Wyoming § 6-2-319 Names not to be released; restrictions on
disclosures or publication of information; violations;
penalties

Wyoming Statutes

§ 6-2-319 — Names not to be released; restrictions on disclosures or publication of information; violations; penalties

Wyoming § 6-2-319

Title 06Crimes and Offenses

Ch. 2OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON

Art. 3SEXUAL ASSAULT

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-319 (2026).

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(a)Prior to the filing of an information or indictment in district court charging a violation of an offense under this article, neither the names of the alleged actor or the victim of the charged offense nor any other information reasonably likely to disclose the identities of the parties shall be released or negligently allowed to be released to the public by any public employee except as authorized by the judge with jurisdiction over the criminal charges. The actor's name may be released to the public to aid or facilitate an arrest. This subsection shall not apply if release of the name or information is necessary to enforce an order for protection against the alleged actor.

(b)After the filing of an information or indictment in district court and absent a request to release the identi

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(a) Prior to the filing of an information or indictment in
district court charging a violation of an offense under this
article, neither the names of the alleged actor or the victim of
the charged offense nor any other information reasonably likely
to disclose the identities of the parties shall be released or
negligently allowed to be released to the public by any public
employee except as authorized by the judge with jurisdiction
over the criminal charges. The actor's name may be released to
the public to aid or facilitate an arrest. This subsection shall
not apply if release of the name or information is necessary to
enforce an order for protection against the alleged actor.
(b) After the filing of an information or indictment in
district court and absent a request to release the identity of a
minor victim by the minor or another acting on behalf of a minor
victim, the trial court shall, to the extent necessary to
protect the welfare of the minor victim, restrict the disclosure
of the name of the minor victim, unless the name has been
publicly disclosed by the parent or legal guardian of the minor
or by law enforcement in an effort to find the victim. The
trial court may, to the extent necessary to protect the welfare
of the minor victim, restrict disclosure of the information
reasonably likely to identify the minor victim.
(c) Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) of
this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars
($750.00) or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than
ninety (90) days, or both.
(d) A release of a name or other information to the public
in violation of the proscriptions of this section shall not
stand as a bar to the prosecution of a defendant nor be grounds
for dismissal of any charges against a defendant.
(e) As used in this section "minor victim" means a person
less than the age of eighteen (18) years.