WHAT THE WORDS MEAN

Also called armed burglary

Burglary where the person is or becomes armed with a deadly or simulated deadly weapon, or inflicts or tries to inflict bodily injury; at least five years and up to twenty five.

Also called felony fleeing, eluding police

Fleeing a pursuing police vehicle while trying to cause or causing bodily injury, or property damage over $10,000, a felony of up to five years.

Also called bond

Release before trial, available to anyone arrested for an offense that cannot be punished by death, on terms set by the Wyoming Supreme Court's rules.

Also called disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace

Disturbing the peace of a community with unreasonably loud noise or music, or threatening, abusive or obscene language or violent actions, knowing it will.

Also called inattentive driving

Driving without the due and diligent care a reasonably prudent person would use, in a way that creates an unreasonable risk of harm.

Also called breath test, blood test, implied consent test

The test of blood, breath or urine an officer directs after a DUI arrest. If blood or urine is directed, the person may usually choose which.

Also called ticket, notice to appear

A charging document for a misdemeanor, which a person accepts as a promise to appear in court at the time and date it gives.

Also called wage garnishment

A garnishment of earnings that runs paycheck to paycheck, capped at the lesser of twenty five percent of disposable earnings or what exceeds thirty times the federal minimum hourly wage.

Also called drugs

A drug listed in the schedules of the controlled substances act, unlawful to possess unless obtained from or on a valid prescription of a practitioner.

A pattern of acts over any period of time showing a continuity of purpose, which stalking requires.

Also called breaking and entering

Knowingly entering a building, occupied structure, vehicle or the cargo part of a truck or trailer without authority.

Also called trespassing

Entering or staying on someone else's land or premises knowing it is not allowed, or after notice to leave given in person or by posted signs.

Also called lethal force

Force intended or likely to cause death or serious bodily injury, reasonable only if necessary to prevent imminent death or serious bodily injury to the person using it or someone else.

Also called domestic violence

Physical abuse or threats of it by a household member, causing physical harm, unreasonably restraining liberty, putting someone in reasonable fear of imminent harm, or forcing sexual activity.

Also called domestic violence charge

Knowingly or recklessly causing bodily injury to a household member by physical force, with higher penalties after earlier convictions.

Also called DUI, drunk driving

Driving or having actual physical control of a vehicle with an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, or under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance to a degree that makes a person incapable of safely driving.

Also called good samaritan law

Immunity from prosecution for drug possession and use for a person who in good faith seeks medical help in an overdose, gives the location, stays and cooperates.

Also called power of attorney

A power of attorney that survives the principal's incapacity, which is what a power of attorney made under the current act is unless it says otherwise.

Also called spousal share

The part of the property a will disposes of that a surviving spouse may choose to take instead of what the will leaves: one half, or one fourth if the spouse is not a parent of the person's children.

The rule that workers' compensation takes the place of a lawsuit against a covered employer that paid its contributions, and against coworkers acting within their jobs.

Also called closed session

A meeting a governing body may close to the public only for the listed matters, such as security, personnel, litigation or confidential information.

Also called sealing a record, clearing a record

Classifying a record in the state's central repository so it is not disseminated outside criminal justice agencies, with the court file sealed.

A crime that can be punished by death or by imprisonment for more than one year. Every other crime is a misdemeanor.

Also called eviction case, FED

The court case a landlord brings to get possession back, against a tenant holding over, behind on rent for three days after it is due, or breaking the renter's duties.

Also called dwelling

Any structure designed or adapted for overnight accommodation, including trailers, campers and tents, where the self defense presumption against a forcible intruder applies.

Also called handwritten will

A will entirely in the person's own handwriting and signed by their own hand, valid whether or not anyone witnessed it.

Also called door to door sale

A sale over $25 solicited in person or by phone at the buyer's home and agreed to there, which the buyer may cancel until midnight of the third business day.

The protection of a resident's home, up to $100,000 in value, from execution and attachment for debts.

Also called social host

A gathering at a residence or premises where minors possess or consume alcohol or illegal drugs, which the person in control may not knowingly permit.

Also called family or household member

Spouses and former spouses, people who live or lived together as a couple, parents and adult children, other adults sharing a home, parents of a child together, and people who are or were dating.

Also called interlock license

The license a person suspended for an alcohol related driving violation applies for, allowing driving only in a vehicle with a working, certified interlock.

The report an injured worker files with the employer and the workers' compensation division within ten days after the injury became apparent.

Someone who held an interest in seized property and neither knew of nor consented to the drug violation, whose interest is not forfeited.

Also called graduated license, teen license

The permit a driver may get at sixteen after holding an instruction permit and logging practice, with limits on young passengers and hours.

Also called no fault divorce

The ground on which a Wyoming district court grants a divorce on the complaint of the aggrieved spouse.

Also called double damages

An additional amount equal to the unpaid wages, owed by an employer that paid unequally for equal work.

Also called three day notice

The written notice to leave a landlord serves at least three days before starting an eviction case.

Also called second repair notice

The second notice a renter serves after the landlord fails to answer or fix a condition, saying the renter will go to court if corrective action does not begin within three days.

Also called recording consent

The rule that a person may record a conversation they are part of, or one where one party has consented beforehand, unless it is recorded to commit a crime or a tort.

Also called protection order, restraining order

A court order for a victim of domestic abuse that can bar contact, give possession of the home and protect children and property, lasting up to three years.

Also called constitutional carry

Carrying a concealed firearm without a permit, allowed to a United States resident who meets the permit's qualifications other than Wyoming residency and training, and may lawfully have the firearm.

Also called child support guidelines

The specific dollar amount read from the statutory tables on both parents' combined net income and split by each one's share.

Also called vandalism, criminal mischief

Knowingly defacing, injuring or destroying someone else's property without consent, a felony when the cost to repair is $1,000 or more.

The ballot offered to someone registering on election day without the required proof, who then has until the close of business the next day to show eligibility.

Also called brandishing

Recklessly putting another person in danger of death or serious bodily injury, including knowingly pointing a firearm at someone without the necessity the section allows.

Also called lease

Any agreement, written or oral, setting or changing the terms of using and occupying a residential rental unit.

Also called rental, apartment

A renter's principal place of residence with its grounds, common areas and facilities, which the rental law covers.

Also called credit freeze

A block that keeps a credit bureau from releasing a consumer's report to someone deciding on new credit without the consumer's authorization.

Also called assault

Unlawfully trying to cause bodily injury to another, with the present ability to do it; a misdemeanor with a fine of up to $750.

A minor offense for which the wait before a petition to expunge the conviction is one year, rather than the five years for other misdemeanors.

Also called small estate decree

A decree passing the property of an estate worth no more than $400,000, including real estate, to the heirs without full probate, after published notice.

Also called next of kin decision maker

A person who makes health care decisions for an adult who lacks capacity and has no directive, agent or guardian available, chosen by the patient or by the statute's family order.

Also called holdover tenancy

What a tenant has after a lease ends and they stay on, even if the landlord accepts rent.

Also called bomb threat

A threat to commit a violent felony meant to cause an evacuation or serious public inconvenience, or in reckless disregard of that risk; a felony of up to three years.

Also called larceny, shoplifting

Knowingly taking or keeping control of someone else's property without authorization, by threat or by deception, meaning to deprive them of it; also receiving property known to be stolen.

Also called identity theft

Willfully getting another person's identifying information and using it for any unlawful purpose, such as getting credit or goods in their name without consent.

Also called tipped employee

An employee who customarily and regularly receives more than $30 a month in tips, who may be paid $2.13 an hour if tips bring them up to the minimum.

Also called squatter

A person not authorized to be present or live in a residential dwelling, whom an owner may have law enforcement remove under the limited squatter procedure.

A deceptive practice the consumer gave written notice of, where the business made no written offer to cure within fifteen days, or did not carry out a cure that was accepted.

Touching someone in a rude, insolent or angry way without enough force to injure, or recklessly causing bodily injury; a misdemeanor of up to six months.

Money a landlord holds and separately identifies against the renter's utility bills, refunded within ten days of showing the bills are paid.

Also called eviction order

The order an officer carries out after an eviction judgment, within two days of receiving it, Sundays excepted, putting the landlord back in possession.