Wyoming Ordinances (2026)

Wyoming requires beekeepers to register colonies with the State Department of Agriculture under the apiary statutes. The state inspects for diseases and pests, and registration…

Wyoming livestock laws require brand inspections, disease control, and fencing standards statewide. The Wyoming Livestock Board administers brand recording and movement permits that…

Wyoming Game and Fish Commission regulates possession of live wildlife statewide. Many native and exotic species require permits, and several are prohibited as personal pets, with…

Wyoming has no standalone hoarding statute. Large-scale neglect is prosecuted as cruelty under W.S. 6-3-1002 and as keeping household pets in unsanitary, public-health-hazard…

Wyoming Game and Fish Commission holds exclusive jurisdiction over wildlife. State law and Commission regulations restrict feeding big game animals such as deer, elk, and moose…

Wyoming has no legal framework for marijuana dispensaries. State law prohibits the sale, distribution, and commercial cultivation of cannabis, preventing any Wyoming city or county…

Wyoming criminalizes the cultivation, possession, and use of marijuana for both recreational and medical purposes. State drug laws preempt municipalities from authorizing personal home…

Wyoming has no statewide commercial drone license or registration. Its aeronautics code defines "unmanned aircraft" to exclude small drones under 55 pounds, leaving nearly all…

Wyoming law declares flying a drone over any land or water in the state lawful by default. It becomes illegal only if flown at an altitude that interferes with the owner's use, in a…

Wyoming sets a statewide minimum wage and preempts cities and counties from enacting higher local minimum wages, ensuring uniform pay floor rules across the state.

Wyoming requires erosion and sediment controls on construction sites under WYPDES Construction General Permits issued by DEQ. These statewide standards apply to qualifying sites…

The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality administers the Wyoming Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, which requires state permits for construction, industrial, and municipal…

Wyoming is a statewide fence-out jurisdiction, meaning landowners must fence livestock out of their property to recover damages, and adjoining owners share lawful partition fence costs…

Wyoming Statute 35-10-201 et seq. establishes the statewide fireworks framework. Recent legislation preempts cities and counties from prohibiting consumer fireworks between noon and…

Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality regulates open burning statewide under WAQSR Chapter 10, Section 2. Burning of refuse, trade waste, and vegetative materials requires…

Propane and LP-gas storage in Wyoming follows NFPA 58 and, for regulated occupancies, the State Fire Marshal's adopted fire code. Wyoming has no statewide building code for all…

Wyoming Statutes §§ 35-9-301 through 35-9-304 let county commissioners close areas outside incorporated towns to open fires during extreme fire danger. Wyoming has no statewide…

Wyoming allows permitless concealed carry for residents 21 and older and issues optional shall-issue permits recognized for reciprocity in many other states.

Wyoming law preempts cities, towns and counties from regulating firearms, ammunition, and accessories beyond what state statute provides, ensuring uniform gun rules statewide.

Wyoming Department of Agriculture Consumer Health Services licenses mobile food establishments under the state food safety code. State licensing applies statewide, while municipalities…

Wyoming's criminal gambling statute excludes bingo, pull tabs, raffles, and calcutta wagering from the definition of "gambling" only when run by a charitable or nonprofit organization…

Wyoming's gambling statute carves the family poker night and the office Super Bowl squares pool out of the crime entirely. Wyo. Stat. section 6-7-101(a)(iii)(E) excludes any game or…

Wyoming authorizes sports betting only through internet and mobile platforms licensed by the Wyoming Gaming Commission under Wyo. Stat. § 9-24-101 et seq. No retail sportsbooks exist…

Wyoming has no homeowners association act, so an incorporated HOA runs on the Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act, W.S. 17-19-101 through 17-19-1807. A member meeting must be held…

Wyoming has no homeowners association act and no statute that caps an association fine, requires a hearing before one, sets a cure period, or turns an unpaid fine into a lien. The…

Wyoming has no homeowners association act, no common interest ownership act and no statutory assessment lien. The only association statute touching real property is the four-section…

Wyoming requires a food licence from the Department of Agriculture or a local health department before anyone processes, stores, distributes or prepares food for sale, and W.S…

Wyoming does not run a microenterprise home kitchen permit program because it does not require a permit at all. The Wyoming Food Freedom Act, W.S. 11-49-101 through 11-49-104, exempts…

Wyoming's only general roadblock statute, W.S. 7-17-102, lets peace officers stop all traffic for one stated purpose: apprehending people reasonably believed to be wanted for violating…

Wyoming has no express right-to-record statute, and it does not need one to make recording a traffic stop lawful. W.S. 7-3-702(b)(iv) exempts anyone who is a party to a communication…

No Wyoming statute makes it an offence to refuse to give your name to a peace officer. Title 7 chapter 2 authorises arrests and nothing else, and the interference offence in W.S…

Wyoming has one statutory limit on consent at a traffic stop, and it is about your phone rather than your car. W.S. 31-7-116 says that display of a digital driver's license does not…

Wyoming's Constitution declares all natural waters property of the state, and Title 41 vests administration in the State Engineer under prior appropriation. Outdoor watering rights…

The Wyoming Weed and Pest Control Act establishes a uniform statewide system of county weed and pest districts that designate noxious weeds, levy taxes, and require landowners…

Wyoming never adopted the federal low-speed vehicle or neighborhood electric vehicle category, and the phrase appears nowhere in Title 31. Instead the state runs two definitions…

Wyoming Statutes Title 31, Chapter 13 govern abandoned vehicles - how police initiate removal, the impound notice process, and how title passes. A police officer may remove a vehicle…

Wyoming sets no dollar cap on hookup, mileage, winching or storage charges, has no statutory drop fee, and requires no warning sign at a private lot. What it does instead is shift the…

Wyoming evictions run under the forcible entry and detainer statutes. Under Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1002 a landlord may proceed against a tenant holding over or after rent is unpaid for…

Wyo. Stat. §§ 1-21-1202 and 1-21-1203 require a Wyoming landlord to keep each rental unit safe, sanitary, and fit for human habitation, with operational electrical, heating, and…

Wyoming has no statute requiring a landlord to give advance notice before entering a rental unit. The Residential Rental Property Act instead bars the renter from unreasonably denying…

Wyoming sets no statutory limit on a residential security deposit. Under Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1208, a landlord must return the balance plus a written itemization of deductions within 30…

Wyoming requires ten years of adverse possession to claim title to real property. Under Wyo. Stat. § 1-3-103, an action to recover title or possession of land must be brought within…

Wyoming limits county zoning over bona fide agricultural operations, preserving farm and ranch use rights even within county-adopted land use plans.

Wyoming's Right to Farm and Ranch Act, Wyo. Stat. §§ 11-44-101 through 11-44-104, shields farm and ranch operations from nuisance suits when the operation existed before a change in…

Wyoming imposes a universal 5% statewide lodging tax plus 4% state sales tax on short-term rentals under 30 days. Operators must register with the Wyoming Department of Revenue and…

Wyoming's Election Code bars placing campaign signs on any state or political-subdivision property. Signs go in a municipality's street right-of-way only where the city's rules allow…

Wyoming's Solar Rights Act (W.S. 34-22-101 through 34-22-106) makes solar access a property right against neighbors and local governments, but it does not void homeowners-association…

Wyoming has no statewide solar building-permit law, but the Net Metering Act lets customer-generators interconnect solar systems up to 25 kilowatts and bank excess generation as…

Every public pool and spa in Wyoming must hold a valid, annually renewed license from the Department of Agriculture or a local health department, receive at least one inspection per…

Wyoming law sets the minimum age to purchase or possess tobacco, vapor, and nicotine products at 21, mirroring federal Tobacco 21 enforcement requirements.

Wyoming Statutes Title 35, Chapter 11, Article 5 establishes universal solid waste rules. Lead-acid batteries are banned from landfill disposal statewide and must be recycled…

Wyoming allows extra lamps but fences them in four ways. W.S. 31-5-927 permits no more than four lamps on the front of a vehicle to be lighted at any one time on a highway, counting…

Wyoming does not publish a closed list of things you may stick to a windshield. W.S. 31-5-955(a) prohibits driving with any sign, poster or other material or substance upon, or crack…

Lane splitting and lane filtering are both illegal in Wyoming. W.S. 31-5-115(g) says no person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of…

Wyoming does not name plate covers, tinted shields or frames in its vehicle code, but two provisions between them reach every one of them. W.S. 31-2-205(a)(iv) requires a license plate…

A full-text search of all forty-five titles of the Wyoming Statutes returns no occurrence of radar, no speed measuring device provision and no detector prohibition of any kind. Wyoming…

Wyoming sets no calendar window for studded tires. W.S. 31-5-956(c) bans protuberances on a tire's periphery and then lists three exceptions, one of which is pneumatic tires with studs…

Wyoming sets a single 28% light transmission floor for every window on an enclosed vehicle registered or required to be registered here, front sides and rear alike, under W.S…