Wyoming § 7-19-308 Harboring a sex offender; penalties; exceptions

Wyoming Statutes

§ 7-19-308 — Harboring a sex offender; penalties; exceptions

Wyoming § 7-19-308

Title 07Criminal Procedure

Ch. 19CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS

Art. 3SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 7-19-308 (2026).

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(a)A person is guilty of the crime of harboring, assisting, concealing, or withholding information about, a sex offender, if the person has knowledge that a sex offender is required to register under W.S. 7-19-302 and the person:

(i)Assists the sex offender in eluding a law enforcement agency that is seeking to question the sex offender about, or to arrest the sex offender for, his noncompliance with the requirements of W.S. 7-19-302 or any other law prohibiting a sexual offense, child abuse or kidnapping;

(ii)Withholds information, including but not limited to the location of the sex offender, from, or fails to notify, the law enforcement agency about the sex offender's noncompliance with the requirements of W.S. 7-19-302 or any other law prohibiting a sexual offense, child abuse or ki

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(a) A person is guilty of the crime of harboring,
assisting, concealing, or withholding information about, a sex
offender, if the person has knowledge that a sex offender is
required to register under W.S. 7-19-302 and the person:
(i) Assists the sex offender in eluding a law
enforcement agency that is seeking to question the sex offender
about, or to arrest the sex offender for, his noncompliance with
the requirements of W.S. 7-19-302 or any other law prohibiting a
sexual offense, child abuse or kidnapping;
(ii) Withholds information, including but not limited
to the location of the sex offender, from, or fails to notify,
the law enforcement agency about the sex offender's
noncompliance with the requirements of W.S. 7-19-302 or any
other law prohibiting a sexual offense, child abuse or
kidnapping and commits an affirmative act in furtherance of
paragraph (a)(i), (iii) or (iv) of this section;
(iii) Harbors, or attempts to harbor, or assists
another person in harboring or attempting to harbor, the sex
offender;
(iv) Conceals or attempts to conceal, or assists
another person in concealing or attempting to conceal, the sex
offender; or
(v) Provides information to the law enforcement
agency regarding the sex offender which the person knows to be
false.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply if the
sex offender is incarcerated in a local, state or federal
detention or correctional facility, or is in the custody of a
law enforcement agency.
(c) A violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be
a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six
(6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars
($750.00), or both.