Wyoming § 6-4-501 Opening graves and removing bodies; penalty;
exception

Wyoming Statutes

§ 6-4-501 — Opening graves and removing bodies; penalty; exception

Wyoming § 6-4-501

Title 06Crimes and Offenses

Ch. 4OFFENSES AGAINST MORALS, DECENCY AND FAMILY

Art. 5DESECRATING GRAVES AND BODIES

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Bluebook

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-4-501 (2026).

Text

(a)A person who opens a grave or tomb and removes a body or remains of a deceased person for any purpose without the knowledge and consent of near relations of the deceased commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).

(b)This section does not prohibit exhumation if ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or if performed in accordance with W.S. 7-4-106(c).

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(a) A person who opens a grave or tomb and removes a body
or remains of a deceased person for any purpose without the
knowledge and consent of near relations of the deceased commits
a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven
hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).
(b) This section does not prohibit exhumation if ordered
by a court of competent jurisdiction or if performed in
accordance with W.S. 7-4-106(c).