Title 5, Courts

Name of court; presider. The chancery court shall be called the "Chancery Court of the State of Wyoming" which shall be a court of record with a seal and the judge and clerk thereof have power to administer oaths and affirmations. The chancery court shall be presided over by a ch…

Term of chancery court judges. The terms of chancery court judges shall be six (6) years. Each chancery court 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 J…

Judges to be nonpartisan; nomination and appointment. Judges of the chancery court shall be nonpartisan, shall be nominated and appointed and retained as provided by article 5, section 4 of the Wyoming Constitution.

Qualifications for appointment. (a) To be eligible for appointment to the office of judge of the chancery court, a person shall be: (i) A qualified elector of the state; (ii) Authorized to practice law in Wyoming; and (iii) Experienced or knowledgeable in the subject matter juris…

Temporary assignment to fill vacancies; appointments to fill vacancies in office. (a) Prior to the appointment of a chancery court judge under subsection (b) of this section or in the event a chancery court judge appointed under W.S. 5-13-107 dies, becomes unable or unwilling to …

Delivery of official records and papers to successor in office. If the office of judge of the chancery court becomes vacant by reason of death, removal from office or otherwise, the senior chancery court judge, or if there is none, the clerk of the chancery court, shall take char…

Jurisdiction of successor is same as that of predecessor in office. A judge of the chancery court with whom the records of his predecessor have been deposited has the same jurisdiction over all actions and proceedings entered in the records as if they were originally commenced be…

Salaries of judges; traveling expenses. Chancery court judges shall receive the annual salary provided by W.S. 5-1-110(a)(iv). When a new salary is effective for any judge of the chancery court upon new appointment or the commencement of a new term, it shall be effective for all …

Oath. Before assuming the duties of his office, a judge of the chancery court shall take and subscribe before a supreme court justice the oath of office prescribed by the constitution of Wyoming.

Process extends throughout state. The process of the chancery court shall extend throughout the state.

Purpose and jurisdiction. (a) The chancery court shall be a court of limited jurisdiction established for the expeditious resolution of disputes involving commercial, business, trust and similar issues. The chancery court shall employ nonjury trials, alternative dispute resolutio…

Powers generally; expenses of judges when acting in a circuit court or in a district court. (a) In exercising the jurisdiction granted under W.S. 5- 13-115, the chancery court may: (i) Preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence and in the proceedings before it according…

Office created; salary; deputies. (a) There shall be a clerk of the chancery court for the state of Wyoming. The clerk shall be selected by a majority of justices of the supreme court and shall be an employee of the supreme court. The clerk shall receive an annual salary to be de…

Collection of fees. The clerk of the chancery court shall collect all fees and charges as required and set by the supreme court under W.S. 5- 13-104(b). At the time of the original filing, the clerk also shall collect a court automation fee in the amount of one hundred dollars ($…

Duties generally. The clerk shall receive all cases filed with the court and maintain the records of the court. The clerk shall receive, account for and pay over all money that may come into the possession of the court according to law or by rule or order of court. The clerk shal…