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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 3 - Offenses Against Property › Article 10 - Animal Abuse › Section 6-3-1001 - Definitions.

6-3-1001. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Costs of the animal's impoundment" means all costs incurred by the impounding entity in providing necessary food and water, veterinary attention and treatment for any animal which is the subject of a violation of this article;
(ii) "Household pet" means any privately owned dog, cat, rabbit, guinea pig, hamster, mouse, gerbil, ferret, bird, fish, reptile, amphibian, invertebrate or any other species of domesticated animal sold, transferred or retained for the purpose of being kept as a pet in or near a house. "Household pet" shall not include any livestock;
(iii) "Livestock" means horses, mules and asses, rabbits, llamas, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, poultry, or other animal generally used for food or in the production of food or fiber, working animals and guard animals actively engaged in the protection or management of livestock. Bison are considered livestock unless otherwise designated by the Wyoming livestock board and the Wyoming game and fish commission.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 3 - Offenses Against Property › Article 10 - Animal Abuse › Section 6-3-1002 - Cruelty to Animals.

6-3-1002. Cruelty to animals.
(a) A person commits cruelty to animals if the person:
(i) Knowingly overrides an animal or drives an animal when overloaded;
(ii) Intentionally or knowingly, unnecessarily injures or beats an animal;
(iii) Knowingly carries an animal in a manner that poses undue risk of injury or death;
(iv) Has the charge and custody of any animal and under circumstances which manifest extreme indifference to the animal's safety, health or life:
(A) Fails to provide it with proper food, drink or protection from the weather adequate for the species;
(B) Abandons the animal. Relinquishment of an animal to a public or private animal shelter or like facility is not a violation of this subparagraph;
(C) In the case of immediate, obvious, serious illness or injury to the animal, fails to provide the animal with appropriate care; or
(D) Keeps any household pet in a manner that results in chronic or repeated serious physical harm to the household pet.
(v) Owns, possesses, keeps or trains fowls or dogs with the intent to allow the dog or fowl to engage in an exhibition of fighting with another dog or fowl;
(vi) For gain causes or allows any dog to fight with another dog or any fowl to fight with another fowl;
(vii) Promotes any dog or fowl fighting;
(viii) Knowingly permits any act prohibited under paragraphs (v) through (vii) of this subsection on any premises under the person's charge or control; or
(ix) Shoots, poisons or otherwise intentionally acts to seriously injure or destroy any livestock or domesticated animal owned by another person while the animal is on property where the animal is authorized to be present.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 3 - Offenses Against Property › Article 10 - Animal Abuse › Section 6-3-1003 - Other Misdemeanors Involving Animal Abuse; Prohibition on Manner of Destruction of Animals; Attending Fowl or Dog Fights; Keeping Household Pets in Unsanitary Conditions.

6-3-1003. Other misdemeanors involving animal abuse; prohibition on manner of destruction of animals; attending fowl or dog fights; keeping household pets in unsanitary conditions.
(a) A person shall not destroy an animal by the use of a high-altitude decompression chamber or a carbon monoxide gas chamber utilizing a gasoline engine. This subsection is uniformly applicable to all cities and towns.
(b) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if he knowingly is present at any place where an exhibition of fighting of fowls or dogs is occurring for amusement or gain.
(c) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if he keeps a household pet confined in conditions which constitute a public health hazard.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 3 - Offenses Against Property › Article 10 - Animal Abuse › Section 6-3-1004 - Penalties, Misdemeanor Offenses.

6-3-1004. Penalties, misdemeanor offenses.
(a) A first offense of cruelty to animals or of a violation of W.S. 6-3-1003 is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.
(b) A second or subsequent conviction, resulting from charges separately brought and arising out of separate occurrences within a five (5) year period:
(i) Of animal cruelty under W.S. 6-3-1002 is punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both;
(ii) Under W.S. 6-3-1003 is a misdemeanor offense punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 3 - Offenses Against Property › Article 10 - Animal Abuse › Section 6-3-1005 - Felony Cruelty to Animals; Penalty.

6-3-1005. Felony cruelty to animals; penalty.
(a) A person commits felony cruelty to animals if the person:
(i) Commits cruelty to animals as defined in W.S. 6-3-1002(a)(v) through (ix), that results in the death or required euthanasia of the animal; or
(ii) Knowingly, and with intent to cause death or undue suffering, beats with cruelty, tortures, torments or mutilates an animal.
(b) Felony cruelty to animals is a felony punishable by:
(i) Permanent forfeiture of the animal or livestock animal; and
(ii) Imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 3 - Offenses Against Property › Article 10 - Animal Abuse › Section 6-3-1006 - Additional Remedies, Generally.

6-3-1006. Additional remedies, generally.
(a) In addition to the penalties for misdemeanor and felony offenses in W.S. 6-3-1004 and 6-3-1005, the court may order any or all of the following:
(i) If the defendant is the owner of the animal, require the defendant to forfeit ownership of the animal. This paragraph shall not affect the interest of any secured party or other person who has not participated in the offense;
(ii) Require the defendant to pay all reasonable costs of the animal's impoundment, if the animal has been impounded;
(iii) Impose continuing prohibitions or limitations on the defendant's ownership, possession or custody of any animal.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 3 - Offenses Against Property › Article 10 - Animal Abuse › Section 6-3-1008 - Use of Agricultural and Livestock Management Practices, Wildlife Management and Humane Destruction Not Prohibited.

6-3-1008. Use of agricultural and livestock management practices, wildlife management and humane destruction not prohibited.
(a) Nothing in this article may be construed to prohibit:
(i) A person humanely destroying an animal, including livestock;
(ii) The use of industry accepted agricultural and livestock practices on livestock or another animal used in the practice of agriculture;
(iii) Rodeo events, training for rodeo events or participating in rodeo events, whether the event is performed in a rodeo, fair, jackpot, agricultural exhibition or other similar event;
(iv) The use of dogs in the management of livestock by the owner of the livestock, his employees or agents or other persons in lawful custody of the livestock;
(v) The use of dogs or raptors in hunting;
(vi) The training of dogs or raptors or the use of equipment in the training of dogs or raptors for any purpose not prohibited by law;
(vii) The hunting, capture, killing or destruction of any predatory animal, pest or other wildlife in any manner not otherwise prohibited by law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 3 - Offenses Against Property › Article 10 - Animal Abuse › Section 6-3-1009 - Household Pet Protection Account Continued; Authorized Uses of the Account.

6-3-1009. Household pet protection account continued; authorized uses of the account.
The cruelty to household pet animals protection account as originally created by W.S 6-3-203(o) is continued. Funds shall be credited to the account as provided by law. Funds in the account are continuously appropriated to the attorney general to reimburse county law enforcement agencies for eligible expenses regarding animal cruelty cases involving household pets under W.S. 6-3-1002(a)(iv)(D) or 6-3-1003(c). The attorney general shall develop rules and regulations to establish eligible expenses and to determine how county law enforcement agencies will be reimbursed for the costs of an animal cruelty case under W.S. 6-3-1002(a)(iv)(D) or 6-3-1003(c), in an amount not to exceed ninety percent (90%) in any particular case. Any reimbursement under this subsection shall be contingent upon available funding and upon a showing that the agency has made reasonable efforts to seek reimbursement from the offender of expenses incurred by the agency, as permitted by law. All funds in the account may be used for and are continuously appropriated for eligible expenses authorized to be made under this section. Notwithstanding W.S. 9-2-1008 and 9-4-207 funds in the account shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal period.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 4 - Offenses Against Morals, Decency and Family › Article 1 - Prostitution › Section 6-4-101 - Prostitution; Penalties.

6-4-101. Prostitution; penalties.
Except as provided in W.S. 6-2-701 through 6-2-710, a person who knowingly or intentionally performs or permits, or offers or agrees to perform or permit an act of sexual intrusion, as defined by W.S. 6-2-301(a)(vii), for money or other property commits prostitution which is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 4 - Offenses Against Morals, Decency and Family › Article 1 - Prostitution › Section 6-4-102 - Soliciting an Act of Prostitution; Penalties.

6-4-102. Soliciting an act of prostitution; penalties.
Except as provided in W.S. 6-2-701 through 6-2-710, a person is guilty of soliciting an act of prostitution if, with the intent that an act of sexual intrusion as defined by W.S. 6-2-301(a)(vii) be committed, that person knowingly or intentionally pays, or offers or agrees to pay money or other property to another person under circumstances strongly corroborative of the intention that an act of prostitution be committed. Soliciting an act of prostitution is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 4 - Offenses Against Morals, Decency and Family › Article 1 - Prostitution › Section 6-4-103 - Promoting Prostitution; Penalties.

6-4-103. Promoting prostitution; penalties.
(a) Except as provided in W.S. 6-2-701 through 6-2-710, a person commits a felony if he:
(i) Knowingly or intentionally entices or compels another person to become a prostitute;
(ii) Knowingly or intentionally procures, or offers or agrees to procure, a person for another person for the purpose of prostitution;
(iii) Having control over the use of a place, knowingly or intentionally permits another person to use the place for prostitution; or
(iv) Receives money or other property from a prostitute, without lawful consideration, knowing it was earned in whole or in part from prostitution.
(b) The felony defined by this section is punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, a fine of not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or both. However, the crime 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, under paragraph (i) of subsection (a) of this section if the person enticed or compelled is under eighteen (18) years of age.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 4 - Offenses Against Morals, Decency and Family › Article 2 - Public Indecency › Section 6-4-201 - Public Indecency; Exception; Penalties.

6-4-201. Public indecency; exception; penalties.
(a) A person is guilty of public indecency if, while in a public place where he may reasonably be expected to be viewed by others, he:
(i) Performs an act of sexual intrusion, as defined by W.S. 6-2-301(a)(vii); or
(ii) Exposes his intimate parts, as defined by W.S. 6-2-301(a)(ii), with the intent of arousing the sexual desire of himself or another person; or
(iii) Engages in sexual contact, as defined by W.S. 6-2-301(a)(vi), with or without consent, with the intent of arousing the sexual desire of himself or another person.
(b) The act of breastfeeding an infant child, including breastfeeding in any place where the woman may legally be, does not constitute public indecency.
(c) Public indecency is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 4 - Offenses Against Morals, Decency and Family › Article 3 - Obscenity › Section 6-4-301 - Definitions.

6-4-301. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Disseminate" means to sell, distribute, deliver, provide, exhibit or otherwise make available to another;
(ii) "Material" includes any form of human expression or communication intended for, or capable of, visual, auditory or sensory perception;
(iii) "Obscene" is material which the average person would find:
(A) Applying contemporary community standards, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest;
(B) Applying contemporary community standards, depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way; and
(C) Taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.
(iv) "Produce or reproduce" means to bring into being regardless of the process or means employed. Undeveloped photographs, films, molds, casts, printing plates and like articles may be obscene notwithstanding that further processing or other acts are necessary to make the obscenity patent or to disseminate or exhibit the obscene material;
(v) "Sexual conduct" means:
(A) Patently offensive representations or descriptions of ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated;
(B) Sado-masochistic abuse; or
(C) Patently offensive representations or descriptions of masturbation, excretory functions or lewd exhibitions of the genitals.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 4 - Offenses Against Morals, Decency and Family › Article 3 - Obscenity › Section 6-4-302 - Promoting Obscenity; Penalties.

6-4-302. Promoting obscenity; penalties.
(a) A person commits the crime of promoting obscenity if he:
(i) Produces or reproduces obscene material with the intent of disseminating it;
(ii) Possesses obscene material with the intent of disseminating it; or
(iii) Knowingly disseminates obscene material.
(b) Promoting obscenity is a misdemeanor punishable upon conviction as follows:
(i) If to an adult, by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for not to exceed one (1) year, or both;
(ii) If to a minor, for each violation, by a fine not to exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) or by imprisonment for not to exceed one (1) year, or both.
(c) This section shall not apply to any person who may produce, reproduce, possess or disseminate obscene material:
(i) In the course of law enforcement and judicial activities;
(ii) In the course of bona fide school, college, university, museum or public library activities or in the course of employment of such an organization.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 4 - Offenses Against Morals, Decency and Family › Article 3 - Obscenity › Section 6-4-305 - Dissemination or Possession of a Nude Image of a Minor by a Minor; Definitions; Penalties.

6-4-305. Dissemination or possession of a nude image of a minor by a minor; definitions; penalties.
(a) As used in this section:
(i) "Disseminate" means to sell, distribute, deliver, provide, publish, transmit, text, email, exhibit or otherwise make available to another person but does not include any action taken to notify a person in a position of authority of the existence of a nude image of a minor;
(ii) "Juvenile detention facility" means as defined in W.S. 7-1-107(b)(i);
(iii) "Minor" means an individual who is under the age of eighteen (18) years;
(iv) "Nude image" means a photograph or video depicting a person's genitalia, perineum, anus or pubic area or the breast of a female. The term does not include a depiction of explicit sexual conduct as defined in W.S. 6-4-303(a)(iii).
(b) A minor is guilty of dissemination or possession of a nude image of a minor in the third degree if he knowingly:
(i) Disseminates a nude image of himself; or
(ii) Possesses a nude image of another minor who is at least eleven (11) years of age unless the minor inadvertently came into possession of the image and took reasonable steps to destroy the image or notify a person in a position of authority of its existence.
(c) A minor is guilty of dissemination of a nude image of a minor in the second degree if he knowingly disseminates a nude image of another minor who is at least eleven (11) years of age.
(d) A minor is guilty of dissemination or possession of a nude image of a minor in the first degree if, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, torment, harass or otherwise cause emotional distress to another minor, the minor:
(i) Disseminates or threatens to disseminate a nude image of another minor who is at least eleven (11) years of age; or
(ii) Captures a nude image of another minor who is at least eleven (11) years of age without the knowledge of the depicted minor.
(e) A minor convicted of violating subsection (b) of this section is guilty of a status offense as defined in W.S. 7-1-107(b)(iii) and may be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
(f) A minor convicted of violating subsection (c) or (d) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by:
(i) For a violation of subsection (c) of this section, a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), imprisonment in a juvenile detention facility for not more than three (3) months, or both;
(ii) For a violation of subsection (d) of this section, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), imprisonment in a juvenile detention facility for not more than six (6) months, or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 4 - Offenses Against Morals, Decency and Family › Article 3 - Obscenity › Section 6-4-306 - Unlawful Dissemination of Intimate Images; Definitions; Penalties; Exemptions From Liability.

6-4-306. Unlawful dissemination of intimate images; definitions; penalties; exemptions from liability.
(a) As used in this section:
(i) "Displaying sexual acts" means displaying an image of sexual acts regardless of whether a person's intimate parts are visible in the image;
(ii) "Disseminate" means to sell, distribute, deliver, provide, exhibit, post on social media or otherwise make available to a third party, but shall not include displaying an intimate image in private to the person depicted in the image;
(iii) "Image" means a photograph, film, videotape, recording, digital file or any other recording, including a computer generated image that purports to represent an identifiable person;
(iv) "Intimate image" means an image of a person's intimate parts or of a person engaging in sexual acts when the person depicted is identifiable from the image itself or from information displayed with or otherwise connected to the image;
(v) "Intimate parts" means the external genitalia, perineum, anus or pubic area of any person or the breast of a female person;
(vi) "Sexual acts" means sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, analingus, anal intercourse or any intrusion, however slight, by any object or any part of a person's body into the genital or anal opening of another person's body if the intrusion can reasonably be construed as being for the purpose of sexual arousal, gratification or abuse;
(vii) "Social media" means any electronic medium, including an interactive computer service, telephone network or data network, that allows users to create, share, post or view user generated content, including but not limited to images, videos, still photographs, blogs, video blogs, podcasts, instant messages, electronic mail or internet website profiles.
(b) A person eighteen (18) years of age or older is guilty of the offense of disseminating an intimate image if the person:
(i) Disseminated an intimate image of another person;
(ii) Knew or should have known that the depicted person had a reasonable expectation that the image would remain private and the depicted person did not expressly give consent for the image's dissemination; and
(iii) Intended:
(A) To humiliate, harm, harass, threaten or coerce another; or
(B) For sexual gratification or arousal of others or of the person disseminating the intimate image.
(c) Dissemination of an intimate image is a misdemeanor punishable by not more than one (1) year imprisonment, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
(d) Nothing in the section shall be construed to impose criminal liability on the provider of an interactive computer service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 230, an information service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153 or a telecommunications service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153, for content provided by another person.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 4 - Offenses Against Morals, Decency and Family › Article 4 - Offenses Against the Family › Section 6-4-401 - Bigamy; Penalties; Defense.

6-4-401. Bigamy; penalties; defense.
(a) A person commits bigamy if, being married and knowing that his spouse is alive, he marries again.
(b) It is a defense that the accused person reasonably believed that he was eligible to remarry.
(c) Bigamy 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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 4 - Offenses Against Morals, Decency and Family › Article 4 - Offenses Against the Family › Section 6-4-402 - Incest; Penalties; Disclosure or Publication of Identifying Information; "Minor Victim".

6-4-402. Incest; penalties; disclosure or publication of identifying information; "minor victim".
(a) A person is guilty of incest if he knowingly commits sexual intrusion, as defined by W.S. 6-2-301(a)(vii), or sexual contact, as defined by W.S. 6-2-301(a)(vi), with an ancestor or descendant or a brother or sister of the whole or half blood. The relationships referred to herein include relationships of:
(i) Parent and child by adoption;
(ii) Blood relationships without regard to legitimacy; and
(iii) Stepparent and stepchild.
(b) Incest is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than fifteen (15) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
(c) Prior to the filing of an information or indictment charging a violation under this section, neither the name of the person accused or the victim nor any other information reasonably likely to disclose their identity shall be released or negligently allowed to be released to the public by any public employee, except as authorized by the judge with jurisdiction over the criminal charges. The name of the person accused may be released to the public to aid or facilitate an arrest.
(d) After the filing of an information or indictment and absent a request to release the identity of a minor victim by the victim or another acting on behalf of a minor victim, the trial court shall restrict the disclosure or publication of information reasonably likely to identify the minor victim.
(e) Any person who willfully violates subsection (c) or (d) of this section or who willfully neglects or refuses to obey any court order made pursuant thereto is guilty of contempt and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than ninety (90) days, or both.
(f) A release of a name or other information to the public in violation of the proscriptions of subsection (c) or (d) of this section shall not stand as a bar to the prosecution of a defendant nor be grounds for dismissal of any charges against a defendant.
(g) As used in this section, "minor victim" means a person under the age of eighteen (18) years.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 4 - Offenses Against Morals, Decency and Family › Article 4 - Offenses Against the Family › Section 6-4-404 - Violation of Domestic Violence Order of Protection; Penalty.

6-4-404. Violation of domestic violence order of protection; penalty.
(a) Any person who willfully violates a protection order issued pursuant to W.S. 35-21-104 or 35-21-105 or valid injunction or order for protection against domestic violence as defined in W.S. 35-21-109(a), is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.
(b) Repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 97, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 4 - Offenses Against Morals, Decency and Family › Article 4 - Offenses Against the Family › Section 6-4-405 - Endangering Children; Controlled Substances; Penalty.

6-4-405. Endangering children; controlled substances; penalty.
(a) Unless properly stored and pursuant to a valid practitioner's medication order or valid prescription, no person shall knowingly and willfully cause or permit any child to:
(i) Absorb, inhale or otherwise ingest any amount of methamphetamine or fentanyl;
(ii) Remain in a room, dwelling or vehicle where the person knows methamphetamine or fentanyl is being manufactured or sold; or
(iii) Enter and remain in a room, dwelling or vehicle that the person knows is being used to manufacture or store fentanyl or methamphetamines, or the hazardous waste created by the manufacture of fentanyl or methamphetamines.
(b) No person having the care or custody of a child shall knowingly and willfully permit the child to remain in a room, dwelling or vehicle where that person knows that illicit methamphetamine or illicit fentanyl is possessed, stored or ingested.
(c) Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this section is guilty of endangering a child punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 4 - Offenses Against Morals, Decency and Family › Article 4 - Offenses Against the Family › Section 6-4-406 - Permitting House Parties Where Minors Are Present; Exceptions; Penalties.

6-4-406. Permitting house parties where minors are present; exceptions; penalties.
(a) No person who owns, rents, leases, subleases or has control of any residence or premises shall allow a house party to take place at the residence or premises if any alcoholic liquor, malt beverage or drug prohibited by law to be possessed by a minor is possessed or consumed at the residence or premises by any minor and the person knowingly permitted the residence or premises to be used for that purpose.
(b) The provision of this section shall not apply to:
(i) The furnishing or giving of any alcoholic liquor or malt beverage by an adult to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years, if the recipient is the legal ward, medical patient or member of the immediate family of the adult furnishing or giving the alcoholic liquor or malt beverage;
(ii) The consumption, use or possession of a drug pursuant to a lawful prescription issued for the drug;
(iii) Religious observance or prescribed medical treatment;
(iv) The possession of alcoholic liquor, malt beverage or lawfully prescribed drugs incidental to lawful employment.
(c) Any person violating any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.
(d) For purposes of this section:
(i) "Minor" means as defined in W.S. 8-1-102(a)(iii)(B);
(ii) "Premises" includes, but is not limited to, a rented, leased or donated hotel or motel room, a manufactured home or any other public or private facility that is not licensed under chapter 4, title 12 of the Wyoming statutes.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 4 - Offenses Against Morals, Decency and Family › Article 5 - Desecrating Graves and Bodies › Section 6-4-501 - Opening Graves and Removing Bodies; Penalty; Exception.

6-4-501. Opening graves and removing bodies; penalty; exception.
(a) A person who opens a grave or tomb and removes a body or remains of a deceased person for any purpose without the knowledge and consent of near relations of the deceased commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).
(b) This section does not prohibit exhumation if ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or if performed in accordance with W.S. 7-4-106(c).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 4 - Offenses Against Morals, Decency and Family › Article 5 - Desecrating Graves and Bodies › Section 6-4-502 - Mutilation of Dead Human Bodies; Concealing a Felony; Penalties; Exceptions.

6-4-502. Mutilation of dead human bodies; concealing a felony; penalties; exceptions.
(a) Except as provided in this section, a person who dissects or mutilates a dead human body is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
(b) This section does not apply to:
(i) The state health officer acting pursuant to W.S. 35-1-241, or a physician or surgeon acting on the order of a court of competent jurisdiction, a coroner or other qualified officer;
(ii) Dissection to determine the cause of death when authorized by the nearest living kin of deceased, a court of competent jurisdiction or other qualified officer;
(iii) Unclaimed dead human bodies delivered by state or county authorities to regularly chartered institutions for scientific research or persons certified by a state or local law enforcement agency to train search and rescue animals;
(iv) The necessary mutilation incident to embalming a dead human body when authorized by nearest living kin, a court of competent jurisdiction or other qualified officer; or
(v) Conduct authorized by the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, W.S. 35-5-201 through 35-5-225.
(c) A person who mutilates a dead human body or disposes of a dead human body in a hidden, undisclosed or transient location in order to conceal a felony offense is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 4 - Offenses Against Morals, Decency and Family › Article 6 - Bestiality › Section 6-4-601 - Bestiality; Penalty.

6-4-601. Bestiality; penalty.
(a) As used in this section:
(i) "Actor" means the person accused of bestiality;
(ii) "Sexual act with an animal" means any act, between a person and an animal involving direct physical contact between the genitals of one and the mouth, anus or genitals of the other. A sexual act with an animal may be proved without evidence of penetration.
(b) An actor commits the crime of bestiality if the actor knowingly:
(i) Engages in a sexual act with an animal;
(ii) Causes, aids or abets another in engaging in a sexual act with an animal;
(iii) Uses any part of the actor's body or an object to sexually stimulate an animal; or
(iv) For the purpose of sexual gratification, the actor visually records a person engaging in a sexual act with an animal.
(c) Bestiality is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
(d) This section shall not apply to or prohibit normal, ordinary or accepted practices involved in animal husbandry, artificial insemination or veterinary medicine.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials › Section 6-5-101 - Definitions.

6-5-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Government" includes any branch, subdivision or agency of the state of Wyoming or any city, town, county, school district or special district within it;
(ii) "Governmental function" includes any activity which a public servant is legally authorized to undertake on behalf of a government;
(iii) "Harm" means loss, disadvantage or injury;
(iv) "Pecuniary benefit" is benefit in the form of property;
(A) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 82, 2.
(B) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 82, 2.
(C) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 82, 2.
(v) "Public officer" means a person who holds an office which is created or granted authority by the constitution or the legislature and who exercises a portion of the sovereign power of the state;
(vi) "Public servant" means any public officer, employee of government, or any person participating, as juror, witness, advisor, consultant or otherwise, in performing a governmental function.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials › Section 6-5-102 - Bribery; Penalties.

6-5-102. Bribery; penalties.
(a) A person commits bribery, if:
(i) He offers, confers or agrees to confer any pecuniary benefit, testimonial, privilege or personal advantage upon a public servant as consideration for the public servant's vote, exercise of discretion or other action in his official capacity; or
(ii) While a public servant, he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit, testimonial, privilege or personal advantage upon an agreement or understanding that his vote, exercise of discretion or other action as a public servant will thereby be influenced.
(b) Bribery is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials › Section 6-5-103 - Compensation for Past Official Behavior; Penalties.

6-5-103. Compensation for past official behavior; penalties.
(a) A person commits an offense if he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit as compensation for having, as a public servant, given a decision or vote favorable to another, or for having otherwise exercised a discretion in his favor, or for having violated his statutory duties. For purposes of this section, "compensation" does not include mere acceptance of an offer of employment.
(b) Compensation for past official behavior is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials › Section 6-5-104 - Soliciting Unlawful Compensation; Penalties.

6-5-104. Soliciting unlawful compensation; penalties.
(a) A public servant commits soliciting unlawful compensation if he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept a pecuniary benefit for the performance of an official action knowing that he was required to perform that action without compensation or at a level of compensation lower than that requested.
(b) Soliciting unlawful compensation is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials › Section 6-5-105 - Unlawful Designation of Provider of Services or Goods; Penalties; Affirmative Defense.

6-5-105. Unlawful designation of provider of services or goods; penalties; affirmative defense.
(a) No public servant shall require or direct a bidder or contractor to deal with a particular person in procuring any goods or service required in submitting a bid to or fulfilling a contract with any government.
(b) A provision in an invitation to bid or a contract document which violates this section is against public policy and voidable.
(c) It is an affirmative defense that the defendant was a public servant acting within the scope of his authority exercising the right to reject any material, subcontractor, service, bond or contract tendered by a bidder or contractor because it did not meet bona fide specifications or requirements relating to quality, availability, experience or financial responsibility.
(d) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials › Section 6-5-106 - Conflict of Interest; Penalties; Disclosure of Interest and Withdrawal From Participation.

6-5-106. Conflict of interest; penalties; disclosure of interest and withdrawal from participation.
(a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, a public servant commits an offense if he requests or receives any pecuniary benefit, other than lawful compensation, on any contract, or for the letting of any contract, or making any appointment where the government employing or subject to the discretion or decisions of the public servant is concerned.
(b) If any public servant discloses the nature and extent of his pecuniary interest to all parties concerned therewith and does not participate during the considerations and vote thereon and does not attempt to influence any of the parties and does not act for the governing body with respect to the contracts or appointments, then the acts are not unlawful under subsection (a) of this section. Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to the operation, administration, inspection or performance of banking and deposit contracts or relationships after the selection of a depository.
(c) Violation of subsection (a) of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials › Section 6-5-107 - Official Misconduct; Penalties.

6-5-107. Official misconduct; penalties.
(a) A public servant commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), if, with intent to obtain a pecuniary benefit or maliciously to cause harm to another, he knowingly:
(i) Commits an act relating to his official duties that the public servant does not have the authority to undertake;
(ii) Refrains from performing a duty imposed upon him by law; or
(iii) Violates any statute relating to his official duties.
(b) A public officer commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) if he intentionally fails to perform a duty in the manner and within the time prescribed by law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials › Section 6-5-108 - Issuing False Certificate; Penalties.

6-5-108. Issuing false certificate; penalties.
(a) A public servant commits a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both, if he makes and issues an official certificate or other official written instrument which he is authorized to make and issue containing a statement which he knows to be false with intent to obtain a benefit or maliciously to cause harm to another.
(b) A public servant commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both, if he makes and issues an official certificate or other official written instrument which he is authorized to make and issue containing a statement which he knows to be false.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials › Section 6-5-110 - Wrongful Appropriation of Public Property; Penalties.

6-5-110. Wrongful appropriation of public property; penalties.
(a) A public servant who lawfully or unlawfully comes into possession of any property of any government and who, with intent temporarily to deprive the owner of its use and benefit, converts any of the public property to his own use or any use other than the public use authorized by law is guilty of wrongful appropriation of public property.
(b) Wrongful appropriation is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
(c) This section shall not apply to limited use of government property or resources for personal purposes if the use does not interfere with the performance of a governmental function and either the cost or value related to the use is de minimis or the public servant reimburses the government for the cost of the use.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials › Section 6-5-111 - Failure or Refusal to Account For, Deliver or Pay Over Property; Penalties.

6-5-111. Failure or refusal to account for, deliver or pay over property; penalties.
A public servant who fails or refuses to account for, deliver and pay over property received by virtue of the office, when legally required by the proper person or authority is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials › Section 6-5-112 - Mistreating Persons in Institutions or Mental Hospital; Penalties; No Bar to Other Criminal Action.

6-5-112. Mistreating persons in institutions or mental hospital; penalties; no bar to other criminal action.
(a) A person commits a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, a fine of not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or both, if he:
(i) Is an employee of, or is responsible for the care of a person in, a reformatory, penal or charitable institution or a mental hospital and treats him with unnecessary severity, harshness or cruelty; or
(ii) Is an officer required by law to perform an act with regard to persons in a reformatory, penal or charitable institution or a mental hospital and he intentionally refuses or neglects to perform the act.
(b) This section does not bar prosecution, under any other criminal statute, of a person responsible for the care of a person in a reformatory, penal or charitable institution or a mental hospital, even if he also violates this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials › Section 6-5-113 - Removal From Office After Judgment of Conviction.

6-5-113. Removal from office after judgment of conviction.
A judgment of conviction rendered under W.S. 6-5-102 through 6-5-112 and 6-5-117 against any public servant, except state elected officials, supreme court justices, district court judges and circuit court judges, shall result in removal from office or discharge from employment.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials › Section 6-5-114 - Notarial Officers; Issuance of Certificate Without Proper Acknowledgment; Penalties.

6-5-114. Notarial officers; issuance of certificate without proper acknowledgment; penalties.
A notarial officer commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both, if he signs and affixes his stamp to a certificate of acknowledgment when the party executing the instrument has not first acknowledged the execution of the instrument in the presence of, as defined in W.S. 32-3-102(a)(iii), the notarial officer, if by law the instrument is required to be recorded or filed and cannot be filed without a certificate of acknowledgment signed and sealed by a notarial officer.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials › Section 6-5-115 - Neglect or Refusal of Ministerial Officer to Perform Duty in Criminal Case; Unnecessary Delay in Serving Warrant; Penalties.

6-5-115. Neglect or refusal of ministerial officer to perform duty in criminal case; unnecessary delay in serving warrant; penalties.
(a) A person commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or both, if he is:
(i) A clerk, sheriff, coroner or other ministerial officer who refuses or neglects to perform any duty he is required by law to perform in any criminal case or proceeding; or
(ii) An officer who unnecessarily delays serving a warrant legally issued in any criminal case when it is his duty to execute and in his power to serve the warrant.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials › Section 6-5-116 - Public Officer Acting Before Qualifying; Penalty.

6-5-116. Public officer acting before qualifying; penalty.
An elected or appointed public officer or his deputy commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) if he performs any duty of his office without taking and subscribing the oath prescribed by law or before giving and filing the bond required by law. This section shall not apply to training and similar minor preparation for taking office.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 5 - Offenses Against Public Administration › Article 1 - Offenses by Public Officials › Section 6-5-117 - Public Officer Demanding Kickback From Deputy; Penalties.

6-5-117. Public officer demanding kickback from deputy; penalties.
A public officer who requires a deputy appointed by him to divide or pay back to the officer a part of the deputy's salary or requires any type of compensation of any form in return for the deputy's continued employment is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.