WY · rules
Wyo. R. Fees & Costs Mun. Ct. 2
Municipal courts
(a) Costs and fees assessed and collected in municipal courts shall be fixed by
ordinance in each city and town, but costs shall not exceed $10.00. Such costs shall be
remitted to the city or town treasurer. By ordinance, a city or town may prescribe either
a court automation fee of $40.00 or an indigent civil legal services fee of $10.00 or both
as a cost to be paid by every person guilty of a violation of a city or town ordinance. If
so prescribed, those fees shall be remitted to the judicial systems automation account
established by W.S. § 5-2-120 and the indigent civil legal services account established
by W.S. § 5-2-121.
(b) Record check requests. — All requests for a record check shall be submitted in
writing by the applicant. Response to the request for a record check shall be made by
the court in writing as soon as practicable after the written request is received by the
court.
The fee for checking municipal court records shall be ten dollars ($10.00). Payment of
the $10.00 fee for each record check shall be made in cash or check payable to the court.
Only one fee shall be charged for a record check involving a particular name and any
reasonable derivation or other spelling of that name. However, a separate record check
fee will be charged for each and every alias which is dissimilar to the original name
submitted.
No charge shall be made for checking municipal court records if requested by an
employee of a governmental agency.
Any request for copies of documents shall be billed separately above and beyond any
fee charged as set forth herein.
This rule and the charge provided only applies to services required from court
personnel to check and/or abstract court records. This rule has no application to the
personal examination of any court records including indexes by any individual desiring
information from these public records.
History
History: Amended May 9, 2000, effective July 1, 2000; amended December 17, 2002, corrected June 26, 2003, effective July 1, 2003; amended May 25, 2010, effective July 1, 2010; amended July 18, 2017, effective July 18, 2017; amended May 7, 2020, effective July 1, 2020.
Provenance
- Source
- wyocourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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