Wyoming § 6-4-406 Permitting house parties where minors are
present; exceptions; penalties

Wyoming Statutes

§ 6-4-406 — Permitting house parties where minors are present; exceptions; penalties

Wyoming § 6-4-406

Title 06Crimes and Offenses

Ch. 4OFFENSES AGAINST MORALS, DECENCY AND FAMILY

Art. 4OFFENSES AGAINST THE FAMILY

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Bluebook

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-4-406 (2026).

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(a)No person who owns, rents, leases, subleases or has control of any residence or premises shall allow a house party to take place at the residence or premises if any alcoholic liquor, malt beverage or drug prohibited by law to be possessed by a minor is possessed or consumed at the residence or premises by any minor and the person knowingly permitted the residence or premises to be used for that purpose.

(b)The provision of this section shall not apply to:

(i)The furnishing or giving of any alcoholic liquor or malt beverage by an adult to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years, if the recipient is the legal ward, medical patient or member of the immediate family of the adult furnishing or giving the alcoholic liquor or malt beverage;

(ii)The consumption, use or possession

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(a) No person who owns, rents, leases, subleases or has
control of any residence or premises shall allow a house party
to take place at the residence or premises if any alcoholic
liquor, malt beverage or drug prohibited by law to be possessed
by a minor is possessed or consumed at the residence or premises
by any minor and the person knowingly permitted the residence or
premises to be used for that purpose.
(b) The provision of this section shall not apply to:
(i) The furnishing or giving of any alcoholic liquor
or malt beverage by an adult to any person under the age of
twenty-one (21) years, if the recipient is the legal ward,
medical patient or member of the immediate family of the adult
furnishing or giving the alcoholic liquor or malt beverage;
(ii) The consumption, use or possession of a drug
pursuant to a lawful prescription issued for the drug;
(iii) Religious observance or prescribed medical
treatment;
(iv) The possession of alcoholic liquor, malt
beverage or lawfully prescribed drugs incidental to lawful
employment.
(c) Any person violating any provision of this section is
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished
by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not
more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.
(d) For purposes of this section:
(i) "Minor" means as defined in W.S.
8-1-102(a)(iii)(B);
(ii) "Premises" includes, but is not limited to, a
rented, leased or donated hotel or motel room, a manufactured
home or any other public or private facility that is not
licensed under chapter 4, title 12 of the Wyoming statutes.