Wyoming § 18-3-301 Office created; qualifications; certificate of
election; counties empowered to consolidate

Wyoming Statutes

§ 18-3-301 — Office created; qualifications; certificate of election; counties empowered to consolidate

Wyoming § 18-3-301

Title 18Counties

Ch. 3COUNTY OFFICERS

Art. 3COUNTY AND PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS

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Bluebook

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 18-3-301 (2026).

Text

(a)In judicial districts in which the office of district attorney has not been created there shall be elected in each county a county and prosecuting attorney who at the time of his nomination and election and during his term of office, shall be a member in good standing of the bar of this state. A copy of his certificate of election and oath shall be filed by the county and prosecuting attorney with the clerk of the district court for his county or counties. In those judicial districts in which the office of district attorney has been created the county commissioners shall appoint an attorney to the office of county attorney for a term of one (1) year, who may be reappointed on a year-to-year basis. The county commissioners may remove the county attorney for cause.

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(a) In judicial districts in which the office of district
attorney has not been created there shall be elected in each
county a county and prosecuting attorney who at the time of his
nomination and election and during his term of office, shall be
a member in good standing of the bar of this state. A copy of
his certificate of election and oath shall be filed by the
county and prosecuting attorney with the clerk of the district
court for his county or counties. In those judicial districts in
which the office of district attorney has been created the
county commissioners shall appoint an attorney to the office of
county attorney for a term of one (1) year, who may be
reappointed on a year-to-year basis. The county commissioners
may remove the county attorney for cause.
(b) The boards of county commissioners of two (2) or more
contiguous counties not served by a district attorney may by
resolution consolidate the offices of, and agree to be served
by, a single county and prosecuting attorney who shall be
elected by a vote of the electors of all the counties within the
consolidated area.