Clerks of Court

Wyo. Stat. Ann. tit. 5, ch. 7
in effect

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-7-101 General duties of clerk; under direction of court.

The clerk of each of the courts shall exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties enjoined upon him by statute and by the common law; and in the performance of his duties he shall be under the direction of his court.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-7-102 Precipe for writs and process.

All writs and orders for provisional remedies and process of every kind shall be issued by the clerks of the several courts; but before they are issued, a precipe shall be filed with the clerk demanding the same.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-7-103 Filing, preserving and use of papers; electronic record retention permitted.

The clerk shall file together and carefully preserve in his office, all papers delivered to him for that purpose in every action or proceeding. He shall not permit the papers to be taken from his office except to be used at a session of the court or upon legal process, and he shall be liable upon his official bond to the party suffering injury on account of any violation of this section. This section shall not apply to matters in probate. Upon the order of the judge of the district, the clerk may transmit by express or registered mail to an attorney of the state appearing in the action or proceeding, who resides in a different county or away from the county seat, such original files as are not represented by copies in the clerk's office, and the clerk shall take the attorney's receipt for each paper in each case. Nothing in this section shall limit or prohibit the clerk from scanning or digitizing papers, disposing of the originals in accordance with any rule or order issued by the supreme court and retaining the digitized or imaged records in a case management system in lieu of retaining the original papers in a physical file.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-7-104 Clerk's indorsement of papers.

The clerk shall endorse upon every paper filed with him the date of the filing thereof, and upon every order for a provisional remedy, and upon every undertaking given under the same, the date of its return to his office.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-7-107 Duties prescribed for clerks of district court applicable to all clerks.

The provisions prescribing the duties of clerks of the district court shall, so far as they are applicable, apply to the clerks of other courts of record.
Source: WY Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title05.pdfFetched: 10/4/2026