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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 4 - Protection and Propagation of Fish › Article 2 - Aquatic Invasive Species › Section 23-4-206 - Reciprocal Aquatic Invasive Species Program Agreements With Adjoining States Authorized; Water Subject to Agreements; Implementing Orders.

23-4-206. Reciprocal aquatic invasive species program agreements with adjoining states authorized; water subject to agreements; implementing orders.
(a) The commission is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with corresponding state officials of adjoining states for purposes of providing for the recognition of aquatic invasive species programs at least as restrictive as those in Wyoming, for boating by residents of this state and adjoining states upon artificial impoundments of water forming the boundary between this state and adjoining states. The agreements may include provisions by which each state shall honor the aquatic invasive species program fees of the other state. Watercraft operators from the other state shall display proof of payment of the appropriate aquatic invasive species program fee from the other state and any additional reciprocity fee to the state of Wyoming set by mutual agreement of the states.
(b) It is the primary purpose of this section to provide a method whereby the boating opportunities afforded upon artificial impoundments of water forming the boundary between this state and adjoining states may be mutually enjoyed by the residents of Wyoming and the residents of adjoining states.
(c) The commission is authorized to establish orders as provided in this act to implement any agreements under this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 5 - Game Bird Farms; Fishing Preserves › Article 1 - Game Bird Farms › Section 23-5-101 - Compliance With Provisions Prerequisite to Establishment of Game Bird Farm.

23-5-101. Compliance with provisions prerequisite to establishment of game bird farm.
Any person who owns, or any person who holds or controls fee land, by lease or otherwise which holding, controlling or lease shall be for a period of five (5) years beyond the time of compliance with this act, any continuous tract of land within the state suitable for game birds upon complying with the provisions of this act, may, establish, operate and maintain a game bird farm for the purpose of breeding, propagating, killing, hunting, and selling game birds.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 5 - Game Bird Farms; Fishing Preserves › Article 1 - Game Bird Farms › Section 23-5-102 - Department to Issue Licenses.

23-5-102. Department to issue licenses.
The department shall issue licenses for game bird farms, and for the propagation, breeding, possession, use, releasing, killing, hunting, and sale of licensed birds therefrom. No license shall authorize any of the acts specified in this section for greater sage grouse unless the licensee has been certified under W.S. 23-5-111.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 5 - Game Bird Farms; Fishing Preserves › Article 1 - Game Bird Farms › Section 23-5-103 - Applicant for License to File Verified Declaration.

23-5-103. Applicant for license to file verified declaration.
An owner or lessee desiring to establish, operate, and maintain a game bird farm in conformity with this act shall file with the department a verified declaration, describing the purpose for, and proposed methods of breeding, propagating, hunting and sale of licensed game birds and setting forth the number of acres embraced in the tract to be so used, together with the legal description of the tract.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 5 - Game Bird Farms; Fishing Preserves › Article 1 - Game Bird Farms › Section 23-5-105 - License Fee; Expiration; Renewal of License.

23-5-105. License fee; expiration; renewal of license.
Applicants for the license shall pay the proper fee. The license, if issued on or after January 1, 2019, expires as provided in commission rules, but may be renewed each year in the discretion of the department upon the payment of the proper fee.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 5 - Game Bird Farms; Fishing Preserves › Article 1 - Game Bird Farms › Section 23-5-106 - Rights of Licensee Generally.

23-5-106. Rights of licensee generally.
The game bird farm license is prima facie evidence in all courts and proceedings of the lawful right of the licensee therein named, his or its successor or assigns, for the term of license, to establish and operate a game bird farm upon the premises, and entitles the licensee therein named or his successors or assigns, to the exclusive right for and during the term to breed, propagate, hunt, kill, and sell the licensed game birds thereon. For game bird species other than greater sage grouse, the licensee shall not shoot or kill over ninety-six percent (96%) of the birds reared or released on his premises. No licensee shall undertake any of the acts specified in this section for greater sage grouse unless the licensee holds a current certification under W.S. 23-5-111, and the acts are taken in accordance with W.S. 23-5-111 and rules adopted pursuant thereto.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 5 - Game Bird Farms; Fishing Preserves › Article 1 - Game Bird Farms › Section 23-5-107 - Receipt to Be Given for Removal of Birds From Licensed Premises.

23-5-107. Receipt to be given for removal of birds from licensed premises.
Before any bird may be removed from the licensed premises, the licensee or operator shall issue to the person removing birds a receipt. The receipt shall be dated and shall contain information as to the number of birds, the sex, and species being removed from the licensed premises.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 5 - Game Bird Farms; Fishing Preserves › Article 1 - Game Bird Farms › Section 23-5-108 - Hunting Restricted to Established Seasons; License Required; Exceptions.

23-5-108. Hunting restricted to established seasons; license required; exceptions.
(a) No person shall take game birds on any licensed game bird farm area at any time except during the established season for game bird farms and unless:
(i) The person has in his possession at the time a license authorizing the hunting of game birds; or
(ii) The person is participating in a special competitive game bird hunt as defined by commission regulation conducted on a licensed game bird farm.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 5 - Game Bird Farms; Fishing Preserves › Article 1 - Game Bird Farms › Section 23-5-109 - Bird License; Fee; License Not Required of Commercial Purchasers.

23-5-109. Bird license; fee; license not required of commercial purchasers.
All game bird farm licensees are authorized selling agents of the commission, may issue a bird license on forms prescribed by the commission to any person who does not have in his possession a license authorizing the hunting of game birds as required by this act, and shall comply with all provisions of this act. Bird licenses issued on or after January 1, 2019, expire as provided in commission rules and are valid for use only on the premises of the licensee selling the license. The appropriate fee for the bird license shall be paid to the department. The licensee may charge such additional fee for his personal services as he feels his operations may dictate, or he may sell directly to a commercial operator or restaurant operator, live or dressed game birds without their having to be killed by the purchaser, provided they are properly receipted, in which case the purchaser is not required to possess a valid game bird hunting license.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 5 - Game Bird Farms; Fishing Preserves › Article 1 - Game Bird Farms › Section 23-5-110 - Season Required; Exceptions.

23-5-110. Season required; exceptions.
Game bird farms shall have a season commencing the first day of August and ending the last day of March. Each initial application or annual application for renewal shall submit the opening and closing dates of the season for approval by the commission. Special competitive game bird hunts as defined by commission regulation may take place throughout the year with the approval of the department.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 5 - Game Bird Farms; Fishing Preserves › Article 2 - Fishing Preserves › Section 23-5-201 - Department Authorized to Issue Licenses.

23-5-201. Department authorized to issue licenses.
The department upon application and payment of the proper fee shall issue licenses for fishing preserves permitting the acquisition, possession, and rearing of fish therein.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 5 - Game Bird Farms; Fishing Preserves › Article 2 - Fishing Preserves › Section 23-5-202 - "Fishing Preserve Waters" Defined.

23-5-202. "Fishing preserve waters" defined.
"Fishing preserve waters" means any artificial or man-made body of water not exceeding one hundred (100) surface acres, lying wholly within the boundaries of privately owned lands, operated for the purpose of permitting the owner to provide fishing facilities for fishermen. It does not include natural streams, natural ponds or waters impounded by the damming of natural streams with a normal stream flow in excess of five (5) second feet. It is unlawful to use such natural waters as a fishing preserve. The sources of water for fishing preserve waters are limited to surface runoff, natural springs, wells, or waters lawfully diverted from a natural stream, or the damming of natural streams with a normal stream flow of five (5) second feet or less.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 5 - Game Bird Farms; Fishing Preserves › Article 2 - Fishing Preserves › Section 23-5-203 - Issuance of License; Separate License Required for Each Body of Water; Contents of License.

23-5-203. Issuance of license; separate license required for each body of water; contents of license.
(a) The department shall, after application and payment of the proper fee, issue to an owner of fishing preserve waters a fishing preserve license permitting the holder to manage the fishing preserve waters and to possess, rear and to take or permit others to take therefrom, fish acquired from any legal source. A separate license is required for each body of water defined in this act as fishing preserve waters. Two (2) or more ponds under one (1) ownership, supplied by one (1) common water source and located on one (1) continuous parcel of land, shall be considered as one (1) body of water requiring one (1) license.
(b) The license so issued shall:
(i) Specify the species of fish authorized to be stocked therein;
(ii) Specify the source of acquisition of fish stocked therein;
(iii) Specify the means, if any, to be used to trap the fish below the licensed waters.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 5 - Game Bird Farms; Fishing Preserves › Article 2 - Fishing Preserves › Section 23-5-204 - Permission to Take Fish From Licensed Waters; Fee or Dues; Fishing License Not Required; Receipts for Removal of Fish.

23-5-204. Permission to take fish from licensed waters; fee or dues; fishing license not required; receipts for removal of fish.
Any licensee, during the term of his license, may grant permission to other persons to take fish in or from the licensed fishing preserve waters and to charge a fee for fishing, or if a club, to impose dues permitting such angling by members of the club. No fishing license is required to fish in any licensed fishing preserve waters. The licensee shall issue a receipt to any person removing fish from licensed premises. The receipt shall be provided by the department.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 6 - Enforcement; Penalties › Article 1 - Enforcement › Section 23-6-101 - Arrest Without Warrant; When Person Arrested to Be Taken Immediately Before a Court.

23-6-101. Arrest without warrant; when person arrested to be taken immediately before a court.
Any game warden, commissioner or other employee of the department designated by the commission and any Wyoming law enforcement officer may arrest without warrant any person violating any provision of this act. If the offense charged is punishable as a misdemeanor, the arrested person shall be taken immediately before the nearest or most readily accessible court having jurisdiction of the offense in the county where the offense is alleged to have been committed unless the officer accepts a promise to appear as provided in W.S. 23-6-102(c) at a later time or a bond pursuant to W.S. 23-6-102(d).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 6 - Enforcement; Penalties › Article 1 - Enforcement › Section 23-6-102 - Notice to Appear in Court; Release Upon Promise to Appear; Release Upon Posting Bond.

23-6-102. Notice to appear in court; release upon promise to appear; release upon posting bond.
(a) When the person arrested is not immediately taken before the proper court, the arresting officer shall prepare a citation in triplicate, giving written notice to appear in court, containing the name and address of the person arrested, the offense charged, and the time and place where the person shall appear in court.
(b) The place specified in the citation must be before the proper court in the county in which the offense charged is alleged to have been committed.
(c) The arrested person, in order to secure release as provided in this section, must give his promise to appear in court by accepting one (1) copy of the citation. The officer shall deliver one (1) copy of the citation to the person promising to appear. Thereupon the officer shall forthwith release the person arrested from custody.
(d) An arresting officer arresting any person for violation of any provision of this act may instead of issuing a citation containing notice to appear in court if the violator is not immediately taken before the proper court, accept a bond posted in accordance with the bond schedule adopted by the court for delivery to the court.
(e) Any officer violating any of the provisions of this section is guilty of misconduct and is subject to removal from office.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 6 - Enforcement; Penalties › Article 1 - Enforcement › Section 23-6-103 - Failure to Obey Citation; Appearance by Counsel; Penalty.

23-6-103. Failure to obey citation; appearance by counsel; penalty.
(a) No person shall violate his promise to appear given to any officer upon issuance of a game and fish citation regardless of the disposition of the charge for which the citation was originally issued. A promise to appear in court may be complied with by an appearance by counsel.
(b) Violation of this section constitutes a low misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 6 - Enforcement; Penalties › Article 1 - Enforcement › Section 23-6-104 - Procedure Prescribed Herein Not Exclusive.

23-6-104. Procedure prescribed herein not exclusive.
The foregoing provisions shall apply to all arrests without a warrant for violations of this act, but the procedures prescribed herein are not exclusive of any other method prescribed by law for the arrest and prosecution of a person for an offense of like grade.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 6 - Enforcement; Penalties › Article 1 - Enforcement › Section 23-6-105 - Form for Citations.

23-6-105. Form for citations.
The department shall provide an appropriate form of game and fish citations containing the notice to appear which shall be issued in books with citations in triplicate. The director or his designee is responsible for the issuance of citation books, shall maintain a record of every such book issued and each citation contained therein, and shall require and obtain a receipt for every book issued.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 6 - Enforcement; Penalties › Article 1 - Enforcement › Section 23-6-106 - Disposition and Records of Citations.

23-6-106. Disposition and records of citations.
(a) Every person issuing a game and fish citation as herein provided shall deposit one (1) copy of the citation with the court having jurisdiction over the alleged offense.
(b) Upon the deposit of a copy of the citation with the proper court, the citation may be disposed of only by trial in that court, or other official action by a judge of that court, including forfeiture of the bail.
(c) No person shall dispose of a game and fish citation or copies thereof, or of the record of the issuance of a citation in a manner other than as provided in this act.
(d) The director or his designee shall require the issuing officer to return to him a copy of every game and fish citation issued to an alleged violator of any provision of this act and all copies of every game and fish citation which have been spoiled or upon which any entry has been made and not issued to an alleged violator.
(e) The director or his designee shall also maintain or cause to be maintained in connection with every game and fish citation issued a record of the disposition of the charge by the court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 6 - Enforcement; Penalties › Article 1 - Enforcement › Section 23-6-107 - When Citation Deemed a Lawful Complaint.

23-6-107. When citation deemed a lawful complaint.
In the event the form of citation provided hereunder includes information and is sworn to as required under the general laws of this state in respect to a complaint charging commission of the offense alleged in the citation to have been committed, then the citation when filed with the proper court is a lawful complaint for the purpose of prosecution under this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 6 - Enforcement; Penalties › Article 1 - Enforcement › Section 23-6-108 - Record of Game and Fish Cases; Report of Convictions to Department.

23-6-108. Record of game and fish cases; report of convictions to department.
(a) Every judge of any court shall keep or cause to be kept a record of every game and fish complaint, game and fish citation, or other legal form of game and fish charge deposited with or presented to the court, and shall keep a record of every official action by the court, including a record of every conviction, forfeiture of bail, judgment of acquittal, and the amount of fine or forfeiture resulting from every such complaint or citation deposited with or presented to the court.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, within ten (10) days after the conviction or forfeiture of bail of a person upon a charge of violating any provision of this act, the judge or clerk of the court in which the conviction was had or bail was forfeited, shall forward to the department an abstract of the court record covering the case in which the person was convicted or forfeited bail. The abstract shall be made upon a form furnished by the department and shall include the name and address of the party charged, the number of his game or fish license, if any, the nature of the offense, the date of hearing, the plea, the judgment, or whether bail was forfeited, and the amount of fine, forfeiture or penalty imposed.
(c) Upon implementation of a case management system in a circuit court or district court, the supreme court shall, on behalf of the circuit court or district court, furnish the abstract of the court record required under this section to the department. The abstract furnished under this section shall include the information required in W.S. 7-19-107(k).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 6 - Enforcement; Penalties › Article 1 - Enforcement › Section 23-6-109 - Search With or Without Warrant; Confiscation and Disposition of Wildlife.

23-6-109. Search with or without warrant; confiscation and disposition of wildlife.
(a) Any person authorized to enforce the provisions of this act may seize and take into custody any wildlife which has been unlawfully taken or which is unlawfully in possession. Any wildlife so confiscated may be sold to the best advantage and funds received credited to the Wyoming game and fish fund.
(b) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 114, 1.
(c) Any person authorized to enforce the provisions of this act may search with a search warrant any place or property for any wildlife which he may have probable cause to believe was taken or is possessed unlawfully.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 6 - Enforcement; Penalties › Article 1 - Enforcement › Section 23-6-110 - Refusal to Display Proper License Prima Facie Evidence of Guilt.

23-6-110. Refusal to display proper license prima facie evidence of guilt.
Any person taking any wildlife who fails or refuses upon demand of any person authorized to enforce the provisions of this act to produce his proper license if a license is required for the wildlife taken, is prima facie evidence of taking the particular wildlife without a license.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 6 - Enforcement; Penalties › Article 1 - Enforcement › Section 23-6-111 - Inspection of Premises or Records .

23-6-111. Inspection of premises or records .
The owner or operator of any commercial operation or business permitted under this act shall upon request of any department personnel exhibit the records required to be maintained by the commission and permit inspection of the premises pertaining to the business or operation, during reasonable business hours.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 6 - Enforcement; Penalties › Article 2 - Penalties › Section 23-6-202 - Fines and Sentences.

23-6-202. Fines and sentences.
(a) Any person who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any offense under this act may be fined, sentenced to the county jail, or both, as follows:
(i) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.
(ii) Up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) to which may be added imprisonment up to one (1) year when the offense is a high misdemeanor;
(iii) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.
(iv) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.
(v) Up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to which may be added imprisonment up to six (6) months when the offense is a low misdemeanor;
(vi) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.
(vii) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.
(viii) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.
(ix) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.
(x) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.
(xi) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 6 - Enforcement; Penalties › Article 2 - Penalties › Section 23-6-203 - Penalty for Violations When No Separate Penalty Provided.

23-6-203. Penalty for violations when no separate penalty provided.
Any person who violates or fails to comply with any provision of this act for which no separate penalty is provided is guilty of a low misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 6 - Enforcement; Penalties › Article 2 - Penalties › Section 23-6-204 - Penalty for Violations Generally.

23-6-204. Penalty for violations generally.
(a) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 69, 2.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 69, 2.
(c) Any person who takes any remaining wildlife not specified in W.S. 23-3-102(a) or (d) except as permitted by this act and for which no separate penalty is provided is guilty of a low misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v).
(d) In addition to any other penalty imposed under this act, any person who takes any wildlife for competition in any hunting or fishing event at which rewards or prizes are offered as part of the competition and the wildlife is taken in violation of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor subject to a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) or two (2) times the amount of the competition reward or prize, whichever is greater.
(e) In addition to the penalties imposed under this section, any person violating this section may be required to make restitution to the state for the value of the wildlife taken in violation of this act, in an amount determined by the court based upon the recommendation of the commission. Amounts collected under this subsection shall be paid to the account within the game and fish fund under W.S. 23-1-501(e).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 6 - Enforcement; Penalties › Article 2 - Penalties › Section 23-6-205 - Accessory Before or After the Fact.

23-6-205. Accessory before or after the fact.
(a) A person who counsels or aids in a violation of any provision of this act or an order of the commission, or knowingly shares in any of the proceeds of the violation by receiving or possessing any wildlife, is guilty of the violation which he counsels or aids, or the proceeds of which he knowingly shares.
(b) In any case where possession, transportation, buying, or selling of wildlife is unlawful solely because the taking was unlawful, the possession, transportation, buying, or selling by a person other than a person guilty of the unlawful taking is punishable only if done with knowledge that the taking was unlawful.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 6 - Enforcement; Penalties › Article 2 - Penalties › Section 23-6-206 - Revocation of License; Hunting After Suspended License.

23-6-206. Revocation of license; hunting after suspended license.
(a) The court may, in its discretion, revoke any license issued under this act to any person convicted of a violation of this act, for the remainder of the year in which the conviction occurs, and may suspend the person's privilege to purchase or receive any other license under this act, or to take any wildlife for the following time periods provided in paragraphs (i) through (iii) and shall suspend the person's privilege to purchase or receive any other license under this act for the time period provided in paragraph (iv) of this subsection:
(i) Not less than five (5) years for a conviction of any violation under W.S. 23-3-102(d);
(ii) Up to six (6) years for conviction of a high misdemeanor as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii);
(iii) Up to three (3) years for conviction of a low misdemeanor as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v);
(iv) Three (3) years for a conviction of any violation under W.S. 23-2-104(d).
(b) No person whose license has been forfeited or privilege to purchase another license suspended shall procure, purchase, or possess another license during the period of forfeiture or suspension. If the person procures, purchases, or possesses another license during such period, the license is invalid and that person is not entitled to receive another license for up to six (6) years next succeeding the original revocation or suspension period. Violation of this subsection constitutes a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii).
(c) No person whose license has been forfeited or privilege to purchase another license suspended shall take any wildlife prohibited by the court during the period of forfeiture or suspension. If the person takes any wildlife prohibited by the court during such period, that person is not entitled to receive another license for up to six (6) years next succeeding the original revocation or suspension period. Violation of this subsection constitutes a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii).
(d) The court may revoke the privileges of a person convicted of a violation of this act to purchase or receive any license or take any wildlife prohibited by the court until all fines, costs and restitution imposed by the court are satisfied. Any person who violates this subsection shall be punished pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.
(e) "Conviction" means a determination of guilt by any Wyoming court having legal jurisdiction of the offense from which no appeal is legally perfected. Pleas of nolo contendere and forfeitures of bail shall be deemed convictions for the purposes of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 6 - Enforcement; Penalties › Article 2 - Penalties › Section 23-6-207 - Revocation of License of Commercial Operation or Business.

23-6-207. Revocation of license of commercial operation or business.
The commission may revoke the license of any commercial operation or business for any violation of this act or an order of the commission pertaining to his business or operation. The commission may refuse to issue another license to any person whose license is revoked under this section for any period of time it deems desirable.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 6 - Enforcement; Penalties › Article 2 - Penalties › Section 23-6-208 - Forfeiture of Devices and Equipment Used in Taking Game Illegally; Procedure.

23-6-208. Forfeiture of devices and equipment used in taking game illegally; procedure.
Devices and equipment, including any firearm, weapon, ammunition, trap, snare, vessel, motorized vehicle, aircraft, explosive, poisonous substance, electronic device or optical equipment, used in, or in aid of, a violation of W.S. 23-3-102(d) or 23-3-107 may be seized by any law enforcement officer of the state after hearing and upon order issued by the court of original jurisdiction when the value of the devices or equipment is one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or less or by the district court for the county in which the offense was charged when the value of the devices or equipment is more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). Any device or equipment seized under this section shall be forfeited to the state in accordance with W.S. 7-2-105, provided the device or equipment is not subject to forfeiture under this section by reason of any unlawful act committed without the knowledge or consent of the owner. A device or equipment seized under this section shall not be forfeited as provided under this section until after the person has been convicted under W.S. 23-3-102(d) or 23-3-107 and the time for appeal has expired.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 6 - Enforcement; Penalties › Article 3 - Wildlife Violator Compact › Section 23-6-303 - Licensing Authority; Definition.

23-6-303. Licensing authority; definition.
As used in the compact, the term "licensing authority," with reference to this state, means the Wyoming game and fish department. The director of the department shall furnish to the appropriate authorities of the participating states any information or documents reasonably necessary to facilitate the administration of the compact.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 6 - Enforcement; Penalties › Article 3 - Wildlife Violator Compact › Section 23-6-304 - Compact Administrator; Expenses.

23-6-304. Compact administrator; expenses.
The compact administrator provided for in article VII of the "Wildlife Violator Compact" shall not be entitled to any additional compensation for his service as the administrator but shall be entitled to expenses incurred in connection with his duties and responsibilities as the administrator in the same manner as for expenses incurred in connection with any other duties or responsibilities of his office or employment.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 24-1-102 - Location, Survey and Construction.

24-1-102. Location, survey and construction.
(a) Any such highways, and such additional highways in connection therewith as may be provided for, which are designated as state highways, shall be located and surveyed under the direction and supervision of the director of the department of transportation or his authorized representative, who shall cause plans and specifications of the highways to be prepared, and designate the materials to be used in their construction. He shall take into consideration the climate, soil and materials to be had in the vicinity, and the extent and nature of the probable traffic on the highway with a view to the most economical construction consistent with efficiency.
(b) Where any such highways are designated as a county highway the same shall be located and surveyed under the direction of the county surveyor of the county in which such highway is located; said county surveyor shall cause plans and specifications of any such highway to be prepared and the board of county commissioners of such county shall designate the materials to be used in their construction. Said board of county commissioners shall take into consideration the climate, soil, and materials to be had in the vicinity, and the extent and nature of the probable traffic on said highway with a view to the most economical construction thereof consistent with efficiency. The expense of locating, surveying, and constructing such county highways shall be paid by the county in which such highway is constructed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 24-1-103 - State Transportation Commission of Wyoming to Acquire Right-of-Way; When Right-of-Way Becomes State Property.

24-1-103. State transportation commission of Wyoming to acquire right-of-way; when right-of-way becomes state property.
The transportation commission is hereby authorized, required and may proceed under the provisions of W.S. 24-2-109(a), to secure the right-of-way for all state highways presently designated by the transportation commission as part of the state highway system or in the future to be designated as part of the state highway system. When any state highway designated by the transportation commission shall occupy in whole or in part the right-of-way of a formerly constructed highway, whether a county highway or a state highway, so much of the right-of-way as is occupied in the construction of the new highway or reconstruction of the previously constructed highway shall become the property of the state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 24-1-104 - Management and Control of County Roads.

24-1-104. Management and control of county roads.
All county roads shall be under the supervision, management and control of the board of the county commissioners of the county wherein such roads are located, and no county road shall hereafter be established, altered or vacated in any county in this state, except by authority of the board of the county commissioners of the county wherein such road is located, except as is otherwise provided by law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 24-1-105 - Width Restrictions.

24-1-105. Width restrictions.
(a) All county roads established under this chapter shall not be less than sixty (60) nor more than one hundred (100) feet in width, unless the board of county commissioners determines that a county road be established with a less width; provided, that for the purpose of providing driveways for livestock, the board of county commissioners may open a road to a width not exceeding five hundred (500) feet. Provided, however, that state highways may be established not to exceed three hundred (300) feet in width unless a greater width is necessary for parking facilities, maintenance, excavations, embankments, the deposit of waste materials, or driveways for livestock.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, 3.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 24-1-106 - Closing or Restricting Use; When Necessary.

24-1-106. Closing or restricting use; when necessary.
(a) The department of transportation may restrict the use of, or close, any state highway whenever the department considers the closing or restriction of use necessary:
(i) For the protection of the public;
(ii) For the protection of the highway from damage during storms or during construction, improvement or maintenance operations thereon; or
(iii) For a special event or athletic event pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this section.
(b) The department of transportation may authorize the complete or partial closure of designated portions of any state highway for the purpose of conducting a special event or athletic event. The director of the department may use equipment and personnel as necessary. The closure may be authorized only if:
(i) A written application for the event is submitted to the department, containing information the department deems necessary and the application is approved by the director;
(ii) A county government approves the closure if the closure would restrict the use of any county road in the unincorporated area of the county; and
(iii) The closure is implemented in a manner consistent with the rules and regulations of the department and will cause the least inconvenience to the driving public consistent with the requirements of the special event or athletic event.
(c) If an event calls for closure of a state highway within an incorporated city or town, for which there is no readily accessible alternate route, the city or town shall request department approval for the closure.
(d) For purposes of this section:
(i) "Special event" or "athletic event" means any event which is held outside the corporate limits of any city or town on a state highway but cannot comply with all applicable traffic statutes or ordinances. This shall include, but not be limited to, parades, fairs, exhibitions, motion picture filming, bicycle races and foot races. This definition does not include an event taking place away from a highway which, due to the number of persons attending the event, creates traffic congestion on a highway before and after the event; and
(ii) "Partial or complete closure of designated portions of any state highway" means the closing to traffic of any roadway, lane or other portion of a state roadway or highway or any other restriction of the normal use of a highway.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 24-1-107 - Closing or Restricting Use; Who May Close; Notice to Controlling Agency Required.

24-1-107. Closing or restricting use; who may close; notice to controlling agency required.
Whenever a dangerous condition is prevailing upon or so near a public highway as to create a menace to public health or safety, members of the Wyoming highway patrol, police departments or sheriff offices may close any highway to traffic when necessary to protect the public from such danger. Whenever such closing of a highway is done the governmental agency having control over said highway shall be immediately notified of the reason of such closing and the location.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 24-1-108 - Closing or Restricting Use; Public Notice.

24-1-108. Closing or restricting use; public notice.
(a) To notify the public that a state highway is closed or its use restricted pursuant to this act notification shall be in one (1) or more of the following forms:
(i) Erect suitable barriers or obstructions upon such highway;
(ii) Post warnings and notices of the condition of any such highway;
(iii) Post signs for the direction of traffic upon it, or to or upon any other highway or detour open to public travel;
(iv) Place warning devices on such highway;
(v) Assign a flagman to warn, detour or direct traffic on such highway.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 24-1-109 - Closing or Restricting Use; Failure to Observe Signs and Markers; Exceptions.

24-1-109. Closing or restricting use; failure to observe signs and markers; exceptions.
(a) Any person who willfully fails to observe any sign, marker, warning, notice, or direction, placed or given under W.S. 24-1-108 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof by any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be subject to a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) or to imprisonment for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(b) The department or state highway patrol may allow a person to proceed past any sign, marker, warning, notice or other device posted pursuant to W.S. 24-1-108 under the following circumstances:
(i) The person requesting permission to travel upon a closed road is seeking to travel to a destination beyond the closure point, but in an area unaffected by the conditions warranting the closure;
(ii) The department or state highway patrol makes a determination there is no dangerous or hazardous condition which would reasonably preclude the ability of the person to travel on the closed portion of the highway; and
(iii) The person making the request shall agree to any conditions or requirements for traveling on the closed portion of the highway which are imposed by the department or state highway patrol.
(c) Any permission granted under subsection (b) of this section to travel upon a closed road shall be granted by the department or the state highway patrol on a case-by-case basis, unless otherwise determined by the department or the highway patrol.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 24-1-110 - Speed or Acceleration Contest or Exhibition on Highways.

24-1-110. Speed or acceleration contest or exhibition on highways.
(a) No person shall engage in any motor vehicle speed or acceleration contest, or exhibition of speed or acceleration on any highway without approval of such use by the governing body in charge of said highway. No person shall aid or abet in any such motor vehicle speed or acceleration contest or exhibition on any highway, without approval of such use by the governing body in charge of said highway.
(b) No person shall for the purpose of facilitating or aiding or as an incident to any motor vehicle speed or acceleration contest upon a highway, in any manner obstruct or place or assist in placing any barricade or obstruction upon any highway without approval of such use by the governing body in charge of said highway.
(c) Any person who violates this section shall upon conviction be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ten (10) days or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 24-1-111 - County Road Districts.

24-1-111. County road districts.
All counties shall be divided into road districts. The board of county commissioners of each county shall divide their county into road districts of as compact form and convenient size as is practicable, and embracing the territory within an election district, if possible, and may change or alter said road district from time to time as the public convenience may require.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 24-1-112 - Construction and Repair of Fences to Be Performed by Department of Transportation.

24-1-112. Construction and repair of fences to be performed by department of transportation.
(a) Except as provided by W.S. 11-24-108(g) or subsection (c) of this section, in the event that fences paralleling state highways, or built on the highway right-of-way need repair or reconstruction to meet legal fence requirements, as set forth in W.S. 11-28-102, the actual work of repair and reconstruction of the fence, including all corresponding labor costs, shall be performed by the department of transportation.
(b) Where any state highway is reconstructed the new right-of-way fence will be constructed and maintained by the department of transportation.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a landowner or the owner or person having custody or charge of livestock may, but is not obligated to, attempt to repair any fence under this section in order to protect livestock or prevent livestock from entering a highway. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to create or increase any liability of a landowner or an owner or person having custody or charge of livestock.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 24-1-113 - Owner of Unnatural Canal to Construct and Maintain Bridge at Road Crossing; Subsequent Assumption and Maintenance by County.

24-1-113. Owner of unnatural canal to construct and maintain bridge at road crossing; subsequent assumption and maintenance by county.
Any person, company, corporation or association of persons, operating or maintaining in whole or in part, either as owners, agent, occupant or appropriator any ditch, canal or watercourse, not being a natural stream, for irrigation or any other, and different purpose, shall put in, construct, maintain and keep in repair at his, her, its or their expense for one (1) year, where the same crosses any public highway or publicly traveled road, a good substantial bridge, not less than fourteen (14) feet in width, over such ditch, canal or watercourse where it crosses such road. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, the person so offending shall pay a fine in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each day such ditch, canal or watercourse shall be unbridged, insufficiently bridged, or permitted to remain out of repair; provided, that after the expiration of one (1) year, from the construction of said bridge, the road supervisor of the road district in which said bridge is located, shall upon being notified by the owner or owners of the ditch, canal or watercourse over which said bridge is constructed, at once inspect said bridge, and if found in a good and lawful condition, shall accept the same for the county in which it is located, and said bridge shall thereafter be maintained by the said county.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 24-1-114 - Bridges Between Counties.

24-1-114. Bridges between counties.
Whenever it shall appear to be advantageous to any county or counties to build or repair any bridge or bridges over streams constituting the boundary line of such county or counties, or when such bridge or bridges when built will be partly in one (1) county and partly in another county in this state, or when a bridge when built shall be partly in a county of this state and partly in a county of another state, it shall be lawful for the county commissioners of any county in which part of such bridge has been or is to be erected, to join with the other county or counties containing or to contain other parts of the said bridge, in making any contract or contracts for the purpose of procuring the erection or repair of such bridge or bridges on the basis that each of the counties contracting shall pay one-half of the whole expense of building or repairing such bridge or bridges.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 24-1-116 - Restrictions Upon Damming Streams; Generally.

24-1-116. Restrictions upon damming streams; generally.
No person or persons, company or corporation, or association of persons, shall be permitted or allowed to dam the water or waters of any stream or irrigating or mining ditch or any waterway so that the water thus dammed, or any part thereof, shall overflow any public road or highway, or undermine, weaken or damage any bridge, or any walls or embankment of any road, nor shall any person, association or corporation owning or controlling any ditch or irrigated lands, allow any wastewater from the same to flow across or upon any public road or highway. Any person finding a public road or highway or any bridge flooded or damaged by such wastewater may report the same to the road supervisor of the county in which such road, highway or bridge may be located, who shall make an examination and report to the county attorney for the county. If the report of the said road supervisor shows that such damage has occurred, it shall then be the duty of the county attorney to institute proceedings against the party or parties whose negligence has caused such damage.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 24 - Highways › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 24-1-117 - Restrictions Upon Damming Streams; Effect of Failure to Comply With w.s. 24-1-116.

24-1-117. Restrictions upon damming streams; effect of failure to comply with W.S. 24-1-116.
Any person or persons, company or corporation, violating the provisions of W.S. 24-1-116, shall be liable to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00), and shall also be liable to the party injured for any damages resulting therefrom.