Wyoming § 14-6-240 Fingerprinting or photographing of child;
disclosure of child's records

Wyoming Statutes

§ 14-6-240 — Fingerprinting or photographing of child; disclosure of child's records

Wyoming § 14-6-240

Title 14Children

Ch. 6JUVENILES

Art. 2JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 14-6-240 (2026).

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(a)No child shall be fingerprinted or photographed by a law enforcement agency or peace officer unless:

(i)The child has been arrested for a felony;

(ii)A petition has been filed in juvenile court alleging the child with having committed a delinquent act which would constitute a felony;

(iii)Latent fingerprints are found during the investigation of a criminal offense and a peace officer obtains consent of the parent, guardian or custodian of the juvenile, or obtains a court order based upon probable cause to believe the fingerprints are those of the child; or

(iv)The child has been adjudicated to have committed a delinquent act which would constitute a felony if committed by an adult.

(b)Fingerprints and photographs of a child adjudicated to have committed a delinquent act which woul

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(a) No child shall be fingerprinted or photographed by a
law enforcement agency or peace officer unless:
(i) The child has been arrested for a felony;
(ii) A petition has been filed in juvenile court
alleging the child with having committed a delinquent act which
would constitute a felony;
(iii) Latent fingerprints are found during the
investigation of a criminal offense and a peace officer obtains
consent of the parent, guardian or custodian of the juvenile, or
obtains a court order based upon probable cause to believe the
fingerprints are those of the child; or
(iv) The child has been adjudicated to have committed
a delinquent act which would constitute a felony if committed by
an adult.
(b) Fingerprints and photographs of a child adjudicated to
have committed a delinquent act which would be a felony if
committed by an adult may be retained in a local law enforcement
agency file and in the Wyoming division of criminal
investigation files in accordance with W.S. 14-6-601 through 14-
6-606. If the matter does not result in an adjudication that the
child was a delinquent for having committed an act constituting
a felony, the enforcement agency which obtained the fingerprints
or photographs pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this section
shall destroy those records and shall report the destruction of
the records to the court. Further, the court shall order all
records pertaining to the matter in the files of law enforcement
agencies destroyed or expunged.
(c) Repealed by Laws 1979, ch. 18, § 2.
(d) Law enforcement records of a child against whom a
petition is filed under this act shall be kept separate from
records and files of adults and shall not be open to public
inspection nor disclosed to the news media without the written
consent of the court or except as provided in W.S. 14-6-203(g).
(e) The court or the prosecuting attorney may release the
name of the minor, the legal records or disposition in any
delinquency proceeding filed in juvenile court to the minor's
victim or victims and the members of the immediate family of any
victim. The victim of a delinquent act constituting a felony
shall be provided additional information regarding the
delinquency proceeding in accordance with W.S. 14-6-501 through