Wyoming § 6-3-204 Littering; penalties

Wyoming Statutes

§ 6-3-204 — Littering; penalties

Wyoming § 6-3-204

Title 06Crimes and Offenses

Ch. 3OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY

Art. 2PROPERTY DESTRUCTION AND DEFACEMENT

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-3-204 (2026).

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(a)A person is guilty of littering if he places, throws, scatters or deposits garbage, debris, refuse or waste material, objects or substances, including abandoned or junked vehicles, upon the property of another. Operators of motor vehicles are responsible under this section for the disposition or ejection of garbage, debris or other material from the vehicle while the vehicle is being operated on the roads or highways of this state.

(b)This section does not apply to discharges which are regulated, controlled or limited by air, land or water quality laws or regulations.

(c)Littering is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both. Littering, involving the disposal of a container with bo

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(a) A person is guilty of littering if he places, throws,
scatters or deposits garbage, debris, refuse or waste material,
objects or substances, including abandoned or junked vehicles,
upon the property of another. Operators of motor vehicles are
responsible under this section for the disposition or ejection
of garbage, debris or other material from the vehicle while the
vehicle is being operated on the roads or highways of this
state.
(b) This section does not apply to discharges which are
regulated, controlled or limited by air, land or water quality
laws or regulations.
(c) Littering is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment
for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven
hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both. Littering, involving
the disposal of a container with body fluids along a highway
right of way, is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for
not more than nine (9) months, a fine of not more than one
thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both. The court may suspend
all or a part of a sentence imposed under this section and
require the person convicted of littering to perform up to forty
(40) hours of labor in the form of cleaning litter debris from
public roads, parks or other public areas or facilities.
(d) In addition to any other peace officer, game and fish
law enforcement personnel qualified pursuant to W.S. 9-1-701
through 9-1-707 are authorized to enforce the provisions of this
section.