Title 5, Title 5 — Courts
13 chapters · 242 sections in this title.
W.S. § 5-1-101 Qualifications of judges of supreme court and district court
0.5K chars
Qualifications of judges of supreme court and district court. No person shall be eligible for election or appointment to the office of justice of the supreme court, or to the office of judge of the district court, unless he shall possess the qualifications prescribed for such off…
W.S. § 5-1-102 Terms of judicial nominating commission members; expenses; removal
1.2K chars
Terms of judicial nominating commission members; expenses; removal. (a) The terms of the elected and appointed voting members of the judicial nominating commission created by Article 5, Section 4, Wyoming Constitution, shall be four (4) years except the initial term for one (1) a…
W.S. § 5-1-103 Terms of members of the commission on judicial conduct and ethics; removal; expenses
1.1K chars
Terms of members of the commission on judicial conduct and ethics; removal; expenses. (a) The terms of members of the commission on judicial conduct and ethics shall be those set out in Article 5, Section 6, Wyoming Constitution, and the rules adopted by the supreme court as auth…
W.S. § 5-1-104 Retroactive application of provisions as to qualifications
0.2K chars
Retroactive application of provisions as to qualifications. This act shall have no retroactive application, and shall not affect the incumbency of any present district judge.
W.S. § 5-1-105 Salaries of justices of supreme court and judges of district courts
0.5K chars
Salaries of justices of supreme court and judges of district courts. Subject to the provisions of article 5, section 17 of the Wyoming constitution as amended, the justices of the supreme court and the judges of the district court shall receive annual salaries as provided by law …
W.S. § 5-1-106 Retirement of judges of the supreme court or district courts; pension; assignment of retired judges
6.0K chars
Retirement of judges of the supreme court or district courts; pension; assignment of retired judges. (a) A judge of the supreme court or district courts shall retire when he attains the age of seventy (70) years. A judge is eligible for retirement when he has served as a judge of…
W.S. § 5-1-107 Personal jurisdiction; service of process outside state
0.4K chars
Personal jurisdiction; service of process outside state. (a) A Wyoming court may exercise jurisdiction on any basis not inconsistent with the Wyoming or United States constitution. (b) When the exercise of personal jurisdiction is authorized by this section, service may be made o…
W.S. § 5-1-108 Concurrent jurisdiction of the United States over certain lands in Wyoming
0.9K chars
Concurrent jurisdiction of the United States over certain lands in Wyoming. (a) Concurrent jurisdiction over crimes and offenses under the laws of the state of Wyoming is hereby ceded to the United States over and within all the territory dedicated to national park, monument, his…
W.S. § 5-1-109 Deaf and mute persons; rights enumerated
1.0K chars
Deaf and mute persons; rights enumerated. (a) In all civil or criminal cases in which a deaf or mute person is a party or in a grand jury proceeding where the person is a witness, the presiding judge shall upon petition appoint a qualified interpreter to assist the court and deaf…
W.S. § 5-1-110 Salaries of judges
1.8K chars
Salaries of judges. (a) Subject to constitutional and statutory provisions concerning when salaries can become effective, judges of the supreme court, district courts, chancery courts and circuit courts shall receive the following annual salaries which shall be paid in equal mont…
W.S. § 5-1-111 Full faith and credit for tribal acts and records
2.9K chars
Full faith and credit for tribal acts and records. (a) The judicial records, orders and judgments of the courts of the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes of the Wind River Indian Reservation shall have the same full faith and credit in the courts of this state as do the…