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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 5 - Venue › Section 1-5-108 - Actions Not Otherwise Provided For; Exception.

1-5-108. Actions not otherwise provided for; exception.
Every action not otherwise provided for in this chapter shall be brought in the county in which a defendant resides or may be summoned, except actions against an executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, which may be brought in the county where he was appointed or resides. If the action involves two (2) or more defendants, the action may be brought against all defendants in any county in which one (1) of the defendants resides or may be summoned.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 5 - Venue › Section 1-5-109 - Actions for Personal Injuries or Wrongful Death.

1-5-109. Actions for personal injuries or wrongful death.
An action for personal injuries or wrongful death may be brought in the county in which the cause of action arose or in the county in which the defendant resides or may be summoned.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 6 - Process, Notice and Lis Pendens › Article 1 - In General › Section 1-6-102 - Service of Process When Sheriff Is an Interested Party.

1-6-102. Service of process when sheriff is an interested party.
When the sheriff is a party or is interested in an action, process shall be directed to and executed by a person over the age of eighteen (18) years, not a party to the action, appointed for that purpose by the court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 6 - Process, Notice and Lis Pendens › Article 1 - In General › Section 1-6-103 - Appointment to Serve Particular Process or Order.

1-6-103. Appointment to serve particular process or order.
For good cause the court may appoint a person to serve a particular process or order, who has the same power as the sheriff to execute it. The person may be appointed on the motion of the party who obtains the process or order, and the return must be verified by affidavit. He is entitled to the fees allowed the sheriff for similar services.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 6 - Process, Notice and Lis Pendens › Article 1 - In General › Section 1-6-104 - Duties of Sheriff.

1-6-104. Duties of sheriff.
The sheriff shall execute every summons, order or other process, return the same as required by law, and exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties enjoined upon him by statute and by the common law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 6 - Process, Notice and Lis Pendens › Article 1 - In General › Section 1-6-105 - Proceedings When Defendants Not All Served.

1-6-105. Proceedings when defendants not all served.
(a) When service has been made on one (1) or more defendants, but not on all, the plaintiff may proceed as follows:
(i) If the action is against defendants jointly indebted upon contract, he may proceed against the defendants served, unless the court otherwise directs; or
(ii) If the action is against defendants severally liable, he may without prejudice to his rights against those not served, proceed against the defendants served.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 6 - Process, Notice and Lis Pendens › Article 1 - In General › Section 1-6-106 - Lis Pendens; Generally.

1-6-106. Lis pendens; generally.
When a summons has been served or publication made, the action is pending so as to charge third persons with notice of its pendency, and while pending no interest can be acquired by third persons in the subject matter thereof as against the plaintiff's title.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 6 - Process, Notice and Lis Pendens › Article 1 - In General › Section 1-6-107 - Lis Pendens; Recordation When Real Property Situate in Other Counties; Constructive Notice.

1-6-107. Lis pendens; recordation when real property situate in other counties; constructive notice.
After filing an action in a court of competent jurisdiction the subject matter of which is the title to real property located in one (1) or more counties in this state, the plaintiff may file a certified copy of the complaint or a sworn notice of the pendency of the action in the office of the county clerk in the county or counties in which the real property is located. The notice shall contain the names of the parties, the object of the action and a description of the property before it shall operate as constructive notice to third parties in such counties. Notice shall be effective in the county where the action is filed without filing a document with the county clerk of that county. Constructive notice shall be effective as to property in the county in which the complaint is filed as of the date the complaint is filed and shall be effective as to property in any other county as of the date on which the notice is filed in the clerk's office of that county.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 6 - Process, Notice and Lis Pendens › Article 1 - In General › Section 1-6-108 - Lis Pendens; Notice of Pendency of Action Affecting Real Property or Action Between Husband and Wife.

1-6-108. Lis pendens; notice of pendency of action affecting real property or action between husband and wife.
In an action in a state court or in a United States district court affecting the title or right of possession of real property, or in an action between husband and wife, the plaintiff at the time of filing the complaint and the defendant at the time of filing his pleading when affirmative relief is claimed or at any time afterward, may file in the office of the county clerk in which the property is situate a notice of pendency of the action containing the names of the parties, the object of the action or defense and a description of the property in that county affected thereby as provided by W.S. 1-6-107. From the time of filing the notice a subsequent purchaser or encumbrancer of the property shall have constructive notice of the pendency of the action.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 6 - Process, Notice and Lis Pendens › Article 1 - In General › Section 1-6-109 - Lis Pendens; Record of Notice.

1-6-109. Lis pendens; record of notice.
The county clerk upon the filing of such notice shall record the notice in accordance with W.S. 18-3-402(a)(vi).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 6 - Process, Notice and Lis Pendens › Article 1 - In General › Section 1-6-110 - Transmission of Process by Telecommunications.

1-6-110. Transmission of process by telecommunications.
Any summons, writ or order in any civil proceeding, and all other papers requiring service may be transmitted by any form of telecommunication for service in any place, and the copy of such writ, order or paper so transmitted may be served or executed by the officer or person to whom it is sent for that purpose and returned by him, if any return be requisite, in the same manner and with the same force and effect as the original thereof might be if delivered to him. The officer or person serving or executing the same has the same authority and is subject to the same liabilities as if the copy were the original. The original, when a writ or order, must also be filed in the court from which it was issued and a certified copy thereof shall be preserved in the telecommunication office from which it is sent. In sending it, either the original or certified copy may be used by the operator for that purpose. Whenever any document to be sent by telecommunication bears a seal, either private or official, it is not necessary for the operator to communicate a description of the seal or any words or device thereon, but the same may be expressed in the telecommunication by the letters "L. S." or by the word "Seal".
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 6 - Process, Notice and Lis Pendens › Article 1 - In General › Section 1-6-111 - Substitution of Certified Mail for Registered Mail.

1-6-111. Substitution of certified mail for registered mail.
Wherever required by statute, rule of court or otherwise that service be made or notice given by registered mail, such requirement may be satisfied by use of certified mail and proof of mailing.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 6 - Process, Notice and Lis Pendens › Article 2 - Publication of Notice › Section 1-6-201 - Manner of Publishing Generally.

1-6-201. Manner of publishing generally.
All notices by law directed, authorized or permitted to be made by publication may be published once each week during the period of time for which the notice is required by law to be published. All such weekly publications made in a newspaper issued more than once each week shall be published in the same issue in each succeeding week for the required publication period.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 6 - Process, Notice and Lis Pendens › Article 2 - Publication of Notice › Section 1-6-202 - Notice for Certain Number of Days.

1-6-202. Notice for certain number of days.
Whenever the law requires or permits the publication of a notice for a certain number of days prior to any action, unless otherwise provided by law the publication may be made weekly as provided in W.S. 1-6-201, and as often as such weekly publication can be made during the period of time for which such publication is required by law to be made, the first publication to be made as many days prior to such action as the law requires.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 6 - Process, Notice and Lis Pendens › Article 2 - Publication of Notice › Section 1-6-203 - Notice for Specified Number of Weeks.

1-6-203. Notice for specified number of weeks.
In all cases where under the laws a notice is required or permitted to be published for a specified number of weeks, it is sufficient that the publication be made once each week for the number of issues corresponding to the number of weeks for which such publication is required to be made, provided that not more than twenty (20) days shall intervene between the date of the last publication and the time set for the intended action. In no case shall the notice given for a longer time than required by law be held defective for that reason.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 6 - Process, Notice and Lis Pendens › Article 2 - Publication of Notice › Section 1-6-204 - Publication of Real Property; Descriptions Used.

1-6-204. Publication of real property; descriptions used.
All notices directed, authorized or permitted to be made by publication that require a legal description of real property on the notice shall include the street address for the property used by the United States postal service when available, or the street address used by the county or municipality if available.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 6 - Process, Notice and Lis Pendens › Article 3 - Service on Nonresident Motorists › Section 1-6-301 - Secretary of State Deemed Attorney for Service; Continuance of Action; Costs; Record of Process; Jurisdiction; Direction of Summons.

1-6-301. Secretary of state deemed attorney for service; continuance of action; costs; record of process; jurisdiction; direction of summons.
(a) The use and operation of a motor vehicle on any street or highway within Wyoming by any person upon whom service of process cannot be made within Wyoming either personally or by service upon a duly appointed resident agent is deemed an appointment of the secretary of state of Wyoming as the operator's lawful attorney upon whom may be served all legal processes in any proceeding against him, or his personal representative if he be deceased, due to damage or injury to person or property resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle on the streets or highways within this state. Such operation constitutes the operator's agreement that any process served in any action against him or his personal representative has the same legal force and validity as if served upon him or his personal representative personally within this state. Service shall be made by serving a copy of the process upon the secretary of state or by filing such copy in his office, together with payment of a fee of ten dollars ($10.00). Within ten (10) days after the date of service, notice of such service and a copy of the process shall be served upon the defendant or his personal representative either personally or by certified mail addressed to the last known address of the defendant or his personal representative. The plaintiff shall file with the clerk of the court in which the action is brought an affidavit that he has complied with such requirement.
(b) The court in which the action is pending shall order such continuance as necessary to afford the defendant or his personal representative reasonable opportunity to defend the action. The fee of ten dollars ($10.00) paid by the plaintiff to the secretary of state at the time of service of process shall be taxed as costs in the suit.
(c) The secretary of state shall keep a record of all processes served showing the date and hour of service and shall arrange and index the record to make it readily accessible and convenient for inspection. The district court of the county in which the cause of action arose or the district court of the county in which the plaintiff resides shall have jurisdiction over the action. The clerk of the district court in which the action is commenced may issue summons directed to the sheriff of Laramie county, Wyoming for service upon the secretary of state of Wyoming.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 7 - Change of Venue › Section 1-7-101 - Liability for Expenses in Civil Actions.

1-7-101. Liability for expenses in civil actions.
When a change of venue is directed in a civil action in the district court, the county from which the change of venue is taken shall be liable to pay to the county to which the change is taken the fees paid to the jury trying the case and any of the regular panel not engaged in the trial but held in waiting as an incident thereto, allowance to bailiffs, and all other jury expenses necessarily incurred by such county because of the change of venue. Such expenses shall be audited and allowed by the court to which the action is changed and the court shall certify such allowance to the county clerk of the county from which the change of venue was first taken. The allowance shall be paid by the county from which the change of venue was first taken.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 7 - Change of Venue › Section 1-7-102 - Venue in Criminal Cases Generally.

1-7-102. Venue in criminal cases generally.
(a) Every criminal case shall be tried in the county in which the indictment or offense charged is found, except as otherwise provided by law.
(b) When the location of a criminal offense cannot be established with certainty, venue may be placed in the county or district where the corpus delicti is found, or in any county or district in which the victim was transported.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 8 - Time for Trial › Section 1-8-101 - Trial Docket.

1-8-101. Trial docket.
The clerk shall make a trial docket on which shall appear all cases in which the issues have been joined. The cases shall be set for trial in the order in which they stand on the appearance docket. The clerk shall not place upon the trial docket any case in which nothing remains to be done except to execute an order for the sale of real or personal property, and to distribute the proceeds as directed by the order, but if it becomes necessary, the case may be redocketed upon the application of either party, whereupon it shall stand in all respects as if it had remained on the docket.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 9 - Continuances › Section 1-9-101 - Contents of Affidavit Showing Lack of Evidence or Absent Witness; Procedure if Evidence Admitted.

1-9-101. Contents of affidavit showing lack of evidence or absent witness; procedure if evidence admitted.
(a) A motion to postpone the trial of a case because of the lack of evidence shall be supported by affidavit showing:
(i) The materiality of the evidence expected to be obtained;
(ii) That due diligence has been used to obtain the evidence; and
(iii) Where it is expected the evidence may be found.
(b) If the postponement is because of an absent witness, the affidavit shall also state:
(i) Where the witness resides, if known;
(ii) The probability of procuring the testimony within a reasonable time;
(iii) That absence of the witness was not procured by the act or connivance of the party seeking the postponement, nor by others at his request or with his knowledge or consent;
(iv) The facts the witness is expected to prove and that affiant believes the facts as stated to be true; and
(v) Such facts cannot be proven by any other witness whose testimony can be as readily procured.
(c) If the adverse party consents that, on the trial, the facts stated in the affidavit will be taken as true, if the evidence is written or documentary, or in case of an absent witness that the witness will testify to the facts stated in the affidavit as true, the trial shall not be postponed for that cause. The party against whom the evidence is offered may impeach the evidence of an absent witness the same as when the witness is present or his deposition is used.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 10 - Tender and Offer to Confess Judgment › Section 1-10-101 - Tender of Money Before Action.

1-10-101. Tender of money before action.
In an action on contract for the payment of money, if the defendant answers and proves that he tendered payment of the money due before commencement of the action, and pays to the clerk before trial the money so tendered, the plaintiff shall not have judgment for more than the money so tendered and due, without costs, and shall pay the defendant his costs.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 10 - Tender and Offer to Confess Judgment › Section 1-10-102 - Tender of Payment Other Than Money or Performance of Labor.

1-10-102. Tender of payment other than money or performance of labor.
If, in an action on a contract for the payment of anything other than money or for the performance of labor, the defendant answers that he did tender payment or performance of the contract at such time and place, and in such things or labor as by the contract he was bound to pay or perform, and the court or jury finds that he did tender as alleged in his pleading, they shall assess the value of the property or labor so tendered, and judgment shall be rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the value found, without interest or costs. If the defendant forthwith performs his contract, or gives to the plaintiff such assurance as the court approves that he will perform within such time as the court directs, judgment shall be rendered for the defendant. If any article so tendered is perishable it shall, from the time of tender, be kept at the risk and expense of the plaintiff, provided the defendant takes reasonable care of the same.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 10 - Tender and Offer to Confess Judgment › Section 1-10-103 - Offer to Confess Judgment Before Action Brought.

1-10-103. Offer to confess judgment before action brought.
Before an action for recovery of money is brought against any person, he may go into the court of competent jurisdiction in the county of his residence or the county in which the person having the cause of action resides, and offer to confess judgment in favor of the claimant for a specified sum. If the claimant, having such notice as the court deems reasonable that the offer will be made, its amount, and the time and place of making it fails to attend and accept the confession, or if he attends and refuses to accept it and afterwards commences an action upon the cause and fails to recover more than the amount offered to be confessed, with interest from the date of the offer, he shall pay all the costs of the action.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 10 - Tender and Offer to Confess Judgment › Section 1-10-104 - Offer in Court to Confess for Part of Claim or Causes.

1-10-104. Offer in court to confess for part of claim or causes.
The defendant in an action for the recovery of money may offer in court to confess judgment for part of the amount claimed, or part of the causes involved in the action. If the plaintiff, being present, refuses to accept such confession of judgment in full satisfaction of his demands in the action, or having had such notice as the court deems reasonable that the offer would be made, its amount, and the time of making it, fails to attend, and, on the trial, does not recover more than was offered to be confessed, with interest from the date of the offer, the plaintiff shall pay all costs of the defendant incurred after the offer was made.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 10 - Tender and Offer to Confess Judgment › Section 1-10-105 - Offer to Confess Not to Affect Trial.

1-10-105. Offer to confess not to affect trial.
An offer to confess judgment is not an admission of the cause of action nor of the amount to which the plaintiff is entitled. It is not a cause of continuance of the action, or a postponement of the trial, and may not be offered or admitted in evidence or mentioned at the trial.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 10 - Tender and Offer to Confess Judgment › Section 1-10-106 - Applicability of Confession of Judgment Provisions.

1-10-106. Applicability of confession of judgment provisions.
The provisions relating to confessions of judgment shall apply so far as practicable to an offer made by the plaintiff, and in the discretion of the court, may be applied to one (1) or more of several causes of action, counterclaims, cross-claims or setoffs, and the court shall make such order as to costs as it deems proper.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 1 - Qualifications, Selection and Empaneling of Juries › Section 1-11-101 - Qualifications of Juror.

1-11-101. Qualifications of juror.
(a) A person is qualified to act as a juror if he is:
(i) An adult citizen of the United States who has been a resident of the state and of the county ninety (90) days before being selected and returned pursuant to W.S. 1-11-106;
(ii) In possession of his natural faculties, of ordinary intelligence and without mental or physical infirmity preventing satisfactory jury service;
(iii) Possessed of sufficient knowledge of the English language.
(b) No citizen shall be excluded from service as a juror on account of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin or economic status.
(c) The court shall discharge a person from serving as a juror if the person is not qualified to act as a juror under subsection (a) of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 1 - Qualifications, Selection and Empaneling of Juries › Section 1-11-102 - Convicted Felon Disqualified.

1-11-102. Convicted felon disqualified.
A person who has been convicted of any felony is disqualified to act as a juror unless his conviction is reversed or annulled, he receives a pardon or his rights are restored pursuant to W.S. 7-13-105(a).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 1 - Qualifications, Selection and Empaneling of Juries › Section 1-11-103 - Persons Exempt as Juror; Duty to Discharge.

1-11-103. Persons exempt as juror; duty to discharge.
(a) A person is exempt from jury service if the person is:
(i) A salaried and active member of an organized fire department or an active member of a police department of a city, town or law enforcement agency of the county or state;
(ii) An elected public official;
(iii) An active duty member of the Wyoming national guard; or
(iv) A person exempt under federal law or regulation, including an active duty member of the armed forces when service on a jury would unreasonably interfere with his performance of military duties or adversely affect the readiness of his unit, command or activity pursuant to 32 C.F.R. Part 144.
(b) The court shall discharge a person from serving as a trial juror for the jury term in which he is summoned if it satisfactorily appears that the person is exempt and specifically claims the benefit of the exemption under W.S. 1-11-105.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 1 - Qualifications, Selection and Empaneling of Juries › Section 1-11-104 - Causes for Excusal.

1-11-104. Causes for excusal.
(a) A juror may not be excused for a trivial cause or for hardship or inconvenience to his business, but only when material injury or destruction to his property or property entrusted to him is threatened, or when his health or the sickness or death of a member of his family requires his absence. A person who has attained the age of seventy-two (72) years may be excused at his request. A person may be excused from jury duty when the care of that person's young children requires his absence. Any person who has served on a jury during a jury term shall, upon request, be excused from further jury service in that court for the remainder of that jury term and in the discretion of the court may be excused from jury service for the following jury term.
(b) For the purposes of this section:
(i) A person has served on a jury during a jury term when he is summoned to serve and he has been selected as a juror in any court within the judicial district and has taken the oath required under W.S. 1-11-201;
(ii) A person has not served on a jury during a jury term if he is disqualified for that jury term pursuant to W.S. 1-11-102 or is discharged for that jury term pursuant to W.S. 1-11-103.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 1 - Qualifications, Selection and Empaneling of Juries › Section 1-11-105 - Exemption Affidavit Required; Failure to File.

1-11-105. Exemption affidavit required; failure to file.
If a person exempt from jury duty is summoned as a juror, he may submit a declaration under penalty of perjury stating his purported grounds for exemption. If the court determines that the declaration sufficiently demonstrates that the person is not required to serve as a juror pursuant to W.S. 1-11-103(a), the court shall discharge the person from serving as a trial juror for the jury term in which he was summoned. A person who is discharged under this section is not required to appear in court. Failure of any person who is exempt to submit a declaration under penalty of perjury is a waiver of his exemption, and he is required to appear upon the day for which the jury is summoned and serve as a juror the same as if he were not entitled to exemption unless otherwise excused by the court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 1 - Qualifications, Selection and Empaneling of Juries › Section 1-11-106 - Jury Lists; Preparation of Base Jury Lists; Selecting Jury Panel; Certificate and Summons.

1-11-106. Jury lists; preparation of base jury lists; selecting jury panel; certificate and summons.
(a) The list of persons selected to serve as prospective trial jurors, compiled pursuant to W.S. 1-11-129, is the base jury list for the district court and the circuit court for the jury term set by each court.
(b) The clerk shall prepare a certificate containing the names constituting the base jury list, and summon them to serve as jurors for the jury term for which they have been selected.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 1 - Qualifications, Selection and Empaneling of Juries › Section 1-11-108 - Jury Panel in Circuit Courts; Functions, Powers and Duties of Judges Thereof.

1-11-108. Jury panel in circuit courts; functions, powers and duties of judges thereof.
(a) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 53, 2.
(b) In conducting jury trials, judges of the circuit courts shall exercise and perform the same functions, powers and duties as are prescribed for both the judge and the clerk of the district court in W.S. 1-11-101 through 1-11-401, insofar as practicable.
(c) Repealed by Laws 1983, ch. 138, 3.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 1 - Qualifications, Selection and Empaneling of Juries › Section 1-11-109 - Procedure for Selecting Jury; Contents of Certificate; Summons.

1-11-109. Procedure for selecting jury; contents of certificate; summons.
(a) The clerk shall choose the prospective jurors from the base jury list using a random method of selection.
(b) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 53, 2.
(c) If any person selected is not qualified to serve as a trial juror, the name of the person shall be stricken from the base jury list from which summoned. If any person selected is exempt from serving as a trial juror under W.S. 1-11-103(a) and the person has claimed the exemption under W.S. 1-11-105, then the name of the person shall be stricken from the base jury list for the jury term from which summoned.
(d) When the necessary number of jurors has been randomly selected, the clerk shall make and certify a list of the names selected. The certificate shall state:
(i) The date of the court order for the selection;
(ii) The date of the selection;
(iii) The number of jurors selected;
(iv) The names and addresses of the competent jurors; and
(v) The place where the jurors are required to appear.
(e) The jurors on the certified list shall be summoned to appear.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 1 - Qualifications, Selection and Empaneling of Juries › Section 1-11-112 - Jurors to Appear at Time Specified.

1-11-112. Jurors to appear at time specified.
Each grand juror and petit juror summoned shall appear before the court on the day and at the hour specified by the court, and depart only with permission of the court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 1 - Qualifications, Selection and Empaneling of Juries › Section 1-11-113 - Completion of Jury Panel.

1-11-113. Completion of jury panel.
(a) The persons summoned by the clerk shall appear in answer to the summons and be examined as to their qualifications. If after all qualified trial jurors have been accepted it appears that there are not enough in attendance, the court shall order the clerk to randomly select the necessary number of names from the base jury list to complete the jury panel, and the clerk shall continue to randomly select names until a sufficient number of jurors are obtained. The persons so selected shall be summoned to appear.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1983, ch. 138, 3.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 1 - Qualifications, Selection and Empaneling of Juries › Section 1-11-114 - Service of Summons; Proof of Service.

1-11-114. Service of summons; proof of service.
(a) Service of a summons may be made by such means as the court may order. If service is accomplished through the sheriff's office, the sheriff's costs shall be paid by the county.
(b) If necessary the court may require proof of service.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 1 - Qualifications, Selection and Empaneling of Juries › Section 1-11-115 - Failure of Juror to Attend.

1-11-115. Failure of juror to attend.
Any juror summoned who willfully and without reasonable excuse fails to attend may be arrested and compelled to attend and is subject to contempt of court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 1 - Qualifications, Selection and Empaneling of Juries › Section 1-11-116 - Empaneling of Jury.

1-11-116. Empaneling of jury.
At the opening of court on the day that trial jurors are summoned and notified to appear, the clerk shall call the names of those jurors notified to appear. The court shall hear the jurors who are present, and shall excuse those whom the court finds are exempt, disqualified or have material cause for being excused.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 1 - Qualifications, Selection and Empaneling of Juries › Section 1-11-118 - Procedure Upon Exhaustion of Prospective Jurors During Empaneling.

1-11-118. Procedure upon exhaustion of prospective jurors during empaneling.
If at any time during the empaneling of a jury all the names selected for the panel are exhausted, the court shall enter an order directing that such additional number of names as necessary be randomly selected from the base jury list. The court may excuse any jurors so selected if it appears that, because of distance, the delay occasioned by notifying the juror and requiring his presence would unduly prolong empaneling the trial jury. The clerk shall notify the persons selected and not excused to appear in court immediately. The process shall continue from time to time when necessary until a jury is obtained.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 1 - Qualifications, Selection and Empaneling of Juries › Section 1-11-119 - Number of Jurors; Fees and Mileage.

1-11-119. Number of jurors; fees and mileage.
Trial juries in circuit courts shall be composed of six (6) persons. Trial juries in civil cases and all other proceedings in the district courts except criminal cases shall be composed of six (6) jurors unless one (1) of the parties to the action files a written demand for twelve (12) jurors within the time a demand for jury may be filed, in which event the number of jurors shall be twelve (12). Jurors in all courts shall be allowed the same fees and mileage as jurors in district court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 1 - Qualifications, Selection and Empaneling of Juries › Section 1-11-120 - Persons Sworn to Constitute Jury; Generally.

1-11-120. Persons sworn to constitute jury; generally.
The first six (6) persons, or other number of persons designated for a jury under W.S. 1-11-119, who appear as their names are randomly selected and are approved as indifferent between the parties and not discharged or excused shall be sworn and constitute the jury to try the issue.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 1 - Qualifications, Selection and Empaneling of Juries › Section 1-11-122 - Discharge of Jurors.

1-11-122. Discharge of jurors.
After the jury is discharged the jurors, upon request, shall be excused from jury service for the remainder of the calendar year.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 1 - Qualifications, Selection and Empaneling of Juries › Section 1-11-123 - Discharge of Jurors; Absent or Excused Jurors.

1-11-123. Discharge of jurors; absent or excused jurors.
The name of a juror who is absent when his name is selected, or is set aside, or excused from serving on that trial shall remain on the base jury list.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 1 - Qualifications, Selection and Empaneling of Juries › Section 1-11-125 - Procedure When Sufficient Number of Jurors Fail to Attend.

1-11-125. Procedure when sufficient number of jurors fail to attend.
If a sufficient number of jurors duly selected and notified do not attend to form a jury the court shall direct the clerk to select a sufficient number of names from the base jury list to complete the jury and shall summon the persons selected to attend immediately or at a time fixed by the court. If for any reason a sufficient number of jurors to try the issue is not obtained from the persons notified, the court may make successive orders until a sufficient number is obtained. The court may excuse any juror so selected if it appears that, because of distance, the delay occasioned by summoning the juror and requiring his presence would unduly prolong empaneling the trial jury. Each person so notified, unless excused by the court, shall serve as a juror at the trial. For a neglect or refusal to serve he may be fined in the same manner as a trial juror regularly selected and notified and he is subject to the same exceptions and challenges as any other trial juror.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 1 - Qualifications, Selection and Empaneling of Juries › Section 1-11-126 - No Objection That Jury Not Original One Returned.

1-11-126. No objection that jury not original one returned.
It is not a valid objection to a jury that it contains none of the jurors originally returned to the court or is only partially composed of such jurors or that the base jury list was not supplemented as permitted herein.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 1 - Qualifications, Selection and Empaneling of Juries › Section 1-11-129 - Procedure for Maintaining Jury Lists.

1-11-129. Procedure for maintaining jury lists.
The supreme court shall compile a base jury list for each county. The supreme court shall compile a base jury list for the state as necessary under W.S. 7-5-303. The base jury lists shall be compiled from voter lists and may also include names from Wyoming driver's license or Wyoming department of transportation state identification lists. The base jury lists prepared by the supreme court and panels or lists of prospective jurors selected by the clerk of court may be compiled and maintained using any manual, mechanical, electronic or other means calculated to ensure the integrity of the system and a random selection process.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 2 - Conduct of Trial; Verdict › Section 1-11-201 - Oath of Jurors; Jury Ordered Into Custody.

1-11-201. Oath of jurors; jury ordered into custody.
As soon as the jury is selected an oath shall be administered to the jurors that they will truly try the matter in issue between ...., the plaintiff, and ...., the defendant, and render a true verdict according to the evidence. After the oath has been administered and the jury fully empaneled, the court shall order the jury into the custody of the officer selected by the court. The jurors shall not separate from the custody of the officer until they have been duly discharged, unless by the consent of the parties to the action. The officer shall provide for suitable quarters and food for the jury pending the trial.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 2 - Conduct of Trial; Verdict › Section 1-11-202 - Peremptory Challenges Allowed.

1-11-202. Peremptory challenges allowed.
In the trial of civil cases in the district courts of this state, each side is allowed three (3) peremptory challenges.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 2 - Conduct of Trial; Verdict › Section 1-11-203 - Challenges for Cause; Grounds.

1-11-203. Challenges for cause; grounds.
(a) Challenges for cause may be taken on one (1) or more of the following grounds:
(i) A lack of any of the qualifications prescribed by statute which render a person competent as a juror;
(ii) Relationship by consanguinity or affinity within the third degree to either party;
(iii) Standing in the relation of debtor or creditor, guardian or ward, master or servant, or principal or agent to either party, or being a partner united in business with either party, or being security on any bond or obligation for either party;
(iv) Having served as a juror or a witness in a previous trial between the same parties for the same cause of action, or being then a witness therein;
(v) Interest on the part of the juror in the event or question involved in the action, but not an interest of the juror as a member or citizen of a municipal corporation;
(vi) Having formed or expressed an unqualified opinion or belief as to the merits or the main question of the action. The reading of newspaper accounts of the subject matter before the court shall not disqualify the juror either for bias or opinion;
(vii) The existence of a state of mind in the juror evincing enmity or bias for either party.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 2 - Conduct of Trial; Verdict › Section 1-11-204 - Challenges for Cause; Trial.

1-11-204. Challenges for cause; trial.
All challenges for cause shall be tried by the court, and the juror challenged, and any other persons may be examined as witnesses upon the trial of the challenge.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 2 - Conduct of Trial; Verdict › Section 1-11-205 - Order of Trial.

1-11-205. Order of trial.
(a) When the jury has been sworn, the trial shall proceed in the following order, unless the court for good cause otherwise directs:
(i) The party who has the burden of the issues may briefly state his case and the evidence by which he expects to sustain it;
(ii) The adverse party may then briefly state his defense and the evidence he expects to offer in support of it;
(iii) The party who has the burden of the issues shall first produce his evidence, the adverse party will then produce his evidence;
(iv) The parties will then be confined to rebutting evidence unless the court permits them to offer evidence in their original case;
(v) When the evidence is concluded, and either party desires special instructions to be given to the jury, the instructions shall be reduced to writing, numbered and signed by the party or his attorney asking the same, and delivered to the court;
(vi) Before argument of the cause is begun, the court shall give such instructions of the law to the jury as may be necessary. The instructions shall be in writing, numbered and signed by the judge;
(vii) Where either party asks special instructions to be given to the jury, the court shall either give such instructions as requested, give the instructions with modifications, or refuse to give them. The court shall mark each instruction offered so that it shall appear which instructions were given in whole or in part, and which were refused, so that either party may except to the instructions as given, refused or modified. All instructions given by the court together with those refused shall be filed as a part of the record.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 2 - Conduct of Trial; Verdict › Section 1-11-206 - View of Property or Place by Jury.

1-11-206. View of property or place by jury.
When the court considers it proper for the jurors to view the property which is the subject of litigation or the place in which any material fact occurred, it may order them to be conducted in a body under the charge of an officer to the place which shall be shown to them by a person appointed by the court for that purpose. While the jurors are absent no person other than the person so appointed shall speak to them on any subject connected with the trial.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 2 - Conduct of Trial; Verdict › Section 1-11-207 - Decision or Deliberation by Jury; Duty of Officer in Charge of Jury.

1-11-207. Decision or deliberation by jury; duty of officer in charge of jury.
When the case is submitted, the jury may decide in court or retire for deliberation. If the jurors retire, they shall be kept together in some convenient place under the charge of an officer until they agree upon a verdict or are discharged by the court. The court may permit them to separate temporarily at night or at their meals. The officer having them under his charge shall not allow any communication to be made to them nor make any himself except to ask them if they have agreed upon their verdict, unless by order of the court. He shall not communicate to any person the state of their deliberations or the verdict agreed upon before their verdict is rendered.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 2 - Conduct of Trial; Verdict › Section 1-11-208 - Admonition to Jurors When Permitted to Separate.

1-11-208. Admonition to jurors when permitted to separate.
If the jurors are permitted to separate during the trial or after the case is submitted to them, they shall be admonished by the court that it is their duty not to converse with nor allow themselves to be addressed by any person on any subject of the trial, and that they are not to form or express an opinion until the cause is finally submitted to them.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 2 - Conduct of Trial; Verdict › Section 1-11-209 - Further Information After Jury's Retirement.

1-11-209. Further information after jury's retirement.
After the jurors have retired for deliberation, if there is a disagreement between them as to any part of the testimony, or if they desire to be informed as to any part of the law arising in the case, they may request the officer to conduct them to the court where information upon the matter of law shall be given. The court may give its recollection as to the testimony on the points in dispute, in the presence of or after notice to the parties or their counsel.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 2 - Conduct of Trial; Verdict › Section 1-11-210 - Discharge of Jury Without Verdict.

1-11-210. Discharge of jury without verdict.
The jury may be discharged by the court on account of the sickness of a juror or any accident or calamity requiring its discharge, or by consent of both parties or after the jurors have been kept together until it appears there is no probability of their agreeing.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 2 - Conduct of Trial; Verdict › Section 1-11-211 - Retrial After Discharge of Jury.

1-11-211. Retrial after discharge of jury.
When the jury is discharged after the cause is submitted or during the trial, the cause may be tried again immediately or at a future time as the court directs.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 2 - Conduct of Trial; Verdict › Section 1-11-212 - Rendition of Verdict.

1-11-212. Rendition of verdict.
When the jurors agree upon their verdict, it shall be reduced to writing and signed by the foreman. They shall then be conducted into court, their names called by the clerk and the verdict rendered by the foreman. The clerk shall then read the verdict to the jury and inquire whether it is their verdict.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 2 - Conduct of Trial; Verdict › Section 1-11-213 - Further Deliberation; Polling Jury.

1-11-213. Further deliberation; polling jury.
If a jury disagrees, or if when the jury is polled a juror answers in the negative, or if the verdict is defective in substance, the jury shall be sent out again for further deliberation and either party may require the jury to be polled by the clerk or court asking each juror if it is his verdict.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 11 - Trial by Jury › Article 2 - Conduct of Trial; Verdict › Section 1-11-214 - Discharge of Jury; Correcting Defective Verdict.

1-11-214. Discharge of jury; correcting defective verdict.
If no disagreement is expressed and neither party requires the jury to be polled, or on polling each juror answers in the affirmative, the verdict is complete and the jury shall be discharged. If the verdict is defective in form only, it may be corrected by the court with the assent of the jurors before they are discharged.