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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-3-201

Property destruction and defacement; grading; penalties; aggregated costs or values

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Frank J. Mchenry v. The State of Wyoming (2023)

Most recently applied in Camilo Jesus Alarcon-Bustos v. The State of Wyoming (June 2024)

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(a) A person is guilty of property destruction and defacement if he knowingly defaces, injures or destroys property of another without the owner's consent.

(b) Property destruction and defacement is:

(i) Except as provided in paragraph (iv) of this subsection, a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both, if the cost of restoring injured property or the value of the property if destroyed is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00);

(ii) Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 44, § 2.

(iii) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both, if the cost of restoring injured property or the value of the property if destroyed is one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more;

(iv) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both, if the person unlawfully detains or occupies a residential dwelling as defined by W.S. 1-21- 1401(a)(iv) and who knowingly defaces, injures or destroys property in or on the residential dwelling, regardless of the cost of restoring the injured property or the value of the property if destroyed.

(c) If a series of injuries results from a single continuing course of conduct, a single violation of this section may be charged and penalties imposed based upon the aggregate cost or value of the property injured or destroyed.

Official source: Wyoming Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wyoming statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.