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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 4 - Reporter › Section 5-3-407 - Criminal Cases; Payment of Fees; Form and Contents of Certificate.

5-3-407. Criminal cases; payment of fees; form and contents of certificate.
The reporter shall be paid in full for all his services in connection with the transcribing and filing or furnishing the transcripts referred to in this act, the same fee for the transcribing, filing, and furnishing of transcripts as provided in W.S. 5-3-410. All such fees shall be paid out of the state treasury on the warrant of the state auditor from appropriations made for such purpose, upon presentation of a certificate signed by the presiding judge setting the amount due said reporter. Such certificate shall as to each original transcript, and copy where fee for copy is authorized, set forth the title and number of the cause in which the transcript was required to be furnished, the nature of the proceedings transcribed, whether an arraignment, proceedings at criminal trial or proceedings at post conviction hearing, and the fee approved therefor. The state auditor may prescribe the form of the certificate and furnish same.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 4 - Reporter › Section 5-3-408 - Bond.

5-3-408. Bond.
Each official reporter, appointed as aforesaid, shall give a bond to the state of Wyoming, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the judge of the district court of such district, and filed with the secretary of state, in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), conditioned for the faithful and efficient performance of the duties of said office.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 4 - Reporter › Section 5-3-409 - Duty as Judge's Stenographer.

5-3-409. Duty as judge's stenographer.
Each official reporter appointed under the provisions of this act, as court reporter, shall also be the stenographer of the judge of said court, and shall do and perform such stenographic labor for the judge of said court as of him or her may be required in his official capacity as judge.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 4 - Reporter › Section 5-3-410 - Fees for Civil Cases; Collection; to Be Paid Into State Treasury; Liability of Reporter for Collection.

5-3-410. Fees for civil cases; collection; to be paid into state treasury; liability of reporter for collection.
(a) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 18, 1.
(b) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 18, 1.
(c) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 18, 1.
(d) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 18, 1.
(e) Repealed by Laws 2023, ch. 148, 2.
(f) Fees for transcripts, records and other papers required to be made and issued as the official reporter shall be set by rule of the district court judicial conference established in W.S. 5-3-102(b).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 4 - Reporter › Section 5-3-412 - Substitute During Absence or Disability.

5-3-412. Substitute during absence or disability.
In case of sickness or if said official court reporter be unable to attend to his official duties from any cause at any time, the judge of the district court in each judicial district in this state, when the trial of cases required to be reported necessitates it, is authorized and empowered to obtain a suitable and competent person as substitute for such official court reporter, during such disability; such substitute to receive the fees herein provided for in full compensation for such services. And in all cases where any signature of the official court reporter is required, the same, during the absence or any such disability of the official court reporter shall be signed by the person substituted therefor as acting official court reporter, and in such cases the same shall have the same legal force and effect as if signed by the official court reporter.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 5 - Probation Counselors › Section 5-3-501 - Definitions.

5-3-501. Definitions.
(a) When used in this act, the following definitions will apply unless the context otherwise requires:
(i) Court.-The word "court" shall mean the district or juvenile courts;
(ii) Counselor.-An officer appointed by the county commissioners with the approval of the district judge in the district where he is to be employed under the provisions of this act to work with juvenile offenders, and parolees or probationers;
(iii) Probationer.-Any person placed on probation with the imposition and execution of sentence suspended after a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or after conviction of any offense in any district or juvenile court in Wyoming, or by any court of a foreign state having jurisdiction to place such offenders on probation, or any person who has been paroled before sentence by any district or juvenile court;
(iv) Tense, Gender.-The singular includes the plural, the plural the singular, and the masculine the feminine, when consistent with the intent of the act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 5 - Probation Counselors › Section 5-3-502 - Employment Authorized; Employment of 1 Counselor for 2 or More Districts.

5-3-502. Employment authorized; employment of 1 counselor for 2 or more districts.
The county commissioners are hereby authorized to employ sufficient counselors in such judicial district upon the written request of the district judge or judges therein. In any district where in the discretion of the district judge or judges the case load does not justify the hiring of a counselor, a counselor may be employed to work in two (2) or more districts.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 5 - Probation Counselors › Section 5-3-503 - Appointment After Approval by District Judge; Determination of Maximum Salary.

5-3-503. Appointment after approval by district judge; determination of maximum salary.
Counselors may be appointed by the county commissioners only after the applicant is interviewed and approved by the district judge or judges in the district in which he is to be employed. The maximum salary of counselors appointed under the provisions of this act, shall be determined by the county commissioners.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 5 - Probation Counselors › Section 5-3-504 - Duties.

5-3-504. Duties.
(a) Each counselor employed under the provisions of this act shall have the following duties:
(i) He shall make a complete social and background investigation of all persons referred to him by the court. This investigation shall include past violations, family background, present source of income and family status. It shall include a written recommendation as to disposition of the offender by the counselor, which shall be submitted to the court prior to sentencing:
(A) The investigation may be waived by the offender unless the court specifically requests it;
(B) Special attention shall be given to minor offenders in the effort to rehabilitate them toward responsible citizenship;
(ii) He may make social history investigations where requested by judges in cases where minors are involved. In such cases he may assume authority where the offender is placed on probation by the presiding officer;
(iii) He shall furnish to each person released on probation and placed under his supervision a written statement of conditions of the probation or parole and shall instruct each of his charges thereon. Each counselor shall keep informed concerning the conduct and conditions of each person in his charge by making regular personal visits, and in other ways he deems necessary or advisable;
(iv) A written report shall be submitted periodically on each person under the counselor's supervision to the department of corrections or, as appropriate, the department of family services and a copy shall be sent to the judge having jurisdiction of the case;
(v) He shall advise and counsel his charges and encourage steps in the direction of rehabilitation and good citizenship.
(b) All case records shall be confidential.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 4 - Justices of the Peace and Constables › Article 4 - Powers and Duties of Constables Transferred › Section 5-4-401 - Office of Constable Abolished; Duties Transferred to County Sheriff; Process to Be Served by Sheriff.

5-4-401. Office of constable abolished; duties transferred to county sheriff; process to be served by sheriff.
Upon the effective date of this act, the office of constable shall be abolished in Wyoming, and the functions, powers, and duties of the office of constable shall be transferred to the office of county sheriff. All process shall be served by the office of county sheriff.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 4 - Justices of the Peace and Constables › Article 4 - Powers and Duties of Constables Transferred › Section 5-4-402 - Transfer of Powers to County Sheriff.

5-4-402. Transfer of powers to county sheriff.
Wherever the word "constable" appears in the Wyoming statutes, any power, duty, responsibility, function, or jurisdiction of the constable shall be transferred to the county sheriff.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-6-101 - Created and Established.

5-6-101. Created and established.
There is hereby created and established in each of the incorporated cities or towns in the state of Wyoming, whether incorporated or existing under a special charter or a general act, and whether now in existence or hereafter incorporated under the laws of the state, a municipal court for the trial of all offenses arising under ordinances of said incorporated city or town, as the case may be.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-6-102 - Municipal Judges; Number; Jurisdiction.

5-6-102. Municipal judges; number; jurisdiction.
Judges of municipal courts are termed municipal judges. The number of municipal judges shall be prescribed by ordinance of each incorporated city or town. The jurisdiction of municipal judges shall be as prescribed either by special charter of the incorporated city or town, by general law of the incorporated city or town, or by general law of the state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-6-104 - Term of Office; Compensation.

5-6-104. Term of office; compensation.
The terms of municipal judges shall be the same as the terms of other appointed officers of the city or town, unless earlier removed for good cause as provided by law. Compensation shall be prescribed by ordinance of the city or town.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-6-105 - Bond.

5-6-105. Bond.
A municipal judge shall give a bond to the municipality for which he is appointed in an amount provided by ordinance of the city or town. The bond shall be conditioned on the performance of his duties in accordance with law and ordinance of the city including the duty to turn over to the parties entitled or as prescribed by ordinance of the city all monies collected by him by virtue of his office.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-6-106 - Procedure Generally; Additional Rules May Be Provided by Ordinance; Appeals.

5-6-106. Procedure generally; additional rules may be provided by ordinance; appeals.
The procedure of municipal courts shall conform to the procedure provided by law and rules of procedure for courts of limited jurisdiction. The incorporated city or town may by ordinance provide any additional rules of procedure found necessary for the proper conduct of municipal courts, provided these rules do not conflict with the general laws of the state. Appeals to the district court shall be allowed in all cases as now provided by law for appeals from circuit courts.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-6-107 - Appeals to District Court in Certain Cities or Towns.

5-6-107. Appeals to district court in certain cities or towns.
In addition to all other methods heretofore provided by law, an appeal from the judgment or sentence of a municipal court in any city or town operating under a special charter or commission, commission manager or manager form of government, may be taken to the district court in the same manner as is now provided by law for appeals from circuit courts in criminal cases, and shall be dealt with by the courts as criminal cases.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-6-108 - Costs.

5-6-108. Costs.
(a) Each city or town in the state of Wyoming may prescribe by ordinance such costs in all trials before municipal courts as may be necessary or deemed expedient. However, the costs shall not exceed ten dollars ($10.00). All costs collected shall be turned into the treasury of the city or town. By ordinance a city or town may prescribe:
(i) A court automation fee of forty dollars ($40.00) as a cost to be paid by every person guilty of a violation of a city or town ordinance;
(ii) An indigent civil legal services fee of ten dollars ($10.00) as a cost to be paid by every person guilty of a violation of a city or town ordinance.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-6-109 - Postponement of Trial for Violation of City Ordinance; Recognizance Generally.

5-6-109. Postponement of trial for violation of city ordinance; recognizance generally.
If a person charged with a violation of a city ordinance is held to appear for examination or trial before a municipal judge, the judge may postpone the trial of the case to a certain day. The judge may require the defendant to enter into a recognizance with sufficient sureties conditioned that he will appear before the judge at the time and place appointed to answer the complaint alleged against him.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-6-110 - Postponement of Trial for Violation of City Ordinance; Sureties or Deposit May Be Required; Breach of Recognizance; Procedure Where Offense Not Cognizable Before Judge.

5-6-110. Postponement of trial for violation of city ordinance; sureties or deposit may be required; breach of recognizance; procedure where offense not cognizable before judge.
When a person is ordered by the municipal judge to enter into a recognizance, he may at the discretion of the municipal judge be permitted to sign his own recognizance, furnish sureties or deposit in cash with the judge or his designee the amount named in the bond. If the person so recognized fails to appear and comply with all of the requirements of the bond, the judge having cognizance shall, if there are no mitigating circumstances, declare the bond forfeited and order the cash deposited into the general fund of the treasury of the city. If it appears to the judge the accused is triable for an offense not cognizable before the judge, the judge shall halt further proceedings and proceed as in other cases exclusively cognizable before the district court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-6-111 - Execution on Judgments.

5-6-111. Execution on judgments.
Upon assessment of any fine and costs for the conviction of a violation of any ordinance of a city or town, judgment shall be entered against the defendant in favor of the city or town. If the judgment is not paid within ninety (90) days from the date of the judgment the city or town may collect judgment by execution in circuit court in the manner provided by law. Except as otherwise provided by law all amounts recovered pursuant to this section shall be deposited with the city or town treasurer, used for the benefit of the city or town, and credited against the fine and reasonable costs of collection.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-6-112 - Detention of Juvenile Offenders.

5-6-112. Detention of juvenile offenders.
(a) No minor charged with violating a municipal ordinance defined as a status offense under subsection (b) of this section shall be detained in a jail.
(b) As used in W.S. 5-6-112 and 5-6-113:
(i) "Juvenile detention facility" means any facility which may legally and physically restrict and house a child, other than the Wyoming boys' school, the Wyoming girls' school, the Wyoming state hospital or other private or public psychiatric facility within the state of Wyoming. "Juvenile detention facility" does not include any residential treatment facility which is operated for the primary purpose of providing treatment to a child. A juvenile detention facility may be housed within an adult jail or correction facility if the facility otherwise meets the requirements of state law;
(ii) "Minor" means an individual who is under the age of eighteen (18) years;
(iii) "Status offense" means an offense which, if committed by an adult, would not constitute an act punishable as a criminal offense by the laws of this state or a violation of a municipal ordinance, but does not include a violation of W.S. 12-6-101(b) or (c) or any similar municipal ordinance;
(iv) "Hardware secure juvenile detention facility" means a facility used for the detention of minors that is characterized by locks on the doors and other restrictive hardware designed to restrict the movement of the minors and protect public safety;
(v) "Shelter care" means as defined in W.S. 14-6-201(a)(xxii);
(vi) "Staff secure juvenile detention facility" means a facility used for the detention of minors that is characterized by a trained staff to supervise the movement and activities of detained minors at the facility, without the additional use of hardware secure equipment.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-6-113 - Incarceration of Juvenile Offenders.

5-6-113. Incarceration of juvenile offenders.
(a) No minor convicted of a status offense shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment.
(b) A minor convicted of a misdemeanor or of violating a municipal ordinance, other than a status offense, for which a term of imprisonment is authorized, shall only be imprisoned in a juvenile detention facility.
(c) Except for an alleged delinquent minor who is released to the custody of the minor's parent, guardian or custodian, with verbal counsel, warning or a written promise to appear in court, the person taking the minor into custody shall ensure that a juvenile detention risk assessment shall be promptly performed, using a uniform assessment instrument designed by the county sheriffs. If the risk assessment finds that the minor is a serious risk to himself or to the safety of others, the minor may be:
(i) Placed in a hardware secure juvenile detention facility;
(ii) Transferred to a medical facility if the minor is believed to be suffering from a serious physical or mental illness that requires prompt diagnosis or treatment;
(iii) If the minor is not held pursuant to paragraph (i) of this subsection, placed in shelter care or a staff secure juvenile detention facility, or released to a parent, guardian or other custodian who can provide supervision and care for the minor pending the minor's appearance in court. If no space is available in shelter care or a staff secure juvenile detention facility, the minor may be held in a hardware secure juvenile detention facility.
(d) A minor under the age of eleven (11) years shall not be held in a hardware secure juvenile detention facility. If the minor under the age of eleven (11) years poses a substantial risk of harm to himself or others, a peace officer may detain and transport the minor for an emergency mental health evaluation.
(e) If a minor is taken into custody and is not released to the minor's parent, guardian or custodian, the person taking the minor into custody shall give notice thereof to the minor's parent, guardian or custodian as soon as possible, and in no case later than twenty-four (24) hours after taking the minor into custody.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-6-114 - Special Probation for Minor Defendants.

5-6-114. Special probation for minor defendants.
As a condition of probation or suspension of sentence, the court may require a defendant who is a minor to successfully complete a juvenile service program offered under the Community Juvenile Services Act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-6-115 - Process Extends Throughout the State.

5-6-115. Process extends throughout the state.
A municipal judge may issue a statewide bench warrant for violation of a municipal ordinance which contains the same elements as a comparable state statute. The municipality in which the court issuing the statewide bench warrant exists is responsible for all costs incurred in executing the warrant, including costs of housing and transporting a person arrested under the warrant.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-6-116 - Suspension of Fines on Conditions.

5-6-116. Suspension of fines on conditions.
(a) Notwithstanding W.S. 7-13-302 through 7-13-305, when imposing a fine for breach of an ordinance that is punishable by fine only, a municipal judge may suspend all or part of the fine for a specified period, not to exceed six (6) months, during which the defendant must meet specified conditions. The conditions imposed shall only require the defendant to conform his conduct to the requirements of the ordinance and shall not prohibit lawful conduct. When suspending a fine, a municipal judge must:
(i) Specify the amount of the fine to be suspended; and
(ii) Specify the conditions the defendant must meet to avoid imposition of the suspended portion of the fine, including the date by which the conditions must be met.
(b) If a defendant fails to comply with the conditions specified, the municipality may commence proceedings to impose the suspended portion of the fine during the period of suspension or within thirty (30) days thereafter. If after notice and a hearing the court determines the defendant failed to comply with the conditions of the suspended fine, the court may proceed to deal with the case as if no suspension of fine had been ordered.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 2 - Cities of the First Class › Section 5-6-201 - Jurisdiction of Municipal Judge; Change of Venue Prohibited; Exception for Certain Civil Penalties.

5-6-201. Jurisdiction of municipal judge; change of venue prohibited; exception for certain civil penalties.
(a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, a municipal judge has exclusive jurisdiction over all violations of ordinances of the city. The municipal judge shall hear and determine violations of ordinances and may impose fines not exceeding seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or both, to which may be added costs. No change of venue shall be granted in any case arising under the ordinances of the city.
(b) A district court has jurisdiction to grant injunctive relief and to impose any civil penalty authorized by ordinance adopted pursuant to W.S. 15-1-103(a)(xlvi).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 2 - Cities of the First Class › Section 5-6-202 - Powers and Duties of Municipal Judge Generally; Court to Open Every Day Except Sunday.

5-6-202. Powers and duties of municipal judge generally; court to open every day except Sunday.
(a) The municipal judge shall be a conservator of the peace and his court shall be open every day except Sundays to hear and determine all cases cognizable before him. No act shall be performed by the judge on Sundays except to receive complaints, issue process and take bail.
(b) The municipal judge shall enforce due obedience to all orders, rules and judgments made by him. The judge has the same power as the district court in the issuance of warrant, search warrant, subpoena or other necessary process and may fine or imprison for contempt offered to him or to process issued by him in the same manner and to the same extent as the district court. Before any person is imprisoned for the willful refusal to pay a fine, the court shall determine whether the defendant has an ability to pay or that a reasonable probability exists that the defendant will have an ability to pay.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 2 - Cities of the First Class › Section 5-6-203 - Appeal.

5-6-203. Appeal.
In all cases before the municipal court arising under ordinances of the city, wherein the fine assessed exceeds the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) or the imprisonment ten (10) days, an appeal may be taken by the defendant to the district court in and for the county in which the city is situated, but no appeal shall be allowed unless the defendant shall, within ten (10) days, enter into recognizance with sufficient sureties to be approved by the municipal court, conditioned for the payment of the fine and costs of appeal, and the defendant shall abide the judgment of the municipal court and not depart without leave of the court, or that he will pay to the city of .... the sum of $..... The procedure of the appeal shall be as prescribed for appeals from circuit courts in criminal cases.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 2 - Cities of the First Class › Section 5-6-204 - Fines and Penalties to Be Paid to City Treasurer; Report of Cases; Failure to Comply With Section.

5-6-204. Fines and penalties to be paid to city treasurer; report of cases; failure to comply with section.
All fines and penalties collected and arising from a breach of a city ordinance shall be deposited with the city treasurer, and the municipal judge shall report at the end of each calendar month a list of all cases for violations of city ordinances instituted in his court, and the disposition thereof, with a statement of the fines, penalties and costs received. At the end of each month the judge shall deposit with the city treasurer all fines, penalties and costs received. If the municipal judge fails to report and deposit all fines, penalties and costs for a period of twenty-five (25) days, his office shall be declared vacant. If a city enacts an ordinance prescribing a court automation fee as provided in W.S. 5-6-108(a)(i), up to ten dollars ($10.00) of the fee may be retained by the city solely for the purpose of defraying costs and expenses related to establishing and maintaining an electronic citation system. The system shall collect and submit data in a form and manner prescribed by the supreme court to comply with the requirements of the judicial systems automation account under W.S. 5-2-120. The remaining portion of the fee shall be remitted to the judicial systems automation account established by W.S. 5-2-120. If a city enacts an ordinance prescribing the indigent civil legal services fee as provided in W.S. 5-6-108(a)(ii), the fee shall be remitted to the indigent civil legal services account established by W.S. 5-2-121.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 2 - Cities of the First Class › Section 5-6-206 - Summoning and Enforcing Attendance of Witnesses.

5-6-206. Summoning and enforcing attendance of witnesses.
It shall be the duty of said justice to summon all persons whose testimony may be deemed material as witnesses at the trial, and to enforce their attendance by attachment if necessary.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 2 - Cities of the First Class › Section 5-6-207 - Cases in Municipal Court.

5-6-207. Cases in municipal court.
Cases in the municipal court for violations of city ordinances shall be tried and determined by the court without the intervention of a jury, and the trial of such cases before the court shall be conducted in all respects, not herein otherwise provided for, in like manner as criminal cases before circuit courts.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 2 - Cities of the First Class › Section 5-6-208 - Assessment of Punishment.

5-6-208. Assessment of punishment.
(a) If the defendant is found guilty, the municipal judge shall declare and assess punishment and render judgment accordingly.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1988, ch. 11, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 2 - Cities of the First Class › Section 5-6-209 - Continuances; Verbal Notice to Witnesses as to New Date of Trial Valid as Summons.

5-6-209. Continuances; verbal notice to witnesses as to new date of trial valid as summons.
When a trial shall be continued by the judge, it shall not be necessary to summon any witnesses who may be present at the continuance, but the judge shall verbally notify such witnesses as either party may require to attend before him to testify in the case on the day of trial, which verbal notice shall be as valid as a summons.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 2 - Cities of the First Class › Section 5-6-210 - Punishment Regulated by Ordinance; Maximum Fine and Imprisonment.

5-6-210. Punishment regulated by ordinance; maximum fine and imprisonment.
(a) Any person convicted by a municipal judge of any offense under any ordinance of the city shall be punished by fine or imprisonment or both as provided by ordinance. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no fine shall exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for any one (1) offense recoverable with costs, and no imprisonment shall exceed six (6) months.
(b) A district court has jurisdiction to grant injunctive relief and to impose any civil penalty authorized by ordinance adopted pursuant to W.S. 15-1-103(a)(xlvi).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 2 - Cities of the First Class › Section 5-6-211 - Working Prisoners; Credit for Work Done.

5-6-211. Working prisoners; credit for work done.
Whenever the defendant is sentenced to imprisonment for the violation of a city ordinance, he may be put to work for the benefit of the city, if it is determined that adequate supervision is available, for the term of his imprisonment, and when committed for the nonpayment of a fine, or costs, for the violation of any ordinance, he may also be put to work for the benefit of the city, and shall be credited on such fine and costs, fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day for each day he shall work.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 3 - Incorporated Towns › Section 5-6-301 - Punishment of Persons Convicted Before Judge; Maximum Penalty Permitted; Power to Punish for Contempt.

5-6-301. Punishment of persons convicted before judge; maximum penalty permitted; power to punish for contempt.
(a) A person convicted before a municipal judge shall be fined and imprisoned as provided by ordinance. Except as provided by W.S. 15-1-103(a)(xli) or subsection (c) of this section, no fine shall exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), and no imprisonment shall exceed six (6) months.
(b) The municipal judge shall punish for contempt in the same manner as district court. Before any person is imprisoned for the willful refusal to pay a fine, the court shall determine whether the defendant has an ability to pay or that a reasonable probability exists that the defendant will have an ability to pay.
(c) A district court has jurisdiction to grant injunctive relief and to impose any civil penalty authorized by ordinance adopted pursuant to W.S. 15-1-103(a)(xlvi).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 3 - Incorporated Towns › Section 5-6-302 - Appeals From Municipal Court.

5-6-302. Appeals from municipal court.
Appeals from the judgment or sentence of a municipal court may be taken to the district court in the same manner as is now provided by law for appeals from circuit courts in criminal cases, and shall be dealt with by the courts as criminal cases.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 3 - Incorporated Towns › Section 5-6-303 - Disposition of Fines and Penalties.

5-6-303. Disposition of fines and penalties.
All fines and penalties collected, arising from a breach of the ordinances of the town, shall be paid into the town treasury. If a town enacts an ordinance prescribing a court automation fee as provided in W.S. 5-6-108(a)(i), up to ten dollars ($10.00) of the fee may be retained by the town solely for the purpose of defraying costs and expenses related to establishing and maintaining an electronic citation system. The system shall collect and submit data in a form and manner prescribed by the supreme court to comply with the requirements of the judicial systems automation account under W.S. 5-2-120. The remaining portion of the fee shall be remitted to the judicial systems automation account established by W.S. 5-2-120. If a town enacts an ordinance prescribing an indigent civil legal services fee as provided in W.S. 5-6-108(a)(ii), the fee shall be remitted to the indigent civil legal services account established by W.S. 5-2-121.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 6 - Municipal Courts › Article 3 - Incorporated Towns › Section 5-6-304 - Citizens Qualified to Try Causes Where Town a Party.

5-6-304. Citizens qualified to try causes where town a party.
No person shall be an incompetent judge, justice or juror by reason of his being an inhabitant or freeholder in such town, in any action or proceedings in which such town may be a party in interest.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 7 - Clerks of Court › Section 5-7-101 - General Duties of Clerk; Under Direction of Court.

5-7-101. General duties of clerk; under direction of court.
The clerk of each of the courts shall exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties enjoined upon him by statute and by the common law; and in the performance of his duties he shall be under the direction of his court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 7 - Clerks of Court › Section 5-7-102 - Precipe for Writs and Process.

5-7-102. Precipe for writs and process.
All writs and orders for provisional remedies and process of every kind shall be issued by the clerks of the several courts; but before they are issued, a precipe shall be filed with the clerk demanding the same.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 7 - Clerks of Court › Section 5-7-103 - Filing, Preserving and Use of Papers; Electronic Record Retention Permitted.

5-7-103. Filing, preserving and use of papers; electronic record retention permitted.
The clerk shall file together and carefully preserve in his office, all papers delivered to him for that purpose in every action or proceeding. He shall not permit the papers to be taken from his office except to be used at a session of the court or upon legal process, and he shall be liable upon his official bond to the party suffering injury on account of any violation of this section. This section shall not apply to matters in probate. Upon the order of the judge of the district, the clerk may transmit by express or registered mail to an attorney of the state appearing in the action or proceeding, who resides in a different county or away from the county seat, such original files as are not represented by copies in the clerk's office, and the clerk shall take the attorney's receipt for each paper in each case. Nothing in this section shall limit or prohibit the clerk from scanning or digitizing papers, disposing of the originals in accordance with any rule or order issued by the supreme court and retaining the digitized or imaged records in a case management system in lieu of retaining the original papers in a physical file.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 7 - Clerks of Court › Section 5-7-104 - Clerk's Indorsement of Papers.

5-7-104. Clerk's indorsement of papers.
The clerk shall endorse upon every paper filed with him the date of the filing thereof, and upon every order for a provisional remedy, and upon every undertaking given under the same, the date of its return to his office.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 7 - Clerks of Court › Section 5-7-107 - Duties Prescribed for Clerks of District Court Applicable to All Clerks.

5-7-107. Duties prescribed for clerks of district court applicable to all clerks.
The provisions prescribing the duties of clerks of the district court shall, so far as they are applicable, apply to the clerks of other courts of record.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 8 - Juvenile Courts › Section 5-8-101 - Establishment; Judges; Courts of Record.

5-8-101. Establishment; judges; courts of record.
Courts are established in each county of the state known as the "Juvenile Court of .... County, Wyoming." The district court judges of the state shall be the judges of the juvenile courts in the counties of their respective districts. Each juvenile court shall be a court of record with a seal and the judge, commissioner and clerk thereof have power to administer oaths and affirmations.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 8 - Juvenile Courts › Section 5-8-102 - Jurisdiction.

5-8-102. Jurisdiction.
(a) The juvenile court has general jurisdiction in all matters and proceedings commenced therein or transferred to it by order of the district court concerning:
(i) Any minor alleged to be delinquent as defined in W.S. 14-6-201;
(ii) Any minor alleged to have committed a delinquent act before attaining the age of majority;
(iii) Any minor alleged to be neglected as defined in W.S. 14-3-402;
(iv) Any minor alleged to be in need of supervision as defined in W.S. 14-6-402;
(v) The parents, guardian or custodian of any minor alleged to be delinquent, in need of supervision or neglected, and all persons living in the household with the minor.
(vi) Repealed by Laws 2023, ch. 184, 5.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 5-9-101 - Definitions; Construction of Provisions.

5-9-101. Definitions; construction of provisions.
(a) As used in this act unless the context otherwise requires:
(i) "Felony" means a criminal offense for which the penalty authorized by law includes imprisonment in a state penal institution for more than one (1) year;
(ii) "Misdemeanor" means a criminal offense which is not a felony.
(b) When no special provision is otherwise made by law, the circuit court shall be vested with all inherent powers which are possessed by courts of record in this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 5-9-102 - Circuit Court Established; Funding.

5-9-102. Circuit court established; funding.
(a) Pursuant to the provisions of section 10 of article 5 of the Wyoming Constitution, a circuit court is hereby established for each judicial district of the state of Wyoming enumerated in W.S. 5-3-101, and the boundaries of each circuit court shall be the same as those of each judicial district enumerated therein. Except as otherwise provided in this act, each county within the circuit shall receive the services of the circuit court.
(b) The judicial salaries, salaries of the clerical staff, supplies, operating costs, jury expenses and other expenses of the circuit court shall be paid by the state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 5-9-103 - Number and Location of Judges.

5-9-103. Number and location of judges.
(a) The legislature shall from time to time authorize the number and location of circuit court judges.
(b) The supreme court may, based on caseload studies, determine where within a circuit the circuit court judge shall reside.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 5-9-105 - Extending Jurisdiction to Try Misdemeanors Committed in Violation of City or Town Ordinances.

5-9-105. Extending jurisdiction to try misdemeanors committed in violation of city or town ordinances.
The governing body of any city or town situate within a judicial district in which a circuit court is established may petition the supreme court to extend the jurisdiction of the circuit court to determine and try all persons charged with violation of the ordinances of the city or town. The contribution that the city or town will make toward the expenses of the circuit court whose jurisdiction includes enforcing the ordinances of the city or town shall be set and paid as provided by written contract of the circuit judges and the governing board of the city or town involved, with the approval of the supreme court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 5-9-106 - Disposition of Money Collected for Violations of City or Town Ordinances; Disposition of Fines and Penalties Under General State Laws.

5-9-106. Disposition of money collected for violations of city or town ordinances; disposition of fines and penalties under general state laws.
All money collected by a judge of a circuit court for violations of ordinances of a city or town shall be paid into the general fund of the city or town whose ordinance was violated. The circuit court shall keep separate account books of funds for ordinance violations as designated by the Wyoming supreme court. All fines and penalties under the general laws of the state shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the public school fund of the county.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 5-9-107 - Supreme Court to Adopt Rules; Establish Fees and Court Costs; Rules of Civil and Criminal Procedure to Govern Courts.

5-9-107. Supreme court to adopt rules; establish fees and court costs; rules of civil and criminal procedure to govern courts.
The Wyoming supreme court is hereby vested with management and supervisory powers over the circuit courts of the state of Wyoming, and shall, by rule of the supreme court establish procedures and regulations for the effective and expeditious administration of the business of the circuit courts and shall establish fees and costs for those courts. The Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure for Circuit Courts and the Wyoming Rules of Criminal Procedure for Circuit Courts, as amended or supplemented from time to time, shall govern circuit courts.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 5-9-108 - Name of Court; Presider.

5-9-108. Name of court; presider.
The circuit court shall be called the "Circuit Court of the .... (Number of the Judicial District) Judicial District, .... (Name of County) County, State of Wyoming" which shall be a court of record. The circuit court shall be presided over by a circuit judge.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 5-9-109 - Term of Judges.

5-9-109. Term of judges.
The terms of circuit court judges shall be four (4) years. Each judge selected under the provisions of article 5, section 4, of the Wyoming Constitution shall serve for one (1) year after his appointment and until the first Monday in January following the next general election after the expiration of such year. He shall, at such general election, stand for retention in office throughout the circuit as provided in article 5, section 4, of the Wyoming Constitution.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 5-9-110 - Judges to Be Nonpartisan; Nomination and Appointment.

5-9-110. Judges to be nonpartisan; nomination and appointment.
Judges of the circuit court shall be nonpartisan, shall be nominated and appointed and retained as provided by article 5, section 4, of the Wyoming Constitution.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 5-9-111 - Qualifications for Appointment.

5-9-111. Qualifications for appointment.
(a) To be eligible for appointment to the office of judge of a circuit court, a person shall be:
(i) A qualified elector of the state; and
(ii) Authorized to practice law in Wyoming.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 5-9-113 - Delivery of Official Records and Papers to Successor in Office.

5-9-113. Delivery of official records and papers to successor in office.
If the office of judge of a circuit court becomes vacant by reason of death, removal from office, or otherwise, the senior circuit court judge, or if there is none, the clerk of the district court shall take charge of the official records and papers of the judge and deliver them to the successor in office of that judge.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 5-9-114 - Jurisdiction of Successor Is Same as That of Predecessor in Office.

5-9-114. Jurisdiction of successor is same as that of predecessor in office.
A judge of a circuit court with whom the records of his predecessor have been deposited has the same jurisdiction over all actions and proceedings entered in such records as if they were originally commenced before him.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 5-9-116 - Salaries of Judges; Traveling Expenses.

5-9-116. Salaries of judges; traveling expenses.
Circuit court judges shall receive the annual salary provided by W.S. 5-1-110(a)(iii). When a new salary is effective for any judge of a circuit court upon new appointment or the commencement of a new term, it shall be effective for all judges of the circuit courts. In addition to salary, the state shall reimburse a judge of a circuit court for those traveling expenses actually incurred when the business of the circuit court requires his attendance more than five (5) miles from the place where he regularly holds court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 9 - Circuit Courts › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 5-9-118 - Judge May Be District Court Commissioner; Private Practice of Law Prohibited; Magistrate of Circuit Court Permitted to Practice Law.

5-9-118. Judge may be district court commissioner; private practice of law prohibited; magistrate of circuit court permitted to practice law.
A judge of a circuit court may be appointed to and hold the office of district court commissioner. A judge of a circuit court shall devote full time to the office and may not engage in the private practice of law. A magistrate of a circuit court, who is otherwise authorized to practice law in Wyoming, may engage in the private practice of law so long as that practice does not conflict with his duties as magistrate of a circuit court.