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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-2-110 - Opinions to Be in Writing and Filed; Dissenting Opinion.

5-2-110. Opinions to be in writing and filed; dissenting opinion.
The opinion of the justices of the supreme court on any matter pending before it, shall be given in writing and be filed with the papers in the case, and when the justices thereof are divided in opinion in any case, the fact of such division shall be stated in the opinion and the dissenting justice may file his opinion.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-2-113 - Rules of Practice for Supreme Court; Effect of Rules.

5-2-113. Rules of practice for supreme court; effect of rules.
It shall be the duty of the supreme court, from time to time, to prescribe rules of practice for said court, not inconsistent with the constitution or laws of this state, and when said rules are adopted by said court, the same shall be as binding upon the court, and the attorneys thereof, and the parties having business therein as though the same were enactments of the legislature of the state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-2-114 - Rules and Forms Governing Pleading, Practice and Procedure in All Courts; Power to Adopt, Modify and Repeal.

5-2-114. Rules and forms governing pleading, practice and procedure in all courts; power to adopt, modify and repeal.
The supreme court of Wyoming may from time to time adopt, modify and repeal general rules and forms governing pleading, practice and procedure, in all courts of this state, for the purpose of promoting the speedy and efficient determination of litigation upon its merits.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-2-115 - Rules and Forms Governing Pleading, Practice and Procedure in All Courts; Application of Rules.

5-2-115. Rules and forms governing pleading, practice and procedure in all courts; application of rules.
(a) Such rules may govern:
(i) The forms of process, writs, pleadings and motions and the subjects of parties, depositions, discovery, trials, evidence, judgments, new trials, provisional and final remedies and all other matters of pleading, practice and procedure; and
(ii) Any review of or other supervisory proceedings from the judgment or decision of any court, board, officer, or commission when such review is authorized by law.
(b) Such rules shall neither abridge, enlarge nor modify the substantive rights of any person nor the jurisdiction of any of the courts nor change the provisions of any statute of limitations.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-2-116 - Rules and Forms Governing Pleading, Practice and Procedure in All Courts; Rules to Be Entered in Proceedings; Effective Date; Notice.

5-2-116. Rules and forms governing pleading, practice and procedure in all courts; rules to be entered in proceedings; effective date; notice.
Upon the adoption of any rule or form the supreme court shall enter it in its proceedings and shall fix the date upon which such rule or form shall become effective but such effective date shall be at least sixty (60) days after notice thereof has been published by the supreme court in such publication as it may designate. From and after the effective date of any such rule or form all laws in conflict therewith shall be of no further force or effect.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-2-117 - Rules and Forms Governing Pleading, Practice and Procedure in All Courts; Appointment and Duties of Advisory Committee.

5-2-117. Rules and forms governing pleading, practice and procedure in all courts; appointment and duties of advisory committee.
The supreme court shall appoint an advisory committee to make recommendations from time to time with respect to pleading, practice and procedure. Such committee shall hold hearings upon proposed rules in such manner and upon such notice as the supreme court prescribes and report to the court from time to time such recommendations as it deems proper.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-2-118 - Adoption of Rules and Regulations Relative to the Practice of Law.

5-2-118. Adoption of rules and regulations relative to the practice of law.
(a) The supreme court of Wyoming shall, from time to time, adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as the court may see proper:
(i) Prescribing a code of ethics governing the professional conduct of attorneys at law;
(ii) Organizing and governing a bar association of the attorneys at law of this state to act as an administrative agency of the supreme court of Wyoming for the purpose of enforcing such rules and regulations as are prescribed, adopted, and promulgated by the supreme court under this act [section], providing for the government of the state bar as a part of the judicial department of the state government and for such divisions thereof as the supreme court shall determine, and requiring all persons practicing law in this state to be members thereof in good standing, and fixing the form of its organization and operation;
(iii) Establishing practice and procedure for disciplining, suspending, and disbarring attorneys at law, including suspending attorneys for failure to pay child support as specified in W.S. 20-6-112.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-2-119 - Appeals From Courts of Limited Jurisdiction.

5-2-119. Appeals from courts of limited jurisdiction.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any case in which original jurisdiction is in a municipal court or a circuit court may be appealed to the district courts and thereafter to the Wyoming supreme court only if the supreme court grants a writ of certiorari agreeing to hear the appeal. The Wyoming supreme court shall adopt procedures under which the court will grant or deny appeals to the court in such cases and provide the standards and extent of review.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-2-120 - Judicial Systems Automation Account Created; Purposes; Court Information Technology Equipment.

5-2-120. Judicial systems automation account created; purposes; court information technology equipment.
(a) There is created an account entitled the "judicial systems automation account." No funds shall be expended from the account unless and until the legislature appropriates the funds. Funds within the account shall be used by the supreme court for the purchase, maintenance and operation of computer hardware, including court information technology equipment, and software to enhance the communication, records and management needs of the courts of the judicial branch of the state of Wyoming. Interest accruing to this account shall be retained therein and shall be expended for the purposes provided in this section, as appropriated by the legislature. Annually, the supreme court shall develop a plan for all trial and appellate courts within the state for the expenditure of funds from the account. Prior to implementation, the plan shall be annually submitted to the joint appropriations interim committee and joint judiciary interim committee for review and comment.
(b) Implementation of court information technology equipment that requires alteration of a county building pursuant to W.S. 18-2-103(b) shall be accomplished in consultation with the board of county commissioners or the board's appointed designee.
(c) The supreme court shall install court information technology equipment in all state court facilities in a phased approach. Upon installation of court information technology equipment in a state court facility, the supreme court shall maintain and support the equipment installed by the supreme court.
(d) As used in this section:
(i) "Court information technology equipment" means hardware equipment located in state court facilities necessary to meet, but not exceed, court information technology equipment standards adopted by the board of judicial policy and administration;
(ii) "State court facility" includes circuit, chancery and district courtrooms, circuit and district court jury rooms, circuit, chancery and district court judges' chambers and the offices of circuit and chancery court clerks.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-2-121 - Indigent Civil Legal Services Account Created; Purposes.

5-2-121. Indigent civil legal services account created; purposes.
(a) There is created the indigent civil legal services account to be administered by the supreme court. The account shall receive all funds paid to the state treasurer from the fees imposed to support indigent civil legal services, pursuant to W.S. 2-2-401, 5-2-202, 5-3-205, 5-3-206, 5-6-108, 5-6-204, 5-6-303, 5-9-135, 5-9-144, 6-10-102 and 6-10-103. Funds within the account shall be used by the supreme court for the establishment and operation of a statewide program to provide civil legal services to indigent individuals within the state. Interest accruing to this account shall be retained in the account and shall be expended for the purposes provided in this section. No funds shall be expended from the account until the legislature appropriates the funds.
(b) For the fiscal biennium commencing July 1, 2012 and each fiscal biennium thereafter, the supreme court shall include in its proposed budget a biennial budget and plan for the account. Each biennial plan and proposed budget shall be submitted to the joint appropriations interim committee and the joint judiciary interim committee. Each biennial plan submitted under this subsection beginning with the biennium commencing July 1, 2012 shall include case statistics and program costs for the preceding biennium. The joint judiciary interim committee may submit any comments it deems appropriate to the joint appropriations interim committee.
(c) The supreme court shall provide for the conduct of audits of the account on a biennial basis beginning July 1, 2011. The audits shall be available for public review.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-2-123 - Supreme Court Budget Submittal.

5-2-123. Supreme court budget submittal.
The supreme court shall submit standard and supplemental budget requests to the legislature not later than November 1 of the year preceding the fiscal year in which the standard or supplemental budget is to take effect. Subject to W.S. 9-2-1003.1(d), the supreme court shall prepare all personal services budget requests using the same methods and practices as the executive branch.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 2 - Clerk › Section 5-2-201 - Duties Generally.

5-2-201. Duties generally.
The clerk of the supreme court shall be subject to and perform the duties, prescribed for him by the supreme court, and as or may be prescribed by law. He shall collect in advance, all fees hereinafter enumerated to be paid for his services as such officer.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 2 - Clerk › Section 5-2-202 - Collection of Fees.

5-2-202. Collection of fees.
The clerk of the supreme court shall collect the following fees from the plaintiff in error or appellant, or in case of an original proceeding the plaintiff or relator shall, at the time of filing the petition in error or record on appeal or when commencing the cause in this court, the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00). At the time of filing, the clerk also shall collect a court automation fee in the amount of fifty-five dollars ($55.00) which shall be deposited into the judicial systems automation account established by W.S. 5-2-120, and an indigent civil legal services fee in the amount of ten dollars ($10.00) which shall be deposited into the indigent civil legal services account established by W.S. 5-2-121. Other fees or charges to be assessed within the clerk's office are to be determined under rules of the supreme court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 2 - Clerk › Section 5-2-203 - Salary.

5-2-203. Salary.
The clerk of the supreme court shall receive an annual salary as provided by law which shall be paid in monthly installments at the end of each month, and the auditor shall draw warrants upon the treasurer payable to said clerk in payment of such salary.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 2 - Clerk › Section 5-2-204 - Oath and Bond.

5-2-204. Oath and bond.
The clerk of the supreme court shall take oath before one (1) of the justices of said court prescribed for state officers by the constitution of the state, and shall give a bond to the state of Wyoming in such sum as shall be prescribed by the court, which bond shall be for the faithful accounting for all moneys that shall come into his hands as clerk, and for the faithful discharge of his duty, and shall be approved by the chief justice, and filed with the auditor of the state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 2 - Clerk › Section 5-2-205 - Deputy Clerk; Appointment; Residence Requirement; Oath; Salary.

5-2-205. Deputy clerk; appointment; residence requirement; oath; salary.
The clerk of the supreme court may, by and with the consent of the justices of the supreme court, or a majority thereof, appoint a deputy clerk, who shall reside where the supreme court is held. The deputy shall take and subscribe a like oath with his principal and may perform all the duties of the office in the name of his principal, and the attestation of the deputy to all decrees, orders and processes, shall have the same effect and force as if issued by his principal. The deputy clerk shall receive an annual salary to be determined by the supreme court which shall be paid in monthly installments in the same manner as other state salaries are paid.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 2 - Clerk › Section 5-2-206 - Deputy Clerk; Appointment to Be Entered on Record; Term.

5-2-206. Deputy clerk; appointment to be entered on record; term.
Said appointment shall be entered on the records of said supreme court, and shall hold good until revoked, and both appointment and revocation, may be made as well in vacation as in term time.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 3 - Bailiff › Section 5-2-301 - Office Created; Appointment; Term.

5-2-301. Office created; appointment; term.
There shall be a bailiff of the supreme court, who shall be appointed by the justices of said court, and who shall hold his office during the pleasure of said justices.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 3 - Bailiff › Section 5-2-302 - Powers and Duties Generally.

5-2-302. Powers and duties generally.
It shall be the duty of said bailiff to attend the sessions of said court and preserve order therein; and he shall possess authority to execute and serve summons in error, and other writs and orders, issued out of and under the seal of said court, and orders issued by the justices of said court or either of them; and he shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by said court or the justices thereof.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 4 - Publication of Decisions › Section 5-2-401 - Authority to Contract for Publication of Reports.

5-2-401. Authority to contract for publication of reports.
The supreme court of the state of Wyoming is hereby vested with full and complete authority to arrange and contract for timely publication of its opinions from time to time, as may be required, and the legislature shall make adequate appropriation to defray the expenses thereof.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 4 - Publication of Decisions › Section 5-2-402 - Distribution of Copies of Reports.

5-2-402. Distribution of copies of reports.
The books delivered to the librarian shall be distributed as provided in this section. One (1) copy of each volume shall upon request be delivered to each justice of the supreme court and to each district judge there shall upon request be delivered as many copies as he has counties in his district. The books shall be retained in the offices of said officials and by them delivered to their respective successors in office. One (1) copy may be furnished to the library of the supreme court of the United States at Washington, one (1) copy to the office of the attorney general of the United States, and one (1) copy to the United States district court for the district of Wyoming. The remaining copies may be used in exchange for the reports of other states and territories and governments as may be determined upon by the justices of the supreme court, and a reasonable number may be kept in the state law library.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Supreme Court › Article 5 - Law Library › Section 5-2-502 - Session Law Exchange.

5-2-502. Session law exchange.
Upon request, the state law librarian may send to the library of each state and territory of the United States, free of expense, one (1) copy of the session laws of this state in exchange for the laws of the requesting state or territory. All the laws received in the exchange shall be deposited by the state law librarian in the state law library and become the property of this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-3-101 - Judicial Districts Enumerated; Terms of Court.

5-3-101. Judicial districts enumerated; terms of court.
(a) The state of Wyoming is divided into judicial districts as follows:
(i) The county of Laramie is the first judicial district;
(ii) The counties of Albany and Carbon are the second judicial district;
(A) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 54, 2.
(B) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 54, 2.
(iii) The counties of Sweetwater, Lincoln and Uinta are the third judicial district;
(A) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 54, 2.
(B) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 54, 2.
(C) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 54, 2.
(iv) The counties of Johnson and Sheridan are the fourth judicial district;
(A) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 54, 2.
(B) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 54, 2.
(v) The counties of Big Horn, Hot Springs, Park and Washakie are the fifth judicial district;
(A) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 54, 2.
(B) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 54, 2.
(C) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 54, 2.
(D) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 54, 2.
(vi) The counties of Campbell, Crook and Weston are the sixth judicial district;
(A) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 54, 2.
(B) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 54, 2.
(C) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 54, 2.
(vii) Natrona county is the seventh judicial district;
(viii) The counties of Converse, Platte, Goshen and Niobrara are the eighth judicial district;
(A) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 54, 2.
(B) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 54, 2.
(C) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 54, 2.
(D) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 54, 2.
(ix) The counties of Fremont, Teton and Sublette are the ninth judicial district.
(A) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 54, 2.
(B) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 54, 2.
(C) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 54, 2.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be one (1) continuous term of court for the district courts of the state. The continuous term of court shall in no way affect the power of a court to take action in any cause or matter.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-3-102 - Number of Judges; Distribution Among Districts; Concurrent Jurisdiction; Judicial Conference to Adopt Rules.

5-3-102. Number of judges; distribution among districts; concurrent jurisdiction; judicial conference to adopt rules.
(a) There shall be two (2) judges of the district court in the second, fourth, fifth and eighth judicial districts, three (3) judges of the district court in the sixth and ninth judicial districts and four (4) judges of the district court in the first, third and seventh judicial districts. In the second judicial district, one (1) judge shall reside in Albany county and one (1) shall reside in Carbon county. In the third judicial district two (2) judges shall reside in Sweetwater county. In the fourth judicial district, one (1) judge shall reside in Sheridan county and one (1) shall reside in Johnson county. In the ninth judicial district one (1) judge shall reside in Fremont county, one (1) judge shall reside in Teton county and one (1) judge shall reside in Sublette county. All district judges in the state shall have concurrent jurisdiction throughout the state and for purposes of assignment, shall have concurrent jurisdiction throughout the state with all circuit court judges.
(b) The district courts shall be free of administrative and fiscal control by the supreme court. There shall be a judicial conference comprised of all district judges which shall meet no less than twice per year. The conference shall coordinate improvement efforts with the judicial administrative conference and shall report to the joint judiciary interim committee of such efforts annually on or before November 1. The conference shall adopt rules governing the organization and procedures of the conference which shall be published in the court rules volume of the Wyoming statutes. The conference shall adopt rules, which shall be binding on all of the district judges, governing the administration of the district courts to include, without limitation, personnel, fiscal and budgetary policy except technology which shall be done to provide an integrated statewide system in accordance with the efforts of the judicial technology task force. The judicial conference shall also adopt suitable rules to provide for division of the work between the judges in multi-judge districts. The judicial conference shall keep minutes of all meetings which, along with all rules adopted by the conference, shall be filed with the supreme court and be made available to the public.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-3-106 - Judges to Hold Court for Each Other.

5-3-106. Judges to hold court for each other.
The judges of the several district courts shall hold courts for each other, when from any cause, any judge of a district court is unable to act or to hear, try or determine any cause in his district; and in such event the judge so disqualified or unable to act shall call upon one (1) of the other judges of the district court to hear, try and determine such cause, and the said judge so called upon, shall try, hear or determine said cause with all the jurisdiction, power and authority possessed by the judge of the district court of the district whereto he is called to act as judge.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-3-107 - Assignment of Acting or Retired Judge to Another District in Case of Death or Other Emergency.

5-3-107. Assignment of acting or retired judge to another district in case of death or other emergency.
If any judge of any district court in this state shall die, or for any reason become unwilling or unable to perform the duties of his office, the chief justice of the supreme court of the state of Wyoming, by order to be duly entered in the records of the district court of each county in such district, may assign any district judge or any retired judge of this state, to perform any and all judicial functions therein, until a successor for such district shall have been appointed or elected and qualified according to law, and such assigned judge shall have the same jurisdiction and authority in such district as a duly elected and qualified judge of such district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-3-108 - Expenses of Judges While Acting on Supreme Bench.

5-3-108. Expenses of judges while acting on supreme bench.
All traveling expenses incurred by any district judge while traveling to and from the capitol at Cheyenne, for the purpose of sitting at the supreme court to hear and determine cases presented before said court, and his expenses at the capitol, while so engaged, shall be charged to the contingent fund of the supreme court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-3-109 - Expenses of Judges When Acting in Another District or Circuit.

5-3-109. Expenses of judges when acting in another district or circuit.
The expenses of any district judge holding court in any district other than his own or in any circuit court pursuant to assignment under W.S. 5-9-131, including his traveling expenses to and from said district or circuit, and his expenses while holding court therein, shall be charged to the contingent fund of the court in whose district he is so holding court or to the contingent fund of the circuit court in whose circuit he is so holding court pursuant to assignment under W.S. 5-9-131.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-3-110 - Seal of the District Court.

5-3-110. Seal of the district court.
Each county shall provide the clerk of its district court with a seal, the impression of which shall contain the following words: "The District Court of Wyoming", together with the name of the county in which the same is to be used.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-3-111 - County Law Library.

5-3-111. County law library.
The board of county commissioners shall have the power to establish and maintain in their respective counties, a county law library, for the use and benefit of the judge of the district court and other citizens of the state and shall have the power to appropriate and set aside for the maintenance and support of said library, such moneys as it shall deem necessary or see fit. The district court of such county shall superintend and direct all expenditures made for said library, and shall have full power to make any rules and regulations, proper and necessary for the preservation, increase and use of the library, not inconsistent with law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-3-112 - Assignment to Circuit Court Judge.

5-3-112. Assignment to circuit court judge.
(a) A judge of the district court may assign to a circuit court judge any case or proceeding within the jurisdiction of the district court subject only to the following restrictions:
(i) Rules promulgated by the supreme court;
(ii) Acceptance of the judge to whom the assignment of the case or proceeding is to be made;
(iii) Consent of each plaintiff and each defendant in a civil action wherein the amount in controversy is greater than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00); and
(iv) Consent of both the prosecutor and the defendant in a criminal case in which the defendant is charged with any crime for which the aggregate sentences for all crimes charged exceed five (5) years in prison.
(b) The law and rules governing district court and appeals therefrom shall apply to a case or proceeding assigned pursuant to this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 1 - In General › Section 5-3-113 - District Courts Budget Submittal.

5-3-113. District courts budget submittal.
All district courts shall submit standard and supplemental budget requests to the legislature not later than November 1 of the year preceding the fiscal year in which the standard or supplemental budget is to take effect. The district courts shall prepare all personal services budget requests using the same methods and practices as the executive branch.
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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 2 - Clerk › Section 5-3-201 - Office Created; Term; Election in Counties of First and Second Class; County Clerk Designated Ex Officio Clerk in Other Counties.

5-3-201. Office created; term; election in counties of first and second class; county clerk designated ex officio clerk in other counties.
There shall be a clerk of the district court in each organized county of the state whose term of office shall be four (4) years and until his successor is elected and qualified. Clerks of the district court shall be elected at general elections in counties of the first and second class; and in all other counties the county clerk shall be ex officio clerk of the district court, and shall perform all of the duties pertaining to the office of clerk of the district court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 2 - Clerk › Section 5-3-202 - Duties Generally.

5-3-202. Duties generally.
Each clerk of the district court shall keep and make up the records and books of the court of his particular county, receive all cases filed therein, properly record and attend to the same, and shall have the care and custody of all the records, seal, books, papers and property pertaining to his said office or the court of the county for which he is elected and which may be filed or deposited therein, and shall receive, account for and pay over all money that may come into the possession of the court according to law, and under the orders or decrees of the court, except that which shall be received by master commissioners. He shall keep all records and files in criminal cases, and attend to all duties required of the clerk in relation thereto. He shall attend upon the terms of court held in the county for which he is elected, and perform such duties relating to his office as may be required of him by the court, and shall perform all such other duties relating to his office as are required of him by law or the rules and practice of the courts.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 2 - Clerk › Section 5-3-203 - Vacation of Office; Filling of Vacancies.

5-3-203. Vacation of office; filling of vacancies.
The office of the clerk of the district court shall be deemed vacated under the circumstances provided by W.S. 22-18-101. Any vacancy in the office of the clerk of the district court shall be filled as provided by W.S. 22-18-111.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 2 - Clerk › Section 5-3-205 - Collection of Fees in Advance; Payment to Treasurer; Liability for Collection.

5-3-205. Collection of fees in advance; payment to treasurer; liability for collection.
(a) All fees prescribed by statute for civil business, shall be collected in advance by the clerk and except as otherwise provided in this section shall be paid to the treasurer of the county at the end of each month. The clerk shall be liable under his bond for the collection and payment of such fees. The clerk shall remit:
(i) The court automation fee prescribed by W.S. 2-2-401(a)(iii), 5-3-206(a)(i), (vii) and (x), 6-10-102 and 6-10-103 to the judicial systems automation account established by W.S. 5-2-120 at the end of each month;
(ii) The indigent civil legal services fee prescribed by W.S. 2-2-401(a)(iv), 5-3-206(a)(i), (vii) and (x), 6-10-102 and 6-10-103 to the indigent civil legal services account established by W.S. 5-2-121 at the end of each month;
(iii) The police officer continuing education and training fee prescribed by W.S. 31-5-1201(h) to the account in the enterprise fund under W.S. 9-1-633(n) at the end of each month.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 2 - Clerk › Section 5-3-206 - Fees.

5-3-206. Fees.
(a) For all civil matters filed or commenced, the clerk of each district court shall charge the following fees:
(i) For filing instruments or documents in each civil action and certifying one (1) copy of any order, decree or judgment at the time of its filing for each party, an original filing fee of one hundred sixty dollars ($160.00), which shall be paid by the plaintiff. This fee shall apply to original actions commenced and to actions that are reopened after a final decree previously has been entered. Forty dollars ($40.00) of the filing fee shall be for court automation, ten dollars ($10.00) shall be for indigent civil legal services and both shall be remitted as provided in W.S. 5-3-205;
(ii) For issuing commission to take deposition, seventy-five cents ($.75);
(iii) For taking depositions and the certificate, seal and transmission thereof, five dollars ($5.00);
(iv) For taking affidavit or acknowledgment, certifying and sealing same, fifty cents ($.50) for each person;
(v) For each certificate and seal, fifty cents ($.50);
(vi) For copying or photostating any record or paper of the clerk's office when the instrument, record or paper contains one (1) page, one dollar ($1.00), and when more, fifty cents ($.50) for each additional page;
(vii) For all transcripts in cases appealed to the supreme court, one hundred dollars ($100.00), including certificates, seals and transmission. Forty dollars ($40.00) of the fee under this paragraph shall be for court automation, ten dollars ($10.00) shall be for indigent civil legal services and both shall be remitted as provided in W.S. 5-3-205;
(viii) For copies of other documents made by a county operator, fifty cents ($.50) for the first page and twenty-five cents ($.25) for each additional page;
(ix) For filing, recording and issuing certificates of intention to become citizens of the United States and for final naturalization, including oath and record, in accordance with the fee schedule of the United States immigration and naturalization service;
(x) For docketing and in payment of clerk's fee after docketing incident to any appeal or bill of exception from a circuit court, one hundred dollars ($100.00), and for docketing any transcript of judgment from a circuit court upon the judgment and execution dockets, one hundred dollars ($100.00), which amount shall be paid by appellant, or by judgment holder to the clerk at time of docketing. Forty dollars ($40.00) of any fee imposed under this paragraph shall be for court automation, ten dollars ($10.00) shall be for indigent civil legal services and both shall be remitted as provided in W.S. 5-3-205.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 2 - Clerk › Section 5-3-207 - Statement of Costs Mailed to Parties to Actions.

5-3-207. Statement of costs mailed to parties to actions.
If requested by a party to a case, the clerk of the court shall make up an itemized statement of the court costs in the case and mail a copy to the requesting party.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 2 - Clerk › Section 5-3-208 - Amount of Bond; Conditions.

5-3-208. Amount of bond; conditions.
Each clerk upon entering on the duties of his office, shall give a bond in the penal sum of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) to the county to be approved by the county commissioners conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of his office, the proper collection and turning over all fees and the proper payment of all moneys collected by him and he shall from time to time give such additional bond as the judge of the court may require.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 2 - Clerk › Section 5-3-209 - Clerk Liable on Bond for Acts of Deputies; Deputy's Bond.

5-3-209. Clerk liable on bond for acts of deputies; deputy's bond.
Each clerk shall be liable upon his official bond for all acts of his deputies, but each clerk may take from his deputies a bond to himself to indemnify him on account of the acts of his deputies.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 2 - Clerk › Section 5-3-210 - Duty as Custodian of Seal; Seal to Be Attached to Official Papers.

5-3-210. Duty as custodian of seal; seal to be attached to official papers.
The clerk of the district court shall be custodian of the seal of said court, which seal shall be kept in the office of the clerk of the district court in the respective counties and shall be attached to all writs, orders, or other instruments that the clerk of the district court is now or may hereafter be required or permitted to sign or certify in his official capacity.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 2 - Clerk › Section 5-3-212 - Entries on Appearance Docket and Their Effect.

5-3-212. Entries on appearance docket and their effect.
The clerk shall enter on the appearance docket, at the time of the commencement of an action or proceeding, the names of the parties in full, with names of counsel, and forthwith index the case, direct and reverse, in the name of each plaintiff and defendant. He shall also enter at the time it occurs, under the case so docketed, the issue of the summons or other mesne process or order, and the filing of each paper, and he shall note on the appearance docket the date of issuance, date of service and how served and date of filing, which will be evidence of such service.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 2 - Clerk › Section 5-3-213 - Clerk Not to Act as Attorney.

5-3-213. Clerk not to act as attorney.
No clerk of the district court or county clerk in counties wherein such clerk is ex officio clerk of the district court, shall accept employment or retainer as an attorney-at-law or give any advice as such in any action, cause or proceeding pending in the court, wherein he is such clerk.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 3 - Commissioners › Section 5-3-303 - Qualifications.

5-3-303. Qualifications.
District court commissioners shall be learned in the law in this state, residents of the district for which appointed, and citizens of this state. To be learned in the law a person shall have sufficient knowledge, skill, training or experience to perform judicial functions.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 3 - Commissioners › Section 5-3-304 - Order of Appointment to Be Made in Open Court and Entered on Journal; Use as Evidence.

5-3-304. Order of appointment to be made in open court and entered on journal; use as evidence.
The order appointing each district court commissioner shall be made in open court and entered upon the journal. A certified copy of such journal entry shall be evidence of such appointment in all the courts of this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 3 - Commissioners › Section 5-3-305 - Appointment and Termination Thereof to Be Reported to County Clerk.

5-3-305. Appointment and termination thereof to be reported to county clerk.
When any court or the judge thereof, shall appoint a court commissioner who shall be authorized to take acknowledgments and administer oaths under this act, or whenever any court or the judge thereof shall revoke the appointment of any such court commissioner, or when any such commissioner shall resign, or his appointment cease for any reason, it shall be the duty of the clerk of said court to immediately notify, in writing, the county clerk of each county embraced within the jurisdiction of said court, of the making of said appointment or the termination thereof, as the case may be.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 3 - Commissioners › Section 5-3-307 - Powers Generally.

5-3-307. Powers generally.
(a) Each district court commissioner shall have the powers in respect to every suit or proceeding pending in the district court of the county for which he was appointed, as follows:
(i) If no judge qualified to hear or act in the proceeding or action is present in the county for which such commissioner was appointed, to make any order which a judge of the district court is authorized by law to make in chambers and to hear and determine cases of mental illness or mental incompetency, and to hold juvenile detention or shelter care hearings;
(ii) To make any order which a judge of the district court is authorized by law to make in chambers, upon the written statement of such judge, filed with the papers, that he is disqualified in such case;
(iii) To administer oaths;
(iv) To hear, try and determine all issues whenever an application shall have been made for a change of judge;
(v) To take evidence and make findings, and report the same to the district court;
(vi) To take depositions;
(vii) To punish persons for contempts committed during hearings had before him;
(viii) To issue and enforce process for the attendance of witnesses and production of evidence in all lawful hearings before him, in the same manner and with like force as the court might do if in session.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 3 - Commissioners › Section 5-3-309 - Orders to Be Entered in Court Journal.

5-3-309. Orders to be entered in court journal.
All orders made by, and proceedings had before district court commissioners, shall be entered at length in the journal of the district court of the county for which they were appointed, by the district clerk, and shall be signed by the commissioners.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 3 - Commissioners › Section 5-3-310 - District Court to Review Orders; Approval or Disapproval.

5-3-310. District court to review orders; approval or disapproval.
The district court shall at each term review all orders made by, and proceedings had before commissioners of such court during vacation, and approve, disapprove, reverse or modify every such order or proceeding.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 3 - Commissioners › Section 5-3-311 - Office of Commissioner and Clerk Declared Incompatible.

5-3-311. Office of commissioner and clerk declared incompatible.
The office of district court commissioner and clerk of the district court are hereby declared to be incompatible and no person shall occupy the office of district court commissioner who is at the same time a clerk of the district court, or is a county clerk in counties wherein such clerk is ex officio clerk of court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 3 - Commissioners › Section 5-3-312 - Commissioner Not to Act as Attorney; When Attorney Not to Act as Commissioner.

5-3-312. Commissioner not to act as attorney; when attorney not to act as commissioner.
No district court commissioner shall accept employment or retainer as an attorney-at-law, or give any advice as such in any action, cause or proceeding pending before him as such commissioner; and he shall not be authorized to act as such commissioner, or exercise any of the powers thereof, in any action, case or proceeding in which or as to the subject thereof he shall have been engaged, employed or retained as an attorney, or in reference to which and the subject thereof he shall have given any advice.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 4 - Reporter › Section 5-3-401 - Office Created; Appointment; Term.

5-3-401. Office created; appointment; term.
The office of official court reporter for each judge of each judicial district in the state of Wyoming is hereby created and each judge of each judicial district in the state of Wyoming is hereby required and empowered to appoint one (1) court reporter for his district, whose term of office shall be during the pleasure of the judge making such appointment and until their successor is appointed and qualified.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 4 - Reporter › Section 5-3-403 - Duties Generally; Oath; Furnishing Transcripts.

5-3-403. Duties generally; oath; furnishing transcripts.
Such reporter shall be in constant attendance upon the judge of said court at all times, and shall be the clerk and stenographer of the judge, and he shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his duty, and take the oath of office required in the constitution of this state, and shall remain in attendance on the court, and take full stenographic notes in cases tried during said attendance, of all testimony or admissions made by either side, objections to the introduction of testimony, the ruling of the court thereon, the exceptions taken thereto, and such other proceedings as the court may direct, and shall preserve such stenographic notes and furnish a transcript thereof, or of any part of same, upon the request of any party having an interest therein, provided, however, that if no request for such transcript shall be made to the court reporter for a period of ten (10) years subsequent to the hearing of any cause wherein stenographic records have been taken, the said court reporter may destroy his original stenographic records, and, provided, further, however, that if a transcript shall be furnished any party as provided herein, then and in that event, the court reporter may destroy his original stenographic records within a period of ten (10) years from and after the furnishing of said transcript to the party or parties ordering same.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 4 - Reporter › Section 5-3-404 - Criminal Cases; Reporting and Transcript of Proceedings.

5-3-404. Criminal cases; reporting and transcript of proceedings.
The court reporter for criminal cases prosecuted in the district court shall report all testimony and all proceedings held in open court, except informal discussions, informal instruction conferences and pretrial conferences which shall be reported when requested by a party. The reporter shall, within a reasonable time, transcribe arraignment, plea, change of plea and sentencing hearings and file the transcript in the official court record.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 4 - Reporter › Section 5-3-405 - Criminal Cases; Post-Conviction Proceedings.

5-3-405. Criminal cases; post-conviction proceedings.
In any case arising as a post conviction relief proceeding, W.S. 7-14-101 through 7-14-108, in which the presiding judge has determined that the post conviction petition is sufficient to require an answer, the court reporter shall transcribe the record of the criminal proceeding in which the petitioner was convicted in full unless the court shall, by written order, determine that portions of the record are not required or material for decision in the proceeding. Additionally, the court reporter shall record evidentiary proceedings conducted under this section and shall transcribe that record if an appeal is taken.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 3 - District Courts › Article 4 - Reporter › Section 5-3-406 - Criminal Cases; Original and Copy of Transcript to Be Furnished When Required by Order.

5-3-406. Criminal cases; original and copy of transcript to be furnished when required by order.
The official court reporter shall transcribe and furnish an original and copy of the proceedings at the trial of any person sentenced to any imprisonment where an order is or has been entered so requiring.