Title 1, Code Of Civil Procedure

Exemption affidavit required; failure to file. If a person exempt from jury duty is summoned as a juror, he may submit a declaration under penalty of perjury stating his purported grounds for exemption. If the court determines that the declaration sufficiently demonstrates that t…

Jury lists; preparation of base jury lists; selecting jury panel; certificate and summons. (a) The list of persons selected to serve as prospective trial jurors, compiled pursuant to W.S. 1-11-129, is the base jury list for the district court and the circuit court for the jury te…

Jury panel in circuit courts; functions, powers and duties of judges thereof. (a) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 53, § 2. (b) In conducting jury trials, judges of the circuit courts shall exercise and perform the same functions, powers and duties as are prescribed for both the judge …

Procedure for selecting jury; contents of certificate; summons. (a) The clerk shall choose the prospective jurors from the base jury list using a random method of selection. (b) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 53, § 2. (c) If any person selected is not qualified to serve as a trial ju…

Jurors to appear at time specified. Each grand juror and petit juror summoned shall appear before the court on the day and at the hour specified by the court, and depart only with permission of the court.

Completion of jury panel. (a) The persons summoned by the clerk shall appear in answer to the summons and be examined as to their qualifications. If after all qualified trial jurors have been accepted it appears that there are not enough in attendance, the court shall order the c…

Service of summons; proof of service. (a) Service of a summons may be made by such means as the court may order. If service is accomplished through the sheriff's office, the sheriff's costs shall be paid by the county. (b) If necessary the court may require proof of service.

Failure of juror to attend. Any juror summoned who willfully and without reasonable excuse fails to attend may be arrested and compelled to attend and is subject to contempt of court.

Empaneling of jury. At the opening of court on the day that trial jurors are summoned and notified to appear, the clerk shall call the names of those jurors notified to appear. The court shall hear the jurors who are present, and shall excuse those whom the court finds are exempt…

Procedure upon exhaustion of prospective jurors during empaneling. If at any time during the empaneling of a jury all the names selected for the panel are exhausted, the court shall enter an order directing that such additional number of names as necessary be randomly selected fr…

Number of jurors; fees and mileage. Trial juries in circuit courts shall be composed of six (6) persons. Trial juries in civil cases and all other proceedings in the district courts except criminal cases shall be composed of six (6) jurors unless one (1) of the parties to the act…

Persons sworn to constitute jury; generally. The first six (6) persons, or other number of persons designated for a jury under W.S. 1-11-119, who appear as their names are randomly selected and are approved as indifferent between the parties and not discharged or excused shall be…

Discharge of jurors. After the jury is discharged the jurors, upon request, shall be excused from jury service for the remainder of the calendar year.

Discharge of jurors; absent or excused jurors. The name of a juror who is absent when his name is selected, or is set aside, or excused from serving on that trial shall remain on the base jury list.

Procedure when sufficient number of jurors fail to attend. If a sufficient number of jurors duly selected and notified do not attend to form a jury the court shall direct the clerk to select a sufficient number of names from the base jury list to complete the jury and shall summo…

No objection that jury not original one returned. It is not a valid objection to a jury that it contains none of the jurors originally returned to the court or is only partially composed of such jurors or that the base jury list was not supplemented as permitted herein.

Procedure for maintaining jury lists. The supreme court shall compile a base jury list for each county. The supreme court shall compile a base jury list for the state as necessary under W.S. 7-5-303. The base jury lists shall be compiled from voter lists and may also include name…

Oath of jurors; jury ordered into custody. As soon as the jury is selected an oath shall be administered to the jurors that they will truly try the matter in issue between ...., the plaintiff, and ...., the defendant, and render a true verdict according to the evidence. After the…

Peremptory challenges allowed. In the trial of civil cases in the district courts of this state, each side is allowed three (3) peremptory challenges.

Challenges for cause; grounds. (a) Challenges for cause may be taken on one (1) or more of the following grounds: (i) A lack of any of the qualifications prescribed by statute which render a person competent as a juror; (ii) Relationship by consanguinity or affinity within the th…

Challenges for cause; trial. All challenges for cause shall be tried by the court, and the juror challenged, and any other persons may be examined as witnesses upon the trial of the challenge.

Order of trial. (a) When the jury has been sworn, the trial shall proceed in the following order, unless the court for good cause otherwise directs: (i) The party who has the burden of the issues may briefly state his case and the evidence by which he expects to sustain it; (ii) …

View of property or place by jury. When the court considers it proper for the jurors to view the property which is the subject of litigation or the place in which any material fact occurred, it may order them to be conducted in a body under the charge of an officer to the place w…

Decision or deliberation by jury; duty of officer in charge of jury. When the case is submitted, the jury may decide in court or retire for deliberation. If the jurors retire, they shall be kept together in some convenient place under the charge of an officer until they agree upo…

Admonition to jurors when permitted to separate. If the jurors are permitted to separate during the trial or after the case is submitted to them, they shall be admonished by the court that it is their duty not to converse with nor allow themselves to be addressed by any person on…

Further information after jury's retirement. After the jurors have retired for deliberation, if there is a disagreement between them as to any part of the testimony, or if they desire to be informed as to any part of the law arising in the case, they may request the officer to co…

Discharge of jury without verdict. The jury may be discharged by the court on account of the sickness of a juror or any accident or calamity requiring its discharge, or by consent of both parties or after the jurors have been kept together until it appears there is no probability…

Retrial after discharge of jury. When the jury is discharged after the cause is submitted or during the trial, the cause may be tried again immediately or at a future time as the court directs.

Rendition of verdict. When the jurors agree upon their verdict, it shall be reduced to writing and signed by the foreman. They shall then be conducted into court, their names called by the clerk and the verdict rendered by the foreman. The clerk shall then read the verdict to the…

Further deliberation; polling jury. If a jury disagrees, or if when the jury is polled a juror answers in the negative, or if the verdict is defective in substance, the jury shall be sent out again for further deliberation and either party may require the jury to be polled by the…

Discharge of jury; correcting defective verdict. If no disagreement is expressed and neither party requires the jury to be polled, or on polling each juror answers in the affirmative, the verdict is complete and the jury shall be discharged. If the verdict is defective in form on…

Fees in district court generally. All persons summoned as jurors in the district courts of this state shall receive the fees hereinafter provided and none other.

Mileage rate. Jurors shall receive mileage at the rate set in W.S. 9-3-103 when the distance required to be traveled by the juror from the juror's place of residence to the place of trial exceeds five (5) miles one (1) way.

Amount of fees. Jurors shall receive thirty dollars ($30.00) for each full or part day of actual attendance. A juror in attendance for more than five (5) consecutive days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, may, in the discretion of the court, be allowed an additional …

Certificate issued to jurors. The clerk of the court shall note the time of the discharge of each juror summoned and issue to the juror a certificate under seal of the court for the amount due him for mileage and juror fees.

Protection of jurors' employment. (a) No employer shall discharge, threaten to discharge, intimidate or coerce any employee by reason of the employee's jury service, for the attendance or scheduled attendance in connection with jury service, in any court in the state of Wyoming. …