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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 23 - Hides and Carcasses › Article 3 - Transportation of Carcasses › Section 11-23-305 - Penalty.

11-23-305. Penalty.
Violation of any provision of W.S. 11-23-301 through 11-23-304 is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 24 - Estrays › Section 11-24-101 - Definitions.

11-24-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Animal" means any bovine animal, horse, mule, ass or sheep;
(ii) "Estray" means any animal found running at large upon public or private lands, fenced or unfenced, in Wyoming whose owner is unknown in the territory where found or the owner of which cannot with reasonable diligence be found, or that is branded with two (2) or more brands the ownership of which is disputed, neither party holding a bill of sale. An estray includes any animal for which there is no sufficient proof of ownership found upon inspection;
(iii) "Range" means all unfenced lands or fenced allotments in Wyoming of a grazing nature. Range includes all highways outside of private enclosures and used by the public whether formally dedicated to the public or not;
(iv) "Disposal" means to sell, send to slaughter or destroy the animal;
(v) "Livestock" means as defined in W.S. 11-20-101(a)(iv);
(vi) "This act" means W.S. 11-24-101 through 11-24-115.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 24 - Estrays › Section 11-24-102 - Taking Up Estrays; Generally.

11-24-102. Taking up estrays; generally.
(a) No person shall take up and retain possession of an estray except in the county where he resides and is a freeholder, nor unless the animal is found on lands owned, leased, or controlled by him or his duly authorized agents. When any person takes up an estray he shall immediately notify an inspector who shall inspect or cause to be inspected the estray for brands and other evidence of ownership and make a diligent effort to learn or determine ownership of the animal. The inspector may cause any estray to be held for not more than ten (10) days after the inspection to enable him to complete his investigation of ownership. If the estray is claimed by an owner, the bill for feed and care incurred by the inspector must be paid by the claimant. If the rightful owner cannot be found, or when found, refuses or fails to pay the charges for feed and care of the estray, the inspector shall order the estray be disposed of. Incurred charges for feed and care by the inspector and reasonable shipping and disposal expense shall be paid from the proceeds of the disposal. The net proceeds, if any, received from the disposal of the estray after deduction of authorized expenses, shall be forwarded to the estray fund of the board or its agency. The board or agency shall hold the proceeds in a special fund known as estray fund until paid to the rightful owner of the estray or otherwise disposed of according to law.
(b) If the proceeds of the disposal of any estray are insufficient to pay all legitimate expenses, the deficiency shall be paid by the board or its agency.
(c) The board may enter into agreements with licensed meat processing plants to process meat from livestock disposed of by slaughter. The processed meat shall be sold to:
(i) Wyoming state institutions or to nonprofit organizations for no more than the board's cost for disposal, processing and delivery; or
(ii) For profit entities at market cost for the processed meat.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 24 - Estrays › Section 11-24-103 - Taking Up Estrays; Penalties.

11-24-103. Taking up estrays; penalties.
Any person who takes up or retains possession of any estray without the owner's knowledge or consent, or who in any manner restrains from liberty for the purpose of using or making use of any estray without the knowledge and consent of the owner shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 24 - Estrays › Section 11-24-104 - Stallions and Jacks Generally.

11-24-104. Stallions and jacks generally.
If any horse or ass not gelded, two (2) years old or upwards, is found running at large, it is lawful for any person to take up the horse or ass and give notice to the owner or keeper if known. If the owner or keeper does not appear within six (6) days thereafter and pay expenses incurred for the feed and care of the animal to the person possessing the animal, the person shall advertise the horse or ass and the same proceedings shall be had as provided in the case of estray animals, or the person possessing the animal may after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the time of advertising, geld or have the horse or ass gelded, at the risk and expense of the owner, except when the horse or ass is in the owner's herd, or in care of the owner's herder. The owner of the horse or ass shall be liable for any damages caused by the animal to property or other livestock.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 24 - Estrays › Section 11-24-105 - Unclaimed Horses; Permit for Gathering; Disposal.

11-24-105. Unclaimed horses; permit for gathering; disposal.
(a) Any person desiring to gather unclaimed horses from the ranges within Wyoming shall obtain a permit from the livestock board, except as provided in subsection (e) of this section. The permit applicant shall submit with the permit application written permission to access the range whereon the unclaimed horses are to be gathered from the person who has ownership or control of the surface rights of that range. The form of the permit shall be prescribed by the board.
(b) If after an inspection under subsection (c) or (e) of this section, the rightful owner cannot be found, or when found, refuses or fails to pay the charges for feed and care of the estray, the unclaimed horses shall be disposed of by the board under the laws pertaining to estrays.
(c) The permit and the unclaimed horses shall be presented to an inspector within the county in which they were gathered without unnecessary delay for determination of ownership.
(d) The permittee shall be responsible for all expenses associated with gathering, feed and care of the unclaimed horses until an inspection has occurred.
(e) A permit is not required for any person desiring to gather unclaimed horses located on private land on which the person has ownership or control of the surface rights. A person who has gathered unclaimed horses on private land on which he has ownership or control of the surface rights shall present the unclaimed horses to an inspector within the county in which they were gathered without unnecessary delay for determination of ownership and shall be responsible for all expenses associated with the gather and feed and care of the unclaimed horses until an inspection has occurred.
(f) Any horse claimed by the United States bureau of land management as belonging to a wild horse management unit is excluded from this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 24 - Estrays › Section 11-24-106 - Unclaimed Horses; Penalties.

11-24-106. Unclaimed horses; penalties.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of W.S. 11-24-105 shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 24 - Estrays › Section 11-24-109 - Record to Be Kept of Estrays Found in Shipments in Transit of Cattle or Horses.

11-24-109. Record to be kept of estrays found in shipments in transit of cattle or horses.
All inspectors shall keep a record of all estrays found in any shipment of cattle or horses in transit from this state, and shall take a receipt for the estrays from the shipper, or in default of a receipt, shall take the estray from the shipment, giving the shipper a receipt for the estrays on behalf of the livestock board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 24 - Estrays › Section 11-24-110 - Monthly Report of Inspector; Board to Keep Public Record.

11-24-110. Monthly report of inspector; board to keep public record.
The inspector shall make a report every thirty (30) days of all estrays to the livestock board, giving a description of the estrays, stating any brands or other marks by which the estrays may be identified. The board shall keep a record of all estrays reported, which shall at all times be open to the public for inspection.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 24 - Estrays › Section 11-24-111 - Disposition of Proceeds; Remission to Board.

11-24-111. Disposition of proceeds; remission to board.
All persons shipping estrays shall immediately remit to the livestock board the proceeds received for each and every estray disposed of, a receipt for which was given to an inspector. If any inspector sells an estray from this state, he shall immediately remit the proceeds to the livestock board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 24 - Estrays › Section 11-24-112 - Disposition of Proceeds; Payment to Owner on Proof of Ownership; Unclaimed Proceeds Generally.

11-24-112. Disposition of proceeds; payment to owner on proof of ownership; unclaimed proceeds generally.
If the lawful owner of any estray disposed of is found within one (1) year after the end of the calendar year in which disposal of the estray occurred, the net amount received from the disposal shall be paid to the owner upon his proving ownership to the satisfaction of the board or agency. If at the end of one (1) year after the end of the calendar year in which disposal of the estray occurred, the proceeds from the disposal of any estray remains unclaimed, the proceeds shall be disposed of as provided by law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 24 - Estrays › Section 11-24-113 - When Shipping Prohibited.

11-24-113. When shipping prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person to drive or ship, or cause to be driven or shipped, or to consign or cause to be consigned, without authority from the owner, any estray from any place within this state, except through or to a point or place where an inspector or inspectors are located by the livestock board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 24 - Estrays › Section 11-24-114 - Publication of List of Unclaimed Estrays.

11-24-114. Publication of list of unclaimed estrays.
(a) The executive officer of the livestock board shall annually, during the last week of December, send two (2) lists of unclaimed estrays for which he has received payments, to the county clerk of each county, who shall post one (1) copy in a conspicuous place in the courthouse and place one (1) copy on file in his office. The executive officer shall also cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in each county from which any estray included in the list was shipped, a notice to the public that the list of estrays is available for examination.
(b) In addition to the notice under subsection (a) of this section, not less than once each month the livestock board shall ensure that if a new estray is taken up notice is posted at the courthouse in the county in which the estray was taken and at each livestock market. The notice under this subsection shall include the location recovered from and the name of the inspector.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 24 - Estrays › Section 11-24-115 - Disposition of Unclaimed Proceeds to State Treasurer to Credit of Inspection Account.

11-24-115. Disposition of unclaimed proceeds to state treasurer to credit of inspection account.
On the first Monday in January of each year, all estray monies remaining unclaimed for more than one (1) year after the publication of the notices of posting of lists of unclaimed estrays, shall be paid to the treasurer of the state, and be placed to the credit of the inspection account.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 25 - Wyoming Gaming Commission › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-25-101 - Wyoming Gaming Commission Created; Composition; Qualifications.

11-25-101. Wyoming gaming commission created; composition; qualifications.
The Wyoming gaming commission is created to be composed of nine (9) persons who have resided in the state for four (4) years and are qualified electors of Wyoming.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 25 - Wyoming Gaming Commission › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-25-103 - Gaming Commission; Appointment, Terms of Office and Political Affiliation of Members; Vacancies; Appointment Districts.

11-25-103. Gaming commission; appointment, terms of office and political affiliation of members; vacancies; appointment districts.
The governor with the consent of the senate shall appoint the nine (9) members of the commission in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101 through 28-12-103. Seven (7) of the nine (9) members shall be appointed from each appointment district under W.S. 9-1-218. One (1) of the remaining members shall be, at the time of appointment and during the term of appointment, an active county or municipal law enforcement officer certified under title 9, chapter 1, article 7 of the Wyoming statutes. One (1) of the remaining members shall be an enrolled member of the Northern Arapaho or Eastern Shoshone Indian tribe with not less than five (5) years of regulatory gaming experience. Members shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years and until their successor is appointed and qualified. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor as provided in W.S. 28-12-101. A member of the commission may succeed himself for one (1) full four (4) year term. The governor may remove any member as provided in W.S. 9-1-202. Additionally, one (1) senator appointed by the president of the senate, one (1) representative appointed by the speaker of the house and one (1) gubernatorial representative shall serve as liaisons to the commission. Legislative liaisons shall be paid salary, per diem and mileage as provided in W.S. 28-5-101 when attending meetings of the commission.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 25 - Wyoming Gaming Commission › Article 2 - Pari-Mutuel Wagering › Section 11-25-202 - Qualifications as to Horses; Preference to Wyoming Bred Horses.

11-25-202. Qualifications as to horses; preference to Wyoming bred horses.
(a) Every horse entered in any race authorized by a permit issued under this act shall be a thoroughbred horse which means any horse (including mare, gelding, colt and filly) that meets the requirements of and is registered by the Jockey Club of New York, including racing permits issued to foreign thoroughbred horses, or registered as an American quarter horse in the official stud book and registry of the American Quarter Horse Association, or registered as one (1) of another breed which maintains a recognized national stud book and registry.
(b) Every permittee conducting a pari-mutuel event shall provide each day for the running of at least one (1) race preferred to Wyoming bred horses if Wyoming bred horses are available.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 25 - Wyoming Gaming Commission › Article 2 - Pari-Mutuel Wagering › Section 11-25-203 - Horses to Race Under True Name; Substitution of Horses, Concealment of Identification, Prohibited.

11-25-203. Horses to race under true name; substitution of horses, concealment of identification, prohibited.
Every horse participating in any event authorized by a permit issued under this act shall participate under its true and registered name, shall be fully and truly identified and shall not participate under any other name or identification. There shall be no substitution of horses nor shall any device whatsoever be used to conceal or confuse the name and identification of any horse.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 25 - Wyoming Gaming Commission › Article 2 - Pari-Mutuel Wagering › Section 11-25-204 - Stimulation or Retardation of Animals Prohibited; Tests.

11-25-204. Stimulation or retardation of animals prohibited; tests.
It is unlawful for any person to use or permit to be used any mechanical or electrical device, or drug of any kind, to stimulate or retard any animal in any event authorized by this act except as prescribed by the commission. A commission member, a roping judge or race steward may cause such tests to be made as they deem proper to determine whether any animal has been stimulated or retarded. Tests performed in furtherance of this section shall be conducted by or under the supervision of a qualified Wyoming veterinarian.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 25 - Wyoming Gaming Commission › Article 2 - Pari-Mutuel Wagering › Section 11-25-205 - Bribery, Touting and Betting by Minors Prohibited.

11-25-205. Bribery, touting and betting by minors prohibited.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to give or promise to give or attempt to give or for any person to receive or agree to receive or attempt to receive, any money, bribe or thing of value with intent to influence any person to dishonestly umpire, manage, direct, judge, preside, officiate at or participate in any event conducted under this act with the intention or purpose that the result of the event will be affected or influenced thereby. Violation of this subsection is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
(b) Any person who knowingly and designedly persuades, procures or causes, or attempts to persuade, procure or cause another person to wager on an animal or roper in any event authorized by this act and asks or demands compensation as a reward for information or purported information given in such case is guilty of unlawful touting. The representative of the commission may exclude from attendance at or near any event authorized by this act any person who has been convicted of touting and any person who refuses to leave when ordered to do so by the representative is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(c) No person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall place or be allowed to place a bet.
(d) Any person who has been convicted of bookmaking, bribery, touting or drugging animals may be evicted from a pari-mutuel event by a steward or roping judge.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 25 - Wyoming Gaming Commission › Article 2 - Pari-Mutuel Wagering › Section 11-25-206 - County Elections as to Pari-Mutuel Events.

11-25-206. County elections as to pari-mutuel events.
No pari-mutuel event shall be held in any county until the question has been put to the people of the county to accept or reject pari-mutuel wagering. If the election fails no other election shall be held for two (2) years.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 25 - Wyoming Gaming Commission › Article 2 - Pari-Mutuel Wagering › Section 11-25-207 - Bond of Permittees; Required; Conditions; Prosecution of Actions.

11-25-207. Bond of permittees; required; conditions; prosecution of actions.
(a) The commission may require any permittee other than a political subdivision licensed to conduct an event to provide and deliver to the commission a bond signed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state in such form and amount as specified by the commission, or certificate of deposit, or irrevocable letter of credit, but not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), conditioned that the permittee will pay to the state of Wyoming all monies due it under this act and will perform such other obligations as may be imposed by the commission.
(b) The county attorney of the county in which an event is held shall prosecute all action on the bonds on behalf of the state against any permittee for any reason whatever except a cause of action covered by public liability insurance.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 25 - Wyoming Gaming Commission › Article 2 - Pari-Mutuel Wagering › Section 11-25-208 - Penalties.

11-25-208. Penalties.
(a) Any person holding or conducting any pari-mutuel event in connection with the pari-mutuel system of wagering without a permit issued in accordance with this act, or any person who violates any other provision of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or both.
(b) The attorney general may, at the request of the commission, act on behalf of the commission to prosecute criminal actions under this chapter or title 6, chapter 7, article 1 of the Wyoming statutes if after a thorough investigation the action is deemed advisable by the attorney general.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 25 - Wyoming Gaming Commission › Article 2 - Pari-Mutuel Wagering › Section 11-25-209 - Removal of Livestock From Quarters at County or State Fairs.

11-25-209. Removal of livestock from quarters at county or state fairs.
At no time and under no conditions shall any livestock at any county or state fair that are there to be shown be removed from quarters provided for them in order to place pari-mutuel horses in the stalls or quarters. Removal shall be cause for rescinding the permit for the pari-mutuel event.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 25 - Wyoming Gaming Commission › Article 3 - Skill Based Amusement Games › Section 11-25-301 - Skill Based Amusement Games Authorization; Commission Authority; Applicability.

11-25-301. Skill based amusement games authorization; commission authority; applicability.
(a) Skill based amusement games operating in the state in accordance with the provisions of 2020 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 114 shall be allowed to continue operation in accordance with the requirements of this article and rules of the commission.
(b) A skill based amusement game that meets the requirements of this article shall be approved by the commission to operate in the state or it shall be removed from the state by the vendor.
(c) The commission shall promulgate any necessary rules to administer and enforce this article. The rules may include provisions for the control, supervision, direction, discipline, suspension or fining of any person for violation of this article or rules adopted in accordance with this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 25 - Wyoming Gaming Commission › Article 3 - Skill Based Amusement Games › Section 11-25-302 - Laboratory Report Required.

11-25-302. Laboratory report required.
(a) Each vendor shall provide for a nationally recognized, independent gaming laboratory approved by the commission to submit to the commission a general functional evaluation laboratory report regarding the software installed on each skill based amusement game indicating whether the skill based amusement game is in compliance with this article. Any skill based amusement game that does not meet the requirements of this article shall immediately be removed from the state by the vendor.
(b) Any alterations, modifications or updates to the software or hardware of any skill based amusement game shall require the vendor to submit to the commission a new laboratory report as required under subsection (a) of this section before the game may be used for play at an establishment.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 25 - Wyoming Gaming Commission › Article 3 - Skill Based Amusement Games › Section 11-25-303 - Restrictions on Operation of Skill Based Amusement Games.

11-25-303. Restrictions on operation of skill based amusement games.
(a) No skill based amusement game shall allow a game play of more than three dollars ($3.00) per play.
(b) No skill based amusement game shall allow a payout of more than three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) per play.
(c) No establishment shall have more than four (4) skill based amusement games operating for play at any one (1) time.
(d) Skill based amusement games shall only be located for play at an establishment, except as provided in subsection (e) of this section. An operator shall not locate a skill based amusement game in an area of the establishment into which a person under the age of twenty-one (21) years may enter. An operator shall conspicuously mark each area of the establishment containing a skill based amusement game as an age restricted area. The operator shall not allow a person under the age of twenty-one (21) years to play a skill based amusement game.
(e) Any operator who, before September 14, 2022 had a skill based amusement game located at a place of business that does not meet the definition of "establishment" in W.S. 11-25-102(a)(xvi) on April 1, 2023 shall be authorized to continue operating skill based amusement games if the operator otherwise meets the requirements to operate a skill based amusement game.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 25 - Wyoming Gaming Commission › Article 3 - Skill Based Amusement Games › Section 11-25-304 - Required Permits and Licenses; Applicable Fees; Tax Imposition; Taxation Rate; Distribution.

11-25-304. Required permits and licenses; applicable fees; tax imposition; taxation rate; distribution.
(a) Any person seeking to obtain or renew any license, permit or decal as required under this section shall submit an application to the commission on a form prescribed by the commission. Upon approval of an application by the commission:
(i) An operator shall be issued a permit and required to pay an annual fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) to have skill based amusement games operating for play in the operator's establishment;
(ii) A vendor shall be issued a license and required to pay an annual fee of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) to possess and distribute skill based amusement games.
(b) Skill based amusement games that meet the requirements of this article shall bear a commission issued decal that identifies the vendor of the game. Each decal shall be valid for one (1) year. No skill based amusement game shall be operational unless it bears a current commission issued decal. The commission shall charge the vendor a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for a decal. Each decal shall include the bucking horse and rider emblem.
(c) The fees required under subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be paid on or before July 1 of each year and shall be deposited in the commission gaming account created under 2020 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 114 and hereby continued under this subsection. Funds within the account are continuously appropriated to the commission to pay for reasonable expenses incurred to administer this article.
(d) Taxes shall be calculated and paid on a weekly basis based on the net proceeds earned during the prior week on skill based amusement games. On a weekly basis, the vendor shall remit to the commission an amount equivalent to twenty percent (20%) of the net proceeds earned during the prior week on the vendor's skill based amusement games. The taxes imposed under this subsection may be prepaid as provided by rule of the commission. The commission shall remit these monies to the state treasurer for deposit in the commission gaming account and for distribution of the tax as follows:
(i) Forty-five percent (45%) to the county and the city or town in which the skill based amusement game is located, in equal shares, or to the county alone if the skill based amusement game is not located within the boundaries of a city or town;
(ii) Forty-five percent (45%) to the school foundation program account;
(iii) Ten percent (10%) to the commission gaming account.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 25 - Wyoming Gaming Commission › Article 3 - Skill Based Amusement Games › Section 11-25-305 - Operator Permit, Vendor License and Skill Based Amusement Game Decal Approval; Criteria; Review.

11-25-305. Operator permit, vendor license and skill based amusement game decal approval; criteria; review.
(a) The commission shall, not more than sixty (60) days after the date of receipt of an application or application for renewal for an operator permit, vendor license or skill based amusement game decal under W.S. 11-25-304 either:
(i) Issue the permit, license or decal; or
(ii) Deny the application based on the grounds that the applicant failed to qualify as provided by subsection (b) of this section.
(b) The commission shall deny any application under this article upon finding any of the following:
(i) The applicant has been convicted of, forfeited bail on or pleaded guilty within ten (10) years before the date of filing the application to:
(A) A crime involving theft, dishonesty or fraud;
(B) Bribery or unlawfully influencing a public official;
(C) A felony involving physical harm to an individual; or
(D) Any other crime identified by commission rules that negatively impacts the applicant's credibility or the security, integrity or fairness of play of skill based amusement games operated by the applicant.
(ii) The applicant tampered with submitted documentation or concealed, failed to disclose or otherwise attempted to mislead the commission with respect to any material fact contained in the application or contained in any other information required of or submitted by an applicant to the commission;
(iii) The applicant failed or refused to cooperate in the investigation of a crime relating to gambling, corruption of a public official or any organized criminal activity;
(iv) The applicant failed to otherwise meet the requirements imposed under this article.
(c) Operators shall have a continuing duty to disclose in writing any material change in the information provided in the application to the commission, including:
(i) Changes to names and contact information;
(ii) Arrests, convictions, guilty pleas, disciplinary actions or license denials in Wyoming and any other jurisdiction;
(iii) Any civil action brought against the operator or establishment; and
(iv) Any other information required by commission rules.
(d) If the commission denies an application or intends to revoke or suspend a license or permit issued under this article, it shall notify the applicant, licensee or permittee in writing, stating the grounds for denial, revocation or suspension and informing the person of a right to submit, before not more than thirty (30) days, any additional documentation relating to the grounds of denial, revocation or suspension. Upon receiving any additional documentation, the commission shall reconsider its decision and inform the applicant before not more than twenty (20) days of the result of the reconsideration. A denial of an application under this article shall be subject to the contested case procedures of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 25 - Wyoming Gaming Commission › Article 3 - Skill Based Amusement Games › Section 11-25-306 - Penalties.

11-25-306. Penalties.
Any person who violates any provision of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or both. Each violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 26 - Swine, Goats or Elk Running at Large › Section 11-26-101 - Prohibited Generally; Liability of Owner; Penalty.

11-26-101. Prohibited generally; liability of owner; penalty.
(a) It is unlawful for the owner of any swine, goats, domestic elk or exotic livestock to allow such animals to run at large within Wyoming. As used in this section, "exotic livestock" means any nontraditional livestock animal including, without limitation, llama, alpaca and other camelids, ostrich and other ratites, bison hybrids and yaks. Any owner who permits or causes such animals to run at large within Wyoming, is liable for damages incurred by any person by reason thereof in a civil action.
(b) Any person violating subsection (a) of this section, after twenty-four (24) hours written notice by a proper officer, shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 27 - Feeding of Untreated Garbage to Swine › Section 11-27-101 - Definitions.

11-27-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Board" means the Wyoming livestock board;
(ii) "Garbage" means putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of foods including animal carcasses or parts thereof;
(iii) "This act" means W.S. 11-27-101 through 11-27-107.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 27 - Feeding of Untreated Garbage to Swine › Section 11-27-102 - Authority of Livestock Board Generally.

11-27-102. Authority of livestock board generally.
(a) Any authorized representative of the board may enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property to inspect or investigate conditions relating to the treating of garbage to be fed to swine.
(b) Any authorized representative of the board may examine any records or memoranda pertaining to the feeding of garbage to swine. The board may require maintenance of records relating to the operation of equipment for and procedure of treating garbage to be fed to swine. Copies of the records shall be submitted to the board on request.
(c) The board is charged with administration and enforcement of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 27 - Feeding of Untreated Garbage to Swine › Section 11-27-104 - Feeding Permit; Requirement; Renewal; Annual Fee; Exception.

11-27-104. Feeding permit; requirement; renewal; annual fee; exception.
(a) No person shall feed garbage to swine, without first securing a permit from the board. Permits shall be renewed on April 1 each year. The board shall charge one dollar ($1.00) for each annual permit.
(b) This act does not apply to any person who feeds his own swine the garbage obtained only from his own household.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 27 - Feeding of Untreated Garbage to Swine › Section 11-27-105 - Feeding Permit; Revocation and Refusal to Issue.

11-27-105. Feeding permit; revocation and refusal to issue.
Upon determination that any person having a permit issued under this act, or who has applied for a permit, has violated or failed to comply with any of the provisions of this act or any of the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder, the board may revoke the permit or refuse to issue a permit to an applicant.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 27 - Feeding of Untreated Garbage to Swine › Section 11-27-106 - Treatment of Garbage Before Feeding.

11-27-106. Treatment of garbage before feeding.
All garbage, regardless of previous processing, before being fed to swine shall be thoroughly heated to the boiling point for at least thirty (30) minutes, unless treated in some other manner approved in writing by the board as being equally effective for the protection of public health.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 27 - Feeding of Untreated Garbage to Swine › Section 11-27-107 - Penalties; Injunctions; Indemnity Prohibited.

11-27-107. Penalties; injunctions; indemnity prohibited.
Any person who violates or who fails to perform any duty imposed by this act, or who violates any rule or regulation promulgated under this act shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), or imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or both. In addition, the person may be enjoined from continuing the violation. Each day upon which the violation occurs constitutes a separate violation. No indemnity shall be paid by the state to any person feeding garbage to swine in violation of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 28 - Fences and Cattle Guards › Section 11-28-101 - Who Considered Owner.

11-28-101. Who considered owner.
Any person occupying, using, enjoying, maintaining or having the charge of any enclosure shall be considered the owner thereof, in any action commenced under the provisions of W.S. 11-28-101 through 11-28-108.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 28 - Fences and Cattle Guards › Section 11-28-102 - Lawful Fences Generally.

11-28-102. Lawful fences generally.
(a) The following are lawful fences in this state:
(i) A fence made of steel, concrete or sound wooden posts and three (3) spans of barbed wire not more than fifteen (15) inches or less than ten (10) inches apart, or two (2) spans of barbed wire with a wooden rail on top. Wooden posts shall be at least four (4) inches in diameter. Posts shall be set firmly in the ground at least twenty (20) inches deep, at no greater distance apart than twenty-two (22) feet between the posts or thirty-three (33) feet with at least two (2) iron or wooden stays between the posts. Stays shall be placed equal distance apart from themselves and the post on either side;
(ii) A post and board fence made of sound posts not less than four (4) inches in diameter set substantially in the ground not more than ten (10) feet apart, with three (3) boards sold as one (1) inch lumber eight (8) inches wide, and not more than ten (10) inches apart, or four (4) boards sold as one (1) inch lumber six (6) inches wide, not more than eight (8) inches apart, securely fastened with nails or otherwise;
(iii) A four (4) pole fence with round poles not less than two (2) inches in diameter at the small end, with either upright or leaning posts not more than sixteen (16) feet apart, and securely fastened with nails, wires or otherwise.
(b) All other fences made and constructed of boards, rails, poles, stones, hedge plants or other material which upon evidence is declared to be as strong and well calculated to protect enclosures, and is as effective for resisting breaching stock as those described in subsection (a) of this section, shall be considered a lawful fence.
(c) Any fence enclosing any hay corral situated outside of any field or pasture enclosed by a lawful fence, shall be at least six (6) feet high, constructed of boards, poles or wire. The posts shall not be more than eight (8) feet apart and set twenty-four (24) inches in the ground. If the fence is constructed of barbed wire there shall be at least seven (7) spans of wire, and all wires shall be kept properly stretched. Any fence better than the above described fence is a lawful fence.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 28 - Fences and Cattle Guards › Section 11-28-103 - Constructing of Unlawful Wire Fence; Liability and Penalty; Reconstruction Required; Penalty for Failure.

11-28-103. Constructing of unlawful wire fence; liability and penalty; reconstruction required; penalty for failure.
(a) Any person who constructs or maintains any unlawful wire fence contrary to this chapter, is liable in a civil action for all damages to animals that may occur by reason of the unlawful enclosure. The owner of any unlawful wire fence is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and for each subsequent offense the fine shall not be less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(b) The owner of any unlawful wire fence shall, within thirty (30) days after conviction, reconstruct the wire fence into a lawful wire fence. If he fails or refuses to do so, the owner is guilty of a separate offense and on conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in subsection (a) of this section. Each period of thirty (30) days thereafter that the owner refuses or neglects to reconstruct the unlawful fence is a separate offense and the owner is subject to like punishment.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 28 - Fences and Cattle Guards › Section 11-28-104 - Fences Across Roads Generally.

11-28-104. Fences across roads generally.
All fences constructed across a road leading to a watering place, or constructed across any road used as a public road, shall at the point where the fence intersects or crosses the road be constructed of boards or poles extending not less than eight (8) feet on each side of the middle of the road. The owner of any fence that violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11-28-103(a).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 28 - Fences and Cattle Guards › Section 11-28-105 - Board of County Commissioners to Authorize Lawful Fences Upon Right-of-Way.

11-28-105. Board of county commissioners to authorize lawful fences upon right-of-way.
The board of county commissioners may authorize the erection of a lawful fence upon the right-of-way of any public road at the expense of the petitioners for the establishment of the roads, or as may be agreed upon between petitioners and the board of county commissioners, or at the expense of the owners of lands to be benefited by the fencing or at the expense of the county, as the board of county commissioners may determine. The board shall locate and cause to be constructed gates and cattle guards at such intervals as it deems necessary for the convenience of the public. Cattle guards shall be constructed according to specification prescribed by the state highway department, under the supervision of the county surveyor or county commissioners at the expense of the petitioners, the land owners who may be benefited, or the county as the board of county commissioners may determine.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 28 - Fences and Cattle Guards › Section 11-28-106 - Construction and Maintenance of Partition Fences.

11-28-106. Construction and maintenance of partition fences.
(a) Except as otherwise provided, the owner of any lawful fence which is or becomes a partition fence separating the owner's land from that belonging to some other person may require the person to pay for one-half (1/2) of what it would or does actually cost to construct the partition fence. In case of refusal, the owner may maintain a civil action against the person refusing and is entitled to recover one-half (1/2) of what it would or did actually cost to construct that portion of the partition fence used by the person and costs of suit. The joint users of a partition fence shall contribute to the cost of maintenance in proportion to their respective interests and if either refuses to pay his share of the cost of maintenance, the other may recover maintenance costs in the manner provided for recovering the cost of construction.
(b) Repealed by Laws 2023, ch. 173, 3.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 28 - Fences and Cattle Guards › Section 11-28-107 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties.

11-28-107. Prohibited acts; penalties.
Any person who willfully or negligently leaves open, breaks down or destroys any bars or gate provided for the use and convenience of the public, or willfully tears down, throws down or destroys in any manner any lawful fence, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or imprisoned not more than three (3) months, or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 28 - Fences and Cattle Guards › Section 11-28-108 - Liability for Breach Into Lawful Enclosure by Animal; Civil Action or Arbitration.

11-28-108. Liability for breach into lawful enclosure by animal; civil action or arbitration.
(a) Any person owning or having in his possession or charge any livestock or domesticated buffalo which breaches into any lawful enclosure belonging to someone other than the owner of the animal, is liable to the party sustaining the injury for all damages sustained by reason of such breaching. Damages may be recovered in a civil action before any court having jurisdiction, or by arbitration, each party to select a property holder and the two (2) arbitrators to select a third. The arbitrators shall be sworn before a judge of a circuit court before entering upon their duties. The arbitrators shall carefully examine the fence and assess the damage done, examine witnesses under oath, one (1) of them to administer the oath to the witnesses, and make a written report signed by at least two (2) of the arbitrators, to the circuit court in the county in which the damage is sustained. The finding of the arbitration, as provided for in this section, shall within three (3) days after rendered, be filed with a judge of a circuit court in the county where the trespass was committed, who shall enter the cost upon his docket and proceed to issue execution therein as in other cases originally commenced before him.
(b) The party sustaining the damage shall notify the owner or person having in charge the offending animals, of the damage and the probable amount if he knows to whom the animals belong and if the owner or keeper resides within the county where the damage was committed.
(c) The person suffering damage may restrain and keep in custody as many of the offending animals as are equal in value to the damage done, until the finding of the court or arbitration is ascertained, unless before suit the amount of his claim and expense of keeping the animals is tendered to him.
(d) If, upon trial of any action under subsection (a) of this section, it appears the plaintiff's enclosure is a lawful fence, he shall be allowed to prove the amount of damage sustained and if he has retained in custody the animals committing the damage, the amount of expense incurred for keeping the animals. Any judgment rendered for damages, costs and expenses against the defendant shall be a lien upon the animals committing the damage. If it appears upon trial that the plaintiff's enclosure is not a lawful fence or that no damage was sustained, judgment shall be rendered against the plaintiff for costs of suit and damages sustained by defendant.
(e) If upon trial it appears the defendant is not the owner or person in charge of the offending animals, he shall be discharged from the action with his costs, and the suit may proceed against a defendant whose name is unknown. If, at the commencement of the action, the plaintiff does not know the name of the owner or keeper of the offending animals, he may bring suit against a defendant unknown.