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WY Stat § 5-6-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts|Article 2 - Cities of the First Class|Section 5-6-201 - Jurisdiction of Municipal Judge; Change of Venue Prohibited; Exception for Certain Civil Penalties.

5-6-201. Jurisdiction of municipal judge; change of venue prohibited; exception for certain civil penalties.| (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, a municipal judge has exclusive jurisdiction over all violations of ordinances of the city. The municipal judge shall hear and determine violations of ordinances and may impose fines not exceeding seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or both, to which may be added costs. No change of venue shall be granted in any case arising under the ordinances of the city.  (b) A district court has jurisdiction to grant injunctive relief and to impose any civil penalty authorized by ordinance adopted pursuant to W.S. 15-1-103(a)(xlvi).
WY Stat § 5-6-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts|Article 2 - Cities of the First Class|Section 5-6-202 - Powers and Duties of Municipal Judge Generally; Court to Open Every Day Except Sunday.

5-6-202. Powers and duties of municipal judge generally; court to open every day except Sunday.| (a) The municipal judge shall be a conservator of the peace and his court shall be open every day except Sundays to hear and determine all cases cognizable before him. No act shall be performed by the judge on Sundays except to receive complaints, issue process and take bail.  (b) The municipal judge shall enforce due obedience to all orders, rules and judgments made by him. The judge has the same power as the district court in the issuance of warrant, search warrant, subpoena or other necessary process and may fine or imprison for contempt offered to him or to process issued by him in the same manner and to the same extent as the district court. Before any person is imprisoned for the willful refusal to pay a fine, the court shall determine whether the defendant has an ability to pay or that a reasonable probability exists that the defendant will have an ability to pay.
WY Stat § 5-6-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts|Article 2 - Cities of the First Class|Section 5-6-203 - Appeal.

5-6-203. Appeal.| In all cases before the municipal court arising under ordinances of the city, wherein the fine assessed exceeds the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) or the imprisonment ten (10) days, an appeal may be taken by the defendant to the district court in and for the county in which the city is situated, but no appeal shall be allowed unless the defendant shall, within ten (10) days, enter into recognizance with sufficient sureties to be approved by the municipal court, conditioned for the payment of the fine and costs of appeal, and the defendant shall abide the judgment of the municipal court and not depart without leave of the court, or that he will pay to the city of .... the sum of $..... The procedure of the appeal shall be as prescribed for appeals from circuit courts in criminal cases.
WY Stat § 5-6-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts|Article 2 - Cities of the First Class|Section 5-6-204 - Fines and Penalties to Be Paid to City Treasurer; Report of Cases; Failure to Comply With Section.

5-6-204. Fines and penalties to be paid to city treasurer; report of cases; failure to comply with section.| All fines and penalties collected and arising from a breach of a city ordinance shall be deposited with the city treasurer, and the municipal judge shall report at the end of each calendar month a list of all cases for violations of city ordinances instituted in his court, and the disposition thereof, with a statement of the fines, penalties and costs received. At the end of each month the judge shall deposit with the city treasurer all fines, penalties and costs received. If the municipal judge fails to report and deposit all fines, penalties and costs for a period of twenty-five (25) days, his office shall be declared vacant. If a city enacts an ordinance prescribing a court automation fee as provided in W.S. 5-6-108(a)(i), up to ten dollars ($10.00) of the fee may be retained by the city solely for the purpose of defraying costs and expenses related to establishing and maintaining an electronic citation system. The system shall collect and submit data in a form and manner prescribed by the supreme court to comply with the requirements of the judicial systems automation account under W.S. 5-2-120. The remaining portion of the fee shall be remitted to the judicial systems automation account established by W.S. 5-2-120. If a city enacts an ordinance prescribing the indigent civil legal services fee as provided in W.S. 5-6-108(a)(ii), the fee shall be remitted to the indigent civil legal services account established by W.S. 5-2-121.
WY Stat § 5-6-205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts|Article 2 - Cities of the First Class|Section 5-6-205 - Duty of Municipal Judge as to Trial Generally.

5-6-205. Duty of municipal judge as to trial generally.| When a person is brought before the municipal judge upon warrant, the judge shall hear and determine the complaint alleged against the defendant.
WY Stat § 5-6-206 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts|Article 2 - Cities of the First Class|Section 5-6-206 - Summoning and Enforcing Attendance of Witnesses.

5-6-206. Summoning and enforcing attendance of witnesses.| It shall be the duty of said justice to summon all persons whose testimony may be deemed material as witnesses at the trial, and to enforce their attendance by attachment if necessary.
WY Stat § 5-6-207 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts|Article 2 - Cities of the First Class|Section 5-6-207 - Cases in Municipal Court.

5-6-207. Cases in municipal court.| Cases in the municipal court for violations of city ordinances shall be tried and determined by the court without the intervention of a jury, and the trial of such cases before the court shall be conducted in all respects, not herein otherwise provided for, in like manner as criminal cases before circuit courts.
WY Stat § 5-6-208 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts|Article 2 - Cities of the First Class|Section 5-6-208 - Assessment of Punishment.

5-6-208. Assessment of punishment.| (a) If the defendant is found guilty, the municipal judge shall declare and assess punishment and render judgment accordingly.  (b) Repealed by Laws 1988, ch. 11, § 2.
WY Stat § 5-6-209 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts|Article 2 - Cities of the First Class|Section 5-6-209 - Continuances; Verbal Notice to Witnesses as to New Date of Trial Valid as Summons.

5-6-209. Continuances; verbal notice to witnesses as to new date of trial valid as summons.| When a trial shall be continued by the judge, it shall not be necessary to summon any witnesses who may be present at the continuance, but the judge shall verbally notify such witnesses as either party may require to attend before him to testify in the case on the day of trial, which verbal notice shall be as valid as a summons.
WY Stat § 5-6-210 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts|Article 2 - Cities of the First Class|Section 5-6-210 - Punishment Regulated by Ordinance; Maximum Fine and Imprisonment.

5-6-210. Punishment regulated by ordinance; maximum fine and imprisonment.| (a) Any person convicted by a municipal judge of any offense under any ordinance of the city shall be punished by fine or imprisonment or both as provided by ordinance. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no fine shall exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for any one (1) offense recoverable with costs, and no imprisonment shall exceed six (6) months.  (b) A district court has jurisdiction to grant injunctive relief and to impose any civil penalty authorized by ordinance adopted pursuant to W.S. 15-1-103(a)(xlvi).
WY Stat § 5-6-211 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts|Article 2 - Cities of the First Class|Section 5-6-211 - Working Prisoners; Credit for Work Done.

5-6-211. Working prisoners; credit for work done.| Whenever the defendant is sentenced to imprisonment for the violation of a city ordinance, he may be put to work for the benefit of the city, if it is determined that adequate supervision is available, for the term of his imprisonment, and when committed for the nonpayment of a fine, or costs, for the violation of any ordinance, he may also be put to work for the benefit of the city, and shall be credited on such fine and costs, fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day for each day he shall work.
WY Stat § 5-6-301 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts|Article 3 - Incorporated Towns|Section 5-6-301 - Punishment of Persons Convicted Before Judge; Maximum Penalty Permitted; Power to Punish for Contempt.

5-6-301. Punishment of persons convicted before judge; maximum penalty permitted; power to punish for contempt.| (a) A person convicted before a municipal judge shall be fined and imprisoned as provided by ordinance. Except as provided by W.S. 15-1-103(a)(xli) or subsection (c) of this section, no fine shall exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), and no imprisonment shall exceed six (6) months.  (b) The municipal judge shall punish for contempt in the same manner as district court. Before any person is imprisoned for the willful refusal to pay a fine, the court shall determine whether the defendant has an ability to pay or that a reasonable probability exists that the defendant will have an ability to pay.  (c) A district court has jurisdiction to grant injunctive relief and to impose any civil penalty authorized by ordinance adopted pursuant to W.S. 15-1-103(a)(xlvi).
WY Stat § 5-6-302 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts|Article 3 - Incorporated Towns|Section 5-6-302 - Appeals From Municipal Court.

5-6-302. Appeals from municipal court.| Appeals from the judgment or sentence of a municipal court may be taken to the district court in the same manner as is now provided by law for appeals from circuit courts in criminal cases, and shall be dealt with by the courts as criminal cases.
WY Stat § 5-6-303 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts|Article 3 - Incorporated Towns|Section 5-6-303 - Disposition of Fines and Penalties.

5-6-303. Disposition of fines and penalties.| All fines and penalties collected, arising from a breach of the ordinances of the town, shall be paid into the town treasury. If a town enacts an ordinance prescribing a court automation fee as provided in W.S. 5-6-108(a)(i), up to ten dollars ($10.00) of the fee may be retained by the town solely for the purpose of defraying costs and expenses related to establishing and maintaining an electronic citation system. The system shall collect and submit data in a form and manner prescribed by the supreme court to comply with the requirements of the judicial systems automation account under W.S. 5-2-120. The remaining portion of the fee shall be remitted to the judicial systems automation account established by W.S. 5-2-120. If a town enacts an ordinance prescribing an indigent civil legal services fee as provided in W.S. 5-6-108(a)(ii), the fee shall be remitted to the indigent civil legal services account established by W.S. 5-2-121.
WY Stat § 5-6-304 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts|Article 3 - Incorporated Towns|Section 5-6-304 - Citizens Qualified to Try Causes Where Town a Party.

5-6-304. Citizens qualified to try causes where town a party.| No person shall be an incompetent judge, justice or juror by reason of his being an inhabitant or freeholder in such town, in any action or proceedings in which such town may be a party in interest.
WY Stat § 5-9-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 5-9-101 - Definitions; Construction of Provisions.

5-9-101. Definitions; construction of provisions.| (a) As used in this act unless the context otherwise requires:  (i) "Felony" means a criminal offense for which the penalty authorized by law includes imprisonment in a state penal institution for more than one (1) year;  (ii) "Misdemeanor" means a criminal offense which is not a felony.  (b) When no special provision is otherwise made by law, the circuit court shall be vested with all inherent powers which are possessed by courts of record in this state.
WY Stat § 5-9-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 5-9-102 - Circuit Court Established; Funding.

5-9-102. Circuit court established; funding.| (a) Pursuant to the provisions of section 10 of article 5 of the Wyoming Constitution, a circuit court is hereby established for each judicial district of the state of Wyoming enumerated in W.S. 5-3-101, and the boundaries of each circuit court shall be the same as those of each judicial district enumerated therein. Except as otherwise provided in this act, each county within the circuit shall receive the services of the circuit court.  (b) The judicial salaries, salaries of the clerical staff, supplies, operating costs, jury expenses and other expenses of the circuit court shall be paid by the state.
WY Stat § 5-9-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 5-9-103 - Number and Location of Judges.

5-9-103. Number and location of judges.| (a) The legislature shall from time to time authorize the number and location of circuit court judges.  (b) The supreme court may, based on caseload studies, determine where within a circuit the circuit court judge shall reside.
WY Stat § 5-9-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 5-9-105 - Extending Jurisdiction to Try Misdemeanors Committed in Violation of City or Town Ordinances.

5-9-105. Extending jurisdiction to try misdemeanors committed in violation of city or town ordinances.| The governing body of any city or town situate within a judicial district in which a circuit court is established may petition the supreme court to extend the jurisdiction of the circuit court to determine and try all persons charged with violation of the ordinances of the city or town. The contribution that the city or town will make toward the expenses of the circuit court whose jurisdiction includes enforcing the ordinances of the city or town shall be set and paid as provided by written contract of the circuit judges and the governing board of the city or town involved, with the approval of the supreme court.
WY Stat § 5-9-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 5-9-106 - Disposition of Money Collected for Violations of City or Town Ordinances; Disposition of Fines and Penalties Under General State Laws.

5-9-106. Disposition of money collected for violations of city or town ordinances; disposition of fines and penalties under general state laws.| All money collected by a judge of a circuit court for violations of ordinances of a city or town shall be paid into the general fund of the city or town whose ordinance was violated. The circuit court shall keep separate account books of funds for ordinance violations as designated by the Wyoming supreme court. All fines and penalties under the general laws of the state shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the public school fund of the county.
WY Stat § 5-9-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 5-9-107 - Supreme Court to Adopt Rules; Establish Fees and Court Costs; Rules of Civil and Criminal Procedure to Govern Courts.

5-9-107. Supreme court to adopt rules; establish fees and court costs; rules of civil and criminal procedure to govern courts.| The Wyoming supreme court is hereby vested with management and supervisory powers over the circuit courts of the state of Wyoming, and shall, by rule of the supreme court establish procedures and regulations for the effective and expeditious administration of the business of the circuit courts and shall establish fees and costs for those courts. The Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure for Circuit Courts and the Wyoming Rules of Criminal Procedure for Circuit Courts, as amended or supplemented from time to time, shall govern circuit courts.
WY Stat § 5-9-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 5-9-108 - Name of Court; Presider.

5-9-108. Name of court; presider.| The circuit court shall be called the "Circuit Court of the .... (Number of the Judicial District) Judicial District, .... (Name of County) County, State of Wyoming" which shall be a court of record. The circuit court shall be presided over by a circuit judge.
WY Stat § 5-9-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 5-9-109 - Term of Judges.

5-9-109. Term of judges.| The terms of circuit court judges shall be four (4) years. Each judge selected under the provisions of article 5, section 4, of the Wyoming Constitution shall serve for one (1) year after his appointment and until the first Monday in January following the next general election after the expiration of such year. He shall, at such general election, stand for retention in office throughout the circuit as provided in article 5, section 4, of the Wyoming Constitution.
WY Stat § 5-9-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 5-9-110 - Judges to Be Nonpartisan; Nomination and Appointment.

5-9-110. Judges to be nonpartisan; nomination and appointment.| Judges of the circuit court shall be nonpartisan, shall be nominated and appointed and retained as provided by article 5, section 4, of the Wyoming Constitution.
WY Stat § 5-9-111 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 5-9-111 - Qualifications for Appointment.

5-9-111. Qualifications for appointment.| (a) To be eligible for appointment to the office of judge of a circuit court, a person shall be:  (i) A qualified elector of the state; and  (ii) Authorized to practice law in Wyoming.
WY Stat § 5-9-112 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 5-9-112 - Appointment to Fill Vacancies in Office.

5-9-112. Appointment to fill vacancies in office.| Vacancies occurring in the office of judge of a circuit court shall be filled as provided by article 5, section 4, of the Wyoming Constitution.
WY Stat § 5-9-113 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 5-9-113 - Delivery of Official Records and Papers to Successor in Office.

5-9-113. Delivery of official records and papers to successor in office.| If the office of judge of a circuit court becomes vacant by reason of death, removal from office, or otherwise, the senior circuit court judge, or if there is none, the clerk of the district court shall take charge of the official records and papers of the judge and deliver them to the successor in office of that judge.
WY Stat § 5-9-114 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 5-9-114 - Jurisdiction of Successor Is Same as That of Predecessor in Office.

5-9-114. Jurisdiction of successor is same as that of predecessor in office.| A judge of a circuit court with whom the records of his predecessor have been deposited has the same jurisdiction over all actions and proceedings entered in such records as if they were originally commenced before him.
WY Stat § 5-9-116 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 5-9-116 - Salaries of Judges; Traveling Expenses.

5-9-116. Salaries of judges; traveling expenses.| Circuit court judges shall receive the annual salary provided by W.S. 5-1-110(a)(iii). When a new salary is effective for any judge of a circuit court upon new appointment or the commencement of a new term, it shall be effective for all judges of the circuit courts. In addition to salary, the state shall reimburse a judge of a circuit court for those traveling expenses actually incurred when the business of the circuit court requires his attendance more than five (5) miles from the place where he regularly holds court.
WY Stat § 5-9-117 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 5-9-117 - Oath.

5-9-117. Oath.| Before assuming the duties of his office, a judge of a circuit court shall take and subscribe before a district judge or a clerk of a court of record the oath of office prescribed by the constitution of Wyoming.
WY Stat § 5-9-118 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 5 - Courts|Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 5-9-118 - Judge May Be District Court Commissioner; Private Practice of Law Prohibited; Magistrate of Circuit Court Permitted to Practice Law.

5-9-118. Judge may be district court commissioner; private practice of law prohibited; magistrate of circuit court permitted to practice law.| A judge of a circuit court may be appointed to and hold the office of district court commissioner. A judge of a circuit court shall devote full time to the office and may not engage in the private practice of law. A magistrate of a circuit court, who is otherwise authorized to practice law in Wyoming, may engage in the private practice of law so long as that practice does not conflict with his duties as magistrate of a circuit court.