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Reviewed 15 November 2009 See also Legal Research and Assistance, below.  E-mail: Administrator@LawSource.com

Wyoming Court Decisions

Supreme Court (Wyo.) U.S. District Court (D. Wyo.) * —————  * Not available — Browse for information.

Appellate cases can be retrieved by citation (e.g., “909 P.2d 322”) from a LEXIS database (free searching goes back five years only). There is also a text-search function. (Registration is required but is free.)

Additional Resources
¶  Wyoming Supreme Court ... The Oklahoma State Court Network provides recent Wyoming Supreme Court decisions (back through about mid-1999), along with a text-search interface, and a parallel-citation service for Wyoming Supreme Court decisions going back to 1870.

Wyoming Constitution and Legislation

1. Constitution (Wyo. Const.)
   Amendments:  11/7/00 — Amendment B
   Additional Resources
   ¶  Wyoming Constitution ... [Wyoming Sec. of State] — This is a PDF file.
   Bills
   2009 (60th Leg., Gen. Sess.) 2007 (59th Leg., Gen. Sess.) 2005 (58th Leg., Gen. Sess.) 2003 (57th Leg., Gen. Sess.) 2001 (56th Leg., Gen. Sess.) 1999 (55th Leg., Gen. Sess.) 1997 (54th Leg., Gen. Sess.) 1995 (53rd Leg., Gen. Sess.)
   2008 (59th Leg., Budget Sess.) 2006 (58th Leg., Budget Sess.) 2004 (57th Leg., Budget Sess.) 2002 (56th Leg., Budget Sess.) 2000 (55th Leg., Budget Sess.) 1998 (54th Leg., Spec. & Budget Sess.) 1996 (53rd Leg., Budget Sess.)
   Click the button to browse house bills or senate files for a selected legislative session. See also the Wyoming Legislature web site. NOTE:—Bills for 1995 through 1997 are linked to versions maintained at the Internet Archive.

2. Session Laws of Wyoming (Wyo. Sess. Laws)
   The session laws are also known as “chaptered bills” in Wyoming. There is no archive of session laws; however, the bill lists linked above (1) show which bills were chaptered for each legislative session and (2) provide links to the enrolled versions, which are the bills as presented to the governor, to be signed or vetoed.
   Wyoming Statutes (Wyo. Stat.)
   Additional Resources

   NOTE—The legislature meets for not more than 40 days in odd-numbered years in general session and for approximately 20 days in even-numbered years for a budget session. The governor may call the legislature into special session.

   ¶  Subject Index to Bills — 2007 • 2006 • 2005 • 2004 • 2003 • 2002 • 2001 • 2000 • 1999

Wyoming Rules of Procedure and Practice

Court Rules
Supreme Court Rules (Wyo. S. Ct. R.) District Court Uniform Rules (Wyo. Dist. Ct. R.) Circuit Court Uniform Rules (Wyo. Cir. Ct. R.) Teen Court Rules (Wyo. Teen Ct. R.) ————— District Court Rules on Fees and Costs Circuit Court Rules on Fees and Costs Municipal Court Rules on Fees and Costs
See also links to additional state court rules.
Rules of Procedure
Rules of Appellate Procedure (Wyo. R. App. P.) Rules of Civil Procedure (Wyo R. Civ. P.) Rules of Criminal Procedure (Wyo. R. Crim. P.) Rules of Evidence Rules and Forms Governing Small Claims Cases ————— U.S. District Court Rules (D. Wyo. R.) U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules (D. Wyo. Bankr. R.)
Rules of Practice ♦ Judicial Rules ♦ Professional Ethics Decisions
Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys at Law Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar Rules and Procedures Governing Admission to the Practice of Law ————— Code of Judicial Conduct Rules Governing the Commission on Judicial Conduct and Ethics
See also links to additional state court rules.

Wyoming Administrative Law Sources

1. Regulations
   1. Wyoming Administrative Rules and Regulations (Wyo. Admin. R. & Regs.)

Wyoming Local Law Sources

Charters
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
County Ordinances
Municipal Ordinances
Casper <2> Cheyenne <2> Dayton <4> Douglas <2> Evanston City <5> Green River <2> Greybull <2> Guernsey <4> Laramie <2> Lyman <4> Newcastle <2> Riverton <3> Saratoga <3> Sheridan <3> Torrington <2> Worland <4>      
Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.

Wyoming Law-Related Periodicals

Other Wyoming Commentary

Wyoming Law-Related Topical Web Sites

Wyoming Court Information

Web Sites
Wyoming Judicial Branch Wyoming District Courts Wyoming Circuit Courts ————— U.S. District Court U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Wyoming Forms

1. Revenue Department Forms
   NOTE: Wyoming has no income tax (for either individuals or corporations) nor any tax on intangible assets.

2. Securities Division Forms

3. Business Entity Forms ...[Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.

Other Wyoming Resources

Government-Related Web Sites
Legislature ————— Attorney General ————— Revenue Department Secretary of State
See also the Piper Resources list of sites.
Additional Resources
¶  Vital Records — Contact Information ... [Elizabeth Orsay (Ind.)]
¶  Workers' Compensation — Agency Contact and Staff Contact Information ... [Robert W. McDowell / North Carolina Industrial Commission]
1. Wyoming State Bar
   See the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for links to websites of member organizations.
   Law Schools ♦ Admission to Practice ♦ Continuing Legal Education
   Continuing Legal Education ————— Admission to Practice ————— University of Wyoming College of Law

Legal Research and Assistance

Law Libraries
Wyoming State Law Library University of Wyoming: George W. Hopper Law Library
See also links to web sites of public law libraries and catalogs of academic law libraries, maintained by the library at Washburn University School of Law; and the LibrarySites.Info database of library web sites (“Libcat”).
1. Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for Wyoming Residents ... [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of Wyoming law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in Wyoming.

2. Low-Cost Legal Aid ... See also the web site for LawHelp.org and the web site for SelfHelpSupport.org.
   1. Wyoming Legal Help for the Poor ... [Am. Bar Ass'n] — Contact information for statewide and local legal-aid programs, from the ABA's Directory of Pro Bono Programs. The ABA also provides a page of links to pro bono programs' web sites.
   2. WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help ... [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.