Wyoming § 6-4-502 Mutilation of dead human bodies; concealing a
felony; penalties; exceptions

Wyoming Statutes

§ 6-4-502 — Mutilation of dead human bodies; concealing a felony; penalties; exceptions

Wyoming § 6-4-502

Title 06Crimes and Offenses

Ch. 4OFFENSES AGAINST MORALS, DECENCY AND FAMILY

Art. 5DESECRATING GRAVES AND BODIES

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-4-502 (2026).

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(a)Except as provided in this section, a person who dissects or mutilates a dead human body is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.

(b)This section does not apply to:

(i)The state health officer acting pursuant to W.S. 35-1-241, or a physician or surgeon acting on the order of a court of competent jurisdiction, a coroner or other qualified officer;

(ii)Dissection to determine the cause of death when authorized by the nearest living kin of deceased, a court of competent jurisdiction or other qualified officer;

(iii)Unclaimed dead human bodies delivered by state or county authorities to regularly chartered institutions for scientific research or persons certified by a state or

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(a) Except as provided in this section, a person who
dissects or mutilates a dead human body is guilty of a felony
punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a
fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or
both.
(b) This section does not apply to:
(i) The state health officer acting pursuant to W.S.
35-1-241, or a physician or surgeon acting on the order of a
court of competent jurisdiction, a coroner or other qualified
officer;
(ii) Dissection to determine the cause of death when
authorized by the nearest living kin of deceased, a court of
competent jurisdiction or other qualified officer;
(iii) Unclaimed dead human bodies delivered by state
or county authorities to regularly chartered institutions for
scientific research or persons certified by a state or local law
enforcement agency to train search and rescue animals;
(iv) The necessary mutilation incident to embalming a
dead human body when authorized by nearest living kin, a court
of competent jurisdiction or other qualified officer; or
(v) Conduct authorized by the Revised Uniform
Anatomical Gift Act, W.S. 35-5-201 through 35-5-225.
(c) A person who mutilates a dead human body or disposes
of a dead human body in a hidden, undisclosed or transient
location in order to conceal a felony offense is guilty of a
felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10)
years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars
($10,000.00), or both.