Libel and Slander

Wyo. Stat. Ann. tit. 1, ch. 29
in effect

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-29-101 Radio and television stations; liability generally.

The owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound broadcasting station or network of stations, and the agents or employees of the owner, licensee or operator are not liable for damages for any defamatory statement published or uttered in a visual or sound broadcast by one other than the owner, licensee, or operator, or agent or employee thereof, unless the complaining party proves that the owner, licensee, operator, agent or employee failed to exercise due care to prevent the publication or utterance of such statement in the broadcast.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-29-102 Radio and television stations; liability for statements made by political candidates.

An owner, licensee or operator or the agents or employees of any owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound broadcasting station is not liable for any damages for any defamatory statement uttered over the facilities of the station by any candidate for public office.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-29-103 Limitation as to damages.

In an action for damages for any defamatory statement published or uttered in or as a part of a visual or sound broadcast, the complaining party shall be allowed only the actual damages he has alleged and proved.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-29-104 Publication of proceedings of governing bodies deemed privileged; exception.

The publication of a fair and impartial report of the proceedings before state or municipal legislative bodies, or before state or municipal executive bodies, boards or officers, or the whole or a fair synopsis of any document presented, filed or issued in any proceeding before a legislative or executive body, board or officer, is privileged unless it is proved that the publication was made maliciously.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-29-105 Publication of criminal and civil proceedings deemed privileged; exceptions.

The publication of a fair and impartial report of any indictment, the issuing of any warrant, the arrest of any person accused of crime, or the filing of any pleading or other document in any criminal or civil cause in any court, or of the contents thereof, is privileged unless it is proved that the same was published maliciously or that the defendant has refused or neglected to publish in the same manner in which the publication complained of appeared a reasonable written explanation or contradiction thereof by the plaintiff, or that the publisher has refused upon plaintiff's request to publish the subsequent determination of the suit or action.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-29-106 Publication of indecent matter prohibited.

Nothing in W.S. 1-29-104 or 1-29-105 shall authorize the publication of blasphemous or indecent matter.
Source: WY Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title01.pdfFetched: 10/4/2026