Casper, WY Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)
Key Facts
- Restricted zones
- central business district, school zones
- Requirement
- cross only at marked/indicated crosswalks
- Citywide crosswalk rule
- no loitering while crossing
- Default fine
- up to $750 plus costs
- Enforcing agency
- Casper Police Department
Summary
In the City of Casper it is unlawful to cross a street inside the central business district or within any school zone except at a marked or indicated crosswalk. City-wide, pedestrians also may not loiter in any marked or unmarked crosswalk while crossing.
10.76.010 - Loitering in crosswalk. All pedestrians crossing streets or roadways in marked or unmarked crosswalks shall not loiter in the crosswalk. ... 10.76.020 - Crossing streets in business district or school zones. It is unlawful for any pedestrian to cross any street within the central business district of the city, as defined by Section 10.24.010, or to cross any street within any school zone within the city, except at marked or indicated crosswalks which shall be provided by the city.
Full Breakdown
Casper Municipal Code section 10.76.020 states it is unlawful for a pedestrian to cross any street within the central business district, as defined by section 10.24.010, or within any school zone in the city, except at marked or indicated crosswalks provided by the city. This restriction is narrower than a citywide jaywalking ban: outside the business district and school zones, Casper's code does not bar mid-block crossing. A related rule, section 10.76.010, requires that pedestrians crossing in any marked or unmarked crosswalk anywhere in the city not loiter while doing so. Both sections sit in Chapter 10.76, Pedestrians, within Title 10, Vehicles and Traffic, and both derive from the 1963 prior code (§§ 24-122 and 24-123), carried forward without a specific fine attached to either section. Enforcement of pedestrian crossing rules falls to the Casper Police Department alongside its other traffic-code duties; there is no separate pedestrian-enforcement unit named in the chapter.
Violations & Fines
Neither section 10.76.010 nor 10.76.020 sets its own fine, so a violation is a misdemeanor punishable under the city's general penalty, Casper Municipal Code section 1.28.010(B): a fine of up to $750, plus court costs capped at $10 as set by the municipal court. Each day a violation continues counts as a separate offense under section 1.28.020, and repeat violations are formally charged by complaint in Casper Municipal Court.
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