Title 5, Courts

Salaries of justices of supreme court and judges of district courts. Subject to the provisions of article 5, section 17 of the Wyoming constitution as amended, the justices of the supreme court and the judges of the district court shall receive annual salaries as provided by law …

Retirement of judges of the supreme court or district courts; pension; assignment of retired judges. (a) A judge of the supreme court or district courts shall retire when he attains the age of seventy (70) years. A judge is eligible for retirement when he has served as a judge of…

Personal jurisdiction; service of process outside state. (a) A Wyoming court may exercise jurisdiction on any basis not inconsistent with the Wyoming or United States constitution. (b) When the exercise of personal jurisdiction is authorized by this section, service may be made o…

Concurrent jurisdiction of the United States over certain lands in Wyoming. (a) Concurrent jurisdiction over crimes and offenses under the laws of the state of Wyoming is hereby ceded to the United States over and within all the territory dedicated to national park, monument, his…

Deaf and mute persons; rights enumerated. (a) In all civil or criminal cases in which a deaf or mute person is a party or in a grand jury proceeding where the person is a witness, the presiding judge shall upon petition appoint a qualified interpreter to assist the court and deaf…

Salaries of judges. (a) Subject to constitutional and statutory provisions concerning when salaries can become effective, judges of the supreme court, district courts, chancery courts and circuit courts shall receive the following annual salaries which shall be paid in equal mont…

Full faith and credit for tribal acts and records. (a) The judicial records, orders and judgments of the courts of the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes of the Wind River Indian Reservation shall have the same full faith and credit in the courts of this state as do the…

Regular terms. There shall be held at the capital of the state two (2) regular terms of the supreme court in each year, one (1) commencing on the first Monday of April, and one (1) commencing on the first Monday of October.

Number of justices; chief justice; head of judicial system. The supreme court of Wyoming shall consist of five (5) justices. The justices shall choose one (1) of their number to serve as chief justice, who shall serve at the pleasure of a majority of the court. The supreme court …

Special terms. In addition to the regular terms of the supreme court, as fixed by law, special terms of said court may be held for the transaction of all business, when ordered by a majority of the justices of said court.

One day notice of special term; order. A special term of the supreme court shall be called upon not less than one (1) day's notice by an order directed to the clerk thereof, signed by the justices of the court ordering said special term, and specifying the time and place of holdi…

Transaction of business at special term; not to interfere with regular term. At any special term of the supreme court it shall be lawful to transact all business that can be transacted by the court at a regular term thereof, but no cause, action or proceeding shall be heard at su…

Quorum. A majority of the justices of the supreme court shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If there shall not be a quorum of the justices present on the first day of any adjourned or regular term of the supreme court, the court shall stand …

Causes may be matured to adjourned terms. It shall be lawful to mature causes to any adjourned term or terms of the supreme court, the same as to the beginning of any term of the supreme court, and it shall be competent for the said court to hear and determine causes at any such …

Process. All process issued out of the supreme court, shall bear teste in the name of the chief justice and shall be signed by the clerk of said court, sealed with its seal, made returnable according to law, and the same shall be executed by the officer or person to whom the same…

Undisposed proceedings to stand continued. All matters, suits and proceedings undisposed of at any term of the supreme court shall stand continued to the next succeeding regular or adjourned term thereof.

Opinions to be in writing and filed; dissenting opinion. The opinion of the justices of the supreme court on any matter pending before it, shall be given in writing and be filed with the papers in the case, and when the justices thereof are divided in opinion in any case, the fac…

Seal. The seal of the supreme court shall be that of the state of Wyoming, substituting the words "Supreme Court of the State of Wyoming" around the vignette of said seal.

Justices not to practice law. No justice of the supreme court shall practice as an attorney in any of the courts of this state, nor give advice touching any cause pending, or to be brought therein.

Rules of practice for supreme court; effect of rules. It shall be the duty of the supreme court, from time to time, to prescribe rules of practice for said court, not inconsistent with the constitution or laws of this state, and when said rules are adopted by said court, the same…

Rules and forms governing pleading, practice and procedure in all courts; power to adopt, modify and repeal. The supreme court of Wyoming may from time to time adopt, modify and repeal general rules and forms governing pleading, practice and procedure, in all courts of this state…

Rules and forms governing pleading, practice and procedure in all courts; application of rules. (a) Such rules may govern: (i) The forms of process, writs, pleadings and motions and the subjects of parties, depositions, discovery, trials, evidence, judgments, new trials, provisio…

Rules and forms governing pleading, practice and procedure in all courts; rules to be entered in proceedings; effective date; notice. Upon the adoption of any rule or form the supreme court shall enter it in its proceedings and shall fix the date upon which such rule or form shal…

Rules and forms governing pleading, practice and procedure in all courts; appointment and duties of advisory committee. The supreme court shall appoint an advisory committee to make recommendations from time to time with respect to pleading, practice and procedure. Such committee…

Adoption of rules and regulations relative to the practice of law. (a) The supreme court of Wyoming shall, from time to time, adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as the court may see proper: (i) Prescribing a code of ethics governing the professional conduct of attorn…

Appeals from courts of limited jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any case in which original jurisdiction is in a municipal court or a circuit court may be appealed to the district courts and thereafter to the Wyoming supreme court only if the supreme court…

Judicial systems automation account created; purposes; court information technology equipment. (a) There is created an account entitled the "judicial systems automation account." No funds shall be expended from the account unless and until the legislature appropriates the funds. …

Indigent civil legal services account created; purposes. (a) There is created the indigent civil legal services account to be administered by the supreme court. The account shall receive all funds paid to the state treasurer from the fees imposed to support indigent civil legal s…

Indigent civil legal services program created; purposes. (a) An indigent civil legal services program is created to be operated in accordance with the following: (i) The supreme court shall develop a comprehensive plan for funding a statewide program of civil legal services to th…

Supreme court budget submittal. The supreme court shall submit standard and supplemental budget requests to the legislature not later than November 1 of the year preceding the fiscal year in which the standard or supplemental budget is to take effect. Subject to W.S. 9-2- 1003.1(…

Duties generally. The clerk of the supreme court shall be subject to and perform the duties, prescribed for him by the supreme court, and as or may be prescribed by law. He shall collect in advance, all fees hereinafter enumerated to be paid for his services as such officer.

Collection of fees. The clerk of the supreme court shall collect the following fees from the plaintiff in error or appellant, or in case of an original proceeding the plaintiff or relator shall, at the time of filing the petition in error or record on appeal or when commencing th…

Salary. The clerk of the supreme court shall receive an annual salary as provided by law which shall be paid in monthly installments at the end of each month, and the auditor shall draw warrants upon the treasurer payable to said clerk in payment of such salary.

Oath and bond. The clerk of the supreme court shall take oath before one (1) of the justices of said court prescribed for state officers by the constitution of the state, and shall give a bond to the state of Wyoming in such sum as shall be prescribed by the court, which bond sha…

Deputy clerk; appointment; residence requirement; oath; salary. The clerk of the supreme court may, by and with the consent of the justices of the supreme court, or a majority thereof, appoint a deputy clerk, who shall reside where the supreme court is held. The deputy shall take…

Deputy clerk; appointment to be entered on record; term. Said appointment shall be entered on the records of said supreme court, and shall hold good until revoked, and both appointment and revocation, may be made as well in vacation as in term time.

Deputy clerk; liability of clerk for acts of deputy. The clerk of the supreme court shall be liable on his official bond for all the acts of his deputy as clerk.

Office created; appointment; term. There shall be a bailiff of the supreme court, who shall be appointed by the justices of said court, and who shall hold his office during the pleasure of said justices.

Powers and duties generally. It shall be the duty of said bailiff to attend the sessions of said court and preserve order therein; and he shall possess authority to execute and serve summons in error, and other writs and orders, issued out of and under the seal of said court, and…

Fees. The bailiff of the supreme court, for serving any summons in error, or order, shall collect and pay into the state treasury, the same fee which is provided by law for sheriffs for similar services.

Salary. The bailiff shall receive an annual salary to be determined by the supreme court which shall be paid in monthly installments in the same manner as other state salaries are paid.

Authority to contract for publication of reports. The supreme court of the state of Wyoming is hereby vested with full and complete authority to arrange and contract for timely publication of its opinions from time to time, as may be required, and the legislature shall make adequ…

Distribution of copies of reports. The books delivered to the librarian shall be distributed as provided in this section. One (1) copy of each volume shall upon request be delivered to each justice of the supreme court and to each district judge there shall upon request be delive…

Expenditures. The judges of the supreme court shall superintend and direct all expenditures of money for the law library.

Session law exchange. Upon request, the state law librarian may send to the library of each state and territory of the United States, free of expense, one (1) copy of the session laws of this state in exchange for the laws of the requesting state or territory. All the laws receiv…

Judicial districts enumerated; terms of court. (a) The state of Wyoming is divided into judicial districts as follows: (i) The county of Laramie is the first judicial district; (ii) The counties of Albany and Carbon are the second judicial district; (A) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch.…