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WY Stat § 6-5-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials|Section 6-5-105 - Unlawful Designation of Provider of Services or Goods; Penalties; Affirmative Defense.

6-5-105. Unlawful designation of provider of services or goods; penalties; affirmative defense.| (a) No public servant shall require or direct a bidder or contractor to deal with a particular person in procuring any goods or service required in submitting a bid to or fulfilling a contract with any government.  (b) A provision in an invitation to bid or a contract document which violates this section is against public policy and voidable.  (c) It is an affirmative defense that the defendant was a public servant acting within the scope of his authority exercising the right to reject any material, subcontractor, service, bond or contract tendered by a bidder or contractor because it did not meet bona fide specifications or requirements relating to quality, availability, experience or financial responsibility.  (d) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.
WY Stat § 6-5-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials|Section 6-5-106 - Conflict of Interest; Penalties; Disclosure of Interest and Withdrawal From Participation.

6-5-106. Conflict of interest; penalties; disclosure of interest and withdrawal from participation.| (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, a public servant commits an offense if he requests or receives any pecuniary benefit, other than lawful compensation, on any contract, or for the letting of any contract, or making any appointment where the government employing or subject to the discretion or decisions of the public servant is concerned.  (b) If any public servant discloses the nature and extent of his pecuniary interest to all parties concerned therewith and does not participate during the considerations and vote thereon and does not attempt to influence any of the parties and does not act for the governing body with respect to the contracts or appointments, then the acts are not unlawful under subsection (a) of this section. Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to the operation, administration, inspection or performance of banking and deposit contracts or relationships after the selection of a depository.  (c) Violation of subsection (a) of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00).
WY Stat § 6-5-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials|Section 6-5-107 - Official Misconduct; Penalties.

6-5-107. Official misconduct; penalties.| (a) A public servant commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), if, with intent to obtain a pecuniary benefit or maliciously to cause harm to another, he knowingly:  (i) Commits an act relating to his official duties that the public servant does not have the authority to undertake;  (ii) Refrains from performing a duty imposed upon him by law; or  (iii) Violates any statute relating to his official duties.  (b) A public officer commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) if he intentionally fails to perform a duty in the manner and within the time prescribed by law.
WY Stat § 6-5-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials|Section 6-5-108 - Issuing False Certificate; Penalties.

6-5-108. Issuing false certificate; penalties.| (a) A public servant commits a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both, if he makes and issues an official certificate or other official written instrument which he is authorized to make and issue containing a statement which he knows to be false with intent to obtain a benefit or maliciously to cause harm to another.  (b) A public servant commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both, if he makes and issues an official certificate or other official written instrument which he is authorized to make and issue containing a statement which he knows to be false.
WY Stat § 6-5-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials|Section 6-5-110 - Wrongful Appropriation of Public Property; Penalties.

6-5-110. Wrongful appropriation of public property; penalties.| (a) A public servant who lawfully or unlawfully comes into possession of any property of any government and who, with intent temporarily to deprive the owner of its use and benefit, converts any of the public property to his own use or any use other than the public use authorized by law is guilty of wrongful appropriation of public property.  (b) Wrongful appropriation is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both.  (c) This section shall not apply to limited use of government property or resources for personal purposes if the use does not interfere with the performance of a governmental function and either the cost or value related to the use is de minimis or the public servant reimburses the government for the cost of the use.
WY Stat § 6-5-111 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials|Section 6-5-111 - Failure or Refusal to Account For, Deliver or Pay Over Property; Penalties.

6-5-111. Failure or refusal to account for, deliver or pay over property; penalties.| A public servant who fails or refuses to account for, deliver and pay over property received by virtue of the office, when legally required by the proper person or authority is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
WY Stat § 6-5-112 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials|Section 6-5-112 - Mistreating Persons in Institutions or Mental Hospital; Penalties; No Bar to Other Criminal Action.

6-5-112. Mistreating persons in institutions or mental hospital; penalties; no bar to other criminal action.| (a) A person commits a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, a fine of not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or both, if he:  (i) Is an employee of, or is responsible for the care of a person in, a reformatory, penal or charitable institution or a mental hospital and treats him with unnecessary severity, harshness or cruelty; or  (ii) Is an officer required by law to perform an act with regard to persons in a reformatory, penal or charitable institution or a mental hospital and he intentionally refuses or neglects to perform the act.  (b) This section does not bar prosecution, under any other criminal statute, of a person responsible for the care of a person in a reformatory, penal or charitable institution or a mental hospital, even if he also violates this section.
WY Stat § 6-5-113 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials|Section 6-5-113 - Removal From Office After Judgment of Conviction.

6-5-113. Removal from office after judgment of conviction.| A judgment of conviction rendered under W.S. 6-5-102 through 6-5-112 and 6-5-117 against any public servant, except state elected officials, supreme court justices, district court judges and circuit court judges, shall result in removal from office or discharge from employment.
WY Stat § 6-5-114 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials|Section 6-5-114 - Notarial Officers; Issuance of Certificate Without Proper Acknowledgment; Penalties.

6-5-114. Notarial officers; issuance of certificate without proper acknowledgment; penalties.| A notarial officer commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both, if he signs and affixes his stamp to a certificate of acknowledgment when the party executing the instrument has not first acknowledged the execution of the instrument in the presence of, as defined in W.S. 32-3-102(a)(iii), the notarial officer, if by law the instrument is required to be recorded or filed and cannot be filed without a certificate of acknowledgment signed and sealed by a notarial officer.
WY Stat § 6-5-115 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials|Section 6-5-115 - Neglect or Refusal of Ministerial Officer to Perform Duty in Criminal Case; Unnecessary Delay in Serving Warrant; Penalties.

6-5-115. Neglect or refusal of ministerial officer to perform duty in criminal case; unnecessary delay in serving warrant; penalties.| (a) A person commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or both, if he is:  (i) A clerk, sheriff, coroner or other ministerial officer who refuses or neglects to perform any duty he is required by law to perform in any criminal case or proceeding; or  (ii) An officer who unnecessarily delays serving a warrant legally issued in any criminal case when it is his duty to execute and in his power to serve the warrant.
WY Stat § 6-5-116 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials|Section 6-5-116 - Public Officer Acting Before Qualifying; Penalty.

6-5-116. Public officer acting before qualifying; penalty.| An elected or appointed public officer or his deputy commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) if he performs any duty of his office without taking and subscribing the oath prescribed by law or before giving and filing the bond required by law. This section shall not apply to training and similar minor preparation for taking office.
WY Stat § 6-5-117 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials|Section 6-5-117 - Public Officer Demanding Kickback From Deputy; Penalties.

6-5-117. Public officer demanding kickback from deputy; penalties.| A public officer who requires a deputy appointed by him to divide or pay back to the officer a part of the deputy's salary or requires any type of compensation of any form in return for the deputy's continued employment is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
WY Stat § 6-5-118 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials|Section 6-5-118 - Conflict of Interest; Public Investments; Disclosure Required; Penalty; Definitions.

6-5-118. Conflict of interest; public investments; disclosure required; penalty; definitions.| (a) No public servant who invests public funds for a unit of government, or who has authority to decide how public funds are invested, shall transact any personal business with, receive any pecuniary benefit from or have any financial interest in any entity, other than a governmental entity, unless he has disclosed the benefit or interest in writing to the body of which he is a member or entity for which he is working. Disclosures shall be made annually in a public meeting and shall be made part of the record of proceedings. The public servant shall make the written disclosure prior to investing any public funds in any entity, other than a governmental entity, which:  (i) Provides any services related to investment of funds by that same unit of government; or  (ii) Has a financial interest in any security or other investment made by that unit of government.  (b) A violation of subsection (a) of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.  (c) The definitions in W.S. 6-5-101 shall apply to this section except "pecuniary benefit" shall also include benefits in the form of services such as, but not limited to, transportation and lodging. As used in this section, "personal business" means any activity that is not a governmental function as defined in W.S. 6-5-101(a)(ii).
WY Stat § 6-5-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 2 - Hindering Government Operations|Section 6-5-201 - Definitions.

6-5-201. Definitions.| (a) As used in this article:  (i) "Emergency" means a crime or a situation which could result in a public official responding in an authorized emergency vehicle or which could jeopardize public safety and could result in the evacuation of any area, building, structure, vehicle or other place people may enter;  (ii) "Official detention" means arrest, detention in a facility for custody of persons under charge or conviction of crime or alleged or found to be delinquent, detention for extradition or deportation, or detention in any manner and in any place for law enforcement purposes. "Official detention" does not include supervision on probation or parole or constraint incidental to release on bail;  (iii) "Relative" means a grandparent, grandchild, mother, father, husband, wife, sister, brother or child; and  (iv) "Render assistance" means to:  (A) Harbor or conceal the person;  (B) Warn the person of impending discovery or apprehension, excluding an official warning given in an effort to bring the person into compliance with the law;  (C) Provide the person with money, transportation, weapon, disguise or other thing to be used in avoiding discovery or apprehension;  (D) By force, intimidation or deception, obstruct anyone in the performance of any act which might aid in the discovery, detection, apprehension, prosecution, conviction or punishment of the person; or  (E) Conceal, destroy or alter any physical evidence that might aid in the discovery, detection, apprehension, prosecution, conviction or punishment of the person.
WY Stat § 6-5-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 2 - Hindering Government Operations|Section 6-5-202 - Accessory After the Fact; Penalties.

6-5-202. Accessory after the fact; penalties.| (a) A person is an accessory after the fact if, with intent to hinder, delay or prevent the discovery, detection, apprehension, prosecution, detention, conviction or punishment of another for the commission of a crime, he renders assistance to the person.  (b) An accessory after the fact commits:  (i) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, a fine of not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or both, if the crime is a felony and the person acting as an accessory is not a relative of the person committing the crime;  (ii) A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both, if:  (A) The crime is a felony and the person acting as an accessory is a relative of the person committing the crime;  (B) The crime is a misdemeanor and the person acting as an accessory is not a relative of the person committing the crime; or  (C) The principal is a minor.  (iii) No violation if the crime is a misdemeanor and the person acting as an accessory is a relative of the person committing the crime.
WY Stat § 6-5-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 2 - Hindering Government Operations|Section 6-5-203 - Compounding; Penalties.

6-5-203. Compounding; penalties.| (a) A person commits compounding if, knowing of the actual commission of a crime or the violation of a statute for which a penalty or forfeiture is prescribed, he takes property or accepts an offer of property upon an agreement or understanding, express or implied, to:  (i) Compound or conceal the crime or violation;  (ii) Abstain from prosecuting the crime or violation;  (iii) Withhold evidence of the crime or violation; or  (iv) Encourage or procure the absence of witnesses or testimony at the examination or trial of the crime or violation.  (b) A person commits compounding of a crime or a violation of a statute for which a penalty or forfeiture is prescribed if he takes property or accepts an offer of property upon an agreement or understanding, express or implied, to:  (i) Compound, discontinue or delay a pending prosecution for the crime or violation;  (ii) Withhold evidence of the crime or violation; or  (iii) Encourage or procure the absence of witnesses or other testimony at the examination or trial of the crime or violation.  (c) Compounding is:  (i) A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), or both:  (A) Under subsection (b) of this section;  (B) If a misdemeanor is compounded; or  (C) If a violation of a statute for which a penalty or forfeiture is prescribed is compounded.  (ii) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, a fine of not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or both if a felony punishable by imprisonment is compounded;  (iii) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both, if a felony punishable by death is compounded.
WY Stat § 6-5-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 2 - Hindering Government Operations|Section 6-5-204 - Interference With Peace Officer; Disarming Peace Officer; Penalties.

6-5-204. Interference with peace officer; disarming peace officer; penalties.| (a) A person commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both, if he knowingly obstructs, impedes or interferes with or resists arrest by a peace officer while engaged in the lawful performance of his official duties.  (b) A person who intentionally and knowingly causes or attempts to cause bodily injury to a peace officer engaged in the lawful performance of his official duties is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years.  (c) A person who intentionally and knowingly disarms a peace officer of his firearm while that peace officer is engaged in the lawful performance of his official duties is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years.  (d) For the purposes of this section only, "peace officer" means as defined in W.S. 6-1-104(a)(vi) and also includes any person employed by the state department of corrections on a full-time basis as a probation and parole agent or supervisor to assess, supervise, monitor, track, visit or control persons who are released from incarceration under conditions of parole or who are sentenced under conditions of probation.
WY Stat § 6-5-205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 2 - Hindering Government Operations|Section 6-5-205 - Running Manned Roadblock; Penalties.

6-5-205. Running manned roadblock; penalties.| A person commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both, if he proceeds or travels through a roadblock which is supervised by a uniformed peace officer without stopping and obeying the instructions of the peace officer.
WY Stat § 6-5-206 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 2 - Hindering Government Operations|Section 6-5-206 - Escape From Official Detention; Penalties.

6-5-206. Escape from official detention; penalties.| (a) A person commits a crime if he escapes from official detention. Escape is:  (i) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, if the detention is the result of a conviction for a felony;  (ii) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, a fine of not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or both, if the detention is the result of:  (A) A conviction for a misdemeanor; or  (B) An arrest or charge for a crime.
WY Stat § 6-5-207 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 2 - Hindering Government Operations|Section 6-5-207 - Escape by Violence or Assault, or While Armed; Penalty.

6-5-207. Escape by violence or assault, or while armed; penalty.| A person commits a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years if he escapes from official detention by violence or while armed with a deadly weapon or by assault upon a person in charge of the detention.
WY Stat § 6-5-208 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 2 - Hindering Government Operations|Section 6-5-208 - Taking Controlled Substances or Liquor Into Jails, Penal Institutions or Mental Hospitals; Penalties.

6-5-208. Taking controlled substances or liquor into jails, penal institutions or mental hospitals; penalties.| Except as authorized by a person in charge, a person commits a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, a fine of not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or both, if that person takes or passes any controlled substance or intoxicating liquor into a jail, a state penal institution, the Wyoming boys' school, Wyoming girls' school, a correctional facility operated by a private entity pursuant to W.S. 7-22-102 or the state hospital.
WY Stat § 6-5-209 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration|Article 2 - Hindering Government Operations|Section 6-5-209 - Taking Deadly Weapons Into Jails, Penal Institutions, Mental Hospitals or Courtrooms; Penalties.

6-5-209. Taking deadly weapons into jails, penal institutions, mental hospitals or courtrooms; penalties.| (a) Except as authorized by a person in charge, a person commits a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both, if that person takes or passes a deadly weapon into a jail, a state penal institution, the Wyoming boys' school, Wyoming girls' school, a correctional facility operated by a private entity pursuant to W.S. 7-22-102 or the state hospital.  (b) Except as authorized by a presiding judge, a person commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both, if that person takes into a courtroom a deadly weapon. Any person convicted of a second or subsequent offense under this subsection within five (5) years of the first conviction shall be guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, or both.  (c) Nothing in this section shall preclude a presiding judge from carrying a weapon or determining who may carry a weapon in the courtroom.