Title 7 — Title 7 — Criminal Procedure

Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Wyoming Criminal History Record Act".

Scope and applicability of provisions. (a) This act governs all systems of records for the collection, maintenance, use and dissemination of individually identifiable criminal history record information by any criminal justice agency. (b) This act applies to criminal history reco…

(a) Definitions. As used in this act: (i) "Conviction data" includes records indicating criminal justice transactions related to an offense that have resulted in a conviction, guilty plea or a plea of nolo contendere of an individual; (ii) "Criminal history record information" me…

Procedures to insure currentness of information; disposition and arrest data. (a) The collection, storage, dissemination and use of criminal history record information under this act shall take place under procedures reasonably designed to ensure that all information is kept curr…

Rules and regulations. (a) The division shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this act. The rules shall include: (i) Standards and procedures to ensure the security and privacy of all criminal history record information and that the info…

Access to, and dissemination of, information. (a) Criminal history record information shall be disseminated by criminal justice agencies in this state, whether directly or through any intermediary, only to: (i) Other criminal justice agencies; (ii) Any person designated for the p…

Central repository; information to be submitted; audits; interstate exchanges. (a) The division of criminal investigation within the office of the attorney general is designated as the central repository for criminal history record information. (b) For the purpose of maintaining …

Fees. (a) The division may charge the record subject or any other person or noncriminal justice agency qualified to receive criminal history record information, a reasonable application fee of not more than fifteen dollars ($15.00) for processing of fingerprints and other informa…

information. Inspection; deletion or modification of (a) An individual has the right to inspect all criminal history record information located within this state which refers to him. The record subject may apply to the district court for an order to purge, modify or supplement in…

act: (a) Definitions. Unless otherwise provided, for the purposes of this (i) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 160, § 2. (ii) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 160, § 2. (iii) "Convicted" includes pleas of guilty, nolo contendere, verdicts of guilty upon which a judgment of conviction may be …

Registration of offenders; procedure; verification; fees. (a) Any offender residing in this state or entering this state for the purpose of residing, attending school or being employed in this state shall register with the sheriff of the county in which he resides, attends school…

information. Offenders central registry; dissemination of (a) An entity registering an offender shall forward the information and fingerprints obtained pursuant to W.S. 7-19-302 to the division within three (3) working days. The division shall maintain a central registry of offen…

Termination of duty to register. (a) The duty to register under W.S. 7-19-302 shall begin on the date of sentencing and continue for the duration of the offender's life, subject to the following: (i) An offender specified in W.S. 7-19-302(g) or adjudicated as a delinquent for off…

Registration; duties of registering entities; notice to persons required to register. (a) The entity required to register an offender under W.S. 7-19-302(c) shall provide written notification to the offender of the requirements of this act and shall receive and retain a signed ac…

Repealed By Laws 1999, ch. 203, § 3.

Penalties. (a) Failure to register, update any registration information or pay any fee required under subsection (r) of this section within the time required under W.S. 7-19-302 constitutes a per se violation of this act and is punishable as provided in this section. The division…

Harboring a sex offender; penalties; exceptions. (a) A person is guilty of the crime of harboring, assisting, concealing, or withholding information about, a sex offender, if the person has knowledge that a sex offender is required to register under W.S. 7-19-302 and the person: …

Juvenile sex offenders; risk assessment; factors; reporting requirements. (a) A minor offender convicted or adjudicated as a delinquent as specified in W.S. 7-19-301(a)(iii), shall be subject to this section. (b) The division shall provide notification of registration under this …

Sex offender registration account; purposes. There is created the sex offender registration account to be administered by the division. Any state registration or reporting fees collected pursuant to W.S. 7-19-302 shall be deposited into the account. Funds in the account shall be …

(a) Definitions. For purposes of this act: (i) "CODIS" means the FBI's national DNA identification index system; (ii) "Convicted" includes pleas of guilty, nolo contendere and verdicts of guilty upon which a judgment of conviction may be rendered. "Convicted" shall not include di…

restricted. "This act" means W.S. 7-19-401 through 7-19- DNA database created; uses of information (a) The division shall establish a state DNA database for convicted felons, crime scene specimens and close biological relatives of missing persons in accordance with the provisions…

DNA samples required; collection; testing; reimbursement of costs. (a) Every person convicted of a felony on or after July 1, 1997, and every person who on or after July 1, 1997, is in custody in this state as a result of a felony conviction shall provide a DNA sample for analysi…

stored. Access to database; information authorized to be (a) The division shall authorize access to or disclose DNA records and DNA samples collected in the state DNA database only in the following circumstances: (i) To criminal justice agencies for law enforcement identification…

Expungement of information. (a) Any person whose DNA profile has been included in the state DNA database pursuant to this act may request expungement on the grounds the felony conviction on which the authority for including the DNA profile was based has been reversed and dismisse…

Enforcement. Duly authorized law enforcement and corrections personnel may employ reasonable force in cases where a person refuses to submit to DNA testing as required under this act, and no such employee shall be criminally or civilly liable for the use of such reasonable force.…

Sexual assault biological evidence reports. (a) Beginning January 1, 2020, each criminal justice agency shall report to the division all investigations in which sexual assault biological evidence is gathered. The report shall include the type of crime involved, whether the eviden…

Renumbered as 14-6-601 by Laws 2022, ch. 15, § 3. 3. 3. 4.

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Renumbered as 14-6-604 by Laws 2022, ch. 15, §

Renumbered as 14-6-605 by Laws 2022, ch. 15, §

Short title. This act may be cited as "The National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Act".

Compact provisions generally. The National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact is enacted into law and entered into by this state with any other state or jurisdiction legally joining the compact in the form substantially as follows: Article I Definitions (a) As used in this comp…

Compact officer to administer the compact. The Wyoming attorney general or his designee shall act as the compact officer responsible for implementation and administration of this compact on behalf of the state of Wyoming.

(e) An application made under this section shall be accompanied by a fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00). The fee shall be deposited into the medical digital innovation account as provided in W.S. 40-28-104. (f) The department shall authorize or deny a medical digital innovatio…