may be withdrawn therefrom by vouchers signed by the director of the division or his designee. The division shall keep detailed permanent records of all monies credited to the account and all expenditures and disbursements from the account.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-40-116 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 40 / Section 1-40-116
§ 1-40-116. Fees not chargeable
Status: in_force

No fee shall be charged to the applicant in any proceeding under this act except as provided by this act. If the applicant is represented by counsel in making application under this act or in any further proceedings provided for in this chapter, the counsel shall not receive payment for his services except an amount as the division determines to be reasonable.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-36-110 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 36 / Section 1-36-110
§ 1-36-110. Award of arbitrators
Status: in_force

(a) The award shall be in writing and signed by the arbitrators joining in the decision. A copy shall be delivered to each party personally, or by registered mail or as provided in the agreement.

(b) An award shall be made within the time fixed by the agreement, or if not so fixed, within such time as the court orders on application of a party. The parties may extend the time in writing either before or after the expiration thereof. A party waives the objection that an award was not made within the time required unless he notifies the arbitrators of his objection prior to the delivery of the award to him.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-11-109 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Section 1-11-109
§ 1-11-109. Procedure for selecting jury; contents of certificate; summons
Status: repealed

(a) The clerk shall choose the prospective jurors from the base jury list using a random method of selection.

(b) Repealed by Laws 2014, ch. 53, § 2, eff. July 1, 2014.

(c) If any person selected is not qualified to serve as a trial juror, the name of the person shall be stricken from the base jury list from which summoned. If any person selected is exempt from serving as a trial juror under W.S. 1-11-103(a) and the person has claimed the exemption under W.S. 1-11-105 , then the name of the person shall be stricken from the base jury list for the jury term from which summoned.

(d) When the necessary number of jurors has been randomly selected, the clerk shall make and certify a list of the names selected. The certificate shall state:

(i) The date of the court order for the selection;

(ii) The date of the selection;

(iii) The number of jurors selected;

(iv) The names and addresses of the competent jurors; and

(v) The place where the jurors are required to appear.

(e) The jurors on the certified list shall be summoned to appear.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-1-131 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-1-131
§ 1-1-131. Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Successor Corporation Asbestos-Related Liability Fairness Act.”
Wyo. Stat. § 1-15-421 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 1-15-421
§ 1-15-421. Disposition of property
Status: in_force

(a) All personal property, choses in action and effects received by the sheriff under W.S. 1-15-419 or 1-15-420 , shall be disposed of in the same manner as if the property, choses in action and effects had been delivered by the garnishee under the provisions of W.S. 1-15-411 , provided that the plaintiff shall, out of the proceeds thereof:

(i) Be first repaid the amount paid by him to the garnishee for the redemption of the property, choses in action or effects; or

(ii) Be indemnified for any other act or thing done by him or performed pursuant to the order of the court for the redemption of the property, choses in action or effects.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-208 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-208
§ 1-17-208. Execution upon affidavit of surety; effect of new surety
Status: in_force

If other sufficient surety is entered, it shall have the force of the original surety entered before the filing of the affidavit and shall discharge the original surety.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1205 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-1205
§ 1-21-1205. Prohibited acts by renter
Status: in_force

(a) No renter shall:

(i) Intentionally or negligently destroy, deface, damage, impair or remove any part of the residential rental unit or knowingly permit any person to do so;

(ii) Interfere with another person's peaceful enjoyment of the residential property; or

(iii) Unreasonably deny access to, refuse entry to or withhold consent to enter the residential rental unit to the owner, agent or manager for the purpose of making repairs to or inspecting the unit, and showing the unit for rent or sale.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-33-102 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 33 / Section 1-33-102
§ 1-33-102. Persons ineligible as receiver; exceptions
Status: in_force

No person interested in an action shall be appointed receiver or be a representative of the receiver except by consent of the parties.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-32-122 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 1-32-122
§ 1-32-122. Costs and expenses to be equitably taxed
Status: in_force

The court shall tax the costs and expenses which accrue in the action including reasonable attorney's fees for plaintiff's attorney or any other attorney rendering service in the case for the common benefit of all the parties.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-36-109 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 36 / Section 1-36-109
§ 1-36-109. Authority of arbitrators to issue subpoenas and administer oaths; service of subpoenas; depositions; compelling person to testify; witness fees
Status: in_force

(a) The arbitrators may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses, for the production of books, records, documents and other evidence and may administer oaths. Subpoenas issued shall be served, and upon application to the court by a party or the arbitrators, enforced in the manner provided by law for the service and enforcement of subpoenas in a civil action.

(b) On application of a party and for use as evidence, the arbitrators may permit a deposition to be taken of a witness who cannot be subpoenaed or is unable to attend the hearing, in the manner designated by the arbitrators.

(c) All provisions of law compelling a person under subpoena to testify are applicable.

(d) The same fees for attendance as a witness shall be paid as for a witness in the district court.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-1-121 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-1-121
§ 1-1-121. Recreation Safety Act; short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Recreation Safety Act”.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-31-113 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 31 / Section 1-31-113
§ 1-31-113. Judgment ousting trustee or director of corporation
Status: in_force

When the action is against a trustee or director of a corporation and the court finds that at his election either illegal votes were received or legal votes were rejected sufficient to change the result, judgment may be rendered ousting the defendant and in favor of the person who is entitled to be declared elected at the election.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-324 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-324
§ 1-17-324. Effect of deed
Status: in_force

The deed is prima facie evidence of the legality and regularity of the sale and the entire estate and interest of the person whose property the officer sells and conveys shall thereby rest in the purchaser, whether that interest existed at the time the property became liable to satisfy the judgment, or was acquired subsequently.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-40-206 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 40 / Section 1-40-206
§ 1-40-206. Victims of crime; present in court
Status: in_force

Unless the court for good cause shown shall find to the contrary, the victim, the victim's designee or both shall have the right to be present at all trial proceedings which may be attended by the defendant.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-12-601 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12 / Section 1-12-601
§ 1-12-601. Injury by health care providers; burden of proof
Status: in_force

(a) In an action for injury alleging negligence by a health care provider the plaintiff shall have the burden of proving:

(i) If the defendant is certified by a national certificating board or association, that the defendant failed to act in accordance with the standard of care adhered to by that national board or association; or

(ii) If the defendant is not so certified, that the defendant failed to act in accordance with the standard of care adhered to by health care providers in good standing performing similar health care services.

(b) In either paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) of this section, variations in theory of medical practice or localized circumstances regarding availability of equipment, facilities or supplies may be shown to contravene proof offered on the applicable standard of care.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-3-106 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 1-3-106
§ 1-3-106. When certain causes of action accrue
Status: in_force

A cause of action for the wrongful taking of personal property is not deemed to have accrued until the wrongdoer is discovered. A cause of action on the ground of fraud is not deemed to have accrued until the discovery of the fraud.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-14-104 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 1-14-104
§ 1-14-104. Physician testifying as expert or performing postmortem or autopsy; fees
Status: in_force

Any physician or surgeon shall receive a reasonable fee as determined by the coroner when testifying as an expert before a coroner or other officer for each half day or portion thereof, and when conducting a postmortem examination or autopsy.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-38-103 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 38 / Section 1-38-103
§ 1-38-103. Appointment of wrongful death representative
Status: in_force

(a) The wrongful death representative may be appointed by the district court in the county in which:

(i) The decedent resided;

(ii) The decedent died;

(iii) The claim for relief or some part of the claim for relief arose; or

(iv) A defendant resides or may be summoned.

(b) The district court may appoint the wrongful death representative at any time after the decedent's death. The appointment shall be made in a separate action brought solely for appointing the wrongful death representative. In any action in which appointment of the wrongful death representative is sought, any person claiming to qualify under W.S. 1-38-104(a) may intervene as a matter of right. After an action to appoint the wrongful death representative is filed:

(i) No subsequent action for appointment may be maintained; and

(ii) If an action to appoint the wrongful death representative is properly filed, the limitation period under W.S. 1-38-102(d) and any other applicable limitation periods shall be tolled from the time the action is filed until thirty (30) days after an order appointing the wrongful death representative is entered.

(c) The appointment of the wrongful death representative is a procedural device intended to provide a representative to investigate and bring an action under W.S. 1-38-101 . Irregularities in the manner or method of appointment are not jurisdictional.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-18-103 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 18 / Section 1-18-103
§ 1-18-103. Right of redemption; redemption of agricultural real estate; “agricultural real estate” defined
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided with respect to agricultural real estate, it is lawful for any person, his heirs, executors, administrators, assigns or guarantors whose real property has been sold by virtue of an execution, decree of foreclosure, or foreclosure by advertisement and sale within three (3) months from the date of sale, to redeem the real estate by paying to the purchaser, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, or to the sheriff or other officer who sold the property, for the benefit of the purchaser, the amount of the purchase price or the amount given or bid if purchased by the execution creditor or by the mortgagee under a mortgage, together with interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum from the date of sale plus the amount of any assessments or taxes and the amount due on any prior lien which the purchaser paid after the purchase, with interest. On payment of this amount the sale and certificate granted are void and the sheriff or other officer shall issue a certificate of redemption.

(b) In the case of any mortgage upon one (1) or more parcels of real estate any or all of which were agricultural real estate on the date of execution of the mortgage as stated in the mortgage, the period within which the owner, his heirs, executors, administrators, assigns or guarantors may redeem the premises sold is twelve (12) months from the date of the sale.

(c) The term “ agricultural real estate ” means any single parcel of land in excess of eighty (80) acres lying outside the exterior boundaries of any incorporated city, town or recorded subdivision or any property that is used substantially for agricultural purposes, which, if combined with other property in the mortgage that is used substantially for agricultural purposes, equals eighty (80) acres or more in aggregate. If the mortgage recites that the real estate involved is agricultural real estate, it is presumed the parties to the mortgage, their heirs, executors, administrators, assigns, guarantors or successors in interest have agreed to and are bound by all the provisions of law relative to the twelve (12) month right of redemption provided in subsection (b) of this section.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-1-133 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-1-133
§ 1-1-133. Applicability
Status: in_force

(a) The limitations in W.S. 1-1-134 shall apply to any successor corporation.

(b) The limitations of W.S. 1-1-134 shall not apply to:

(i) Workers' compensation benefits paid by or on behalf of an employer to an employee under the provisions of Wyoming statutes, title 27, chapter 14 or a comparable workers' compensation law of another jurisdiction;

(ii) Any claim against a corporation that does not constitute a successor asbestos-related liability;

(iii) Any obligation under the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. Section 151, et seq., as amended, or under any collective bargaining agreement;

(iv) A successor that, after a merger or consolidation, continued in the business of mining asbestos or in the business of selling or distributing asbestos fibers or in the business of manufacturing, distributing, removing or installing asbestos-containing products; or

(v) Any claim against a corporation that was filed in a court of competent jurisdiction prior to the effective date of this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-14-122 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 1-14-122
§ 1-14-122. Additional security upon motion of defendant
Status: in_force

In an action in which security for costs has been given, the defendant may at any time before the commencement of the trial, after reasonable notice to the plaintiff, move the court for additional security. If on the motion the court is satisfied that the surety has moved from this state or the security is not sufficient the action may be dismissed unless in a reasonable time fixed by the court sufficient security is given.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-801 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-801
§ 1-21-801. Procedure generally
Status: in_force

Any civil cause pending before a judge may be submitted to the arbitration of three (3) men by agreement of the parties. Each party shall select one (1) arbitrator and the two (2) so selected shall choose the third. They shall be sworn by the judge and proceed in a summary manner to hear the cause. Any of the arbitrators may administer oaths, issue subpoenas for witnesses and compel their attendance, and punish for contempt. They shall make their awards in writing, any two (2) concurring being the award of all. The award shall be reported to the judge who shall enter judgment accordingly. The judgment is final unless it is made to appear to the judge within ten (10) days after the entry of judgment that the award was obtained by fraud, corruption or any undue means, in which case the judge shall set aside the award and the case shall stand for trial as though no award had been made.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-30-112 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30 / Section 1-30-112
§ 1-30-112. Judgment for plaintiff; damages
Status: in_force

If judgment is for the relator, he may recover damages as ascertained by the court, a jury or by a referee or master as in a civil action, plus costs. A peremptory mandamus shall also be granted to him without delay.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-15-423 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 1-15-423
§ 1-15-423. Execution on judgment against garnishee for debt not due
Status: in_force

When a judgment is rendered against a garnishee with respect to a debt from the garnishee to the defendant and the debt is not yet due, execution shall not issue until the debt has become due.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-32-311 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 1-32-311
§ 1-32-311. Sale of property given or purchased for religious use; necessary parties to proceeding
Status: in_force

All persons who have a vested, contingent or reversionary interest in the real estate and the trustees or other officers of any religious society then using the same shall be made parties to the petition and be notified of the filing and pendency thereof as in a civil action.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-31-102 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 31 / Section 1-31-102
§ 1-31-102. Actions against corporations
Status: in_force

(a) A like action may be brought against a corporation:

(i) When it has violated the law governing its creation or renewal;

(ii) When it has forfeited its privileges and franchises by nonuse;

(iii) When it has committed or omitted an act which amounts to a surrender of its corporate rights, privileges and franchises;

(iv) When it has misused a franchise or privilege conferred upon it by law or exercised a franchise or privilege not so conferred.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-26-711 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 26 / Section 1-26-711
§ 1-26-711. Taking of leasehold interest
Status: reserved

(a) If all or part of the property taken includes a leasehold interest, the effect of the condemnation action upon the rights and obligations of the parties to the lease is governed by the provisions of the lease, and in the absence of applicable provisions in the lease, by this section.

(b) If there is a partial taking and the part of the property taken includes a leasehold interest that extends to the remainder, the court may determine that:

(i) The lease terminates as to the part of the property taken but remains in force as to the remainder, in which case the rent reserved in the lease is extinguished to the extent it is affected by the taking; or

(ii) The lease terminates as to both the part taken and the remainder, if the part taken is essential to the purposes of the lease or the remainder is no longer suitable for the purpose of the lease.

(c) The termination or partial termination of a lease under this section shall occur at the earlier of the date on which, under an order of the court, the condemnor is permitted to take possession of the property, or the date on which title to the property is transferred to the condemnor.

(d) This section does not affect or impair a lessee's right to compensation if his leasehold interest is taken in whole or in part.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-37-115 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 37 / Section 1-37-115
§ 1-37-115. Provisions severable
Status: in_force

The provisions of the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act are independent and severable. The invalidity of one (1) provision shall not affect or render the remainder of the act invalid.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-903 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 1-21-903
§ 1-21-903. Hearing required; warrant of attachment
Status: in_force

No person shall be punished for contempt before a circuit court judge until after an opportunity to be heard and for that purpose the judge may issue his warrant of attachment to bring the offender before him.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-33-105 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 33 / Section 1-33-105
§ 1-33-105. Investment of funds by receiver
Status: in_force

Funds in the hands of a receiver may be invested upon interest by order of the court with the consent of all parties to the action.
Wyo. Stat. § 1-26-502 — WY Code / Title 1 / Chapter 26 / Section 1-26-502
§ 1-26-502. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this act:

(i) “Condemn” means to take property under the power of eminent domain;

(ii) “Condemnee” means a person who has or claims an interest in property that is the subject of a prospective or pending condemnation action;

(iii) “Condemnor” means a person empowered to condemn;

(iv) “Litigation expenses” means the reasonable costs, disbursements and expenses, including attorney, appraisal and engineering fees, associated with a condemnation proceeding;

(v) “Public entity” means the state of Wyoming and its agencies, municipalities, counties, school districts, political subdivisions and special districts;

(vi) “This act” means W.S. 1-26-501 through 1-26-817 .