Title 1 — Title 1 — Code Of Civil Procedure

Witness or juror to receive only single fee. No witness shall receive fees or mileage in more than one (1) case covering the same period of time or the same travel. Each witness shall make affidavit that the fees and mileage claimed have not been claimed or received in any other …

Physician testifying as expert or performing postmortem or autopsy; fees. Any physician or surgeon shall receive a reasonable fee as determined by the coroner when testifying as an expert before a coroner or other officer for each half day or portion thereof, and when conducting …

Physician testifying as expert or performing postmortem or autopsy; postmortem fee certificate; exceptions. The coroner or other officer who has ordered a postmortem examination shall issue to the physician or surgeon a certificate for the fees provided, which shall be paid by th…

Payment of fees in criminal cases. In criminal cases where the fees prescribed are not paid by the defendant or the prosecuting witness, they shall be paid to the party entitled thereto by the public defender's office, if subpoenaed by a defendant represented by the public defend…

witnesses. Record of attendance and fees of jurors and The clerk of the district court shall keep a record of the attendance and fees of jurors and witnesses at each term of court when claimed during the term and for which the county is liable.

Statement of attendance of jurors and witnesses in criminal cases. Within ten (10) days after the close of each term of a court of record, the clerk shall return to the county commissioners a statement of the attendance of jurors and witnesses at such term and their mileage as ta…

Repealed by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 207.

Only actual mileage allowed for service; liability for false statement. If any officer or other person who is allowed mileage for any services rendered receives at the same time more than one (1) writ or process to serve, or authority to render more than one (1) service at the sa…

Witness or juror entitled to but single day's service for multiple criminal cases and on grand juries. If a witness or juror is summoned to serve in more than one (1) criminal case in the same court on the same day, the witness or juror is entitled to but one (1) day's service, w…

Court officers not allowed witness fees. An officer whose duty it is to be in constant attendance upon any court and who is sworn as a witness in a case then pending in that court, is not entitled to witness fees in the case.

Officer's fees to be posted; penalty. Each officer herein named shall post a list of his fees in his office in a conspicuous place. For failure to do so he shall pay three dollars ($3.00) per day for each day of failure, which may be recovered by the county in a civil action.

Officer's return to show his fees. An officer serving any process or order is not entitled to fees for service unless he returns on the process the amount of his fees and the items thereof.

fees. Right to receive certified bill of costs or Any person liable for any costs or fees is entitled to receive on demand a certified bill of the same, in which the items of service and the charges therefor are stated.

Repealed By Laws 2004, Chapter 42, § 2.

Disposition of costs collected. Every sheriff and other officer collecting costs on execution, after retaining the amount of his own fees shall pay the residue of the collected costs to the clerk of the court which issued the execution and take a receipt therefor.

Payment of fees and compensation. All fees provided for by law when due from any party other than the state or the county are payable in advance to the person entitled to them. All fees and compensation due any person from the county are payable once every three (3) months by war…

Nonresidents and partnerships suing in company name to furnish security; requirements. If a nonresident of the state or a partnership suing in its company name brings an action, the plaintiff must furnish sufficient security for costs approved by the clerk. A surety's obligations…

[Repealed or reserved.]

Nonresident and partnership suing in company name to furnish security; when plaintiff becomes nonresident of county. If the plaintiff becomes a nonresident of the county in which the action is brought during its pendency, he may be compelled to give security in the manner stated …

Additional security upon motion of defendant. In an action in which security for costs has been given, the defendant may at any time before the commencement of the trial, after reasonable notice to the plaintiff, move the court for additional security. If on the motion the court …

Judgment against surety for costs; execution. After final judgment in an action in which security for costs is given, the court may on motion of the defendant or a person having a right to costs, after ten (10) days notice of the motion, render judgment in the name of the movant …

Costs allowed for recovery of money or property. Costs shall be allowed to the plaintiff upon a judgment in his favor in an action for the recovery of money only or for the recovery of specific real or personal property, unless otherwise provided by law.

When costs not recoverable by plaintiff. When the judgment is less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), unless the recovery is reduced below that sum by counterclaim or setoff, each party shall pay his own costs. When the damage assessed is under five dollars ($5.00), the plaintif…

Costs in discretion of court. (a) In other actions the court may award and tax costs and apportion them between the parties on the same or adverse sides as it deems right and equitable. When a civil case is settled too late for the clerk of court to advise the jury panel that the…

Recovery of costs when several actions brought on same instrument. When several actions are brought on one (1) instrument in writing against several parties who might have been joined as defendants in the same action, no costs shall be recovered by the plaintiff in more than one …

Repealed by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 102.

(a) Applicability. This chapter shall apply to and govern: (i) Attachment, replevin and garnishment proceedings in all district courts and circuit courts of this state; (ii) Post judgment garnishment in small claims proceedings as provided by W.S. 1-21-205.

(a) Definitions. As used in this chapter unless otherwise defined: (i) "Attachment" means the procedure by which a plaintiff obtains a judicial lien on a defendant's property prior to judgment; (ii) "Continuing garnishment" means any procedure for withholding the earnings of a ju…

General procedures relating to prejudgment writs of attachment, replevin and garnishment; issuance of writs without notice. (a) Prejudgment writs of attachment, replevin and garnishment shall be issued subject to the following conditions and circumstances: (i) The writ shall issu…

Prejudgment writs; bond required; objection to plaintiff's sureties; hearing on objections; liability of sureties. (a) No prejudgment writ of attachment, replevin or garnishment shall issue unless the plaintiff files with the clerk a surety bond in an amount fixed by the court fo…

Writs; release of property or discharge of writ; undertaking required; objections to defendant's sureties; liability of sureties. (a) At any time, either before or after the execution of a writ of attachment, replevin or garnishment, the defendant may obtain a release of any prop…

Discharge of improperly issued writs. The defendant may at any time, upon notice to the plaintiff as the court may require, move the court in which the action is pending, to have a writ of attachment, replevin or garnishment discharged on the ground that it was improperly or irre…

procedures. Notice of exemptions; right to a hearing; (a) Within five (5) days after the court receives the person's written request for a hearing, a person whose property is attached or whose property is in the possession of another person and is attached or garnished, and again…

Forms. Affidavits, notices, writs and other forms for use in attachment, replevin, garnishment and continuing garnishment shall be in accordance with rules promulgated by the supreme court of Wyoming.

Issuance of writ; contents. (a) If authorized by a written order of the court pursuant to W.S. 1-15-103(a)(i), the clerk shall issue the writ of attachment upon the filing by the plaintiff of the bond required by W.S. 1-15-104. (b) The plaintiff may have other writs of attachment…

Manner of executing writ. (a) If the undertaking provided for in W.S. 1-15-105(a) is not given by the defendant at or before the time the writ is executed, the sheriff to whom the writ is directed shall execute the writ without delay in the following manner: (i) Real property own…

Third party claims; indemnity to sheriff; application for release. (a) If the sheriff executing the writ has actual notice of any third party claim to the personal property to be levied on or is in doubt as to ownership of the property, or of encumbrances thereon, or damage to th…

Return of sheriff; inventory of property. The sheriff shall return the writ of attachment to the court within twenty (20) days after its receipt, together with a certificate of his actions endorsed thereon or attached thereto. The certificate shall contain a full inventory of the…

Examination of defendant. The defendant may be required to appear before the court or a master appointed by the court, to be examined on oath respecting his property. After any examination conducted pursuant to this section, the court or master may order personal property capable…

Sale of attached property before judgment. (a) If any of the property attached is perishable, the sheriff shall sell it in the manner in which property is sold on execution. The sheriff shall retain the proceeds and other property attached by him to answer any judgment that may b…

of property. Satisfaction of judgment; deficiency; redelivery (a) If judgment is recovered by the plaintiff, the sheriff shall satisfy it out of the attached property which has not been delivered to the defendant or to a claimant pursuant to W.S. 1-15-105, or subjected to a prior…

Proceedings where defendant prevails. If the plaintiff does not recover judgment against the defendant, any undertaking received in the action, all the proceeds of sales and money collected by the sheriff and all the property attached remaining in his hands shall be delivered to …

Release of attachment upon real property. If the plaintiff does not recover judgment or an order is made discharging or releasing an attachment upon real property, a certified copy of the judgment or order shall be filed and indexed in the office of the county clerk in which the …

Attachment before maturity of claim. A party may commence an action upon an obligation before it is due and have an attachment against the property of the debtor upon any one (1) or more of the grounds set forth in W.S. 1-15-201(b)(iv)(D) through (F). The property attached, or it…

Property bound from time of service. An order of attachment binds the property attached from the time the writ is executed.

Possession of personal property pending action. Subject to W.S. 1-15-101 through 1-15-108, after filing the complaint and at any time before judgment, the plaintiff in an action to recover the possession of personal property may claim the delivery of the property to him as provid…

Affidavit. (a) When delivery is claimed, the plaintiff shall file with the court an affidavit stating: (i) A description of the property claimed; (ii) The plaintiff is the owner of the property or has a special ownership or interest in it, stating the facts in relation to it, and…

The actual value of the property. Issuance of writ; undertaking; service. (a) If authorized by a written order of the court pursuant to W.S. 1-15-103(a)(i), and upon the filing by plaintiff of the bond required by W.S. 1-15-104, the clerk shall issue the writ of replevin. (b) The…

Delivery of property. Subject to the provisions of W.S. 1-15-103(a)(viii) and 1-15-306, property seized under a writ of replevin shall be delivered by the sheriff to the plaintiff unless returned to the defendant pursuant to W.S. 1-15-104(c) or 1-15-105.

Return of sheriff. The sheriff shall return the writ to the court within twenty (20) days after its receipt, together with a certificate of his actions endorsed thereon or attached thereto.