Title 6, Crimes And Offenses

Unlawful protesting at a funeral; penalties. A person commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both, if he protests, pickets, or otherwise causes a breach of the peace with…

"Nuisance" defined. Whoever maintains, uses, owns or leases any structure, boat or vehicle for the purpose of lewdness, assignation, prostitution or gambling, or for manufacture, possession, sale or disposition of intoxicating liquor or any controlled substance in violation of la…

Abatement by injunction; suit by county attorney or citizen; petition; temporary injunction; notice to defendant; issuance and effect of injunction. Whenever a nuisance exists as defined in this article, the county attorney or any citizen of the county may maintain an action in t…

Trial; evidence of general reputation; dismissal or prosecution of action; substitution of complainant; costs. The action, when brought, shall be triable at the first term of court after due and timely service of the notice has been given. In the action evidence of the general re…

Order of abatement; removal and sale of movable property; closing of building; breaking and entering closed building; fees. If the existence of the nuisance is established in an action as provided in this article, or in a criminal proceeding, an order of abatement shall be entere…

Disposition of proceeds of sale. The proceeds of the sale of the personal property, as provided in W.S. 6-6-204, shall be applied in payment of the costs of the action and abatement, and the balance, if any, shall be paid to the defendant.

Cancellation of closing order and release of property upon payment of costs, filing of bond and promised abatement of nuisance; effect of release. If the owner appears and pays all costs of the proceeding, and files a bond with sureties to be approved by the clerk in the full val…

Assessment of tax when permanent injunction issues; collection; continuing liability for other penalties. Whenever a permanent injunction issues against any person for maintaining a nuisance or against the owner or agent of any building kept or used for the purposes prohibited by…

Contempt proceedings for violation of injunction; commencement; trial; penalties. If any injunction granted under this article is violated, the court may summarily try and punish the offender. The proceedings shall be commenced by filing with the clerk of the court an information…

"Public nuisance" defined; maintenance thereof; penalty. Every structure, boat or vehicle used and occupied as a house of ill fame, or for purposes of prostitution or gambling, or for the purpose of manufacture, possession, sale or disposition of intoxicating liquor or any contro…

Definitions. (a) As used in W.S. 6-6-301 through 6-6-307: (i) "Governing body" means any elected or appointed commission, board, agency, council, trustees or other body created or authorized by the laws of this state and vested with authority to perform specified governmental, ed…

Obstructive or disruptive conduct within governmental facilities prohibited. (a) No person, acting either singly or in concert with others, shall go into or upon facilities owned by, or under the control of, a governing body and obstruct or disrupt, by force, violence or other co…

Refusing to desist or remove oneself from facilities. No person within or upon the facilities of a governing body shall refuse to desist from a course of conduct or to remove himself from the facilities upon request by an authorized representative of the governing body, after hav…

Freedom of speech, press or assembly not abridged. Nothing in W.S. 6-6-301 through 6-6-307 prevents, denies or abridges the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble to consult for the common good, to make known their opinions, and to pet…

Penalties for violations of article. Any person violating any provision of W.S. 6-6-301 through 6-6-307 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or by imprisonment in the county j…

Identification may be required; ejectment from facilities when presence unlawful or prohibited. Every governing body, acting through its officers and employees, may require identification of any person within or upon its facilities and eject any person from the facilities upon hi…

No restriction on powers of governing body. Nothing within W.S. 6-6-301 through 6-6-307 is intended, nor shall operate, to limit or restrict each governing body from carrying out its purposes and objectives through the exercise of powers otherwise granted by law nor shall preclud…