Title 5, Title 5 — Courts

Wyoming court security commission created; membership; powers and duties; compensation; report required. (a) The Wyoming court security commission is created under the supervision of the Wyoming supreme court. The commission shall be composed of the director of the department of …

Short title; court supervised treatment. (a) This act shall be known as and may be cited as the "Court Supervised Treatment Programs Act." (b) Any district, juvenile, circuit, municipal or tribal court judge or circuit court magistrate may act as a participating judge in a court …

Rules. The Wyoming supreme court may promulgate rules of practice for the participation of judges in court supervised treatment programs.

Judicial immunity. A judge participating in a court supervised treatment program shall be entitled to immunity for actions taken in a court supervised treatment program to the same extent the judge would be entitled to immunity for other actions performed in accordance with law.

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Account" means the court supervised treatment account created by W.S. 5-12-107(a); (ii) "Applicant" means one (1) or more governing bodies of a city, town or county, a tribal government of either the Northern Arapaho or Eastern Shoshone …

Purposes and goals. (a) The legislature recognizes the critical need in this state for treatment programs to break the cycle of substance use disorders, unmet mental health needs and the crimes committed as a result thereof. Programs shall be facilitated by combining judicial sup…

Standards for attorneys and judges. (a) Attorneys, participating judges and referring judges shall adhere to the standards set forth in the Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys at Law, the Wyoming Code of Judicial Conduct and any rules adopted by the supreme court …

Establishment of court supervised program account; rules and regulations; panel created; program funding. (a) There is created a court supervised treatment program account. All interest earned on funds within this account shall be deposited in the account. The supreme court shall…

Establishment of court supervised treatment programs. (a) Any court supervised treatment program that meets the qualifications specified in this section and the supreme court's rules and regulations may apply for funding from the account on a form developed by the supreme court. …

Participation in programs; conditions; extended probation. (a) Repealed by Laws 2025, ch. 160, § 2. (b) Any district, juvenile, circuit, municipal or tribal court judge, or magistrate, may refer a participant to a program. (i) Repealed by Laws 2025, ch. 160, § 2. (ii) Repealed by…

Incentives and sanctions; extended probation. (a) The participating judge may grant reasonable incentives under the written agreement under W.S. 5-12-109(c) if he finds that since the last staffing, the participant: (i) Is performing satisfactorily in the program; (ii) Is benefit…

Program team to be created; duties; program coordinator. (a) Each applicant seeking to establish a program shall create a program team, consisting of the following members, all of whom shall be appointed by the applicant, subject to the individual consent of each appointee: (i) A…

Confidentiality of treatment records. Program staff shall be provided with access to all records of any state or local government relevant to the participant's treatment. The records and reports shall be maintained in a confidential file not available to the public and the conten…

Treatment and support services. (a) Each program shall strive to establish a system to ensure that participants are provided treatment services that have been certified by the department. Each program team shall strive to determine the type and duration of treatment service appro…

Substance abuse testing. (a) The program team shall require accurate and reliable substance use testing of participants. (b) Participants shall be required to submit to frequent, random and observed substance use testing. (c) The results of all substance use tests shall be provid…

Participant information and progress statistics. (a) Participants may be required to provide access to the following information, the collection and maintenance of which by the program team shall be in a standardized format pursuant to rules and regulations of the supreme court: …

Municipal courts. A municipal judge may place a criminal defendant on probation pursuant to W.S. 7-13-301 through 7-13-307 and require the defendant as a probationary condition to participate in a program under this act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the probation p…

Program participation as a condition of parole. (a) The state board of parole may, as a condition of parole, require a parolee to participate in a program established under this act, provided: (i) The program team accepts the parolee for participation in the program; and (ii) The…

Surcharge to be assessed in certain criminal cases; paid to account. (a) In addition to any fine or other penalty prescribed by law, a defendant who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is convicted of, any offense under W.S. 31-5-233 or 35-7-1001 through 35-7-1057 may be asse…

Chancery court established. Pursuant to the provisions of article 5, section 1 of the Wyoming Constitution, the chancery court of the state of Wyoming is hereby established for the state of Wyoming.

Chancery court fund account created; purposes. (a) There is created an account entitled "the chancery court account." The chancery court account shall receive all filing fees received by the chancery court. Any interest accruing to the account shall be retained in the account and…

Number of judges; location of chambers; concurrent jurisdiction. (a) The chancery court of the state of Wyoming shall consist of no more than three (3) judges. The location of chambers and assignment of cases shall be prescribed by rules promulgated by the supreme court. (b) All …

Supreme court to adopt rules; fees and court costs; rules of procedure to govern courts; place for holding court; inherent powers; appeals. (a) The Wyoming supreme court is hereby vested with management and supervisory powers, including financial auditing authority, over the chan…

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…