Wyoming § 7-3-703 Prohibition against manufacture and possession of
wire, oral or electronic communication intercepting devices;
exceptions; penalties

Wyoming Statutes

§ 7-3-703 — Prohibition against manufacture and possession of wire, oral or electronic communication intercepting devices; exceptions; penalties

Wyoming § 7-3-703

Title 07Criminal Procedure

Ch. 3FUGITIVES AND PREVENTION OF CRIME

Art. 7COMMUNICATION INTERCEPTION

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 7-3-703 (2026).

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(a)Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no person shall intentionally manufacture, assemble, possess, sell or offer for sale any electronic, mechanical or other device, knowing or having reason to know that the design of the device renders it primarily useful for the purpose of the surreptitious interception of wire, oral or electronic communications.

(b)Nothing in subsection (a) of this section prohibits an officer, agent, employee of or person under contract with or bidding upon contract with a provider of wire or electronic communication services, the United States, a state or a political subdivision thereof, in the normal course of the activities of the United States, a state or a political subdivision thereof, to send through the mail, send or carry in interstate or

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,
no person shall intentionally manufacture, assemble, possess,
sell or offer for sale any electronic, mechanical or other
device, knowing or having reason to know that the design of
the device renders it primarily useful for the purpose of the
surreptitious interception of wire, oral or electronic
communications.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section prohibits an
officer, agent, employee of or person under contract with or
bidding upon contract with a provider of wire or electronic
communication services, the United States, a state or a
political subdivision thereof, in the normal course of the
activities of the United States, a state or a political
subdivision thereof, to send through the mail, send or carry in
interstate or foreign commerce, or manufacture, assemble,
possess or sell any electronic, mechanical or other device,
knowing or having reason to know that the design of the device
renders it primarily useful for the purpose of the surreptitious
interception of wire, oral or electronic communications.
(c) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall
prohibit the manufacture, possession or use of an electronic or
mechanical device to access a communication system that is
configured so that the communication is readily accessible to
the public.
(d) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a
felony punishable as provided in W.S. 7-3-702(f) for felony
violations.